Surviving as a Villain at the Academy

70 – Preparation. (3)

Before I had time to ask Asty anything, I had no choice but to run into Sir Ethan after work.

“It’s late. “Did class end late?”

“It was a class in the Department of Magic.”

“Then it’s worth finishing late.”

Even Lord Ethan seemed to know very well how the Academy’s Department of Magic worked.

“Because all magic professors make their explanations complicated. Why is progress moving so quickly? ….”

“That’s right. “I have to rack my brain for every class.”

“I guess that’s still the case. But. Even the new knights who joined the Order were really reluctant to take magic classes when they were learning at the Academy.”

“Isn’t it just tradition at this point?”

“It’s a long-standing tradition. Please, magic professors need to know that their students’ standards aren’t that high. “At best, I can only understand Asti over there.”

“hahahaha. That’s usually the case. If ordinary professors teach by considering the average level of students, magic professors…….”

“We use the top students as the standard. Because they need one or two geniuses to lead the development of magic rather than dozens of geniuses.”

“Well, that’s why I’m a little late. As you know, Captain, I have been learning magic from Asty separately these days.”

“Even magic?”

“Yes. If it weren’t for Asti’s help last time, it would have been a pretty dangerous situation. I’m learning some necessary magic. Fortunately, they said it’s not like I don’t have talent.”

“For some reason, you seem very tired these days. Of course, that won’t shorten the sword training time.”

“That’s natural. These days, I am also working hard on training and improving my body. “Final exams are coming soon.”

“Are other studies okay?”

“No problem. “I only lost in the practical exam. If I hadn’t lost in the practical test, I would have been the top student.”

“Oh, now that I think about it, you were in second place…” …. “Because rumors tend to spread about excellent students at the academy.”

“That’s right. Well, anyway, the written test is not a problem at all.”

“That’s clever. No, I should say sincere.”

“Because you have to be sincere. “Don’t I have to carry a lot of things?”

“…… Right. I get it. “Let’s start soon.”

My swordsmanship training was extremely simple. It wasn’t like learning any complicated swordsmanship or anything like that.

Just physical training. And strengthening the foundation.

That was the end. However, in the end, the most important thing in swordsmanship was basic swordsmanship and physical ability. This is a world where you can strengthen your body with magical power, but if your basic physical ability is superior, you can use magical power to its extreme efficiency.

Of course, it may be important to learn famous sword techniques, but the knight commander always placed emphasis on the basics. He said that even the swordsmanship of a famous family would be of no use if the foundation was rotten, and he used to easily subdue me with just the simplest techniques of imperial swordsmanship.

Having personally experienced it, I could not help but agree with it, so without saying a word, I poured all my effort into his excessive training.

From the beginning, swordsmanship in this worldview was designed from the ground up to reach its extreme, so it was natural. It was a well-known fact that one could become the strongest swordsman by focusing only on basic imperial swordsmanship.

However, this did not disparage the independent swordsmanship of various families. Why doesn’t it appear in martial arts magazines? It’s called Manryugwijong.

In the end, ten thousand flows end in one thing, and so was the state of world swordsmanship that was established and started from there.

In short, the reason I hit him three thousand times was for that purpose. The sword I was wielding was changing little by little according to Sir Ethan’s advice.

Sir Ethan did not simply force a posture that suited his body. He kept telling me which posture was right for my body. As I corrected my mistakes little by little according to his advice, it was gradually becoming easier to strike the sword.

To the point where I could clearly feel how useless I was wasting my strength and how I was using the sword in the wrong posture.

As if I felt something different when I first received instruction from him, my swordsmanship skills were improving day by day.

“I’ve taught many knights, but I’ve never seen one improve his skills so quickly.”

“…… “That’s too much praise.”

“It’s not an over-praise. “I tell you only the truth.”

I felt a little embarrassed by his high praise. The reason why my sword skills improved so quickly was also because of Asti’s magic eye.

The magic eye did not simply see the flow of magic power. Of course, seeing the flow of magical power was the most important ability, but there were many additional functions within magical power.

For example, eyes that can look at an object in more detail than anything else.

That’s right. The magic eye was able to see how the opponent’s muscles were moving.

The reason why this is possible is because the magic eye is not an eye that only sees magic power.

The ability called Magic Eyes is an ability that only a few high-ranking demons, including Asty, have, and it is the eye through which they view the world.

In other words, the ability of a high-ranking devil to view the world is called magic eye. Therefore…… It means that my eyes are looking at the same world they are looking at now.

As someone who knows how fraudulent this ability is, I can’t help but smile sheepishly. Because it was an ability that no knight could acquire even after training for decades.

So, of course, your skills will improve quickly. Okay. By the time you reach the final boss of Chapter 3, you should have this ability.

In the end, the knight commander returned to the imperial castle after correcting the imperial swordsmanship stance one by one, not just a simple slash.

* * *

Preparations were going fairly smoothly.

I definitely felt like my growth was rapid these days.

At this level, there was no problem at all in helping Ruslan. Even the knight commander was surprised to see my skills improving rapidly recently.

That’s about it from his objective perspective, and with Asti’s help, his magic skills gradually improved, to the point where he could easily understand the magic professor’s incredibly difficult classes.

“Final exams are coming soon.”

“That’s right.”

And now, without knowing why, I was watching Aris study with Asti.

I began to hear whispers from people around me. It’s worth it. The people who turned the academy upside down at the beginning of the semester are now teaching us how to study, not just by chatting amicably.

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Now in front of me, Aris, Ruslan, Diana, and Johan were twisting their bodies, unable to overcome their awkwardness.

Asti was sitting next to me.

“Prah. “How do I do this?”

Asti slowly leaned towards me and said. Even I am surprised that the guy who was so shy just yesterday is suddenly like this.

She glanced at Aris and seemed to have a mocking smile on her lips. Why is it like that?

I saw the problem she showed me. You know this too.

When I looked at Asti with that look in his eyes, he slightly averted his gaze. It was clear that this guy was doing this on purpose without knowing why.

Then Aris, who was in front of her, brought a problem to me.

“Prah. “I don’t understand this. Can you explain it to me?”

“Oh, this?”

Looking at the problem I received from Aris, it was clearly a problem he didn’t know about. I immediately explained to him why this was happening, and Aris nodded her head in understanding, but then she glared at Asti.

…… They don’t seem to get along very well.

As Ruslan looked at her, he stopped talking to her.

“So, are you sure you’ve reconciled?”

“That’s it. “Even if we wanted to cut it off, we couldn’t. It was the same for both of us.”

When Ruslan said that, it seemed like everything went well, and she glanced at Aris with a somewhat resigned expression. I wasn’t the one to miss that gaze.

Hey, you shouldn’t give up. What I’m saying is that Aris needs me as her friend.

I actually felt embarrassed. That guy is the guy who has to be with Aris until the end. This means that you should not look at Aris with those eyes.

A main hero giving up being the main heroine? This cannot happen. Could it be that she is misunderstanding the relationship between me and her Aris?

Diana and John next to each other were poking at each other for no reason. I wonder if the struggle to endure the awkwardness is like that.

“Why are you doing this?”

“Huh? Nothing. By the way, you clearly apologized to Aris, right?”

“Why, if I don’t trust her, why would I hit her head?”

“I don’t mean that, but even if Aris forgave you, it’s true that she didn’t like your attitude at the time.”

I nodded at Diana’s words. It will definitely be difficult for them to treat me the way they used to.

“That’s right. It was a rude and pushy attitude. I feel sorry for you too. But that won’t happen in the future. “I swear on my family’s honor.”

“Really?”

“Okay. “I would never have said anything twice before.”

After saying that, Diana and John nodded their heads. The response was that although I didn’t like it, I would still move on.

“I will continue to watch.”

“Do whatever you want. “If I act like I used to, you can hit me on the head.”

“I will definitely remember those words.”

As soon as the conversation with Diana ended, I looked at Aris and Asti, and it felt like sparks were flying in their gazes toward each other.

…… Why are you doing this again?