A Narrow-Eyed Nobleman Is Always Misunderstood

Episode 49 – Embers of Conflict

I’ve heard stories like this from merchants who saved lives from monster attacks in the past.

‘Be better. The Royal Academy in the capital is said to be very busy around this time of year due to midterm evaluations.’

‘Is that so?’

‘Yes. Don’t be like that In addition, the weather is nice, a cool breeze blows and pretty flowers are blooming.

As the merchant said, the Royal Academy was sunny and cool every day.

Most of the students stay up all night studying in the library or dormitory.

In the midst of that, I wondered if it would be me if I were to find someone who was most relaxed.

“In the first place, Bocchan is strange. To be exempted from the midterm evaluation just because you are good at handling a sword…….”

“Doesn’t that mean that the Royal Academy is serious about securing talent?”

“Wouldn’t the academy turn into a fun game even if there were only a couple of talented people like you?”

“Mmm, that is undeniable.”

Actually, like Nina said, I went out to the park while others were studying, basking in the warm sun and enjoying the cool breeze.

I couldn’t feel this feeling of the sun tickling my cheeks and the wind sweeping my nose.

“By the way, is it really okay to spend time here basking in the sun?”

“It’s okay. Nina, don’t worry.”

I replied to Nina who kept worrying about me and asking me if I was okay, so I said don’t worry.

The reason Nina was worried about me was that she probably thought that because she didn’t get good grades, she might damage the family’s honor.

However, Nina’s worries are groundless.

What do you think is the possibility that an ordinary person can reach the level of ‘expert’?

Those who have not felt an aura cannot escape the realm of a normal user even if they train their martial arts throughout their lives.

The difference between those who accept Auras and those who don’t is huge.

In addition, even if the trustees have awakened the aura, most people will stay in the realm of an aura user.

Only those who go one step further and gain some realization reach the level of an expert.

The minimum qualification to immediately join the Imperial Knights was a person with the potential to become a sword expert.

So, I, who is known as an intermediate sword expert, could graduate from the Royal Academy and join the Imperial Knights right away.

That much, the effect of being an expert was great.

“By the way, why is that guy over there sitting in a chair like that?”

Two cadets just passing by were talking in low voices, looking at me.

As I became a sword master, my overdeveloped hearing allowed me to listen to the conversation between the two without missing a beat.

“Shh, watch your words. That silver-haired nobleman over there is Cadet Alberto.”

“What, what? That person with an Intermediate Sword Expert level is that person?”

The cadet who had made dissatisfied remarks toward me looked quite surprised when he heard the explanation of the cadet next to him.

It was a bonus that the eyes of the cadet who learned my identity changed from dissatisfaction to envy.

At times like this, narrow eyes are really good. Even if you stare openly, no one knows.

“Yes! That person is the eldest son of the Sword Master. I do that because I have that kind of skill.”

“Somehow, I felt relaxed. I really envy you. If you’re an intermediate level sword expert, that means you’re a skilled person who lines up to take you here and there the moment you graduate.”

The story of the two started from my family and reached the treatment I would receive after graduation.

“Hey, hey. Still, how hard did you have to go to reach that level?”

“Isn’t it? Ugh, how much more training do I have to do to move forward as an aura user…….”

The conversation between the two estranged people now turned to how much I had trained to reach this level.

Listening to the story of the two reminds me of the past.

When I was learning the sword under my father, it was literally a time of struggle to survive.

At that time, if I made even the slightest mistake, my father would scold me severely, so I couldn’t let go of my tension even for a moment so that I wouldn’t be scolded again.

“Is that why?”

“What is it?”

“Nothing. Nina.”

Well, that training wasn’t useless.

In fact, thanks to that training, I quickly realized my potential and reached the level of Sword Expert Master before the age of 15, when my father reached the Intermediate Sword Expert level.

And now, he has risen to the level of a sword master equal to his father.

However, my body was not fully trained, and I lacked experience in actual combat.

Through sparring with the Diamond Battle Golem that takes place every morning, I am gradually refining my sword and training my body, but there is still no sign of completion.

Perhaps, as in the past, wouldn’t it be completed only after a fierce, life-and-death struggle? I even thought of doing it.

However, as a sword master, the only beings I could recognize as rivals were my father and the diamond battle golem.

“That’s why I’m telling you to catch the magma drake.”

Perhaps, the Royal Academy may have judged that what I needed now was a fierce struggle between life and death.

There was no reason to give me the task of catching the magma drake alone, other than that.

In the first place, the monster called Drake was a creature protected by hard scales and tough leather that could not even be scratched unless it was a sword aura.

The Marquis Sebatia’s influence must have worked to some extent to have him catch such a creature alone.

Because everyone, including my father, Nina, Sir Semiterne and one other instructor, knows that I have reached the level of a sword master.

Ah, including His Majesty the Emperor. Marquis Sebatia must have posted the report, so he must have known that I was a sword master.

“Nina. Let’s go out and eat lunch today.”

Well, by the way, I was planning to come after lunch outside the academy again today.

“You went out to eat yesterday too, will you go out to eat today?”

“It’s because I didn’t have the courage to eat a meal among cadets who looked like deaf people.”

If I go out to eat alone, all eyes will be focused on me.

They have such a scruffy appearance, how much would they stand out if they appeared alone and lively?

If that happened, it would be inconvenient for everyone to eat, so it was polite for me to go out and have lunch.

“I can’t. If the young master thinks so…….”

Nina shook her head a couple of times helplessly and started following me.

Today, I was thinking of ordering a stew meal at a house where the stew is cooked amazingly well.

Then, shall we go?

Leaving the Royal Academy, my steps were lighter than ever.

–

As Alberto and Nina left the main gate of the Royal Academy for lunch, someone was gnashing their teeth at the two of them.

“Damn it, why does that guy go out with girls all the time just because he’s good at it?”

Albinus Venera, a sophomore in the martial arts and martial arts club, was annoyed at Alberto.

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He had black under his eyes from fatigue and pimples on his skin.

I don’t know if it’s because he stayed up all night preparing for the midterm evaluation, but his skin condition was really bad.

As a commoner, he always hated nobles.

He thought it was unreasonable to have everything just because he was born into a good family.

So he worked hard to enter the Royal Academy, met a good teacher, and was able to enter the martial arts and martial arts club.

After spending a year like that, he came to the second year and started to live an ascetic life every day for his success.

Rather than enjoying short-lived pleasures, he decided to live a hard life for his future after graduation.

So, in the future, he had the idea that he would rise to the same position as the nobility in the future.

However, he was upset because he wasn’t studying well today and training was blocked, so he came out of the gymnasium to change his mood for a while.

And what caught his eye was Alberto leaving the Royal Academy with Nina.

The moment he saw that, Albinus felt power go into his fists without even realizing it.

“What, what’s wrong with you today?”

A cadet who appeared to be his friend came up to him and put his hand on his shoulder.

“Sheesh, I don’t like all the nobles. He flirts with girls all the time and goes out to play.”

Albinus briefly regained his composure as his friend placed a hand on his shoulder.

“Oh, that cadet? It must be because you have the skills to do so.”

“What?”

However, when his friend stood up for Alberto, Albinus raised one eye and asked what he meant.

“What, don’t you know? That guy is an intermediate sword expert. It was a mess because a genius prosecutor came in, didn’t you know?”

Sword Expert Intermediate.

Now he has risen to the level of an Aura user and is building up his skills step by step, a level that is several steps higher than himself.

In addition, the father of that cadet named Alberto is a sword master, and his family is also said to be famous for swordsmanship.

Once he found out, Albinus became even more angry.

“Ha, the world is really unfair. Some people struggle to get even one, but some people are born into good families and have it all.”

“Hey, hey? Where?”

“Don’t follow me.”

Albinus shook off the hand of his friend who was holding him and ran somewhere with the feeling that something was suddenly boiling inside him.

It was because I thought that if I didn’t vent my anger, I would explode at any moment.

After a long run, Albinus arrived at an empty place and kicked and punched the trees around him.

“aaa! Why! Why! Why do people who have everything, and people like me have nothing!”

As Albinus prepared for the midterm evaluation, the accumulated stress and inferiority complex he had suppressed while watching Alberto exploded.

He was resentful of the world.

As a commoner, I don’t have much, even if I try hard.

That kid was born into a noble family, and it made my stomach ache to see him prosper thanks to his good family.

He knew that the world was unfair.

However, what I had been holding back for the sake of the future exploded with today’s incident as the starting point.

[You seem to be in a lot of trouble.]

“What, what? Who is this? Come out right now!”

[Oops, Oops. There is no need to be so angry, right?]

Then, someone wearing a black hood appeared in front of him.

“You, who, who are you?”

[Do you want power?]

“What?”

[Strength. Powerful force. A powerful force that can help you gain everything.]

Black Hood asked Albinus if he needed strength.

For Albinus, who was mentally pushed to the limit, the proposal of the black hood sounded too sweet.

“Cow, it’s no use! I will never fall for your tricks! It only becomes mine when I obtain it with my own strength!”

[There is no need to hide it. It seems to me The desire for power filled in your eyes!]

At the words of the black hood, Albinus swallowed his saliva.

“What do you want from me?”

[If you want strength, I will give it to you. With that power, run amok as you please. Don’t you want to take revenge on the arrogant nobles? Wouldn’t you like to kneel them before you?]

“… I want to.”

[What?]

The black hood gestured that he couldn’t hear Albinus’ voice.

“I want to trample on you! I, too, want to rise above someone like the nobles! Give me strength!”

[Then accept this power! It will make you stronger!]

Black Hood handed over a small vial to Albinus who said he wanted power.

It was filled with a rainbow-colored liquid.

[Drink that. And, do what you want.]

“Is that all you want from me?”

[Yes. Eat it and wreak havoc on the Royal Academy. It shows the great reverse electrode of life at the bottom!]

“Yes, yes! Okay!”

At the words of the black hood, Albinus opened the medicine bottle he handed over and drank it right in.

Then he could feel the hot energy filling his entire body.

“This?”

[Yes. You got stronger With that power, turn the Royal Academy upside down. And, show me! That even commoners can do it! hahahaha…….]

The black hood disappeared with a grotesque laugh.

With the black hood gone, Albinus thought he was dreaming.

However, the overflowing power in his body proved that everything that had just happened was true.

Now, it seemed that he could further develop the martial arts that his teacher had taught him, and that he would be able to complete the midterm evaluation as much as he could.

“Uhhhhh, as long as I have this power!”

Albinus, who gained strength from an unidentified being, moved slowly with a sinister smile.

Albinus clenched his fists, and an unknown ominous aura lingered in his eyes.

–

Looking at Albinus through the crystal ball, the black hood smiled.

As it was last time, he thought, the more people who have an inferiority complex towards someone, the more they cling to the power that can be obtained more easily.

“It’s always fun to give strength to those with inferiority complexes.”

“Did you give strength to someone with an inferiority complex this time?”

“Ah, Grand Priest Carl. When did you come?”

When the black hood approached from behind, Carol stood up and greeted him.

“Just like the last time, did you hand over your powers this time to someone who was infected with an inferiority complex?”

“That’s right. People who feel inferior because of someone look for opportunities. They will stop at nothing to gain the strength to defeat the person who made them feel inferior. It just added encouragement.”

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“You must have handed it over to a decent guy, right?”

Carol was worried that she might have lost her power to the right guy.

“Of course. Perhaps, this target’s potential is so great that it can rise to the level of ‘Master’ if done well.”

“I’m looking forward to it.”

After Carol left the word that she was looking forward to hearing the black hood’s answer, she disappeared.

“Then, let me start observing again.”

The black hood began to look at Albinus, who was heading somewhere beyond the crystal ball once Carol had disappeared.

The Albinus inside the crystal ball was walking towards somewhere with a strangely flushed face.