Academy Slave Instructor

123 – The Festival

The Festival

“Are you okay?”

Seiban looked at Aslan’s face and asked with concern.

Even though the eyes are fierce, they were always full of vitality, but now they are half and the scary eyes are hidden behind dark circles, which is pitiful.

Athran, who was memorizing the words written on the paper with a half-fazed expression, lifts his head weakly.

“Today is the last day.”

“You’re doing it because you think your life will be the end. Are you sleeping?”

“Did you get some sleep last night? About two hours?”

Two hours of sleep.

Seiban also cuts down on sleep when the exam period approaches, but not as much as Aslan.

Of course, Asran, who had no foundation at all, had to invest as much time as rice to get a good score, but Seiban was worried that the level was too severe.

“I was going to ask you to go to a nice place after the exam. You’ll go to sleep first.”

“That’s right. I’ll sleep for two days when it’s over.”

“Even if the exam is over, the academy schedule is not over.”

“I don’t know, I’m going to sleep.”

Even though he is tired, his personality remains the same. Seiban is proud of a friend who works so hard.

Aslan’s low grades were a bit of a concern for Seiban, but it was hard to say from the point of view of a close friend who knew why he became like this.

Although he was half-forced, no one could do that half-force to Aslan, but Rai did it.

Assuming that he is a resourceful person, Seiban helps Aslan with his cramming.

The last test was on monster taxonomy, and if you memorize well, you can easily get a good score.

After the exam, Asran checks the score.

This is the first time in his life that he gets the correct answer right after the exam.

Because it is already famous among the class A academy students that if he does not get over 70 points, he will be kicked out by Rai.

“The answer to question 47 is black slime.”

“Damn it, I changed it after thinking about it, but it was wrong.”

Athran, who was happy with each question, checks the correct answer until the end and calculates the score.

Everyone was watching with bated breath, and Philia, who calculated the score in advance when checking the correct answer, smiled and left.

“86 Points…”

“Wow… Am I dumber than Aslan?”

“Who are you? The one who said you were dumber than me?”

To say that 86 points is the highest score he has ever received in his life would be a bit pitiful, but Aslan was happy.

He was relieved that he had an average of 72 so far, but he didn’t know what would happen if he messed up on this test.

However, when he received the highest score in his life beyond 72 points, Asran squeezed his hand tightly.

“Yes! I did it!”

“Congratulations.”

Asran likes it, the other academy students also congratulate him.

It was a great thing to raise an average of 30 points at once.

“Raikang! I got over 70 points!”

Aslan sees Rai entering the classroom at the right time and shouts loudly while holding the test paper.

Rai, who had been staring at him, also likes to squeeze his hand.

“Yes, I won the bet.”

“… Bet?”

“Huh? What bet?”

“No, I just won the bet.”

“No, I’ve never been like that before?”

The academy students, including Aslan, stare at Rai, who is pretending, with cold eyes.

As Lai walks to the lecture table, he turns his body outside as he receives a cold stare.

“Uh- I don’t have anything to say, so everyone scatter. See you tomorrow.”

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“Hey! Hold on!”

As Rai runs out quickly, Aslan chases after him.

“……”

“I have something to tell Vice-Principal Bright.”

The academy students who were quiet at the words of the three three nodded.

* * *

Shortly after the exams, the first semester of the academy came to an end.

Mia, who was worried about her grades, got pretty high grades, except for practical skills, and Zero Ah also got a higher score than last time, and everyone was satisfied.

Fortunately, the academy students were able to be trained by Rai, and Athran, who was able to lay down her responsibilities, feels relieved.

“Give me some money to buy a drink.”

“Did you leave it to me? Are you proud of the subject of living on your own?”

“If you bet with me, you don’t have to give me a review.”

“It’s already been a week. How long are you going to worry about it? I’ve already used it up to feed you. And I did it out of self-reflection, not you. You’re just an accessory.”

When Rai and Aslan are arguing in the garden, Sesset comes inside and shouts.

“Raikang! Raikang! It’s a festival, a festival! What are you doing all slumped on the festival day? Let’s go out and play.”

“You said you were doing something, was that today?”

“What kind of a bored expression is that? A festival! The Legandia Festival!”

When Rai’s reaction is not good, Sesseth gets angry.

Legandia is one of the leading cities in the Empire. Some say that although it is the best city in the empire, it cannot be said to have surpassed the capital where the emperor is located, so it is said that it is one of the best cities to use in an expression of humility.

Geographically, it is located in the northernmost part of the empire, so there is no advantage, but Legandia continues to develop with the academy at its head.

First of all, since it was a planned city built at the direction of the emperor, there were many immigrants, so the population was large.

Even if only one aristocratic academy student came to the academy, dozens of people, including instructors, attendants, and mansion managers, would come to Legandia. Some of them own mansions, but most rent a place to live, so the rental business is quite lucrative.

As money flows into the market, commerce develops, magic tools and equipment targeting the wallets of academy students are distributed, and logistics naturally goes to Legandia. The roads connected when the city was established were also well maintained, so distribution was fast.

Not just commercially, there is a rule that lecturers attending academies must publish a research paper once every two years. The studies of retired elites are bringing other scholars, and people say that the cities with the most scholars are the Capital and Legandia.

There’s a dungeon there, so it’s a place that adventurers visit at least once, and it’s safe because it’s under the direct control of the emperor.

If you simply look at the map, it’s a region where there’s nothing great about it, but if you look at it one by one centered on the academy, it’s strange that it’s not developing.

In commemoration of the city’s founding day, Legandia, which has developed like that, holds a three-day festival in which the entire city gives thanks to the first emperor.

On this day, Legandia, which has a large population, is full of people, such as merchants trying to catch their share and tourists visiting to see the festival.

Those who come to Legandia’s founding festival for the first time are immersed in the new world and can’t get out of it for a month.

There are many people who come a week in advance because they can’t even get a room if they come late, and the shopping district spends a lot of manpower to prepare for the festival. It’s not as good as the festival in the capital city, which is held with state property, but you can’t see a festival of this scale anywhere except in the capital city.

“Hundreds of food, thousands of jewels, and tens of thousands of people, the Legandia Establishment Festival, Paradise the Legandia! You are invited!”

“…… Why Paradise?”

“I just built it. Ugh- is that important now? The fact that today is a festival is important!”

Seset explains the festival starting with its long history, but gets angry when he sees Rai not responding well.

“Go play with yourselves.”

“You look like a man without romance!”

“It’s romantic and you’re sleeping and you’re in the way, so go.”

“Ah! You pitiful youth! While everyone else is enjoying the festival, you are being physically tortured while smelling the smell of rotten sweat! Ah! How can you be so pitiful!”

Sesset approaches Anaphilia, who is doing her training, when her rai doesn’t make sense to her, and speaks in her theatrical tone, then covers her face with her hands and cries.

“Isn’t it pitiful? It’s pitiful! Laycan! Are you really going to torture these young people in the scorching sun?!”

“……What is your purpose?”

Rai asks, and Cesset shuts her mouth and turns her gaze away.

She said in a shy voice, wiggling her interlocking fingers.

“Water owner? Wallet? Which one do you like?”

Her rai looks at her pathetically at her not shy at all. Then Cesset fell to her knees and she fell helplessly to the floor.

“But… I don’t have any money… My grandfather said he was coming after the festival. It’s all because of Raikang.”

“Why is it my fault?”

“It’s because Raicang monopolizes gambling! How much money have I lost!”

“The choice is yours. And you made a mistake. Why is it my fault?”

She didn’t tell me to gamble, and I didn’t ask her to bet elsewhere, but when she blamed herself, Rai was dumbfounded.

She wins a few times, but in the end, she laments that she was hit by the gambler’s words.

“Damn, I should have believed Jeongbae… Why did you walk to Yeokbae…”

“You shouldn’t gamble.”

Concentrating on her training, but apparently her ears are open this way, Philia swings her sword and gives her a small nod of her head.

Three-set, who was weeping while beating her ground, sees her lie.

“Your wallet is thick because you earned a lot of lycans.”

“What are you talking about? Instructors shouldn’t gamble.”

Ray’s words, who had been scolded by Bright for gambling, were not persuasive.

Sesset, who climbed up from her floor holding Rai, looked up at him and gave him an evil smile.

“Sure~? There’s a rumor that there’s been a bet on grades these days? Whose pocket did it go into?”

“…… I don’t know.”

“Ah ha ha~ I’m not sure, so shall we ask the deputy principal?”

Ray grabs Sesset’s shoulder as he turns around.

When she looks back with her bright face, her rai smiles the same way.

“Shall we go and enjoy the festival?”

“Now I can talk.”

Cesset clings to Philia’s back and boasts that he has earned her money. Rai, who is staring at her with a twitching smile, and Sesset, whose eyes meet, speak confidently.

“Are you dissatisfied?”

“Do you have any complaints?”

“There shouldn’t be! Three pretty girls from the academy recognized by others are inviting me to go to the festival. Be more happy! Oh, is it because I don’t like raikan? There are also beautiful girls with big breasts here, so don’t worry.”

“Three three!”

When she is mentioned, Philia covers her breasts and shouts at Sesset.

Athlan gets up from his seat in the mood that has been decided that he will go to the festival.

“Watch this kid wake up naturally.”

“Buy me a drink on the way.”

Aslan, who was itching from the festival, smiled, Rai got up from his seat with a confused face.

Seeing that Zeroa and Mia were also quickly tidying up, it seemed that they were looking forward to it.

She only looks at Abigail with a disgruntled face, then sighs and says she will train more.

Rai drags the academy students down to the city except Abigail, who rejects her.

As it is a planned city, Legandia has wide roads other than back alleys.

It is very noisy, with many sounds overlapping, such as the sound of shops promoting here and there and the voices of people excitedly and loudly talking about the festival.

She says proudly of Sesset as Rai looks tired at the wave of the crowd, which is more closely packed than the tight formations of the army.

“You see. When you come to Legandia, you must experience it. I came to the academy to see this festival.”

“If you came to the academy with something like that, the fallen kids would be upset.”

“The law of the jungle! Those who have what they want, take it by force!”

Posing with her flimsy arm to show off her muscles, Sesset gets down on one knee and holds out her hand towards her lie.

“Your Highness, the enemy soldiers are coming in innumerable numbers. We must raise troops to stop them. The enemies are armed with unheard-of weapons and proudly boasting abundant military capacity. I will destroy weapons and provisions. Please give me military funds.”

It’s a long word, but it means asking for money to enjoy the festival.

Since it’s a festival, Rai looks down at Sesset, who is much more excited than usual, and sees Filia. She turns her head away pretending to look at her stall, perhaps embarrassed.

She let out a small sigh and placed a gold coin in her small hand.

“Your Highness- The momentum of the enemies is sky-high, but this is just… hehehe, thank you, Raikang!”

Not wanting to hear her, her Rai tosses her another gold coin, and Cesset jumps to her feet, bows her head, crosses Philia’s arms, and walks in front of her.

“Your Highness…”

“Die. Don’t.”

Athlan, who was trying to imitate Sesset, giggled as if it was fun when Rai said it with a firm expression.

“Don’t forget to buy a drink though.”

“Come on, let’s drink and search today.”

Ray eventually surrendered to Aslan, who persistently demanded alcohol.