I Became an Academy Mechanic Genius

149 – A True Friend

Cairo Sigmund, who made a name for himself by playing a major role in the Great War seven years ago.

His death spread widely throughout the empire.

Everyone began a procession of condolences to honor the soul of the war hero who devoted himself to the empire.

People from all walks of life gather at Sigmund’s estate.

-Ssaaa…

In front of the gates of Sigmund’s territory, where it was raining like that.

Ed also to offer his condolences. No, actually, I was standing in line to check on Max.

With Eve next to him to help him infiltrate.

“Master. “How about we sort out our titles once we get inside?”

At that time, Eve, who was tightly next to Ed, opened her mouth.

Ed answered, glancing at Eve.

“Timing of titles?”

“Yes. I haven’t revealed it to anyone yet. However, if you stick next to your master as if it’s a given, you won’t be curious about his identity. “Why don’t we just call each other around because we’re cousins?”

“······.”

He’s a cousin.

Ed quickly nodded.

If you are a cousin, there is no need to explain the name ‘Eve Fix’.

Above all, if we say that they have both been interested in machines since they were young, they will be able to secure an alibi for Eve serving as his secretary.

“Of course. “A cousin would be appropriate.”

“Yes. Then I will call you oppa from now on. “Oppa Ed.”

“······.”

Ed looked at Eve, who he called his older brother.

A calm face as if there is something wrong.

‘···It’s going to be tilted, right?’

Ed suddenly shook off the thoughts that came to his mind.

The reason why I think Eve intentionally did this build-up to remain as ‘her brother and sister’ relationship is because I thought she may have gone too far ahead.

Just now, doesn’t his expression seem to have any particular intention?

I only call him that because I have come to a situation where I have to call him ‘oppa’.

“Hey, brother.”

At that time, Eve once again called herself brother.

Ed answered with a puzzled expression.

“No, when we’re alone…”

“You should practice in advance. From now on, we’ll just be cousins to outsiders, but if it’s awkward every time, they’re sure to get suspicious.”

However, Ed’s subsequent words were boiled over by Eve’s logical words.

While Ed was confused, Eve continued.

“Look at it now. “The awkwardness is evident in your facial expression.”

At Eve’s words, Ed smoothed his face.

And then he laughed as if it was ridiculous.

Pix, who used to be just cute, is now even pointing out facial expressions.

Obviously things have changed since I became a female android assistant.

“Okay. “She thinks she has a cute little cousin.”

However, even though she was a little awkward, I didn’t hate her.

In the past, she felt like a good pet dog that listened well, but now she was like an older sister who took good care of her, or like a friendly little sister.

For Ed, who was lonely without her brother, a ‘sister-like’ relationship was not a bad option.

“I will check for the next person.”

At that time, the guard at the gate called for the next turn, and the car carrying Ed moved forward.

The current condolence procession consists mostly of carriages carrying nobles, while Ed is traveling in a limousine-like car.

The driver was Ed Yeongji’s butler, Greek.

“This is Count Fix’s car. Here.”

Grick then took out a nameplate symbolizing Count Fix and showed it to the guard.

It was a symbolic mixture of Ed’s symbols, the gauntlet and hammer.

The guard nodded and answered.

“Confirmed. But Count Fix definitely drives a different car.”

A guard scanning the lines of well-shaven cars as if looking at a great beauty.

Grick grinned and grabbed the steering wheel.

At the same time as I nodded to the guard, the driver’s side window went up smoothly.

The limousine moved forward.

We entered Sigmund’s castle.

***

After entering the temple and driving for a while, I saw a wide open space.

And there were parked carriages lined up all over the vacant lot.

Ed’s limousine also approached the vacant lot to park.

People’s attention began to focus all at once.

-Of course, Count Fix…It’s not normal for him to ride.

-I want to ride it too… What’s it like inside?

-That car is nothing. There are many more amazing things in Count Fix’s territory.

-···Have you been to Count Fix’s territory!?

-hehehehe… You invited me or something. As you know, my brother is Count Fix’s best friend, right?

-A~ Best friend? The rumor I heard was that he was just Count Fix’s subordinate.

-What are you talking about! My brother said he was definitely my best friend! Wait!

A woman walks up to Ed’s parked limousine.

At this, the group that was with her lady watched the lady approaching her limousine with her interesting face.

Finally, when Ed got out of her limousine, the woman bowed to Ed with a noble bow.

“Hello, Count. As I was passing by, I saw the Count and came to say hello. “Do you remember me?”

As soon as she got out of the limousine, she ran over to say hello to Ed.

However, Ed was tilting his head.

Because I honestly don’t remember who this woman is.

‘·····Who was it?’

Ed became a key figure in the empire and was ogled by several noble women.

That’s why Ed couldn’t remember each of their faces.

This is because there is no time to worry about burdensome and troublesome things.

‘·····Ah.’

However, this woman’s case was a little different.

She discovered the ‘Arsene’ family pattern on the woman’s bracelet.

As for the Arsene family, isn’t it the family of David Arsene, the president of the ‘f*ck you club’?

Ed, who was saddened by the thought of the boy’s bare head, smiled and pretended to know his younger sister who greeted him.

“Of course I remember. “Isn’t she David’s younger sister?”

“·····!!”

David’s younger sister shows a bright smile and a happy expression.

Finally she glanced back at her group with a grin on her face.

It’s like, ‘Look. With an expression that seemed to say, ‘Am I right?’

“Is David here too?”

At that time, Ed asked about David’s whereabouts.

David’s younger sister answered with a grin.

“Yes! Of course, my brother came too. “I went to see Sangju with my other brothers. Would you like me to guide you?”

···Other brothers?

Ed asked who they were.

From what I heard, they were members of the ‘f*ck Saegi’ club and academy cadets.

Still, I went to say hello to Max, as I was once a classmate at the academy and was close to him.

No matter how much trash he did, the guy who was struggling to be recognized by his father lost his father.

“····Well, I don’t know if Max will welcome me, but let’s go. “I sincerely regret Count Cairo’s death.”

So, Ed was guided by David’s younger sister and moved to the place where the Shibalsaegi club and Max were.

In the process, David’s younger sister’s friends tried to talk to him, but they were all blocked as Eve clung to Ed and kept him in check.

Ed smiled inwardly as he watched Eve shooing away her pesky flies.

***

“What’s wrong with your hair?”

Meanwhile, Max and the club members gathered together for the first time in a long time.

Originally, those who hated and disparaged ‘Edgar Fix’ the most gathered together for the funeral.

“hahahaha… This is something like a medal. “A medal for studying hard”

At that time, Peter, one of the club members, smiled bitterly and scratched his head.

Another club member next to him, Cain, added,

“Actually, there is something we are all studying together. But is it more difficult than most academy studies? “Do you see everyone losing their hair?”

Cain grinned and looked around her.

Bran, Kruga, Vendang.

All of the people who had once been in the group with Max were sitting with their heads bare.

Max said, bursting into laughter.

“Pugh! Kikikikik… What are you guys studying? “Don’t you think your hair will fall out if you roll a head that won’t turn?”

Max was once the leader of this group.

However, everyone smiled bitterly at Max’s outspoken remarks.

I felt a disconnect between the time I hung out with Max and disparaged Ed and the time I have now.

“It’s salty, it’s salty. Is life at the academy worth it? Are your grades going well?”

Max noticed that the mood of his best friends had changed and changed the topic.

Eventually, Max and his close friend, David, scratched the back of their heads and answered.

“Well…The grades are sh*t. Most of us are now D-rank. “Keep getting demoted.”

Those who were in B grade like Wonlan Max.

However, because I only focused on studying physics as instructed by Ed, I neglected my classes and training and was demoted to D grade.

Max tsked and spoke to the club members.

“It looks like you guys are having a really hard time too. Such a f*cking academy. How about just coming out at this point? You can become strong enough without having to go to the academy. I’m serious”

Max said that and looked around at the club members.

Everyone had a lukewarm response.

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Max said with a grin.

“Yes, it seems a bit foolish to show up for the best academy in the empire. It’s not like you guys are any smarter. It’s not like I was born with a body. However, it does not mean that there is any growth potential. “Isn’t graduating from the academy the biggest career achievement in your life?”

Max said that and looked around him.

Usually at this point, I say, ‘f*ck you, you idiot. You should have said, ‘What do you want to say?’, But everyone had an uncomfortable expression and there was no answer.

“····Are you okay?”

At that time, David, Max’s friend, asked about Max’s condition.

Max grinned and nodded his head.

“Can’t you tell by looking at it? I’m perfectly fine. It’s okay, man. Relax your expression. “I’m just so happy to see you all after such a long time.”

Max said that and grabbed the whiskey in front of him.

However, David held Max’s hand and spoke with a stern expression.

“Max, you’re at your father’s funeral. “Alcohol—”

“Ha-you bastard.”

However, Max immediately shook off David’s hand.

And then I took a gulp of whiskey and bang! He said as he put it down.

“Why is everyone having so much fun? Are you really worried about me? I’m really okay, man. They say you drink alcohol just to get in the mood. “Would you like a drink?”

“······.”

Max prepares a separate glass and pours it for David.

However, David spoke with an expression that made him feel sorry for Max.

“Max. I know it’s going to be hard for you. You tried every day to be recognized by your father. But because I wasn’t recognized, I started to become crooked… I expressed my affection for the woman I admired in the wrong way… Anyway, I just feel sorry for the whole situation. “Now that I look back, I keep thinking that maybe I should have held you in good stead back then.”

“······.”

Max suddenly recalled the past and looked at David.

A friend I have hung out with since childhood.

Soon, he chuckled and patted David on the back.

“Ha- bastard. With everything in the past. I got over it, dude. Like Cairo, no. Anyway, my father is not important to me anymore. “I found its true owner.”

Max said that and grabbed his whiskey again.

David said, stopping him.

“Max. You seem drunk. “I think you should stop drinking.”

“······.”

David’s eyes look at Max seriously.

Finally, Max put down the whiskey and said.

“Baby, you’ve grown up a lot. “I got it, I got it.”

Max said that and leaned back in his chair.

Still, he raised the corners of his mouth, thinking that the only people who truly cared about him were those who got along well with him, including David.

Then an unexpected name came out of David’s mouth.

“····Edgar Fix.”

“······?”

“You… No, we misunderstood. I’m not that mean and mean person. Rather, imitate it…”

“f*ck, what are you saying?”

Max jumps up from the chair he was leaning on and looks on with a straight face.

However, David still spoke with a calm expression.

“···I’m telling you this because we were friends. “Because I couldn’t fix you.”

“······No, what the f*ck are you saying now…”

“I understood because I worked under that person. What an amazing and wonderful person Edgar Fix is. “How pathetic I am, who started hating Lord Fix just because the girl I had a crush on fell for him…”

Max looked at David with a blank expression.

.

My mind went blank and I couldn’t think of anything.

Who is under whom now?

Who respects whom?

“Now… I don’t even remember that girl. She is the person I will follow for the rest of my life. If I can be of any help in achieving his great achievements… That alone would be an honor to me. Now he can’t imagine a world without Him—”

“Shut up!”

At that time, Max stood up and slammed the desk.

He said, glaring at David with red bloodshot eyes.

“Are you out of your f*cking mind? “Who am I to end up like this?”

“·····Max. We are not children anymore. Think about it carefully. “What did he do to us?”

“If that bastard…! A crime worthy of death—”

“····Ha. Kill me? You still haven’t changed. “It’s still you-centered and emotional.”

David said that and stood up.

Then he clenched his fist and said to Max.

“The reason I’m telling you this is because I was asked to do so by the late Count. “I ask you to remain my good friend.”

“····Friend? From the moment Edgar defended the Fix bastard… You…”

“That’s why I said it. “I decided to serve him, and he can’t be friends with a guy who insults him.”

Max burst into laughter at David’s next words.

I felt like even my childhood memories were shattering.

He was a good guy who always hung out and hid whatever pranks he got up to.

“Hey, did you guys hear that? “Ed, I look at that bastard and say ‘him’.”

Max then looked at everyone as if to say, ‘Not you guys, right?’ And said that.

However, all of the classmates who had gathered to criticize and disparage Ed were glaring at them with angry expressions.

They all have bare crowns.

“····Now he will be inaugurated as a professor at the academy. “He was invited to the academy to teach a discipline called ‘magic engineering.'”

“·······?”

At that time, unbelievable words came out of David’s mouth once again.

Now, Edgar Fix is becoming a professor?

“But we plan to be more greedy. I am planning to propose the creation of a new department so that I can teach mechanical principles that can explain the principles of the world and engineering using them. Because only we can be defeated, no. “Because physics is a fascinating study.”

Max looked at David with a blank face.

While he was kicked out of the academy, David seemed to have become an Ed fanatic.

Aren’t they praising Ed, even talking about unknown technical terms as if they are reciting scriptures?

“·····You guys are completely crazy? Edgar Fix: Do you think that bastard will truly care for you? Will he consider you, who hated him, as friends? “He’s either a slave that’s easy to manipulate or a pet dog that listens well.”

“You’re my friend”

At that time, the door suddenly opened and people came in.

The group consisted of Ed, Eve, Isabella, Enya, Lucas, Claire, and Charlotte.

Ed looked around at the club members and spoke again.

“The kids here. They are all my friends. “Precious friends with whom we can discuss physics together.”

Ed said that and glared at Max.

However, David looked up to Ed with an expression of emotion as if he was touched by the word ‘friend.’

Max chewed his lips as he looked at David.

It was the moment when I lost the only friend I had left.