I Became an Academy Mechanic Genius

85 – Resolution

[Recruiting an exploration team for ‘Sea Wall’, one of the world’s three most magical unique zones]

The rumor of this official document quickly spread within the academy.

Of course, it was distributed not only to the academy but also to each administrative agency of the empire, and the number of applicants reached thousands.

Because it was a plan that the princess and the grand wizard took the lead in establishing, it was predicted that there was a high possibility of success.

“We must seek cooperation from the Kingdom of Klendor.”

However, there was one problem for the empire.

Because navigation and shipbuilding are not advanced enough to navigate the empire’s difficult Magentani Strait, they must receive help from the island kingdom of Klendor.

“It won’t be easy, right? Even if Klendor grants our request, His Majesty the Emperor will not allow it.”

However, the princess opposed Elena’s opinion, citing the relationship between the empire and Klendor.

That’s because Clendor is a pirate nation that has been plundering the coasts of the empire for decades.

Furthermore, it was the Kingdom of Klendor that inflicted the greatest damage on the empire during the Great War seven years ago.

Didn’t they harass the empire countless times with guerrilla warfare that took advantage of their geographical advantage?

The emperor was furious and ordered the conquest of Clendor, but unfortunately, on the day the large fleet was set out, a strong storm blew and the conquest of Clendor ended in failure.

As a result, the empire suffered a major blow to its status, and when the armistice agreement was concluded at the end of the war, it had to be concluded with somewhat humiliating provisions.

“How about leaving it to Fix?”

So the princess made a new proposal.

Let’s have Edgar Fix build a ship to cross the Strait of Magentani.

“····No.”

But Elena was against it.

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This is because putting Ed in charge of something that requires a huge amount of the empire’s budget would be placing too much of a burden on him.

As Ed’s supporter, Elena only wanted to give Ed things that would help him grow.

I did not want to have to take on subcontracting work for the empire during a time of great growth.

“Hmm. “It’s a pain in the ass.”

The princess touched her forehead.

Elena also sighed at the sea wall project, which was in trouble from the beginning.

“What about recruiting talent?”

Afterwards, the princess and Elena tried various plans.

How to take out craftsmen from the Kingdom of Klendor.

Bringing in citizens of the Kingdom of Klendor who have become naturalized members of the empire and entrusting them with work.

Contact the Dwarven United Kingdom and ask for advice.

We discussed and implemented various methods.

But none of them were successful.

The Kingdom of Clendor was an island kingdom with a strong concentration power, so it was difficult to recruit talented people, and the citizens of the Kingdom of Clendor who were naturalized as part of the empire also did not have any significant skills.

Furthermore, the dwarves were experts in underground cities and weapon manufacturing, but they had no significant technological capabilities in ships.

In the first place, the Dwarven United Kingdom was a landlocked country surrounded by mountains, so there was no need to advance to the sea.

“·····I can’t help it. “I’ll give it a try.”

In the end, there was only one way left.

Somehow obtain the consent of the emperor and conclude an agreement with the Kingdom of Clendor.

Sephilia took out her pen with a chewed expression.

In a letter sprinkled with gold dust, he began writing a letter inviting Crown Prince Clendor to the empire.

***

3 Days later.

The nomination ceremony for the Sea Wall selection competition was held.

The 460 applicants were divided into groups A and B with 230 people each, and in the first round, group A nominated group B.

In the second game, Group B nominated Group A.

-Is there anyone who nominates a fix?

-If there is such a person, he is crazy.

-There is no answer unless you are a genius like Isabella.

So in the first match where Group A nominated Group B, Ed ended up in Group B, and no one in Group A nominated him.

This is because everyone already knows that Ed’s combat power is at the level of a first-year student.

There were no cadets who challenged Ed, who had applied Max, who had taken the wildfire potion, and had also destroyed the obsidian sword.

It was almost suicidal to play the first round with Ed in a selection competition that only selected 20 people.

“Edgar nominates Fix”

But then.

Such a crazy person appeared.

Lucas Elmar.

He is the eldest son of the Elmar family and took second place in the class evaluation competition, so he challenged Ed.

“This is what happens in the end.”

“Lucas deserves it.”

“Who will win?”

And this was clearly expected.

This is from the perspective of Isabella, Enya, and Claire, who have known him for a long time.

-Oooh!! Ed vs. Lucas?

-You can’t miss this!

-Who do you think will win?

However, to the other cadets who were unaware of Lucas’ tendency to value his own honor and fame more than anything else, it was nothing short of an unexpected event.

I can’t believe that the match between the two, which was canceled due to Ed’s withdrawal during the last class evaluation match, was established like this!

“······.”

An unusual air current flowed.

Lucas Elmar’s eyes look at Ed.

I felt like I knew what he wanted to say just by looking at his eyes.

It appears that the chair intends to use this opportunity to completely organize the rankings.

-Poof.

Lucas stared at Ed intently and then turned around.

He always walked out of the lottery with a crowd of followers following him.

Ed was looking at his back with a serious expression, thinking about the menu for tonight.

It’s been a while since I wanted to eat James’ kimchi stew.

***

Behind the classroom.

Charlotte’s expression was stiff.

Because she was now faced with the face she had been trying so hard to avoid, the face she never wanted to face again.

“Charlotte, it’s been a while, hasn’t it?”

A man looking at himself with his hands in his pockets.

Dark blonde hair and bronze skin.

Disturbing attitude.

His first love, who gave him his worst nightmare that he wanted to erase from his memory.

Cadmus Kratz.

“Don’t worry, I’ll be gentle. I pointed you out because I wanted to spar lightly. More than that, how have you been? “I’ve always been curious about your news.”

Charlotte looked at Cadmus, barely able to suppress her pounding heart.

Why did he, who had not paid any attention to himself until now, suddenly singled him out as a starting candidate?

And why does he call me out and pretend to be so close?

“····Well, just tell me the business… “For what reason did I call you…”

Charlotte tried to appear as aloof as possible.

But as she stood in front of him, who had caused her long-term trauma, those efforts were in vain.

She seemed nervous, stuttering her words more than usual.

“hehehe. Isn’t it too hard? Still, we were pretty close at one time.”

But Cadmus smoothed Charlotte’s hair as she said that.

Charlotte was disgusted by the man touching her body as if it were his own, but she couldn’t say anything.

If you stop looking at her, the trauma of her past comes to mind, and your thoughts and body become rigid.

“···You don’t look good. “As if I was seeing something I couldn’t see.”

At this, Cadmus made a straight face and glared at her Charlotte.

Just looking at those eyes makes her heart flutter. Thud. Thud. She jumped and her body flinched.

Cadmus said with a grin.

“Kkkkk. It’s a joke. But I’ve always been curious about it. Why on earth did you suddenly leave me? We were good. We talk about various things together…”

-Sigh.

“I held her hand too.”

Cadmus said so and she touched Charlotte’s cheek.

But Charlotte, who was aware of Cadmus’ disgusting duplicity, hurriedly stepped behind her, hitting his chest.

At this, Cadmus laughed and muttered as if he could not understand.

“Huh, what is this reaction? “It’s like me…”

However, as he continued speaking, he suddenly seemed to realize something and stared into space, blurting out his words.

Then he looked at Charlotte and said.

“Did you see it?”

“······.”

Cadmus asks a meaningful question and examines Charlotte’s reaction.

Charlotte is sweating and breathing heavily.

Looking at her Charlotte’s reaction, Cadmus was convinced that her hunch was correct.

“Wow… Did you see it all? Right? That’s why he dumped me… “When did you last see it?”

He remembered bragging to Charlotte the other day that he was a disposable mukker.

At the time, she didn’t know that Charlotte had heard, but when she thought about it, it seemed clear that she had discovered her true colors if she was reacting so strongly with rejection.

Finally, he touched her forehead and said with a bewildered laugh.

“This is so ridiculous. Of course, at that moment… But Charlotte. I’m different now than I was then. She was immature at the time and just wanted to show off to her friends, so she did it. “Now—.”

“Oh, don’t come!”

However, Charlotte was not stupid enough to be fooled by Cadmus twice.

Now that I know his true nature, I can tell just by looking at his face that he is faking it.

Cadmus, who was once again pushed by Charlotte, stroked his head and muttered.

“Ha… Are you throwing me off just because I’m pretty now?”

He is slowly starting to show his true colors.

Soon he said.

“Then you don’t need money?”

“····What?”

“You don’t need money? “Your family is desperately poor.”

“·····.”

“Fuha. Look at the expression. I’m not kidding. I’m talking about making a deal. “It’s definitely not a loss, right?”

Cadmus said so and stretched out four of his fingers.

And then he said it with a cocky expression.

“Just 4 times. “If you sleep with me four times, I’ll pay your tuition and dormitory fees for next semester.”

“······.”

Charlotte’s expression became cold.

As expected, it was a proposal not worth listening to.

However, the guy seemed to think that his proposal was plausible, and continued his next words with a condescending expression.

“Isn’t that sh*t? “If it wasn’t for this opportunity, you wouldn’t have paid so much money—”

“Get out.”

However, Cadmus freezes at Charlotte’s subsequent answer.

He answered with a laugh.

“Ha, what?”

“Get out of here!” “Because that face is disgusting!”

Cadmus’ face, which had been laughing leisurely, hardened.

When it came to the topic of disposable toys that could be eaten and thrown away at any time, his attitude became arrogant.

This b*tch doesn’t look any different except for her smooth face.

“···Hey.”

Cadmus approached Charlotte in an overbearing manner.

As Charlotte got into her fighting stance, Cadmos chuckled and said,

“Fuha. What kind of attitude is that? Is this a new gag? “The f*cking b*tch has become such a f*cking joke.”

“······.”

“What are you? Uh? Before class evaluation. “Wasn’t it only C grade?”

Cadmus leisurely approaches Charlotte with a smile.

Charlotte is constantly breathing heavily and breaking into a cold sweat.

Soon Cadmus spoke.

“Why don’t you just take it easy? You need money, I need your body. I’ll make you pretty like before. Now that she’s really pretty, it’s not just empty words. “I make sure to take care of my woman?”

Cadmus said so and boasted how much he could give.

However, Charlotte was still in a fighting stance, wary of Cadmus.

“As always, you are still such a tight-lipped b*tch. “I need to tame it a bit.”

As Cadmus said that, he immediately attacked Charlotte.

Then, several layers of tree trunks wrapped around his ankles, but it was only funny to Cadmus, who was ranked 6th in Class A.

-Puck!

“Ugh!”

“You said we’ll just do it once? I’ll do a really good job. “Every b*tch I’ve slept with has been clingy.”

Afterwards, Cadmos played with her Charlotte, almost to the point of playing with her.

It was not a battle, but a level close to harassment.

“Tsk. “It’s so annoying when things get complicated.”

However, it was not possible to exceed a certain level.

This is because, according to regulations, the use of force between cadets is not possible.

Because of that, I only hit the parts that were not noticeable.

“But Charlotte, don’t you know that?”

At that time, Kad Moss smiled and opened his mouth.

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Just by looking at that smile, you could guess how vicious his demeanor was.

“Actually, your father borrowed money from me not long ago?”

“·····What?”

“Kiki kick. “Even if you don’t like it, you deserve my money.”

“Well, what is that…”

Three days ago, as soon as he saw Charlotte, who had become pretty, Cadmus set up work for the Verdian family.

The Verdian family could not refuse Cadmus’ offer to support Charlotte.

In addition, six years ago, he thought that Charlotte and Cadmus were on good terms, but he mistakenly thought that Cadmus’ offer was simply out of goodwill.

“I didn’t want to use such a petty method, but it would be better to be moderately stubborn. “Unless you want to blow up your only house.”

Charlotte’s shoulders were shaking.

Tears flowed from her so angry heart.

Cadmus said, licking his tongue.

“First round. Think carefully until the first game. If you are going to follow my advice, fight moderately and then abstain. If not····”

Bull – The guy’s eyes opened violently.

“You are being tortured by me. Of course, your family, which has maintained its reputation, will also come to an end.”

After saying those words, he turned his back.

Charlotte was clenching her fists as she continued to shed tears.

I couldn’t think of a way to escape from him.

***

It’s been a while since I stopped by James’ house and ate kimchi stew.

Of course, eating hometown food on a regular basis will bring stability to your mind and body.

As Sunset was walking down a quiet road, she was in such a good mood that she hummed a song.

“······?”

Until I saw Charlotte waiting for me.

“Charlotte, what’s going on?”

Charlotte appeared in front of me looking a mess.

Her hair, which had been straightened by her curling iron, and her skin where her makeup had been applied were all messed up.

Her eyes were full of smeared tears.

“·····Ed.”

However, she called me with determination.

With a look of resentment on her face, she repeatedly told me about her business.

“···I want to become stronger. “There is definitely someone I want to take revenge on.”

Charlotte has changed.

She didn’t stutter or flinch in front of me.

What made her so angry?

“Can you help me?”

Charlotte looks at me with earnest eyes.

It looks like he is holding back the tears that are about to burst out.

“···Of course. “You are my friend.”

As soon as Charlotte heard my answer, she barely suppressed the tears that threatened to burst out.

She then took a long, deep breath and spoke with a composed expression.

“Teach me. “How can I become stronger?”