Became the Golden Sun of the Academy

9 – Dalian (1)

“Brother, it’s time to wake up.”

I opened my eyes to the sound of Charlotte’s voice waking me up.

A refreshing breeze blew into the room through Charlotte’s open window, and a ray of light drew a line across the bed as the curtains fluttered.

I couldn’t fall back to sleep because of the light coming directly into the place where the pillow was.

“… ….”

I stared blankly at the ceiling with only my eyes open.

Obviously, the bed was softer than the bed I used to use, and the blanket was nice to the touch.

I think it was because I was mentally tired from the unfamiliar environment.

I just rolled my eyes and looked at the clock on the table next to the bed.

It’s just past 7 o’clock.

It was early in the morning.

“What day is today…… ?”

I asked Charlotte, who was waiting for me to wake up with her hands together in a sleepy voice.

“It is the 18th.”

Looking at the calendar with half-closed eyes, the 18th was a weekend.

If you had sparred in such a physical condition, the result would have been obvious without seeing it, so it was fortunate.

Anyway, it’s okay not to go to the academy, so I want to rest a little more today.

With that thought, she tried to put her head on the pillow again.

“You’re back as a normal boy.”

Thanks to Charlotte who snatched the pillow, my head was stuck on the bed helplessly.

“What is this? Bring it quickly.”

I was so tired that I didn’t mind trying to act like Adele, but the tone was similar to that arrogant tone.

Naturally, Charlotte compelled to obey my orders, but she asked as she placed the pillow by my head.

“Then, is it okay if we don’t have to do the simulated sparring we promised earlier?”

“Mock Dalian?”

“Yes, that is what you asked me not to lose in the upcoming match.”

It must have been a promise Adele made before I possessed it.

It’s not a promise I made, but I liked the mock sparring.

If you lose badly in Dalian, you will be flogged, so shouldn’t you get used to fighting with your body and get good results?

“I forgot…….”

He raised his tired body.

I just got out of bed, but my body felt heavy and everything was bothersome.

“By the way, did I ask you to fight?”

I glanced over at Charlotte, who was helping her cheer up while washing her face dry.

A head difference in height.

A slender body that could easily fly several meters if I kicked it.

No matter how you look at it, it didn’t look like a fight would be possible because of the difference in physique.

Of course, that is limited to my common sense of fighting only with the body.

In a world where magic exists, physique may matter relatively little.

Looking back, the heroines have the same level of strength as Kyle with their small bodies.

However, it was only the story of the main characters, so it was hard to imagine that the extra Charlotte would be that strong.

“Do you think I will not be your opponent?”

“To be honest, yes.”

“That’s a funny joke.”

I wasn’t kidding.

Charlotte asked with her shocked face as I looked at her.

“Do you seriously think that I, who was sent to the academy to escort you in case of emergency, is really weaker than you?”

“Um.”

The Adele I know is strong.

Especially, Adele, who did her best to fight Kyle, the main character, had a high degree of difficulty in combat to the extent that it could be said that she was defeated.

Of course, it’s from the mid-to-late half when there’s a direct conflict with Adele, but even now, Adele doesn’t seem to be weaker than Charlotte, an extra character who never appeared properly.

“Well, if you spam, you’ll find out.”

“…… All right. Have no regrets.”

Charlotte’s gaze at me changed dramatically.

The impression that had been gentle like a sheep became cold as if you were looking at an experienced assassin.

It seemed to have touched her pride…….

* * *

“The sky is brown.”

“It’s because it’s the ground, not the sky, young boy.”

Is it the sky or the earth that I am looking at right now?

Is the place I am lying on the ground or the sky?

I started to get confused about those things because I was in a bad situation.

Speaking in conclusion, the sparring with Charlotte ended with my continuous defeat.

In the beginning, it could be said that I was one-sided because I couldn’t adapt to Adele’s body and characteristics, but the result was the same in the second half when I got used to those things.

Anyway, I couldn’t get one effective hit right, and I just kept falling to the ground.

“Two.”

I pushed away the earth that was trying to embrace me, spitting out the dirt that spread the bitter taste in my mouth.

They were beaten so badly that even turning over was difficult.

“Obviously I was wrong.”

Charlotte doesn’t seem to have used any special magic, but it’s this much of a difference.

It’s not that Adele’s body is weak, Charlotte is stronger than I thought.

As she explained, it was definitely the skills of a maid dispatched to escort Adele.

“Are you sure you want to continue?”

“No, I will stop here for today.”

The sun has already risen in mid-heaven.

I was hit for that long to get a feel for it, and if I overworked my body more, I felt like I would lie in bed all weekend.

This was just the right amount to prepare for the upcoming sparring.

“Still, the boy definitely deserved confidence.”

The sky was covered and I could see Charlotte’s face, still not sweating.

She wondered what kind of monster it was that she moved so violently and her breathing was stable.

“If you have this level of skill, it shouldn’t be that difficult to reach the top ranks in Dalian. You will be able to achieve good grades.”

At the top.

If you want to become the chief, you have to be in the top rank, not the top rank, to be able to think about it, but is it still not enough?

It was as she tried to wipe the sweat from her eyes with her heavy breathing.

“Your hands are dirty. I will wipe it for you.”

“I see, thank you.”

Charlotte took out her handkerchief and tapped her on the forehead.

She was just wiping her sweat, but she was careful and serious, like excavating a fossil buried in a stone.

Charlotte was so focused that her face was pretty close.

He didn’t seem to know that fact.

‘Anyway, I need something different to beat Kyle.’

Then she had something on her mind.

A special training method that only Adele can do that can show a fairly high efficiency against the current Kyle even with a small amount of time.

“Charlotte… ….”

As she tried to speak, she was startled.

She’s still close to her face.

Dense eyelashes, golden eyes reflecting my face, lightly closed mouth.

Her doll-like appearance was certainly nice to look at, but it was rather burdensome to be so close that her breath seemed to reach.

“The face is too close.”

“…… Oh, sorry.”

Only then did Charlotte raise her head.

He said, putting her handkerchief into her pocket.

“Now that I am like this, I think of the old days, so I seem to have concentrated on it without even realizing it.”

“Have you ever been like this before?”

“Yes, something similar to today happened on the day the boy who always kept his distance approached me first.”

At that time, the situation was the opposite of now, but it was the same even though the top and bottom were reversed, so he remembered something.

“So what did you call me for?”

“I was going to tell you to get ready because I have something to go out, but…… Come to think of it, you don’t really need to accompany me.”

She’s only been one day since she became Adele, and she’s gotten used to Charlotte waiting on everything from one to ten.

She’s easygoing, but she’s perfect for becoming a full-fledged aristocrat.

“Where are you going?”

“This is Trinity Academy. It’s no big deal just going to the library and reading some books.”

“Okay. Instead, I will help the boy get ready to go out.”

Well, that should be fine.

No problem, so I nodded.

* * *

There is a sound that does not fall into Adele’s strategy when playing the strongest swordsman in the academy.

That means don’t take too long.

This is because the longer the boss battle with Adele lasts, the stronger Adele becomes and her difficulty increases exponentially.

The reason is related to Adele’s characteristic of assimilation, but one word is enough to explain what I will do from now on, omitting other usage methods.

Stealing technology.

You literally look at the other person’s skills and make them your own assimilation.

Of course, there is a downside that if it becomes a deterioration version of the original opponent and the level difference is too high, it can be said that it has a significant advantage in that the number of attacks increases.

And the more inexperienced the opponent, the higher the effect.

For guys like Kyle now.

Anyway, stealing that skill isn’t something you can use just by looking at it.

It is possible to assimilate to some extent even if there is only an explanation of technology.

That’s why I found a library with many books related to martial arts.

“It’s quiet because it’s the weekend.”

Except for the librarian who quietly reads books, the library was empty enough to be considered rented out.

I looked through the sorting boards on the shelves, trying to find the one with the book I wanted.

What I was looking for was a book related to swords.

It’s okay to look for magic, but I’m ignorant of magic, so it’s hard for me to have enough proficiency to fight Kyle in this short amount of time.

“Is the sword on the 900th?”

It was the bookshelf at the end.

I arrived at the bookshelf with the number 900 written on it and turned the corner, thinking that I could read as much as I wanted without paying attention since no one was there.

“… ….”

I thought no one was there, but it wasn’t.

A girl with a pile of books on the floor, sitting in a sunny spot, dozing off with cherry blossom petals on her head that came in through the slightly open window.

The current head of Class A, Anastasia Aris.

There was a heroine that I didn’t want to face if possible.

“… ….”

Then, as if awakened by her presence, her eyelids lifted slightly, and her dreamy eyes turned to me.