The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed

2 – Destiny

The rumor about the professor and female vice-principal of Transcendence Academy terrified the new students.

– A strict person who has mastered all the school rules of Transcendence Academy.

– No one has ever seen a female professor smile.

– There is no discrimination against students. Go on equal footing

The students who attended the entrance ceremony excitedly at the sight of Leora welcoming the new students in a strict manner befitting her notoriety, looked down, feeling as if they were guilty of something, even though they had done nothing wrong.

“Please take your seats.”

With a chilling voice, Leora swung her wand, and a huge door opened, and a banquet hall busy with entrance ceremonies welcomed the new students.

As if representing the status of the empire that unified the continent. Befitting an academy that produces the best talent under the auspices of the imperial family, the students look dreamy in the shape of a gigantic banquet hall and lights that use magic to shine like stars flying in the sky. The students sitting at the long table laughed as they recalled their past.

“The villagers are surprised.”

“What are you saying? Petur, I was so moved by your first night that I cried out loud in the dormitory.”

“Laugh, don’t be ridiculous! When did I!”

“There was a time when I was innocent too….”

“Hey, where do you think purity is in the subject of sophomore year?”

Across the noisy banquet hall, the incoming students took their assigned seats, and Leora, the vice principal, went out again to bring the new students, repeating several times.

The large banquet hall was soon filled with students to the point where it was hard to find an empty seat.

The thrill of admission and the teasing of current students. Even the students chattering among themselves because of the boredom of the entrance ceremony.

It didn’t take long for the huge banquet hall to turn into a commotion.

The principal of Transcendence who is a great mage and has the title of ‘Sage’. Nelson appeared, proudly stroking his well-managed beard befitting the title of sage.

The noise that filled the banquet hall disappeared in an instant as everyone shut their mouths one by one, as if asking when it was like that.

“Is everyone here? Are there any students who have lost their way? Oh, if I’d lost my way, I wouldn’t be here right now. Be careful if someone answered from the side a while ago. It could be a lost ghost… !”

At the principal’s nonsensical joke, the professors sitting behind laughed awkwardly. Seeing the awkward faces of the current students, the newly admitted students quickly noticed what kind of person the principal was.

With the ability to instantly fill a huge banquet hall with an awkward air, the headmaster raised his staff from his bosom.

“Wouldn’t it be better to create the atmosphere of the entrance ceremony?”

A huge spell was drawn through the staff, and a flash of light was shot towards the ceiling.

As if the marble ceiling had been pierced, countless stars were transformed into a shining night sky. As the headmaster swung his cane toward the floor, the dull stone floor disappeared, transforming into an appearance as if floating on a cloud.

As some of the newly admitted students were frightened and screamed as they climbed onto the chairs at the sudden change, the current students who were watching it stood up with applause as if they had waited and sang with a loud voice.

Welcome, Transcendence.

This is an academy where swords and magic coexist.

The cradle of those who defend the empire and face evil.

The tomb of those who put their fate first and don’t look back.

Let’s cover malice with justice.

A place where wisdom and knowledge become one.

Under the conditions of equality, a place where people grow regardless of means and methods.

Order here! Order of the world!

Let’s deny limitations and dream of transcendence.

Transcendence!!!

After the song ended, students banged on the table with a huge applause that shook the banquet hall.

The fever, which seemed unlikely to subside, became quiet again in an instant with the principal’s gesture.

“All of the students who entered today are adults. I think everyone feels the responsibility as adults. This Transcendence Academy is a place of learning, the only place in the Empire where there is no rank. Please remember that it is forbidden to make an issue out of what happened here, so problems that happen at the academy must be resolved at the academy.”

Unlike a little while ago, the newly admitted students realized that the title of ‘sage’ was not a lie when they saw the headmaster speaking with a dignified voice so that everyone in the banquet hall could hear it using magic.

If anyone shouted, their voice could reach the far end of the huge banquet hall, but the person at the front would almost certainly have a pain in their ears. However, the principal’s words weren’t as loud as if he was right next to him, and the muffled pronunciation sounded comfortable.

“Welcome to Transcendence! Rather than listening to boring speeches, enjoying a banquet is what you want, right? But if the principal doesn’t give a boring speech, ‘what kind of principal is that!’ Wouldn’t there be people who were disappointed with that?”

At the principal’s words, the faces of the current students hardened. The answer came from all over the table, but everyone looked down at the sad blue eyes of the professors standing behind the principal.

“It has been about 150 years since Transcendence Academy was founded. I was first appointed as a professor….”

Everyone sighed and fought against the drowsiness at the sight of the principal starting his boring speech as if he were enjoying it. When you are desperately wishing that the hellish time would end.

The huge door of the banquet hall suddenly opened and Professor Leora entered the banquet hall with a dusty student.

“That’s why I became the principal…. Huh? Are you late?”

Let the boring speech stop. All eyes in the banquet hall focused on Professor Leora and her unnamed student.

“Targeted for special admission. This is Ross.”

With a hard voice, Leora grabbed the arm of Ross, who was standing next to her, and seated her in an empty seat.

“Oh, I never thought there would be latecomers! I can’t help it. Even late students should know about the history of our school. Let’s start again from the beginning.”

Sighs erupted from all over the banquet hall at the sight of the principal talking happily.

It was only natural that annoyed glances would be directed at the dusty latecomer.

***

After coming down from the mountain, I ran for a while. I finally found a merchant’s carriage going to the capital of the empire where the academy was located, gave all the silver coins I had, and bowed down to ask for it, so I was able to ride it.

Fortunately, a merchant who was from Transcendence Academy gave a carriage ride for a junior who was just entering school at a small price. After all, even in the world of a novel, are there any school ties? Let’s get to the capital. Rather than check the time and be late, the merchant gave strange advice, saying that he would rather re-enter the school in a year.

At first I didn’t understand what that meant. Because in the setting I wrote in my novel, corporal punishment was not waiting for me for being late for the entrance ceremony.

However, I learned what the merchant’s advice was as soon as I sat down at the table, guided by Professor Leora’s hand.

“Oh sh*t. We are almost done.”

“Who is that bastard? Are you a commoner?”

“It’s the battle department table. It was screwed right from the start.”

“Well, not keeping promises on time. It’s a characteristic of combatants.”

I could feel the sharp gazes of the current students sitting at the same table piercing my face as they talked behind my back as if to listen.

“Hey, bring that bastard after the entrance ceremony.”

“Ha, I need to properly discipline myself this first year for someone.”

“It was something I never really thought of.”

“The entire combat department is being cursed at because of that one thing.”

I had nothing to say at the voice I heard, so I lowered my gaze. Could it be because of a nervous breakdown? Breathing became rough with anxiety. I tried to calm myself down by biting my lips, but the murmurs of the newly admitted students were clearly audible as if they were talking into my ears.

“Mistress, because of that bastard….”

“It’s because of the special admission.”

I felt a weight of guilt over the fact that I had harmed others because of my lateness.

Feeling like vomiting, I fixed my downcast gaze on the principal.

I wandered around the mountains all night looking for caves, and even ran. The combination of the cozy banquet hall temperature and the boring headmaster’s speech made my eyelids feel heavy.

If you fall asleep here, you will be banned… !

I made a bad first impression with my lateness, but I hurriedly pinched my thighs thinking that I could go to hell at once if I fell asleep, but I tried to hold back sleep, but sleeping was not a guy who gave up so easily.

I dozed off while pinching my thighs, feeling my eyelids getting heavy.

Professor Leora, who was rubbing the nape of her neck, gave her a hard gaze, then removed her hand and moved to another table where there were sleeping students.

As soon as Professor Leora disappeared, I felt cold sweat run down my back at the sound of voices around her.

“Hey, I was late, but I went to sleep. The world has gotten better.”

“The real one has appeared.”

“Is he Roel’s younger brother? My older brother is the top of the grade, but why is my younger sister like that?”

Let’s pretend not to hear what is being said and endure it. Finally, the principal’s speech was over.

“Come on! Now that the speech is over, I hope you enjoy the banquet to the fullest!”

With those words, the headmaster waved his cane, and the door opened and the maids piled all sorts of food on the table.

Fortunately, when the banquet started, the seniors who had been glaring at me like they were going to kill me started to focus on the food, and I was eating with a slightly more comfortable mind than just a moment ago. Someone tapped me on the shoulder.

“Ross.”

A warm voice. Intuitively, I knew that the owner of this voice was the main character of the novel I wrote.

“Excuse me, can I sit next to you?”

The female freshman who was sitting next to her nodded eagerly at her words and moved away from her seat.

Something squirmed in my heart when I saw the handsome ‘Roel’ with the blonde hair sitting next to me.

Is it the feeling you feel when you meet your family? Or is it a kind of inferiority complex? Even though I ate a sweet chocolate cake with indistinguishable emotions, I felt a bitter taste in my mouth.

“I was worried. I got a call that I was leaving ahead of time, but I didn’t arrive.”

As a hero of Roel, he was able to truly steal the hearts of the heroines even without his abilities and looks. It was because the other person could clearly feel the sincerity in his voice.

As a human being, I couldn’t help but feel guilty about Roel’s voice, where I could feel that he really cared about me.

“Sorry, it was my first time, so I didn’t get the directions.”

There was no way that the person who wrote the conversation between Roel and Ross didn’t know how to communicate naturally.

Roel took out a handkerchief from his bosom and brushed the dirt off my body.

“Don’t worry. Because I will explain it well to my motives. There will be no scolding.”

Roel picked up the bread in front of him with a bright smile, as if trying to get rid of my anxiety, and continued a nonchalant conversation.

Since there has been no problem at home, has her mother’s wrist gotten better? Her father asked if she still drinks every day these days.

I don’t remember. Let’s roughly answer yes. As if concerned for his parents, Roel sighed and muttered to himself, ‘I need to cut back on my drinking.’

At that sight, something stirred in my heart again.

It reminded me of my father who spoke coldly to me. Unlike a proud son who worries about his parents, what will he say when he finds out that his inferior younger brother had an accident on the first day of the entrance ceremony?

When you are suppressing a rising sense of inferiority or defeat. Someone came over to our table.

“Brother Roel!”

I felt my heart drop to the floor at the sound of a voice coming from behind me.

I could see the owner of the voice with my head turned reflexively. Black eyes shining like obsidian and bobbed black hair.

A strange mixture of joy and longing, sadness and guilt soared from the bottom of the emotions.

My heart was beating fast, and I felt as if the corners of my mouth went up just by looking at them.

“Hello, Ellie. Long time no see Are you here to see Ross?”

Ross’ childhood friend and first love. The person who becomes the decisive opportunity for Ross to fall for the devil’s temptation.

So I thought I should stay away from it. If you don’t want to be killed by Roel, you just have to stay away from Ellie. I just thought it would be easy.

Anyway, Ellie knows that she likes Roel, not me. Ross couldn’t have understood that I became friends with Roel because I could play with him.

But from the moment I saw Ellie’s face, I couldn’t help but laugh at the emotions that filled her heart.

All the promises and plans I had conceived so far collapsed.

Ignoring the warnings of reason to stay away from me, just as Ross’ personality is affected by nervous breakdowns and a sense of inferiority. All she could do was stare at Ellie with a dumbfounded look, like her instinct to breathe.

Even though I know that this feeling is love and predestined destruction.

Looking at Ellie smiling brightly at Roel, not at me.

Just to feel happy.