The Only Male Student in the Academy

021. Follower (2)

Even if there is no morning class, you must attend the morning assembly.

I think it’s very uncomfortable compared to my previous college life, but it’s not something I can’t understand. Because the students here are only minors under the age of 20.

For that reason, I go to school today, enduring the morning fatigue.

“Good morning, everyone.”

“Good night everyone.”

Students enter the classroom one by one and exchange greetings.

Perhaps because of the large number of aristocratic students, there is an overall formal atmosphere.

Maybe that’s why there was an unspoken rule to say hello when entering the classroom.

Of course, I am excluded from that.

“Good morning Joe…”

If you open and close the classroom door several times, this time a nervous face enters.

Maria.

I guess you could say he looked scared as usual. With a movement reminiscent of a squirrel, Marie cautiously approached her seat.

Then, the people around her smile at Marie.

“Miss Ruhelif, are you here?”

“Good morning, Miss Ruhelif.”

“Listen, Ms. Ruhelif. There’s a new store in the living area. There…”

In an instant, the atmosphere around Mari became agitated.

Marie was surprisingly not a badass.

… No, to be precise, it should be said that the environment around her does not make her a badass.

Anyway, Marie is the daughter of Count Ruhelif.

It is mandatory to get along with some noble families, and Marie was no exception.

Still, as if it didn’t match her personality, Marie smiled vaguely as if she was slightly overwhelmed by her atmosphere.

“Ahahahaha…”

With the feeling of a slightly forced smile, he sneaks his eyes in this direction.

My eyes met.

I shook my head.

‘Don’t pretend you know at the academy.’

When I said that with a look in my eyes, Marie nodded as if she understood.

I decided not to pretend to be close with Marie at the academy. If Mari and I were shown to be close, rumors might have spread.

So I made a friend, but I still couldn’t break away from Assa.

As usual, I just sat in the back seat by the window and waited for the breakfast to start.

Today, too, I will spend a lonely day by myself.

It was when I was thinking that.

“Ariel Beheritt! I challenge you to a duel!”

Anyway, today is a little different than usual. Suddenly the door to the classroom opened and there was a woman rushing in.

My name was called, so when I look up… There was a woman I had never seen before.

“Who are you?”

“I am Alex of Viscount Falto.”

“Alex Falto…? ……Ah.”

When I heard that name, something came to mind. Clearly, before defeating Claire in the game, there were Claire’s subordinates who had to be defeated first.

One of them is Alex.

“Again, Ariel Beheritt. I challenge you to a duel!”

Chuck. Exclaims Alex pointing his finger at me.

When I glance around, everyone is looking this way as if they were surprised…. What kind of shame play is this?

“Go away. I’m not interested.”

“I heard you’ve known Ariel Beheritt and Claire for a long time.”

“So?”

“Is that the reason why you came to Philea Academy? To get engaged to Claire-sama!”

Bang! I hit the desk and Alex glares at me.

As soon as the word engagement comes up, things get messy in an instant.

Whispering voices. And the never pleasant gazes pouring down on me.

Marie is also looking at me worriedly.

‘… Claire is cheating on something.’

I sighed.

“It’s too delusional. How about quitting the academy and becoming a novelist?”

“Don’t be fooled. Everyone knows that the ducal family will banish you soon.”

“If you think about it a little, you’ll understand. If you wanted to banish me, you would have kicked me out a long time ago. Why would you send me to Philea Academy?”

“That’s…”

Alex is speechless at my argument. It seems that I don’t really know that far.

As expected, this guy lags far behind Claire.

Mainly intelligence.

“Still, there must be something up. Let’s fight with me, Ariel Beheritt! If I win, you can leave the academy! If you win, you can leave the academy!”

No rebuttals come out of Alex’s mouth. Instead, it just pushes with a loud voice.

An expression full of enthusiasm.

It’s as if she’s claiming to be justice.

“I understand the story. I refuse.”

I said.

“Ah, what a disaster, Ariel…”

This is the second floor of the Blatta Dungeon.

After lunch, Marie and I were walking around the dungeon.

“That’s right.”

“That, it’s good though… It ended quietly…”

“…….”

I stopped for a moment at Marie’s words.

Can I really say that I am fortunate?

-“You say no? Are you running away, you bastard!”

-“You’re saying the conditions aren’t right. If I lose, you’ll have to leave the academy, but if I win, you’ll leave?”

-“It’s none of my business whether you leave the academy or not. If you want to go, go. I won’t stop you.”

-“But if you win, the students will call you ‘the hero who kicked out the idiot who was polluting the historic Philea Academy’.”

-“On the other hand, what if I win and kick you out? I just remain as ‘a delinquent boy who kicked out a girl’.”

-“The match itself isn’t fair. Even if I win or lose, it’s my loss. Do you think you’ll accept it?”

-“Well then, tell me the conditions… I will meet the conditions for you.”

-“Claire’s withdrawal.”

-“What?”

-“If I win, Claire will drop out. Isn’t that fair?”

-“If I win and Claire leaves the academy, I can clear the stigma of trying to get engaged to Claire. I can protect my honor.”

-“It will benefit you as well. It will keep me and Claire apart.”

-“…….”

Of course, there was no way Alex could arbitrarily agree to the terms. Soon after, Alex backed off.

But can I call that my victory?

-“As long as the rank is high…”

-“Leave it alone. Sooner or later you will be kicked out of the family.”

-“Didn’t I speak too harshly to Miss Alex? I really don’t like the tone.”

-“Staying at the academy to flirt with girls is funny.”

With this feeling, the bad reputation deepened.

… Well, there was nothing to lose from the start. Even if the image gets worse, it won’t make much of a difference.

But as a result, I feel more cornered.

You must have been aiming for this from the beginning.

Me and Alex It would have been nice to know who won the argument. Whatever the outcome, it could drive me into a corner.

I’ve been thinking about it for a while, but I’m sure with this one. Claire intends to destroy me.

Now that it’s like this, we have no choice but to finish clearing the Blatta Dungeon quickly.

“Eh, Ariel…. Over there, there, there….”

Marie tugged at my sleeve slightly.

I could tell what was there without asking. It’s a monster

Five kobolds about 170cm tall.

Three of them are holding swords, and the other two are holding bows.

Kobold Warrior and Kobold Archer.

“Marie, think that the second floor is completely different from the first floor.”

On the first floor, the dwarf kobolds formed camps and attacked.

Their weapons were only fingernails and claws, so if they didn’t allow close combat, they could easily win.

However, the kobolds on the second floor are divided into front and back.

In other words, the kobolds have a concept of position, and they role-play accordingly.

“Just like we form a party and fight, think of those guys as party play.”

“Ko, the kobolds are playing in a party… Then, how do you win…?”

“If we fight standardly, we will lose. There are only two of us.”

So we have to fight in an unconventional way.

Fortunately, we are a party made up of Alchemists and Ice Wizards.

It is as good as variable creation.

“I’m ready. Marie, just aim for Archer.”

“Ugh, yes…”

Marie immediately charged and fired the .

The ice spear that flies fiercely is aimed straight at the archer’s neck.

At this rate, a spear will pierce his chest.

Just when I thought, Archer turned around.

“Grr…”

A kobold archer who twists his body momentarily. The ice spear aimed at her neck pierces her shoulder.

Archer moaned and glared at me.

Archers have good perception. That must have narrowly avoided Marie’s attack.

“Mi-sorry…! I couldn’t kill him with one shot…”

Marie is apologizing, but there was no big problem. It was after I threw the fireball.

It was an archer who successfully avoided the , But he could not avoid the fireballs flying with a time difference.

Archer collapses, probably suffering from a concussion.

All that remains is three warriors and one archer.

Among them, Archer takes a step back and aims his bow.

Three warriors also immediately rushed towards this direction.

“Only block Archer’s attack. I will deal with the Warrior.”

With that said, I took a step forward.

The kobold warriors running ahead exchange glances.

I wondered what to do, but all three are looking at me. It seemed that they had decided to entrust Mari to the kobold archer.

First, the kobold archer shoots an arrow.

Marie held out her wand.

“.”

As Marie quietly said her skill name, a thick ice shield appeared and blocked her arrows.

Arrow attacks do not work against Mari.

As soon as I realized that, Archer pointed his bow straight at me.

She must have intended to fire an arrow at me, but Marie couldn’t let it go.

Marie quickly fires And drops arrows.

‘I can leave Archer to Marie.’

Then the only thing I have to deal with right now is three warriors.

While Marie and Archer were scrambling, the three kobold warriors came quite close.

The kobold warrior quickly closed the distance and swung his sword at me.

However, the blade never touched my body.

—–

[Spider Web]

Crafting Rating: 7

Quality: Good

: Spider silk that is said to have three times the tensile strength and elasticity of steel. Such spider webs were artificially created so that humans could handle them.

—–

Caught in an invisible spider’s web, the kobold warriors stop walking on the spot.

One of the characteristics of Alchemist is that there are many installable items.

The downside of installable items is that they are passive.

Before starting a battle, you have to go through the process of preparing in advance, and in addition to that, you need to have the opponent come in to perform its function.

Although it is difficult to use in such an active battle.

Conversely, in battles where you can choose the battlefield, you can exert overwhelming power.

“Grr…!”

Angry Kobold Principles wield swords here and there.

It must have been something I did because I couldn’t win, but that was the correct answer.

The reckless swing of the sword cut the spider’s web, and only then did the kobold warriors regain their freedom.

Meanwhile, I was throwing bombs.

– BANG!!!!

The flames engulfed the kobold warriors.

With that feeling, we attacked the dungeon.

Before starting the battle, after installing the speeder web in advance, Mari and I use one-point fire to knock down one or more kobold archers.

After that, Marie was entrusted with keeping the rest of the kobold archers in check.

I draw in the approaching kobold warriors and tie them up.

When the kobold warriors are bound by the spider web, they throw bombs and cut them.

If you can’t defeat them with bombs, throw poisoned knives to paralyze them and destroy them individually.

If you defeat the kobold warriors like that, there will be one or two kobold archers left, but in a fight with kobold archers, you can’t lose even if you try to lose.

The arrows fired by the Kobold Archer couldn’t penetrate Marie’s

Ice Shield.

“Bird, it’s not as difficult as I thought…”

Mari said that after repeating the battle several times.

“B-I thought the Blatta Dungeon would be a bit more difficult… I heard it’s more difficult than the P-Fall Dungeon…”

“Actually, it’s not an easy dungeon. The kobolds here work in groups.”

Nevertheless, the reason we are relatively easy to attack the dungeon is because we are poking at the kobolds’ weakness.

Most monsters instinctively rush at you, but kobolds have good linking abilities. Because of that, it is classified as a tricky monster for beginners to deal with.

However, Alchemist and Iceman boast strong crowd control.

He is good at creating variables and disrupts the opponent’s link play.

If you block link play, the kobold’s strength is to die on the spot.

“However, the deeper you go, the easier it will be.”

Currently, there are only kobold warriors and archers, but various kobolds appear.

Kobold sorcerers who use magic, kobold shamans who use convalescence, and kobold guardians who are heavily armed tanks.

“As more kobold roles are added, crowd control alone doesn’t work.”

“Then, what should I do…?”

“I have no choice but to press the dildo.”

“Diljjiknu…?”

Ah, without realizing it, I took out the words I used in my previous life.

“Our party is made up of wizards only. If nothing else, the firepower itself is a fairly strong combination.”

“That’s right…?”

“We have a lot of AoE, and the instant damage is strong. So we should increase this damage.”

Injects damage in an instant, preventing kobolds from linking play.

What is needed for that is, of course, growth.

It is necessary to increase the damage of the skill by raising the level more than now.

“Let’s finish here for today. My bag has become lighter.”

I quietly showed Marie the bag and said.

As an alchemist is a job that fights with items, there is an advantage in that as long as the quality of the item is good, the damage will come out.

On the other hand, there is a downside that if you use up all the items, you can’t fight.

If you pack a lot of items, you should be able to fight for a long time.

Due to the size problem, the number of items that can be put in a bag is fixed.

However, even if the bag is increased, the weight of the items I can carry is also limited.

In other words, it is a job that has a fixed number of battles per day.

“Ah, okay. Then, I’ll take the lead…”

On the way back, Marie precedes like this. This is to make sure I don’t consume items.

So we went back the way we came and came out to the ground.

“Ariel Beheritt, I’ve been waiting for you.”

In front of the warp gate.

There was Alex.