The Only Male Student in the Academy

006. Placement Test (3)

“That, Ariel… I’m going to pass through this forest from now on. If I pass this forest, it seems that a dungeon called ‘Fall Dungeon’ will appear.”

Apparently the silence was awkward, Lucius started talking again.

“If you look at the map, it seems that the entrance to the 2nd floor of Faol Dungeon is the goal point. So just pass this forest and it’s done!”

“…….”

“But isn’t it really amazing? There’s such a wide land on a floating island, not only an academy, but even a dungeon. It’s really amazing that it’s magic.”

“I’m not interested. I hope you don’t talk about useless things.”

When I answered coldly, Lucius said “hahahaha…” He lets out an awkward laugh.

I’m dying of discomfort.

Lucius is truly a character worthy of the main character. He doesn’t know how to hate others, but he doesn’t forget to be considerate of others.

When he sees someone in trouble, he rushes to help and spares no effort to reach out to others.

Still, it’s not just a hogu.

Although it seems like it usually loses to others, it never puts up with injustice.

He tries to achieve justice even if he suffers a little damage, and his will is unbreakable under any circumstances…… He is truly a real human being.

I wasn’t comfortable with having to keep kicking people like that.

‘I hope Tia will come out soon.’

I looked up sideways.

Tia’s appearance…… Invisible

It seems to be hiding well.

But it must be around here.

If this world was created based on the ‘Unknown Saga’, that is.

“Ariel, pause.”

Lucius, who had been walking in front, gave a rather serious voice.

Looking that way, she was looking the other way, not me.

Lucius.

A country boy who grew up in an unnamed mountain village…… No, country girl.

From a young age, he grew up in the mountains with his father, a hunter, and learned various skills from his father.

Therefore, when it comes to finding prey, Lucius possesses excellent sensing abilities.

“It’s a monster. There are 5 in the front, 4 in the back, and… On the left and right.”

Lucius said as he drew his sword from his waist.

“It’s surrounded.”

“Yeah… Probably the goblins. Goblins do this sometimes.”

“You don’t have to tell me, I know.”

A small human figure protruded from the end of the field of vision. It’s a goblin

Dwarf monsters with blue skin and sloppy faces.

It gave off an unpleasant smell and charged from the side with a low cry like that of a beast.

I pulled out the two-handed sword that was on my back.

Then I swung at his neck and knocked his head off.

“Ariel, there are a lot of them. Running away… Must be difficult.”

“He said he knew even if he didn’t tell me.”

The battle has begun.

Goblins are coming. The number is well over 10.

But there was no tension.

This situation is what was planned from the beginning. During the placement test, Lucius and Ariel were destined to be attacked by a group of goblins.

In other words, this is nothing more than a tutorial.

Because it is a tutorial, the monsters that appear are low-level weak monsters, so there is no danger of the party being wiped out.

Above all, helpers appear.

“.”

I heard a cold voice.

A voice like white snow. It was a voice as cold as ice, but full of mystery.

At the same time, a flash comes that covers the eyes.

-Pajijijik!

Lightning struck with an intense spark.

“Key, Kieaeaek…!!”

A goblin screaming and convulsing.

Within seconds, the body is charred, and in an instant, it becomes a corpse and collapses on the spot.

A girl slowly appeared from the sky.

Jet black hair.

There were eyes redder than blood.

The battle didn’t take long.

Leaving aside the fact that the goblins were weak, Tia’s presence alone made it easy to win the battle.

Tia uses To fly in the sky, but goblins do not have a suitable means of long-range attack. That is why it is impossible for her to inflict her wounds on Tia.

If there is no way to keep Tia in check, she will just be trampled on.

The goblins, unable to do this or that, became her electric roaster one by one.

“Ariel, you did a good job. I’m glad you overcame the crisis somehow.”

After defeating the last goblin, Lucius approached lightly this way.

“Don’t let your guard down just because the battle is over. There’s still work left to do.”

“What? What to do?”

“What’s the purpose of that cursed woman over there?”

I raised the two-handed sword I was holding.

Tia stands at the end.

It is an expressionless face. A face that doesn’t quite know what she’s thinking.

Even though I aimed my sword at her, Tia didn’t show any reaction and she just stared at me.

“Now, wait. You have nothing to point a knife at, right? A freshman like us?”

“You backed away. You don’t know about the cursed clan, do you?”

“The cursed clan… I’ve heard of it, but…”

“The clan is cursed by the gods.”

And I put the phrases that appeared several times in the original work into my mouth.

Beware of the black-haired red-eye clan. They are beings who have gained transcendental power in return for losing the love of God.

Therefore, they were hated by the world and cursed by the gods.

“What is that…”

“It’s a story that has been passed down for a long time. If you get entangled with the black-haired red-eyed clan, you will surely be unhappy.”

“Let’s get the weapon for now? Anyway, you got some help…”

“Help? I’ve never asked for help.”

I shook off Lucius who was tearing me apart.

And I thought while looking at Tia. What should I do from now on?

‘From now on, it’s a bit complicated. I must be hated by these two.’

In particular, you shouldn’t be liked by Tia.

Because Tia is a character known as ‘a woman who is likely to be NTRed easily’.

A doll-like face that doesn’t show emotions very well. You can’t tell what he’s thinking, and his tone is also mechanical.

So it is easy to be mistaken. Tia has no feelings.

But it can’t be. Tia, since she was born as a human, she naturally has emotions.

It’s just that she was born into a cursed clan and has been discriminated against countless times, so she is intentionally killing her emotions.

Since I have such a past, I feel like it easily even if I treat you a little well…… She is the so-called ‘easy woman’.

That’s why she treated me even a little well…… If you do it wrong, you might fall in love with me.

‘It can’t be…. If Tia doesn’t fall for Lucius, the whole story will be twisted.’

That’s why I have to volunteer to play the villain here.

“I ask again. For what purpose did you help us?”

I said that while putting strength into the hand holding the sword.

Even though I’m threatening her, Tia’s expression doesn’t change much.

“…….”

But I could see he was hesitating.

You must be worried. Ask us for cooperation.

Having lost her partner, Tia can’t take the placement test alone.

If she gives up on the placement test, she can’t keep her promise to her deceased uncle.

So Tia is here because she wants to tell us she wants to help us.

But since I’m showing her strong rejection of Tia, she’s wondering what to do with Tia.

Nothing good comes from hesitating for too long. Tia might choose a different choice than I expected.

So I immediately moved into action.

“No, you don’t have to answer. I don’t care what your purpose is. If it doesn’t go out, I’ll cut it.”

Saying that, I swung my sword.

This is an intimidating attack. I deliberately attacked with a trajectory that didn’t cut Tia’s body.

However, the sword could not advance to the end.

– Ting!

One person intervened between me and Tia with a strong sound of metal clashing.

This is Lucius.

“Hey, wait, Ariel! Let’s talk!”

Lucius, who blocked my sword, shouted.

“Because it’s BoA, I think there’s a situation. That’s why, why don’t we just listen to the story? Huh?”

“You don’t even have to listen. It’s best not to get involved with the cursed clan.”

I pushed Lucius away with force on my sword.

But Lucius skillfully corrects his posture and blocks my sword once again.

“Ah, okay! If Ariel doesn’t want to get entangled, I’ll listen!”

Having said that, Lucius rather pushed my sword away.

At the same time, my body was also pushed away.

As I was unable to hold my posture for a while, Lucius took advantage of the opportunity to get closer to Tia.

“You must have been Tia…? Would you mind telling me the story? Maybe we can help.”

Then he says so.

Lucius is a nice person.

Can’t stand injustice and never ignores people in trouble.

Therefore, it was quite predictable that if I threatened Tia, Lucius would stand by Tia’s side.

Tia’s eyes widen.

A favor received for the first time from someone who is not a family member.

Tia is surprised by the consideration of others, which she has never experienced before.

“……The map was stolen.”

“Huh? The map was stolen? To whom?”

“Actually…”

Tia explains her own circumstances.

It was something I knew well.

“I see… So Tia has to take her test alone without her guidance.”

“All I want is one thing.”

Tia speaks in her hoarse voice.

Those eyes were not directed to Lucius. He’s looking right in my direction.

“Because you helped me, show me the map just once.”

“I don’t like it.”

I immediately answered that.

Then, Lucius looked at me with a dumbfounded face.

“Eh, Ariel… Wouldn’t it be nice to show you a map…?”

“You backed down. The most important thing in this test is the map. The moment I show you the map, isn’t that the possibility that that woman will damage the map?”

“Tia destroys the map…? What good would she do to Tia if she did that?”

“Because there is no map, the number of people who can’t take the test increases to three. If the number of people who get the lowest grades increases like that, wouldn’t that woman who gave a speech yesterday as the freshman representative have a much better advantage in the class placement test? “

“…I won’t do that.”

Tia says as if tossing it.

I sneered and gripped the sword again.

“That means you can’t believe it. If you understand, get out of my sight.”

Acting as crazy as possible.

When she sees Tia, her eyes are full of malice. She glares at her sword, determined to wield it at any moment.

In Tia’s eyes, I will definitely look like a bully.

Rumors about me that I caused an injury at Beltark Academy. The rumors add reality to the fact that I’m a bully.

Tia inadvertently stepped back from her.

“Well then, Ariel! Why don’t we include Tia in our party!”

As if to replace it, Lucius took a step closer and deliberately raised his voice.

“You’re putting it in a party? Are you crazy?”

“Yeah, that’s sane enough. Ariel is wary of Tia destroying her map, right? Ariel just needs to keep the map.”

Having said that, Lucius immediately put the map in my hand.

… The hands of Lucius, who had become a woman, were unnecessarily soft.

“In this way, Tia can safely take the test just by following us, right? So Tia won’t attack us in the first place. We don’t have to show her the map either, right?”

“You’re doing troublesome things. Just kick her out.”

“But we’ve already been helped by Tia, so shouldn’t she repay the favor?”

“She helped her out of her own way.”

“But honestly, the situation earlier was dangerous. Without Tia, it honestly wouldn’t have been an easy situation.”

Lucius tries to defend Tia somehow.

At that desperate attitude, Tia is staring at Lucius.

“And if Tia joins our party, she’ll be able to take the test more easily?”

Lucius spoke as if giving an extra blow.

A crouching attitude as if trying to please me. But she is showing her will as if she can’t back down at the same time.

‘If I do this, it should be enough.’

“…Tsk. You act annoyingly. There are conditions.”

I pointed my finger at Lucius.

“You watch her so she doesn’t do anything stupid. Don’t bring the misfortune she brings to me. Do you understand?”

“…Okay. I’ll stay with Tia.”

Lucius nodded heavily.

With this, one of the two conditions for Lucius to awaken as a hero must have been roughly completed.

“All that’s left now… Is that I die.”

Conscious of the ring on my right hand, I murmured softly.