The Vampire Is an Academy Honor Student

Chapter 025. change (4)

I didn’t wake up until the next morning.

While sleeping, fatigue seemed to be almost completely recovered.

Although the scars on her fair hands are a little ugly, they will probably get better soon considering her recent resilience.

“letter?”

Noah probably brought it, and there was a letter by his bedside, with two lines written in a beautiful handwriting on the letter.

Say sorry and address.

Judging from the handwriting and contents, it seems that Ian left the letter.

Come to think of it, I bet the product. I think I should go visit him after class is over.

When I went downstairs, I ran into Noah, who had just finished watering the garden and came in.

“!”

Perhaps she hadn’t expected it to happen so quickly, she widened her eyes when she saw me sitting at the table.

-are you okay?

“are you okay.”

My body is fine, but I am very hungry.

It must have been because he spent energy on recovery, and also missed meals because he passed out.

-wait.

Watching Noah prepare a simple breakfast, he recalled the sparring that took place yesterday.

“… … .”

Ian was really strong.

In the end, I think I won, but that’s because Ian gave me a condition that I only need to hit the attack once.

If it was a formal match, I would have lost without trying anything.

‘Although their physical abilities are different… .’

I was using my mana as it was, so this is just an excuse.

This is where even a strong man like Ian dies.

I also felt the need to grow more.

“If I had known it would be like this, I would not have quit kendo.”

Well, I don’t think it would have changed much from now, but it would have helped a little.

We ate breakfast and headed straight to the academy.

As usual, I arrived a little earlier than others and warmed up and thought.

‘I don’t think anyone will doubt it anymore, right?’

No matter what anyone says, I must have been the main character of yesterday’s Dalian class.

There was no way it wouldn’t be effective if you did that much.

* * *

But it seemed to work very well.

From the morning physical training, other cadets were staring at me.

The gaze that was looking at me with displeasure disappears everywhere and sends a mixed gaze.

“… … ?”

Eventually, by the time afternoon classes started, there were students who started talking to me first.

“Roan, how do you usually train?”

“Would you like to join me for the next evaluation?”

Until now, except for Rick, Uriel, and Dante, I had never talked to him first.

How can you change so much in one day?

I doubted the sudden change, but I could understand it soon after thinking about their ages.

‘Well, they’re still kids.’

It’s as simple as being young.

When I hated it, I hated it blindly, but the reason to hate it disappeared as of yesterday.

Then you will see my background.

The son of a ducal family with deep military roots.

For the knight faculty cadets, it could be a more valuable network than Uriel.

As proof of that, Rick’s expression, which until yesterday had hated me singing in the presence of other cadets, was not so bad today.

“Uh, did you call me?”

When I handed over the sword and protective equipment I used in training to that guy, he made a puzzled expression.

“… … ?”

“Clean up.”

It was because I had a place to go right away today.

His expression, which was not bad at this, immediately distorted.

But he can’t bear to curse in front of me, and only mumbles after I leave.

“… Bad baby. ”

Of course I heard it. I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

‘What do you mean?’

* * *

The place I went to immediately after class was the place written in the letter Ian left.

“Drop me off here.”

“yes.”

He paid the coachman and got off.

I headed straight to the knights’ camp, where Ian’s office would be located.

“Please identify yourself.”

I showed the letter Ian left to the guards and allowed them to enter.

“Wait a minute.”

“Ah oh. take it slow.”

Ian was at work, so he sat and waited.

Had it been like that for 10 minutes?

After completing all the paperwork, Ian came closer, untied his hair.

“Follow me.”

“hmm?”

“You must keep your promise.”

He immediately directed me to the armory.

In one corner of the arsenal, there was a cabinet with only seven thick padlocks.

Ian was accustomed to unlocking the lock.

“A weapon that is too good can sometimes be poison, but I don’t think that applies to you.”

click!

Ian, who unlocked the last lock, smiled slightly and continued.

“I hope you use it well.”

“oh… .”

Ian used spears, but he personally collected many of them, so there were various types.

There were spears as well as long swords, short spears, swords, double-edged axes, and shields, but I chose the dagger.

click!

I pulled the blade out once.

It resembled a silver sword, but the blade was about an inch long, shorter than a regular dagger.

“Can I pick another one?”

Ian said something like that, perhaps thinking I was deliberately choosing something with a low value.

“Because I’m not writing it.”

“?”

I will give it to Noah.

Originally, I tended to use daggers, and it would be a little strange if a lady-in-waiting wore a sword, but it would be fine if it was this size.

It’s easy to carry on your body, so there’s no such thing as self-defense.

“… You knew.”

Ian muttered as he looked at me with a strange expression.

There were no restraints and the stamps were erased, so he must have thought I didn’t know that Noah was strong.

“I’ll go see. now.”

I saw your face, and I had what I deserved, so I tried to go back.

“… okay.”

“… … .”

However, Ian’s expression stopped a little while he was about to return, and he asked in an insignificant tone.

“really. Are you done with your business?”

“… hmm?”

“You didn’t just come to see me. is not it?”

When I said that I had already noticed, instead of replying, Ian put on a worried expression.

After thinking about it for a while, I opened my mouth.

“I… .”

“doesn’t exist. There’s no way your brother would do something stupid.”

In addition to making mistakes, he is basically extremely meticulous, so he is far from making mistakes.

Ian then asked how he knew.

“Of course you know. They are family.”

“… !!”

Although not an actual family, I’m probably the person who understands the character of Ian better than anyone in the world.

A gasping sound was heard.

His trembling eyes did not know what he was thinking.

However, in a short moment, I could only know that many thoughts came and went.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Ian was silent, so I waited patiently for him to organize his thoughts.

how long has it been like that

“Whoa… .”

Taking a deep breath, Ian wiped his bangs and washed his face dry.

“okay. I’m done with my errands.”

There was no more concern on his face as he answered.

* * *

“… … .”

Roan went back, and Ian entered the office and picked up the report from the middle of the table.

[The culprit who killed the demon and escaped is referred to as X.]

[The identity of X is likely to be mixed among the cadets.]

[The reason is that… .]

Ian, who was reading the first chapter, closed the report.

It was because Roan’s words from a while ago kept lingering in his mind.

I’ve never done anything like a brother, so I thought it wouldn’t be strange if I resented him.

Instead of resentment, I was encouraged.

“Family.”

You don’t know how much shame rose in the moment I heard those words.

“It was me who was young.”

Ian muttered, laughing.

Headed to the report in his eyes.

My suspicions haven’t completely gone away, but… .

“… … .”

Chew!

Now, I decided not to care.

The carefully written report was torn in half and thrown into the furnace.

Ian muttered with a relieved expression as he watched the bright red flames rise.

“I need to rewrite the report.”

* * *

The way the cadets looked at me changed a lot after the last battle evaluation, but my daily life didn’t change that much.

Practice and fortune-telling at the same time every day, and train together with the cadets.

The only thing that had changed was the addition of one more face that I see every morning at the gymnasium.

damn!!

Dante missed the wooden sword and fell back.

Taking advantage of that gap, he rushed like a deuce, and he waved his hand urgently.

“surrender! I lost, I lost!”

puck!

“Ah!”

“You should have told me sooner.”

In fact, I could have stopped, but I didn’t.

It’s a law to be imprinted only when it hurts like this.

… Thinking like an old man like that, he raised Dante up.

“I think I could have stopped… .”

“Uh huh.”

I touched the back of my head and cut off Dante’s murmuring words with a single knife.

Seeing that, Yuriel, who was sitting side by side with Noah in the distance, covered her mouth.

My eyes met and she approached with Noah.

“Are you done?”

“Ah, yes. Let’s stop here for today.”

A lot of mana was used and if this was strange, it could interfere with the regular class a little later.

“Should I be the last to clean up?”

“… sh*t.”

After being defeated by me, Noah, and Yuriel, Dante pulled his hair out.

Then, with a deep sigh, he cleaned up the messy gymnasium.

“… … .”

Well, that’s unavoidable. It’s true that I’ve been rougher than others so far.

‘Of course, even if it wasn’t for that, I think it would have been difficult for the two of us.’

By the way, I didn’t say anything about Noah to the two of them.

Even if there is a little questionable part, I just thought that there was a story and asked to pass it on.

Fortunately, the two were not so inconsiderate.

After tidying up the gymnasium, we talked while taking a short break.

Neither I nor Uriel were very talkative, and in Noah’s case, Dante was the one who led the conversation.

It was in the middle of listening to Dante’s story while chatting with each other from time to time.

“By the way, what will this year be like? It’s Her Highness’s birthday soon.”

“huh?”

“Come to think of it, there is already only one month left. Maybe you won’t do it again?”

What are you talking about?

Perhaps seeing that I didn’t catch up with the story, Uriel added a word.

“It is a special pardon. Isn’t that something that comes up all the time around this time?”

“ah… .”

For the recovery of the princess, who has been sick since childhood, the king granted a special pardon to the lesser criminals every year on the princess’s birthday.

Although it is limited to those with a light crime, it is said that many words have been coming out recently because it is done every year.

“It’s something I personally don’t like.”

Uriel, who valued principles, naturally deserved to think so.

she asked looking at me.

“What do you think of Roan?”

“me? well, well.”

In fact, I don’t care what the pardon is.

It wouldn’t be too much of a problem if we let the petty criminals go anyway.

However, there was an incident that came to mind while listening to the story of the two.

death row inmate Müller’s prison break.

This is the reason why the amnesty system was abandoned at the end of this year.

It is said that in the process of crossing the border, he summoned a large number of monsters in some way and blew a hole in the power line.

In the game, it’s already happened in the past, so I don’t know the detailed outline, but I only know the result.

‘One month.’

If I had time for a month or so, I would have been able to change it.

And if you can solve it safely like that.

‘Did he say he was a thief?’

Until he was caught, he was called a thief.

If I could think of his blood-sucking ability before catching him, I thought of making him one of my friends.

* * *

dark dungeon.

okay.

The jailer with a somewhat dazed expression tapped the barbed wire once and said,

“It’s a visit, number seven.”

“… … .”

The jailer left immediately after speaking.

Then the man who came as a visitor opened his mouth.

“Long time no see. Müller. How are you?”

“… … .”

Müller, whose arms and legs were all chained, raised his head.

His piercing eyes were directed forward.

The man asked while jingling the bottle containing the dark red blood.

“Have you made up your mind?”