chapter 31
31. Admission to the Academy. With the Villainess (2)
31. Admission to the academy. With the Villain (2)
After deciding the department as the Department of Swordsmanship.
Yuri practiced swordsmanship in the garden every day, and worked hard to improve her pass rate.
How much you practiced.
After daily swordsmanship training, her hands were full of scars.
‘No matter how fast the wound is healed… I don’t have to go this far.’
She doesn’t have to train while hurting her hands.
When she is resting, she can still enter the school.
Because Yuri’s genetically inherited physical abilities are ridiculous.
I put some ointment on Yuri’s hand, just like in the North.
“If you’re going to get hurt like this, you should at least wear gloves.”
“Ehehehe… are you okay… Even if I get hurt, I get better quickly, so it’s okay… “
“It’s not good if you get hurt though. Be sure to wear gloves. Got it? I’ll get one from the warehouse tomorrow.”
“Okay… sorry… And thanks… “
Pulsuk-
Yuri bowed her head in sorry for her.
‘But this time I won’t be useless.’
The next day.
I handed her her gloves before her glass did her drill.
“Come on, take it. It’s a glove.”
“… Gloves.”
“Your hands won’t hurt anymore.”
“… That’s right, thank you. Damian.”
Yuri took a clear look at the glove I handed her, and she slowly reached out and took it.
She seemed reluctant.
‘Still, if I train with gloves on, I won’t get hurt, right?’
You won’t have to apply her ointment because there won’t be any more scars.
The process of applying the ointment is awkward because each other’s hands and skin touch each other.
I handed Yuri her glove and went back to her room to study.
The moment I went back to the garden to watch Yuri’s swordsmanship after finishing her studies on entering the academy.
‘Why isn’t he wearing gloves? Why are you bare-handed again?’
I realized that my thoughts were mistaken.
Yuri was swinging her wooden sword, injuring her hand.
She put her gloves on the floor.
She still swung her sword with her bare hand.
“Yuri!”
“Yes, huh? Hey, Damian… ?”
Why is he doing this?
I strode towards the glass.
Then he asked in a slightly rude tone.
“Why don’t you wear gloves?”
I gave you gloves so you don’t get hurt.
Why do you keep getting hurt and continue training?
At my question, Yuri didn’t meet her eyes, looked away from her and blushed at her.
“That, that’s what… It would be nice if you listened to me without getting angry… “
“Tell me.”
“Yes, actually… ! You deliberately get hurt to become stronger… “
“To increase natural resilience?”
“Ugh… that’s right… ! That’s it… ! I get stronger… I feel good too, because… “
“Feels good?”
“Oh no, it’s good to be strong…”
Is that really true?
It’s a lie to see that you keep avoiding my gaze.
‘Let’s see if it’s a lie.’
What truth are you hiding from me?
I inquired while chasing Yuri’s gaze as he kept running away.
“Did you really not wear her gloves to increase her natural resilience?”
“That, yes… ! Of course… ! No other reasons… !”
“But why do you keep avoiding my gaze? Like someone who made a mistake.”
“That’s just embarrassing… “
That’s right.
We usually run into each other much better than now.
I was troubled when I saw Yuri trying to hide the truth from me.
‘Should I forcefully reveal the truth I’m trying to hide? If not, would it be better to hide it?’
Not knowing is medicine.
As the saying goes.
Forcibly trying to find out the truth can have the opposite effect.
Even if it’s just best friends.
‘I can guess why Yuri is like that, but… ‘
Still, it’s definitely better to hear it with your own mouth.
I said to Yuri, who was avoiding my gaze.
“I can understand it because of its natural resilience. She won’t say anything Because it is your choice.”
“I really… ?!”
You show your true colors.
At my words, Yuri smiled broadly.
“Well, then… ! After training today… ! I’ll go to your room, Damian… !”
“… Okay.”
“Ehehehe… “
Was my guess correct?
No matter how you look at it, the reason why Yuri doesn’t wear her gloves.
It seemed to me that he wanted to be treated for his wounds.
She deliberately injured her hand and was trying to be healed by me.
‘The mindset is not normal.’
In that case, you should change that way of thinking.
With a new way of thinking that Yuri can understand.
I spoke softly as I held Yuri’s wounded hand.
“…And, you can come to my room as usual.”
“What… What do you mean, Damian…?”
Your expression is completely exposed.
Yuri wonders if her lie has been exposed. She starts to get nervous.
I gently touched the hand she was holding to relieve her tension.
“Since they’re friends, you don’t have to meet them only when something happens.”
“That’s right…! It’s okay to meet for no reason… Ah, okay Damian…!”
After that day.
Yuri started wearing her gloves during her training.
Looking at her appearance, I wondered how to rehabilitate her villain.
I felt like I had a bit of a sense.
‘As expected, I have to turn the villain’s gaze towards me… ‘
***
Yuri trained and studied swordsmanship diligently for her entrance.
I rest when I rest, I move hard when I move, and I don’t get hurt.
As a result, her glass and her swordsmanship became pretty bad to me.
As long as there are no incidents, it seems that she will not fail the exam.
“Well, it’s all thanks to Damian… ! I think my posture has improved a lot… !”
“Because the northern swordsmanship and the test swordsmanship are a bit different.”
“That, is it? I’m not sure where the difference is… “
Although Yuri learned her swordsmanship in the North, it’s hard to say.
This is the way the madman wields his sword.
Give up your flesh and take your opponent’s life.
With every offensive stance, there is a risk, and there is no defense.
‘A swordsmanship that goes straight without looking back.’
Just like Yuri’s personality, it’s an extreme swordsmanship.
Still, it cannot be denied that it is an efficient swordsmanship that reflects the family’s unique physical abilities.
It’s hard to get good grades when you enter an academy.
“Still, if you practice at home, you will be able to stick. You worked hard, didn’t you?”
“Of course… ! I will definitely enter… ! If admission fails… Because I can’t even return the favor to Damian… Lord, do I have to die… ?”
Why are you questionable?
“No, you don’t have to die.”
“Then I won’t die… !”
Yes.
Good idea, Yuri.
I gave her a compliment and stroked her hair.
“Ehehehe… “
Duck-
At that moment, the carriage stopped, and the driver said to us.
“We have arrived, young boy.”
“How long did it take?”
“It took about 5 hours.”
“You arrived earlier than expected.”
Still, the capital and the territory were close, so I was able to arrive early.
It’s annoying that I have to do this 3 more times.
If it is to enter the academy where the original story takes place.
It’s a nuisance that I can bear enough.
I got off the carriage with Yuri.
“Come on, join hands.”
“Ugh… ! Go, thank you Damian… !”
Poljjak-
Yuri took my hand and got off the carriage.
Wagons from other families were lined up in front of our wagon.
‘… All of those wagons can be considered competitors.’
I studied hard not to fall.
I’ll have to pass the exam to live up to my reputation as a genius.
So I walked towards the inside of the academy with Yuri.
Huge plots and huge buildings.
The scale is hard to find without it.
Yuri admired the academy building.
“Wow… very wide… This is the academy… Hey, Damian… ! If you go to the academy together… It’s going to be so much fun… ! Right… ?”
Yuri asks me while looking at me.
I replied with a slight smile.
“Yes, I think it will be fun. There are a lot of people.”
“… I don’t like a lot of people.”
“But I can’t help it. It’s an academy.”
“… That’s right, but I’m a little anxious.”
Yuri said that, and bit her mouth as if she didn’t like it.
Still, I seem to like the academy itself.
I didn’t hesitate to answer and headed to the test site.
“To the right is the written examination room. To the left is the practical exam room.”
I’m right.
The glass is on the left.
“We have to part here.”
“M, what… ? Well, go to Damian’s right… ?”
“Yeah, I guess I should. You are the swordsmanship department and I am the political diplomacy department.”
“That, I don’t like that… Me, I want to take notes too… That won’t work… “
“Yes.”
Just cut it.
“No.”
“I didn’t know… See you after the test… When you’re done… ! I’ll be waiting for you at the entrance… ! I’ll finish my exam and come out soon… ! Damien finished quickly and came out… ! Got it… ?!”
“Okay. See you after the exam.”
“Ugh… ! See you later… ! Good test… ! I, I’ll take a good look… ! Damian Goma-“
“Stop talking and go quickly.”
Yuri looked back and muttered something until she disappeared into the distance.
As she disappeared into the practical test room, she felt alone for the first time in a very long time.
‘… How long has it been since there wasn’t a glass next to it?’
I don’t think it’s been a long time since I’ve been this far away.
A sense of liberation, as if coming out of a deep swamp.
Being able to enjoy the freedom without responsibility made it easier to breathe.
However, the world has no intention of leaving me alone.
“Damian.”
After Yuri disappeared, I heard the voice of a villain I hadn’t heard in a long time behind me.
‘I didn’t pay bribes and studied hard.’
I’m glad.
I turned around and saw her face, which I hadn’t seen in a long time.
It looks like her blue hair has grown a bit.
And with that, his unique rough expression.
“Bluebell.”
Period Bluebell.
The girl I taught her stood glaring at me.
Maybe it’s because I’ve grown a bit, but I’m not at eye level with the relatively small Bluebell.
“It’s been a while. Damian. Now you call me a friend? As I said in that letter.”
“You said we were friends next time we meet.”
“… It did. Because I irresponsibly quit being a teacher, wrote letters and ran away. Tell a lie I have no conscience at all.”
Swipe-
Blue Bell sneered, lowering her gaze to her arm.
“… Leaving me made her arm goofy? Look good? I should have just died in the North.”
You must be very angry because I ran away.
Bluebell scolded me with a harsh mouth.
Even so, her blue eyes never missed me.
‘You deserve to be angry. I even lied on the excuse that I didn’t have time.’
Still, you shouldn’t be so angry all the time.
I stabbed the gap in that bluebell.
“You know I was hurt in the North, though?”
Bluebell stuttered at my question, flustered.
The expression on his face was still ferocious.
“Everything, isn’t it obvious? ㅅ, I hear rumors, how can I ignore them? Do you think I was looking for news from a bastard like you on purpose?!”
“… And, her mouth has become rough.”
“This, Mr. Lee…!!”
I wonder if the memory of last summer came to mind.
At that, Bluebell was startled and protected her head with her arms.
Anyway, it seemed like honey chestnuts were imprinted on the body.
“Sometimes, hit me! Did you try hitting her with that stupid arm!”
“I would have told you to speak nicely.”
“What if you’re not even a teacher!! Who are you to give me an order!! On the subject of leaving without a word! What kind of teacher would you pretend to be? It’s okay, don’t talk to me!”
Hoop-
Blue Bell turned her body away from me and headed for the written examination room, looking very nervous.
I haven’t seen Bluebell in a long time, and the condition is the best among the villains I’ve seen.
Mentally.
‘You have overcome the time without me well. I think I studied a lot.’
The steps toward the test site are light.
You must think that you will pass the test today.
It is impossible without such confidence.
Since I was staring at Bluebell’s back like that.
She cried out as the blue bell suddenly turned her around.
“Your legs are also sick? You don’t have to take a test! Why are you standing there, come quickly!”
“… Okay.”
You’d better fix that nasty mouth.
It’s a tone that seems like it’s going to start a fight.
Still, she seemed to be doing well, a bluebell she hadn’t seen in a long time.
She thought to herself that she was lucky.
“Are you also a political diplomat? Don’t think you’ll fail the test. If you fall, I won’t enter. I don’t go to the academy because it’s embarrassing that my teacher fell. My pride can’t stand it.”
“There is no way I would fall-“
“Noisy! Don’t answer! It’s annoying!”
“… “
No, I didn’t get along well.
Emotional, impulsive behavior.
Anyway, Bluebell seems to have acquired an anger control disorder.
‘If you have that kind of personality, it’ll be a big deal if you meet Yuri… ‘
I have to finish the exam quickly and run away after meeting Yuri.
Because if you let the villainess meet, it’s not good for each other.
However, that was only my wish.
“Damian, who is he… ?”
“Hey Damian. What is he What are you asking?”
“… “
The exam is over.
Quite a lot.
A difficult situation unfolded before my eyes.