Chapter 186
In the early morning, one girl was training alone in the wind attribute training ground .
Romantica Eru .
Around her were ten plates of iron in a loose circle formation .
Romantica reached her hand out . As a breeze blew, the iron plates floated in the air .
She then flicked her finger and the iron plates started rotating around her at a steady speed .
Romantica bit her lip, adjusting the atmospheric pressure .
One particular scene came to mind as she did so .
It was the battle against the homunculus at Jormungand Citadel .
Her colleagues faced one crisis after another .
Pram fell, Adjest collapsed, and Desir ended up in critical condition .
‘I couldn’t do anything at all . ’
Even though she cast her spells non-stop, against a creature as powerful as the homunculus, she was useless .
Putting her all into a single strike only served to make the homunculus falter for a single move . Her frantic efforts barely amounted to anything at all .
‘It’s awfully pathetic . ’
She couldn’t do anything when her colleagues, her friends, were in danger .
But she was no longer able to bear being so powerless . She couldn’t help choking up slightly, recalling that battle .
There was a distinct clang of iron .
The moment Romantica clenched her hands, all of the iron plates began to crumple into the shape of balls .
The sound of iron plates being crushed by increased atmospheric pressure filled the training ground and created an unholy cacophony .
Considering the fact that doing this to just one plate was too much for her a year ago, it was an incredible improvement .
Yet still, Romantica anguished .
‘I am merely a Third-Circle . ’
Romantica reached the Third-Circle a year ago, and hadn’t had any significant progress since .
Still, it took astounding talent and dedication to achieve that much that quickly .
In the Hebrion Academy, where talented people gathered from across the entire continent, it was usual for most to only reach the Third-Circle just before graduating .
But Romantica remained unconceited .
This was not because she was modest .
‘Adjest Kingscrown . ’
Magic and swordsmanship . A true genius who had significant talent in both . There was nobody who could be conceited while standing next to Adjest .
A girl with much more overwhelming talent than anyone else .
After gaining her new weapon, the Center of Ice, she would be nearing the most elite individuals on the continent, let alone almost all of the professors at the academy .
‘How come I’m… ’
Adjest, who would swing her sword, causing her flowing white-blond hair to whip behind her, looked so dazzling that Romantica felt she couldn’t even look at her directly . She was the Sun .
Whenever Romantica felt that dazzling sensation, her darkness only deepened .
‘I want to be strong . ’
I want to be strong .
She eagerly wanted it .
But the deeper she thought about it, the darker she felt . She felt like she was in a free-fall of despair .
*Boom*
A blast echoed abruptly in the calm training ground . It was the iron plates exploding and scraps of iron falling to the ground .
Romantica fell onto the ground, her hair swept back by the blast .
It took her a moment to conclude that the explosion was caused by her subconsciously injecting an excessive amount of mana .
“… Annoying . ”
Romantica looked up at the sky while lying on the ground .
The Sun was shining gloriously in the clear sky, without a cloud in sight .
She stretched her hand out towards the Sun .
Understandably, she couldn’t reach it . The Sun was so high up that she couldn’t reach it no matter how far she stretched .
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Summer in Dresden was hot and humid .
The Hebrion Academy returned to normal . Classes were boring, as per usual, and piles of assignments were given .
Students would normally moan about the assignments, but they now seemed strangely excited .
Every time they got together, they chatted about the war between the Allied Forces and the Outsiders .
When it came to the war, they talked about students from the academy who had volunteered to join the military . Of course, Desir Arman was the most popular topic .
It was exceptional for a student to get awarded a Silver Lion medal . They couldn’t help but feel excited about the fact that the hero came from where they attended .
“Did you see the interview? The one from Aylus News with Desir . ”
Whenever they talked about Desir, they also mentioned the interview from Aylus News . The two names went hand in hand; Aylus was the only news company where Desir had been featured publicly .
“I’m not a big fan of the interview though . It’s a fact that the Western Kingdom Union got military aid without any cost, isn’t it?”
“I disagree . Imagine those white flashes landing in Dresden . ”
“Right… It’s a decent strategy in terms of insurance . ”
After Desir’s interview went public, a considerable number of people among those who had opposed the alliance between the Hebrion Empire and the Western Kingdom Union began to change their view .
Desir’s interview wasn’t particularly persuasive enough to change their minds . However, a fair number of people that were against it realized they had no particular reason for being against the alliance . It was just a lingering nationalistic feeling from the time when they were at odds with each other . Convincing someone with an opposing opinion was hard, but swaying those who had no real opinion was comparatively easy .
As soon as Desir had presented a reason to support the alliance, public sentiment shifted drastically .
‘The relationship will improve as time goes by . ’
Desir could now pivot in a different direction as he achieved one of his goals .
He issued summons for his party after class that day .
Students gathered one by one in the Starling Party’s office .
Freechel and Takiran warmly welcomed the party members .
“How have you been everyone?”
“It’s been a while . ”
Freechel and Takiran joined the Starling Party last fall . Their skills were decidedly poor back then . However, they quickly developed after receiving one-on-one instruction from Desir . They could now be assessed as having a decent level of skill .
Following that, there was someone else they were glad to see .
“Brother, sister, it’s been a long time . How have you been?”
“Yes . Long time no see . ”
It was a boy with red hair like blazing flames, Ronde Fizzlebang .
His signature explosion type magic was well known for its outstanding firepower .
In Desir previous life, Ronde quit the academy as a result of his arrogant personality creating a downward spiral of personal problems .
He now was the first year leader of the Starling Party, responsible for leading quite a few people .
‘It’s a good thing he’s doing well . ’
Desir thought it was quite a nice change .
Once all of the party members gathered, they started talking .
“From now on we are going to be doing more practical training . ”
The party members were excited for the new training regime he announced, but anxious at the same time . It was Desir’s training after all .
“If you’re thinking this will be something akin to sparring, you’re sadly mistaken . It’ll be a mock battle that’s as close as possible to reality . It’ll consist of battles between members of the Blue Moon, Red Dragon and Starling parties in rotation . ”
The faces of the first-grade party members paled .
The Starling Party, the Blue Moon Party and the Red Dragon Party were the best in the Hebrion Academy .
The core members of those parties had all achieved great things in the war against the Outsiders . Their battle experience wasn’t comparable to that of first years in the slightest .
They all looked at Desir in despair .
“Ah, don’t worry . The mock battle will be held in the Shadow World for training . You don’t have to worry about dying . The day after the mock battle, we will improve on our shortcomings; the next day, we will study the theory and strategy based on that .
The room instantly filled with a commotion .
The existing training was already quite tough . It was cruel to increase the intensity for students who needed to juggle both their academic schedule and party training .
Someone among the first graders raised their hand before speaking .
“T-That’s too cruel, isn’t it?”
“It cannot be helped because you guys are weak . ”
Weak .
The first years who recently joined the Starling Party did not understand at all .
The Starling Party was the best in the Academy .
“We are the number one party in the Academy though?”
Desir stared at him with frigid eyes .
“Do not mistake the power of the party for your own power . If you were to face them one-on-one, you couldn’t win a battle against the first years of either the Blue Moon Party or the Red Dragon Party .
For getting into the Hebrion Academy, they were already reasonably talented .
Compared to the Blue Moon Party and the Red Dragon Party, which only chose the most talented students, they couldn’t hope to keep up .
‘For now, we will keep losing the mock battles . ’
There was also an easier method . Without this get-tough policy, Desir had ways to help them grow . But Desir preferred this way because they had to grow quickly in a short period of time .
After all, Desir wasn’t aiming to be the number one party at Hebrion Academy .
“It’ll be difficult at first . You’ll keep losing for a while, but I am certain that this will force all of you to grow . ”
Desir was confident that these people would become the core of the Shadow Labyrinth Expedition that would be formed soon .
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