I Became a Blind Swordsman at the Academy

334. Back to the Academy

Her strange encounter with Baekdohwa ended with her stabbing me in the neck with the sword she was holding.

I didn’t feel any pain, but I had no choice but to instinctively grab my neck.

I jumped up from my seat holding my neck and saw the same tent I had just seen. Although my head was a little fuzzy, I could barely tell that I had woken up from a dream due to the sound of the crank turning.

What did Baek Do-hwa want to say in the end?

Did she want to let me know that I was walking down the path to destruction?

Did she or did she want to say that there was no good in ignoring her or Kaen?

It may sound a bit stubborn, but I still believed there would be a way.

I never ignored Kaen in the first place.

If there is one thing that Baek Do-hwa overlooked, it was that she thought that she would never be able to satisfy them with ‘fairness’ alone.

Well, my thoughts are a little different.

Of course, there is nothing more satisfying than having the person you like all to yourself, but as ‘love’ is the most complex of human emotions, there are many different types of love.

Satisfaction is also the same.

Isn’t the sense of conquest alone the only thing that gives satisfaction?

“……”

I gazed at a corner of her status window, feeling the cool chill of the white peach blossom that remained on her neck.

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Where the skills I possessed were listed, there was one skill I had not paid attention to.

-Soaring Power Lv.1

As I said, there are many types of love.

This method was considered a last resort, but shouldn’t it be used before the limbs are torn off?

***

The train from Hwaguk quickly skipped east.

Afterwards, we took another carriage ride.

“Is this a trip…?”

“In the end, the Phoenix Festival was fun, but…”

“When I look back now, it seems like all I did was work.”

When the familiar academy building was finally visible, the cadets grumbled like peasant soldiers who returned to their hometown after being sent to training against their will after only a few days at most.

At Hwaguk, you catch a divine beast, and at Cheonseon Hakgwan, you catch a swarm of monster beasts that came last night, and on top of that, you get hard training.

I thought I could rest comfortably in the Yue Kingdom, but I guess a rebellion will break out.

Well, a lot of problems arose.

If you look closely, there were many worse things than that, but it was a forced march that even ordinary cadets would have experienced hardships.

“Instructor Raina, of course you will be given a few days of rest, right?”

Crank, who was feeling at ease for some unknown reason as he gazed at the academy building in the distance, immediately turned his head and asked Raina that question.

Reina responds in her playful and mischievous voice.

“What do you mean rest? You came back from rest. Do you want to rest again?”

“……”

The cadets react coldly to her not-so-joking joke.

“Oh my, do you see that scary look in your eyes? It’s a joke, a joke. Since there are instructors who are away, I guess they won’t rest for 5 days. But it was still fun, right?”

“…Yes.”

In response to Raina’s question as to whether Touhou was enjoyable, Eiselman nodded her head and muttered quietly.

“She is not another child, and she had no idea that Aizel would like her. How much did she like her that she proposed to him in the east…?”

She laughs out loud as she looks back on the incident of Aisel’s marriage proposal from Reina, who received the news in time.

“Puhahahaha…!”

“”……””

Her other cadets couldn’t help but laugh, so only her laughter echoed in the quiet carriage.

“That… Was a joke…”

Eisel, who was embarrassed, scratched her cheek for no reason and lowered her voice.

“”……””

Even though she doesn’t know what happened, the others seem to be unfamiliar with the sight of Eisel, who has become a gentle sheep right after she came out to her rooftop, and shows a shocked reaction.

“…Did you at least threaten me?”

“A threat?”

Amon, who was watching this, even insinuatedly asked if it was my fault.

“If only it were my usual eye gel…”

He probably didn’t even answer.

She didn’t threaten me, but it was my fault.

After making a promise with Aisel on her rooftop that day, her personality became much gentler.

Probably because my anxiety disappeared.

Instead of looking at her eyes, I tilted my eyes towards her to see the reactions of the others in her carriage.

With her eyes narrowed, Yuri twisted her well-braided hair back and forth without saying a word.

And Kaen, who occasionally glares at me while reading Baek Do-hwa’s diary.

Contrary to Eisel, their anxiety seemed to have worsened.

I will have to discuss this with Jeppeti as soon as I return to the dormitory.

Before that, the first thing to do is to introduce the ‘new family’ that you will be with for a while.

‘I guess you were having a good time without much trouble?’

***

When I finally arrived at the academy, instead of going back to the dormitory right away, I first met Volk and Keraf, who were staying near the forest outside the premises of Innocence Academy.

For your information, Geumyeomyeong, who had enjoyed the festival so much that she was almost beyond her senses, was once again trapped in Shady’s shadow.

“You came early.”

“Nothing happened while you were waiting, right?”

“There aren’t many people walking around around here… Oh, I killed a few assassins. They were targeting Zeto.”

“I took care of it.”

Volk, who was sitting on the rock, waved his hand as Keraf continued his explanation.

“Well, there will still be a bounty on it.”

Even though Volk, who was designated as a ‘companion’ in the status window, dealt with them, he did not even feel his experience increase, so it seems that they were small-sized assassins.

After saying hello to Keraf and Volk, I immediately sent Keraf.

It was for information collection.

Putting aside the handling of Geumyeomyeong for a moment, there are information about the movements of demons that have not been identified so far, such as ‘Dane Waker’ and ‘Sacrifice’.

And as an informant for the demons, I had to go and report on myself. This was because Keraf had not yet openly betrayed him.

So, I suggested that it be a good idea to post a report and try to induce the demons to move.

Keraf said he thought he could do it, but the words he said afterward stung my ears a little.

‘At this point, I’m starting to wonder if he’s only making risky plans…’

It wasn’t wrong, but it was just difficult to give up easily because the return was as certain as the risk.

“Take care of yourself.”

“It won’t be too late.”

Anyway, Keraf was also quite busy.

It seemed urgent to recruit talented people who could become his hands and feet.

“Now, it’s time to keep our promise. Let’s go get treatment for my sister.”

After seeing Keraf off on her long journey, Volk with his arms crossed mentions a promise.

Now that the trip to the east is over, I have to treat Volk’s sister as I promised.

“I’ll just take a day off before then. I also have someone waiting for me at home.”

“A person who waits? Did you have a family too?”

“It wasn’t there originally, but it appeared.”

“Did you give birth to a child…?”

“hahahaha, they’re just younger brothers. Similar to Volk.”

“Similar to me?”

“You’ll know when we meet.”

[The house is about to become even more noisy. ]

Sierra, who was quietly watching this, shakes her head.

Considering Ray and Volk’s personalities, it’s definitely going to get noisy.

“Let’s go first.”

I pushed Volk, who had a question mark on his face, on his back and headed toward the dormitory.

The first year students were all busy unpacking, so they didn’t have much time to meet anyone except for the seniors who remained at the academy.

This means that no one was curious about the existence of Volk, who was being pushed away from me.

Thanks to you, I was able to arrive at the dormitory safely without any suspicion.

With Volk in front, I opened the door with anticipation.

ㅡKwak.

When the door opens, the sound of someone crying and running toward the front door is heard from the other side.

Soon, the door opens and a blonde girl with sparkling red eyes appears.

“I’m finally here…!”

Ray’s eyes, welcoming me, move from top to bottom.

“Me…?”

Ray soon catches sight of an unknown silver-haired boy and expresses her doubts.

“What is this guy?”

Volk must have been wondering something as well, so he raised his head and looked at me and asked.

“Are you here, Zeto?”

Then, Je Petty appeared behind Ray and slightly lowered her head.

ㅡSuddenly.

I calmly pushed Volk’s back, closed the door, and opened my mouth.

“Ray, you are my new brother.”

“New brother…?”

Ray’s face is distorted in a strange way.

I paid no heed to her disdain and continued speaking calmly.

“Ah, isn’t there an age difference?”

How old was Volk?

At first glance, the two seemed to be almost the same age.

“What are you staring at, kid?”

“Child…? There’s no blood on your head…”

Ray’s teeth chatter and grind at Volk’s blunt response.

I don’t know.

The relationship between superiors and subordinates should be decided by the two of you.

I’m not going to be there for very long anyway.

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“…”

Soon, Zepetty, who had been calmly observing the situation, opened her mouth as if she had something to say.

“…Jeto, I don’t know the situation, but if you are thinking of setting up a children’s shelter at the academy, please let me know. I think it is possible if we collaborate with Seongguk. At this point, our hero is making a mess of the room every day. “I think it would be a good idea to send you there too.”

Jepetti picks on Ray and scolds him.

It seemed like Geppeti and Ray had become a lot closer while I was away.

I think Volk just needs to be able to adapt well.

Now that there are more accidents, will it make much of a difference?

[ It’s excessively noisy, but I guess that’s not a bad thing. ]

Sierra, looking at the growling Volk and Ray, smiles happily. I wonder if he even remembers his childhood days of bickering with Yasui.

Well, I liked everything.

More than anything, I felt like I had finally returned home.