A Failed Knight Who Went to the Academy To Get Married

083. 4 people, 4 different types of students

A few minutes before Sia entered the gym.

Among the five teams of admission judges,

Instructor Elroy’s team had just finished judging one person and was taking a moment to catch their breath.

“The next test taker is… Oh! It’s Princess Xia!”

“Hahaha. It’s an honor to be in charge of judging Princess Xia.”

Instructor Eloy responded to the words of the two instructors.

“Get rid of the prejudice that he is a royal. He is one of the greatest troublemakers of all time.”

“Hey, you say that, but you’re close with Instructor Elroy, right?”

“That’s why it’s more of a problem.”

The other two instructors continued talking, ignoring Instructor Eloy’s complaints.

“Honestly, if you’re Princess Xia, I don’t think you need to take the test?”

“How about just giving them full marks as a wedding gift?”

Instructor Elroy looked a little bitter.

It’s not that I don’t understand what the two instructors say.

Even if you give a low score here, with just one word from the royal family, you will be assigned to the knight department without any problem.

Moreover, from the academy’s perspective, it was an opportunity to impress the royal family.

but…

“No. Let us review it properly.”

It was extremely unfair to give Sia preferential treatment just because she was a member of the royal family.

I am not talking about fairness with other test takers.

I’m talking about the effort Sia put in to get here.

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“Princess Xia has been working sincerely to enter the knight department.”

Eloi wanted to respect the efforts of Sia, not the royal family.

Not just a fool who was lucky enough to be saved by a knight,

I wanted to prove to everyone that I was someone who knew how to move forward on my own.

Besides, with her skills, there shouldn’t be any problem.

“So it would be rude to her if we didn’t take the review seriously.”

After hearing Instructor Eloy’s words, the two instructors looked at each other for a moment, then

He soon smiled calmly.

“Good. Instructor Eloi will know that person best.”

“Hahaha, if there is a problem later, the instructor will be responsible?”

“Yes. Thank you for your understanding.”

… If Sia had heard this conversation,

I’m sure they said, ‘I don’t need you to be considerate of that, so just put me in the knight department!’

Anyway, for that reason, Shia was currently being beaten excitedly by Instructor Eloi.

“Ugh!”

All Sia could do was block or avoid Eloire’s sword attack, which was so fast that she couldn’t even see the trajectory.

“Why don’t you focus a little more? There’s no way you can study knighthood at this level!”

While Sia was being chased by Eloy,

From behind, the other two instructors watched the fight with interest.

“Oh, Instructor Elroy is showing off his skills.”

“It seems like a very friendly priest relationship.”

“Besides, I never thought Princess Xia could fight this well.”

“As Instructor Eloy said, it looks like that person is not a flower in the greenhouse.”

Sia’s efforts and skills have always been overshadowed by Trine.

That’s because the media is always busy showing the trend.

in other words,

In a way, today was Sia’s first debut.

“Ha!”

Sia, who barely managed to find the timing, attempted the attack for the first time.

“Slow down!”

As Eloi tried to avoid the attack,

For some reason, I suddenly lost my balance due to the slippery floor.

“It’s over!”

Sia tried to stab Eloi, who was about to fall.

However, Eloi stood on her head and kicked Sia’s sword.

Thanks to this, Sia lost her sword, but-

“Not yet!”

Sia summoned a sky-blue magic sword as if she had been waiting.

And then he tried to swing at Eloi again, but-

“It’s over.”

… Before I knew it, Eloi’s sword had reached Sia’s neck.

Sia looked devastated for a moment, then

Soon, he seemed to have resigned himself and canceled the summoning of the sword.

“I lost.”

“Examination number 217, thank you for your hard work. You can go back now.”

Sia asked cautiously, unable to bear to leave.

“Am I failing?”

At that question, the three instructors suddenly started laughing.

“Do you think losing to me means you failed?”

“This is not a duel, but an entrance exam.”

“If the condition is to win against Instructor Aloy in the first place, no one will pass.”

Instructor Eloy said, tapping Sia’s shoulder.

“Rest assured, you were good enough.”

“…yes!”

Sia bowed her head and walked out quickly.

Soon after, Pyrrhol came in.

“Ugh~”

“Is that your reaction too? I’m really deducting points from all three of you!”

Instructor Elroy said, looking back at the other two instructors.

“I’ll just deal with this plush trio.”

“Yes, if you do, we would be grateful.”

“Don’t be too discouraged, just take it easy.”

Pyrrhol grumbled as he put down the staff he had been carrying on the floor.

“I tried pretending to be a wizard and trying to surprise him, but it was no use.”

“Hey, this is an academy entrance exam, not an assassin recruitment exam-”

“Ah! Senior Trine!”

… Eloy made a pitiful expression due to the overwhelming sense of déjà vu.

“Did you guys plan it in advance?”

“I just tried it once~ Well, I guess I have no choice but to go for the regular method.”

At that moment, Pyrrhol’s figure disappeared before my eyes.

Eloy quickly turned around, almost instinctively.

And then he grabbed Pyrrhol’s arm while he was swinging the dagger.

“Using some pretty heinous techniques-”

For a moment, Elroy’s eyes were colored with confusion.

A hand holding nothing.

then-

Without wasting time, Pyrrol tried to decapitate Eloi with his other hand.

Eloi quickly bent down to avoid it and then took a large step back.

“This is my first time seeing an entrance exam student that gives me goosebumps like this.”

It’s a training dagger made of rubber anyway, so there’s no danger.

Eloi was truly appalled by Pyrrhol’s life.

“You look quite relaxed while saying that?”

“I’m sorry, but the enemy was bad. I wonder how many assassins I’ve dealt with-”

Suddenly, a dagger flew out and aimed at Eloi’s forehead.

The moment Eloi leaned back to avoid it, Pyrrol rushed at her.

After that, they exchanged a few rounds and Elroy clicked his tongue.

“Aren’t you being too serious about this? It’s not an assassination mission, it’s an entrance exam.”

“Originally, I wanted to deal with someone with a decent passing score!”

“What do you want to do at the academy?”

“I just retired from being an assassin, so I was going to live the rest of my life as a normal person – ugh!”

Pyrrol ended up falling backwards due to Eloi’s kick.

Eloi asked, holding her sword to Pyrrol’s throat.

“Don’t you think Princess Xia is too big to say she wants to live the rest of her life normally?”

Pyrrol glared at Eloi with murderous eyes,

He immediately tilted his head as if he had resigned himself and spoke cutely.

“Sia is an ordinary friend. She just happens to be a princess.”

“Honestly, I don’t trust you yet.”

“…The correct answer is not to trust assassins.”

Pyrrhol removed Elor’s sword with his hand and stood up.

“So the only way to gain trust is to work hard.”

Instructor Elroy paused and then asked.

“I’ll ask you again. What do you want to do at the academy?”

Then Pyrrhol responded playfully.

“I want to learn warmth.”

Elroy also smiled in return.

“Sia has a cold attribute.”

“It’s not fun~ That’s why I’m an old maid at that age.”

“What dude!”

Pyrrol stuck out his tongue and quickly ran away.

“Really, that guy…”

The other two instructors started laughing.

“He’s a pleasant kid in many ways.”

“It does matter that he was a former assassin, though.”

Then Elroy smiled bitterly and said.

“It’s okay. The relationship between that child and Sia is real.”

… Not long after, Locke came in.

“Okay.”

“Oh my! All three of you are deducted 10 points!”

“It’s tyranny! I’ll beat the principal up!”

“Be loud! Quickly raise your sword!”

When Locke grumbled and summoned a magic sword,

Instructor Elroy stared at him for a moment and asked.

“And then I saw that you were Arc’s younger brother in the swordsmanship department, right?”

During the sports competition, Ark tried to win against Trine using a cowardly move, but was defeated.

For your information, it seemed like Trine didn’t know that fact yet.

“Because our family’s motto is not to be hated by nobles.”

“It’s quite a warlike family.”

“That’s why Brother Trine, who became a marquis in just one year, is my hero.”

“Even though he destroyed your brother?”

Then Locke tilted his head and asked again.

“Why is that? I thought it actually looked good?”

“…It’s an interesting family.”

“Are you being sarcastic?”

“Stop talking nonsense and attack me.”

Instead of trying to rush in, Locke pretended to be surprised and shouted.

“Ah! Brother Trine!”

“Take it in moderation, I know very well that you trio are equally idiots.”

Locke clicked his tongue once,

He raised his sword above his head and charged with all his might.

Eloi muttered as she effortlessly blocked his continuous attacks.

“The power and speed have increased compared to the experience class.”

“of course!”

“But still so honest.”

“Is that really so!”

Suddenly, Locke’s magic sword became shorter.

Thanks to this, Eloi tried to strike his sword in vain, and

“I learned this from my brother!”

Locke did not miss the opportunity and extended the length of his sword again, attempting to cut Eloi’s side.

But before that, Eloi’s foot kicked Locke’s stomach.

“Kaaak!”

In the end, Locke lost his grip on the magic sword and fell backwards.

“Before attacking your opponent’s weaknesses, you should think about your own weaknesses. That’s the basics of swordsmanship, right?”

Elroy said, looking down at Locke.

“Sia and Pyrrhol definitely passed, but not you.”

Locke glared furiously at Elroy.

But soon he took a deep breath and stood up.

“What I learned from Brother Trine was not only swordsmanship.”

Then, he took his stance again while holding the magic sword and shouted with all his might.

“Never give up!”

… It was the longest screening ever.

In the end, Eloy declared when Locke fell to the floor more than ten times over 20 minutes.

“The screening is over! You can go back now.”

“Not yet! There’s still a long way to go!”

“If you don’t want to be disqualified, go home quietly.”

Locke grumbled and gritted his teeth,

In the end, I left the gym with my shoulders slumped.

Instructor Eloy scratched his head and asked the other two judges.

“How about this?”

“Compared to Princess Xia or Pyrrhol, it is much lacking.”

“The swordsmanship style also looks a bit ordinary.”

“You saw it correctly.”

Then soon the three of us started laughing together.

“Still, I’m at least at the level of the knight department.”

“It’s really amazing that you don’t lose your fighting spirit and focus even in unfavorable situations.”

“In a way, he’s the guy who most resembles Trine.”

Instructor Elroy smiled and muttered.

“Ugh, it looks like I really have to teach those troublemakers after all.”

Not long after, the last test taker came inside.

“This is Adelica. Please take care of me.”

She greeted politely and immediately took a stance with her rapier.

Then, this time, another instructor stepped forward instead of Eloi and drew a sword.

“Duchess Adelica. And I see that you used to be on very good terms with Princess Sia.”

At those words, Adelica frowned and responded.

“No! That was a long time ago, and now we are enemies.”

“Hmm… why did you apply to the academy?”

Adelica answered without hesitation.

“To break that traitor’s arrogance.”