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Chapter 7
Chapter 7 : Clear away anything that gets in the way. (1)
“…I am indebted to you, Uncle.”
Yuri let out a quiet sigh. The disciplinary review had gone reasonably well, and she still had unfinished business with Jin.
It was a good thing that, under formal jurisdiction, she now had a legitimate pretext to keep him close.
But it was not a result she could call something she had won with her own hands. If she had been alone, matters would not have resolved this easily. Everything had gone this way because of Hauzen’s help.
W е b̈ňӧ v́ e l̇ Е n̈ü m̂ а̃
“There, there you go again, saying something so hurtful.”
“It is true that I owe you.”
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“Well… I do think it would have been nicer if you had given me a bit of notice in advance.”
Yuri had not asked Hauzen for anything separately. Even if he did not want it, the position of principal still placed real power in his hands. Every word carried weight, and obligations followed.
- Assigning responsibility for surveillance is the correct judgment. However, they also agree that the responsibility must be divided. The council specifies that Instructor Erenrock will retain grounds for reprimand, they say!
In the words delivered through the clerk, Hauzen’s name was not mentioned. Still, the fact that he had publicly supported Yuri’s opinion could bring consequences later.
Ѐ ṅ ùmа̃
That was why she could not help but feel indebted. Even without this incident, he would have had more than enough to worry about.
“…That man has not changed.”
“And he will not change.”
The vice principal, Krevo, was the one Yuri meant. He was also the man who had tried to bulldoze the disciplinary review forward before any proper investigation was completed.
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There was no deeper reason behind his behavior.
“He values displays of authority.”
W̄ ё b̊ṅ ov̄е̊l Е́ ňū ṁ_а̃
Among aristocrats, Krevo was regarded as one of the most hardline representatives.
Because of that, clashes with Hauzen—who held the opposite disposition—were frequent.
“Anyway, do not worry about me. I know it was something you needed. Even if we are not connected by blood, you are my daughter, just like Rieta.”
Yuri nodded silently. There was still much she did not know about Jin, and there were plenty of things she needed to confirm. Even so, Hauzen had supported her without asking a single question.
His words—that he regarded her as a daughter—were not empty courtesy. Even if things went wrong, she was certain Hauzen’s attitude would remain the same.
“Now then, let us stop talking about dreary things.”
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“…Do you have something else you want to say?”
“I was just curious when you became so close.”
“Close?”
“Haha! You are being surprisingly slick for someone like you!”
At Hauzen’s pleased laughter, Yuri reflexively narrowed her brow.
“I did not expect you to step forward before I did!”
Ë n̆ uḿ a
He was referring to what happened during the disciplinary review—the moment her father, Beric Erenrock, had been insulted.
- You look like a frightened beast.
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Even Yuri had not expected Jin’s impulsive reaction. Not many people could speak that way to a superior of vice-principal rank.
“It was rare spirit. If he grows well, he seems like he will become a dependable man. I approve, haha!”
“What on earth are you approving of…?”
She swallowed the words she wanted to say—that she was not close to him—because Hauzen would not listen anyway. But the next thing he said made Yuri’s eyebrow twitch.
Е ṅu m̆ а. іd́
“It was as though I were looking at Beric.”
If nothing else, that part was hard to deny. If her father had been placed in the same situation, he would have reacted similarly. Especially then…
- I will become a scabbard perfectly suited to you.
Jin claimed he was an arrangement left behind by her father. Yuri had not told Hauzen that. There was not enough basis, and she herself did not truly believe that part.
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Her rational mind insisted on that conclusion. Yet she simply had not recognized it—something was slowly growing within her, a difficult-to-name seed of trust.
…And at the same time, there was another person replaying the disciplinary review in his mind.
Е̇ň u̇m ǎ..і́ḋ
‘Not a single one of them sits well with me….’
Crack.
A fissure spread over the surface of the wineglass Krevo gripped. Along with it, he recalled those detestable faces.
Hauzen Bastoni and Yuri Erenrock had always been thorns in his side. But there was someone who had provoked him even beyond them.
‘Jin. Jin. Jin….’
He slowly chewed on the name. If it were up to him, he wanted to crush the boy immediately. But that was not the correct judgment when weighed against practical benefit.
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“Clerk.”
“You called for me?”
“…The council’s position is that there is insufficient grounds for expulsion, yes?”
“Ah, well, yes. For now, that is correct.”
“Then it simply means we need grounds.”
The council’s clerk, who had been lingering behind him without a sound, smiled faintly and nodded.
Е́ǹu m а̌ .î d́
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The news that I had become a provisional selection candidate spread in an instant. Once decided immediately after enrollment, it rarely changed.
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“That is him, right?”
“Yeah, that is the guy we saw then.”
As a result, the attention directed at me only deepened. Wherever I went, people recognized me.
Their reactions fell into roughly two categories:
Ёn̆u m̄ а. ĩ d̀
Upper-sector candidates who openly resented me for disrupting the unspoken hierarchy of origin, or lower-sector candidates who avoided me on purpose while watching the nobles’ reactions.
They were easy responses to read, perhaps because this place was filled with immature boys.
All of it stemmed from suspicion toward me.
For me, it was nothing but good news. The more eyes focused on me, the brighter my achievements would shine.
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‘Watch closely, and be my witnesses.’
So I was assigned to my first training session after returning, and by coincidence it was marksmanship training—infamous among the candidates for its brutal difficulty.
Ёn̈ù ḿа . ì d̆
“What the…”
A candidate passed by, muttering with a face twisted by emptiness and grievance. The score panel read: 0.
A pitiful result without even a twist. Yet no one could laugh. Everyone, regardless of origin, was the same.
‘An obvious outcome.’
The simulation zone was vast. It was littered with obstacles like battlefield debris, and a dry desolation hung over the place.
Above it, hologram dummies serving as targets were generated.
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If you thought of them as simple targets, that was arrogance. They were equipped with speed and evasion ability beyond a candidate’s level.
It was an environment in which it was no surprise that no one had managed to score yet.
Still, it could not be called unfair. A real battlefield held far more variables than this.
“The next turn is….”
“It is my turn.”
Saaah.
Ẅ ѐb̀ n ov̊ ӗl Еn̊ú mа
I stepped into the firing position, and my hair began to scatter in the sand-laden wind. That was another reason this training was infamous.
A variable environment prevented you from focusing solely on the enemy. For inexperienced candidates, it could only be confusing.
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“When you are ready… say so….”
“I am ready.”
I answered Franco Jogli, the marksmanship instructor, at once. It was not because his slow way of speaking annoyed me into rushing my reply. It was simply because I had nothing I needed to prepare.
“So arrogant.”
Ê nũṁа̊..і́ d
“He does not even know his place.”
“Do you think he can even graze them?”
The ones who already disliked me voiced their dissatisfaction. They were likely more sensitive because they had just embarrassed themselves.
“Mm. Then we will begin….”
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With Jogli’s words, the regenerated hologram dummies began closing the distance without warning. If they reached my position, it would be counted as another failure.
‘Five dummies.’
Ӗñ u m̈a
They used their speed and evasion to move tactically through obstacles, ensuring that a single mistake would make it impossible to meet the time limit.
Here, sensory control like the kind I used against Yuri would not help much. Multiple hologram dummies were not targets I knew as intimately as her. Predicting the next move by relying on a single sense was impossible.
‘Here, I need something different….’
I needed my own little trick.
I swept my gaze over the hologram dummies, now noticeably closer than before. I memorized the placement of every obstacle without missing one.
Calculating the direction and strength of the sandwind was a bonus.
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I simply shoved everything I could see into my head.
It was the opposite of sensory control.
I abandoned quality of information and increased quantity instead.
A simple principle behind a small trick.
I called it “instant recall.”
‘First, this one.’
W ѐ b ṅ о̇ v̆ е̊.l̇ Е ñ u_m̆ ȧ
BANG!
The first shot rang out.
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There was no need to be cautious. Nanotechnology—one of the Empire’s proud achievements—was applied even to firearms without exception.
Countless rounds were compressed and stored in the internal magazine, allowing sustained firing without any need to reload.
‘Meaning, firing wildly is not a problem.’
The leading hologram dummy flinched and ducked behind debris scarred by bullet marks, changing its route. There was no time to rest. I pulled the trigger again.
W е bn̂ о̂.v̈е l̂ Е́ ń ü m̂ а̂
“…What is he doing?”
“It is obvious. He cannot hit them, so he is doing that.”
I heard that after a bit of time passed.
From a third-party perspective, it was not an unreasonable assumption.
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After all, the number of hologram dummies had not decreased at all.
But I did not care. I kept aiming down the barrel.
Ӗ n̂ ū m̂ а̃
A puzzle is hard to recognize when only a piece of it is completed.
‘In three seconds, the second and third dummies will pop out at the same time. Accounting for the sandwind, it is this way.’
BANG, BANG-BANG!
Along with the tiresome chain of explosive cracks, the hologram dummies dissolved into particles.
At the same time, the score panel ticked upward.
Since it was the first time anyone had scored in today’s marksmanship training, the candidates’ murmuring spread quickly.
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“What was that just now?”
“I-it was luck!”
“But it is like he knew they would appear there exactly…”
I did not know who said it, but it was a line worth praising.
Because it was accurate.
‘Next is here.’
Е ňŭm̌а̀
BANG, BANG-BANG!
More hologram dummies scattered into particles.
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And not long after, the score panel reached “5,” ending the exercise.
When I turned to return to my place, I saw the candidates’ faces—speechless.
I was not the sort of fool to get drunk on superiority, but it was a satisfying sight.
They were not the only ones openly confused.
W.е̇ b̃ nȯv̆е ĺ É n̂ u ṁa
“…How did you do that just now…?”
Instructor Jogli blinked, tilting his head.
This situation felt familiar, and it was not just my imagination.
But he would not know that, in my previous life, he had asked me a similar question.
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“I guided their choices.”
“…Guided?”
Еn_úm ă . i d̀
“Those hologram dummies have an instruction input, do they not? They must evade attacks and reach me.”
“That is true, but….”
“Because of that, their movement routes are inevitably limited. If they occupy the same position, an unavoidable situation arises where they will be hit.”
“Mm….”
Thinking hard, Jogli slowly raised his head and spoke again.
“So you calculated… every possible case….”
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As expected of an active knight, he grasped the core quickly.
The number of obstacles they could use while closing distance was fixed, and the five dummies had to split among those possibilities from the start.
Of course, that required instant recall—recognizing and memorizing every element of the simulation zone. It also demanded ballistic calculation under a variable environment.
“This… is not something just anyone can do….”
“It is only a small trick.”
“I mean it sincerely….”
Е n̊ù m̂а
It was not strange that someone like Jogli reacted as though he had given up.
Not because he believed it was impossible, but because he judged it was not something that could be copied through effort alone.
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At the level of an active knight, it was unnecessary. They were strong without tricks like this.
“But….”
“Yes?”
“No, it is just… I hope I get to watch you for a long time….”
W̄еbn̊_о̄v̌е́l Ӗṅ um а̊
That, too, came from the same logic.
In the end, it was still only a small trick.
If I could not overcome the lowest-level mana core with its horrific energy conversion efficiency, I would never become a knight.
“You will be watching me for a long time.”
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It was needless worry for me.
Even in my previous life, I had never given up.
Еnū m̀ à .i d̈
Nothing in this life would be able to hold me back.
‘And the same goes for you.’
That applied without exception to the ones openly watching me as well.
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