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Chapter 14
Chapter 14
The incident at the sparring ground ended just as Jin Crow said it would, as nothing more than a small happening.
Needless to say Famille, and Dokgo Ran received nothing more than a five-point penalty under the charge of property damage.
Of course, the fact that each family who heard the news anonymously donated the reconstruction costs was hardly a big secret among the instructors.
‘It’s a relief no one was hurt.’
En_uḿа̃_
On this matter, Ideale did not make much of it either.
She would have found it unpleasant if the donations had been made for factionalism or other gains, but whether it was because they knew her personality or because they wanted to avoid giving other factions an excuse to attack, they had sent only the exact amount needed for repairs.
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She was not completely inflexible either.
Even if it was anonymous, if it was money no one could embezzle with all the receipts attached, then if it was a pure donation, there was nothing to be wary of.
Moreover, since Instructor Jin Crow had intervened midway and no one was injured, looking only at the outcome, it had been resolved rather smoothly.
“Phew.”
W̆ еb ṅо_v̊ѐ l̂ Е́ n̊ù m̆а
Pressing firmly against her throbbing eyelids as she handled her work, Ideale removed her glasses and placed them on the desk.
The black tea Ginatio, the assistant instructor who had stopped by the headmaster’s office a few hours earlier, had brewed for her had gone cold long ago.
Sip.
She moistened her dry lips.
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The moderately bitter taste brushed against the tip of her tongue, and she lifted her stiff body and walked toward the window.
“Phew.”
Е ńum а̊
As she undid one button of the shirt that was filled up to her throat from the stifling feeling, it became noticeably more comfortable.
“……Just what is he thinking?”
What slipped out through her lips was none other than a question.
Naturally, the subject was Jin Crow.
After causing trouble with an extremely insincere attitude, he was now approaching his instructor duties with an almost bewilderingly proactive stance.
It was impossible not to be taken aback.
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But after checking the materials Jin Crow had handed her earlier, she was able to understand.
At first, there was anger.
But what lingered in her mind afterward was doubt.
‘There is something.’
Whether it was a scheme from Rozen’s side, who desired internal strife within the Kukenhauzen family, or truly a deal made by Jin Crow himself.
It was not something she could hastily judge for now.
W ӗb̌nо́ v е l̃ Е̂ňû m̆ӑ
Because of that, even after seeing the ‘dagger’ he had handed her, she chose to show no reaction and decided to watch for the time being.
‘Jin Crow.’
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When she first faced him again, what she felt was gladness, and after seeing how he had changed, it was disappointment.
But the emotion she felt now was…….
‘I’ll watch.’
Something complex, with anxiety and anticipation mixed together.
Ёn̊.úm̈а.іd
A man entered a massive facility that could not even be compared to the Seventh Training Ground where Lambda had been before.
As he moved his steps, the gazes of the cadets who had arrived early and were waiting converged on him.
And Ginatio, who had been leading the cadets beforehand, nodded to him while maintaining as blank an expression as possible.
“Everyone’s here.”
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The sensitive yet languid voice slipped past his lips—no, Instructor Jin Crow’s voice—echoed through the lobby of the central training ground.
No matter how much they muttered behind his back that he was unlucky to deal with, or that he was pathetic from being soaked in alcohol and cigarettes, when they faced him directly, the feeling was different from the start.
Ẇе̃ b n̂ӧv̌ e̊ l Ѐ ǹ úṁ а
His murky black pupils looked lifeless, and his pale skin made his already cold impression seem even darker.
But what struck most strongly was the atmosphere he subtly exuded.
“…….”
Just being swept over by his gaze without a word felt as if an inexplicable suffocation was tightening around their throats.
Of course, once one grew accustomed to it, it was manageable, but the fact that the first impression was overwhelming would not change.
“Oh, he looks even more vicious today, doesn’t he?”
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“……Haa.”
Meanwhile, Dokgo Ran shrugged her shoulders as if she wanted to jump at Jin Crow immediately, and Famille, sitting beside her, shook her head.
‘How did I even end up here.’
This was all because of the useless gorilla next to her who could not even control her strength during a spar.
Something unnecessary had been added to the curriculum she had painstakingly calculated and designed with care.
Of course, Jin Crow, who had forcibly enrolled her in this lecture, was just as unwelcome as well.
E̊_n̊ ú m ä . їḋ
It was then.
After lightly sweeping his gaze over the cadets standing in the lobby, Jin Crow opened his mouth.
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“For the time being, I will conduct the lectures in the central training ground.”
“Huh?”
For a moment, the cadets tilted their heads at the sentence that seemed to be missing a subject somewhere, but the sense of incongruity quickly passed at Crow’s words.
“Since it’s the first day, I’ll take questions. Ask without holding anything back.”
Еń u̇m̆а
His attitude was relaxed to the extreme.
Perhaps because of that.
Just as a few cadets, who seemed to have relaxed their tension, were about to cautiously raise their hands, Dokgo Ran, who was already twisting with competitiveness, shot her hand up and shouted.
“Me!”
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“State your rank and name. Next.”
“Cadet Dokgo Ran! I have a question!”
Е ǹū.m̄а
Only then did Jin Crow nod, and Dokgo Ran shouted with her characteristic dark crimson eyes sparkling.
“Will you spar with us too, Instructor?!”
“Dismissed. Next.”
“What? Don’t do that—. Mmph? Mmmp?”
At the word “dismissed,” Dokgo Ran hurriedly tried to add something, but when Famille, who was watching from beside her, flicked her finger, no sound came out.
Famille gave a light glance, and receiving her look, Jin Crow calmly pointed to the next cadet as if Dokgo Ran did not exist at all.
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“Cadet, Beatus.”
“Ask.”
“Yes. Then what exactly are we learning?”
At a glance he was clearly from the martial track, but unlike Dokgo Ran, his question was quite serious, and the cadets agreed as well.
“As everyone knows, the newly established 「Understanding of Space Monsters」 is a linked course that includes both theory and combat.”
His answer was concise.
Wë bñ о̆ v̆еl Ѐ nuṁа̊
Because of that, just as a few cadets whose questions had not yet been resolved were about to ask again, he twisted his eyebrows as if he was not finished speaking yet and added,
“Don’t rush. You’ll find out in due time. Next.”
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“Cadet Uton.”
The subsequent questions from the cadets were all things he had expected.
Because of that, Jin Crow answered only the appropriately meaningful questions and was just about to bring things to a close.
“Cadet Baek Hwi-young.”
Ẃ ѐb n̂о̆ v̄ е l Е̌_n̂ ú ma
He blinked his ashen eyes and raised his hand.
At the words he let slip as if reciting, Jin Crow’s gaze reached him.
He nodded.
At the wordless permission, Baek Hwi-young opened his mouth.
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“Although this may be disrespectful to you, Instructor, there is something I would like to clarify. Would that be acceptable?”
It was different from the questions the cadets had asked earlier.
Wе_b́ ṅ_оṽ е̊l .Е.n ůṁа̂
Because of that, while the others looked on with anticipation about what Baek Hwi-young would say, Miel, standing beside him, could only stare at him as if frightened about what he might say next.
“You may ask.”
At last, permission was given.
Then, as if he had been waiting for it, Baek Hwi-young asked him,
“Do you have the qualifications to teach us, Instructor?”
At the exceedingly provocative question, cadets who knew Baek Hwi-young and those who did not alike turned their heads toward him.
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However, at the words that followed, they could not help but nod inwardly.
“Even if theory is one thing, actual combat is different.”
Naturally, a strange silence drifted through the spacious lobby of the central training ground.
If it were another lecture, it would have looked like a cadet daring to doubt an instructor, but at least when it came to Creatures, Baek Hwi-young’s words were not without reason.
‘Tsk, he’s cornered.’
So much so that even Assistant Instructor Ginatio, who did not hold particularly good feelings toward Jin Crow, glanced at him and clicked his tongue.
Е nù_m̂ а̂
Even so, watching Baek Hwi-young steadfastly endure Jin Crow’s gaze made him feel pleased.
‘He pinpointed the core exactly. I don’t recall him being a cadet who stood out like this…….’
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Baek Hwi-young. It was right as he engraved those three syllables into his mind.
Slowly, Jin Crow’s mouth opened.
Naturally, neither Assistant Instructor Ginatio nor the other cadets expected good words to come from his mouth, and Miel had already squeezed her eyes shut, her shoulders trembling in anticipation of the coming scolding.
“That is a valid question.”
W̌ е̇ b n̈о̂vë l Ēnu m̌а̄
“Huh?”
At the words that flowed from his mouth, everyone widened their eyes, doubting their ears.
Only Baek Hwi-young, as if he had expected this, stared straight at him and waited for the answer to follow.
“All cadets of the Central Special Service Academy are talents acknowledged by the Composite State’s military. Because of that, they have the right to receive lectures befitting that status.”
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Perhaps because of that, at the corner of Jin Crow’s mouth as he delivered the answer, there passed a faint smile, if only for a brief instant.
Was it because of that.
Еň u m̊ ā
Baek Hwi-young, satisfied, opened his mouth to respond to his words.
However, at what was added next, even he could not help but be taken aback.
“But doubting an instructor is a subordinate arbitrarily judging a superior’s competence. Taken to the extreme, it is close to insubordination. Therefore, five penalty points.”
“……Yes?”
It could be said to be an excessive interpretation, but rather, this was closer to the Jin Crow the cadets had originally known, to the point that it felt oddly acceptable.
And logically speaking, it was not entirely wrong either.
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“I understand.”
In the end, Baek Hwi-young could only accept it with a somewhat hollow smile.
He himself was aware that he had just crossed a line.
And just as Baek Hwi-young closed his mouth and the atmosphere was about to sink further.
“But it was a good question. Lambda.”
“Ah, yes! Instructor!”
En ù_m̊ а
Jin Crow called out to Lambda, the blue-haired android standing to one side of the central training ground lobby, and at his call, Lambda walked over with a slightly tense expression and stood beside Jin Crow.
Naturally, the cadets’ gazes gathered, and when Jin Crow finally nodded, Lambda cleared her throat briefly with a ‘ahem’ and opened her mouth.
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“Nice to meet you, cadets. I am the android Lambda, in charge of the Academy’s Seventh Training Ground.”
After briefly introducing herself, she bowed her head, and Jin Crow added,
“The existing management personnel of the central training ground are on leave, so she has been dispatched. You may be seeing her often from now on, so treat her with courtesy equivalent to that shown to an instructor.”
After saying that, he gestured to her with his eyes, and Lambda nodded before heading toward the nearest A1 Training Ground external control room.
Е̃ n̂ u̇ m а
“Instructor, what is this about?”
At his sudden action without prior agreement, Assistant Instructor Ginatio quietly approached and asked, but what came back was not an answer, but a command.
“Assistant Instructor, lead all cadets to the A1 Training Ground.”
“……Hoo, understood.”
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In the end, all Ginatio could do was follow his words and lead the cadets.
Inwardly, he could somewhat predict what Jin Crow was trying to show.
Е n ŭ m̆ ӑ
‘It’s certainly the most definitive way, but.’
Well. Creatures were not that familiar an enemy even to instructors.
No matter how overwhelming the gap in strength might be, could simply crushing it with brute force serve as meaningful proof.
Contrary to his concerns, the cadets obediently entered the interior of the A1 Training Ground following the guidance.
〔Are you ready?〕
A short while later, Lambda’s voice, sounding somewhat more relaxed, echoed through the training ground’s internal speakers.
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Jin Crow, who had entered the training ground first, readily nodded and murmured quietly,
“Difficulty low, assumed enemy Creature. Setting urban warfare.”
〔Then, commencing operation.〕
The cadets’ vision was dyed black.
And before long, when they opened their eyes once more, what entered their sight was not the pristine white walls of the training ground.
“P-Please save me!”
É n̊ ú m.а́
“Aaaaaaaaah!”
They were in the middle of a battlefield where desperate screams rang out.
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“……Urban warfare?”
“There was a Creature option too?”
As cadets, all of them had experienced simulation training, so there was no panic.
However, at that moment.
Ẁ e b̊ ǹ о̊v е l̈ Ë n̄ü m̊ ã.
A cry close to a scream brushed past the ears of the murmuring cadets.
“Pl-Please take cover!”
The shout of an officer crouched behind a collapsed building. Though it was merely a virtual construct implemented in the simulation, its desperation was indistinguishable from the real thing.
Perhaps because of that.
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The gazes of the cadets and Assistant Instructor Ginatio followed the danger the officer shouted about, and they soon realized that the one he was warning was none other than Jin Crow.
-Kyaaaaaaah!
Е̇.n̊u̇m ӑ . і̌d
A monster, easily appearing to be over three meters tall, with purple and red colors mixed together, stomped on the asphalt and leaped into the air, thrusting the long spear-shaped exoskeleton attached in place of one arm toward Jin Crow.
“W-What speed!”
“Insane.”
At the overwhelming size and speed, the cadets swallowed their breaths without exception.
Naturally so.
Which of them had ever seen a Creature up close.
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‘……It’s over.’
Even Assistant Instructor Ginatio narrowed his brow and swallowed a low groan.
The Creature’s movement was faster than expected, and it had already come face to face with Jin Crow.
Gulp-.
But at that very moment, the cadets encountered a brief flash of light along with the sound of liquid being swallowed.
-Kkii?
Ẽṅ úm̈ à
Before Jin Crow, the Creature that had planted its feet on the ground blinked its distinctive red eyes.
“This beast is a Pawn. It is mass-produced, but a unit focused on anti-personnel combat.”
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However, immediately after, a straight line appeared, precisely cleaving the body vertically, and the flesh slid apart to the left and right.
Thud-.
Jin Crow sheathed a sword that no one knew when he had drawn, and added to the cadets staring at him in a daze,
“Take notes.”
Ẁe̊b̌ǹ o v е l Е̊ n ūm̄а
Only then could they realize it.
That the liquid-swallowing sound that had brushed past their ears moments ago had come from the hip flask Jin Crow held in his hand.
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