The Academy’s Deceased Ate It All

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Then she looked down at the ground for a moment and began to mutter something in a small voice.

After a while, she lifted her head and looked at me.

 

“I think I know what your problem is.”

 

I looked at her as if asking her to tell me, and she gave a small sigh.

 

“I'll be honest with you.
I think you're better at handling swords and spears than me.
But I can't tell if it's because you use them separately, or because you're not as good as you said in the mixed use part that I can see the creaky parts.
I often see unnecessary movements and overlapping lines of movement…
.”

 

“Is that so.”

 

“Yes.
But I think you'll soon become proficient if you practice.
It's just that you're not used to using both at the same time, not that you lack skills.
Honestly, the ability to use both hands at will is a big advantage, so it would be a shame to give up so soon, wouldn't it?”

 

I nodded and she hesitated for a moment before opening her mouth.

 

“Or one to attack, one to defend.
I think it would be good to decide and practice like this.
Well, if you look at the schools that use double-handed weapons, most of them divide the purpose of the weapons in that way.
And in that case, they usually use the longer weapon to attack, the shorter one to defend.”

 

“Like a rapier with a dagger?”

 

“Yes.
Like that.”

 

She glanced at me and muttered.

 

“And this is my way, but… I have my own training method that is very effective for using both hands freely.”

 

… Do you want me to tell you?

At her words, I immediately nodded.

There was no reason to refuse.

 

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“How do you do that?”

 

As if relieved by my positive reaction for a moment, Lee Yu-Na caught her breath, raised her fingers, and began to wiggle them in the air.

When I looked at her wondering what on earth she was doing, she looked strangely proud.

 

“Drawing a pentagon with one hand and a triangle with the other like this.
If you keep changing the shapes, you will get used to using both hands separately, and it's also good for preventing dementia…
.”

 

“…… .”

 

“…I really li, like it?”

 

She blushed slightly, perhaps taking my silence in a different way.

I had to immediately wave my hand and explain that I didn't keep my mouth shut in that sense.

She immediately continued her explanation with a relaxed expression.

 

“Anyway, starting by drawing shapes in the air like this, then writing letters, then going further and doing simple drawings… .”

 

Gruuuh.
(Stomach rumbling)

 

“…… .”

 

“…… .”

 

At the moment the sound was heard, Lee Yu-Na stopped what she was saying and doing.

I also didn't say anything this time.

She immediately began to move her fingers again as if nothing had happened.

 

“It looks really funny, but it really works.
Thanks to this training…
.”

 

Gruuuuuh.

It was louder than before.

It was hard to say that I couldn't hear it now.

 

Lee Yu-Na gently lowered her hands, her face red.

Seeing her struck with embarrassment and shame, I asked quietly.

 

“… When Ye-Seul comes out, would you like to go eat together?”

 

She nodded without a word.

 

* * *

 

After the meal, I broke up with the two and started walking around the academy.

It was to collect things that had been forgotten in a corner of my memory and that I only now remembered.

 

To be honest, I wasn't sure if gathering them up would be of much help, but it was still better than nothing, so that was enough of a reason to sell my feet.

 

“Huu… .”

 

[The skill ‘Mirror of Counterattack’ has been newly acquired!]

 

[The skill ‘Rage’ has been newly acquired!]

 

[The skill ‘Counter’ has been newly acquired!]

 

[Successful skill combination!]

 

[Consuming the skills ‘Rage’ and ‘Counter’, the skill ‘Pain Sharing’ has been newly acquired!]

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I sat alone in the common learning room, which I had never been to since my first visit, and looked at the notification windows as if savoring them.

 

Pain Sharing and Mirror of Counterattack.

Both were frequently used skills.

 

Mirror of Counterattack was a defensive skill that consumes mana to create a kind of mana shield.

The more mana you use, the harder and longer lasting your shield will be.

In addition, it was a very useful skill that not only could be used for defense, but also had the ability to return the opponent's attack in a small amount.

 

… The problem is that for me now, the lack of mana is a deep-rooted problem, so how much mana can be allocated in order to maintain this skill is key.

This was because the Mirror of Counterattack is a skill that consumed a fairly large amount of mana.

 

Still, I thought it would be okay, since I had acquired 'Serene Mind', a skill that solved the problem of mana shortage to some extent in the library before, and also could use the World Tree.

 

“And… .”

 

Pain Sharing.

As the name suggests, this was a pretty tough technique.

In return for being defenseless for a certain period of time, half of the shock received during that time is passed to the other party, and the other half is borne by me.

 

It was a skill that I normally would not have touched, but I thought it would be quite useful if I used it in combination with the King of Thorns, which was taken from Svengali, and Fortitude.

I always think about it, but the more hands I can use, the better.

 

“Hiya… .”

 

I stood up from my seat and checked the time as I stretched silently.

There was still quite a bit of free time left, so I thought it would be okay to do more chores.

 

‘Should I stop by the club?’

 

When I thought so, my steps were already facing that way.

 

In the case of the archery club, there was no need to stop by.

As she said to me, Lee Ye-Eun was so busy dealing with the aftermath that she even took a break from the academy.

… And I didn't want to go there for a while, when the story that I was actually a member of the World Tree clan and a relative of Lee Ye-Eun was spreading far and wide.

After all, there were quite a few followers of Lee Ye-Eun in the archery club, both male and female.

 

In the case of the Reading Club, it was a bit awkward because there was a case where we were kicked out for making a fuss, so what was left naturally was the alchemy club.

 

“…… .”

 

Come to think of it, there was still no news about Alice Blesbuck.

 

Even in the class, rumors slowly began to flow that something had happened to her and that she was in big trouble.

As she was a very important role in the original story, it was necessary to know her activities.

Given that Lydia has yet to find out, it was clear that she was involved in something troublesome.

 

‘Urea… So the Big Watch, or the Seven Evils.
One of these two…
.'

 

Both were suspicious enough that I couldn't draw definitive conclusions.

As the Red Case and the Thorns Cross were almost destroyed, the influence of Big Watch should naturally have become stronger.

Also, in the case of the Seven Evils, they would have been silent in the first place, but considering the actions of Ariman that have been confirmed so far, the possibility that he may have performed some kind of trick cannot be completely ruled out.

 

In the end, it was clear why I should stop by the alchemy club.

In any case, the person who could find out information about Alice Blesbuck the fastest and most certainly was Cass Lyle.

 

I hastened my steps a little more.