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Chapter 70 : Duke Regan
🕑 Added 2022-08-21 07:37:26 +0000 UTCTL:SummerPeanut
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"Why is Sasha here?"
I asked Sasha, and she said.
"Oh, didn't I tell you? I'm in charge of the third day of the practical exam tomorrow. Basically, I'm in the same position as Cyrus.”
"Tsk, I was so close to seeing this boy cry, and you stopped me.”
Cyrus swore, and Sasha
"I'm ever so happy for you. I'm so glad you didn't make the Sword Saint take you seriously."
"No! I was more than serious. It’s to the point that I don’t think I can go any more than this!”
I tried my best to smooth things.
I suppose it will be better to spend time as a Sword Saint in this school as well.
I'll have to set it up so I can't use magic much... To do that, I'll have to keep Sasha quiet... I used Tornado and Firestorm in front of Sasha, so Sasha AT LEAST know what I was capable of three years ago.
"Sasha-san. Can I please have a word with you later?"
I said and Sasha smiled.
"Sure."
Sasha must have known I wanted to hide my ability and came here at this time.
I was totally conned.......
After that, I, Clarice, and Ellie were quickly cut out of the second day's practical exam.
Then Sasha and Cyrus took me to another place.
By the way, Misha is still taking the exam.
"Where are we going?"
I ask her warily, and Sasha says, "I won't do anything bad, so shut up and follow me," and strolled off.
Sasha was in the lead, with I, Clarice, and Ellie in the middle, and Cyrus at the tail end.
It was as if they were determined not to let us escape.
Clarice and Ellie are also anxiously clinging to my left and right.
Cyrus is following behind us while walking like a thug.
No, to be honest, I'm really scared.......
Sasha stopped in front of a large door and knocked.
"Sasha Febrandt. I have brought the three of you."
As Sasha spoke through the door with a nervous voice, she heard a woman's voice from inside saying, "Come in.”
Once inside, there was another beautiful elf woman.
Her hair was not green but pale blue.
I, Clarice, and Ellie were brought to the front of the beautiful fairy elf.
"I am the head of this Lister Imperial School. I am Sella Elizabeth, Duke of Regan, principal of the Lister Imperial School, and governor of this Regan. Mars, Clarice, and Ellie. Welcome to Regan‘s Imperial School."
Wow, the principal of this school is the Duke of Regan......
"Ah, it's nice to meet you, I'm Mars Bryant. Pleased to meet you."
I wasn't prepared for that so I could only give a standard greeting.
I think I need to act more like a child of nobility.
Clarice and Ellie, perhaps seeing my greeting, said the same simple greeting.
Then Duke Regan kept looking me in the eye.
She muttered, “Bryant…hmm”.
I felt something from Duke Regan... but I don't know, there’s this uncomfortable stare...
I wondered if perhaps I was being appraised.
That's what I thought and I appraised Duke Regan.
Name: Sella Elizabeth
Title: Wind King
Status: High Fairy(High Elf), Head of Regan Duchy
Condition: Good
Age: 284 years old
Level: 65
HP: 89/89
MP: 724/824
Strength: 36
Agility: 62
Magic: 104
Dexterity: 72
Endurance: 32
Luck: 5
Special Ability: Magic Eyes (LvMax)
Special Ability: Water Magic (Lv7/B)
Special Ability: Wind Magic (Lv9/A)
The first thing that surprised me was that she was 284 years old. And a high elf.
And she has the title of Wind King. I think that means she is the same as me. ...level and his status value is also quite high.
The most important thing is that I was very interested in the Magic Eyes skill.
When I tried to appraise the Magic Eyes skill, Duke Regan looked surprised.
"Can you appraise me by any chance?"
I hurriedly replied…
"No, I was just admiring your beautiful... eyes. I am sorry.”
I tried to cover it up. Thanks to that, I was unable to appraise her Magic Eyes.
As I was thinking this, I noticed intense stares from both sides of me.
Were Clarice and Ellie showing their jealousy? They were scowling at me.
I should give my explanation properly later...
"That’s fine. If you are interested, you can come back later. I'm interested in you too."
The adult(?) Duke of Regan, with an air of maturity and sex appeal, said something that made Clarice and Ellie's moods even worse.
"Duke, please stop joking around. Your business, please."
Sasha resolved the infernal atmosphere. Thank you. I'll listen to whatever you say.
"I suppose so. Then I'll tell you why I called you here. I'm going to admit the three of you as special students in the S class.”
The three of us looked at each other with a blank stare.
"What? Are you sure? Even if we don't take the test tomorrow?”
"Yes, that's fine. One of you is equal to a B-level adventurer, one other defeated a C-level adventurer with a sword despite not being her main weapon, and the last one overpowered a C-level adventurer without really trying. Also, Mars and Clarice got a perfect scores on yesterday's written exam, and thus I have nothing to complain about. This is at the level for who else would we have the S class if even you two don’t qualify."
A perfect score on the written exam is something to be really joyful about. Then Cyrus said.
"Duke, don't forget to reward me. I think I'm one of the reasons they're here."
"Yes, Cyrus. I've got a special reward for you, you can look forward to it.”
Duke Regan said to Cyrus, and Cyrus nodded in satisfaction.
Duke Regan turned to me again and began to speak.
"Another reason I asked you here, Mars, is regarding the entrance ceremony on January 1, and I would like to apologize for one thing. It is the addressing by the new student representative. You have a perfect score in both the written and the practical on the second day, and no matter what your score is in the practical tomorrow, you would be the one to give the address in normal cases..."
Duke Regan looked at me as if she was having a very hard time saying it.
"One of the children who will be joining this school this year, like you, is the child of the first duke of the Lister Confederacy. I will have that child as the new student representative…I wonder if that is fine with you.”
"...... absolutely not. Mars is the best......."
Ellie answered, instead of me.
But perhaps Ellie knew what my response would be and said that few words first.
"Yeah. I'd rather do it that way. I don't want to be too conspicuous if I can help it...”
"Thank you, Mars. I'm sorry about this, Ellie. I hope I can make it up to you in some way...”
"...... student dormitory......largest room...... I am Mars’s wife…… have to stay with him”
She said we have to stay together.......even Duke Regan was surprised by this.
"I'm sorry. This school has separate dorms for boys and girls......but to think that you got married when you are just nine years old..."
Sasha explained the situation.
"I'm not sure what Count Bryant is...... excuse my rudeness, but Mars, is your brother.......”
"Yes. Perhaps there is someone here at the school named Ike Bryant, and he is my brother."
Duke Regan was very surprised.
Sasha was also surprised and asked Duke Regan..
"Ike is Glenn?"
Duke Regan nodded when he asked. What's a Glenn?
"Yes. Indeed, Ike is enrolled at this school. He will be a senior next year and is the student body president of this Lister Imperial School. But still, I didn’t expect you to be Ike's younger brother......."
"What is Glenn? May I inquire you of this?”
"Of course. Glenn, you see. Ike formed a party called "Red Lotus" in this school. For some reason, Ike is called Glenn at this school. You can ask the students at this school for more information.”*1
Ike must have gotten too serious.......
"May I ask one last question?"
I asked Duke Regan, and she nodded.
"How many people will there be in the S class? If possible, I would like to ask who is in the S Class, as far as you are able to tell right now.”
"Yes. Currently, in this school, only the third year has S class members. That is to say, only in Ike's generation. There are 10 students in the third grade who are in S class. Only three of them could be called real S class. As expected, it would be strange for Ike to be in the A class.”
Ike's S class was almost entirely made up for one person, him. Ike is indeed incredible.
"The new students who are confirmed to be in the S class this time are the three of you here, Sasha's child Misha, Baron, who is also called the hero of the north, and Karen, the daughter of the first duke of Fresbard. And two children of the demon race from the Iselia continent, although they will be late to enter the school. These eight are definitely in the S class.”
Eight people...that's pretty few. ......When I thought so…
"Other than that maybe Dominic from the Holy Kingdom of Diadora, will probably be enrolled in S class. And then after Lister, Balkus, and Diadora, I believe we'll put one from Zarkham because we can't not put them in the S class. Probably about ten again this year."
"Thank you for answering my question.”
I said so and Duke Regan replied.
"Then I will be waiting for you on January 1st. You may enter the dormitory in short while but what do you think?"
"......no......thank you ......”
Ellie answered immediately.
We safely(?) passed the Lister Imperial School exam.
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Author’s note:
Please ignore how the name Karen appeared twice.
The first Karen will not appear again so...
TL’s note:
1. Okay. This might not be obvious in English(also not obvious in Japanese until you read this chapter in the raws) but Glenn, or actually pronounced as ‘Gu-ren’ is another way of pronouncing his party, Red Lotus. It can also mean red/scarlet/crimson. I did consider using Crimson as the name but I decided not to in the end. I try to not translate names as much as possible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guren *1
