A Veteran of the Hero Academy

Scar stopped by pressing his hand on his trembling leg.

The anxiety was only growing.

Are you okay-?

As he remembered the back of the fox who was walking softly, his head was pounding again.

Was it the right decision to leave the work to the fox?

No, he didn’t have any other cards.

It was obvious how he would react if he couldn’t stop further attacks.

In a place full of crazy people, there was no one other than the fox to hide in the Hero Academy in the middle of the capital.

But the fox’s mischievous smile kept making him uneasy.

A fox cannot betray herself.

It was certain that the fox could not betray this side.

He has the most important thing for a fox.

The only person who could steal it from him was now himself.

The problem is the inside of the fox, which is still unknown.

The only thing he knew about the fox was that he wanted to get away from him somehow.

I don’t know how she, who is a divine beast, was caught by him.

As a human being, there was no way that a human being could understand her thoughts as a divine beast.

“Scal-nim – No. 9, which was in charge of supplying virgins this time, was destroyed, and there was a disruption in the supply of virgins.”

Suddenly, the guy who came in spoke to Scal in a steady tone.

Scar’s head was pounding like it was about to break.

“Tell the bastards who were in charge of the next virgin supply first—”

Scalp pressed his temples together.

“…Yes, I see. For him…?”

His voice rose slightly.

“Don’t report it for now. We’ve sent a fox to fix the problem.”

Even that bastard looks like he’s scary.

Scall smiled and continued.

“Ah- it’s amazing that you’re moving that fox. Skull-nim. I understand. I’ll put it on hold for now. But if there are more problems, then…”

The man’s voice grew quieter and the last words were barely audible.

If he knows, he tries to make an excuse without hesitation.

Of course, Skal was sure he wouldn’t be the first to report to him.

Because his neck is the most important thing to him too.

“Heh. That’s a bit of a threat. Get it off.”

‘ said Scal, with a frown.

The man bowed his head to greet him and quietly disappeared behind him.

Seeing the man leaving, Scar nervously slammed his fist on the desk.

Of course, it didn’t hurt because I had magic on my fist.

I’ll risk my life on a fox

If it was him a few months ago, he would probably point his finger at him saying he was crazy.

But no matter how much I tried, I couldn’t find another answer.

If the Virgin Church joins the Empire now, it will do great damage to the Empire, but it cannot be defeated.

Then, all of the upper-heads like me will be named for imperial merit and will be caught while running and proudly hang their heads in the gates.

There are only a handful of people who have been named for the Empire and have survived.

And underneath it, it was clear that it would be written in red letters – Virgin Bridge.

You’re a f*cking virgin.

I don’t know what bastard came up with the name, but Skal never wanted to die for a name like that.

The best thing to do is to run away before the Virgin Church is launched, when the Maiden Church suffers enough damage that it cannot pursue them.

Scaling his throbbing head again, he reviewed the plan.

The two letters “Fox” written at the top of the plan once again added to the anxiety.

Yes, no matter how thoughtless a fox-

You know the importance of this mission.

I won’t do anything else.

Suddenly, Scar’s legs were trembling again.

***

He tried to ignore the burdensome gaze of the fox and ate the soup.

The soup that the fox made herself was just soup with meat.

Of course, it tastes better than the damn soup in the cathedral, but it tastes just like what you usually think of when you think of soup.

“Ummm! It’s delicious. Perfect!”

I lifted my thumb, trying to loosen my stiff face from tension.

“What does this mean?”

The fox tilted her head, followed me and raised her thumb.

“It means absolutely the best.”

I raised my opposite thumb and showed it to the fox.

“Ugh, that means it’s the best. Then this is the soup I made!”

The fox followed me and smiled, raising the thumbs of both hands.

“Haha… yes, that’s perfect!”

“Of course I made it – come on, eat more.”

The fox said while raising the thumbs of both hands.

If I ate more, I thought I would pretend to be nervous, but I forcefully smiled and put the food on the plate into my mouth.

It’s better to pretend than to die by cutting your throat.

In the end, I was able to eat all the food on the plate.

“How about this? This?!”

As I finished eating, the fox smiled brightly and raised the thumbs of both hands.

I think I’m f*cking crazy

His stomach was firm and bloated, as if he had swallowed iron.

“Haha yes perfect! That’s great!”

He smiled and showed the fox the thumbs of both hands.

Seeing me like that, the fox giggled and laughed softly.

What should I do now?

Seeing the fox smiling like that right now, I didn’t think it would blow my hair away right away.

But I just ate well. Getting up and going didn’t seem like the right option.

This is in the Hero Academy, so won’t you blow my neck suddenly?

However, the way the fox blows the man’s head off the mask was still good in his eyes.

For once, he struggled to suppress his bloated stomach and waited until the fox’s laughter was over.

“But why…”

When the fox’s laughter subsided, I had the courage to ask.

“Huh? That’s it, we came to see the maknae! Our maknae is delicious!”

The fox looked at me, wiping the tears from his eyes from a big laugh.

I was at a loss for words because the expression on my face was asking why I was asking something that was obvious.

By the way, why does he keep saying it looks delicious to me?

It was too vague whether it was a compliment or an insult.

“And there are things I have to do at the same time!”

The fox clashed hands.

“What should I do?”

“Yeah. What to do! It’s important.”

The fox moved her fingers.

But how did the fox get here?

Even though it was a f*cking hero’s academy, the guard magic was thorough in contrast to its sloppy appearance.

No, I’ve heard it’s strict.

But the fox, who looked like a monster, came in here proudly.

Also, the rumors are unbelievable.

“Haha. Good luck with your important work… Then I’ll stop.”

I bowed my head to the fox and quickly got up from my seat with a plate.

Fortunately, I didn’t hear the fox rising up after me.

I pretended nothing was wrong, returned the plate, and ran out of the restaurant.

I ran as fast as I could and ran as far away from the restaurant as I could.

There were no pretenders of popularity following me, but I was uneasy.

Finally, I went back to the lab, the furthest from the dining room, and leaned my back against the wall.

This is a place where no one comes.

It was also a place where they were called and beaten by nobles.

At that time, no matter how much I screamed, no one came.

His clothes were drenched in cold sweat from his back.

He took a deep breath and cleared his dizzy head.

“after-“

As I took a deep breath, my breath calmed down.

are you okay.

escaped safely

Yes, you have work to do.

rubbed my chest

“But why did you come here, youngest-?”

A sweet, clear voice could be heard next to him, as if he had applied honey.

f*ck Amy!

I was so startled by the sudden noise that I jumped out of my seat.

“Huh? What is the youngest doing?”

Next to me, a fox, who had already changed into a school uniform, tilted her head and looked at me.

“Are you sweating a lot?”

It doesn’t taste bad-

Sweat dripping down my cheeks, the fox licked his tongue.

It felt like candy before it was chewed by humans, so I had goosebumps all over my body.

I’m tasteless candy. Damn it.

“Ha…ha foxy, you have something to do…”

He asked, moving his heavy lips as if hung from iron.

“Yeah. What to do!”

The fox poked my chest with her finger.

It seemed that what a fox was supposed to do was meant for me.

why am i doing this

Maybe the fox came to assassinate me?

Didn’t you send someone too strong for that?

I don’t know what kind of organization it was, but it was definitely an inefficient organization.

If I have to send someone who is moderately stronger than me, the organization will run efficiently, and will I be able to survive? Don’t fight hard against the idea.

They catch a f*cking bastard like me, but what are you going to do if you send a monster like that?

If you run your organization in such an inefficient way, you’ll run out of time and you’ll be ruined!

And what did I do wrong?

Your purpose was Kate in the first place.

that she is a princess

Come to think of it, it seems that Kate hasn’t been seen lately.

no way…?

“Me?”

Many thoughts ran through my head, but I could only spit out two letters.

“Yeah. The youngest.”

The fox smiled broadly as she pulled down her finger that pierced my chest.

“Haha… I think you’ve misunderstood… I’m just a student at the Hero Academy with nothing to see…”

I made my face look as sassy as possible.

“At the time, I didn’t see much, but… I’m fine now? Still, it’s usable among humans. Well, maybe this much?”

The fox raised her thumb up and then slowly turned her hand to the side.

The rotating thumb finally stopped at an angle of about 15 degrees from the bottom.

I suddenly realized that the hand shape was the same as the hand beckoning to kill when the audience voted to decide the disposition of the loser in the arena.

Yeah, it’ll be like this-

The fox showed me such a bloody thumb and smiled brightly.

“Yes?!”

I was so startled by the blunt announcement of the fox’s murder that I screamed out of my mouth.

KATE Where the f*ck did this bastard go?

Fortunately, the fox didn’t kill me right away.

He just kept smiling and following me.

For me, it felt like the devil, who was supposed to appear at the moment of death, was chasing me just in time, so I couldn’t relax.

Eventually, the fox followed me to the classroom where I was taking a class.

He moved his twisted legs forcibly and sat in the back seat.

Still, sitting in the back seat made me feel a little relieved.

Until I heard the voice of a fox next to me.

“The youngest – what is that?”

The fox raised a white finger and pointed to the green chalkboard.

“…it’s called a blackboard. It’s used to teach students.”

I took a deep breath and answered.

“Ugh, it’s a blackboard. So what about this?”

The fox smiled and asked questions about the things around him.

The fox has been following me since before and kept asking questions.

It was like a country child who came to the capital for the first time.

I explained kindly so as not to offend the fox’s intentions as much as possible.

“Eh… Aiden Kuhn?”

Beside me, Kayle, a large bear-like body, puffed up and sat down next to me.

“Maknae- What is that? Is it a monster? Too big to be a human?”

The fox tilted her head, and Kayle pointed a finger.

suck-

At the fox’s fingertips, Kayle inflated her body even more.

Kayle’s appearance almost resembled a balloon about to explode.

“That’s… my friend. It’s Kayle.”

“Ugh- the youngest’s friend. Goodbye, nice to meet you! My name is fox.”

The fox greeted Kayle with a smile, but Kayle remained silent, looking ahead and inflating her size.

Cale’s funny appearance relieved his tension for a moment.

Soon, Professor Reinhardt, who was in charge of the swordsmanship theory class, came in.

Reinhardt looked around the classroom with his characteristic bitter eyes and started the class.

“That guy is pretty strong. The youngest – what is that guy doing?”

The fox poked my forearm.

“It’s a teacher. You teach students.”

I quietly answered the fox’s question.

“Hey, you’re a teacher. It looks pretty fun.”

The fox shook her head and muttered.

“But you’re only talking too theoretically. They’re useless when you kill them anyway.”

The fox tilted her head and looked at me.

The fox’s eyes were red again.

I remembered the fox’s thumb pointing down again.

“Then what kind of sword would be better to use when facing a humanoid monster—”

Reinhardt’s thick voice seemed to be heard from far away.

“right?”

The fox’s red eyes were curved in the shape of a half moon.

I don’t know shit.

how do i know

I didn’t kill anyone.

“Haha that’s right.”

Of course, I couldn’t help but laugh.

“Today’s class ends here. Next time, we are going to take a midterm exam.”

The swordsmanship theory class that I didn’t even listen to because I was concentrating on the fox talking next to me was over.

The fox said he was hungry, so I took the fox and headed to the kiosk.

red as blood-

When asked what she wanted to eat, the fox answered:

I bought cherry juice and strawberry cake for the fox, and a digestive potion and extra melon bread for a stuffy stomach.

If you ever meet a melon bread addict, just give it to me.

I sat down at a corner table in the playground where I always went with Kayle.

Since this place was not maintained at all, the entrance was covered by other trees, so other students could not enter.

It was a hideout that I found by chance while running away with Kayle.

“What is this, youngest?”

The fox sitting across from me poked the strawberry cake with a fork.

“It’s a cake. Strawberry cake.”

He taught me how to eat it by pretending to eat it with a fork.

What the hell did he eat so he doesn’t even know about cake?

The fox put her face close to the strawberry cake and observed it for a long time.

I tore a potion for digestion and drank it.

The taste of the digestive potion was like a real cock.

When I drank the liquid filled with a strange scent, my bloated stomach felt a little better.

I wondered if it was okay because it didn’t taste like shit, or if it got better with the potion’s ability.

The fox, who had been observing the cake for a long time, raised a fork with a determined expression and took a picture of the cake.

Lips red like fox’s blood opened slightly, and a small-sized cake entered.

The fox, who had been chewing for a long time with her eyes closed, gulped and swallowed.

The fox trembled slightly and opened her eyes.

Before long, the fox’s hair had returned to silver hair, and her eyes had turned red.

“This is absolutely this! This!”

The fox, whose neck was red, smiled brightly and raised the thumbs of both hands.

The coveted tails I had seen then came out from behind the fox and were twisting it.

Each of its tails was shaped like a big thumb.

***

“Eat this too, hehe”

King Benedict roared with laughter and placed the large piece of meat in front of him on the plate in front of Kate.

“I already ate a lot-! I’m full!”

Kate put down the fork and knife in her hands, glaring at King Benedict.

“No, you haven’t eaten yet, but you’re already full! Force yourself to eat more.”

King Benedict stubbornly laid the meat on Kate’s plate.

“If you eat more, you will get fat!!”

Kate put her hands on her waist and shouted.

“Worry about the fat on this skinny body!”

King Benedict said, pointing to Kate’s hand.

“I don’t know! I’m losing weight! I’m going to stop eating! Stop!”

Kate frowned.

“Heh heh, you should stop eating when you’re full.”

King Benedict took a step back at Kate’s decisive appearance.

Joshua looked at the king and Kate like that and smiled a little.

The eyes of those who saw Joshua as well as Kate were full of warmth.

In front of Eponine, any citizen of the kingdom that does not melt had no choice but to smile.

Because it is the ‘flower that melts ice’ eponin.

King Benedict beckoned.

Servants who were nearby came and cleared out the food on the table wide enough for dozens of people to eat at the same time.

The table quickly filled with a variety of refreshments.

“Yeah. How was your academy life?”

King Benedict asked with an infinitely benevolent smile.

“Yeah. How have you been? How have you been?”

Is this pronunciation correct?

Kate tilted her head.

“Khahahaha! Then you’re lucky.”

King Benedict laughed loudly at Kate’s short tongue.

As we talked like that, a lot of people gathered in the hall when I heard that Kate was coming.

They eagerly listened to Kate’s contradictory stories.

“But the perverts wearing masks kidnapped me-“

Kate, who had been talking without thinking, hurriedly covered her mouth.

bang-!

Benedict’s fist, the size of a human face, struck the table.

A large fist mark was engraved on the table made of thick wood.

“You dare kidnap our granddaughter? But you mean we didn’t say a word-! These dog-like Empire bastards-“

A harsh swear word came out of King Benedict’s mouth.

“No no! That’s not the problem! Look! I’m fine!”

Kate hurriedly took King Benedict’s large hand.

But it was already too late.

An indescribably heavy and innocent energy flowed from King Benedict.

Dare to our Eponine-

Not only King Benedict, but the people around who were looking at Kate with warm eyes were trembling in anger.

“No. Eponine. You are here from now on. It seems we have been very kind to them all this time.”

King Benedict got up from his seat with a bang.

“No, Hara father-! Hara pretty-!”

Kate pecked her mouth urgently.

King Benedict’s eyes softened for a moment when he saw such Kate, but soon became bitter again.

“Prepare to go-“

King Benedict’s heavy voice shook the hall.

“Yes-“

The men with hardened faces answered all at once as if they were one body.

Kate was ridiculous.

He knew that his grandfather loved him, but to start a war with the fact that he had been kidnapped.

Even the opponent is the Empire.

Was that grandfather realizing that I was the imperial princess?

Of course, it was his fault for bringing up this story in front of his grandfather.

Kate took a deep breath as she watched the people moving with hardened faces.

There was only one way to stop this stupid war.

How to make a bigger shock and forget the previous shock.

And Kate knew what would be the most shocking thing for that undisputed king.

“I found someone I like!!!”

Kate squeezed her eyes shut and screamed.

The surroundings were so quiet that you couldn’t even breathe.

clink-

The sound of a plate falling and breaking was heard.

Kate, who opened her eyes slightly curiously, saw her grandfather, who looked as if he had heard that the world had been destroyed.

“He saved me when I was kidnapped…”

Like a textbook for a girl who is really in love, Kate bowed her head and said, with her neck red.

After that, after a long silence –

King Benedict was filled with a sense of despair that he had not felt even on that ‘black day’.

And as much as the size of that despair, fiery rage rose up in his chest.

Whoever dares to kill him no matter what, gets the love of our Eponine-?

At last the trembling lips of King Benedict were opened.

“That…who…is it?”

King Benedict’s voice trembled poorly.

It didn’t matter who

Even if it were an emperor, Benedict had the confidence to kill him.

No, just killing the cards is not enough.

I cut off all my limbs-

Seeing King Benedict shaking his body, Joshua had an intuition.

Aiden probably won’t die well.

“…a secret! You idiot!”

Kate stuck out her tongue cutely.