I Became the Only Buffer in the Academy

57 – Midterm – 2

“Now! I want something to eat! I can eat anything!!”

Anyway, it’s a cadet cafeteria. However, unlike before, I am not in need of money, so I am not burdened with buying it.

“Is it okay if I don’t buy it?!”

“Uh huh. Be thankful when you buy it and eat it.”

“No, but…”

“Are you okay?”

In the end, Elizabeth refused many times, but she chose the hamburg steak set meal. And I chose the pork cutlet set meal.

“Oh?! It’s not ramen today?!”

“Sometimes I need to eat something like this.”

Of course, I’m not saying that ramen set meals are bad. I bought two full meal tickets, received the food, and came to my seat, cutting the pork cutlet in half and serving it out.

“Now, eat a lot.”

“Hohoho! John eats a lot too!”

As if it was natural, he cuts the hamburger steak in half and serves it to me. Casually looking at the plate with half pork cutlet and half hamburg steak, I took a bite of the pork cutlet while watching Elizabeth cut it elegantly.

Ah. Also a cadet restaurant. It’s definitely great that the pork cutlet is overflowing with gravy.

This place is much better than most restaurants.

“Are the midterm exam preparations going well?!”

“I’m working hard in my own way.”

“If you feel tired, how about studying together?! If you don’t know something, I can teach you.”

“Huh?! Seriously? It worked just fine. Combat analysis was a bit difficult.”

It would be fine if it was part of the game or part I studied normally, but honestly, combat analysis related to the distribution of magic power and power for efficient combat in melee and long-distance combat was a bit difficult.

“Combat analysis… It requires calculation of the monsters’ health and defense, and the attack power of their skills. It’s definitely difficult if you don’t learn it while doing melee and long-range combat.”

“Isn’t it?”

“Yeah. Um… Then, shall we teach you later?”

“See you later?”

Isn’t it too early now? After eating there and training in the evening, it will be past 10 o’clock, will it be okay?

“Can’t you just teach me after class?”

“I’m fine… But aren’t you busy?”

What do you mean by someone busier than me?

As if embarrassed to say it, Elizabeth smiled and scratched her cheek.

“I don’t have any special schedule until the midterm exam.”

“In that case, please.”

“Okay! I’ll definitely teach you!!”

“But isn’t it that you can’t study because I’m teaching? It must be hard to stay in first place.”

“Oh ho ho ho! Who do you think I am?! Elizabeth Taylor! The next patriarch of the Taylor family!”

It’s nice to see him always full of confidence. After she laughed out loud once, Elizabeth started eating again.

“Oh… The more I think about it, the more amazing it is.”

“Hmm? What is it?”

“No. She’s good at studies, she’s good at fighting, she’s good-natured, and she’s even pretty. What does Elizabeth lack?”

“Oh, my dear!! What’s up all of a sudden?! Nothing comes out even when you praise that much!”

I think there are a lot of things coming out. Even if you just train them normally and teach them to study, it’s amazing.

“If you’re so grateful, why don’t you become a vassal of the Taylor family?!”

“That doesn’t sound like much.”

“I’m sorry… Huhu. But I also have my weaknesses.”

“Yeah? That’s amazing?”

It’s really amazing. Just looking at it, I think it’s perfect.

Elizabeth grinned, brushing her long, beautiful golden hair behind her ears.

“Oh ho ho ho! I can’t teach you that!”

Okay. No matter how friendly she is, it would be foolish for her to reveal her own weaknesses. She’d better hide it well.

“Yeah. Well. But if you have any difficulties, I’ll help you, so tell me anytime.”

I have received a lot, so I have to pay it back.

“Oh my God?! Really? Can I do that?!”

“Huh? That’s obvious. We’re between us, so let’s not say that.”

“Hohoho! That’s a very good story!”

Thank you, that’s what I always do.

After a hearty meal in her own way, and after training, she parted with a cup of warm coffee.

Returning to the dormitory, I took out the materials I had collected.

Skeleton Mage’s skull.

Blessed Sterling Silver.

And some energy cores.

Among the materials to make the sword of blessing to give to Elizabeth, is the only thing left to do is an old sword filled with magic?

You can definitely get it by defeating the corrupted swordsman, a B-class monster, with an old sword that contains magical power.

The fallen swordsman was an enemy that appeared when defending the witch that led to her death in the final battle of Chapter 1 Main Story.

Anyway, I must wear it during that battle, so getting it shouldn’t be a problem.

“I hope you like it.”

The sword Elizabeth is using right now is just an ordinary sword. She’s said to be the heir to the Taylor family, but she’s told that she doesn’t provide any special support in terms of equipment, so she’d definitely prefer a newly made sword.

If Elizabeth gets stronger, there’s nothing wrong with me.

I’m sure you’ll like it.

“… Let’s practice.”

It’s good for party members to become stronger, but it’s difficult if I don’t become stronger too. And there’s only one thing I can do.

Water lilies. Training is the only answer.

The next morning. When I entered the classroom for class, the classroom was quiet, unlike usual. I looked around to see what was going on, and everyone was concentrating on their textbooks.

Maybe it’s because the midterm exams are approaching, but it seems like he’s using his break time to study.

It’s something I usually do.

“Uh. Are you here? Hey. Are you familiar with monster analysis?”

Max, who had some dark circles under his eyes, found me and approached me.

Monster Analysis.

What is the type of monster? It’s the study of weakness or something like that.

Since I have memories of my previous life, I knew pretty much everything about monsters. Maybe even the unknown weaknesses of the monsters and how to attack them.

But unlike me, there are a lot of monsters, so it won’t be an easy subject for cadets who have to memorize them from the beginning.

That’s why it wasn’t that I couldn’t understand Max’s expression like that.

“Just memorize it.”

“Is there any easy way to memorize it?”

“Monsters are eventually divided into classes. There are weaknesses according to class and weaknesses according to species. It would be easier to memorize them according to them, right?”

“Oh… That way! Thank you!”

Well, with this much.

I sat down while Max returned to his seat and focused on his textbook. Elizabeth isn’t here yet.

Then I should read the book…

“John.”

“Huh?”

It was Jin Shi-yeon. When did he come?

“Th… If you don’t mind, can you give me some skill analysis?”

Skill Analytics.

Skill cooldown, attack power, and range. And it is a theory that teaches things like calculating the amount of mana consumed accordingly.

Siyeon Jin came up to me and asked, puzzled, probably because Elizabeth and I got a perfect score in the paper test the other day.

“That? Wouldn’t it be better to just memorize all the skills?”

“How many skills do you have to memorize them all…”

Well, it’s me. It’s easy because I memorized things from my previous life. Well…

“There is an easy calculation.”

I opened my textbook and showed some problems in it. Jin Shi-yeon, who brought her a chair and sat next to her, listened intently to what I was explaining.

“Siyeon? John? What are you two doing?”

As I was teaching for a while, Elizabeth approached me.

“I wanted to teach you some skill analysis.”

“Hmm. Can I teach you?!”

“No. It’s okay as long as you learned from John. Anyway, thank you.”

“Yes. If you have any other questions, don’t be afraid to come and visit us.”

“…Huh. Yeah.”

She returned to her seat with a faint smile once. Elizabeth, who was staring at it, smiled contentedly and patted my back.

“As expected, Yohan! You’re doing great!”

“hahahaha. If you don’t know anything, I’ll teach you!”

“Oh my God?! Can you teach me this Elizabeth Taylor?! That’s great?!”

“Isn’t that right?!”

What will I teach the head of the grade? Even with the memories of my previous life and the things I studied in my present life, I was not as good as Elizabeth. There’s really nothing he can’t do.

Elizabeth giggled and I sighed.

“I’m sorry that I seem to only receive from you every time.”

“Don’t say that. We’re between us?! The closest. And the closest.”

“I have nothing to say when I say that.”

Then the front door opened. Kim Yeon-ha, who entered with a calm expression as always, saw everyone sitting and nodded as if she liked her.

“I will study the theory like this normally.”

Didn’t you like it?

“As you all know, the midterm exams start this Thursday. As soon as the writing is finished, the practical exam will be held, so be prepared. And Kim Yohan.”

“Yes?”

“You are excluded from the personal battle evaluation this time.”

What?

It’s nice, but why?

“It was said that it would be unfair to include healers in the individual combat evaluation. The original purpose was for healers to be armed enough to protect themselves in case of an emergency, and based on that, the rating was cut. It was low, but… I didn’t say it wrong, so I said it. I’ve been talking a lot before, but I decided to evaluate it in a different way from this time on.”

“Which is it?”

“The score obtained during the group combat test meets the evaluation criteria.”

Oh. Then I’m fine.

I looked at Jin Shi-yeon.

Because during the midterm exam, Jin Shi-yeon was on the same side…

I believe! Jin Siyeon!

Fight well for my score!

“Your score will be evaluated by your teammates. Do it right. If you think about taking the bus, it’s just…”

“hahahaha. What do you look at me for?”

“Okay? Alright, let’s start class then.”

Opening her textbook, Elizabeth looked at me anxiously as she began to lead her class.

“Is it okay? If the group test fails, the individual evaluation score will also be ruined…”

“hahahaha.”

In a way, it can be seen as disadvantageous.

Other people have two chances to score, but I only have one.

But even so, there was no problem.

I put a buffer on a good dealer, but I don’t think it’s going to fail.