The Academy’s Savage Swordsman

40. Cultural Festival Day 1

The Academy Culture Festival is held over three days.

Days 1 and 2, which are only open to academy cadets, and Day 3, which is open to everyone.

Even though there was a terrorist incident at the academy this year, this has not changed. If the academy schedule was changed just because of a terrorist incident, the academy and the empire could be considered to have succumbed to terrorism.

The first day of the cultural festival. Kyle felt the atmosphere in the noisy academy and smiled slightly.

‘It’s a cultural festival.’

There were no events like this in the high school and university he attended in his previous life. Because high school students prioritize studying, when I was a college student, it was just a drinking day rather than a cultural festival.

In other words, the cultural festival was the first event experienced in all previous lives. To be honest, I was expecting a bit.

‘Since Sera said nothing happened, it should be fine.’

There, in case something happened, there was no great worry. The incident of terrorism at the academy was a matter of concern not only to the academy but also to the empire, and they would be vigilant and vigilant to prevent the same thing from happening again.

“Kyle.”

“Oh, are you here?”

Kyle saw Yuri who came out to the rendezvous belatedly and greeted her with a grin. Yuri had her hair tied back in a half-ponytail rather than the usual long hair, and Kyle knew right away what it meant to say that her hair was part of her face.

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No matter what kind of hair she did, her beauty backed it up, so I couldn’t help but burst out in admiration.

“Your hair is pretty.”

“yes. thanks.”

Yuri replied and immediately crossed her arms. While he was sighing, feeling the softness of his sternum digging into his hard arm muscles, Yuri took out a pamphlet from his pocket and held it up.

“let’s go. I have already decided what to watch.”

“There is one thing I want to see too.”

“What?”

“Aria performance.”

Hearing the name Aria, Yuri slightly frowned, but he knew that she, a commoner, could not stand between him and Kyle, so he nodded and headed straight to the concert hall.

Early morning when the cultural festival had just started. It was a time when most of the cadets were not even awake, so the art and cadet performance hall was empty.

During this time, no matter how good your skills are, you can’t get a proper evaluation, so it was a time when all the cadets avoided you… … For some reason, Aria was scheduled to perform at this time.

“Poor you.”

“yes? what?”

“It’s Aria. What is the reason for performing at this time slot?”

“What?”

“Because I am a commoner.”

“ah… … .”

Yuri, who showed a slightly sharp reaction, also let out a sigh of pity when he realized that Aria was performing at this time.

She has a good political sense, because she knew very well why Aria was scheduled to perform at this time.

“Shall we go and ask right now?”

“To argue, you and me from the Magic Department?”

“I’m a count and you’re a duke, so what’s going to happen?”

“The arts and cadets have similar titles.”

“Aria, your skills are amazing… … .”

“Because art is a relative domain. If the professors insist otherwise, stop.”

In the end, it meant that it was impossible to help Arya spread her proper skills. These political issues are a headache.

How nice it would be if the world’s affairs were problems that could be easily solved like cutting in two with a knife.

Kyle, who was slightly depressed at the thought of that, burst into cheers as soon as he saw Aria walk out after the performance started.

“Aria, you are better than the human country!”

“… … ???”

Aria, who was preparing to sing on stage, wondered what she was doing when she saw Kyle screaming.

The art department professors sitting in the front row also turned to Kyle and frowned.

But after a while, Arya burst into laughter and shook her shoulders.

“Puhuhh, uhhhhh, whoaaa. ─This is Aria. I will sing.”

She took a few deep breaths, holding back her laughter, and started singing right away. Even the art department professors, who had been frowning until Kyle shouted, immediately turned their heads and looked at her as soon as Aria started singing, and began to appreciate the song.

It’s good to hear it again and again. The melody ringing in my ears, her sweet voice, the harmony of all these elements.

Slightly- Kyle rolled his eyes and looked at Yuri, who was sitting next to him. She, who was slightly upset that she had come to see another woman’s performance since the wind in the morning, savored Aria’s song with her mouth wide open.

“─I want to be your constellation.”

After finishing the song, Aria smiled as if thanking Kyle for coming to see the performance. Seeing this, Kyle began to clap vigorously.

The few cadets who came to see the performance from the wind in the morning heard the applause and started clapping at the same time.

The only ones who didn’t clap at this moment were Aria standing on stage and the professors sitting in the front row evaluating her.

“Hmmm, that was a good song. But… … Points are deducted for things like trusting one’s voice and not trying too hard, being able to only use technique and not being able to contain emotion, being an artist already conscious of other people’s eyes, etc.”

“—What is that old man talking about?”

“I don’t know either.”

Kyle let out a laugh as he watched the professor in the front seat evaluating Arya. To sum up his words:

You have a great voice and skills.

Even if a cadet without any artistic knowledge heard it, he could immediately tell that it was absurd, but the professor was confident even after saying such a thing.

“—Thank you. Everyone, please vote for me! That way, we can see each other again on the third day!”

“I’ll put in 100 copies!”

“Ahahahaha, one for each person~.”

Despite hearing the ridiculous point, Arya didn’t stop laughing and got off the stage. The professors looked at her like that and frowned as if they were not in a good mood.

Kyle, who had no intention of listening to the concert after this, immediately left the concert hall with Yuri. As soon as they left the concert hall, Aria came out through the back of the stage and approached the two.

“Kyle!”

“aria.”

“Thank you for coming to see the performance.”

Arya immediately thanked the two and bowed down. Looking at her like that, Kyle said he didn’t have to do that and stood her up. He looked at her and asked.

“Are you okay?”

“yes? what?”

“From this morning without an audience, you performed while listening to such nonsense.”

“Ah, it’s okay. If you are a real artist, you have to overcome these hardships!”

“Yes, do your best. I will cheer you on.”

“thanks! Oh, but you really shouldn’t put in 100 votes? I am arrested for voting manipulation.”

Arya said that and immediately left the place. Her individual performance is over, but as an art student, there are still more things to prepare for the cultural festival.

Watching her slip away, Kyle realizes that she really doesn’t mind. It was strange. How can you not show any emotional agitation while being evaluated for such a skill?

‘Are real artists like that?’

Just as a swordsman who gave his all to a sword doesn’t care much about other people’s opinions, a true artist doesn’t seem to care about other people’s opinions at all.

Kyle burst into exclamation inwardly, thinking that she was amazing.

“Kyle.”

“Uh, yes.”

“Now let’s go see what I want to see.”

“Ah, that’s how it should be.”

But I didn’t immerse myself in that feeling for long. Kyle, who immediately shook off his emotions, enjoyed the cultural festival with Yuri.

On the first day of the cultural festival, most of the performances were prepared by first-year cadets, so there were still some awkward parts here and there… … Kyle, who was enjoying the cultural festival for the first time, was just as happy.

* * *

After all the performances on the first day were over, Aria returned to the dormitory and received a notification ticket. On the 3rd day, it was a notification ticket that notified whether or not it was possible to participate in a large cultural festival that was open to the outside world.

Although not expecting much, Arya cautiously opened the notice. There were written the number of votes she received from the cadets and the evaluations of the professors.

[aria]

33 votes

70 points

result: no

“… … Then it is.”

There were not many students who came to see the performance from the early morning. If I get votes from all the cadets who listened to her song, it’s not very useful because the absolute value is small.

Furthermore, the scores of the professors listed below were also a problem. 70 points out of 100. You might think it wasn’t a low score, but it was the other way around.

The professors decide who will go to the big cultural festival and give them full marks unconditionally. In other words, she didn’t get a 70, but a -30.

“I knew it.”

I didn’t think that the hard-headed old people would wake up belatedly and put her on the stage on the third day just by looking at her skills.

If he had had such a mind, he would not have sent her out early this morning in the first place. I would have stopped her at a time when moderately crowded people would gather.

“As expected, all nobles are trash.”

She clenched her fists and began to tremble. Can not help it. It’s all your fault for making me like this.

hate the world

I hate nobles

So, I hope they all die.

* * *

2nd day car.

I scratched my cheek as I looked at the club president who had just arrived.

“What do you want me to do?”

“I want you to pretend to be my lover.”

She asked me to be her lover for one night.