There Are Too Many Bugs in the Academy

Episode 70

24. Dancing with Artel (1)

“Is there such a thing?”

【If I had asked, I would have explained it. You didn’t ask.]

I escaped to my room, avoiding the cold gaze of Camila and Soyoung, and I was able to obtain a series of information from Lioner.

Previously, when he visited the Ortana Faculty to sign Aidan into a contract with Grundel.

The ‘oath’ that Lioner vaguely mentioned.

Its identity was a kind of behavioral style due to Artel’s racial characteristics.

Artel lives a life close to eternal life, but only immortality, not immortality.

So they were very vulnerable to death and threats that were not always talked about.

It is a race that lives in the deep forest and is safe from attacks by various wild beasts.

Because there were many cases where I did not understand the concept of ‘die’ very well.

So, in the past, there were a lot of cases where they were caught living in traps or near human settlements before being caught and sold as slaves.

Only now, heterogeneous slavery was completely banned in the entire continent, and Artel was also rewarded for participating in the expedition, but the evil practice was extinguished.

Even so, the trauma of the ‘unidentified threat’ was still deeply embedded in the entire Artel race.

Therefore, even after entering Paradise School, they had to maintain an unusually closed environment.

Artel-only dormitories, lecture rooms, training grounds… … Even clubs!

Although they are of the same race, they are completely opposite to Tarkans, whose life radius is no different from that of ordinary humans.

【So they protect themselves with what they call an ‘oath’. Whether it is with a spirit or with a human, sometimes it is made by tribe.]

Lioner gruntedly ate the herbs and continued his conversation.

【In my case, I belong to what was formed by tribe. If I or my contractor save Artel from danger, they must serve me.]

Ah, so that’s why you said last time security wouldn’t be a problem.

It would be against the pact between him and the entire Artel race to divulge the Lioner’s existence to others.

But there was only one thing that caught Lioner’s words.

“…Then you’ve been doing volunteer work so far?”

When I said in disbelief, he shook his head as if wondering why he was reacting like that.

【I think I know what you’re thinking, but… … . I’m talking about picking herbs and holding regular ancestral rites to honor me, not such low-level things.]

“Crazy bastard, why do you call it service? You were embarrassed.”

【If you don’t ask for anything in return, why don’t you offer medicinal herbs or perform ancestral rites other than service? Full of obscene and corrupt thoughts.]

The Lioner looks at me with a tickling sound.

Obviously, this time I misunderstood, so my face turns red at the shame that comes later, though.

“But why did Illyana do that? To mislead people.”

I recalled the soft feel I felt through my skin. Even though they just had their arms crossed, the body temperature they touched in an instant was very warm.

【What am I doing wrong? Illyana is not Artel.]

As I was pondering the memories of a while ago, I felt a hammer in the back of the head for a moment.

“What do you mean?”

【She is half-artel. The oath is only for pure blood.]

“Well then, just…”

【Well, I don’t know.】

The corners of Lioner’s eyes are curved in a half-moon shape.

The boy let out a giggled laugh as if it was funny.

【Maybe it was self-appealing.】

self-appeal!

I never thought that Illyana, who is always immersed in her own world, would appeal to me.

Also, because the method of appeal was strangely out of the ordinary trajectory, it felt surprisingly credible.

In fact, in terms of appearance alone, she was a beautiful woman with a very pretty impression.

Rather, it was a lot less burdensome for me because Artel’s unique ‘heterogeneous’ beauty was diluted a lot because he was of mixed race with humans.

“Hey, Lioner.”

I said, poking out my heart, which started to pound a little.

“Can I return this to the happy circuit?”

* * *

“I’ve been.”

As I walked into my room, Minerva, who had been dozing on a perch hanging on the wall, opened her eyes.

“Boo-“

She flapped her wings vigorously, soared into the air, and landed on Illyana’s shoulders.

“Nice. Good job.”

As the half-artel girl gently stroked the feathers, Minerva seemed to be in a good mood.

“Because Minerva only likes you.”

Then Artel, who was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper, sighed deeply.

Rich golden hair, as if woven with pure gold. A green costume with a strong scent of the forest was permitted only to the noble blood of Artel.

2nd Princess Ishtar Arhalten.

As she stroked my hair once, the pouring sunlight flickered and scattered into the air.

“So? What did San-woo say?”

“I’ll think about it. I told you later, yourself.”

“Ummm… the movements I taught you? Even though you did that?”

As Ishtar looked at him curiously, Illyana nodded slightly.

Immediately, embarrassment appeared on the princess’s face.

“It’s strange…? It’s clear here that if you talk about taking responsibility with light skinship, you’ll accept any request.”

She tapped a page in the newspaper she had just been reading.

A daily report published by the newspaper and broadcasting department of Nakwon School. Among them, one page from the back page.

[How to ask the opposite sex as taught by pickup artist Cain Giemo.]

It was an appendix corner named .

It must have been the content that the newspaper and broadcasting department published as a joke.

As for the proper human culture, Ishtar was the first I had encountered since entering Paradise School, so he had no ability to filter out such information.

“Isn’t Sanwoo-sama’s heart pounding or not?”

Ishtar’s eyes twinkle like a detective who is deducing something.

Illyana pondered for a moment, then answered in her characteristic droopy voice.

“……Yes.”

“Then there is nothing you can do!”

Ishtar completely covered the newspaper and clapped his hands.

“Let’s formally invite Sanwoo to the dormitory the day after tomorrow.”

“why……?”

“Maybe you thought that the five people were not enough to serve. Besides, we haven’t treated Sanwoo properly yet.”

In a little while, the ‘Spirit Day’, which honors the spirits of the 4 stars, including Lion-sama, is also approaching.

Before that, Ishtar, too, would have been better off making sure he was well acquainted with Artel’s Guardian.

After all, she was the princess of the last realm of Artel, Arhalten.

“Let’s ask the chefs to prepare the best banquet for that day, and make a clear schedule.”

Unlike Ishtar, who had a very excited look, Illyana had a sad expression on her face.

She said waving her hands.

“Okay now. I want to rest.”

Even if it’s just one princess.

Illyana was looking at Ishtar casually.

“Yeah, you worked hard, Iliana. Get some rest. I’ll tell you separately about inviting Sanwoo-sama.”

However, the one thing that the princess doesn’t really care about is every single thing.

Ishtar walks lightly and gently closes the door and disappears.

Looking back, Illyana put the owl sitting on her shoulder back on the perch.

Then he went into the bedroom, took off his school uniform, and changed into a pink nightgown.

It was woven with burlap, so it was well ventilated, and it was very easy to move because it flapped wide.

Probably because of the nature of alchemy, it is often necessary to go back and forth between the crafting table and the mill set up separately.

It was nice to wear comfortable clothes like this.

“……”

It was Illyana who had changed all her clothes.

Somehow, I just wanted to lie in bed today.

So, she laid herself flat on the white blanket. A warm feeling wrapped around the girl’s body.

Illiana slowly closed her eyes, and Ishtar’s voice played again in her head.

-Isn’t Sanwoo’s heart pounding or breaking?

At that time, there was a reason why I couldn’t speak right away.

because I didn’t know very well.

I could hear my heart beating fast, but I wonder if it was Sanwoo’s or his own.

Because I didn’t dare to guess.

* * *

cool

A dagger flies in the chest and pierces it.

But don’t worry. The hand is faster than the eye.

But my hands were no faster than Camilla’s eyes.

“Aww, please!”

A wooden bar that barely passes by. A blow that is cold enough to chill your spine will cause swear words to burst out.

In the first place, because it was an object that was cut from a wooden stick to look like a dagger.

It wouldn’t hurt much if it was actually hit, but I thought it would really hurt if I got hit.

Don’t go, Reallo.

“Camilla! Why are you like this today!?

I scolded Camilla for throwing a stick from the other side.

But the flying was not an answer, but another dagger.

Tight!

In the blink of an eye, a flying rod strikes her thigh.

Even I, who had endured countless strife, was a shock that brought tears to my eyes.

A dance hall at night when the moon rises.

The crimson eyes looking at me flashed. The obvious threat brought out hiccups.

“Hiccup, Camilla… Why is that? Is it because I didn’t help you practice today?”

“no.”

“Yeah, but why do you think the dagger has emotions on it? Are you using firearms right now!!?”

“No.”

“…hiccup!”

I was a little scared of the life that was spouting out. Why is the kid who was fine until daytime like this?

I wiped the area hit by the dagger with my finger. When pressed, the throbbing pain is felt.

“You’re bruised!”

“What is that? It doesn’t bleed. It’s normal to get bruises in training, right?”

‘What… … Dogs are scary.’

I didn’t say anything the whole time I came. I noticed something strange and should have sent it today.

In fact, it was because I wanted to learn the spear technique I had recently learned in practice.

The reason I asked Camilla in particular was that she was a fighter and an excellent spearman at the same time.

‘It didn’t look so bad when we asked to train together and have dinner together… … .’

As I was contemplating the cause of the runaway, Camilla notifies me in a cold voice.

It was after she recovered all the dagger sticks that had been lying on the floor before she knew it.

“Break over. Now throw again.”

“Come on, wait!”

A dagger that flies even after sending a hand signal to stop.

I swung my spear and managed to slash it.

“Oh. I blocked it. Then this…”

👌👌👌

The sound of ripping air was heard again. This was a minimal fracture. I moved with the thought that if I couldn’t stop, I would die.

Tick!!

The dagger that was shot down again rolls over the floor.

Camilla’s eyes lifted slightly, and the arm holding the dagger moved quickly.

I also raise the spear according to the movement.

widely. Tick. widely. city. X footsteps. widely. Tick. widely. Tack Tick. city. X footsteps. widely. Tick. widely. Tack Tick. widely. city. X foot… … .

“Aaa-!”

‘The sky is full of flowers.’

To the bombardment of countless daggers like thousands of fire and fire.

I fell down screaming uncontrollably.