Chapter Chapter 65: 8. If you do it, it works. (4) (1/2)

RATH 65

TL: Eevee

8. If you do it, it works. (4)

#5 Their story: A certain judiciary’s story.

The history of the schools titled the Four Great Academies appearing at the imperial festival is a very old one.

At the time they weren’t even called the Four Great Academies, it was just that they were invited to the imperial festival simply because they were located close to the imperial capital.

But perhaps it was because they consistently appeared on one of the greatest stages in the empire?

The four academies began to grow incredibly quickly, and later on they would be called the empire’s Four Great Academies.

Thanks to that, it became regarded as the best place for commoners to try to turn their lives around, and for nobles, a chance to create connections, and that reputation remained true even today.

Because of that, one of the empire’s judges would participate in the academies’ preparatory meeting as a symbolic gesture that all schools would engage in a clean and fair contest.

But unlike the nice intentions, right now I was pretty much just a decoration.

“No, this time we need to increase the number of individual events to demonstrate individual skills!”

“No, we need more team events that fit better with the spirit of teamwork within academies!”

Arucis, the academy called the greatest, and Marcis that was hot on their tails.

The two student council presidents from these two schools were arguing back and forth that their opinions were right.

Even if they taught the usage of spears, maces and all sorts of various weapons, the weapon that the majority of students used in Arucis was the sword.

And naturally their individual skills will be better, and are overwhelmingly superior in individual events where they were not surrounded by enemies.

And with that specialty in mind, of course Arucis would be the beneficiary of an increased number of individual events.

On the other hand, in Marcis’ and Yugrasia’s cases, they were the schools of magic and summoning respectively so they were better at team events.

Because of this, every year there is a giant fight between Arucis who wants more individual events, and the other academies that wanted more team events.

And since the teachers that were there for advice and supervision were of the same mind as the students, of course they wouldn’t stop them.

Because of that, we the judges have the bloody annoying task of mediating all this!

Although Arucis was always slightly on the back foot due to majority opinion, the heated arguments between students that were all here to secure favourable conditions for themselves was always annoying to deal with.

And once everything is over, we’re always the ones to blame for everything!

If it’s the majority opinion, Arucia always complains that we always rule against them!

And if we listen to Arucia then the other schools complain that the judge in attendance is biased in favour of Arucis!

Since we get complaints no matter who we side with, there can’t be anything more annoying than this!

But at my seniors’ words that someone had to continue with this tradition someone had to be a sacrifice, and this year’s sacrifice was me!

Damn it, just next year and my name would be closer to the top of the list than the bottom and I wouldn’t have had to do this shit!

I just had to survive this year, why the hell did I get pulled up in my last year!

As I whined about my life I looked at the two student council presidents that were staring daggers at each other.

…Hang on? Two?

“Does the representative of Yugrasia have no opinion to put forward?”

I realised that something was strange.

Yugrasia, the academy that was called the weakest of the current Four Great Academies.

Thanks to that, I heard that their student council president was ordered to gain more advantageous games even more than the other schools.

But even while Arucia and Marcis was fighting, he was yawning as if to say he had nothing to do with all this?

‘Hmm. Has he given up?’

Yugrasia’s position in the imperial festival was perennially third.

If we considered the fact that Mercaria, a school that had nothing to do with fighting was also included in those rankings that meant that Yugrasia was basically always last.

And as if my predictions were on the mark, Yugrasia’s student president yawned and nodded to me.

“It doesn’t matter what kind of events are on.”

A complete declaration of surrender.

Summoners were considered to be even weaker than magicians before the brought out their summons.

And so Yugrasia’s strategy so far was to aim for team events, and in particular the ones that went on for extended periods of time.

Giving up on those was the same as giving up on the imperial festival.

“What, Nerkia. I heard that Yugrasia got an overhaul this year, did nothing happen even after you guys changed things?”

As if I wasn’t the only one thinking that, Arucia’s student president said to Yugrasia’s student president in a mocking tone.

Looking at his expression, it was filled with expectations of having more events that were advantageous to Arucia this year.

“Really? Are you giving up just like that?”

In contrast, Marcis’s student council president looked nervous.

Marcis and Yugrasia’s combat methods were similar, and so between the two of them they usually managed to earn more long-duration, or team events.

But right now Yugrasia had given up!

Marcis had already been losing the title of the strongest academy to Arucia by the skin of their teeth, but let alone closing the gap, it could grow even further at this rate!

Unlike in previous years, this time there was an interesting situation

This moment could decide the future of the Four Great Academies, a turning point in history!

And as I expected, this place was an important moment in the history of the Four Great Academies.

Although it wasn’t Arucia or Marcis at the center of it!

And the voice that told us all of that was that of the indifferent Yugrasia student council president.

“Well, we’re going to win either way, so what does it matter what events are on? Just decide on whatever you guys want to do.”

“What?”

“Did I just hear right?”

For a moment there, it felt like the entire room froze over.

Even Mercaria’s student council president, that up til now had been quietly watching everything unfold, stared at the Yugrasia student council president as if he couldn’t believe what he was hearing.

That was a natural reaction.

A declaration of victory of all things.

Not even Yugrasia at its peak had ever made a declaration like this.

And moreover right now was the time considered Yugrasia’s darkest age, and a declaration of victory at this time!

“Nerkia, as far as I know, I thought you weren’t one to make empty boasts.”

Everyone nodded at the Arucia student council president’s words.

No matter what, right now Yugrasia was at its weakest.

But the reason why that the other academies couldn’t look down on Yugrasia despite this was because of their student council.

From the president nicknamed the elemental army, the Trickster, the vice-president named the Queen of the Skies!

And even the others, the secretary, the treasurer were all people that couldn’t simply be ignored, and even the people doing the grunt work were all named individuals, Yugrasia’s student council was that strong.

And the one who was judged to have superior situational awareness and leadership among them, the one rated even higher than the presidents of other schools, the Yugrasia student council president made such a declaration?