Chapter 84 (1/2)

The Queen's Letter of Introduction

By the time Hikaru returned to Scholarzard after his trip to Forestzard, Lavia was already done talking to her friend from Euroba. It worked out all right, and she agreed to meet League.

「All right. I guess it's time for me to meet the student from Kirihal.」

With the letter in hand, Hikaru made his way to the admin building. Even now the staff were still scared of Hikaru, hugging the walls as soon as they saw him. A trembling woman approached the counter - whether she was chosen by rock-paper-scissors or forced to, he didn't know.

「G-G-G-Good day, Sir.」

「I'm looking for a student.」

「Eek!」

Shaking, she took out what looked to be a register.

「M-May I know the name of the student you're looking for?」

「It's Claude Zahard Kirihal.」

「Eek!」

She flipped through the pages. Hikaru realized that her shrieks meant affirmation.

「H-He is indeed enrolled in the academy.」

「Can you contact him?」

「W-We can only pin a poster at the bulletin board in front of the building…」

That would take too much time. No one really came to the admin building unless they had business here.

「Do you know which cla.s.ses he is attending?」

「Eek!」

The woman ran her trembling fingers through entries as she read them.

「I-I don't know about regular lectures, but for cla.s.ses that involve the nine weapons, Professors keep a record of their students' names…」

I bet Professor Mille doesn't even have my name recorded.

「Is Claude's name there?」

「Y-Yes. He's attending short spear cla.s.ses.」

As soon as he heard short spear, Hikaru dug through his memories.

「Uh, who's the instructor?」

「It's Professor Kilnenko.」

Kilnenko, the man Professor Mikhail said was a ”piece of s.h.i.+t”. Hikaru met him twice in the princ.i.p.al's office.

Kirihal and Ludancia are like cats and dogs, right? Since the queen is introducing me to him, this Claude guy must be from an influential family. Why would he study under a Professor from Ludancia?

Hikaru couldn't quite wrap his head around it. He made his way to where the short spear cla.s.ses were held - a small open ground surrounded by trees, making it hard to be seen from outside. Cla.s.s was going on when he arrived. About twenty students surrounded Kilnenko.

「What I'm about to teach you is one of the moves of the Dragon Cloud Short Spear technique, the most famous in Ludancia—」

Activating his Stealth, Hikaru moved closer. He checked the Soul Board of each student from behind and found nothing noteworthy. At most they had one or two points allocated.

It must be this guy.

【Soul Board】Claude Zahard Kirihal

Age: 18   Rank: 7

12

【Vitality】

..【Stamina】1

【Magical Power】

..【Spirit Affinity】

….【Air】1

【Physical Strength】

..【Strength】1

..【Weapon Mastery】

….【Sword】2

【Willpower】

..【Mental Strength】1

..【Charisma】1

He had unlocked more fields compared to the other students.