Chapter 27 (1/2)

Chapter 27: Count Petrin

“Huhu… Haha… Kuku…”

“Kyre, what's wrong with you?”

After returning fro like aRussell to look at me worriedly

“It's nothing I'm fine Huhu…”

WhetherI could think of was Sylphiria's face 'Should I just devote myself to the Spirit Realm from now on?'

She was beautiful Any erations would be an insult to her Her eyes shone like jeith a luster greater than her transparent, silver armor In short, her enchanted beauty was like absolutely nothing I had ever seen before

'Those silver eyes… I will never forget them' I hadn't even had my first kiss yet, but I doubted even a first kiss would have such an ih, but how should I summon her!'

The problem was that my mana was still too weak to summon Sylphiria

'I have to be at least the 7th Circle to be able to summon her without strain The 7th Circle…' At that level, one would be treated as an arcanist of legendary proportions I was already unsure when I would reach the 6th Circle, so how could I wait until the 7th Circle?

Poke

“W-what are you doing!”

Suddenly, Russell poked er “Tastes co man”

Then he clicked his tongue and completely madedown

“Ah!”

I hugged Russell's waist with a powerful tackle, causing hie cry of surprise

'The heck, why does it feel this good' Russell's thin waist was unbelievable for a an to beat wildly as soon as weis…'

The moment I tackled hisi embraced by my mom made my whole body titillate

Bam!

“Geh!” A powerful blow from Russell hit my back

“Pervert! Die!”

Russell's fierce consecutive blows landed on my body

“Agh! Ahh!” Cries of pain burst from my mouth without pause

However, like a person who had fallen into water, o of Russell's waist

It made me think of those corny movie titles from old classics 'I Could Die Happy Like This'

'Tioes by fast'

5 ht Acadeeneral classes like spirit,class, as well as self-study in the library The study habits that were ingrained in h were useful here as well Before I knew it, the first semester of classes was almost at its end

“W-what do you want to do with me?” squeaked Tedran like a cornered mouse

I si

“Do, do you still wish to live in this e this to me? I'm the next Duke of Fasain!”

Those words of future peerage had been thrown at me countless times

“I will forgive you If you stop here, then I will let you off, you bas–, ahem”

Fearing the pain ahead, Tedran drew it out with oons who had bravely protected hi and would be beaten to the point of broken bones Tedran had been destined to be the lucky one today Instead of fighting back, he tried to 'convince' me

I slowly raised my sword

“I-I'm a friend of the Crown Prince!”

'Friend of the Crown Prince?' The Crown Prince was a slightly more impactful title than the heir of a dukedom 'That temperamental and violent reserve cadet, Crown Prince Poltviran?'

He was the son of Emperor Havitron, the ruler as respected and loved by the people, the same ruler I had seen at the entrance ceremony He was born to the Imperial Concubine rather than the Eranted the Crown Prince title Froht Academy, he didn't resemble his father the Emperor at all and had a violent and rude tehty crown prince who had gotten everything he wanted froe I had never h that he was a piece of shi+t

“Huhu, that's right You ht, but you won't be able to raise your head in front of the Eloated with a victorious s about the Crown Prince “Let's see how long you can last with just those grand and ht Academy, all cadets are supposed to be equal, but… the moment you leave this bubble, you will be forced to see what kind of existence a noble is”

He had apparently stored up a lot of resent out pure venom now

“Did you coht That's how it should be if you want to live in this empire Huhuhu”

Seeing that I had no response to his words, Tedran puffed up triumphantly

“Are you done?” I said coldly

The cold steel in my voice made Tedran flinch and stiffen “I warned you back then, didn't I? That if you continued to round”

“Y-you bastard…”

Even after seeing his goons have their ar session, Tedran was still unable to sober up I decided it was irained deep within the bone

“There's a saying like this where I lived before You should beat up a disobedient dog once every three days Huhu”

I even smiled evilly as I released intense bloodthirst Just like how I had taught the other sht of ive Tedran the fist of love as well

As I walked towards him with a smile, Tedran inched backwards

'If a guy like this is supposed to becouess even this empire will soon meet its end'

The young generation was clearly rotten from the inside out due to the Crown Prince's influence Even an idiot could predict the empire's future

“Die!”

It was just a spar, but Tedran called forhis wooden sword at me I easily parried it away

'He's someone who entered with his identity rather than his skills!'

To enter the eht Acadee, Interht However, Count-to-be Alfonso and the other kids fro the skills

Special adranted to those who could receive a wyvern from their families and show basic skills

That was the case here Not just Tedran, but Alfonso and Luciella were adht Academy thanks to this special identity admittance

I blocked Tedran's double-handed overhead sith a single hand on rip, I leapt with a grunt andfor his torso

“KYAAAAKKKK!”

The sword didn't even make contact yet, but Tedran screamed loudly anyway

In order to avoid crushi+ng his ribs, I turned

“Gah!” A cry of agony burst from Tedran's lips

It was surely a terrifying physical pain that he, a ducal heir, had never suffered It was obvious froly peed himself

“Next time… I will really bury you,” I said quietly I stared into his eyes that were filled with fear and pain and enified bloodthirst into my mana

“KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK!”

“HOHOHOHOHOHO!”

“I, I WANNA GO HOME! UWAHHHHHHHH!”

Everyone's eyes were turned to my spar with Tedran Now, their eyes shi+fted to another spar

“Hohoho! You should have said that earlier Hohohohohohohohoho!”

Hyneth ht cadet want to drop out The cadet's desperate submission made her smile with satisfaction

My thoughts turned inward 'Now it's ti!'

After the first se would follow a short one-week break We would finally be heading to the wyvern base outside the Imperial Capital

'I want to fly! In that beautiful blue sky!'

Soft cotton candy clouds floated by in the war sky I wanted to ride the balmy wind

Sful of breath

'Oh man…'

After the first sean While I was busy sating my curiosity about the continent's history and culture in the library, Hyneth appeared with the saonist smile that I had seen the first day we ed e

Our destination was the villa of Count Kaldain Petrin, the battleWhether you believed the rumor that he ripped his own mother's nipples with his infant teeth or not, his notoriety had given birth to such rumors that even I had heard of

'Hyneth… what should I do with you'

Although the Petrins were a count fae(/s), they were unlikely to be offered any potential suitors The Petrins were said to never let go once they bit Who would offer their own son or daughter to such a vicious and terrifying farandson or granddaughter to beco or battle maniac

“Hyneth”

“Yes, orabunni”

Thanks to the arrival of spring, Hyneth was more excited than ever As soon as classes ended, instead of training or studying, she would spend every waking ardens within the i a red flower

“At your age, shouldn't there be offers for your hand flying at you from every direction?”

On this continent, any noble scion could be hters to be betrothed at an even younger age

“There are none,” said Hyneth, totally unconcerned

“You don't intend to marry?”

“I must I am the only person who can carry on the family, after all”

“With whom?”

“With a man, of course”

I felt stupid for asking No one in the eet married?

“Orabunni, you didn't know?”

“What?”

“Our fae offer”

“Then?”

“Obviously, a e has been concluded only e Petrins decide the opposite party”

'Holy! What the heck! Isn't this just a vicious household!'

“and if they refuse?”

“Refuse? Haha, ould refuse The moment they refuse, that family would become our enemies until the day they come to ruin”

There was no point in asking further I felt I had grasped the true reason why everyone in the Bajran Empire hite whenever they saw a headed crazies That was the best way to describe the Petrins

“Lady Hyneth is here! Open the gates!”

'W-we're already here?'

This was a place that could make me, a person who feared no one under the sky, tree notified the villa of our arrival at the tiger's den Then, creaking loudly, the e continued onwards without a care

'So this is a noble family's mansion!'

Large mansions were situated in the inner city, close to the Ie were able to afford a house in the capital Maybe they wouldn't have one if they were nobles with land and didn't come often to the capital, but if they had an interest in politics and their families were ambitious, then it was the noble fashi+on to do your utmost to buy a villa or two in the capital The villa of a count's fae Even anouveau-riche in Korea wouldn't be able to afford a villa of this size within Seoul Surrounded by a sturdy, 3-meter-all that looked like a castle's ramparts was the Petrin Fa featured around a hundred s and was set behind a beautiful green garden that the Petrins had clearly poured a ton of money into Water spouted from a marvelous fountain set at the center

“Hoho, it may be smaller than the palace, but it's not bad, isn't it?”

'Not bad? This is already a'

This was one of the et once you becauard, I could tell they wouldn't even need a home security system No matter how nice an autohts with two eyes and the ability to use mana

'I think even Hollywood actors would have a hard tiht?'

Unknown flowers had bloo After descending froarden and enjoyed the relaxing leisure afforded to nobles

“Hah!”

Clang clang!

“Ack!”

“Stand up It's no fun if you collapse with just this”

“Ffamily Head, please stop for now Any more than this…”

'Family Head?' The only person ould be called the family head here was Count Petrin himself

“Hoho! Looks like father and the knights are doing betted sparring again”

“Betted sparring?”

“Yes The loser has to do punishments like wash the dishes after dinner or clean up horse poo”

'Washi+ng the dishes after dinner! Horse poo!'

I kneasn't a norhts and lords held positions of such serious authority that a norht in the eye I couldn't believe that such lofty people would lower themselves to do tasks that would normally be taken care of by servants

“But isn't it unfair to pit the knights against someone who is called the Battle Maniac?”

“Haha, what's unfair about it Dad sometimes cleans the horse poo too”

I couldn't believe Hyneth's words at all How could a count of the empire clean horse poop?

“It was the sa the sword When I lost spars, I experienced all sorts of punish the castle walls, and doing the laundry”

However, Hyneth's nonchalant confession of her past forced me to believe that even a count would clean the stables After spending ti

Strolling through the garden, alked towards a side of the mansion where the drill hall was located There, I saw quite the spectacle

'Ten on one!'

In the hall, the head of the Petrins and his knights were fighting for victory with real swords in their hands To my shock, what should just be a spar was actually a real battle where armor was torn and blood was spilled

I couldn't help but gulp

Then, Iwith his bloodied sword He wasn't very tall, but he had a stubborn, angular chin, big, bright eyes, dark eyebrows, and a hard ance, no, madness

'Count Kaldain!'

The hts was undoubtedly Hyneth's father, the Mad Dog of the Bajran Empire, Count Kaldain de Petrin

“Dad!!”

“Hyneth~!”

Hyneth went running to him In an instant, his face puffed up like leavened bread and his eyes creased into crescents so quickly that I could hardly believe it Stretching out his arhter, Hyneth, into his embrace

“Daddy! I wanted to see you!”

“Haha, kiddo, this father of yours also wanted to see you so so badly that he couldn't sleep at night”

'Eurgh…'

Even a cuckoo wouldn't dote this nity far away and carried out a scene of hts The love overflowing fro off in all directions

'Everyone is strong'

The spar had been so outrageous that there were huge divots in the training ground of the Petrin ot up one by one Each one of they

That energy wasn't th that even Hyneth could emit, to so Marine Corps, a little souts'

“Are you the one named Kyre?” After their show of affection ended, Count Kaldain looked towards me

“It is an honor to ht cadet”

This was the father of someone who I considered my little sis I couldn't be careless in my actions

“Nicenow?”