chapter 45
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“Cadet Han Cheon-seong. The rules of the Grand Royal Academy certainly don’t limit dating between cadets, so it’s not against the rules. And I think that if young cadets get a lecture in one place and face each other, they can feel good enough. You can look at the outstanding, cool, or pretty cadets and have a crush on them, express your feelings for them, and eventually develop into a romantic relationship. It’s a very natural feeling, and nobody is to blame.”
I looked at Carly as she calmly continued her words, but for a moment I couldn’t say anything.
Carly had been talking about the love affair between the cadets.
“However, isn’t it that it hasn’t even been a week since you entered the academy? I think this is the time when everyone should put forth the most effort to grow and move forward by burning their will… … .”
Kali, who stopped talking like that, touched the teaching aid brought by Tuk, Tuk, and the strange sound made me startled.
But I was really sad.
I’m not really dating any other cadets, I’m just facing an absurd situation of 0 confession 1st time due to a misunderstanding… .
Strictly speaking, I was nothing more than a victim.
When I looked at Luna, who could be called the culprit, like a coincidence, Luna was also looking at me.
“…”
“…”
And as soon as their eyes met, her characteristic purple pupils swayed wildly for a moment, and I started blinking my eyes involuntarily.
I thought that Luna’s sudden remark was out of pure malice, or really misunderstood. Now, Luna’s reaction was very strange.
Avoiding my gaze late. For a moment, it seemed that he felt sorry for me.
‘Is it an illusion?’
Luna can’t do that.
That’s when I was thinking about it.
good!
I stopped at the sudden sound.
When I turned my gaze, Kali, who had slammed the Kyobojae, was looking at me with more fierce eyes than before.
“Cadet of Hancheonseong.”
“Oh, yes… Instructor Carly.”
“I don’t want to… I don’t want to blame the Han Cheon-sung cadet for such feelings, because it’s perfectly natural. And really… I’m not trying to disgrace or shame the Han Cheon-sung cadets. But right now, it’s just the beginning of the academy. I wish you could be a little more respectful. I wanted to say that.”
At the sight of Carly speaking coldly… I had no choice but to nod my head.
“…Yes. Okay. I will be careful.”
This was a bummer for me.
There was no answer I could give now.
Rumors about me and Luna have already spread widely, and it has reached Carly’s ears.
But now, if I say that Luna is misunderstood, then I know better that it will only make it more ridiculous.
It was immediately understandable that Carly was looking at me coldly. She didn’t like the romance between the cadets in the slightest from the original.
Worse, he was one of the instructors who hated dating between cadets.
It is thought that if a cadet falls in love, he neglects training. It was no exaggeration to say that a cadet who fell in love was an object of hatred for her, who values effort.
So, in the middle of the novel, I asked Leonhard, ‘Are you dating at the academy right now!?’ It was enough to say something like
“…Then I’ll do it this far. Let me go to the lecture, let the cadets open their textbooks.”
Even as I took out the textbook with a dazed mind at Carly’s resolute words, my mood subsided greatly.
I valued Luna, but I got a misunderstanding from time to time, and as a result… .
Even the perception of Carly looking at me has deteriorated significantly.
This… was a big deal for me too.
‘What do you really do?’
Carly’s private training room. Will I be able to use that special space in the future?
It was an essential space for me to move forward. I had to improve my relationship with Kali so that it was ‘must’ take advantage of it, not a consideration.
Because Carly is more important to me now than anyone else.
“cheer up.”
…tuk.
David patted me on the shoulder carefully, and I managed to swallow a sigh that was about to burst.
***
“…Then let me rest for a while. Let the class start again in ten minutes.”
When Kali declared a brief rest, the cadets exhaled a breath of relief and cautiously got up from their seats.
Kali’s lectures continued in a cold atmosphere from the morning to the afternoon lecture. That was enough to freeze the classroom, and no one dared to offend her.
Everyone tried to concentrate on the lecture as if dead, and he looked at Carly’s eyes as he exhaled and even relaxed.
…However, the break time was an exception, so when most of the cadets vacated their seats, Carly’s heart was not so comfortable with such cadets.
Rather, her heart was more uncomfortable than that of most cadets.
“……”
He quietly sat down on the instructor’s seat, and blankly wiped my face.
ㅡ it’s not like me
…and felt that way again.
As I entered the classroom today, and throughout the course of the lecture, countless times I had to feel like I wasn’t myself.
Even when I thought about it, why am I acting so stupid, the cold treatment of the cadets made me uncomfortable throughout the lecture… the more I thought about it, the more foolish I became.
‘Why are you doing this?’
…what makes you feel so bad. Am I such a low pressure today?
The way I looked like I was releasing my bad feelings to the cadets… I really felt like even myself would hate me.
saraak.
While wiping his hair wildly, his gaze went blankly into the classroom.
Some cadets look at the textbooks as if reviewing lecture contents, but many of them left the classroom as if they did not want to be in the same space as me during the break.
That felt great to me too.
and… .
His gaze suddenly turned to the cadet Han Cheon-seong.
“……”
He sat quietly in his seat and looked at the textbook as if looking back on the last lecture.
Obviously, the Hancheonseong cadets were working hard.
Throughout today’s lecture, I often looked at him, but there was never a time when the Han Cheon-seong cadets didn’t listen to my lectures or pay attention.
‘…I’m sorry.’
So I had to feel even more sorry to see him now.
In the lecture hall where all the cadets were seated, I pointed out the Hancheonseong cadets and gave them disgrace rather than disgrace.
I said that I didn’t mean to disgrace with my words, but how degrading and shameful must the Han Cheon-seong cadets feel at that moment.
He was only twenty.
Although it is said that he is an adult, he was still at an age when his emotions were not properly controlled and everything was immature.
Looking back on myself just a few years ago. Before I went to the battlefield, I knew very well how stupid thoughts and values I had.
But I had never done anything like that to a cadet.
How bad it is as an instructor, how did you use your authority to ignore the character of the cadets… .
sticky. He bit his lip and couldn’t understand me even now.
‘…why did I do that?’
He said that the romance between the cadets was natural and there was nothing to blame, but he pushed the Hancheonseong cadets to the end as if he was clearly criticizing them.
As if forcing a cadet to answer, he only uttered stupid words.
“…”
Without realizing it, I let out a light breath and brushed my hair blankly.
And vaguely guessed.
‘perhaps… .’
Was my expectation for Han Cheon-sung cadets too high?
A few days ago, we had lunch together and spent many hours with Han Cheon-seong’s cadets in my private training room, practicing untimely matches.
At that time, the feelings I felt while looking at Han Cheon-seong were truly special.
‘A gigantic shiny gemstone… I felt that he was a talented person who would become the axis of the empire.’
Even within the empire, the number of outstanding beings, which is less than twenty, is called the ‘axis of the empire’.
I thought I had already seen the cadet who would be the axis.
ㅡ Hancheonseong.
Although the attribute class is Common, how much further cadets will develop and how much power they will become for this empire.
And the front line that will gradually be pushed back, and even save so many people in a world full of dangers… .
It was just that I had unreasonable expectations for the cadets.
That’s why he got mad like a fool for having romantic feelings…
“……”
I took a deep breath and grabbed my heart.
‘Let’s do it as usual.’
After I relaxed and treated the cadets a little softly, after this lecture, I had to properly apologize to the cadet Han Cheon-seong.
I didn’t know how stupid I was, so I had to.
***
The day’s lectures, which felt much longer than usual, were all over.
Shrek.
Several cadets hurriedly got up as if they wanted to leave the classroom as soon as possible, and David was no exception.
“Agar?”
“…uh?”
“What do you have plans for today? If you don’t have an appointment, I’d like you to practice together.”
David was very grateful for that moment when he carefully proposed to me.
But beyond that, I still had work to do.
“Thank you so much for saying that. But… I have something to tell Instructor Carly.”
“…do I have to do it today?”
Seeing David questioning as if surprised, I nodded awkwardly.
I had to tell you today.
Carly must have had a bad feeling for me now. If you try to release it over time, there is a possibility that a bad impression will harden.
That was the worst for me.
“Uh, I think I should speak properly today.”
“Well… I can’t recommend it. If you do, you will Anyway, suffer.”
tuk.
When David left the bed with another pat on the shoulder, my heart sank.
To be honest, I still don’t feel it.
how do i solve it… .
It was only at the end of the river that Kali’s coldness seemed to have dissipated a little, but her eyes were still cold.
It was right now.
After the lecture, Carly, who remained in her seat, seemed to be thinking about something.
There was even a kind of intimidation in Kali enough to understand why the other cadets wanted to leave immediately when they saw Kali like that.
‘I still have to face it.’
This was also a reality.
A reality I have to face. And a reality that cannot and cannot be avoided.
Shrek.
He got up from his seat and slowly turned towards Carly.
jerk.
jerk.
As I approached her, even her hands trembled slightly.
Will I be able to convince Kali properly?
Will I be able to properly talk to her who may have bad feelings for me?
I was really nervous.
And as soon as he reached in front of Kali, he carefully opened his mouth.
“Instructor Carly.”
“Cadet of Hancheonseong.”
Then, like a coincidence, when the voice overlapped with her, I was momentarily surprised.
Immediately after meeting her eyes… .
I felt so weird.
‘Why are your eyes…’
Carly’s eyes were completely beyond my expectations.
That too… … .
To the extent that I forgot what to say for a moment.