The Only Asian in the Academy

19 – #019 Beast King’s Garden (1)

“Professor, now that I am a prospective disciple, would it be all right if I ask you one favor?”

“Please?”

In order to unlock the achievement, you need to somehow enter the upper dungeon. Until now, it was difficult because there was no professor who could give permission, but now it is different.

If it were someone else, I wouldn’t have given permission because it was dangerous, but if it was Vivian, I would have thought it through well and would gladly allow it, so I asked for permission.

“I’ll give it to you tomorrow!! Normally, if you take a week or vacation, you might think about taking a break, but to start training right away! You are really hardworking!!”

Leaving aside the part about calling probation a vacation, as expected, Vivian nodded her head with the spirit of giving permission right away.

However, we couldn’t get permission right away. If the process is a little complicated, you have to wait a day or so to get the permit, he said.

“Where have you looked?”

“Yes, I am thinking of the Garden of the Beast King.”

While thinking about how to find a monster that matches the appropriate level, I accidentally discovered a function that detects the opponent’s level.

If you are determined to recognize the opponent and focus your gaze, a level will appear above the opponent’s head.

This ability was not limited to creatures. For example, if you activate observation on a weapon, the weapon’s attack power or ability appears, and if you activate it in a dungeon, the appropriate level for that dungeon appears.

Appropriate level shown when using this ability at the entrance of the Beast King’s Garden is 40 or higher. It was a sufficient level to achieve the achievement.

‘But why doesn’t it work for this human?’

I tried using it on Vivian now, but Vivian’s level is hidden by a question mark.

[Vivian Lv ??]

I’m not sure yet, but if your level is higher than me by a certain number, maybe this ability won’t work?

Since there are other conditions, there is nothing to be caught, and it is displayed well to others.

[Louis Lv 20]

Louise’s level is 20, I don’t know if it’s more or less than the others, but she’s only about half my level.

I haven’t checked each one individually, but since Louise is like this, the other students must be less.

It seems that the woman named Reina also has arcane magic, but she is probably no different from Louise.

“The Beast King’s Garden is a place even professors can’t enter because it’s dangerous, but is it really okay?”

“Do you want to take in a person who can’t even go for a walk in a dungeon as an apprentice?”

“Whoops… You don’t lose a word? So what are you going to do with that under your feet?”

“Well….”

At first, I wanted to move to a suitable place, but now I didn’t feel the need to do so.

“It’s annoying, so I’ll just leave it like this. It doesn’t matter to me whether I get eaten by wild dogs or raped by someone….”

“It’s pretty poignant. Did you feel so bad about being called a monkey?”

“I’ve been called a monkey or a savage all my life, and I can’t believe I’ll just get mad at something like that when I come back.”

I wasn’t really that upset. The emotion I feel right now is not anger, but disappointment.

My father always told me to be humble and make friends because he always needed a lot of friends to defeat the demon lord, but look at this now.

All of the aristocrats from the 4 strongest families in the academy are less than half of my level.

Are these things going to help?

Yes, I think I have talent, so if I keep growing, it might be helpful in the distant future.

But why do I need to help grow by bowing my head against those who call me savage or ape?

Because of these things, thinking that he has been receiving that bizarre sociability education under his father all these years, it feels like blood is gushing all over his body.

‘Come on, try it. It’s clear-cut.’

What kind of nonsense is this?’

‘You mean you don’t even know such basic things!! Take care of yourself, neatly and sensibly!! I’ve taught you several times that it’s called Alzalttakkalsen for short… !!’

‘No, what do you mean by abbreviation….’

‘Ugh!! At that time, I told them to say “Byeoldajul” (Reducing all the stark things)!! What have you learned from your father all this time!!’

‘I learned how to listen to bullsh*t with one ear and let it go. To be honest, I don’t know a thing he’s saying.’

‘I have to say I don’t know even one thing!’

‘I will turn….’

In my father’s hometown, people who are rich in sociability are called insiders, but they say that they usually use these absurd words that are doubtful whether they are actually used.

Every time I received this education, I was convinced that my father was crazy. No sane person would use such nonsense.

‘As an Asian who is discriminated against, if you want to make friends, you have no choice but to use these young and MZ-like words!’

‘What… So, did your father make many friends in his hometown using those words?’

‘… ….’

Probably not, judging by the fact that he couldn’t answer. It was nonsense that someone who had never made friends before would teach them how to make friends.

“Huh? What’s the matter? Standing blankly all of a sudden….”

“… It was just that I suddenly thought of the old days and fell into contemplation for a while.”

“Is it a good memory?”

Unable to answer that question, I smiled and shook my head.

Father, if you had time to teach me such brainiac words, why don’t you teach me what it’s like? .

“Anyway, I’m going now. Throw it away or take it with you, you decide.”

After saying that, she hit Louise’s head once with her foot and left.

What if Louise isn’t here when I come tomorrow… Vivian must have taken it.

Or someone kidnapped and ate it. Either way, it has nothing to do with me.

*****

Whoa, whoa… !!”

It was late at night, a few hours later, when Louise, who had been knocked out by John Doe, woke up.

Louise opened her eyes at the ambiguous hour between night and dawn, and before fainting, John Doe stroked her sleepy neck and raised her body up.

“This is….”

“Are you awake?”

First of all, while I was about to get up and look around, I heard a voice from the side and turned my head to find Vivian sitting in a chair reading something like a book.

I couldn’t see what kind of book it was because it was in the dark, but it looked like an oriental book because the characters were not from the Seiyan continent.

Louise, who had an intense aversion to the Orient because of her Mongols, immediately frowned at her when she saw the text.

“… Why am I here?”

“Did you come on all fours? I’m here because I moved. Don’t overdo it and lie down. Even if you look fine on the outside, you won’t be lying.”

After saying that, Vivian turned the next page of the book as if she wasn’t interested in Louise.

Louise turned her head away, as if that was annoying, and Vivian, who was looking at Louise with her sideways eyes, closed her book and asked her Louise.

“By the way, can I ask you something? Why do you hate that kid so much? I haven’t confirmed it, but looking at it, I don’t think it’s a mixed race from Mongo.”

“… That kind of thing is fine.”

Of course, at first, he couldn’t even tell if John Doe was the heir to Mongo, but that was no longer important to Louise.

The important thing is that John Doe insulted Louise’s family, I can’t stand that alone, but today he crossed a line he shouldn’t have crossed.

“… I will kill that child with my own hands.”

“I’m a professor, but I shouldn’t say things like that~!”

“If you’re going to say that, do it after you’ve done your job properly. Were you watching from behind anyway?”

“What? Did you catch it?”

As Vivien scratched her head and laughed bashfully, Louise was driven by her urge to slap Vivian in the face.

“… You haven’t changed at all from the old days. After 10 years or so, you might become a bit more mature.”

“But you have changed quite a bit. Before that incident, he was as cute as he seemed. The death of a family member changes a person….”

Her clear words of provocation broke the string of reason she was barely holding on to, and Louise’s fist filled with mana headed for Vivian’s face.

Vivian received the fist with his face without dodging or blocking it.

Vivian’s skin, which had blocked John Doe’s thrust, could not have prevented Louise’s fist, and instead, only Louise’s fist was wounded.

“… Are you feeling better? But acting impulsively like that is tantamount to suicide.”

Just like that this morning, he was strangled by John Do just a little while ago, and now only his hand is injured while he is doing useless tricks.

“If you really want to win, you have to be patient.”

“…… Are you telling me not to fight?”

“Uh, when I saw that guy, the only ones who could win among the professors were me and that shorty b*tch. Of course, if you can’t even use arcane magic properly, you’re no match.”

In fact, Louise’s arcane magic was poor compared to her father’s or her brother’s in terms of the quantity and quality of the flames it could handle.

It was admirable to be so good at arcane magic at such a young age, which took ten years to master, but John Doe did not reach that great degree.

“You have a talent worthy of being called a genius. His tenacity and grit will not be compared to other students.”

“… Then why can’t I win?”

“You can’t win because he’s stronger. How can you win with just tenacity? Didn’t you learn how to face yourself if you dared to attack?”

“… ….”

“It’s not something I can force, but think about it.”

After saying that, Vivian lightly patted Louise on the shoulder and left.

Left alone in her hospital room, Louise looked up at her ceiling and recalled Vivian’s words and what happened today, while recalling what John Doe said a moment ago.

‘If someone you don’t know sees it, they’ll think there’s a family that got eaten by a monkey.’

Her tone of voice, as if she had witnessed the tragedy of that day, reminds Louise of her memories of locking her up and sealing them deep in her deep consciousness.

My sister’s body stained white. Dirty monkeys. A traitor who repaid the favor with an enemy. And rope.

As those memories came to mind, nausea soared and tears flowed from Louise’s eyes.

‘I can’t forgive….’

Whether intentionally or accidentally, it doesn’t matter anymore.

I will definitely take revenge.

With that promise, Louise wiped her tears.