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Chapter 224 - Sword Training School

-You have achieved an achievement!

-You have gained likes for achieving the [Excellent Performance] achievement.

-You have gained ‘5’ likes!

-You have achieved an achievement!

-You have gained likes for achieving the [All Clear] achievement.

-You have gained ‘4’ likes!

-You have achieved an achievement!

-You have gained likes for achieving the [Doing Well Alone] achievement.

-You have gained ‘3’ likes!

……

……

 

Ethan had achieved a total of ten achievements.

The highest number of likes was 5, but when the likes from other achievements were added, quite a lot of likes had accumulated.

A total of 26 likes.

This was the result of attending all classes and ranking first in the training conference.

‘It’s not easy to come first in the conference.’

It was a reward for perfectly achieving first place in both individual performance and academy performance. Just seeing the achievement notifications made him smile.

-Your fame increases!

His fame had also increased considerably.

“As promised earlier, I will give a prize to the academy that ranked first in this workshop. Also, don’t forget that there’s a prize for the teacher who ranked first in individual performance!”

The teachers looked at Ethan with very envious eyes.

But they all nodded, seeming to acknowledge that Ethan deserved the reward.

 

Since Ethan had attended all the classes during the workshop, there wasn’t a single teacher who didn’t know how amazing he was.

Moreover, Ethan had shown overwhelming skills in all classes.

There wasn’t even room for gossip.

“Congratulations, Teacher Ethan.”

Even Kai Felix, who had been considered a rival until just before the workshop, was sincerely congratulating Ethan.

“Congratulations.”

“Congratulations!”

The teachers from Freya no longer showed any sense of competition. They were each offering congratulations, seemingly trying to build a rapport with Ethan.

After all, they were new teachers who had only been teaching for half a year, so no matter how skilled they were, they were still just rookies.

‘Creating allies in various academies will definitely be helpful. When my achievements spread, they will spread the rumors even further.’

That would lead to another increase in fame.

 

Making them allies or friendly neutrals. As always, it was Ethan’s tactic focusing on increasing fame and securing survival probability.

‘There’s no need to make unnecessary enemies.’

“Thank you very much.”

Ethan first offered a handshake to the teachers from Freya Academy.

Freya Academy had shown a hostile attitude towards Ivecar throughout the workshop.

Despite this, he was reaching out first.

The cheeks of the Freya teachers turned red.

Would they be able to do the same as Ethan in the same situation?

“It’s truly an honor to have met such great teachers through this conference.”

“No… that’s what we want to say, Teacher Ethan.”

“Hope to see you again!”

 

The Freya teachers held Ethan’s hand and kept shaking it.

The teachers from Goode and Covington, who had been watching awkwardly, also approached subtly.

“I’m really sorry about before.”

Finally, even Dubravka from Goode Academy shook hands with Ethan. Through this workshop, Ethan had become a role model for new academy teachers.

Claudie made a strange expression at this sight.

“What on earth are they doing…!”

Overth was flabbergasted at the sight of the new teachers getting along so well.

They had been utterly defeated by Ethan and Ivecar Academy.

It was enough to make him burst with anger and grind his teeth, but instead, they were wagging their tails to build a rapport.

“Don’t they have any pride!”

“It’s a much smarter move.”

 

“What?”

“They’re teachers aiming for the same goal, just belonging to different academies. They’ve just returned to being fellow new teachers from being competitors. They’re not enemies, nor are they opponents to show pride against.”

“…Again with that idealistic talk.”

“You’ll understand when you experience it.”

Claudie spoke briefly and turned away.

Overth couldn’t understand Claudie at all.

Since when had that Claudie started talking about such ideals?

“Damn it.”

Overth looked at Ethan, surrounded by everyone.

“Becoming a master in the shortest time? Nonsense. I’ll show you clearly at the academy exchange competition.”

He intended to painfully teach that ideals are meaningless without definite skills.

 

***

“It failed. There shouldn’t have been any factors for failure.”

The Sword Saint and Regia were not opponents to be taken lightly.

But this plan was sure to succeed if it could catch their attention.

It didn’t need to hold their attention for long. Even if it could catch their attention for just a moment, the executives, including the First Orders, could quickly handle it.

That’s why he used a powerful card he had in hand. It was a card he had been saving for later, but it wasn’t a waste to use it if he could obtain a holy relic.

“The money and time that went into making this card were enormous.”

It was a card that took a long time to create. As such, the device certainly blinded Regia’s eyes.

“They said they had kidnapped Kai Felix, but…”

They had secured Rohai Felix earlier. They received a report that Kai Felix was also secured and returning.

But not only did Kai Felix not come into their hands, even Rohai Felix, who was secured first, didn’t arrive.

 

They not only wasted their trump card but also lost the First Orders deployed to the executives and Ramsdale territory.

“Where did it go wrong? The Sword Saint shouldn’t have reacted this nimbly. Was it Regia Malcher? Or…”

The 9th Apostle was in a very displeased state.

They didn’t even think this plan would fail.

Yet the plan that should have obviously succeeded went awry unexpectedly.

Looking through the list of new teacher training participants to find clues, he found a familiar name.

“Ethan Whiskers.”

It was a name he had seen during the Ivecar Academy attack plan he had executed before.

“Is it a coincidence? Or…”

The 9th Apostle didn’t think about it any deeper. What was important now was to get the holy relic somehow.

“I’ll have to go to the Felix family directly.”

 

He had to handle this matter decisively first.

“If the attention of other apostles turns this way, it might be taken away.”

***

“I will formally pass on my mana cultivation method to the teachers of Ivecar Academy, who ranked first. Everyone agrees to pass on the mana cultivation method, right? I’ll also give out weapons as desired.”

At the Sword Saint’s words that he would give out one of the weapons he possessed, the teachers of the magic department showed anticipation.

Numerous weapons that had passed through the Sword Saint’s hands. A considerable number of them were famous swords worthy of their owner, the Sword Saint.

It might seem that mages don’t need swords, but it was different if it was a sword that had passed through the Sword Saint’s hands.

It could be used as a sword or as a substitute for a staff.

It would be good to receive a dagger that the Sword Saint used instead of a sword. Even for a mage, there are moments when a blade is needed in one way or another.

“Yes!”

“Yes! No objections!”

 

The new teachers of Ivecar Academy drank tea in a separate place prepared by the Sword Saint. It was now time for rewards.

They all had excited faces at the thought of receiving the Sword Saint’s mana cultivation method.

Of course, Ethan was an exception.

“Sword Saint, I’d like to receive a different reward instead of the mana cultivation method.”

“You want a different reward?”

“Yes.”

At Ethan’s words, the other teachers looked puzzled. Especially Ciron showed great surprise.

Ciron already knew how great the Sword Saint’s mana cultivation method was because he had already learned it.

“Teacher Ethan…? This mana cultivation method is really amazing!”

To those words, Ethan replied with a smile.

“I know. But there’s something I want from the Sword Saint even more than that.”

 

“Hmm, you say there’s something you want more than my mana cultivation method? I’m very curious. Tell me, Teacher Ethan. What do you want from me?”

The Sword Saint seemed quite expectant.

“Please open a sword training school in the Whiskers territory.”

“Huh?”

At Ethan’s words that completely broke expectations, the Sword Saint made a gesture as if asking him to say it again.

“I’d like you to open a sword training school in the Whiskers territory under your name, Sword Saint. You can decide the scale as you wish. I hope our Whiskers knights can enroll in that sword training school.”

If he directly asked to become his backing, the Sword Saint would be greatly disappointed.

‘Of course, it might not be. The Sword Saint owes me quite a lot of debts.’

But this method looked much better than directly asking for protection.

‘And there’s a need to raise the combat power of the Whiskers territory. Even if we form something like an alliance, the Sword Saint might not be able to respond flexibly to sudden situations.’

For example, if an incident like the recent Kai Felix kidnapping occurs?

 

A situation might arise where the response is delayed in an urgent situation.

That would be like closing the barn door after the horse has bolted.

So it was best to maintain a connection with the Sword Saint while making it possible to share his power.

“Hahahahaha-! I didn’t expect you to demand such a reward!”

“If it’s burdensome, I’ll rephrase it as a reward just for me personally.”

“No, no. A sword training school. Good. Especially interesting that it’s in your territory. I’ve heard several stories. That your territory is developing with unique items. Alright. Let’s do that, Teacher Ethan. Your reward will be a sword training school!”

The Sword Saint readily accepted Ethan’s proposal.

***

“See you in a month!”

“Take care, everyone!”

After the conference ended. Each teacher from Ivecar departed for their destinations to spend the rest of their vacation productively.

 

This training conference was a very good stimulus for them.

Ethan also moved busily after parting with the teachers.

There were several things to do during the remaining vacation, but there were two things to prioritize.

One of them was going to the imperial palace.

‘Unexpectedly, I’ve formed a good relationship with Regia.’

At the imperial palace, he could meet Regia’s son who had received treatment from the saint.

‘There might still be traces of the extinction disease. If I see that, I might be able to know how the saint treated it.’

A sliver of possibility to get a hint for treating the extinction disease.

And above all, there were the princes and princesses.

‘There are several events where I can accumulate achievements.’

Of course, if he’s not careful, he might get his nose caught in the imperial palace.

 

It meant that Ethan, who needed to move around here and there right away, might not be able to escape from the imperial palace.

‘But I can create connections within the imperial palace. It’s a risk worth taking.’

The reason Regia could exert strong influence while being called the first master was all thanks to the protection of the imperial palace.

‘Connections in the imperial palace will be helpful in many ways when trouble arises with the Twelve Families or the Magic Empire.’

“I’ll see you at the imperial palace, Sir Regia.”

“Yes, I’ll be waiting.”

Ethan’s next destination was the imperial palace.

***

As the vacation began, students from various academies returned to their hometowns.

“W-What is this?”

Nathan Whiskers, a divine child of Freya Academy and the only hope of the backwater Whiskers territory, also headed to his hometown after a long time.

 

And now, Nathan was standing at the entrance of the territory with a bewildered expression.

“What is this, really?”

No matter how he looked at it, this wasn’t the Whiskers territory he knew.

“Did I come to the wrong place? Am I too fatigued from the semester?”

Nathan shook his head strongly.

“Oh, isn’t it Young Master Nathan!”

At that moment, a guard at the entrance greeted Nathan.

“It’s been a long time, Young Master!”

It was certain. This was definitely the Whiskers territory.

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Translator Note:

A little announcement, not a big one (or maybe?). Just to inform you guys that I lost my notes for all things like the characters, places name, skills, character names, title, etc. 

 

So, if there is (are) any mistake on translating those things that I mentioned above, I am really sorry for the inconsistency since I don’t have a literal memory for those things and plus I also have different novels that I translated.

Yeah, I’m really sorry. Though if you remember if whether or not I translated them wrong, please do tell me.

Again, I am really sorry for this.

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