“Miss Rukna, the next class is Magic Application!”
Hans, who had been put in his place by her before, was checking Rukna’s schedule like a secretary.
Potato 2 and Potato 3 behind Hans were carrying Rukna’s textbooks and pencil case.
After being thoroughly beaten once, Hans’s gang suddenly changed their attitude 180 degrees and followed Rukna around with an air of pledging loyalty.
“When purifying an opponent with holy power, the weaker the human, the higher the probability of being influenced, Master.”
The holy sword referred to this phenomenon as ‘influence’. Rukna thought it was a strange function, but it was true that school life had become easier thanks to them, so it wasn’t too bad.
‘Thinking about what happened before, I want to beat them soundly with a mop handle, but let’s wait and see for now.’
Rukna sharply eyed Hans.
Hans, thinking it was the gaze of a hungry beast, took out a prepared bag of bread.
“Miss Rukna, you like bread, right? Here’s some Mountain Rabbit bread.”
The effect was tremendous. The beast who had firmly secured the bread lost her fighting spirit and smiled happily.
“Hehe, what’s all this?”
Thinking that carbohydrates were indeed the best when angry, Rukna ate the bread while moving to the lecture hall.
The corridor, neither wide nor narrow, was full of people. It felt like boarding a subway during rush hour.
On the left were second-year students who had just finished their classes and were moving to another college, and on the right were third-year students who were just entering the lecture hall.
“Protect Miss Rukna!”
The Potato trio desperately tried to secure space, but they were helpless against the incoming crowd.
“Ugh, Miss Rukna, we’re sorry!”
“Our legs got tangled, Miss Rukna!”
With the weak-legged potatoes fumbling around, Rukna, caught between them, felt even more suffocated. These guys are no help at all.
‘If only I were a little taller, I wouldn’t have to go through this.’
While average for a woman, her height and build were noticeably small for a cadet.
Still, no cadet thought this point was special.
With occasional sightings of foreign students from various races such as beastkin with ears or dwarves, why would anyone pay attention to someone just because they were short?
‘Ugh, I can’t breathe!’
As Rukna was being flattened among the sweaty cadets with bread in her mouth, someone grabbed the back of her neck and lifted her up.
Huh? Rukna struggled and turned her head.
She saw blue eyes looking down at her as if she were pathetic.
“Matian?”
“You should drink lots of milk instead of eating bread, Rukna.”
Matian smiled kindly while recommending milk consumption.
The hand lifting Rukna by the nape of her neck had a strange appearance, as if holding a dirty rag.
“If you’re going to do this, why not just let me go?”
“I haven’t even had a chance to spar with you yet. It would be a shame if you got crushed to death in a place like this.”
“…Is that something to say with a smile?”
“You should focus on the part where I said I’d be disappointed, Rukna.”
Matian walked to the lecture hall while still holding Rukna up.
Thanks to this, Rukna had to enter the lecture hall looking ridiculous, like a cat caught stealing bread.
[This is the timeline separator]This lecture was on Imperial History.
Rukna sighed as she looked down at the midterm test paper.
‘I don’t have any answers that come to mind for this subject.’
Although this body had shown talent in basic medicine and holy studies, it seemed to be completely useless when it came to history.
Rukna, who had just been possessed by this world, also had shallow historical knowledge.
But at some point, Rukna’s hand began to move frantically, writing down answers on the empty test paper.
The holy sword had started nagging Rukna.
“Master, the answer to question 21 is Closet, who laid the foundation for holy studies and herbal medicine.”
“The answer to number 25 is wrong. The outbreak of the Demon War was on April 2nd, 135 Imperial Year.”
‘Ah, I don’t know. I’m just going to skip it.’
“Sure, skip it. The great Bisby will remember your ridiculous wrong answer forever.”
‘No, did some kind of perfect score ghost possess this holy sword? Why are you doing this to me?’
“Oh my, solving problems with a twisted mind has led to a spelling mistake, Master. You missed an L in the spelling of Archmage Golden.
How could you make such a mistake? Do you have a conscience? Should I call you Rukna Goden from now on?”
‘This is really tiring.’
“Excellent, Master! You’ve forgotten the cause of the Demon War outbreak that you memorized so hard yesterday. As expected of Rukna Goden!”
The holy sword mentioned the spelling mistake from earlier and repeated the reason for the Demon War outbreak exactly three times until Rukna wrote it down correctly.
“I’ll tell you why the dark mages summoned the demon’s egg to start the Demon War.”
‘That’s enough. I’ve already written it all down here.’
“Bzzt, incomplete answer. It was to extract the ‘Black Sage’ inside the egg to create a new human race and conquer the empire, you know?”
‘Sigh. Those damn dark mages. Just who is this Black Sage that they would do such a thing and make history so difficult?’
“It’s presumed to be the immortal Demon King, or a vessel containing the Demon King. If a dark mage who can exert powerful force by consuming life force gains immortality, they would truly be invincible.”
‘I see.’
“If you understand, why don’t you write it down, Master?”
In the end, Rukna clutched her head and complained of fatigue during the test.
‘Think about it, Bisby. If I suddenly get perfect scores in all subjects, it’s obvious people will be suspicious.’
“It’s fine. The skills of the great holy sword Bisby are not fake, but real.”
‘I’m not talking about you, I’m talking about me! It’s not okay for me, not you!’
“Should this amazing me have to worry about your reputation too?”
Wow, look at this sword.
The piece of metal that had been acting like artificial intelligence was now even saying such rude things.
Rukna tried her best to ignore the holy sword’s words, but her right hand seemed to be entranced by the sword’s voice and wrote down the answers as she heard them.
‘Is this Bisby bastard now controlling my body too?’
Rukna held her ceaselessly moving right hand with her left hand.
The professor who was supervising the exam happened to pass by Rukna and frowned at the bizarre sight.
“Are you feeling unwell?”
“Ugh, my hand keeps…”
“Is there a problem with your hand?”
“My hand keeps writing only correct answers.”
Oops. What did I just say? Rukna, who had inadvertently blurted out her inner thoughts, startled and checked the professor’s expression.
The professor stared at Rukna for a moment as if looking at a madman, then clicked his tongue and walked past.
[This is the timeline separator]After finishing the exam with much difficulty, Rukna was the last to submit her test paper.
The professor who received the test paper looked it over and then raised his eyes with a surprised expression.
“You’re Rukna Golden, right?”
“Yes, that’s correct.”
“You and Matian Wiegratz are the only ones who solved the last problem.”
To think that the student who had been spouting nonsense would write such an excellent answer.
“At this rate, along with Matian, you’ll get a perfect score in this subject…”
“Th-that can’t happen!”
Rukna waved her hands frantically, as if having a seizure.
Given Matian’s personality of appearing relaxed on the outside while secretly putting in effort, sharing first place with someone would be extremely annoying.
‘I’m already under suspicion because of the holy sword, so I’d rather not stand out.’
But the professor seemed to have misunderstood something.
“Oh… Rukna, it seems you studied desperately enough to want to surpass even Matian.”
“Ah, no, that’s not it!”
“No need to be modest. As a professor, it’s quite satisfying to see a student focused on their studies. But you know, it reminds me of my past self, so let me tell you this…”
The middle-aged professor patted Rukna’s shoulder with tearful eyes.
“It’s not right to study to the point of breaking your mind.”
“Pardon?”
“Come to graduate school instead. If you’re crazy about studying, this path is perfect for you.”
Saying this was the address of his research lab, the professor handed Rukna one of his business cards.
Rukna didn’t answer immediately.
She didn’t know much, but she felt that graduate school wasn’t a place to go carelessly, whether in her past life or here.
“Well then, hold onto your sanity and think it over, new rival of Matian Wiegratz.”
The professor left the lecture hall, hailing Rukna as Matian’s rival.
Rukna had to quickly look around to see if anyone had heard those words.
If this reached Matian’s ears, he would likely be furious at being compared to Rukna.
‘And then he’d thoroughly crush me with a smile on his face.’
Rukna trudged to another college for the next lecture.
Hans’s gang pestered her with “Miss Rukna, why do you look like that!” but Rukna just stared at the floating clouds and let out a deep sigh.
The next lecture was “Utilization of Holy Power,” wasn’t it?
‘Bisby, if you make a fuss this time, I’ll leave you in the room from now on!’
Rukna was determined to maintain an average rank in this subject at least.
She would never receive a standout score again.
Until the day she graduated, she would remain inconspicuous and ordinary, and then graduate!
[This is the timeline separator]Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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