I Received The Holy Sword By Dawn Delivery - Chapter 50

“……!”

Surprised, Rukna Golden kept her mouth shut.

She could have pulled her head back, but to survive in the harsh military academy, one must bite first.

“Ouch, it hurts!”

Chad made a fuss as he quickly pulled his finger out.

On his long finger with many scars here and there, Rukna’s teeth marks were clearly visible in red.

How did a guy with such a smooth face get so many scars from rough work?

“What if you really bite, Ruka!”

“I thought you put your finger in asking to be bitten again.”

“Normally, wouldn’t you apologize first for biting?”

Is it broken? Chad checked his finger carefully while tearing up.

Unlike his timid master who made a fuss over small things, his attire looked quite open and quite dissolute.

Between the undone shirt buttons, red lipstick marks were stamped on his neck like a seal even today.

‘When did this guy meet a woman again?’

Perhaps the most diligent person among the student council members is not Matian but Chad.

Isn’t it quite diligent to consistently rank second in the school while yawning with sleepy eyes, and to not stop dating in the meantime?

Sensing Rukna’s gaze, Chad touched his neck, checked the lipstick marks on his hand, and smiled brightly.

“Ah, this. Are you jealous, Ruka? I’m glad.”

“Stop talking nonsense and tell me why you came looking for me.”

“There are women who have held my finger in their mouth, but you’re the first to bite it. I was quite excited. You’re too cold, Ruka.”

Chad lowered his eyebrows and made a pitiful expression.

“If you have no business, I’m coldly leaving.”

Rukna turned around without a moment’s hesitation.

Then Chad, with a hardened expression, muttered “It’s not working” and revealed the main point.

“The dwarves’ airship will arrive in the capital soon.”

“The dwarves’ airship?”

“Ah, Ruka doesn’t know yet.”

Dwarves were a race with superior scientific technology to humans, and they lived in a city called Muspelheim under the southern lands, which was as large as a decent territory.

They tended to look down on other races as ignorant.

Especially, they seem to think humans and elves who rely on insignificant magic are pathetic.

“This year’s taming subject graduation exam will be held on the dwarves’ airship.”

Taming was the study of researching and taming living creatures.

Everything from simply riding horses to the process of taming magical beasts for combat use by tamers belonged here.

‘So it’s like Pox*mon, right?’

By the time they became seniors, usually each student had at least one tamed companion creature.

They had captured and tamed them from battlefields or hunting grounds where magical beasts appeared.

The cadets usually left their companion creatures in that very stable.

When you entered through the large, intricately wooden entrance, you could see a green bulletin board right in front of the management office, where name tags of cadets who had left their companion creatures were hanging in a row on numbered hooks.

It was similar to the scene of a valet parking office I had seen in my previous life.

‘And among those hundreds of name tags, there was none for Rukna Golden.’

It seems this body hadn’t captured a single companion creature in the past 2 years.

But Rukna could proudly participate in classes without a companion creature.

It was possible because the professor in charge was often away on business trips, so the teaching assistant would fill in time or classes would be canceled in most cases.

But it was difficult to pass the exam like that.

“I’ll fail this exam.”

Rukna let out a deep sigh.

“Why? Because you don’t have a companion creature?”

Chad asked as he pulled Rukna into the stable.

“Well, something like that.”

“Don’t worry. I’ll lend you one. I have many companion creatures.”

Ta-da. Chad showed off his name tags hanging in a row on one side of the bulletin board.

His shoulders were raised high with pretentiousness, like a man showing off a parking lot full of foreign cars.

“Why would you?”

“I said I’d guarantee you a comfortable school life until I graduate, didn’t I?”

“It’s fine. I won’t be uncomfortable if I fail.”

Rukna’s gaze moved to the top of the bulletin board.

Why is Matian’s name tag hung separately like that? Is he keeping his companion creature somewhere other than the stable?

“Don’t refuse. I want to be close friends with you, Ruka. More than with Matian.”

Saying that, Chad turned Rukna’s face, which had been looking at Matian’s name tag, towards him.

“Originally, you were closest to me among the student council members, but lately you seem to get along better with Bolton or Matian, which makes me feel left out.”

His fingers that had been cupping Rukna’s face gently stroked her cheek. And he didn’t forget to give a languid eye smile.

The setting sun shining diagonally into the stable dyed his red-gold hair even redder.

Rukna was captivated by his fluttering hair.

‘No wonder he’s popular with women.’

He had a charm that made your hand reach out for no reason.

If Matian was like a calm sea hiding depths, Chad was closer to a broken and abandoned glass doll.

The broken parts sparkled dangerously here and there, making you want to reach out your hand out of curiosity even though you knew you’d get cut.

‘I almost fell for it.’

Get a grip, Kim Rukna. Would a guy with as many secrets as me offer kindness without any ulterior motives?

Moreover, Chad’s actions and tone of voice clearly showed an inferiority complex towards Matian every now and then.

“I appreciate the thought, but I’ll look into it myself.”

“Hm? Even if you tame something right now, it would be difficult to train it. There are only a few days left until the exam.”

“If it doesn’t work out, I’ll just fail.”

“Weren’t you trying to escape from being dead last all the time? Your grades in other subjects have noticeably improved.”

“I don’t cling to things that can’t be done. What’s life? Living comfortably is the best.”

I’m going. Rukna waved to Chad as she left the stable.

“…Did I just get rejected?”

Me? By someone like Ruka?

Haha! Chad burst out laughing sarcastically.

As she was leaving, Rukna heard the clear laughter of the rejected person and muttered, “The student council is a place where they gather only crazy people.”

The next morning.

Rukna was on her way to the lecture hall, taking a walk around the back of the college.

As she was passing by the western training ground, she saw Matian sparring with the cadets.

Hair neatly combed back without fuss, perfectly pressed cadet uniform, gentle smile and kind attitude.

There was not even a hint of his previous ill appearance.

If anything, Rukna was the one who shrank back. She tried to erase her presence as much as possible, fearing that if their eyes met, she might receive a sparring challenge.

‘Did rumors spread that Matian was in poor condition yesterday?’

There were unusually many cadets challenging him today.

Of course, they were quickly defeated and had to roll on the training ground floor with their broken swords, but still.

“That attack just now was amazing, Randall. If you just correct your center of gravity shifting to the left when you thrust your sword forward, I might lose next time.”

Matian smiled gently at the classmate lying on the ground like a corpse, after checking his reflection on the sword blade.

Seeing that smile, Rukna realized at once.

Matian is angry about something right now.

So it seems he’s been venting his anger on the cadets who challenged him.

‘He thoroughly crushes them with his own hands, but verbally he subtly encourages hope. Am I the only one who finds this jarring?’

Rukna examined each of the fallen cadets one by one.

Despite being beaten so badly they can’t move a limb, their faces are full of hope as if they’re going to challenge him again soon?

‘Okay, let’s say I’m being sensitive.’

Then, those sapphire eyes that had been staring at the fallen Randall instantly found Rukna mixed in the crowd.

‘Oh my!’

Rukna quickly turned her body and escaped the scene, pretending their eyes hadn’t met.

She vowed again and again not to harbor vain hope that she could defeat him even if he tried to lure her out.

The next time she encountered Matian was at the central training ground where the advanced swordsmanship lecture was held.

He was helping his peers practice swordsmanship, looking like a model student straight out of a textbook.

“Your center of gravity is leaning too far forward. This creates a weakness when dodging your opponent’s attacks. Try leaning your upper body back.”

He skillfully gave advice regardless of what weapon the opponent was using, befitting a weapon master.

The malicious rumors about his ill health had disappeared in just half a day.

Even if someone wanted to criticize him, seeing the flawless and perfect Matian would make anyone lose their will to fight.

‘It’s good that he’s fine, but… his prince disease is still the same.’

Matian was checking his reflection in the well-polished sword blade from time to time.

Does he feel lonely if he doesn’t regularly look at his handsome face?

Just as a chuckle was about to burst out at how such behavior didn’t suit Matian’s character at all,

The automatically rotating and moving sword practice dummy suddenly hit Rukna’s forehead with a thud as she was lost in thought.

“Ugh!”

Rukna, who had been holding a club, lost her balance and rolled backwards.

The club she was holding snapped in half with a crack.

“Puhaha! Look at Rukna!”

“Why is that guy making us laugh with his body for once? Kuhaha!”

The cadets watching the scene burst into laughter one by one.

Those jerks! Rukna glared at the cadets laughing at her before getting up.