The Failed Swordmaster - Chapter 7

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Chapter 7 3. Please Respect Privacy (3)

“What!”

“This bastard, has he lost his mind?”

Belatedly, the Two Large Boys got up from their seats. Their expressions were completely twisted.

It couldn’t be helped. To other people’s eyes, it only looked like Lumian had hit the freckled boy for no reason when he had just approached.

If that wasn’t the case.

‘This bastard, is he saying he won’t take it anymore?’

It would be right to see it as a declaration of war to clear up last year’s bullied life.

The Large Boy, who had finished thinking, also jumped up following the boys.

He approached Lumian with heavy steps and opened his mouth.

“Hey, country young master. You’ve changed a lot since we last saw you?”

“…”

“Oh my, now you’re ignoring what I say? Has this guy really gone crazy?”

“Wait! Stop it! Are you going to do this from the first day of the semester?”

A Female Student who had been watching the situation intervened between the two.

She turned her back to Lumian with a stern expression, and the Large Boy let out a scoff as if it was ridiculous.

“Ha, why are you giving me shit when you look at me? That bastard hit Rotten first! Don’t you see the kid passed out? Move aside.”

“You guys bullied him all last year, so he was probably startled.”

“He hit someone because he was startled? I’m startled now too, so I should hit him once. Just once.”

The argument between the two continued.

Lumian stared intently at the back of the Female Student who had stepped forward to protect him.

He liked her back view.

Ah, this isn’t right. Shaking off his idle thoughts, he belatedly read through the revived Lumian’s memories.

‘He was much more pathetic than I thought?’

The original owner had lamented his situation of having no friends and decided to commit suicide, unable to overcome the bullying and pressure. While this was certainly tragic, there were also problems with Lumian’s attitude.

Several classmates, including the Female Student who had intervened in the current dispute, had extended helping hands to Lumian in the early part of last year.

But this foolish guy couldn’t accept their help due to his gentle nature and shame. And he was constantly bullied without ever resisting once.

As such days continued, the children no longer paid attention to Lumian.

The old knight’s soul had no choice but to understand those children’s behavior.

‘No one would like seeing such behavior from a knight candidate, of all people.’

It was absurd for a knight who should protect his lord, country, and people to be unable to protect even himself.

No, before that…

‘I’m not going to act like last year in front of the girls again.’

Lumian nodded his head.

It was a childish thought for a 60-year-old knight, but it couldn’t be helped. All men are the same.

At that moment, the freckled boy lying on the floor let out a groan.

It seemed his consciousness was returning. Lumian looked down in alarm.

“Ugh… Damn, my head. Ah, you! Earlier in the notebook, sex…”

Thwack!

“Grrrrk…”

Thud

“…”

“…!”

Afraid that the Freckled Boy would reveal his secret, Lumian quickly struck with his hand blade. Hit harder than before, he foamed at the mouth. He probably wouldn’t be getting up for a while.

Looking at the Freckled Boy who had fainted after being hit on the back of the neck, the Female Student and other children were speechless. The Large Boy pointed at Lumian in fury.

“Hey, you son of a bitch!”

The Female Student shook her head. She couldn’t stop this now. Before stopping the Large Boy, she thought it would be impossible to stop Lumian.

‘Well, he’s been taking it for a year… He’s made quite a big decision.’

Of course, if he fought those guys, the result was predetermined, but it was still better to see him showing resistance like this.

‘I hope he gets in a few hits even if he loses.’

She moved her steps and slipped out from between the two. She took the attitude of a perfect bystander.

With the obstacle gone, the Large Boy approached right up to Lumian’s nose.

He glared and said.

“Follow me. Unless you want to get beaten to death where all the kids can see.”

“Alright.”

At Lumian’s calm answer, the Large Boy ground his teeth and left the classroom.

Behind him followed the Two Boys, and then Lumian with a relaxed expression.

After just a short walk, they came to a place surrounded by trees that wasn’t easily visible from outside.

The Large Boy made cracking sounds with his fists.

Crack, crack!

“You bastard, did you learn something during vacation? Or what, did you take some elixir?”

The Large Boy spoke in a low growling voice.

The Two Boys beside him also turned their necks this way and that, making threatening expressions.

Of course, Lumian wasn’t nervous. He sighed and said.

“Hey man. What’s the point of guys who claim they’ll become knights bullying weak kids?”

“What?”

“When you should be devoting yourselves to training with hearts to serve the king, country, and people, you’re doing thug shit like this. Do you think this is why your parents supported expensive tuition to send you to the Academy?”

“This bastard, what’s wrong with him? Did he really take drugs?”

The Large Boy and the boys showed confused expressions.

They could understand him struggling against them. It was natural for something to squirm when stepped on. They had planned to step on him thoroughly so he could never squirm again.

But something was strange. It wasn’t just the level of steeling his resolve.

The way he spoke comfortably without being nervous at all in front of them, and the way he was lecturing them. It was as if he had become a different person.

‘It feels like there’s some old fogey standing there.’

The Large Boy made a complicated expression at that incomprehensible change.

It reminded him of being lectured by a middle-aged knight from his family when he was young.

Suddenly he felt worse. The Large Boy shook his head, and the boys spoke in succession.

“Our family has lots of money, so you don’t need to worry about us. You worry about yourself, country bumpkin.”

“Yeah, and you gave us a lot of pocket money last year. Hahaha.”

“Ah, come to think of it, we haven’t received any today yet? You brought money, right? Don’t tell me you forgot because it’s a new semester…”

The Freckled Boy who had been speaking excitedly closed his mouth. Lumian was approaching with an expressionless face.

Unlike last year, he felt a strange sense of pressure. Without realizing it, his breathing became labored.

His stomach churned from confusion, and the guy slowly extended his right hand.

It looked like he wanted to shake hands.

“What, what kind of bullshit is this? Want to shake hands or something?”

“Yeah. I’m going to break your wrist so you can’t hit me anymore.”

“Ha, what?”

“Get lost if you’re scared. Large Boy, you come out.”

He couldn’t just stand there after hearing such provocation. The frowning Freckled Boy roughly grabbed Lumian’s hand as if to slap him. He applied force.

And regretted it within 1 second.

“Aaaaaaaaaahhhhh!”

Crack, crunch!

It felt like his hand bones were caught between stones. He couldn’t apply any more force. As soon as Lumian released his strength, the Freckled Boy clutched his hand and sat down on the spot.

The Large Boy’s eyes widened greatly.

“This crazy bastard!”

Whoosh!

The boy standing next to the Large Boy cursed and charged in. The sharply extended straight punch was completely different from an ordinary person’s punch. He could indeed be called a knight cadet.

But it was insufficient against Lumian, who had become ridiculously strong overnight.

Whooom

Lumian instantly drew up his aura and strengthened his body. He caught the opponent’s fist with one hand and applied force hard.

Crrrack

“Aaaaaaahhhhh! Let go, let go, let go!”

Lumian obediently complied. However, his opponent’s hand was already swollen.

The groans of the two boys echoed mournfully.

Lumian extended his right hand and said.

“Want to try too? A handshake.”

“Th-this!”

The situation had reversed.

The Large Boy, who had only been thinking of beating up his opponent, stepped backward, while Lumian continued approaching him. Thud, a tree touched the Large Boy’s back. While he flinched in surprise, Lumian moved both hands like lightning.

Power went into their clasped hands. Like the other children, the Large Boy couldn’t endure even one second and screamed.

Crack crack crack!

“Gaaaaaahhhhh! Stop! Stop! Stooop!”

“Alright.”

Lumian obediently complied this time as well. However, the Large Boy’s hand was already swollen like the other guys’.

Lumian said.

“All three of you can go to the infirmary together. Say you got hurt while showing off your strength with handshakes.”

“Grrrgh…”

“You said you have lots of money, so I don’t need to pay for treatment, right? I’m leaving. And stop bullying people, think carefully about why you entered the Knight’s Academy. You should at least maintain basic decency.”

They couldn’t stop Lumian as he disappeared while making another preachy remark.

And there was someone who had been watching their fight—no, the one-sided beating.

The person who put a magic telescope into their bag muttered with interest.

“Interesting kid.”

* * *

The remaining morning classes proceeded peacefully.

It was thanks to the three guys including the Large Boy going to the infirmary. Freckles, who had regained consciousness, was still in the classroom, but after Lumian quickly approached and put his arm around his shoulder and they went somewhere briefly, he became very quiet.

A strange atmosphere lingered.

Naturally, Lumian was at the center of it.

“That’s all for class. Enjoy your lunch.”

With the last morning class, indoor education was finished. The children gathered in small groups and left the classroom to eat lunch.

He felt the gazes of some of them—no, even more than that. Lumian walked toward the student cafeteria with a complicated expression.

‘I made it too flashy than I thought.’

Of course, he hadn’t fought spectacularly in front of the students, but it had resulted in a similar outcome. There was no one who didn’t know that he had beaten down four troublemaker guys.

Originally, Lumian hadn’t intended this. If there was too big a gap between last year and this year, the children would obviously think it strange.

So he had planned to take time slowly and gradually show himself changing for the better. He had also planned to deal with the four troublemakers more quietly.

Of course, that was already water under the bridge.

“Ah, whatever.”

Since it had come to this, he’d act without worrying about others’ reactions from now on. Lumian thought as he received his meal.

He thought this might actually be better.

After all, kids grow rapidly even if you don’t see them for just a few days, so why wouldn’t the same apply to him? He could just say he got stronger by training hard during vacation.

Rather, the problem was how to build a cool image going forward.

Clearing the past. A bright future!

Those were the matters Lumian needed to focus on.

Having reached a conclusion, Lumian picked up his fork to eat.

Then, an unfamiliar voice was heard.

“Hello? May I eat with you?”

“…”

Watching the female student who sat down in front of him without even waiting for an answer, Lumian’s expression hardened stiffly.

Third year, knight cadet uniform. In other words, his direct senior. Unlike the green of second years, yellow was visible throughout her cadet uniform.

But that wasn’t what mattered.

Lumian thought to himself.

‘Her face… is insanely pretty, isn’t it?’

Comparable to the beauties from his previous life that he had seen during his time as a knight of Jenas.

Lumian, whose body had stiffened with tension, gulped.

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