I’m Just an Ordinary Clown at the Academy - Chapter 130



130 – Diary 3

Imperial Year 525, May 29th.

14th day of special training.

The start wasn’t bad, I think. Yeah, it’s just the start, after all. You understand what this sentence means without me having to explain, right?

Originally, the chirping bird woke me up naturally this morning with its loud chirping, but since I left the bird with Professor Elysia yesterday, I woke up on my own today. It’s been a while since I woke up by my own will, and it felt tiring and bothersome.

What? Should I ask the spirits to wake me up if the bird isn’t there?

While walking to school, having them sit on my shoulder or the foolish’s shoulder, half asleep?

Just this morning, I woke up the spirits myself, so ask those same spirits to wake me up? I’d end up going to school during lunchtime, for sure.

Ordinary spirits usually stay in the spirit realm and only appear when a spirit war breaks out, but our spirits are the opposite. They stay by my side all day and only go to the spirit realm for about five minutes once a day.

Of course, I don’t mind. Honestly, I prefer it. The spirits are precious friends who always keep me company whenever I feel lonely.

Anyway, after waking up these sleepy spirits and coincidentally meeting the foolish this morning, we went to school together. Fortunately, I had sprayed the perfume I gifted today. Just spraying perfume made me feel strangely uplifted.

Now that I think about it, I should have told them to let me know immediately if the perfume spills. Next time, I should just casually mention it without overthinking.

So, before going to the special class with the foolish, of course, we stopped by the office first. You know the reason without me having to say, right?

Naturally, to see the bird I left with the professor yesterday. And that’s how the foolish and I entered the office… and I was genuinely surprised.

The chirping bird, which had grown rapidly to the point of feeling heavy when perched on my head until yesterday, was now…

It had grown so much that now I could ride on the bird’s back! Does that make any sense?! Is it possible for it to grow several times larger in just one day?

According to the professor, the bird was a divine being that perished due to some incident. But why was the egg of a perished divine being lying in the corner of the academy?

Professor Elysia also said she didn’t know the reason. She said that if raised well, it would definitely be a great help. Well…

I was momentarily surprised by the mention of a divine being, but there was only one thought when I saw the gigantic bird.

Can I raise it when it’s grown this big?

If it continues to grow at this rate overnight, it will be difficult to raise.

But luckily, the bird can control its size on its own, and now it’s small enough to sit on my head without any problem.

Honestly, I was a bit… no, quite flustered, but so far, it hasn’t been bad. No, it was even good until all of us in the special class attacked Professor Elysia together.

Thanks to the mask the foolish lent me, I could feel myself getting stronger day by day.

My mood started to sour gradually after Professor Elysia’s class ended, well, more precisely, from the moment Hogo began talking to Clara.

After Professor Elysia’s class, most students would be exhausted both physically and mentally, either collapsing on their desks or lying half-fainted on the floor. But Hogo, like a fish finding water, would wander around, approaching the half-fainted students and chatting away.

Of course, there’s no set order for Hogo to approach, but usually, after chattering with the nearest Lucas or Kurana, he would engage in conversation with other guys. Of course, he’d chat with me too.

After all that chatter, he’d usually end up approaching Clara, who was either reading a book alone or half-fainted on her desk, and start talking beside her.

Even if you roughly eavesdropped, Clara would either ignore or reply in short to Hogo’s words, right?

If it were an ordinary person, they would have moved away from here. Hogo always pesters Clara with his chatter, always wondering why Clara’s curt replies are so appealing! Isn’t that a real sucker?

Why does he bother Clara with his chatter? He should pay attention to me instead… No! No! I’ve written too impulsively!

I should take a cold shower. I might collapse from anger at this rate.

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Taking a cold shower seems to clear my mind a bit. Alright, let’s write calmly with this momentum. Let’s see, where did we leave off?

Right, Hogo kept talking to Clara. Thinking about it makes me angry again.

Of course, that alone is annoying enough, but what really infuriated and bewildered me was when, just before all the special class students took a break and went for lunch, someone knocked on the classroom door to start things off.

Since it’s rare for someone to come to the special class, we all exchanged glances before Lucas spoke up, “Come in,” representing us. And then, that girl entered.

Platinum blonde hair tied up for easy movement, a flawless body, and a face that looked fierce but beautiful even to a woman…

No, no, more importantly! Is it allowed for a second-year to enter a first-year classroom at will? Isn’t this something the school rules should prevent?

Johanna Freya suddenly came into the classroom, and although all the special class students could guess why she was there, it was probably to see Hogo. She had come a few times before.

Usually, when someone comes suddenly, a normal person would be flustered, but what did Hogo do? As soon as he spotted Johanna Freya, he rushed over, calling out, “Senior!” It’s like saying he’s a dog meeting its master.

As if that wasn’t embarrassing enough, their ensuing conversation was even more so.

“Senior, what brings you here? Oh! Did you miss me in that short time?”

“… Let’s eat.”

“Huh? Your face is turning red. But since I’m a considerate gentleman, I won’t point it out. Impressed by my sense of humor?”

“… … … … … …”

“hahahahaha! Just kidding. But why didn’t you eat with the other seniors today and made such a special offer to me?”

“… I wanted to eat with you today…”

“Only today? Does that mean you didn’t want to eat with me usually? Oh, my heart aches. A huge waterfall has formed in my eyes.”

“… I want to eat with you today too…”

“Hah! This is it! This is so touching.”

Touching, they sit there! How much of a nuisance is it to suddenly come and suggest eating together! Hogo happily agrees to it! And then what? His face gets red? To me, he looks the same from start to finish. Is Hogo not clueless but rather blind?

Of course, all his actions so far have been irritating, but what followed was even more perplexing?

Johanna Freya, after staring at Hogo, suddenly started petting his head without saying a word. How surprised the other special class students were. Of course, I was too.

Ha! It’s so absurd that even now, just thinking about it, it infuriates me.

Hogo is also a problem! He’s not a dog who enjoys being petted, and if someone suddenly starts petting his head, he should say he doesn’t like it or push their hand away! He shouldn’t bend over backward to make Johanna Freya more comfortable to pet him!

But whether anyone saw or not, with an inscrutable expression, Johanna Freya continued to pet Hogo’s head, then suddenly furrowed her brows as if something didn’t sit right with her.

So, frowning, Johanna Freya asked Hogo if he’d fallen for her?

No! It would have been better if that had happened. Instead of falling, he clung even tighter. And then, suddenly, she started sniffing Hogo. Not just a normal sniff! How did she sniff him?

At first, she sniffed Hogo’s body a few times, but later, she buried her face in Hogo’s neck and blatantly sniffed him?

When Hogo whispered something to Johanna Freya, she did step back, but if Hogo hadn’t pushed her away…

After pulling Johanna Freya away from his neck, a bewildered Hogo glanced at the special class students and hastily said, “Uh… enjoy your meal?” before fleeing.

Naturally, I immediately rushed to the cafeteria to find Hogo, but he was nowhere to be seen there.

Not only was he absent from the cafeteria, but Hogo, who usually only ate and then returned to the special class for his self-proclaimed photosynthesis, hadn’t come back to the classroom even 5 minutes before lunchtime ended.

Fortunately, I did return to the classroom just before lunchtime ended.

But from the sucker who had returned, there was not a trace of the perfume I had gifted, it was completely masked by a different scent.