Memoirs of the Returnee - Chapter 111



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Returner’s Notepad Episode 111

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“brother!”

It reminds me a little of the old days.

The walls of this pure white space remind me of the hospital ward’s garden, which was needlessly pale.

Inside, there is a child who calls himself his older brother and follows him.

“Where are you going, bro!”

Zion Askal.

I felt bad for no reason when I was close to him, and I felt like I was going crazy, so I deliberately walked up and down the trees to avoid him, but that bald, raven-haired guy always looked for me. He even discovered where he was hiding.

“Brother, how can you fly like that? Was it a knight? “My dream is to become a driver, too!”

At first, I just said random things and kicked him out, but he followed me around like that for about a week and I couldn’t stand it anymore.

“Hey. You’re my brother, and I call you my friend. It tickles. My younger brother is not you. “Why are you calling me my brother?”

Then he said.

“You’re nine years older than me?”

“doesn’t care. hey. “Can you come up here?”

I said looking down at him from the top of the tree. The guy blinked and nodded resolutely. Then, like a cicada, it clung to the wooden barrel and fluttered.

After waiting for a while, he finally decided he couldn’t do it and used his special move.

“Friend. I have leukemia. “I can’t go up.”

“What are you doing friend? “I just told you to use informal language?”

“… … Come down then.”

Things have been pretty good since then.

The boy said he had no parents. I answered that I had killed his grandfather myself.

The guy asked what he had to do to get into Magic High School. I answered that you must have talent.

Every time that happened, he complained that it wasn’t helping, and I stabbed him with a tree branch and told him to think about it after he got better.

Oh, by the way, there was a day when that child met my real younger brother. I happened to glance at Elise as she was walking down the hallway of the hospital room.

“It’s my first time seeing such a pretty girl~ Hehehehe.”

Yael said that and laughed.

It was pretty good back then.

It was fun.

For a crazy person like me, that’s the only memory.

I think of my days in that ward several times a day.

living in the past

“Hehe… … . “It’s fun.”

Yes, I am a maniac.

He is mentally ill.

As the son of a large family, it was difficult to endure restraint and oppression. It was physically impossible for me to accept their hypocrisy and double-talk.

They say that nobles must always be perfect, but if the nobles, who must be perfect, oppress the commoners with their power and hierarchy, how can that be perfection?

You’re an idiot.

It was disgusting so he killed the nobleman. He cut off his grandfather’s head and killed the elders.

That much was an unchanging fact.

If I had left them alone, even Elise would have been affected.

Elise seems to be adapting well to the family where the old people disappeared, but even so, as long as her most important father is still alive, she will only grow into the same monster.

To prevent it… … .

Suddenly-

Just then the door opened.

Jael looked beyond.

A large man with a stocky build. When I was young, a nobleman whose height was so overwhelming that I was afraid to even make eye contact with him.

Gen Petra said, looking down at herself.

“… … “You survived.”

“Yes father. “You must have wanted it deep down.”

Yael looked up at him, baring her teeth.

“My younger brother didn’t kill me today. Hehehehe───”

There was wind and confidence in that smile.

At least my younger sister, Elise, will not grow up like you.

* * *

The next day, Tuesday. The day of the swordsmanship evaluation exam.

“What kind of Colosseum did you rent?”

I was impressed as soon as I saw the evaluation letter. Yesterday it was a noble castle, but today it was a Colosseum.

The interior was also incredibly spacious. There were about twenty non-stages surrounded by magic bulkheads in the center, the large passage on the right had a shield pattern, and the large passage on the left had a sword pattern.

There were many spectators who came in advance. Most of them were scouts with cameras and laptops at their sides.

“No. 77 Sion Askal. Please go to the sword waiting room on the left.”

“Oh, yes.”

As I was in a daze, someone from the university association urged me on.

I moved to the waiting room at the end of the aisle. He had a name tag with ‘Number 77’ attached to his chest.

─Hey. Who will you choose? Have you decided?

─You can get a rough estimate. Look at the tier list given by the academy and choose.

─Is there anyone who would like to exchange a tier ticket?

There were already quite a few people in the waiting room. Almost 200 people were crowded like a train station waiting room.

For your reference, the tier table is something like a student swordsmanship grade table written by an academy or martial arts studio. Of course I don’t have it.

Cock-

But someone poked me on the shoulder. Not with your fingers, but with the corner of the book.

“… … what.”

When I turned around, it was Elise.

“… … .”

He keeps poking me on the shoulder without saying a word. To the corner of the book.

“What is this? “Take it?”

When I accept it, he turns around without saying a word. I saw the sign.

[Selenacio Tier Table]

“Sele… … “What is it?”

Selenacio. This is a tier table written by Edsilla, which is considered one of the best academies.

I looked at Elise again. She has already blended in with the crowd.

“… … “Why is it like that?”

Did I eat something wrong? Still, there is no need to refuse what was given to you. It’s not that I haven’t decided on who to choose yet.

I sat down and unfolded it.

[S+: Solliet Gerken]

[S: Escher, Mel, James, Wittel… … ]

Among the participants who chose the shield, only Soliet and Gerken were in the S+ tier. I skimmed from level B. Because it’s no fun if you’re too weak.

Suddenly, a shadow appeared over the tier table.

“… … hey. Why do you have a Selenacio tier list?

When I looked up, it was Kane.

“Did you steal it? ”

Then the eyes of those around me focused on my tier chart. Kane contorted her face in astonishment and-

“Kane.”

Elise called him.

“… … uh?”

“and. “Don’t talk nonsense.”

It was a voice full of sincerity.

“Uh… … .”

Kane went in the direction called.

I looked at the tier table again.

Until an announcement blared from the ceiling speakers.

─Notice to seniors. We will soon begin selecting opponents for the evaluation test, so everyone please come outside.

Then the people in the waiting room came rushing out. I stuffed the tier tag into my duffel bag and followed him out.

“ruler. Stand side by side. The sword is on the sword side, and the shield is on the shield side. “Because each one is assigned a number.”

Gioli and other swordsmanship professors were standing on the stage. They pointed to where we should stand. There were numbers marked with luminous lights on the floor.

I went to seat number 77 and stood there.

Across from them were some guys who chose shields. The lighting was moderately dark, but their faces were clearly visible.

Soliet, Gerken, Escher, and Mel caught my eye first. Why is Mel the one who woke me up in the ghost hotel?

“Opponent selection begins promptly at 10 a.m. Opponents can be selected 5 times at a time, and the time limit is 1 minute. If possible, decide who to pick before your turn comes. To add, there were 2,500 scouts, large corporations, and university officials in attendance. Can you see the names of the VIPs participating remotely on the electronic display board over there?”

[List of VIPs currently participating remotely]

-Iggiris Arcne

-Celine Petra

-Theia Itsil

-Kigen Cicero

-Zia Libra… …

There were many great names, but the one that caught my eye was definitely [Zia Libra].

“These are people who are not present, but are observing through remote cameras. The face is amazing, right? “You’ll have to work a little harder.”

Gioli looked at his watch. As it was 10 o’clock sharp, he grabbed the microphone.

─Now, we will begin the optional general education swordsmanship evaluation test, ‘Sword and Shield’. Five attackers, whose numbers are announced on the electronic display board, will come out and select the opponent first.

The electronic display board went black and spit out five numbers.

[No. 117. No. 132. No. 139. Number 97. No. 205.]

“nice!”

The five lucky ones stepped forward with their fists clenched.

* * *

In the haughty Colosseum, 450 aspiring prosecutors are gathered together to select their opponents. As the meditation continues, the atmosphere gradually becomes more intense, and the sounds of breathing become more intense.

“Huh oh oh oh oh. Huh… … Ah, ah, I’m about. “Some medicine.”

The person next to me seems to be having trouble breathing already.

Of course, swordsmanship is only an optional education, but there are quite a lot of eyes looking at it, including scouts.

It’s not for nothing that Elise chose swordsmanship even though she wasn’t an aspiring knight.

[No. 123. No. 193. number 3. Number 55. No. 29.]

Now, the 12th opponent has already been selected.

People ran out like rats, but Elise and Kane still stayed.

[No. 13. Number 99… … .]

Elise and Kane just left too. Kane chose Escher, and Elise chose James.

The turn went around like that a couple more times.

[…] … No. 77.]

Number 77. Finally I was called.

“after.”

I barely took one step forward, but the other four people ran quickly, as if they had already chosen someone.

“Let’s do it with me.”

“Let’s do that.”

“For that number 9 Dram Tello, I will choose number 253 Baldrak.”

Just like finding a friend, the person chosen also breathes a sigh of relief.

“Hey, let’s do it with me.”

“phew. “Go right away.”

“Number 108 Kelik is number 404 David… … .”

It looks like they actually know each other.

The four teams chose their opponents in 5 seconds and disappeared into the waiting room.

Suddenly, I was left alone and walked slowly. I looked at the faces of the prosecutors lined up on the other side.

At first, I tried to choose anyone. Based on Selenacio’s tier table, between A and A+ levels.

──But.

A person I had never even thought of suddenly caught my eye.

I don’t know why.

Just, he stood there without any expectations.

The atmosphere was like that so far.

No one wanted to vote for him, and it seemed like no one dared to do so. Even the scouts here weren’t considering him.

A talent that is so strong and perfect that it cannot be evaluated on a stage like this.

So he just stood there.

It seems dull and boring, like a statue decorating the background.

I quietly lowered my gaze.

I looked at my hands.

Five Chosik and Samgeomsik. The sense of wielding it by modifying and editing it at will is still vivid in this hand.

─Number 77. please select. 20 seconds left.

My body moved before my head due to the urge to push my back.

To someone──in a straight line.

One step.

There were no worries.

When I think about it, I always wanted to beat him.

The feeling was always the same.

He always looked down on me from on high, and even though we were commoners, we were so different.

Two steps.

Every time I went forward, there were many eyes that tempted me.

I passed them all.

Three steps, four steps.

Walking while looking at only one person───

last.

When I stopped, the reaction of those around me was quite impressive.

Eyes that look like they are looking at a psychopath. There are even people who swear like crazy.

I ignored all of that. I just looked up at him. He smiled from deep within his heart.

Perhaps the corners of the mouth were torn too wide.

He looked down at me. His face was as cold as always, but there was a slight tremor in his dawn-blue eyes.

“Number 77. Zion Ascal.”

If you think about it, it was a no-brainer.

If there is someone who wants to challenge me, if there is someone who wants to compete with something I have honed.

“Number 450.”

Because you will be the only one here.

“I will choose Gerken Khal Dun.”

At that time, the Colosseum trembled slightly. In fact, he didn’t say anything. He was still dull, and there was no wavering in his gaze looking down at me.

I liked the look of it.

He could have thought of me as the same person, he could have disliked me, he could have found me annoying, but he just acknowledged me as an opponent without showing any emotions.

Because of this, he will probably give it his all.

I, too, will pour all my power into his sword.

Opportunities like this will be rare.

“What are you doing?”

I gestured to Gerken.

“let’s go.”