123. about the apostle

***

Time passed and the next day arrived.

There is a saying that time is fair because no one waits, but if you ask if time is really fair, I don’t feel like it.

“Cadet Han Chun-seong, I’ll ask again, but can you really conclude that the monster you encountered is an apostle? You must have never encountered an apostle before, so can you say you didn’t confuse it with a monster?”

In response to a series of questions, I spat out the words over and over again.

“You can definitely call it an apostle. It also clearly showed the characteristics of Leteia, the apostle of sacrifice. purple. I know that the apostle who has a bizarre shape made of purple and can use darkness is Leteia.”

I really don’t know how many times I get the same answer.

I didn’t just give that answer to the imperial knight in front of me right away, but I had to go through a lot of trouble while revealing the truth to most of the people who faced me.

Everyone doesn’t believe me easily.

I’ve been struggling with this question for hours already. My head was dizzy.

“Sir Terouane. Cadet Han Chun-seong’s words are not a lie in the slightest. Prior to the incident, Cadet Han Chun-seong had directly asked me about several apostles.”

Callie, who was nearby, helped me out. Only then did the knight called Teruan nodded with a strange expression.

“If Instructor Cali goes that far, then I have to believe the cadet’s words. If that’s true, it’s such a big deal. Hmm… .”

At the same time, the gaze of the knight glancing at me was quite fierce.

I couldn’t avoid it despite the sharp gaze that tried to see through everything in me.

A middle-aged man wearing a knight’s uniform embroidered with golden embroidery. Those eyes contained deep disbelief, so I had to somehow prove that I was sincere, and that there was no lie in the slightest.

“Whoa. Yeah, it wouldn’t be nice to hold on to a cadet who had an accident for a long time. let’s rest for a while I’ll try to refine my thoughts.”

“Yes… .”

Teruan, who got up, walked away from her seat. I was clearly feeling a feeling I had recently forgotten.

How does it feel to be blatantly discriminated against for origin and characteristics… .

In addition, the eyes of the people who came across me were too natural for disbelief.

Facing an apostle and surviving seemed like an unrealistic story to them. In addition, I felt strongly that I was a commoner without a family, and that my characteristic grade was nothing more than a common.

Because they are so blatantly looking down on me.

“…”

It felt like I was forcibly aware of my position as I exhaled lightly.

‘I’m still only this.’

Right now, the attribute level is high, but that was the case based on the cadets who entered this year.

Looking at me from the outside, I was no different from a first-year-old chick, and a child just starting to walk. Even more so in the eyes of a person like Teruan, who belongs to the Imperial Knights. Because you’ll be seen as an insignificant person with common traits.

clap.

After several people, including the knights of the imperial family, left for a while, only me, Carly, and Adelia were left inside the infirmary.

I laughed involuntarily at the sight of the two people taking small breaths.

Still, it didn’t feel too bad.

The two of them represented my stuffy feelings and helped me a little, so I didn’t feel alone.

Because there are two people in front of me who believe in me.

“Even though Cadet Han Chun-seong said several times that he had a clue about the skill, Sir Teruan doesn’t seem to believe it at all.”

When Carly said sorry, I shook my head.

“I understand the situation. That’s why I think the accident I went through must be a unique case.”

As I spoke, I understood.

Even if I were in Teruan’s position, I’m sure he wouldn’t have trusted me easily.

‘Because a cadet with common characteristics faced an apostle and survived.’

The fact that it was also true of a cadet who had not been in school for a month.

From their point of view, it would be no different from saying that the sun rises in the west.

Clues to skills are completely unheard of. Even I was surprised when I looked back on my situation.

“I am really frustrated too. Looking at Cadet Han Chun-seong’s condition, he can’t directly show clues about his skills… Anyway, we’ll try our best to talk it out. Don’t worry about Cadet Han Chun-seong.”

I just expressed my gratitude to Adelia’s soft voice.

It gave me great determination just to have people who believed in me and were willing to help me.

The car where I had a trivial conversation with them.

“Still, a cadet of Han Chun-seong. I was really surprised when he said he was an apostle. Now I understand why Cadet Han Chun-seong worked so hard. It’s fortunate that he’s an apostle’s alter ego, but I’m glad he survived.”

When Carly repeatedly said that she was lucky, it made me think again.

the past moment.

‘I’m so glad I did.’

In fact, the fact that I was talking to someone like this felt like a half miracle.

I wasn’t sure if I would be able to fully express the power touched by the skill, but it wasn’t enough that I expressed my mighty power, so my limbs survived intact even when I faced Leteia.

clap.

The door opened again and Teruan and several other imperial knights entered.

“For now, we will do our best to investigate. If, as the cadet said, the cadet revealed its existence inside the empire… this won’t end as a simple matter. You said you were a cadet of Han Chun-seong, right? I’ll come back if I have work later so that I can rest in peace today.”

“Yes. All right.”

When I bowed my head in response to words such as notice, they soon disappeared.

Even as I watched Carly and Adelia get up to greet them… My heart was complicated.

‘For now, is this the end of today?’

It’s funny that I, a mere cadet, have to greet several dignitaries. Now I just wanted to rest.

after lunch. It was a series of tense times all along.

…I had to answer carefully the whole time I was dealing with them, afraid that I might make a mistake, and I was not allowed to lie.

“Ah, then, why don’t Instructor Carly go back? You have to start the lecture again tomorrow. Instructors should also get enough rest.”

“…Yes. Then, a cadet of Hancheon Castle.”

As we met our eyes at the call, Carly looked at me brilliantly.

For a while, she smiled softly at me in her characteristic red eyes.

“I hope to see Cadet Han Chun-seong in the classroom soon. Rest well and take care of your body from now on”

“…Yeah. I hope I can recover quickly and see you in the classroom.”

I didn’t say that I was okay right away while answering.

I can’t force myself to leave the infirmary when Adelia is obviously by my side.

again.

More novels at noblemtl.com

Just like that, let Carly leave her seat. Only Adelia and I were left in the infirmary.

“Chapter Han Chun-seong was also having a hard day today, right?”

When Adelia, seated right in front of her, asked softly, she did not deny it.

“Honestly, it is difficult. It’s because I get nervous dealing with people of high rank.”

In this world, each has its own class, and even the characteristics are divided.

And I had to see them both at the bottom.

…I had no choice but to be careful in all my words and actions.

“Anyway, I answered this very calmly. Do you know how surprised I was inside watching Cadet Han Chun-seong today?”

“Are you very surprised?”

“of course. If I had been another cadet, I would have been perplexed and restless by the many questions. Cadet Han Chun-seong calmly conveyed his opinion. Do you know how wonderful it is?”

I was a little embarrassed by the occasional compliment, but I felt good.

I felt relieved to see Adelia, even though I knew she obviously cared for me.

Probably because I think that if I was alone, there was a high possibility that I would have been foolish as she said.

“I was able to answer calmly because Instructor Carly and Instructor Adelia helped me.”

“Do words really only answer so beautifully? Cadet of Hancheonseong. Where did you get your education? You don’t look like a commoner at all.”

“…it can’t be. Doesn’t the instructor clearly know that I’m a commoner?”

After answering lightly, Adelia suddenly reached out to me.

When I looked at the hand and accepted it without embarrassment, she touched my hair.

Sararak.

I felt a small sense of stability while being touched as if I were treating a child in a strange way.

It’s what I felt while facing Adelia for a few days. She was quite affectionate.

The more time we spent together, the more friendly he treated me.

Even though I kept calling her instructor every time, it felt like the boundary between her and me was slowly breaking down.

‘Because even these hand gestures are natural.’

I didn’t feel like wanting to put her at a distance, vaguely calling her an instructor.

“Then let’s have dinner like yesterday and finish the rehabilitation treatment.”

“Yeah. All right.”

Even while answering, I felt like a very pretty older sister.

…The biggest reason was that the Adelia I see now doesn’t have a big age gap with me, and I felt comfortable being with the instructor.

‘Still, let’s make up our minds.’

So it caught me tighter.

More novels at noblemtl.com

Just because she’s nice to me now doesn’t mean I shouldn’t treat her lightly.

***

Dalgrak.

Along with the sound of tableware going back and forth, Adelia’s eyes were full of complex emotions that nature couldn’t see.

Originally, this time should be the most peaceful evening.

On the other side of her chest, a sense of crisis, a feeling that should be called a sense of alarm rose up.

‘It definitely feels strange.’

Was it because he was overly conscious of Cadet Luna’s words? There was an awareness that even when I saw Cadet Han Chun-seong, I saw it differently.

My actions while looking at him as a kind and admirable cadet. It felt like it had a different meaning now.

good.

As the dinner time ended and Erpe cleaned up and left, it was time to prepare for the end of the day.

It was already night outside the window.

Even though this week was already coming to an end, I didn’t feel like I had a good time.

It felt like a whole week had been spent just treating and taking care of cadet Han Chun-seong.

“Then Instructor. I will prepare for this.”

“…okay.”

When cadet Han Chun-seong talked lightly and tried to take a shower, I lightly moved away.

Seruk.

Even while watching the cadet Han Chun-seong pick up the underwear along with the towel… .

“…”

Unbeknownst to me, I averted my gaze.

Even this was all weird.

‘I think I was a little more natural yesterday.’

I guess I wasn’t aware of it that much. The feeling of being alone is strange.

clap.

When Cadet Han Chun-seong disappeared into the shower room prepared on the other side of the infirmary, I quietly sat down in my seat.

I had a busy time greeting countless people today, and I, too, was a bit confused.

It’s because I get to see a few people a day who I wouldn’t normally see.

“…Whoa.”

After taking a few deep breaths and calming myself down, I felt calm again.

“That’s why I called him an apostle.”

I turned my thoughts elsewhere.

Cadet Han Chun-seong said that the identity of the beast he faced at the time of the accident was an apostle.

It was surprising that the name of the specific apostle named Leteia was mentioned along with the nickname ‘Apostle of Sacrifice’, but I could understand it from Instructor Kali’s explanation.

‘…It’s really fortunate.’

Even the officers standing on the front line had to be nervous in the face of the apostle, but the cadet survived safely.

I didn’t feel the words of the cadet Han Chun-seong were lying in the slightest.

On the contrary, he clearly understood why Cadet Han Chun-seong had become such a serious person.

‘I had no choice but to express my skills.’

Although it is said that the skill has not bloomed yet, it is probably due to a large physical deficiency.

It was just that the body of the cadet was not at the level to fully handle the skill. If it was strong enough to defeat the apostle, the skill should have been completed.

“…”

Even as I thought so, I inadvertently looked at the shower room.

gulp.

And without realizing it, I wiped my face.

“…Adelia. What’s wrong with you?”

Thoughts kept heading in a dangerous direction.

I’m definitely an instructor, and Han Chun-seong is just a cadet, but strange thoughts keep popping up in my head.

Then, suddenly, the image of Instructor Kali came to mind.

The appearance of Instructor Kali looking at Cadet Han Chun-seong with a strange look… … .

“…I’m not in a position to give advice to anyone either.”

I shook my head with a small smile, thinking that I, who had been trying to warn you just in case, was now in the same situation as Instructor Cali.

Yet still.

…A strange thought came to my mind.

Like my hand caressing Cadet Han Chun-seong’s body. The cadets of Han Chun-seong accepting my touch as if they were accustomed to it.

Even today, cadet Han Chun-seong did not reject my touch.

Even a light touch was accepted as if it were a touch of healing.

…the appearance gave me a very strange feeling.

Because it seemed like some kind of permission that I could go further…

clap.

Then, when the door to the shower room opened, I was shocked and erased my thoughts.

“…ah.”

For a moment, I turned my head in excitement at the startled cadet, as if I didn’t know I was looking at it.

“Mi, I’m sorry!”

The body of Cadet Han Chun-seong, who had caught my eye momentarily as he awkwardly looked away, remained so intense.