103 – admission (2)

Reinhardt and I sat quietly without saying anything.

It was this guy who called me here, but the person in question hasn’t said anything after calling someone. I could have spoken first, but I didn’t feel like it right now. Like other students, we waited for the entrance ceremony to begin.

If you think about it, it’s a really meaningful moment.

The blue-haired boy sitting next to me wasn’t an ordinary boy as it looked, so by the time Elena was called the continent’s greatest wizard, this guy would be called the continent’s greatest sword.

The continent’s number one sword, Reinhard Kromel.

Right now, the Sword Saint has been corrected and he has a father, so it’s not yet, but as time goes on, he’ll have that title. It was the guy sitting next to me. Well, it’s the continent’s number one sword, it’s Nabal, and it meant more to me as one of the male lead candidates.

Richard and Orcus had already met, and they finally met the last of the three who were called male lead candidates in the original work. So, there could be no meaning to this meeting now. It must be a very meaningful meeting as Elena’s fiancée, as a previous life reader, and as Damian Krause.

‘It’s quiet.’

I muttered that to myself as I looked at Reinhardt, who kept his mouth shut. It’s like a guy who was ordered not to open his mouth to anyone. or have no idea.

The dark blue eyes were like the depths of the deep sea, and even when I looked into them, I couldn’t tell what he was thinking at all.

Previously, I thought it would be disturbing or weird like when we met before, but strangely, when we met, I didn’t feel anything. It’s just that this guy is that guy. There is only a feeling called.

I don’t know if it’s because the time I spent with Elena gave me faith in my relationship with her, or if I just stopped dwelling on that setup.

Reinhardt, who kept his mouth shut, was not at all inconsistent with the image he had pictured in his head when he read it in a book. It was the same character as described in the book.

Even in the original work, if you put together everything this guy said, it wouldn’t be more than 1,000 words. Among the characters appearing in ＜The Princess is Loved＞, this guy is probably the author’s favorite character. There would be no problem even if you roughly set the mood and say ‘…’.

“…”

“…”

Like a lead character in a romance novel, his face supported him, so even if he didn’t say anything and stayed still, the picture came alive. If you add a little description to the word, there is no shortage of expressing him in writing. At least, the writer’s hand would have been easier than when he wrote a supporting character who talks a lot.

Was it like that? Every time I read the article, I couldn’t get rid of the thought that the author favored him. When I was reading the novel, I thought that Reinhardt was the male protagonist, excluding the other guys, so I don’t think I was wrong. The thoughts of the writer were to some extent buried in the writing.

“Well.”

While I was thinking this to myself, I was amazed at myself for not having any thoughts about Reinhardt at the same time.

Normally, if the accident went on to this point, the little Damian inside of me would have acted harshly, but today he is calm. that’s interesting. Richard tried to cut his throat right away. As a test, I thought about the old days like this, but as before, I can’t think of anything.

I wasn’t sure if I had changed or if the guy inside me had changed, but it was certain that something had changed. Well, it seemed like there was still a long way to go when I tried to confirm this through a conversation with him. Whatever it was, it was true.

After sorting out my thoughts, I stayed silent for a while longer… Then I reached out to him.

Reinhardt looked quite taken aback as if he hadn’t expected to suddenly raise his hand. It’s worth watching as emotions are revealed in a guy who didn’t have any expression. He stared at my hand for a moment, then reached out and took my hand.

“It’s Damien Krause.”

After shaking hands, it was polite to say your name, so I told him my name. It seemed like he already knew who I was, but he had to be polite. Reinhardt also said his name when I said it.

“I am Reinhard Kromel.”

I don’t know if it’s because I don’t use my mouth often, but when I saw Reinhardt move his mouth, I thought of a poorly made robot. That’s how hard the guy’s jaw moved.

When he said his name, I stopped talking and answered.

“Know.”

“…”

Wasn’t it too cheap?

Reinhardt slightly narrowed his brows at my words.

But I didn’t care about that change in the guy at all. First of all, it was because he was a military gun guy without a fight. To say that he called first and didn’t say anything for a few minutes was too rude, even if it wasn’t polite.

I didn’t think that Reinhardt sent the wave with other intentions.

It was clear that it was intended to call me out no matter who saw it. No matter how low the level of the cadets at the Faculty of Engineering were, they knew how to handle Auras.

“So what do you want to say? Why did you call me here? If you called someone, you should tell them about your business. .”

When I said it as if I was embarrassed, Reinhardt relaxed his face as if he realized something just then. After that, he seemed to organize his thoughts for a while, and then, as before, he moved his mouth slowly.

“I’m sorry. I’ve never talked to anyone outside of my family, so I was thinking about how to start a conversation.”

“Then it can’t be helped. But don’t do that from now on. If you call first, you have to say something. That’s polite. Some guy calls someone and leaves them alone for a few minutes.”

“…I see. Thanks for letting me know.”

Reinhardt nodded, saying that he understood my words.

It’s not some kind of learning golem, and it’s not socialized yet. It would have been easier if I had been angry, but since he reacted like this, I couldn’t say anything to get angry. I wasn’t too angry in the first place, so I shook my hands and accepted Reinhardt’s apology.

In any case, we were all clear and the atmosphere was not bad, so I spoke to Reinhardt in a more relaxed tone.

“Don’t take what I just said too much. Like you, I didn’t know how to start a conversation. Of course, what I pointed out is true, so I’d better fix this later.”

“I see. I’ll keep that in mind.”

As my tone has changed, the stiff expression on his face seems to have loosened up a bit. On the outside, it seemed like the same expressionless expression as before, but I just felt that way.

Since there was no hobby for men holding hands, the two of them let go of their hands at the same time.

After I finished, there was still silence between us, but I didn’t speak like I did before. Reinhardt explained the reason for his silence and I decided to wait until he thought of something to say to me. That was all.

Slowly, the empty seats in the auditorium are beginning to be filled. It is said that there is not much time left until the entrance ceremony begins. Those who seemed to be the main figures of the academy climbed onto the podium. It was also at this time that Reinhardt opened his mouth.

“I heard that Sogaju of the Krause family defeated a pagan cardinal. My grandfather and father explained to me about their strength and danger from an early age, so I became interested in the person who defeated them. I called you to him. It was because.”

All he wanted to ask me was a very simple question.

It didn’t require much thought, and it took quite a long time to say this, but I think he said a lot for Reinhardt, who doesn’t talk much. It was much better than being frustrated and consistent with ‘…’.

As we were having a conversation like this, I suddenly understood why this guy kept his mouth shut in the novel.

This guy is a guy who will open his mouth only when you first approach him and open his mouth.

However, it seems that no one was able to talk to him because his unique atmosphere prevented people from approaching him. Seeing that Reinhardt didn’t feel uncomfortable talking at all while talking to me, it didn’t seem like he hated talking to people.

I answered as Reinhardt wanted, recalling my feelings at that time.

“A cardinal… He was definitely a man like a monster. I don’t know if it’s the characteristic of paganism’s unique divine power, but it felt like he could kill a person just with the air waves he emitted. The fact that his prayers don’t change even though he’s bleeding in the chil-gong is like a living ghost. It was like watching.”

“It’s amazing.”

Is what this guy is saying to me? Or am I talking to the cardinal in my words? I don’t know if I’m surprised that I survived such a guy, or if the cardinal I’ve explained to him is strange.

Anyway, I was listening to the story, so I continued without spitting out such a question.

“But, contrary to the momentum he gave off, I didn’t get the feeling that he was that strong. When I arrived, he was already a half-dead corpse. Plus, his nerves were all focused on Her Highness, the princess in front of me, so it wasn’t difficult to cut him down. Actually, if you want to ask something like this, it would be more accurate to ask the two people who were fighting him first.”

“No. Just saying was enough.”

The face of the guy who said these words was infinitely serious.

We had no choice but to keep our mouths shut at the end of our conversation. Because the entrance ceremony has begun. We had no intention of doing anything else during the ceremony, so Reinhardt and I looked at the podium as quietly as we did when we first sat down.

The entrance ceremony has not changed much from what I knew. After roughly introducing the key figures, the representative of the freshmen came up to the podium and took an oath. After that, even the president’s boring lecture. There was no significant difference from the previous life.

‘Wow! Damien!! Elena!!’

The freshman representatives were Noel and Orcus, but Noel climbed up on the podium and looked around, then found me and Elena. She didn’t say it out loud, but when you look in Noel’s eyes, you can see that she was thinking about that.

The peculiarity is that the head of the Faculty of Engineering did not attend? Originally, the guests only showed their faces, so there was no big problem. The entrance ceremony went off without a hitch.

“Oh, the dean of the department just arrived. I’ll take you there right away.”

No, I thought it was me… At the end of the ceremony, the moderator announced the arrival of the dean.

The response from those in the audience was not very good when it was brought up as a topic again with the closing ceremony in front of the nose, which could have been overlooked. No matter who the department head is, tardiness is not good to see. It was all the more so because students were not the only ones in the audience.

“Then Sir Nicholas Milliam, head of the Faculty of Engineering.

The presenter saw a person coming up on the podium and shut his mouth while making a strange noise. No one tried to point out that kind of look of the host. Because everyone who was watching it felt the same way.

Standing on the podium was a gray-haired old man in a tailcoat, but this was not Nicholas Milliam, who was originally in charge of the faculty. As far as I know, he was a middle-aged man who had just reached his 50s, so it would be hard to call him an old man.

But even though it was the first time I saw him today, I felt like I knew who he was.

I slightly turned my head to look at Reinhardt. The guy who was expressionless when he had talked to me before was now shaking his eyeballs like crazy. I guess he didn’t even know he was coming here.

The old man glanced over the frozen crowd at his appearance and then stopped looking at me. It was literally just a moment, so others wouldn’t even know that he stopped at me once, but I could tell when our eyes met.

I greeted him with a slight nod.

Is blood ties blood ties? I could feel the faint emotion of satisfaction dwelling on the expressionless old man’s face.

“My name is Maximilian Kromel, and I am in charge of the head of the Faculty of Engineering this time. Please take good care of me.”

A muffled voice came out of a small moving mouth. And finally, the surname Cromel.

The Sword Saint has come here.