106 – level difference(1)

The next day after returning to the dormitory, I woke up early in the morning.

Considering that I woke up right after returning to the dormitory the night before, this shouldn’t be too strange, but the problem was what caused me to wake up.

If it was a normal case, I would have gone outside thinking that my morning training time had increased, but I didn’t feel like it now.

“Something…something is strangely uncomfortable.”

I feel a sense of alienation that I did not feel the day before.

It’s a feeling that I can’t pinpoint exactly, so I think it’s even more nerve-wracking. After sitting for a few minutes and thinking to myself, nothing bothered me, so I decided to assume that I wasn’t used to this room yet.

“I can’t do that.”

The dormitory I unpacked, the Phlox Coffin, was built with care by the imperial family, so the internal facilities were luxurious. It was only natural that the academy run directly by the imperial family had any flaws, which could affect the authority of the imperial family.

There is a servant in the dormitory itself, so it is always managed, and all the furniture that is basically given to the room, along with the bedding, are all high-quality items that can only be used in prestigious aristocratic families. It wasn’t for nothing that I was impressed when I touched the bed last night.

The environment itself is pleasant.

The room I was assigned was also sunny and open, so the view when I opened the window was not bad, and I liked it.

If I were to add a little exaggeration, I wouldn’t feel much different from my room when I was living in the lord’s castle. There were no major problems with the room itself.

In the first place, I was confident that I could treat it like my own home even if I slept on a bale of rice in a tent that was only made to block the wind, so I can’t hear this feeling that the place where I sleep has changed. But I did not set out to find the cause here.

There must have been another reason, but running around from morning to find the cause of this strange feeling is not acceptable. It’s not like training, and there’s nothing good to lose strength from the morning.

Even if there is still some time until class, it is unclear whether the cause can be found within that time. It would be a wiser choice to do what you can finish in time than to do what you can’t finish in time.

The luggage sent to the dormitory is still unpacked from the bag.

For the rest of the time, let’s decorate the room…

Decorating is all about laying out the clothes and items you brought, but there is nothing like it to pass the time. That strange feeling hasn’t gone away yet, so it’s better to do this and turn your attention elsewhere.

[Uh.. aaa!! Now, wait…wait…stay!!]

[■■■■■-!!]

“What are you talking about again?”

As I unpacked my bag and started decorating my room, I suddenly heard a commotion from the next room. The noise from the next room was too loud to blame for the soundproofing, so I went out the door, wondering if something had happened.

I guess I was the only one who heard this, since no one came out when I opened the door.

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Maybe it was because there was no room other than mine that was attached to the far end of the hallway where the sound came from. In fact, when I came out into the hallway, I couldn’t hear the sound from the next room. I knocked on the door to the next room with some doubts.

smart-

[Yes!! Please wait! I’m leaving soon!!]

The voice heard through the door is somewhere familiar.

just as expected. When the door opened, the person I saw was someone I knew very well.

“Ah. Prince Damian?”

“Richard. You were in the room next to me.”

A boy with scarlet hair resembling a sunset looked up at me with a messed up look.

I never thought Richard Erthuwen was the owner of the room next to me. It’s a coincidence, but what kind of coincidence is it? Although he returned late the day before and could not confirm, who would have known that such a meeting would continue for two days in a row. When similar incidents happen consecutively, the sense of reality is a little lower.

But apart from that, the owner of the room was an acquaintance, so it was fortunate that there was less awkwardness in talking to him.

There was no sign that he was uncomfortable with me like he had been before. It seems that he has completely shaken it off now, and is just genuinely surprised that I am in the room next to him. It’s not like he can read people’s minds, but he doesn’t feel the same way he did before.

“Uh, um… that’s it.”

Richard opened his mouth in a slightly trembling voice as he met my eyes. This sounded like he knew what I was knocking on the door for. I can’t give you an answer right away, but it looks like there’s something I want to hide.

I opened the window for a while, checked my surroundings, and replied:

“Do you have a cat too?”

“Yes?”

“A while ago, I heard voices that sounded like they were arguing about something in the room. I didn’t think the voices other than Confucius belonged to people, but if you’re bringing a pet, you’d better lock the door.”

When I tried to divert the topic, Richard quickly responded and continued.

When I checked with my senses, there was no sign of human beings in the room other than Richard. There were traces of a peculiar feeling, but it doesn’t seem like a big deal that others have to intervene in, so there’s no reason to dig into Richard’s personal history, so let’s ask this question here.

I didn’t have to say anything about Richard raising a chimera in his room.

“Ah…well, of course I should. Thanks for the advice. By the way, I never thought that Prince Damian would be in the room next to me.”

“Because I came in late yesterday so I didn’t have to meet you. Please take good care of me in the future.”

When I handed him over, Richard took a moment to catch his breath, then took my hand with a more relaxed smile.

“Yes. I look forward to seeing you in the future.”

***

Richard and I had a brief chat afterward, then decided to part ways. It was because class time was right around the corner.

After finishing the preparations and coming out of the building, different marks on the arms of the students coming out come into view.

This gave me one more reason why I was surprised to see Richard.

The markings on their arms indicated which department the students belonged to, and the difference between them was that they were a mixture of cadets from the Knights Faculty and the Magic Faculty. For some reason, I naturally assumed that the owner of the room next to me was from the Faculty of Engineering.

But if the owner of the next room had been Reinhardt, he probably wouldn’t have been as surprised as before.

“Damian.”

I heard that even a tiger will come when I say it. At just the right time, Reinhardt appeared in front of me and started talking to me.

Judging from the moisture remaining on his head, it seemed that this guy had been training since the morning. Seeing as there is a bit of regret in the eyes looking at me, I wonder if I’m disappointed because I’m not in the training room.

“It’s not so good to be lazy to skip morning training. No matter how far ahead you are, if you relax, you’ll fall behind.”

“It’s amazing how it doesn’t go beyond expectations…Wait, I met someone I knew in the morning. Reinhardt, what floor are you on in the dorm?”

“Room 306.”

“I’m in room 509. But the room next door is an acquaintance of mine. I didn’t know because I went in late the day before, but we ran into each other in the morning. You should go say hello later too. I thought he wouldn’t have any friends, so wouldn’t he like it if he had a new friend?”

“….good.”

Reinhardt immediately cleared his face and nodded.

Actually, I don’t know if Richard has no friends, but wouldn’t it be nice if everyone had friends like this? Even if it was only in the original work, now we have a common denominator called me. Thinking about the future, there is nothing wrong with being close to each other.

Of course, it’s up to Reinhardt and Richard to get to know each other, but I don’t think it’s a bad feeling.

“He’s from the Faculty of Magic, so you’ll only be able to meet him after classes are over. You’ve probably heard the name. Richard Ertuwen…”

“Damian.

The flow of the story seemed to move on to what had happened in the morning, but suddenly Reinhardt called my name and raised his hand to the sword he had been given as an academy cadet.

It wasn’t that he was trying to pull out his sword, he just put his hand on the sword bottle. However, the face of the guy who put his hand on the sword seemed to be prepared for something.

A tingling sensation similar to the entrance ceremony pierces the skin. Reinhardt, who changed the atmosphere around him, spoke slowly again.

“Do you know what class we have today?”

“Are you talking about the timetable? First of all, the first class is knight theory, and then swordsmanship…”

I thought, ‘Could it be?’ When I looked at him, he nodded his head.

“That’s right. I heard that the departments of the Faculty of Knights have sparring with each other from the first day. It’s natural. There is no need for words to know each other’s skills. It is enough to prove oneself with a sword.”

Reinhardt finished talking here and looked at me without a word.

He didn’t say more, but I felt like I knew what Reinhardt was talking to me about.

I answered the guy’s words.

“Okay. I’ll prove it.”

Let’s see how much of a difference there is.