Peace Hunter

It was 4:00 a.m.

I was sparring with Miss Violetta as usual. I was currently rapidly attacking her with my sword. Miss Violetta seemed to be having a hard time blocking my rapid attacks. After a while of rapidly attacking her, I decided to increase my strength to launch the final attack in a series of rapid attacks. After that, I immediately attacked Miss Violetta with my sword. Miss Violetta managed to block my attack again. However, despite successfully blocking my attack, Miss Violetta was immediately pushed back several meters afterward.

"You've really improved a lot, Rid. Well, that's understandable since you're a fourth-year student now," Miss Violetta said.

"I do realize I've improved, but I haven't improved as much as you think. When I attacked you just now, you didn't use much of your power, right? That's why you were pushed back," I said.

"I didn't use much of my power, but I used it just like I usually do when we spar. Previously, when I blocked your attack, it couldn't push me back. But this time, your attack pushed me quite far from where I was standing. That's why I said you've improved significantly," said Miss Violetta.

"Perhaps what you said is true. I've improved significantly, but I still can't beat you," I said.

"I can't beat you either. So far, we've been evenly matched during our sparring sessions. I wonder who would win if we fought at full power," said Miss Violetta.

"Of course, Miss will win," I said.

"That's not certain; you could win, Rid. But we can't use our full power during sparring because it could cause damage to the area where we're sparring. That's why I wonder who would win if we both used our full power. Unfortunately, we can't do that during sparring," said Miss Violetta.

Then Miss Violetta fell silent, as if contemplating something. A moment later, she spoke again.

"I know a way for us to compete at our full strength. Since you're already a fourth-year student, how about you take a special exam against one of the royal army commanders? I'm also a commander, so you'll definitely face me if you take the exam. Your opponent will be chosen randomly, but there's a 20% chance I'll be your opponent. If I'm chosen, we can finally fight at full strength to determine who wins," Miss Violetta said.

"Hmm, a special exam against a royal army commander, huh? I won't be taking that exam, Miss," I said.

"Why don't you take that exam? I think you have a chance to pass it. If you defeat the commander, you can graduate from this academy immediately without having to wait until the end of the school year," Miss Violetta said.

"Yes, I know that, miss. However, if I succeed in defeating the royal army commander who is my opponent in the special exam, I will graduate immediately from the academy, but I will not be able to be near Irene. I still need to be near Irene to protect her because one day someone or a group of people might attack Irene when I'm not around. Therefore, I don't want to take the special exam. I don't want to graduate from this academy immediately and be separated from Irene," I said.

"Hmm, I see. Well, your reasoning makes sense. Since Princess Irene is a member of the San Lucia family, there is a possibility that she will be the target of an attack by those planning the assassination of Her Majesty the Queen and the entire San Lucia family. Although so far there have been no signs of an attack on Her Majesty the Queen and the entire San Lucia family, with the main perpetrators of the assassination still undiscovered, we still have to be vigilant. Because they could suddenly launch an attack on their target," said Miss Violetta.

"I think so too, miss. I'm still wary of those who planned the murder even though there have been no signs of movement or attacks from them. The last attack they carried out was during the attack on Aston village which occurred a year and a half ago. It's been quite a long time since there were any more movements or attacks since then," I said.

"Yes, I suspect the perpetrators are planning something big in the future. That's why they haven't made any more movements or attacks for the past year and a half. Anyway, you stay alert, Rid. I will also remain vigilant and tighten security at this academy," said Miss Violetta.

"Ok, miss," I said.

"Hmmm, something occurred to me. You said earlier that if you managed to defeat the royal army commander, you would definitely graduate from the academy. Doesn't that mean you're quite confident you can defeat one of the royal army commanders who will be your opponents?" asked Miss Violetta.

"That's just a hypothesis, miss. I'm not confident enough to defeat one of the royal army commanders," I said.

"If you're not confident, wouldn't it be fine if you took the special exam? You're bound to lose anyway, since you said you weren't confident in taking the special exam," said Miss Violetta.

"I still won't participate, miss. I'm preventing the worst from happening," I said.

Miss Violetta smiled after hearing my words.

"Okay, if you still don't want to come, I won't force you. Now, let's continue our sparring," said Miss Violetta.

"Yes, Miss," I said.

-

An hour later, at the third-year training ground.

Since we hadn't entered our fourth-year classes yet, we weren't recognized as fourth-year students, even though we had the points to become fourth-year students and had exchanged them for platinum badges. So, we were still using the third-year training ground as our training ground.

After practicing there for quite some time, we decided to take a short break.

"We're finally fourth-year students, huh? That means we're the most senior students in this academy," said Charles.

"Yes. But being fourth-year students also means we only have one more year left at this academy. After that, we'll graduate and we'll all go our separate ways," said Noa.

"You're right, Noa. After graduation, I'll definitely return to the royal palace. What about you, Noa?" said Charles.

"I might enlist as a royal knight after graduation," Noa said.

"I hope that when you become a royal knight, you'll be stationed in the capital of San Estella or the royal palace so we can meet and talk often, Noa," Charles said.

"Yes. But if I'm not stationed in the capital of San Estella or the royal palace, it might be very difficult for us to see each other. Because of that, please don't forget me and the others, Charles," Noa said.

"Of course, how could I forget you," Charles said.

I'd been with Noa and Charles, but I'd been quietly listening to their conversation. But this time, I decided to speak to them.

"Why are you two already talking about breaking up like that? There's still a year left before we graduate. It's better to think about what we'll do in the year before we graduate, rather than worrying about things after we graduate. If you keep thinking about things after you graduate, it'll become a burden on your minds," I said.

"Well, you're right, Rid. We'd better think about what we're going to do this year," said Charles.

"What are you going to do this year, Rid? Since you're already a fourth-year student, are you going to try to take the special exam to fight one of the royal army commanders?" asked Noa.

"No, I won't take the special exam. I'll continue my daily life at this academy until the end of the school year," I said.

"But if you take the special exam and win against one of the royal army commanders, you can graduate from this academy quickly. I'm confident that with your strength, you can defeat one of the royal army commanders," said Noa.

"Yes, I'm confident of that too. Your strength is far beyond that of an academy student. I know this because I've often sparred with you and lost," said Charles.

"You two are overreacting. I'm still nothing compared to the royal army commanders in this kingdom. So I won't take the special exam," I said.

"What a shame. If you had taken the exam, I would have watched it. Not just me, the other students would have watched it too. They're so excited to see the match between the strongest student in this academy and one of the royal army commanders of the San Fulgen kingdom's military," said Charles.

"I would definitely have watched too," said Noa.

I fell silent after hearing what they both said.

"First it was Miss Violetta, then now it's Charles and Noa. Why are you all so confident that I can defeat one of the royal army commanders of the San Fulgen kingdom?" I thought.

-To be continued

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