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Bittersweet feelings
The lives of the Research Society members have been altered…
While I was hysterically feeling responsible for that, we finally arrived at the gate of the Royal Capital.
The students from both the Magic and Knight Academies were waiting there.
Before the training started, the students from the Magic Academy and the Knight Academy were hostile to each other. But now one can see that they were talking to each other here and there.
The fact that I can occasionally hear laughter means they have mutually accepted each other. Although I think this is one of the most important aspects of the training session… There are about two groups of four Knight Academy students looking awfully depressed.
And close to those students, there were students from the Magic Academy looking puzzled at the sight.
Or rather, they were all members of the Research Society.
“Ah! Your Highness, Shin-kun, Sicily, Maria! Thanks for your hard work!”
“Thanks for the hard work, Alice. What happened?”
“Well, you see… Because we found out how much our magic power has increased, we got carried away using it…”
“And then the students from the Knight Academy started feeling depressed.”
“That’s why I said not to get too carried away…”
“I just got a little carried away. I am reflecting upon it now.”
The people in Alice’s group didn’t look like they acted with prudence. I wonder if they only used magic to subjugate demons? And then the Knight Academy students who didn’t get a turn became depressed…
“In the beginning, we followed Shin-dono’s instructions and controlled our use of magic. Even so, we were able to subdue small-sized demons with one blow…”
“But! Because I thought this wouldn’t do, in the latter half of the training, we suppressed our magic power considerably!”
“And by doing that, it looks like you guys hurt their pride even more…”
“That became more evident halfway through the training.”
Students from the Knight Academy, just like Kreis and the rest, looked like they also had a high sense of pride. Because of the circumstances, I wonder if the students felt like they were not at all necessary.
“Nevertheless, it’s a little satisfying, because those fellows were all looking at us really hatefully!”
“Well… It certainly did feel quite good.”
“It’s good to show them our usefulness once in a while. That’s why we didn’t prevent our groups from doing so. I am now reflecting on it.”
“I, on the other hand, did not receive any hateful glances directed towards me…”
The students from the Knight Academy… are they really that starved for attention of girls?
I wonder about the situation of Tony, Julius, and the others.
“As for us, I was acquainted with people from our group.”
“I [Sessha] am also acquainted with some of the people degozaru.”
“I didn’t know anyone from their side, Sir.”
“Me, too.”
Oh, right. Tony’s family was originally a family of Knights. He probably got acquainted with them when he was learning swordsmanship in the past.
“And they told us that ‘students from the Magic Academy are all weak and only know how to run away!’ as soon as we met them…”
“Because I’m always together with His Highness degozaru, it was my first time seeing it degozaru… And then the atmosphere worsened immediately degozaru.”
“Then, when the time came to subdue demons, we got all serious about it, Sir. And then…”
“Someone who looked like Freed-san’s rival was there… And because of the rivalry with Freed-san, who is now able to use magic, he got fired up…”
[T/N: In case you guys have forgotten, Freed is Tony’s last name.]
“Nevertheless, it was unreasonable for us to use it repeatedly degozaru…”
“Because it broke down the cooperation, the instructor got angry many times, Sir.”
“Although I wanted to use support magic, I was unable to get the right timing to cast it… Even though there were several dangerous situations…”
“In those situations, excitement occurred again, and then got us reprimanded… That kind of cycle kept happening degozaru.”
“That person was a little persistent in regards to Freed-kun, Sir.”
I see, a person who was Tony’s old rival. And because Tony is now also able to use magic, he got really fired-up. How hot-blooded.
“Nn. He has always been like that since we were young. Before I got a chance to respond, he was already charging.”
“Because he considered you as his rival, I guess it couldn’t be helped?”
“Although we got along really well when we were still young…”
“Eh? Is that so.”
“I wonder if it’s because of that? In the past, the person he really liked confessed her feelings to me.”
“That’s definitely the reason why!”
What a cruel thing to do to an adolescent boy!
“And so, in the end, we continued to subjugate demons using our magic.”
“The students from the Knight Academy didn’t get any chance at all, Sir!”
“That really was a little bit dangerous…”
I wonder if they deemed it dangerous to let the students from the Knight Academy join in on the subjugation. That’s humiliating.
“What about Shin-kun’s group?”
“As for our group, we had Shin and Sicily who kept flirting with each other.”
“Wh—! What are you saying, Maria?!”
“Th-th-th-th-that’s right! What do you mean by ‘kept flirting with each other…'”
“No, you guys did flirt.”
“Gus!?”
“You… You really aren’t very self-conscious, are you?”
“Self-conscious about what!”
“If that is not considered as flirting, I wonder how lovey-dovey you guys would look like when you are actually flirting?”
“Ho-how it will look like, you ask…”
“Ahh…”
How would I know that kind of thing?!
“Haaa… How easy-going, Sir.”
“Well, since we were just following Shin during the training, there was some kind of cooperation going on.”
“Shin-dono probably had it all under control.”
“This time, however, Shin usually placed a brake on himself.”
“Since he usually takes the initiative and act recklessly!”
Taking initiative and acting recklessly… That’s probably how it is…
“Hmmm? Walford-kun is looking quite depressed?”
“Eh, it’s true. What happened?”
“Ah, it’s because Shin did various things, so he’s feeling responsible for us.”
“Responsible? Why is that degozaru?”
Since they asked why I was depressed, I told them about what Gus had said earlier. About the course of their lives being dictated the moment they graduate.
“Ah, you’re talking about that. Julius and I already knew about it.”
“We heard it from His Highness degozaru.”
“I guess it’s only natural for the both of you to hear it from Gus.”
It’s probably normal for Thor and Julius.
“Eh? So that means our paths has already been decided after we graduate?”
“Yeah. I’m sorry about that, but that seems to be the case…”
“I did it! My future is now secured!”
“Alice?”
An unexpected response came from Alice.
“I mean, even though you get admitted to the Advanced Magic Academy, it doesn’t mean that your future is set, right?”
“However, the students from the Knight Military Training Academy can immediately get enlisted right after graduation.”
“Since that academy is specifically for training up and coming Officers and Soldiers. It is a special Advanced Academy. However, the students from the Magic, Economic and Law Academies have to choose their careers after graduation.”
“That’s why I said I’m sorry. Because I have selfishly took away everyone’s chances to choose…”
“Sorry about what? Isn’t the unit directly under His Highness? Furthermore, it’s different from the army. Isn’t that super special treatment? There’s no way I can be a part of that under normal circumstances!”
“It is as you’ve said, it’s exceptional special treatment.”
“How awesome, Sir. And I can also be a part of it!”
“I wonder if this is just a dream…”
“If I tell my family about it, they’ll probably be really happy.”
Eh? Everyone is happy about it?
“Is this something everyone should be happy about?”
“Walford-kun, you probably don’t know how wonderful this situation is.”
“No… It’s because I don’t understand that I’m asking you guys…”
And then Rin shrugged her shoulders and shook her head from side to side, as if saying ‘good grief.’
“Earlshide Kingdom’s Special Forces under the direct control of the Crown Price. This is already considered as special treatment. Furthermore, the Special Forces will only move in case of a special emergency, and are in-charge of supervising other countries… So it means that there’s a great chance that we’ll be deployed to other countries.”
“Not just in the Kingdom, but other countries as well?”
I’m feeling more and more apologetic…
“We will become a Special Force which saves the world in times of crisis. There is romance in that.”
“Romance being part of the Special Forces, you say…”
Sometimes, even Rin says something strange!
“In addition, for us to get such special treatment means…”
“It means?”
“We can also expect considerable wages!”
It’s about that!?
Ah! Everyone started nodding!
“In other words… this is the expressway to being an elite?”
“That’s what it means. Geez, as I thought, it’s really a good thing that I decided to join this Research Society.”
“You said it! Meeting Shin-kun is the best luck I’ve ever had!”
“Didn’t it turn out just like I said? That there’s nothing for you to be worried about?”
“I see. If everyone is happy about how it turned out, it would be weird for me to be depressed…”
“That’s how it is.”
Haaa~ Although I was depressed that I’ve taken everyone’s chance to choose their own future… No one seemed to mind it, how lucky.
“Ah, but won’t it be a problem for Mark? You will lose your chance to inherit the workshop.”
“Ah, it’ll be okay with my family since my dad is still active and healthy. There will be no problem if my child is the one to inherit the workshop, Sir.”
“Mark’s child will be the one to inherit the workshop?”
“Well, isn’t that alright? I mean, isn’t the partner already decided?”
“Fufu, it is as you’ve said. Olivia-san will take responsibility, right?”
“Wha—! Wai—! Maria-san! Sicily-san!”
“Hmm, so Bean and Stone have that kind of relationship?”
“Ah, it’s like that after all? I thought they had that kind of relationship when I saw them exiting the workshop together one morning.”
“Heee~ Well done, Mark.”
“Well, about that, please don’t make fun of me, Sir!”
Even in Mark’s family, it didn’t seem it would be a serious problem.
However, in case of an emergency, Gus would probably allow him. There’s not really a reason to prevent them from doing what they want.
“Since I’ll be part of the Special Forces, I want to learn more and more magic. Specifically, I want to learn ‘Gate.'”
“Rin thinks of nothing but that magic.”
That’s right. Since they will be part of the Special Forces who would be responsible for saving the world in times of crisis, I wonder if it would be okay if they’re taught stronger magic?
“Shin… Even though I said I would be responsible of containing the information, I’m already near my limit, alright? So please don’t think of doing anything strange, okay?”
“…These days, I think Gus has been really on-point with what’s on my mind.”
“No, in the case of Shin-kun…”
“It’s really easy to tell because it’s written plainly on your face!”
“Did you not realize it before? You were wearing an expression as if you were in the midst of plotting something, you know?”
What did they say!? I was also found out by everyone else!?
“That said, I wasn’t making any strange expressions!”
“Then, what is it?”
“No, I was thinking that it wouldn’t do if the Special Forces in-charge of saving the world from crisis weren’t strong enough. And then…”
“That’s why I’m saying… that there are limits to certain things!”
Unexpectedly, Gus cried out.
* * *
While Shin and the others were talking about the future of the Research Society, Kreis and the other members of Shin’s party approached the two groups of depressed Knights.
“Aren’t you guys a little too depressed?”
“Isn’t it only natural… I mean what the hell was that? I felt like I wasn’t needed at all!”
A person, who was in the same group as Alice and the others, lamented.
“Since this fellow is impatient and likes to rush into things, the other members treated me like I was useless as well.”
“Do-don’t say something like that… I just didn’t want to lose to that fellow…”
“Isn’t it just because of a personal grudge regarding a woman! Furthermore, the woman also suffered an unrequited love!”
“But you see…”
A person who was in the same group as Tony, Tony’s old rival, burst into tears.
“Because it was a rare chance for me see girls, I wanted to show her my good side… And also because I wanted to get closer to her…”
“The reason you’re depressed is too pathetic.”
“It’s not as if you’re the one to talk!”
When Kreis commented on what was said, Miranda reprimanded him.
“What’s that about? Did something also happen to you guys, Kreis?”
“Walford-kun was also part of our group.”
“Shin Walford, you say! You must have had a hard time…”
“Nothing like that happened, or rather, it was us who were being taken care of. On top of that, in the end Walford-kun showed his cool side and got the girl. And because of that, apart from me, the other three other people got depressed.”
“Miranda! Do-don’t say strange things!”
The students from the Knight Academy who has never seen Kreis act that way looked on, wide-eyed.
And because of that, they got curious about what happened with Kreis’ group.
“Then? What happened afterwards?”
“Ah, in the middle of the training… a demonized tiger appeared…”
“Ti—! Tiger!?”
“Isn’t that a disaster class demon?!”
“And then, Walford-kun immediately took care of it, with a sword to boot.”
With Miranda’s remark, the students from the Knight Academy started to murmur.
“…Hey, isn’t that guy the top student of the Magic Academy? What is he doing defeating a demonized tiger with a sword?”
“Walford-kun’s swordsmanship master… seems to have been Michel Collin-sama.”
“Sword Saint-sama!?”
“Are you serious!?”
“In addition, there was a really cute girl from the Magic Academy who was part of our group, and the three guys fell madly in love with that girl… Apparently, that girl is Walford-kun’s girlfriend. And because the two of them kept being lovey-dovey with each other, the three guys were jealous all throughout the training…”
“I-I wasn’t jealous or anything! Kni-Knights, it is the duty of Knights to protect women!”
“Speaking of girls, there was another one from the Magic Academy.”
“Ab-about that…”
“Also, in the end, the students were tasked to subjugate a demonized bear…”
“Bear!?”
“Exactly how deep did you guys go?!”
“Well, in the last fight, when I was about to be struck by the bear… At that time, I was saved by Walford-kun…”
Kreis was remembering what happened then, and his face turned blue.
When the students from the Knight Academy heard about it, they looked at Kreis with sympathetic eyes.
“Couldn’t do anything about the demonized tiger, the girl was stolen, and was rescued…”
“When I compare myself to that…”
“Ah, we had it easier compared to him…”
“…Even though I had no intention of encouraging these guys…”
This time, Kreis’ status had fallen to the extreme.
Random Message
Advanced Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you all get chocolates~
Thank you!
Poor Guys
Damn it valentine,why does it have to be a celebration.
Thank you for the chapter!!
Complain that to the stores. They wants to capitalize special days for profit.
why is most of the chapter in italics?
it is because tears are distorting your vision
Give away virtual chocolate.
Thank you very much.
Something feels wrong. Its like Shin is breeding Soldiers for war. And the only way to make $ is through jobs like these. Its not like Earth where you have other successful choices. So he thought he was stealing their dreams away. Aren’t these kids being conceited? “Special forces to save the world” the world doesn’t fall on them and I’m sure there are other Kingdoms. This will all bite Shin in the ass one day because hes not learning about the world properly. Shin probably doesn’t even realize how dangerous his teachings is
It was explained for Shin in the previous chapter, if the training he gave his research society, gets out it will turn Earlshide into a superpower, and target for other nations. This is also why they can’t be mixed into other military units, left alone, or allowed to move to other kingdoms. The only way to mitigate the problem is to turn them into an elite reserve unit, just a bunch of WMDs on lock down only deployable by order of the king in times of extreme crisis.
But the payment are good, they didn’t have to be “really” a part of army (just as special unit under king command) which is nice
So basically they are nuclear weapons in human form?
Yes, and they are still being refined for further devastation.
Yes, because someone with no common sense seem to love asking the question “What happens if I made them more powerful?” 😛
As for them “saving the world”, I think chances are high they are going to go all over the place. They are basically WMDs in human form, not SF and I won’t be surprised if other countries will keep “requesting” help to deal with troublesome situations. After all, 1) any student that dies in the line of duty is one less “weapon” to threaten them with and 2) letting the students handle it helps preserve their own forces to use against others.
but would it really matter once all of them are powerful enough? just by virtue of gate magic, i don t think its really possible to force anything on them. by the time he’s done, they will be much stronger than anyone else in their countries. if nothing else, they can just hide from the government, such as by changing their appearance or going to another country where they wont be recognized. i suppose they could be manipulated, but that could happen to anyone with halfway decent strength
…. do you often run away from easy money? lol 🙂
Why are almost all the words italic?
the italic issue should be fixed now
WOOOO!!!! Thank you!!!
Thank you for the Chapter. I really love Magi Grandson.
I’m like my he rest of them forever alone
Not to mention how long it took Merlin, the world’s strongest magic user, to learn it with great difficulty. There’s no way a bunch of kids who have only had a few months of “proper” magic training could learn it quickly.
thanks for the chapter /o/o//
Thanks for the new chapter!
thanks for the chapter
i probably won’t get any chocolate….sad….
i got chocolate . . . from family and obligation . . .
Well Shin didn’t have anyone to teach him Gate he had to create it himself, so of course that would take longer than someone who was taught properly.
As for Merlin taking such a long time I don’t really have an answer for that.
Wasn’t it cause Shin didn’t guide Merlin on teaching him gate step by step? He just told Merlin the process by which he figured it out and then Merlin on his own extrapolated the spell himself to use cause he didn’t want to ask Shin to teach him in full. Which means these guys having Shin teaching them this spell step by step should be able to pull it off eventually lol. Or at least one track minded Rin will lol.
So he took longer to learn it because his pride was getting in the way?
that and see my reply below to KneelToMeHuman
Thanks for the chap!!
This series is always worth a laugh. Thanks for the chapter!
Wow. poor Kreiss. and he was once the role model for the knight students.
also, I think it’s a bit of an exaggeration to say ‘saving the world’. I mean, who the hell are these narcissists? the world isn’t so simple as to need 15 year old students do the saving.
what about OP 15 years old student
Pfffft~ sure, OP 15 year old students can do something about a kingdom or two, but ‘world’? seriously, there’s got to be a limit for being full of yourself. I get that they’re powerful and stronger than the soldiers of their country but exaggerating with being able to save the ‘world’ is too much. I doubt they’d even be able to take a single spell of Ainz’. and let’s not forget that it’s only the ruined empire and kingdom in danger for now. it’s not even an entire continent.
well. it’s the possibility of demon invasion i reminds you. so their target would not be only empire and kingdom (or you could say that it just a beginning)
I want Miranda to join Shin’s group. She is at least more level headed and i like her personality 🙂
Btw, Shin you need to understand other people have different standards! Them, being given a path like that, is more than they could ever ask for!
Thx for the good work!
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Well I know for sure I will not get a single chocolate for Valentine’s I never have and never will. I usually end up making them. Thanks for the chapter
Happy being aware of being single day…
“Couldn’t do anything about the demonized tiger, the girl was stolen, and was rescued”
Triple combo~
dude. . . Shin create and learned “Gate” all by himself without anyone teach him. off course it takes so long. while the other student got guided by him. just like Newton that created/learned gravity law and then we have to learn it in high school.
the reason is simple Merlin is old and his way of imagining things is set in its way and he didn’t have shin teach him how he imagines it see the way gate works is rather simple if you understand the magic which Merlin dose and also understand how shin imagines it which Merlin didn’t understand so Merlin had to figure out how to get the same result as shin while using a different type of imagining think of it like so both now advanced math but one understands how 4 to the 4 power works while the other understands how 2 folded 7 times works both equal 256 so they get the same end result but the imagine process is different Merlin had to figure out the correct way for ‘him’ to imagine it since he couldn’t understand how shin imagined it so in a sense Merlin had to recreate half of what shin had to fully create since he could only use the half he understood hence why it would take him longer then those who can understand shins method of imagining which the research club members can think of Merlin as using the fold method and shin as the one using the power method of math it is easy to calculate that 4 to the 4th power is 256 but if you take two pieces of paper and fold them in half each time getting those two sheets of paper to fold 7 times is hard because each fold is twice as hard to do as the previous now using this analogy it is like so shin knew he wanted the number 256 and he knew he was going to use a power but he didn’t know what his starting number was or to what power he should use which is why it took him so long now Merlin he knew he wanted the number of 256 as well but thanks to shin Merlin also knew that his starting number should be 2 since he knew shin had info that allowed shin to start with a number
twice that which he did hence he knew he would have to start with 2
instead of the 4 shin used but he couldn’t understand what a power was but he knew what folding a number did so he had to find out how many times folding the number 2 was equal to the 4 to the 4th power shin used so that he could also get the number 256 once he did he was also able to use gate to clarify folding a number is metaphorically is equal to how Merlin’s imagines things and the number 2 is metaphorically equal to the Merlin’s use of magic for shin since Merlin taught shin about magic but shin added his understanding of the science to that his starting number was 4 the number 256 is metaphorically equal to being able to use gate and 4th power is metaphorically equal to how shin imagines things with scientific theories so for shin to use warp he had to metaphorically figure out the equation _^_=256 where as Merlin had to metaphorically figure out the how many time in this equation 2(2)= answer take answer times 2 and repeat so many times=256 since that was all he was missing out of his equation
Wat
sorry it simple for me let me try again Merlin understands magic and imagines things as he has learned to over his life time of magic use now shin he learned magic from Merlin so he also know magic the same as Merlin but since he has know how of science when applicable he applies that to his method of imagining now in the world he was before there where scientific theories that could not be proven and therefor could not be used but in this world since there is magic that all you need to do to be able to do magic is A.) have enough magic control so you have enough magic power and B.) be able to make a corresponding mental image he is then able to use the previously unusable theories to make usable mental images for magic such as gate now these scientific theories and know how is beyond what Merlin is able to understand so he can’t use them to make a mental image so he understood the part about magic that shin use and the end mental image but not how shin formed said mental image so he had to find a non-scientific method for his mental image that would give him the same result as shin’s scientific method and as for the research club as shown shin is slowly teaching them science such as with the fire spells and oxygen so they will also be able to use the scientific method for mental images and not have to find out half of the magic for the gate spell since magic spells are made by A+B=C C.) being the use of a spell shin had to correctly figure out how much A+ what form of B gave him the C he desired Merlin just had to figure out how to form B using his method of mental imagining he already knew A and what B should be but not how shin got B i hope this makes things easier to understand
bro. Merlin has takin some time to learn that magic because Shin is only giving “vague” explanation and the end .
while perhaps to member of his team would be guided step by step (just like when he explain how to produce fire magic of his version)
and imagine like you giving your gramps that usualy only using NOKIA 3210 cellphone, with a new android smartphone. and see how long it would takes to master it if you compare with nowadays kiddo.
LoL. we on the same boat pal~
i know the feel man
We’ll get over it, I know we will. We’ll pretend our ship’s not sinking….
(Sung to the tune of King of Wishful Thinking)
Such cruel ending for valentine day
in kreis mind would be screaming “riajuu just go exploded”
Starting to wish Shin had been sent to the Knight School to hide his magic capabilities. I feel like the Knight School characters would’ve been more interesting that way and the magic school characters wouldn’t have been as obnoxious when they were introduced (assuming we take the meeting with Sicily and Maria as being set in stone).Basically Shine couldn’t have (?) bred supersoldiers if he were at the knight school. Oh well, here’s hoping things get better now that the introductions are over.
thanks a lot…
Thanks for the great work.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
GO EXPLODE RIEJUU!!!!!!!!!!!!
*riajuu
Thanks a lot for the chapter.
damn, my ritual to call a storm today is failed, and just able to call a rain.
well, can’t do anything now, thank you for the chapter Cat….
thank you for your hard work!!
I still don’t see how this is not a militarization of Shin? if he was that worried of the skills of the club members they could have just made a separate entity/group that is not tied to any nation to “save”the world. >_>
a new unit named “Demon Slayer Squadron” :p
Nope. “Gate Research…oops, I accidentally killed a demon….Society”. 🙂
“Oops!…I did it again
I learning a new magic, got killed a demon
Oh baby, baby
Oops!…You think I’m a genius
That I’m sent from above
I’m not that powerfull~”
thank for the update
Thanks for the chap~!!!
I see valentine, huh? I too care about deadpool to remember about valentine -_-
thanks for the translation! And wish everyone a (belated) valentine’s day + man’s birthday (人日) as well! 🙂
i only noticed the chapter out today but the comment and the chapter posted around 4 days ago, how ? =_=
Every last bit of that was just sooooooo delicious.XD
But seriously, we NEED to see an actual confession between Shin and Sicily.
The romantic tension is so taut that I can practically HEAR their heart strings twanging!XD
Thanks for the chapter!
they didn’t mention the fact that he killed the 100 demon wave in one hit.
Yes bittersweet indeed.
why do I have to be reminded of that abomination ‘V’ day again.
I was so busy that not even a glimpse of chocolate but also no sight of girl on that day, no… a whole week. Not that there is anyone to give me some in the first place. Now I Feels for these guys in chaptor twice as much.
Why… did I start picturing the characters as Charlie Brown drawings..?
“Good grief!!!”
I never get chocolates. Maybe I might if I had some friends.
Thank you for the chapter!