# 116
Helmut Episode
116
“This guy’s name doesn’t seem to belong to a commoner, but is he a noble or a royal? Who is his teacher?”
“The video extracted from the Earth’s memory, just as it was handed over to headquarters, is everything about this guy’s skills. His publicly known status was a commoner, and according to those who met him, he did not behave like a nobleman.”
“There’s not much you can tell from that video. What was tracked separately?”
“According to what I tracked down and found out about the Butan Company and the Face Mercenary Group that had entrusted the request to him, I came across him by chance and joined him while he was on his way to fulfill a request from the Face Mercenary Group. “Other than that, nothing is known about his past or his identity.”
The Face Mercenaries did not go around talking about Helmut. All that is known is the fragmentary facts conveyed to Butan Corporation.
Everyone was silent about whether Helmut was injured and lying down or where they had encountered him.
It was also due to the mercenary’s habit of keeping a distance from dangerous opponents.
This unusual guy named Helmut will definitely be involved in something dangerous in some way.
That’s why they also noticed that Helmut left without telling them where he was going.
“Is this a monster that fell from the sky? “Then I will ask you directly.”
“Are you here to deal with this guy?”
“Okay, we’ll have to talk first.”
As if it was nothing more than a formality, an eerie smile peeked through the cracks in the mask.
“A guy like that is bound to have power. “If he appeared in the world alone, he wouldn’t be someone you shouldn’t touch.”
“What if it was someone you shouldn’t touch?”
That’s why Anton waited for instructions from superiors.
If the opponent belongs to some hidden force, is a descendant of a great swordsman, or has a great swordsman as a teacher.
There wasn’t too much information.
“I’ll have to kill him and shut his mouth. “The dead don’t speak.”
There are ways to elicit words from the dead. But that also requires a corpse to be used. What good is it if you kill them and don’t even let them find their bodies?
“If you need anything, please let me know.”
Now it’s out of his hands. Anton bowed his head. This time, the relationship between Helmut and Black Hawk will definitely come to an end.
*
“Is everyone gathered?”
The morning the hunting outing began, the campus was unusually full of horses. This is because each student brought their own horse. The horse was heavily loaded.
About a dozen people, including instructors Alan and Patricia, unpacked the luggage and inspected it for prohibited items.
Some of the dogs were deprived of food and drink and were in tears.
“Oh, that drink is expensive!”
“Instructor, please!”
“Who brought something like this? Good. “Our employees will enjoy luxury.”
Neither instructor raised an eyebrow despite the students’ appeals.
Confiscated items were piled up on one side. It was literally confiscated. It looks like they will keep it and not return it.
Instructor Patricia looked at the luggage of Asuka, a person of interest, and made a bewildered expression.
“Asuka, we are going on a hunting outing, not a commercial trip.”
“i know. But you never know, right? “Maybe it would be useful to buy this or that?”
“Yes, it’s good to have motivation, Asuka. I hope you go and stay quietly. “Don’t get into an accident.”
If Asuka had decided to stay at Greta Academy due to circumstances, either Instructor Patricia or Alan would have welcomed her with open arms.
But Asuka didn’t do that. His face is full of anticipation, as if he was wondering when he hated it at first.
Instructor Patricia’s nagging changed her expression. The guy said bluntly.
“I am the second year student of the swordsmanship department. “What are you talking about to an honor student like me?”
“There is no law that says honor students are not troublemakers. “If you’re hunting, don’t shoot arrows at your classmates!”
“Oh, it’s not like that.”
“Yes, Helmut. I’m counting on you.”
“yes.”
Taking on problem children was something I had now become accustomed to. Helmut looked at Asuka’s grumbling head and then turned his attention to his horse.
It was a white horse that I had not seen in a long time. The one I received in return for a request from Cheringen. It seemed happy to be purring and snorting.
Kudrow may have been living in luxury at the mansion, but if it were a horse, he would prefer to run outside.
“What is this guy’s name?”
When Asuka asked, Helmut hesitated for a moment. Did you name it? I don’t remember anything like that.
“What would be better?”
“What are you saying?”
“I guess you’re right, but I didn’t name it.”
“He’s an indifferent guy. “Build it now.”
“It’s a name.”
It was a difficult task for Helmut, who had never given a name to anything in his life.
Asuka smiled crookedly at him as he pondered.
“Why don’t you name it Area?”
It was calculated that Area would dislike it immensely. Helmut stared intently at the white horse.
It doesn’t look much like Area. There was a more suitable name for a white horse with a ferocious personality that was not easily tamed.
“What do you call Asuka?”
Asuka distorted her face and got angry.
“Why are you naming it after me? Creepy!”
“Why are you giving me goosebumps? “They told me to name it after Area.”
Helmut learned one thing after hearing Asuka criticize him for not having common sense.
The reason you use someone’s name as the name of your pet is when you have a special relationship with that person. Lover or family. Hearing that story gave me goosebumps.
‘Asuka, you almost got into big trouble.’
This is also an absolute specification. If I had found out later, I would have wanted to kill either Asuka or Mal.
After some deliberation, the horse’s name was decided on White. White because it’s a white horse. Asuka grumbled that the naming sense was incredibly simple.
“What is your horse’s name?”
“whiskey.”
“…Name of drink?”
“Yeah, it’s cool, right?”
Asuka shrugged her shoulders.
‘Cool? Where.’
Although he thought it was no different from his own, Helmut nodded vaguely.
As soon as the baggage inspection was over, a briefing followed. Immediately everyone got on the horse. The schedule had to be rushed.
“Now let’s go! “We have to run diligently today to reach the campsite, so follow us in time!”
The schedule wasn’t that complicated. The swordsmanship department’s events have a rough feel. It is neither luxurious nor noisy. First of all, the instructors had no motivation to come up with a grand plan.
On the first day, we ride horses all day and enter the campsite in the Pedica Forest, adjacent to Baden.
The total number of second graders is about 100. A campsite that could accommodate this many people was not common.
The campsite in the Pedica Forest, where students often flock from Baden for experiential learning at the academy, was quite well-equipped.
On the first day, we move and enter the campsite by afternoon. Then you are given some free time.
After preparing for camp, we have a barbecue party in the evening. Until the first day, it really felt like a picnic.
But the trouble began on the second day. On the second day, a hunting competition is held.
The winner is the one who catches the best game. It was said that separate awards will be given depending on ranking.
The third and fourth days are group activities. The group was divided into a total of 12 groups with about 8 people.
Second-year students in the Department of Swordsmanship each group move to a specific area of the Pedica Forest and have a camping experience for three days and two nights from the third to the fifth day.
Helmut’s group was Group 9, and before departure, each member was given a piece of paper with their names written on it.
Helmut Askar Andro Mitchell James Basil Dino Wesley.
They knew half of them and didn’t know half of them.
Since there are so many people in the swordsmanship department, most of them are people who have never even spoken to each other.
Of course, Helmut and Asuka knew that.
The members of Group 9 had to accept being in the same group as Asuka as fate.
On the fifth and final day of group activities, you must return to this campsite by noon to join the group. When everyone is reunited, they return to Greta Academy.
A total of three managers are dispatched from the academy. Instructor Patricia Allan and Professor Dwayne of the Faculty of Magic.
It is known that monsters do not live in the Pedica Forest adjacent to Baden. But it was not an absolute fact. You can also climb over the mountain range.
First of all, a forest is a wild place. Although it is full of students from the department of swordsmanship, the wizard Professor Dwayne has been dispatched to prepare for any dangerous situation.
The start was smooth. The sky was clear and the sun shone brightly.
The hunting excursion procession went straight to the road through the gate inside the Greta Academy, adjacent to the forest, without passing through Baden. The horse ran along the road at a canter.
‘It’s been a while since I left Baden.’
Riding a horse in the cool breeze feels refreshing. It’s a completely different feeling from when you practice swordsmanship alone in a small training hall.
The Forest of Pahe was a huge prison, but it was free, and Helmut could feel freedom as he left Baden and headed to the Pedica Forest.
A life that feels like spinning on a hamster wheel. It’s not that we don’t feel pleasure from time to time, but we constantly repeat the same process, whether to become stronger or to become human.
Attending Greta Academy was more novel than the days in Pahe’s Forest. But as he rode away from there, Helmut realized something.
Before coming to Baden, I had some free time even though it was a short trip. That he enjoyed it at that time.
Asuka screamed, probably feeling the same way.
“I feel like I’m alive now that I’m out of Baden. “I still have to go to the damn Greta Academy for over four more years!”
“If I graduate and become a knight, I will have to live a more frustrating life than if I went to the academy. “You better enjoy this moment.”
Andro muttered next to him. Although there was no need to go together as a group yet, the members of Group 9 were somehow following Helmut and Asuka around them.
Asuka had a personality that discriminated based on ranking. He decided that Andro, who was in third place, was worthy of being talked to.
“Who will become a knight?”
“So are you going to become a mercenary? “There aren’t many things you can do by learning a sword anyway.”
Andro’s friends added their words.
“Yeah, mercenaries aren’t bad either. “It’s perfect for living freely without being tied down anywhere.”
“Asuka, even if you graduate, it’s going to be hard to go anywhere and get a job as an engineer.”
“Even in our family, it’s a no-no.”
“Why is it difficult for me to write articles? “If your skills are as good as mine, shouldn’t you be grateful?”
Asuka was both excited and curious. When looking at just her skills, Asuka was a talent everyone could covet.
Although she has been somewhat overshadowed since Helmut appeared, by the time Asuka graduates from the Academy, she will have reached a level where most knights are looked down upon.
