# 457
Helmut
Episode 457
“Greta Academy?”
“you’re right.”
Helmut glanced at his awkward face and blurted out doubtfully.
“Andro?”
The other person nodded vigorously.
He was a guy who had been with me since the academy transfer exam.
It really has changed so much. Looking at their attire, it looks like they belong to the Imperial Knights of the Empire.
Elaga tilted her head on her shoulder.
[Are you a nerd during your academy days?]
“Alumnus.”
“The cat spoke!”
Andro pointed as if he hadn’t heard about Elaga.
“Ah, it’s a talking cat.”
Speaking softly, Helmut threw Elaga to the floor.
Kyaang!
Elaga, who landed on all fours, cried out nervously.
“Go see.”
[Just watch this guy!]
Leaving it like a villain’s line, Elaga ran away and disappeared somewhere.
Only then was an environment for conversation created.
Andro opened his mouth with a stern expression.
“How surprised I was to hear your news. “Everyone did that.”
A classmate who attended the academy for only one year and then disappeared without any trace.
Asuka, Area, and Xian remained silent, leaving only rumors abound.
The most likely thing is that he was murdered by someone. Helmut was a commoner, so he could have done that if he was unlucky.
Or maybe they left because academy life wasn’t for them.
However, it has been 4 years since I heard about a classmate who disappeared like that. Helmut’s name was almost in vain.
However, the impression of him was so strong that everyone realized it the moment they heard the rumor about him at the general martial arts club.
The Archduke of Rinosa, who was said to have made a grand appearance as the winner of the martial arts competition, is that Helmut!
But wasn’t he a commoner? What happened? You have a sprout of darkness?
It was a series of confusion. It had already been revealed that Asuka was a member of the royal family, but it was even more shocking than that.
The situation changed dramatically and they had to wait and see.
Because each of them belonged to a force that could not move arbitrarily.
Fortunately, the country to which many of Helmut’s classmates belong is the Deus Empire.
The empire naturally sided with Linosa.
And somehow, time passed like a storm and we ended up here. They gathered together here.
To fight no longer as academy classmates, but as comrades who each have something to protect.
Helmut looked around.
Those coming towards me. They were all familiar faces.
Helmut recalled their names one by one from memory.
Dino James Basil Wesley Mitchell… and many more.
In fact, the faces were so different that it was difficult to be sure who was who.
“I guess everyone is doing well.”
It was clear that he ate well and slept well, as his growth was so good that it was unrecognizable.
“Helmut… sir.”
Even the guy who was trying to call him by his first name hesitated and gave him an honorific title.
The opponent was Prince Linosa. Until now, I only knew him as a commoner. Still, Helmut could not be blamed.
Everyone agrees that he had circumstances to do so.
“I was so surprised to hear what happened.”
Helmut calmly looked around at them and finished assessing the situation.
That means they are here.
“Does this mean that I should reflect on my memories before I go to die?”
“No, you don’t have to think like that.”
“We came to fight to protect the wall.”
“I never thought we would meet like this in the banquet hall.”
The banquet held to boost morale became a meeting place.
As they joined in the conversation one by one, the world around Helmut soon became noisy.
Looking at them here, it looks like they went back to their home countries and took up a spot, just like Greta Academy graduates.
It was difficult for ordinary soldiers to deal with the monsters of Pahe Forest, so only elite knights from each country were supplied here.
These were the newbies among the elite.
It’s been less than a year since I graduated from Greta Academy.
‘Is this okay?’
It was a point where it became doubtful whether the wall would hold up well.
They all seemed to be a little worried, as if they thought the same thing.
“I’m nervous about dealing with monsters.”
“I’ve never even seen monsters in my life, but suddenly they come in groups from a place that seems like something out of mythology.”
“They say there’s an uproar because it’s the devil. “I don’t understand.”
Everyone came because the higher-ups told them to go, but some people seemed skeptical or suspicious.
I was even thinking that it would all be just a fuss.
In fact, they haven’t seen anything with their own eyes.
“Indeed Helmut. You said you came from the Forest of Pahe, right? “What kind of place is it?”
Everyone’s attention was focused. Although it may be a sensitive question in some ways, Helmut gave a simple answer.
“It’s a place where you wouldn’t be able to last even a day if we put you in it.”
There was a gap before silence fell and conversation began again.
As Helmut, who came out of the Forest of Pahe right in front of me, said so openly, I started to feel nervous.
Helmut said coldly.
“You will have to fight for your life. “If you want to come back alive.”
This is a warning, not advice.
In silence, they had to nod their heads gravely.
The topic quickly changed.
“By the way. Asuka, that guy. “No, him.”
“Did you know?”
The color of the eyes changed. Eyes filled with old resentment and suspicion poured down on Helmut.
It’s understandable why it’s like that. Even after Helmut disappeared, Asuka must have continued to act like a commoner and run amok until graduation.
Wasn’t there someone who tried to punish Asuka for that? I failed miserably and fell to the bottom.
It was fortunate that the guys here didn’t try that.
Instead, they had to face an unfair and shocking reality, as they had been bullied throughout their school years and had not even taken revenge.
That Asuka is the imperial family of the empire.
The eldest son of Archduke Farnese and the cousin of the Crown Prince!
So you went to the academy pretending to be a commoner, pretending to be persecuted by nobles, and pretending to be a victim?
I was acting like I was a special commoner with incredible talent and skills!
Before speaking to Helmut, they had already expressed their anger by talking among themselves.
But when this topic came up again, I became angry again.
“What a crazy bastard!”
The guy who said those words added, “Oops.”
“There is no subject.”
“that’s right. There is no subject. “We’re talking about some crazy guy.”
“I’m really upset and my nose is stuffy!”
“I thought I had a fever and was going backwards.”
“At first, I couldn’t believe my ears. Can you believe that? “Their attitude, the way they speak, wherever they look…”
They are far from the royal family. That’s why no one doubted his identity.
“No matter where you look, something happens. “What are you talking about?”
It was Asuka who suddenly appeared there.
As someone thought it was Asuka, she appeared like a ghost. They, who had dared to talk behind the royal family’s back, were shocked.
“Did you guys insult me? “I still can’t come to my senses.”
“Oh no!”
“There’s no way we can do that!”
Many of them were members of the Imperial Knights.
Asuka is like heaven to them. Who would have thought it would turn out like this during the academy days?
I knew that even if I met her outside in the future, someone as talented as Asuka would have a decent position despite her dirty personality.
I never thought I would have gone up to the top.
There will never come a time in my life where I can pour out my true feelings in front of him. As well as retribution.
The world was unfair. Even the nobles felt it.
So, in an unfair world, it’s okay to talk behind your back.
Helmut answered softly.
“I didn’t know either. Although I felt a sense of discomfort sometimes. “I only found out recently.”
“What discomfort? “You were swearing at me, right!”
Asuka screamed.
Basically, a guy who gets stabbed gets angrier. Asuka’s attitude was exactly like that.
“And Helmut also lied, so why are you telling me this?”
“I didn’t know exactly about my parents at that point, so I can’t necessarily say it was a lie.”
Helmut coolly drew a line with Asuka.
Asuka was at a loss for an answer and bit her lip.
At that time, his identity was that of a commoner. That was an absolute fact, but he was actually a member of the royal family.
His picture of going to the academy as a commoner and proudly showing a proper attitude to the nobles who started a fight has already been ruined.
It is because the tyranny he perpetrated was too great to make such a claim.
After thinking for a moment, Asuka shamelessly came out.
“As a member of the royal family, I did that to set an example for others! “If you guys had treated me according to the academy’s policy without being concerned about my status, it wouldn’t have mattered.”
It made sense.
Helmut also agreed with that.
“If I had secretly promoted my status as a member of the royal family, you guys, who have nothing to show for their skills or status, would have fallen at my feet and begged for help. “It’s because I don’t want to see that!”
…The unlucky thing was surprisingly still the same.
In the past, I thought they were commoners and looked at them as cute, but now that someone who is a member of the royal family says something like that, I just feel irritated.
The faces of classmates I met after a long time were distorted. Combined with its large size, it was a landscape that looked quite formidable.
“As a result, I successfully graduated from the academy despite the penalty of being a commoner. “How gritty and amazing you are.”
When I said that, I couldn’t deny it, but I didn’t want to admit it either.
I can’t believe you’re telling me I’m so good like that.
‘Royal family and all.’
I felt like challenging him to a duel. Of course, even if you apply, you will lose.
“Stop it, Asuka.”
Helmut dissuaded him.
These are the people who will protect the wall. It is not desirable to lower morale by inflicting a psychological blow.
“You don’t want these guys to curse you to be eaten by monsters in Pahe Forest, do you?”
Some people flinched as if such an idea had actually occurred to them.
Asuka closed her mouth with an uncomfortable expression. He soon opened his mouth and spoke.
“Anyway, if I cheated, I cheated. “I didn’t mean to, but I’m sorry.”
The neck, which had been upright, was slightly bent. It was a sight I had never expected or imagined from Asuka.
Helmut, who didn’t know he would come out like that, was also surprised.
The atmosphere quickly eased because at least sincerity was felt in that stiff apology.
“no. As you said, if I had known that you were a member of the royal family, I would not have been able to treat you comfortably.”
“In fact, you have never benefited from being a member of the royal family at the Academy.”
“I heard that you volunteered for this mission that risked your life.”
“Good luck. I hope you achieve your goal and come back safely. “Both of you.”
The conversation with old classmates went smoothly, as usual. The banquet was ripe.
