Chapter 86. How to eradicate violence (1)
‘Huh?’
Julien’s eyes widened.
It was Julien who raised his head with his own determination. He had decided to ask Lloyd what had happened in Cremo.
However, the moment I lifted my head, all that resolution and resolution were blown away.
When I saw Lloyd’s face, that thought disappeared?
It wasn’t.
The back of Lloyd sitting across the table.
It was because he spotted a figure approaching over his shoulder.
‘Diego?’
They were students of the same academy.
He was also the same age as you.
However, he was much bigger than himself.
Of course, he was strong and his voice was booming.
But fortunately, since we entered the academy around the same time, we were able to get along.
At least, that was the case for the first month or so after entering here.
But after that….
“Julian Frontera. I must have made it clear to you not to eat in plain sight in your dormitory.”
Diego’s voice approached and growled low.
The voice pierced one eardrum menacingly.
Julien unconsciously lowered his head.
I saw Diego’s ragged hands on the table.
‘Why is it now?’
Julien was resentful of this situation.
It had been a long time since I had met Lloyd. I was trying not to be pushed back in the spirit fight with my older brother, who was always like a dog.
But, of course, he ran into Diego, who growled as if he were going to devour him if he saw only himself here and now.
Too bad, too bad luck.
“Uh, that….”
“What is that?”
“….”
Julien licked his lips.
Diego’s gaze looking down at Julien gave him a kind feeling.
‘Anyway, a corrupt and unlucky guy.’
Diego hated Julien.
Of course, it wasn’t like that from the beginning.
When he entered Magenta University’s academy here, Diego was a loner.
I didn’t know a single face because I came from a far country.
However, there was someone who reached out to him.
It was Julien.
‘Hey, I came here yesterday too.’
only one day difference.
between entering the church at the same time.
Besides, it turned out that my hometown was very close.
It became a will in a desperate situation.
That’s how I became best friends with Julien.
It stuck around for a whole month.
And then I was surprised.
Julien was a smart and clever guy.
Grammar, rhetoric, logic, law, natural philosophy, geometry, and even astronomy, he easily understood and mastered most of the subjects that others find difficult.
Besides, he was sincere.
Sharing a room in the dormitory, Diego had never seen Julien oversleep.
He always woke up an hour earlier than everyone else. I washed up neatly, ate breakfast in a neat outfit, and prepared for the day’s lessons early.
so admired
for just one month.
‘Because I realized in one month that I don’t need all that smartness and diligence here.’
Diego inwardly snorted.
A fact I realized after a month of living in the academy.
When I remembered that, I burst into laughter.
The Magenta University Academy was an institution established for the study of noble children.
However, for the students here, studying was not very important.
In fact, there was something else that was far more important than studying.
It was the prestige of the family.
It was the formation of personal connections through family.
It was a political affair based on the network formed.
From that early on, they strengthen the relationship between the families and build their own sanctuary with the cartel. keep Take that relationship for life. Even after each person inherits the family name, they continue to take it. Concern about the relationship and keep the power.
A group of implicit interests only for such aristocrats. their own cartel.
The essence of this academy was to lay the groundwork for that relationship.
‘It’s funny. But it’s an undeniable truth.’
the world is power
Keep your power tight through relationships.
The work should be given to those who have studied hard.
From the moment he realized the truth, Diego changed.
‘Starting today, stop pretending to know me.’
The first thing Diego did was to stay away from Julien.
With a serious face, he warned Julien not to pretend to be friendly.
Julien showed a puzzled reaction at first.
It seemed that he had no idea what this word meant.
So, in order to convey the meaning of this side, I gave a hand jjigeom.
After bruising one eye, he finally became docile.
As such, the reason he distanced himself from Julien was simple.
‘Because I’m the son of a scrap baron in the countryside.’
The lowest among the nobility.
He had neither power nor prestige.
So there was no reason to be friendly.
No, there was even a risk that he would end up on the same bottom level if he stayed friendly.
That would be the worst, thought Diego.
‘Because my family isn’t that famous either.’
In fact, Diego’s family was only a viscount.
Thanks to its own specialties, the economic situation was good, but it did not dare to be a bar to the real aristocrats of the royal capital.
So Diego became servile.
He clung to the top ranks of the academy.
The king also catered to the children of aristocratic families.
If there was something to do, they moved as their hands and feet.
In the meantime, he did not forget to bully the descendants of low-ranking families like Julien from time to time.
It was an action to continuously inform the surroundings that he was clearly different from the children of lower families and drew a line.
In other words, Diego became a devoted hunting dog for the descendants of the royal family.
It was the same now too.
Hounds prove their existence by hunting.
Diego pressed his face close to Julien’s face as if observing prey.
“I am asking you now. Why did you think of eating here?”
“….”
“answer.”
“Uh, that….”
“that is?”
“Today things are a bit so….”
“situation? what situation?”
“….”
“When someone comes to see you, you just don’t talk and an exception is applied, right? huh?”
“….”
“What do we learn in law class? The law is not soft. But now you are breaking the rules.”
“….”
“What were the rules here?”
“that….”
“Those who are from the baron family do not eat recklessly where they can be seen. because. because it’s annoying did you forget?”
“….”
Julien’s mouth closed.
He bit his molars hard.
I wanted to refute. I wanted to put a point on that nonsense bullshit.
But I couldn’t.
If you do, you will be in a bad mood.
No one protects you like that. Even if you cry out that it is unfair, no one will listen.
The reason is simple.
Because their family is much stronger.
The memories of bullying and helplessness that had already been carved into his body dozens of times suppressed Julien’s repulsive feelings.
Instead of rebelling against Diego, Julien turned his attention to Lloyd.
Eyes calling for help?
It wasn’t.
‘Don’t mind me.’
He said with his eyes towards Lloyd.
Please do not interfere with the situation you are seeing.
Because if I interfered and the matter grew, I would become someone in the family. You will be drawn into a futile dispute.
So please pretend you don’t know.
Pretend you didn’t see it and move on.
So, Lloyd, who was watching the situation, responded with his eyes.
‘huh. of course. why me?’
Lloyd shrugged.
His eyebrows raised as if showing off.
In fact, at first, I wondered what the situation was like.
But with only a brief glance, I was able to grasp the rough framework.
It was because it was a common sight in Korea.
‘What’s obvious? It’s bullying and bullying.’
outcast.
school violence.
It was a sight that I saw on a daily basis when I was born and raised in Korea.
Of course, he had never been hurt by anyone.
However, it could be witnessed countless times around.
even in elementary school.
Even in middle school or high school.
There was always a jungle-like logic of power behind the classroom.
The so-called prosperous Iljins are clingy clinging to such Iljins.
Once I was filmed by those guys, my school life became very difficult. No, it wasn’t just about getting tired.
All kinds of inhuman harassment and exploitation followed naturally.
Everyone is shy, but being close to everyone.
It is something that Korean students cannot stay away from.
It was school violence.
But it didn’t seem to be any different here.
‘Because this is also where people live.’
Lloyd looked at Julien across the table.
He was short in stature and dwarf in stature.
Besides, the family crest is not good.
Of course, if you look at the standard of the entire population of this kingdom, even the status of a baron is great.
However, the problem was that this place was the Magenta University Academy.
‘Because only those who received a recommendation from the nobility are eligible for admission.’
Julien was also recommended that way.
He entered the school with the support of a baron.
And among the students of this academy, he must have been stigmatized as the lowest rank.
But Lloyd did not untie his arms.
I just watched the situation.
Because of Julien’s request?
It wasn’t.
‘Let’s watch it for now.’
I didn’t want to rush into it.
He is just a casual passer-by. He is someone who may visit this place for just one day and never come back.
But what if you intervene in this situation and increase your work?
stop that threat
defeat that threat.
and go back
What if you don’t come back?
What if only Julien was left here alone?
‘Only that guy will suffer more.’
The relief and relief are only momentary.
More harsh bullying than before will greet Julien.
Lloyd had already witnessed such a scene countless times in Korea.
‘So let’s start by figuring it out.’
Lloyd’s eyes widened as he watched the situation.
How far can Julien stand up to himself in this situation? What level of bullying would Julien be?
What method would you use to cut it off?
What preparations will be required in the process.
Lloyd silently watched the situation, thinking and calculating.
In the meantime, Diego’s words and actions toward Julien gradually crossed the line.
Diego raised a palm as large as a pot lid.
He patted the crown of Julien’s small head.
“That’s why you and your family should all tremble. okay? To be honest, do you have anything to offer your family? ozone? clear water? The sleazy, dirty peasants? What else is there?”
tuk tuk.
“On the other hand, in our family? There are specialties that are recognized throughout the kingdom, right? do you know Laconata. Last year, my father presented it to His Highness, too?”
Took touk!
“So, if you’re from a family that’s like a beggar, please go around being a bit sloppy, huh? Eating somewhere out of sight. okay?”
Tuk to puck!
The palm struck Julien’s head.
The power in that palm grew increasingly ferocious.
At first, I wanted to touch it, but later, I took a picture of the top of my head as if I was going to hit it.
“So, stop talking about me, huh? Aren’t you snowing?”
“….”
Julien couldn’t even resist and accepted the violent act intact. The only defense I tried with my small stature was clumsily covering my head.
Thanks to that, the guy’s sleeves were slightly rolled up.
A forearm was visible between them.
The forearms were bruised.
From old, yellowed bruises.
Even the clear bruises that had just appeared.
Julien’s slender forearms were literally bruised.
It didn’t happen in a day or two.
the moment you see it
Lloyd made up his mind.
And I chewed on a clue I had just heard.
‘Laconata. also. I thought it was a face I had seen somewhere.’
Lloyd’s eyes grew cold as he looked at Diego.
Calculations ran wild in my head.
operation was established.
action and outcome. action and reaction. A thread that gets entangled and unravels. Prediction and process. to the ultimate conclusion.
“Negu, what are you doing?”
with one hand resting on his chin.
I asked in a low but low voice.
Diego’s hand, which was slamming it at Julien, stopped.
His gaze returned to this direction for the first time.
“what?”
Diego’s eyebrows twitched as he looked at Lloyd.
He cast a ferocious glance at Lloyd, who had just mentioned his father.
‘What is this again?’
I saw him sitting across from Julien from earlier.
Still, it was Diego who ignored it.
I thought it was a visitor who came to see Julien, who was a ragtag guy anyway. Since he’s a shaggy friend, he assumed that he would be the same chubby guy.
So I didn’t even care.
But now, that poor friend was throwing smirking words at him.
“I asked. What is your father doing?”
“under. The wise and benevolent Viscount Lacona. what else are you?”
“What? don’t you know me?”
“what?”
Suddenly, Lloyd was awake.
He stood face to face with the big Diego.
he smiled coldly.
“This is true. Even in Iron Blooded Knight. Even though they are geographically neighbors with the Viscounty of Lacona, there is almost no practical exchanges or exchanges, so their children do not even know each other’s faces. Seeing as you didn’t recognize me, that must be true.”
“Now what…Kuck!”
Knock!
It was the moment Diego was about to question.
Lloyd’s front kick, which extended like a flash war, fiercely shot Diego’s stomach.
“Gagging!”
It was a kick that went around a circle.
Diego’s body folded.
It was thrown back and flew away.
It smashed two tables and rolled around.
One of Lloyd’s lips curled up fiercely.
That guy has no luck.
Both the venue and the opponent were chosen incorrectly.
At an academy sponsored by the king, he showed disrespect towards a distinguished guest invited by the king. Even if the housemaster or the dean came, they wouldn’t be able to blame us.
furthermore….
“What do you do? I guess you haven’t heard about the water tax from Neg’s father, who is wise and compassionate yet?”
Lloyd’s voice radiated genuine sympathy and compassion.
