
The Soren training center is an open space for anyone to use.
It was spacious and there were three such training centers, so students could freely cast spells anywhere in the vast space.
The most common users of the training center at the beginning of the semester are especially the freshmen, who are curious about the prestigious facilities of Soen.
As a result, it is inevitable that freshmen will obviously be involved in minor accidents.
The children who entered Soren had already heard that they were geniuses everywhere.
New students who have not experienced decent competition have strong self-esteem because they still consider themselves the best.
There was no chance they would give up on the other party.
In the beginning, they would spend time indifferently with each other, but if they gradually continued the class and engaged with each other, there would always be disputes occurring.
And it was the first training center where such an incident occurred most often.
Just like back then.
"What's? Say it again."
"...This is a place that is free to use for everyone. However, there's no reason for me to leave?"
Lynne frowned towards the three students who were glaring at her.
The woman who had gray hair, which was rare in the Empire, was caught in a dispute as she visited the first training center out of curiosity.
Trivial reasons…
It was just that the three people were going to use the place, so they had Lynne get out of there.
They did not speak in a good way, and they unilaterally ordered him to leave because they did not want to use the same space as ordinary people.
There were not many students using the training center and there was enough empty space.
Nevertheless, it was a blatant humiliation for anyone to just put them aside and tell them to leave.
A total of three people fought with him: one woman and two men.
They were all children from aristocratic families with nobles flowing in their blood.
Among them is Dynasty Romley, a first-year student who is the daughter of Count Romley. He stood in the middle of the three while spitting verbal insults directly at Lynne.
Her blonde hair, which was broken down to the waist, was rolled like a roll at the end.
Just by looking at her fierce impression, Lynne could already assume that her personality was usually rude.
Even so, Lynne did not expect Dynema to suddenly fight with him like that.
"If you feel so uncomfortable, why don't you just go?"
"Well! How dare you repay me? How dare a vulgar and brash commoner like you with noble blood like me?"
"…Soren does not divide students' rankings based on social class and blood. You went to this school but you didn't even know it?"
"That's what you want to believe. You have blind faith in what they tell you just to make you happy. That's why you guys are so low."
"That's right, Miss Dynema. That's why we shouldn't have low-class commoners here."
"This is why people say that you should not be kind to your subordinates."
The two male students on both sides flattered the Dynasty as they adjusted to his mood.
Lynn bit her lip.
They didn't even try to listen to anything he was going to say from the start.
Even if he continued to argue there, he would only make himself tired.
Lynne turned her back thinking that she would not make them friends.
The problem is that such behavior offends Dyna's high self-esteem.
"...How dare a commoner like you ignore me when I'm talking?"
Count Romley was a typical nobleman who fell into elitism and looked down on commoners.
Dan Dynema, the Count's only daughter, also inherits her father's inclinations.
For him, who had only seen and heard such elitist views since he was young, he definitely had such a personality.
Dynema thought she should play the lead role at Soren Academy.
Even if there were many great seniors in his second year, he should be the most dazzling among the first year.
—That's what he believed.
Arriving at Soeren, most of the students become its competitors. It was a bitter reality for him, who had received the best treatment of his entire life.
'It can't be like this!'
It had already hurt his pride because ordinary people used the same classroom and took classes with him, he was unwilling to accept the fact that there were also students who were more talented than him.
A nobleman should always be aloof and stand above everyone ...
Because that's how he was born.
He was the chosen one, and those commoners were simply tools he used to make himself stand out.
To Dynema, an ordinary person named Lynne was just an annoying existence.
The first time Dynema noticed it was when they were in class.
Her highly unusual gray hair color has also caught people's attention, but most importantly, Lynnelah's beauty is interfering with the nerves of Dyema.
She was like a doll made by a beauty goddess with all her best efforts, her beauty was like coming out of this world.
Even she, who was also a woman, thought that it was envious for a moment.
—Price herself hurt.
Dynema cannot forgive him. He could not forgive himself and the commoners who had influenced him.
Dyema needs a target to vent her anger, and the target is clearly Lynne, who has caused hostility within her.
So he started a fight with the intention of dropping it.
'What's with that arrogant attitude ?!'
Lynne's eyes looked at her as if she was pitiful.
Dynema gritted her teeth and glared at the back of Lynne's head.
'How dare he ignore me and think he'll be okay afterwards?'
Dynama took out her wand. It happened unexpectedly, even the two followers who were attached to the Dynema were unable to react.
'No way, Dynasty is aiming at Lynne with his wand and will cast a spell as he leaves after turning his back?'
The same goes for Lynne.
He never imagined that he would do such a thing in Soeren.
"How dare a lowly commoner like you!"
Spell techniques were formed with mana, and hot lightning buds flared around him.
Sensing something strange, Lynne turned her back, and her blue eyes widened.
'Stupid. It's too late.'
A cruel smile formed around the mouth of the Dynasty.
It would not kill her, but instead, it would burn her pretty face.
Just as he was about to fire the spell that had been prepared onto the despicable commoner's face…
A flash of white light pierced through his magic.
Dynema turned her face into a devil-like appearance when she saw the echoes of scattered lightning.
"Who is this?!"
He stared at the place where the spell was cast.
And he saw it…
A man who looked down at them from the spectator fence.
"What are you doing?"
'Did the ice pillars rampaging on the frozen ground in the Northern continent feel like this?'
His skin reacted as his voice, which was mixed with subtle anger, touched his ears.
It was the power and strength that would make anyone's teeth clash on their own.
'He's not a student, nor is he a Soren officer.' There was no way Dyema didn't know about a man with such a strong impression from the start.
"Prof ... Professor Ludger?"
"When I was on patrol, I suddenly felt which wavelength, so I came here."
His gaze glanced at Lynne, the Dynema gang, and the students who had just been watching nearby and had not stopped the gang.
"I didn't know they usually create problems like this."
It wasn't even just a student fight.
To be exact, it was an incident where one party unilaterally attempted to ambush the other party.
"Soren must look pretty easy to you."
If they were to fight in front of each other's faces, he could only convey it with a warning.
However, it was undoubtedly the one-sided negligence that caused him to ambush an opponent who had no intention of fighting him.
The professor had even witnessed it with his own eyes.
"Exactly why and how did that happen ?!"
"This is to protect my authority as a worthy noble...!"
"Oritas? Who is this authority for?"
"That's this commoner—"
"All students are the same in San Francisco. Their learning, teaching, and magic will only be judged on their talents and passions. I don't care how precious your blood is."
Ludger's words were for them to stop bluffing while acting as nobles.
Dynema bit her lip.
Ludger's words were for them to stop bluffing while acting as nobles.
Dynema bit her lip.
Ludger shook his head at his behavior that did not show any regret.
He was convinced that the first years would cause trouble.
Rather, it was probably because they were first-year students who still knew nothing about the world.
New students who do not know how to run Soren naturally make their judgments based on their environment during this time.
The petty and prejudiced way of thinking that the world they live in is all obviously causing problems.
—Same as Dynasty Romley thought.
But his ignorance will not set him free.
If his prejudiced way of thinking was the cause of the problem, it was Soren's policy to impose stronger disciplinary measures to resuscitate people rather than forgive them.
"It hasn't been long since school started, and you've caused a big problem, so please don't believe that you can avoid disciplinary action."
"You're coming with me now."
Ludger said so and immediately turned around.
"He understands now."
He thought his warning would be enough to calm the incident down.
Of course, it wasn't just a verbal warning, he actually intended to give her disciplinary action.
It was not a mere fight, he tried cowardly to ambush his classmates.
"A fallen noble like you ..."
But with one sentence from Romley's Dynasty…
The training center, which was already deserted, became silent.
"M-Miss Dyna?"
The two students who were followers of the Dynasty were bathed in cold sweat.
No matter how bad their actions were, they thought his words were not a good choice.
Even Ludger Chelysie, who was about to leave, stopped walking.
That's a big deal.
The students watching the situation turned pale.
Dyna realized too late what she had just said.
But he couldn't take back what he had said.
"What did you just say?"
Ludger's more muted voice was addressed to Dynema.
Not stopping there, his body also floated lightly in the air.
Ludger, who was slowly descending from the spectator fence while walking in mid-air, landed on the ground and walked towards the Dynasty.
Thumped. Thumped.
With each step Ludger took, Dynema felt the illusion that his world was falling apart.
He was unaware of it when he was far away, but when he faced it up close, the pressure Ludger emitted was beyond his imagination.
He looks exactly like a giant.
He had an extremely large mountain-like appearance that made it look like he could suppress it with just one finger.
"Aah, aah."
He unintentionally said something rude.
It was something he should not have said, but he had crossed the line.
No wonder Ludger was angry.
"Did you just call me a fallen noble?"
“Ah, uh, aah..”
Dyema could not even move her mouth properly as Ludger looked at her while casting a shadow on her face.
Ludger's atmosphere was so brutal that it was no wonder that anyone died afterwards.
When the students were thinking whether they should stop him while glancing at each other…
"Professor Ludger!"
Selena, the new Professor of Spirit Studies, rushed over while calling Ludger from outside.
He had just arrived after hearing the news a moment before.
But as soon as he got there, he saw Ludger, who was glaring at a girl trembling as if he was going to eat her.
It is impossible. Just in case…
An agitated thought entered his mind.
When Selena's gonna stop Ludger…
Ludger opened his mouth.
"That's not entirely wrong."
What everyone heard was a completely unexpected word.
"What?"
"What the Professor said just now..."
They think he'll be angry.
Or they thought he would punish her with physical punishment on the spot.
"I'm really a fallen noble, but this is Soren and I'm a professor of Soren. Dynema. What you said was clearly the words of a student who challenged the authority of the professor."
But Ludger didn't do it.
He only spoke in a very calm voice and reprimanded.
"But you were a child before you became a noble and a student. It's your first time, so you probably don't know."
"Well…"
"So I'll give it as a warning this time for your tongue's mistakes, but know that there's no second chance."
It was a completely unexpected and very mature treatment.
The students had no choice but to stare at Ludger blankly.
"Of course, you will get disciplinary action according to what you did to your classmates. I hope you realize it."
Dyema senses the illusion that the world is collapsing at the mention of disciplinary action, but even so, she cannot protest.
What Ludger said was too much of an argument.
…Until the point where they thought he was too soft on her.
Ludger's eyes turned to Lynne, the gray-haired girl, when Dynema showed no approval.
"And you're there. Lynne."
"Yes yes!"
Lynne's shoulders trembled as she heard Ludger calling her name.
"Are you hurt somewhere?"
"I'm sorry?"
"I asked if you got hurt anywhere."
“Ah, aaaah no! Nah! I'm doing fine! K-because Professor helped me...”.
"Then it's a relief."
Ludger turned his head and looked at Selena.
"Professor Selena, I leave the rest to you."
"Ah yes!"
Ludger left the training center after saying that to Selena.
No one dared to move until he disappeared behind the darkness of the corridor.
Just empty…
They could only stare at Ludger's back.