I’m an Ordinary Returning Student at the Academy Chapter 108

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HEL SCANS

[Translator – Angel Dust]

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Chapter 108

“Senior!”

“Could I speak with you for a moment, senior?!”

“Senior Karl!”

“Tell us about how you found the Sacred Relic of the Radiant Church!”

“Senior Karl Adelheit!”

Stop. Please stop. Everyone, please stop calling me.

There’s only one Karl Adelheit. I can’t clone myself!

I remember what Selena told me.

She said to be nice to the freshmen. Of course, I was going to do that.

These are the first underclassmen I’m meeting since I enrolled in the academy, took a leave of absence, and then re-enrolled.

Of course, technically the current third-years are my juniors too, but… how should I put it? It feels a bit strange.

They’re my juniors, but they’re in a higher grade than me. It’s a bit weird.

Anyway, for that reason, I was trying to keep a low profile at the freshmen orientation.

I had a feeling it was going to be quite tiring, but I was trying to accept it happily.

“Senior!! I’ve really, really wanted to meet you!”

“They say you’re the benefactor of the Church. I want to see that blessed greatsword!”

“What’s the medal from the elves like?! Is it better than the Empire’s medal?!”

“….”

I’m happy. I’m happy, but I’m overwhelmed.

It’s supposed to be a freshmen orientation, but it’s actually a Karl Adelheit exposition.

Or maybe it’s an autograph session.

I thought if I talked to a couple of them, they would disperse, but now I see a very long line of freshmen with sparkling eyes.

This is awkward for everyone. The second-years here are here to welcome the freshmen, not to watch me get all the attention.

And these guys, they may be interested in me now, but for their future academy life, it would be beneficial for them to build good relationships with other second-years.

So, I need to pass these guys on to the second-years who are just watching, but I can’t figure out when to do it!

‘At times like this, the second-years should do something….’

Normally, someone would step up.

The problem is, I’m technically a senior to the current second-years.

On top of that, I’m the younger brother of the soon-to-be crown princess, and more importantly, a madman who’s swept all the medals, so they were also keeping an eye on me.

That’s why I took advantage of a brief moment when Lefia was away and went to get her.

It’s my duty as a second-year senior to stop a confession attack from a fellow second-year.

What if he, who isn’t even from the Empire, gets rejected and does something rash out of shock?

So, I sent the Lasker second-year exchange student back to his seat and rescued Lefia.

She bowed her head and thanked me, so it seems like it was an awkward situation for her.

She probably received something like a confession. They must have thought, ‘This is our chance! She’s practically a banished princess!’

‘But the situation, um. It ended too quickly. Damn it.’

This means I have to go back to the freshmen orientation.

I just want to run away, but sneaking off after showing my face feels like running away from the enemy.

“Ah! Senior Karl! Over here for a moment! The freshmen have questions for you!”

“Why do you keep doing that? We said we’d take Senior Karl first.”

Just as I was thinking I might have to personally herd these freshmen towards the second-years, I saw someone raise their hand in the distance.

“Karl! Stop that and come sit here!”

“Young Lord Friedrich. We have urgent matters to discuss, so please come quickly.”

“….”

I told them not to come, but there they are, waving from afar.

Shulifen, Wilhelm. And next to them, Alexander and Joachim shaking their heads as if to say, ‘We tried to stop them.’

Fifth-years at the freshmen orientation. It’s absurd that the ‘fossils’ have come, but thanks to them, the calls for me from all directions have suddenly decreased.

It would be foolish to miss this opportunity. So, I immediately boarded the escape route they offered.

Success! I’ve escaped the endless onslaught of freshmen and second-years!

“I told you not to come, but you didn’t listen to me at all.”

“But you escaped thanks to us, right?”

“Right. Karl, you don’t have to thank ust.”

“Yeah, thanks guys. If it weren’t for you, the freshmen orientation would have turned into my autograph session. Ugh. I really didn’t do all that crazy stuff for this.”

I glanced around and saw that the other second-years were quickly filling my empty spot. It made sense, it would have been quite a burden for them to step up and divert the attention away from me.

Besides, there wasn’t a single noble family among the current second-years who were doing better than our Friedrich County. So it was even more inevitable.

“Hey, Karl. Look over there, over there.”

“What? What is it?”

I was about to take a break and have a drink when Wilhelm tapped me on the shoulder.

I turned my head and saw two female students sitting across from each other, silently sipping their drinks, unlike the other freshmen.

‘Eloise and Lav?’

I expected Lav wouldn’t be as outgoing as the other freshmen. But I honestly didn’t expect Eloise to be like that too.

With her elf personality, I thought she’d be running around saying, ‘Ahaha! I’m Eloise! Nice to meet you, seniors!’

“Whoa. That’s intense. It’s like bullets are gonna come out of their eyes.”

As he said, Eloise and Lav’s eyes looked incredibly fierce even from afar.

Did someone do something unpleasant? Did they say something discriminatory about elves or commoners?

I’m worried. I wonder if I should go and ask them what’s wrong.

“Hey, Karl.”

Shulifen, who was sitting next to me, tapped me on the shoulder and suddenly grinned.

Why are you smiling like that, you idiot? Don’t smile. It’s making me nervous.

“You said you’re already set with Selena. So, what about those two?”

“What about them?”

“Come on, don’t play dumb. We’re not blind. I saw something strange between you guys last time.”

“….”

“Ooh, no answer and silence? There’s definitely something going on, huh?”

“It’s not that. I brought my greatsword here too. I’m seriously considering giving you a painful slash.”

Shulifen immediately raised his hands in surrender, saying ‘I give up.’ But the funny thing is, even while surrendering, he keeps talking.

“No need to be embarrassed, Karl. If you were just a regular noble, it would be one thing, but as a hereditary noble, having multiple wives wouldn’t be a problem.”

“I’ve never worried about that or been embarrassed about it.”

“Really? Well, take it as advice. It seems like it might be useful later!”

Wilhelm, Alexander, and Joachim, who were sitting next to Shulifen, chuckled at his words.

Seeing them like that, I momentarily considered provoking them with a question like, ‘So, do you all have girlfriends?’ But I managed to hold back with superhuman patience.

Yes, I’ll be understanding. As a recipient of the Medal of Honor, wouldn’t it be beautiful to endure this once for the sake of these poor, ignorant souls?

There’s a more important matter at hand. Who dared to offend the Elves’s Extermination Unit Commander and the Imperial Sharpshooter?

What did they say or do to make those two still sipping their drinks with such stiff faces?!

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Sometimes, having transcendent sight and senses feels more like a curse than a gift.

Eloise, having just witnessed the scene before her, bit her lip in frustration.

‘That Human.’

She promised she had no intention of approaching Karl. She clearly promised that.

But what’s this? They aren’t even close, she said she had no intention of approaching him. But as soon as Karl went over, they started talking so naturally?

I don’t know exactly what’s going on. But, seeing the subtle tension between them, I know exactly what it is. It’s that—that thing. The scene that would only appear in those imperial romance novels I’ve read sometime ago.

The male lead’s appearance, saving the female lead who’s in a difficult situation!

‘Should I just assassinate her?’

It’s not difficult at all. It’s just getting rid of someone, something I’ve always done, and I can clean up afterward. I can make it look like Luzernes did it, or I can pin it on Lasker.

The problem is, no matter how I do it, I can’t completely erase the Empire’s responsibility.

Moreover, if something like that happens where Karl is, it could negatively affect his reputation.

After much deliberation, Eloise had to come to a conclusion.

‘Endure it. For now, endure it, Eloise. If you do something foolish, Karl will surely nag you endlessly.’

As she muttered to herself and sipped her drink, she saw Lavrenti’s expression sitting across from her and let out an ‘Ah.’

“…”

Roughly reading Lavrenti’s eyes as she looked at Lefia, the desire to ‘snipe her down’ seemed to be bubbling up.

To think we had similar styles.

Eloise felt a strange sense of kinship for some reason.

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HEL SCANS

[Translator – Angel Dust]

[Proofreader – Prototype]

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