A Failed Knight Who Went to the Academy To Get Married

065. fragments of yesterday

The alchemy classroom at the Academy six years ago.

“I’m Caroline from the Balduf Water People Nation! Please take care of me!”

With that energetic self-introduction, Caroline’s difficult life at the academy began.

“You’re a top student, so why didn’t you go to the knight department? Aren’t you being too presumptuous about being an international student?”

“The beast people are not smart. Do you think swordsmanship would be better suited to you instead of alchemy?”

“You’re a girl? Didn’t you get s*x reassignment surgery?”

She was foreign in many ways and was perfectly suited to be subjected to all kinds of discrimination and contempt.

But Caroline never seemed discouraged.

The agile body of a beastman and the wit of an alchemist.

Thanks to this, my test scores were always top-notch,

Even the dissatisfied duels that were rained down on her were never avoided or lost.

And the more his skills were recognized, the more jealous the other students became.

Only a few friends were friendly with her.

Among them was a female student named Samuel from the same class.

“Kat! This assignment is really difficult for me, so please help me!”

“And it turns out that this assignment was about changing the temperament you hate the most.”

“I’ll do your herbology homework for you instead.”

“Good! I have nothing to lose.”

“Yes, thank you! And I heard there is a village festival this weekend. Do you want to go?”

It was definitely thanks to Samuel that Caroline was able to last three years at the academy.

Hug me when you’re having a hard time.

If I’m in pain, I go out and have fun.

Sometimes we do stupid things together.

Time passed so quickly that it was already the second semester of my third year.

Suddenly Samuel asked Caroline.

“Have you thought about what your graduation project will be?”

“Hey, I have a really cool idea!”

“What is it?”

“An all-purpose resonator that produces sound according to the natural frequency!”

“Oh, it goes well with ‘Laplace’s Demon’?”

“Shh! Hey! That’s a secret from everyone else!”

“Hehe, sorry.”

“you?”

Samuel grinned mischievously, took a step away from Caroline, and swallowed a small pill.

Then her hand changed into a cat’s hand.

“Ta-da~ A drug that turns body parts into animals!”

Cat smiled once and responded.

“You’re not the best at changing your personality.”

“Thanks to someone’s help, it has now become my specialty.”

“But isn’t that a bit dangerous?”

“It’s okay as long as you follow the dosage and directions carefully!”

Since both of them prepared for their graduation work smoothly,

I definitely thought that we would both be able to graduate safely.

“Kat, you said you wanted to become an instructor here when you graduate, right?”

“Because if I become an instructor, I can continue my research without having to worry about trivial things.”

“I heard the competition rate is pretty high, so I’m sure you can do it.”

“Samuel and you?”

“I’m planning to take over my grandfather’s pharmacy. I heard he’s thinking about retirement.”

“You want to work in such a small pharmacy? Wouldn’t you be able to get much more successful?”

“Because this village is more important to me than success.”

… However, the incident occurred without any warning.

On the day of the graduation work evaluation, a student in the Department of Magic had secretly played a prank on her graduation work.

Samuel eventually swallowed his graduation pill and was transformed into a terrible chimera.

“Ugh… Ugh, keaaack!”

Samuel lost his senses and went on a rampage.

Thanks to this, numerous casualties occurred and the Alchemy Department building was in chaos.

“Save people!”

“Everyone leave the building immediately!”

“Quickly call the knights!”

While everyone was running away from the alchemy building, Kat was left alone to block Samuel.

“Samuel! Calm down!”

“Kyaaa!”

“It’s me, Caroline! We’re friends!”

However, she had already turned into a monster both in body and head, and rushed towards Caroline with the intention of biting her.

Caroline activated ‘Laplace’s Demon’ in front of her.

I observed the future repeatedly to find a way to calm her down.

Dozens of times. Hundreds of times. Thousands of times…

In the end, Cat couldn’t find any answer other than having to kill her.

“I’m sorry, Samuel.”

Cat summoned three drones that resembled white fireflies.

The drones screamed silently.

Blood poured out from all over Samuel’s body,

Only then did Samuel fall to the floor.

Kat ran to Samuel while she was still breathing.

“Joe, just hang in there, do whatever it takes when the medics come!”

“I’m sorry. I looked so ugly.”

“Damn it! I will definitely kill that b*stard who played a prank on you!”

Then Samuel touched Cat’s cheek with his blood-covered hand.

“Please don’t tarnish your alchemy because of a guy like that.”

“Samuel!”

“Please. I like that gentle alchemy without your blood.”

… Eventually, Samuel closed his eyes.

A few days later, the culprit who had pranked Samuel and Caroline were called to the principal’s office.

The principal suddenly said.

“We have decided to conclude that this incident was caused by Samuel’s own mistake.”

Then Caroline shouted.

“Don’t be ridiculous! Do you think you’ll just forgive this murderer?”

“Caroline, you were the one who killed Samuel.”

“Tsk…”

“Don’t you think it would be too much to end your career with just one prank?”

joke? Course?

Because of that one prank, someone writhed in terrible pain and died!

“Pretend you don’t know anything about this. If you do that, you both can graduate safely.”

… That night.

Cat stood on the rooftop of the main school.

“Samuel, this is a requiem for you.”

Three coins were thrown over her head, expressing her anger at having nowhere to go.

Three white fireflies flew high into the sky.

An inaudible song rang out at the Academy.

As the windows began to break all at once,

Glass fragments fell like rain.

Pure white without a single drop of blood.

Infinitely transparent and sharp.

Countless fragments of tears.

All the students and instructors ran outside.

“Caroline! What the hell is this?!”

Cat shouted as loud as she could at the shouting coming from below.

“It would be much better to ruin this dirty academy!”

Shortly thereafter, Kat was expelled.

And the alchemy department, which was already in jeopardy due to Samuel’s death, was abolished due to the riots of top student Cat.

***

“…Well, this is roughly the story.”

After Cat finished speaking, Trine yawned slightly.

“It’s a very sad story.”

“If you’re going to say something like that, you should at least control your facial expression.”

Cat clapped her hands and smiled.

“Okay! Then, part two! About how I became a rogue and what happened with that guy Muscle-”

“That’s next time. I have something to do.”

When Trine stood up and tried to leave, Kat grabbed him by the collar.

“Didn’t you promise not to do anything useless?”

“It has nothing to do with you.”

“You’re trying to revive the alchemy department.”

“I’m just trying to help the bald senior for the strength gloves.”

“Don’t be ridiculous!”

Cat pushed Trine against the wall.

“If an alchemy department opens, there will be people like Samuel and me!”

“They say that in the swordsmanship department, an average of two people get seriously injured every year. In other departments, it’s twice that number.”

“The alchemy department is almost double that!”

“That’s why we need to teach it even more properly at the academy.”

Cat said irritably, glaring hard into Trine’s eyes.

“That’s why I didn’t want to tell you.”

“It won’t change anything just because you didn’t say anything, right?”

Trine said, shaking Kat’s hand away.

“If you’re going to regret it, regret meeting me in the first place.”

“Ah! Yes! I really regret meeting that b*stard of yours!”

“I regret it too, Caroline.”

Trine turned around.

“If I had met you a few years earlier, things would have definitely been different.”

… Cat lowered her head and laughed once.

“You b*stard.”

“Speaking of others.”

“It’s okay, if I can’t stop you anyway, I’ll just follow you.”

“good idea.”

When Trine opened the door to the workshop, Cat followed him and spoke in a playful tone.

“I’m telling you in advance, I have no interest in your harem at all.”

Then Trine looked back, made a blank expression for a moment, and

“…Ah! You were a girl!”

Then Cat kicked Trine’s leg hard.

***

Even though it was quite late, all of the alchemy club students remained in the small club room.

“It’s prodigy Cat!”

At the shout of the bald manager, all the members knelt down in front of the cat.

Then Cat was embarrassed and retreated.

“What, you b*stards!”

Trine muttered behind him.

“In some ways, it’s a similar reaction to Maria’s reaction when she met Yumano-sama.”

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While the bald manager explained the situation to Cat, Cat did not listen.

“I’m just here to keep an eye on Trine in case he does something stupid.”

“Thank you for coming!”

“…First, give me the super-strength gloves you made.”

“Here it is!”

Cat muttered as she played with the cabinets.

“…It’s not bad. The circuit is clean and we paid attention to durability.”

“thank you!”

After a brief pause, Trine asked the bald senior.

“So, how can we revive the Department of Alchemy?”

Then the bald senior pointed to a blackboard with a lot of scribbles written on it and said.

“There are three main things to do. One, we have to hold a demonstration and let everyone know that our alchemy department is serious.”

The special activities department is entitled to hold a demonstration to publicize its performance.

It is usually used as an appeal to increase activity costs or expand insolvency,

It is said that this time, since the revival of alchemy was used as a bargaining chip, it must succeed.

“Two, we must collect transfer applications from at least 10 current students.”

This means that since there are 5 members, you only need to recruit 5 more.

However, it is not an easy task because it only applies to current students, not freshmen.

“Third, obtain permission from the principal, instructors, and all student council presidents.”

As soon as Trine heard those words, he tried to leave the clubroom.

“I think it’s impossible, so I’ll just go back.”

Then the bald senior grabbed Trine’s arm and stopped him.

“Wait! You won’t know until you try!”

“Give up! Others may not know, but there’s no way the student council president would give you a permit!”

“You’re a member of the student council too! Try to do something!”

“I absolutely hate it!”

Meanwhile, other members were clinging to Cat’s legs and screaming.

“Please lend me Cat’s inventions during the demonstration!”

“Don’t be ridiculous! It’s only meaningful if you do it between you!”

After a fight had been going on for a while in such a small room,

Suddenly, the door to the dormitory burst open and Myeong-yoon shouted into the loudspeaker.

“Don’t you know that special activity club activities are prohibited after eight o’clock? I will impose 1 penalty point on the alchemy club!”