Chapter 15: Request(1)

Request.

A simple word meaning to entrust a task to someone else.

Ask someone to investigate.

Ask someone to find out the truth about a case.

When people usually saw the word commission, most people thought of this kind of commission.

And, in fact, that wasn’t absolutely wrong.

People usually commissioned professionals for things they couldn’t solve on their own.

The important thing here was this.

Things they couldn’t solve on their own.

Clients only commission things they couldn’t solve on their own.

It was obvious.

They wouldn’t spend money on commissioning things they could solve on their own.

That’s just foolish.

No matter how much money you have, why would you throw money away on the ground?

Of course, there were always exceptions.

For example, cases where you couldn’t let others know who did it, like a murder commission.

Even in these cases, commissions were given.

The Marquis of Ellis’ Akstra family, who were mainly treated as the masterminds of the original work, handled things this way.

Anyway.

That’s not important right now.

The important thing was that commissions coming into the Academy weren’t much different from these types of commissions.

They were just a little less difficult than professional commission agencies.

The fact that ordinary people couldn’t solve them was no different here.

“Lian Trice?”

“……Yes, you called.”

“What are you thinking? They’ll be here soon.”

“…”

In other words, what I’m going to experience today might be the hardest thing I’ve ever experienced since I was possessed.

Dealing with monsters that invade the ranch.

That was the name of the commission that Layla and I took on.

The commission was also very simple, just like the title.

The person who normally dealt with monsters was on vacation, so I was asked to deal with the monsters that invaded the ranch for just one day.

It was a kind of substitute commission.

A substitute commission to take the original person’s place for just one day.

And, the characteristics of these substitute commissions were usually simple.

“……Your Highness.”

“Tell me, Lian Trice.”

“Why did you choose this commission in particular? May I ask.”

The reward was good, but it was also tough.

The commission itself was very difficult, as the person who took on the commission received a lot.

I wondered if the princess in front of me knew about this fact.

Unfortunately, Layla gave me exactly the answer I expected.

“The pay was the best. You must have seen it clearly.”

“….”

“And I also liked the fact that it was a request that I could do right away today.

If I had to accept a request and wait, it would have been very annoying.”

I chose it because it had a high pay.

I chose it because it was a request that I could do right away today.

If mercenaries who really focused on taking on requests heard this, wouldn’t it be the most frightening statement?

In that industry, your body is your greatest asset.

“Isn’t that so? At least that’s what I thought.”

“…”.

Of course, the woman in front of me, who had a confident expression, still seemed to have no particular thoughts.

An expression that said she didn’t understand.

An expression that seemed to say that she had no idea why I was asking such a question.

In the original work, there was no one who could beat her by force except the main character, and only ‘Layla von Pelias’ had an expression that was possible.

“No. I thought so too.”

“Of course. Because anyone would have judged it that way.”

In fact, I was dragged here by Layla, so I just sighed inside.

‘……I should have just stayed in my room.’

I should have stayed in the dorm.

If I had just stayed in the dorm, I wouldn’t have met the princess.

If I hadn’t met the princess, I wouldn’t have been dragged here for no reason.

Something felt even stranger.

My daily life, which had been peaceful before I was given the terminal diagnosis, suddenly became chaotic after I received the diagnosis.

“…… Is it because I changed?”

Of course, if that happened because I changed, then I have nothing to say.

If all of this happened because I gave up trying to live, then I wouldn’t have anything to say.

Anyway, I felt strange.

It felt like a lot of things that wouldn’t have happened were happening.

As if it was mocking this confusing feeling.

“Get ready, Lian Trice.”

“Yes.”

In the distance, shadows slowly approached the fence of the ranch, one by one.

The first appearance of a monster that would signal the true start of this request.

“…Haa.”

It was impossible not to sigh.

***

Monsters.

Unknown monsters that have no records of when they first appeared.

They usually took the form of animals.

Sometimes, there were monsters that were a combination of animals and animals.

They simply kill and destroy.

They kill all living things except their own kind.

The empire called these unnatural monsters that moved for the sole purpose of this: monsters.

Stable operation and technological advancement.

If the empire suffered damage, it was mostly due to the monsters.

This was also the original intention behind the establishment of Sacred Academy, where she was currently attending.

To stop the monsters.

To raise people who could stop the monsters that harm innocent people.

So, in order to raise people who could protect people from the monsters, the Sacred Academy was established.

Layla remembered.

Even so, compared to the past, its meaning has faded a lot.

Of course, only the founding intention remains.

It is true that it has changed a lot from the past when only fighting methods were taught.

No wonder there was talk of a professor directly committing corruption at the academy.

When she heard this news, the person who was more shocked than anyone else was Layla.

At the academy that should be operated solely for the purpose of learning.

A professor who should be more innocent than anyone else in order to teach students.

It was a situation that was completely incomprehensible to the common sense of a crown princess.

So, she enrolled in the academy herself.

Despite the strong opposition of those around her, she was the first member of the royal family to enroll in the academy herself.

To understand the reality of the Sacred Academy.

To see and experience for herself how the future emperor who would rule the empire was raising talented people.

This was the official reason for Layla von Pelias’s admission to the Academy that most people knew, and it was a rumor that spread throughout the Empire.

-I’m so sorry, Layla.

Please don’t forgive me and move forward.

I always believe in you.

Of course, it was a rumor that made her laugh because she knew the real reason behind the fake reason.

“…It’s all just an illusion.”

Layla’s world was cruel.

The world was too cruel, and she was still young to endure this cruel world alone.

This was the real reason she entered the Academy.

To gain strength.

To become a true ’emperor’ in the future.

In order to achieve her goal of becoming a true emperor, Layla had only taken refuge in the Academy for a while.

To go out into the world again.

She had only crouched down so that she could stand up again someday.

Boom-

Another monster was impaled by her sharp rapier.

“…”

The pungent scent of blood wafted out.

Black blood of unknown meaning flowed from the body of the dead monster.

“Cowls.”

Judging from its appearance, this monster was clearly a Cowls, a combination of a horse and a cow.

At first glance, it looked like a black horse.

However, it had a huge horn on its head that didn’t look like a horse at all.

If you don’t know how to deal with it, you’ll be instantly harmed by its huge horns.

That was what I had heard in my theory class that morning.

Boom-

The next monster was pierced by the rapier.

Now, it was getting harder to remember how many monsters I had killed.

“……There was a reason why the pay was high.”

It was at that time that Layla realized something belatedly.

She finally understood the rotten expression on the face of the man fighting over there.

Crunch-

“…”

Of course, contrary to her worries, the man was still fighting well.

It seemed as if he was only focused on his own situation.

Unlike her, who occasionally glanced at the man’s situation, he was only focused on the monster in front of him.

“……Heh.”

As she looked at him, she smiled slightly.

It meant that she had at least seen one person correctly.

Until just now, she had been wondering if she had misjudged the person called ‘Lian Trice’.

-…..That’s because she lost interest in studying.

She had been paying attention to the story she had heard at the library.

Looking at him now, it was clear that her worries were unnecessary.

Layla felt relieved.

Then, she turned her eyes from the man back to the monsters.

“I can’t lose either.”

A one-sided massacre.

That was the situation of the monsters before her eyes.

Her rapier began to move towards her next prey.

‘…….If only she hadn’t been that damn princess.’

Of course, she was completely unaware that the man who had praised her so much was actually cursing her inwardly.