I Became a Person Who Wanted To Drop Out of the Academy

Activity 2 of F-Ranked Fool –

Humans live bound by invisible constraints. Whether physical or indirect, definitely.

And such actions are clearly limiting human behavior.

If you want to leave the academy, you can leave right now. For example, if you walk around naked, you’ll be expelled automatically.

Or you can simply ignore all the constraints and go far away.

But the invisible constraint is choking my neck.

If I walk around naked, I might get expelled, but I’ll be imprisoned.

If I ignore all constraints and go far away, I will have to attend automatically according to the clause of contractual magic that I have attached, “maintain a consistent performance.”

Because it’s impossible not to receive grades if you can get them.

The contract will force my body.

‘The only way is to beat the dean… or the dean expels me.’

The conclusion is surprisingly strange. Despite thinking without any constraints, it always seems to be forcibly drawn back to the original place. This is not about being expelled from the academy, but it’s a problem that arises because I have to look beyond that.

The reason I want to leave the academy is to reduce the disaster that is going to occur in this world.

My credit has been bad for a long time, so very few will believe what I say.

That’s why I have to attract attention.

Because public opinion will worsen.

If the dean does not expel me from the academy, I, who can’t maintain my grades, have no way to leave the academy.

The final decision of expulsion is up to the dean.

Then how to pressure the dean? Just make my public opinion bad.

Then everyone will pressure the dean to expel me.

So I won the fight with the professor ‘by force’.

“If I appear to be scraping by on pretense rather than true skill, it’s difficult to win favor.

‘The higher the grades, the greater the attention.’

Currently, there are about two to three people fighting to deter my expulsion: the Dean, Sergei Darmoor, Martial Arts professor Maximilian Wilhelm, and Magic professor Rachel Rugin. These three are going to obstruct me to ‘some extent’.

And ironically, amidst the students at the academy who could help with my expulsion, public opinion about me… is somewhat balanced. I have no idea what circuitry they used to brainwash themselves, but it’s because I’ve presumably won against a professor, giving a plausible reason for my behaviors.

The character that preferred to isolate himself by hiding his actual skills and deliberately pulling a caper out of dislike for social interactions.

There exist folks who fantasize that this is who I am.

I guess they don’t understand why romance comics are called comics.

‘Even if it’s the age for such delusions, it doesn’t make sense…’

If you’re going to hide your ability, I don’t understand why you would pick a fight with a professor on the first day and expect to win. Just get your ass kicked.

The truth is that I did it on purpose, but I only hid my ultimate move so it has absolutely no relation to the aforementioned concept in romance comics.

In the first place, it’s right to hide your ultimate move.

“So how does it feel to become a cool young master, who, despite possessing a strong power, chooses not to capture that attention from people, and lives on, hiding that power, and not minding others’ gaze?”

“Shut your mouth before you’re labeled as an energetic and affectionate man like the lead male in a romance comic.”

Theseus Winterfield, who completely mismatches his image as a Northern Great Noble, rambled on me.

He’s like the scum of the earth choosing to stay in a warm room alone when everyone else has to endure the cold weather with minimal facial expressions.

“Besides, why do the two traitors who chose somebody else over me come here? Right? Speak up. Lucas.”

Lucas Benevolent. The third son of Count Benevolent. Even though he’s unmistakably younger than me, he seems to have a more mature mentality.

These two guys, who became friends because their parents are close, make me reconsider my thoughts about the nobles in WFS.

The nobles in this world are just like those in the Republic of Korea when it comes to private matters, if not in public gatherings or at first meetings. They are more open in some aspects because they do not differentiate age.

In this conversation, Theseus mentioned my power level, which he cannot possibly comprehend no matter how much he thinks.

“You’re probably the only one hiding the fact that you awakened your aura due to your reluctance to go to the academy. You could be hailed as a genius of the generation. Why aren’t you?”

“I had something to do outside the academy, but it got tougher to do it. If I reveal the fact that I’ve awakened, I’d certainly be told to learn the basics from the academy since I don’t have them. If only my trip to the border hadn’t been detected, I would be freely wandering around by now.”

If I just learned the sword from the Sword Master at the border where I first went, none of this would have happened.

It got twisted from the start.

‘The Swordmaster’s teachings are different from other teachings. It takes at least months to learn, so I can’t secretly go.’

Because the Swordmaster’s lessons can be picked up quickly and realized at a higher level the less I learn.

I intended to go with a higher status with nothing but the power level.

In the end, the flow of money was caught, and the expedition got exposed, leading me to be enrolled in the academy.

During the idle chat about future matters, Theseus asked about the academy schedule.

“So, Abraxas, what are you going to choose for major and general courses?”

“For now, I’m going to take martial arts as my major, and for general courses, I’ll take some magic, alchemy, and also dark magic.”

“I thought you would learn economics.”

“I know that better.”

Even if it is the Middle Ages, my fundamental knowledge in economics is sufficient. Patents, monopoly, demand and supply, etc. I do have the level of knowledge required here.

Seeing that economists also fail at stock predictions, I can make money without studying it. Not all businessmen are graduates of economics.

“My major is magic, and… magic-related general courses.”

“Why on earth do you immerse yourself in studying magic all day long yet still fail to rank top in class, Lucas?”

Theseus showed his suspect in full, but Lucas simply refuted.

“After all, my grades are much higher than you two.”

“I won because I fought a professor head-on.”

“Professor Maximilian has been a mentor and a realm of safety. Even if I use an awakening device, it’s not enough compared with the professor’s power.”

“Well, eventually you’ll surpass him.”

Right now, if I could just obtain the Sword Qi, I could have a go at it. Assuming that Professor Maximilian doesn’t know that I am going to be the Master.

As we were talking, Theseus asked about my ‘academy escape plan.’

“So, what will you do next?”

“I can’t do anything right now. Public opinion isn’t bad enough for me to be expelled yet. The girls here are making connections through romance comics. It’s not like they believe the story about the fact that I want to be expelled from the academy, but the dean recognized my capabilities, is it?”

While it’s true that I am capable and would be held back if I showed it, the reality is different.

That Sergei’s father knew me and keeps clinging onto me.

That’s just the way the person is.

To be honest, if I were him, I would want to keep hold of someone who had insulted me so openly.

“It’s more likely that instead of hiding my abilities and doing stupid things just so I want to leave the academy, I’m playing the fool because I don’t want to interact with other people.”

“Lucas, just keep studying.”

That’s how we keep exchanging useless stories when Theseus quickly brought us back to our topic.

“So, do you decide to give up? Are you going to carry on like this for 4 years?”

“No. I am aiming for the practical evaluation session in two weeks.”

“You mean what the seniors said about a Battle Royale disguised as a practical assessment?”

“Yes.”

In two weeks, we will be heading to a deserted island to prepare for a simulated disaster situation.

The intention is to instigate survival in situations such as kidnapping, shipwrecked or isolated from civilization for other reasons.

It was a lazy expression of hosting a Battle Royale instead of planning an actual practical evaluation.

However, this situation can highlight negative aspects more. Because people tend to remember the negative aspects of a person more.

My plan is delayed by just ten days, there’s no need to rush yet.

“So, what will you do for the next two weeks?”

Upon Theseus’s question, I answered simply.

“Network management.”

—

I didn’t want to come to the academy because there were better ways to become stronger elsewhere.

I am not denying the academy’s inherent benefit of [Easily creating ties with potential powerplayers of the future under equal situations.]

I particularly recall a deep sense of camaraderie when I finished military training. Although it disappeared as soon as we were assigned to different units, it was a good method considering we were happy to see each other when we met again.

“So, are you going to win over both the first and second place at the same time?”

“What logic makes networking synonymous with seduction?”

“That is seduction. Do you think that male and female friends actually exist? In the end, peers of opposite gender will eventually become lovers or end things.”

“By that logic, since you and your fiancée are already dating, your future only has breakups.”

“One of the two must die to break up, it’s still a future.”

I took care of our northern nobleman who had a romantic delusion about forming connections with all women.

The world is collapsing, dating is difficult. Especially if the other person is not interested, I will not have the luxury of making them like me.

At the moment, there is no fixed faction among the freshmen in our academy. Just entered the academy, and there are more like friends rather than factions, because it’s relatively new.

We, who are supposed to create them, aren’t thinking about making one, which also plays a part.

“There’s no faction, so the students themselves have no political influence. It’s all the influence of their parents or their families. If you’re not appealing to the seniors, you’ll have to build relationships according to your abilities.

“Eventually, doesn’t this mean that one of them could become your wife in the future?”

“You already have a fiancée, quit poking your nose into other people’s love lives.”

Of course, I didn’t intend to simply judge based on skills and talent when creating the team. So I have no room to talk, either.

‘There are others in their freshman year more skilled and talented, but excluding those two, wouldn’t accept my proposal.’

The reason I chose these top two was because they had to be desperate.

After researching these people, those two had no choice but to accept my offer.

Our destination was the academy’s dining hall.

Upon entering, the students were buzzing with chatter.

Of course, not everyone was. There was an area in the middle of the dining hall seemingly off-limits to others.

The two freshmen sitting across from each other, oozing a rivalry while emphasizing mutual respect. Elijah Adonis, Sylvia Renen.

The surrounding people kept their distance from this atmosphere.

The only ones who dared to break through the invisible barrier were two nobles.

We approached the pair.

One of them, the eldest daughter of the House of Renen, Sylvia, noticed us and greeted us.

“If you’re going to try something with us, just turn back. It’s all too obvious.”

Sylvia Renen said. But we also had something to say.

“This isn’t a female dormitory nor the territory of Isabel, it’s a shared space. So we don’t see why we should go elsewhere?”

The territory of Isabel is Renen’s territory.

“Isabel … how far did you investigate?”

“When I asked the person in charge, he immediately told me.”

The most important thing for building rapport with someone is investigating them. As social beings, although we wouldn’t directly admit something we despised in public, being close would be difficult.

“Sylvia, how about we just let it go?”

“Elijah. You haven’t forgotten why we came to this academy, have we? We need to move up.”

“So, isn’t it better to let it go? If you look at the families of those two, it seems like there is no need to make more effort here. ”

Elijah Adonis showed us a friendly attitude, as if he didn’t dislike us.

When her friend was friendly, Sylvia Renen also reduced her hostility.

“So, can you put the small talk aside and tell us why you’re here? Theseus, public child, and Abulakshas, young style?”

And went straight to the point, Elijah.

I liked that.

So I went straight to the point.

“Would you be interested in a way to gain experience, make money, and build up repute?”

One reason I wanted to leave the academy was that all the important opportunities were outside. Academy students generally live in the academy, which naturally places restrictions on movement.

But circumstances as they are, it would be difficult to get into any serious trouble in the next two weeks. The exact same reaction would be expected from the same old antics.

So let’s take care of some things that need to be taken care of.

And the ears of the two perked up at my words.

“What is it?”

Elijah asked glaring curiously.

“You just need to apply for a field trip. Just participating ensures a salary; depending on your efforts, additional pay could be possible. Also, just for reference, the salary is about a year’s stipend for a knight.”

Just a week or so after the start of the term, we’re going on a field trip.

Legitimate application or not, it’s none of my business where they go.

“I want to know exactly what I would be doing before I go. If I were to get injured, it would cause a lot of trouble.”

Sylvia Lennon’s sharp words. If it were another noble, he might have gotten angry at the mere doubt of the Baron, but for me, it was no problem at all.

I’ve experienced younger brats being treated well just because they are related by blood to the boss. A rational view is just about right.

“We are…”

“We’re going to meet a dragon.”

We’re going to leave the academy and catch a dragon.

“Don’t talk nonsense.”

Listen to what people have to say till the end.

There are guys who can catch even a black man in a bikini armor.