All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 224

112. Better Than You – 2

The Imperial Academy instructors were horrified by Ian’s words.

Who was Charles?

Wasn’t she just someone who got into the Imperial Academy because she was royalty, despite lacking the skills?

On top of that, she was arrogant and didn’t have good relationships with those around her.

To have Charles as a guide…

Fraga hesitated and said to Ian,

“Well… we have many excellent students at our academy. Or, if you really want, I can do it myself….”

“Everyone must be busy. There’s no need for you to go out of your way. I’m fine.”

Things were not fine at the Imperial Academy.

But what could they say when he said it himself?

In the end, Fraga looked at the flustered Charles.

If it were a student from a typical noble family, they could at least scold her, but the other party was royalty, after all.

He was in a position where he had to use respectful language, so he couldn’t say anything strongly.

“Your Highness, that person is one of the top five strongest people on the continent and also the Count of the Scarlet Kingdom.”

“So what?”

“I hope you don’t do anything rude.”

“Hmph.”

Charles, who had been bewildered, quickly turned her head away.

It felt uneasy.

As not only Fraga but also the other instructors looked at her with a look full of discomfort, Ian calmly said,

“Have you met the returned students, including Swan?”

“Yes? Ah. Yes. But I haven’t heard the details yet.”

“I hope you hear the story of what happened in the Great Plains from them. And there were also deaths, so they were kept in connection with the Killhart tribe, so please debrief them thoroughly.”

“Ah, no, I would like to hear directly from Count Ian, but….”

“Sometimes it’s better to get information objectively from a third party’s perspective.”

In the end, the Imperial Academy instructors were embarrassed and had no choice but to go inside.

As they went in, Charles stared at Ian and said,

“You. You are a great person.”

“I am.”

To be treated as equal to the Emperor, who was her father and a strong person whom she could hardly even look up to.

She was quite surprised that he was that powerful at a similar age.

“Hmm….”

“Why?”

“You can speak comfortably. This princess is also a princess of the Blad Empire. I know how to respect the strong.”

A person who had risen to such heights purely through skill, despite being of a similar age.

Charles suppressed the jealousy that was boiling up with arrogance.

Ian smiled as he saw the arrogance she had armed herself with to protect herself.

“I’ve been comfortable from the start?”

“Th, that’s right. Good. Well. I asked you to guide this princess? Can you keep up?”

“No, didn’t you say you would guide me?”

“You? Ah, ah. Yes. It’s a fresh way of putting it.”

Charles, who had only been called Princess until now, hesitated and covered her mouth with a hand wrapped in white gloves.

“Hehehe! Then follow me closely.”

Even without any attendants, she walked confidently.

Ian, who was watching, asked calmly.

“By the way, you seem used to walking alone as a princess.”

“……How can you say you inherited the blood of Blad if you can’t even walk alone?”

Her voice trembled.

Ian quickly noticed the reason.

“Does that mean no one is targeting you?”

“……Don’t be so blunt.”

“That’s my strength.”

Charles glared at Ian coldly.

When Ian met her gaze head-on, she quickly turned her head and strode ahead.

“Myaa~.”

At that moment, Myane peeked out of the bag.

Charles, reacting to Myane’s sound, turned her gaze towards his bag.

“What a cute cat!”

She held out her hand wrapped in gloves.

When Myane tapped it with her front paw, a blush appeared on Charles’s face.

“Do you want to hold it?”

“Of course… n, no. This princess is a royal who inherits the blood of Blad. Do you think I would be interested in such a cat?”

She said primly and stepped back.

“……Hurry up. And stand next to me.”

Because she wouldn’t be able to see Myane if she was behind him.

Ian, who immediately noticed her intentions, strode over and said,

“By the way, where are you planning to guide me?”

“If you’ve come to the Empire, the first place you should see is the Temple of the Moon. There are many things to see on the way there, so look forward to it.”

He was supposed to meet Celestia at the Temple of the Moon anyway.

As Ian nodded, she smiled brightly.

“How is it? My choice?”

“Not bad. Let’s go.”

At first, Charles was a little careful with her words.

However, Ian was not a person who cared much about other people’s way of speaking.

Perhaps noticing that, she became more comfortable and used an arrogant tone to introduce the surroundings.

“Look at that!! That is the Clock Tower, the pride of the Empire!”

She pointed to the huge clock tower in the center of Xerxes Square, the center of the capital, and was proud.

It was the largest clock tower on the continent, established to commemorate Xerxes’ reign.

She explained in an arrogant tone, but Ian was still indifferent.

“Isn’t it cool?”

“It is cool.”

“But why that expression? Shouldn’t you be happier? Do you even know how many people can’t see that clock tower even once in their lifetime?”

‘It’s difficult if you use me as a standard. It’s not bad by current standards.’

“Hmm. Don’t you like it? Then I should have shown you the Colosseum. This princess made a mistake…….”

“No. But where is the Temple of the Moon?”

“Ah. It’s just a little further that way. Let’s go. That place is also quite worth seeing.”

“Myaa!”

At that moment, Myane jumped out of the bag.

As he walked on the stone floor and started going in a direction other than the Temple of the Moon, Ian headed that way.

“Ah?! Stop! That’s not the way to the Temple of the Moon!”

“I know. Let’s go for a bit.”

“Ugh. I have to follow a cat.”

Even while grumbling, she followed Ian.

The place they arrived at was a small cafe.

When they arrived in front of a place where the citizens of the Empire enjoyed tea from time to time, Myane sat down and cried.

“Myaa~ Myaa~.”

“Are you hungry?”

“Myaa~!”

Ian picked up Myane.

Charles shuddered when she saw that.

“L, let’s go. There are better places elsewhere.”

“What is it?”

A group of students was sitting on the cafe’s terrace.

When the boy in the center of the group discovered Charles, he snorted and said,

“Hey. If you see us, you should say hello, right?”

Charles trembled.

The boy, who looked about the same age as her but had cruelty etched on his face, leaned against the terrace and smiled coldly.

“I told you. Say hello.”

“……H, hello.”

She had a slightly frightened expression.

Towards her, the blue-haired boy glanced at Ian.

“Sister. Are you on a date?”

“Ugh. Th, that’s.”

“They say the capital is under attack right now, but you’re having a good time. Ah. Well… you always have been, though.”

Charles clenched her fists tightly.

But she couldn’t say anything properly.

Mocking her, the boy sneered.

“You need to know what you can do.”

“N, no. I……. H, how dare you!! Why do you think this princess can’t do anything?!”

“What. Are you daring to argue with me?”

He jumped up from the terrace and glanced at Ian.

“Just because you picked up some ignorant guy from somewhere and put him next to you, you’re trying to imitate royalty with your half-wit self?”

He smiled cruelly and swung his fist at Ian.

“You can’t do anything anyway. You should just be a decoration and not put anything next to you!!”

The fist wrapped in a gauntlet flew.

Ian easily caught it and said,

“Who are you?”

Otal’s mother was from the Calon family.

Unlike Charles, his maternal family was also influential, so he had quite a bit of influence within the Imperial Palace.

“Oh, you’re catching it so presumptuously? Do you know who I am?”

“Then do you know who I am?”

-Wood crack!! [Sound effect for bone breaking]

“Kuaaaaaack!!”

The sound of bones breaking could be heard from Otal’s hand.

At the same time, his followers in the cafe rushed out.

“How dare you!”

“How dare you lay a hand on the Prince of the Blad Empire?!”

Some drew their weapons, and some prepared magic.

As things were about to escalate, Charles shouted urgently.

“Stop!! Charles de Blad, the princess of the Empire, commands you!! This person is……!!”

But they didn’t even pretend to listen to her desperate cry.

-Thud!

The price was harsh.

Ian, who hadn’t even drawn his sword, lightly swung his fist, and one of the students hit by that fist flew far away and crashed into the wall.

“Kueuk…….”

He let out a short groan and slumped down.

The other students who were about to rush in were flustered.

“J, just now…….”

“I couldn’t see the fist……. Who are you…….”

They were also Imperial Academy students, so they had some skill.

To think that they couldn’t even see the movement.

The ambition they had to stand out to Otal subsided, and anxiety soared.

“I’m Ian Brandon. Nice to meet you.”

“Ian…… Huh!”

The students were flustered.

While they were panicking, Ian raised his hand.

“U, uaaaaaa!!”

Otal, who was holding his hand and in pain, flew over after hearing that the other party was Ian, his face turning white.

Pulled by Ian’s internal energy, he trembled as his neck was grabbed.

“S, save…… me…….”

-Bang!!

He grabbed him and slammed him down as is.

He was so shocked that the hard stone floor cracked, and he gasped for breath, vomiting blood.

Ian grabbed his neck and lifted him up again.

“Save me? You’re not using honorifics?”

In fact, he didn’t care how others spoke; he didn’t care about such things.

But Ian deliberately pointed out his way of speaking, and Otal trembled and hurriedly changed his tone.

“Save…… Cough! Me…… please…….”

The arrogance he had just had disappeared.

Ian, seeing him succumb to power, lost interest and threw him away.

While Otal, who had rolled on the floor, was panting.

Guards ran over after hearing the commotion.

“P, Prince?! You!! What are you doing?!”

Ian crossed his arms and looked at them.

Charles, who was looking back and forth between him and Otal, stepped forward.

“Stop!”

“Oh… oh? Princess Charles?”

“It’s just a minor dispute between Otal and Ian, so don’t worry about it and go back!!”

Charles said with a very nervous expression, but the soldiers didn’t budge.

They were just wary and pointed their weapons at Ian.

“How dare you not follow this princess’s orders!”

“K, cough…… N, no one…… Cough! Would follow the orders of a princess who has nothing…… Cough! Cough!”

As Otal sneered while vomiting blood, Charles’s expression darkened.

Ian smiled when he saw that.

“Still, he knows how to resist unlike you. That’s enough.”