All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 230

230. Become a Sacrifice – 2

“Okay. I’m ready. What should I do first?”

Charles, dressed in training clothes, asked awkwardly.

Ian, who had been staring at her, pointed to one side.

“First, sit down. Don’t just sit any old way. Cross your legs… uh, like that.”

Looking down at her sitting cross-legged on the ground, Ian reached out his hand.

“Wh, what are you going to do?”

“It’s going to hurt a bit. But keep your mouth shut. I’ll stop if you can’t handle it.”

“Um… I’m fine.”

“Really? It’ll be tough, though?”

“…Will it be very hard?”

“Probably.”

“…Th, then I’ll ask for your help.”

“Okay.”

With a light movement of his hand, the wind brushed past Charles’s body.

It didn’t seem like anything had changed.

Charles was about to open her mouth to ask what he had done, but…

“……!!”

It wouldn’t open.

As if her mouth had become someone else’s, it was tightly shut, and she couldn’t make a sound.

As she looked up with red eyes full of bewilderment, Ian raised his hand and placed it on her head.

“Starting now.”

Charles almost lost consciousness from the shock pouring down from her head.

Her whole body ached as if it would break.

A terrible pain, as if stabbing her entire body with a knife, surged up.

Nevertheless, not a single groan escaped.

-Crack! Cracking!

The bones twisted, and the position of the muscles began to change.

Then, the immense potential created by taking the elixir began to settle in Charles’s *dantian* [energy center] area.

The storm-like, immense medicinal effect rampaged wildly.

Ian effortlessly guided and transformed Charles’s body with that powerful energy that was about to burst out, tearing her body apart.

“Cough!!”

It was a moment for Ian.

But for Charles, it felt like a thousand years had passed.

The moment Ian took his hand off her head, she cried out in pain and shed tears.

Charles’s mouth opened, and blood-mixed saliva dripped down.

“Cough!! Cough! Ugh! Waah…!! Wh… What… did you… do…?”

“I’ve changed your body a bit. This should make it easier to learn aura and accumulate magic.”

“What does that…?”

“Try it.”

As Ian said with his arms crossed, Charles closed her eyes.

And after starting meditation to gather magic, she was surprised.

The speed at which magic gathered was faster than before.

“What is this…?”

“Okay. Let’s start again.”

“……Ag, again?”

“We’re not there yet, you know?”

Ian waved his hand once more.

As the wind brushed past her body again, Charles couldn’t open her mouth.

“We’ll keep repeating this all day today, so be prepared.”

Fear filled Charles’s eyes.

Ian smiled at the sight.

“Did you think gaining power would be easy?”

He reached out his hand towards Charles, who was terrified of the pain that would come again.

The sun was high in the sky.

While Charles, who had been tormented since dawn, was slumped over, an instructor ran up to Ian.

“Count Ian.”

“Yes.”

“Instructor Aranse from Fredon Academy is here… Huh?! Pr, Princess Charles?! What have you done to the Princess?!”

“I taught her a few things.”

“That……”

The instructor’s eyes were full of envy.

To receive the teachings of a strong person like Ian was an honor that couldn’t be bought with money.

“By the way, you said Instructor Aranse came? Where is he now?”

“Ah. Yes. He’s meeting with the Dean. I told him that Count Ian was here, so he’ll be here soon.”

“There’s no need for him to come. I’ll go.”

Ian reached out his hand to Charles, who was slumped over.

He lightly slung her over his shoulder and said to the instructor with a wry smile.

“Let’s go.”

“I’ll take care of the Princess.”

“It’s okay. I have to do it while walking.”

“Yes? Do what?”

“There is. Something like that.”

Holding her like luggage, Ian moved with the instructor.

And when he arrived at the main building of the Imperial Academy, he found Aranse coming out of it.

“Oh~! Ian! When did you get here…? What’s that on your shoulder?”

Aranse waved his hand lightly and then looked puzzled.

Could it be that a fight broke out as soon as he arrived?

Curious, Aranse was surprised to see Charles.

“Isn’t that Princess Charles?”

“Oh? Do you know her?”

“I know the royals at least. But why is the Princess…?”

“I don’t think we should talk about it here… Let’s go eat and talk.”

“Ye, yeah. But are you going to keep carrying her like that?”

“It’s a bit important right now.”

Even while eating at the Imperial Academy’s student cafeteria, Ian continued to adjust her body.

Aranse sweated as he watched Charles flinch each time and plead with her eyes in pain.

“What are you doing?”

“I’m strengthening her body. She said she wanted to get stronger.”

“I didn’t know you’d help her like that just because she wanted to get stronger.”

“I like Charles, so that’s why.”

Aranse was quite surprised, and Ian smiled.

“It’s not that kind of meaning.”

“Really? I thought so. By the way, you caused quite a stir as soon as you arrived.”

Not only did he break the Imperial gate and walls, but he also dealt with the incident that occurred within the Imperial Academy.

It seemed like incidents and accidents followed Ian wherever he went.

“I heard there was something in the Great Plains too?”

“Yes.”

“Amazing. What on earth is going on….”

Just as Ian was about to reply with a smile, Kirke said.

They arrived faster than expected.

“What’s wrong?”

“No, Haryun and Widia are here.”

“How do you know that?”

Ian held up his bracelet.

Aranse was amazed to see it.

“Is it possible to track locations with that too?”

“Yes. It has quite a few other functions besides that.”

“That’s amazing.”

While he was admiring, Ian moved his hand again.

As the final adjustment was completed and the blood points blocking her mouth were released, Charles gasped and groaned.

“Ugh… Ra, rather… Ju, kill… me….”

“What are you talking about? It’s over now, so eat.”

“How can I eat with this body….”

“The pain should be gone, though?”

Charles looked at Ian with resentful eyes and then moved her body.

It was different.

Her body felt much lighter.

In addition, the pain that had been tormenting her whole body until just now had disappeared like a lie.

“Wh, what happened?”

“I removed the impurities and toxins left in your body. And I’ve engraved the Water Star Divine Art into your body, so let’s gather aura right after we eat.”

“Huh? Uh, uh….”

Still bewildered, she hesitated and sat down.

Aranse, who was watching her, smiled wryly and said.

“Nice to meet you, Princess. I’m Aranse from Fredon Academy.”

“Ahem. This is an academy, so you can speak comfortably.”

“Really? Then I’ll do that. Anyway, I don’t know what you received from Ian, but it will never be a bad thing.”

“Is that so?”

“None of our kids have gotten stronger without going through Ian’s hands.”

Charles looked at Ian with a blank face.

Staring at him as he ate with Myae with his usual blunt face, Charles carefully asked.

“What on earth are you?”

Ian didn’t answer the question, and Aranse laughed.

“We’ve known him for over a year, but we still don’t know.”

After the meal, they headed to the training ground.

Now that they had only completed her body, they had to teach her in earnest.

Then Aranse, who had gone to meet Haryun and Widia, returned with them.

“What! Who’s first?!”

“Ian! Did the others not come yet?”

“You guys are first. But why are you two together? There’s only one Titan, should I split it in half?”

Widia shook her head.

“Give it to Haryun. Instead, I decided to receive the rights to enter our family.”

“I will.”

“And what is this?”

Haryun showed his bracelet.

When he tapped the obsidian on it, a message popped up.

“I asked the merchants connected to the Salt Merchant Guild or our people about what you sent before, but they said there was nothing special like that.”

“Then I guess it didn’t go that far.”

“But why?”

Ian explained the situation casually.

Haryun and Widia’s expressions hardened after hearing everything.

“So Kesin and Gehern are moving…?”

“Not only in the southern Great Plains but also in the capital… Ha. This is really a big deal.”

“But we’re solving it step by step, so don’t worry.”

As Ian waved his hand and said, Haryun nodded.

And he pointed to Charles, who was sitting cross-legged.

“But why is the Princess sitting there in the pose you always do?”

“I decided to teach her.”

“Oh… Why?”

“Can’t I?”

“There’s no reason why not.”

Wasn’t it his business who Ian taught?

As they nodded, Aranse casually informed them.

“He said he likes her. And he said it’s not what you guys are thinking.”

“Hmm. Well, I don’t think that guy would be interested in power. And I don’t think he sees that princess as a woman.”

“That’s right. He’s a guy who doesn’t react even when he sees my beauty.”

Widia said with sincerity, but Aranse and Haryun didn’t even look at her.

While she was groaning in embarrassment, Ian said to Charles, who had released her cross-legged position and stood up.

“The Water Star Divine Art is a technique for pouring water. It’s a sword technique that uses *yin* [passive energy] energy, so it’s a good fit for women.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. Okay. This is the first form, so watch carefully and follow along.”

Ian quickly swung his sword.

Charles was flustered by his flashy movements.

“Ho, how am I supposed to do that?”

“Just do it because you can. The aura will naturally follow along with your body’s movements.”

With an insecure expression, Charles swung her sword.

And she was surprised.

It was as he said.

The more clumsily she followed, the more something hot spread from her lower abdomen to her body, making her movements stronger.

“What is this…?”

“That’s aura. Practice repeating that so you can move the aura freely.”

As Ian explained, Aranse, who was watching Charles’s movements, admired.

“That’s the movement of an aura user…?”

Cutting greatly and jumping into the air.

In that state, kicking off the air and doing a double slash, etc.

Such flashy movements are difficult without aura.

“As far as I know, Princess Charles only has a little magic aptitude… Did you do that?”

“Yes.”

“……What is your real identity?”

To turn an ordinary person into an aura user…

The more he peeled it off, the more he felt like he was not an ordinary person.

Ian grinned at him, who was in shock.

And as he sat cross-legged and began to meditate, Aranse sighed.

“Haa. Okay. Then we can’t just stand still.”

Aranse, who was watching Charles, who felt the aura and continued to train happily, stood up.

Haryun and Wildy, who were squatting, gave a bitter smile.

“I thought I’d get some rest today.”

“Where’s the time to rest? Training starts right away. Widia! Come out!”

“Yes. Yes.”

“Haryun, you meditate next to Ian!!”

As they started training in the corner of the training ground, the Imperial Academy instructors were sullen.

And they moved right away.

What they brought out were the students who were playing in the dormitory.

“Are you sleepy at your level right now?! Huh?!”

“Look over there! Over there!! Even Fredon Academy is training like that!”

The Imperial Academy students, who were dragged out of nowhere, glared at Fredon Academy with resentful eyes.