The Academy is Doomed

Chapter 38

It was a simple argument that can be spit out by simply skimming through a history book!

Raymond continued.

“What is the significance of the Marquis de Mannoni’s treason?”

Raymond’s simple question brought a look of disbelief to the faces of those watching the discussion, including the supervisor.

‘What…….’

‘What simple…….’

The treason of Marquis de Mannoni’s!

It was an embarrassingly simple topic for a discussion.

A case of history that simply says, ‘This happened and this is the result,’ with no room to dig deeper!

The discussion would end the moment John says, “The Marquis of Mannoni disappeared without leaving a single foundation stone, and only served to strengthen the imperial power!”

There is no room for further discussion!

Amon, watching the situation, smiled wickedly.

‘Fufufufu, but do you think John can answer that question?’

The questioner was none other than a Sword Master.

With the Sword Master glaring in front of him and focusing his intimidating power on John, how could he possibly say anything?

No matter how brilliant John is as a politician, diplomat, or scholar, he’s still just a student.

That means he doesn’t have the courage to speak up for himself!

Amon clenched his fists tightly as he watched John fidgeting with his fingers in front of Raymond.

‘Hahahaha, Vestric Academy, you’ll lose the second match as well!’

He laughed inwardly, his laughter drenched in madness.

“I’ll give you my opinion.”

“……?”

John, who had been avoiding Raymond’s gaze, took a deep breath.

Then he straightened up, locked eyes with Raymond, and spoke with authority.

“The Marquis of Mannoni’s rebellion was in vain, and as a result, the position of the commoners was greatly enhanced by the efforts of the imperial court, which was wary of the unchecked power of the aristocracy. As a result, the introduction of the tribune system representing the rights of the commoners resulted in the beginning of a confrontational structure between the three powers of the imperial family, the nobles, and the tribune.”

“……!”

“However, considering the history of the establishment of the Tribune, it is natural that the commoners would support the imperial family, so the treason of the Marquis Mannoni ended up strengthening the imperial power.”

“…….”

John, speaking with a strong voice and expressing his opinions in a well-crafted manner!

Amon’s mouth dropped open at the sight of him.

‘Xed!’

TLN: The author means fuc*ed.

People can’t always kneel down in fear!

In the end, John overcame his fear and took a step forward like a promising student!

‘Besides, he explained the implications of the Marquis’s treason perfectly! There’s nothing to add or take away from it!’

That was the limit of Raymond, who had only read history for a few days!

‘Raymond, you fool, I told you to read history books!’

Amon never said that!

Anyway, as John’s sharp retort sent Amon reeling, the supervisor glanced at Raymond, knowing that he had nothing more to say.

“What does student Raymond have to say?”

The cruelty of asking when he knew there was nothing to rebut!

“Nothing…….”

“Well, I see.”

Then the supervisor, Kaloris, who nodded with a knowing look on his face, continued.

“In that case, I’ll let John present his argument this time.”

As he had done with Boris and Meyer, Kaloris looked at John with a smirk.

He’s secretly betting on John’s victory.

And he was right: Raymond’s argument was weak, to say the least.

‘……lost.’

Just as Amon was realizing his defeat, John spoke up.

“I would like to speak about the political conflict that has been brewing due to a recent incident on the outskirts of the Empire, on the border between the Duke of Everglow Boston estate and the Grand Duchy of Vladimir.”

Amon gasped at the words.

‘We lost!’

Amon had hoped that Raymond would use his brilliant mind to make a comment that would cut to the heart of the matter, but what came out of John’s mouth was hard for Amon to grasp.

‘It’s complicated. There’s a lot of politics involved.’

The borderline, the refugees, the conflict within the politically neutral zone on the borderline, the long-standing conflict between the Duke of Everglow and the actual ruler of the Grand Duchy of Vladimir, the effective resources of the neutral zone…….

‘I can think of at least five conflicts off the top of my head. But I’m sure there are a few more…….’

Even Amon wasn’t sure he could win a debate against John on this topic.

It came down to the information gap.

Vestric Academy is a huge organization with tons of up-to-date information!

Amonis Academy, on the other hand, is a small organization that can’t be said to be well known, so the information they could receive was limited.

‘In the end, the only history we can learn is what’s in the history books. The conflict between the Duke of Everglow Boston estate and the Grand Duchy of Vladimir, on the other hand, is not something we can read about…….’

It was a conflict that would soon be in the history books.

History is history, but not if you don’t pick it apart.

Nevertheless, it’s a good challenge for a discussion like this.

In the end, it meant that for Raymond, who had only skimmed through a few history books, it was content that he could not overcome even if he flew or crawled.

‘Okay, let’s just make peace with losing.’

Amon smiled, relieved.

“Which incident exactly are you referring to?”

“……?

“When you say recent, do you mean the battle between the regular army and the mercenaries in the politically neutral zone, or the disappearance of the Grand Duchy’s convoy?”

‘You mean……?’

Amon cocked his head.

‘Why does he know so much about that? That’s an unfamiliar event to me……?’

Suddenly, Raymond looked different.

John looked puzzled by Raymond’s sudden demand for a ‘precise definition of the incident’.

“T, since we’re discussing a specific incident, any incident is fine.”

“Really?”

Raymond stroked his chin.

“Then let’s talk about the conflict with the Duchy over the anomalies on Boston Mountain, located on the Duke of Everglow’s Boston estate.”

“……?”

John’s eyes narrowed.

He looked as if he was asking, “What the hell is that?”

After a moment of dumbfounded scratching of his head, he looked at the supervisor.

“Mr. Supervisor, I’ve never heard of the conflict caused by the Boston Mountain anomalies…….”

At John’s bewildered question, the supervisor frowned.

“It’s one of the incidents from last year.”

“……?”

“The incident itself was fairly minor, but it escalated the conflict between the Grand Duchy and the Duke of Everglow, so to speak, and set the stage for many of the events that followed. But…….”

The supervisor frowned and looked at Raymond.

‘How does that student know that? It’s a case that’s been buried under a mountain of dirt on both sides.’

It was something that only the Empire’s most renowned historians had heard of, so how could Raymond know about it?

The reason was simple.

“Ray, have you started your turn yet?”

Amon turned at the sound of a voice behind him.

“Sir, are you here?”

“Hehe, I thought I’d see if there were any other guests today. I hear Ray’s off to the history competition, right?”

“Yes, that’s right, your grandson is about to do something big.”

“What does he know about history?”

The overseer’s eyes widened at the sight of the old man talking to Amon.

“……?

It took a few more glances before the supervisor realized the old man’s identity.

‘Azure Sky Sword King Reinbelt!? And Raymond is the grandson of Reinbelt!?’

He is a Grand Sword Master and one of the ‘Four Imperial Knights’, the core power of the Empire.

Although he was almost invisible and very little information was known about him, everyone knew that he was one of the pillars of the Empire.

So, despite the lack of information, they thought they had a complete picture of his residence.

‘Why would Reinbelt be here……?’

As the question arose, another was answered.

Why Raymond knows so much about the first conflict between the Duke of Everglow and the Grand Duchy!

‘Well, of course he knows, since Mr. Reinbelt is a resident of the Everglow Dukedom’s Boston Mountain, and the Boston Mountain phenomenon that Raymond mentioned was centered around Mr. Reinbelt!’

An incident where a group of noble children from the Grand Duchy mistook Reinbelt, who was digging for wild vegetables, for a lost old man and played a prank on him, only to be almost beaten to death!

Both sides were embarrassed that such a trivial incident was the start of a political dispute, so they swept it under the rug!

”Furthermore, the other party is none other than the Azure Sky Sword King, Reinbelt. Since he’s a recluse, we can’t build a case around him, so even if we count the conflict as a conflict, we’ve covered it up…….’

The overseer glanced at Reinbelt.

At that moment, their eyes met and he felt a chilling sensation!

The overseer’s face turned pale as he felt as if his entire body was being torn apart and he heard a whisper in his ear.

-My grandson has brought up an unnecessary incident. I’m very sorry, but I don’t want this to get out of hand, so will you please keep quiet?

‘…….’

-I beg you.

The art of transmitting your voice across space needs a massive amount of mana!

The overseer gave a small nod of approval, and Reinbelt smiled with satisfaction.

“Kkkkkkkk……!”

The overseer coughed and glared at John with a fierce look on his face.

“Student John!”

“Yeah, yeah!”

“You have no intention of refuting the argument!”

“What! Now, give me a minute to…….”

“I’ve given you plenty of time! If you can’t come up with an opinion on the argument, there will be consequences!”

The overseer shouted, pointing at Raymond with a stern face.

“Amonis side, student Raymond wins!”

Raymond shook his head at the sudden declaration of victory.

“It’s ……?”

“Student Raymond, congratulations on winning the match. I’ll leave you to it!”

The overseer huffed and puffed his way out of the room, leaving the Amonis side stunned by their sudden victory.

“What’s going on here?”

“Well, it’s just that, all of a sudden, what…….”

They were dumbfounded because they didn’t know where Reinbelt and Raymond lived, and they didn’t know that Reinbelt was the one who did it.

Moreover, giving the victory to Amonis side was ridiculous, so what about the Vestric side?

“Supervisor, what are you doing all of a sudden!”

“Declaring victory without proper criteria, what kind of……!”

But the supervisor stood his ground.

“If you have any objections, please raise them formally later!”

“This……!”

The unreasonableness of the situation finally got to Vestric’s side.

‘Damn it……did Amonis bribe the supervisor too?’

Benjamin, the headmaster of Vestric’s academy, glanced at Jericho, the proctor but Jericho shrugged, as if he didn’t know what was going on.

‘This is the kind of humiliation the Amonis Academy deserves…….’

Benjamin gritted his teeth.

“I can’t. Since we gave them two wins, we’ll have no choice but to win the other three games in a landslide.”

“That’s right, Headmaster.”

“We can’t keep giving them the choice of matches.”

“That’s right.”

With that, Benjamin turned toward Anar’el.

“This time, we’ll have the choice of the match!”

“……Well, go ahead.”

“Fine!”

Benjamin exclaimed, looking back at the proctor.

“Proctor, our next match will be math!”

At that shout, the supervisor in charge of math, and the supervisor who was in cahoots with Vestric’s side, stepped forward!

A student with a keen eye for math also walked out from the Vestric side!

“……We’ll win this match by a landslide.

The student from the Vestric side was already a mathematician.

‘I’ve solved many problems and published several papers.’

So when Vestric puffed out his chest with pride.

Amon, from the Amonis side, raised his hand to the proctor and shouted.

“We will abstain from the math competition!”