Mesugaki Tank Enters The Academy

It was already expected that the second prince would resort to petty tricks.

In fact, it was strange that he hadn’t acted until now. The guy I knew would do anything to win.

However, I never thought he would come at me like this.

No matter how much he wanted to beat me, this was just too much, wasn’t it?

I could understand his mindset of wanting to win by any means necessary.

But, you know, he forgot the most important thing, that idiot!

Your goal from the start was to recruit me! If you come at me like this, would I even want to join you?! You idiot prince!

<...Is he dumber than I thought? Or is he so incompetent that he can’t manage his subordinates?>

‘Both, I think.’

<No, but he was educated as a prince, so it can’t be that.>

The old man denied reality in the face of something utterly incomprehensible, but that didn’t change the scene before me.

The men sprawled out in the alley were clearly those who had come to hinder me.

“Haah.”

<Haah.>

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I sighed in disbelief alongside the old man, and Karia let out a chuckle.

“When I was in the kingdom, you were quite the cute one. Seems Lady Bedfer’s education wasn’t that good after all.”

Her words accurately pinpointed the issue.

The person who greatly influenced the formation of the second prince’s character was indeed that duchess.

However, that was no longer relevant.

She must have given up any hope for her son, whom she deemed a failure.

The same went for the matter of recruiting me.

“Be careful, employer. With them going this far, you never know what tricks they might use. I don’t think something trivial will put you in danger, but you never know, right?”

Karia’s warning was spot on. After all, various forms of sabotage had been directed at me since then.

From minor annoyances like my training equipment disappearing to attempts to break into the dorm while I was away.

It was clear that the thought of recruiting me had vanished from the second prince's mind.

He wouldn’t pull such a crazy stunt otherwise.

At first, I tried to laugh it off since I had openly provoked him, but as these incidents kept piling up, my temper started to flare.

As time passed, on the day the entrance to the academy dungeon opened, I woke up with only one thought in my mind.

[Teach the Second Prince a Lesson!]

Teaching that bastard the second prince a lesson.

To be taught a lesson by a brat he sought to teach a lesson to is the worst humiliation, not to mention as a man, but as a human!

This was a fitting punishment for the filthy perverted scumbag who had resorted to all sorts of dirty tricks just to beat me.

[The Second Prince of the Soladin Kingdom has challenged you! Show him his place!]

[Defeat the Second Prince!]

It was clear that the pathetic god wanted this as well, so as one of His disciples, how could I not faithfully carry out that will?

At first, I thought the god was trying to assassinate me, but now I knew otherwise. The god had merely anticipated the thoughts I would have in the future.

Ah, Armen! I believe!

After finishing a light morning prayer, I got out of bed and stretched.

There was still time before the dungeon doors would open, so I should warm up in the meantime.

I needed to start off strong if I wanted to finish the dungeon raid before the academy dungeon’s doors closed.

After preparing as usual, I headed to the training ground, where Frey was waiting for me.

Leaning against her sword and dozing off, she sensed my presence and lifted her head to greet me with a blank expression.

“Are you going to the dungeon today?”

‘Of course.’

“Of course. I’m curious just how shabby that shabby dungeon made by this shabby academy will be.”

“Are the members the same as usual?”

Members? What members? I’m going into the dungeon by myself today!

As I thought this, I realized I had never shared this plan with anyone.

‘I’ll be going in alone today.’

“It’s enough for me to tackle a shabby dungeon like that by myself.”

“Lady Alrn?! What do you mean by that?!”

Turning around, I saw the shocked look in Zoe’s eyes, realizing that this conversation was not going to end easily.

Failure. Failure. Failure. Failure. Failure.

The reports Seasil received generally concluded with the word “failure.”

Numerous attempts at sabotage against Lucy Alrn had all failed to affect her significantly.

That was the conclusion of many reports.

While Seasil’s subordinates complained of mental fatigue impacting their dungeon raid, that wasn’t a very convincing argument.

However, Seasil passed over that content as it was.

As for the responsibility for the failures, he could simply ask later.

What mattered more was something else.

It was the fact that Seasil had recently obtained a map of the academy dungeon.

By mobilizing various connections, he managed to recruit a professor within the academy and acquire a dungeon map that contained all information regarding the academy dungeon.

Details about the dungeon’s structure. The types of monsters that appear on each floor.

The characteristics of each floor.

And methods for dealing with the bosses that block the raider’s path every ten floors.

When Seasil got his hands on this, he had been overjoyed.

With this, if he had this map.

He could raid the academy dungeon in the shortest possible time.

He could defeat Lucy Alrn.

He could accomplish what his brother had failed to achieve.

He could.

He could.

Standing before the entrance to the academy dungeon, Seasil looked at the faces of those who would accompany him today.

They were all among the physically strongest of the second years at the academy.

Those who had roamed outside the academy with Seasil, raiding numerous dungeons.

Warriors who would undoubtedly make significant achievements on the battlefield if they became knights.

“Are you ready?”

Seeing the confident smiles on the faces of his party members, he nodded in satisfaction and looked ahead again.

Seasil had thoroughly prepared for this moment.

By defeating Lucy Alrn. By renewing the record set by the first prince.

To prove his competence.

To dispel the notion of incompetence.

“Let’s move.”

“You don’t need to worry about us, Lady Alrn. We’re not weak enough to suffer any disadvantages by getting involved in this duel.”

“Indeed. Lucy Alrn, considering all the grace you’ve shown me in my growth, I can easily handle your little brother’s whining.”

“I don’t know much, but I think so too.”

Hearing that I planned to raid the academy alone, Zoe and Arthur seemed to believe that I was being considerate toward them.

They thought that if I got tangled up with the second prince, it might cause trouble for them, so I was trying to shoulder everything alone.

I had never thought that way.

I simply chose to go alone because it was more convenient for me, not realizing it would lead to such misunderstandings.

Convincing those who had already drawn their conclusions in their minds was incredibly difficult. No matter how I explained, it would only turn into excuses that revealed my true feelings.

“Since when did you care about anyone else?”

“Right? Just act as you normally would, Lady.”

‘No, I’m serious!’

“Why can’t you understand? Do you really think people like you would help me? Your self-esteem is so high it’s touching the sky.”

“Ha. You’re really stubborn.”

“While I understand that you care for us, we—”

“Yeah. Right. I also want to go into the dungeon together.”

Still, I didn’t dislike the process of persuading them.

Knowing that Zoe and Arthur’s misunderstandings stemmed from their fondness for me made me feel warm inside.

If these two didn’t think well of me, they wouldn’t be offering to help, risking the second prince’s ire.

As for Frey? She didn’t care whether the second prince hated her or not. She just wanted to go into the dungeon with me.

Ever since she got promoted from ‘pathetic knight’ to ‘idiot knight,’ she had been following me around excessively. She probably wanted to raid the dungeon together.

After managing to persuade my friends with the idea that I would ask for their help if a crisis arose during the dungeon raid, I successfully entered the academy dungeon alone.

The moment I set foot in the academy dungeon, the first thing I felt was the cold.

The cold air seeping through the gaps in my armor pierced my skin and chilled my bones. Feeling that, I enveloped myself in a holy aura.

The divine aura, warm like the sun, naturally drove away the cold.

I could feel warmth even in the midst of winter.

Then, as I looked around, I saw a snowy landscape.

A snowy vista that stretched endlessly, with no clear end in sight, where I could see nothing but snow.

Alright. Confirming the position of the frozen trees marked the conclusion of my current location.

Shall I give it a try?

Thinking this, I loosened up my body when the old man called out to me.

<Young lady.> ‘Yes?’ <You’re really not thinking about those people, are you?>

Why is the old man acting like this too? Didn’t I tell you before that I thought it would be easier to go in alone!?

Do you think I, who am inept at politics, would care about the second prince’s hatred or anything like that?!

I’m telling you no!

<No. But still. Isn’t it true that the more people there are, the easier it is to conquer a dungeon?>

‘That is true.’

<But if you say you want to go in alone, then it’s hard not to think that you’re being considerate of others.>

‘...Hmm. So that’s the case.’

Having more people is a weapon in itself.

In fact, when I played the game Soul Academy, aside from moments when I was doing a restricted playthrough, I always filled my party.

Even when speedrunning, having more people is better.

Even so, the reason I chose to go alone was that I wouldn’t need to explain the numerous outlandish actions I would take from now on to others.

‘It’s hard to explain in words. You’ll see when you see.’

While having this conversation and finishing up several buffs, I intentionally made my presence known and charged forward.

Not long after, I heard a rumbling sound shaking the ground from afar.

It was coming this way, responding to my presence.

And then the figure that appeared was a yeti.

The monster known as the ruler of the snowfield.

Its overwhelming power was said to be comparable to that of a typical ogre.

It was not a monster one would encounter on the first floor of a dungeon.

So why was it here?

Surely, the academy hadn’t made another mistake.

It was merely the concept of the second semester dungeon itself.

The second semester dungeon of the academy is a place where you get to experience various gimmicks that exist within dungeons.

It’s a dungeon that teaches you ways to overcome places that can’t be tackled in a normal manner.

This yeti was no exception.

It wasn’t a creature meant to be captured. It was placed here to make you raid the dungeon while avoiding it.

So, by normal raiding methods, the right thing to do would be to find the exit while avoiding the yeti.

But I didn’t do that.