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The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road Chapter 115

The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road Chapter 115

The season has already entered late autumn.

As the sun sets, the academy becomes noisy with issues related to advancing to higher education.

This is because admission to Fensillon Academy is quite difficult.

In the case of officer cadets, they are admitted regardless of test scores under the name of national recommendation, but it’s different for general students.

Regardless of social status, admission is determined solely by test scores. Even my eldest brother Max and second brother Miller failed this test and failed to enter Fensillon.

Since admission to Fensillon Academy was essential to become a senior government official, the general students were studying as if their lives depended on it.

On the other hand, we officer cadets had free time except for the required courses.

It wouldn’t have mattered if we just went home, but since I’d have to do paperwork if I returned to Rainpol, I decided to kill time at the academy.

“Dorofei, do you have a moment? I was thinking of looking around the city.”

Dorofei brightened at my suggestion, but soon says with a dark expression. “I’m sorry. I have an appointment with my fiancée today.”

Dorofei always looked dejected when the topic of his fiancée came up.

‘Was it the second daughter of Marquis Reinhardt?’

We had talked briefly at the last party. As I remember, she wasn’t a bad person.

It’s just that her ambition and expectations for her husband were too high. She’s not a good match for the timid Dorofei.

“You know, if the other person is too much for you, break off the engagement. If you get married as it is, you’ll both be unhappy.”

“But… How can I do that.”

“You’re a Count. You have enough power to do so.”

“If I break off the engagement without any reason, Marquis Reinhardt will be angry.”

“Sigh, you can just fight over that much. Anyway, I got it. I’ll talk to them.”

“Huh? Ars, how will you…”

“Just, I have my ways. You just need to say you’ll know later.”

It might be meddling, but what are friends for? I decided to take measures later through Duke Hellian.

Anyway, unable to make plans with Dorofei, I decided to spend time reading a book in the academy garden.

It was then.

“Ah, Ars! You’re still here!”

Beryl, carrying an armful of books, groaned as she waved her hand towards me.

As she approached me with something to say, I helped her put the books on the table.

“Thanks. Whew, that’s heavy.”

“Looks like you’re having a hard time.”

“Yeah, can’t be helped. I came to the general course knowing what I was in for. By the way Ars, when are you planning to go back?”

“I can go back anytime. I was just reading a book because it seemed too early to go back.”

“That’s perfect timing. I have a favor to ask… Would you teach me how to study?”

“Study?”

“Yeah, other cadets hire private tutors to study, but our family doesn’t have money for that… So I’m struggling a bit. I can trust you, Ars. Please, our pride of Rainpol Academy!”

“Okay, okay, just don’t say such embarrassing things.”

It seemed like a good way to kill time.

I agreed lightly like that, but it unexpectedly took a long time.

The amount of study was more than I thought.

As the sun began to set, we could no longer stay in the garden, so we had to choose whether to wrap it up or move somewhere else.

Beryl pleaded with me.

“There’s a mock exam in two days. It’s a really important exam because I need to do well to join the group of other cadets. Can you stay with me a little longer?”

There must be some kind of study group. 

Well, entrance exams are also an information war. I could understand why Beryl was so anxious.

“Alright. Then why don’t I just stay here for a day or so? You’re staying at the academy now too, right?”

“Hehehe, you found out?”

“I can tell even if I don’t want to by looking at your dry-looking hair. Then I’ll go tell the person who came to pick me up and come back.”

“Thank you so much! I’ll go ahead. Come to General Course Classroom 1!”

I sent a message to Rainpol to inform them of my overnight stay and had Yumir, who came to pick me up, stay at an inn in Alphensard for a day.

After that, I headed to General Course Classroom 1 as Beryl said.

As the general course had more students than the officer course, the classroom was quite large.

Despite the sun setting, about 40 people were still studying in the classroom.

“Ah, Ars! Over here!”

Beryl, who had secured a seat, waved her hand.

Then all eyes turned to me at once.

I looked around to see if there was anyone I knew, and Erina was there. She seemed to be in a teaching position, sitting at the center of a group.

I thought nothing of it and headed towards Beryl.

“Where were we?”

“Um, we were in the middle of Fensillon history. Here, this part.”

“Okay. Let’s continue. About the Kingdom of Erebonia…”

After teaching for about 30 minutes like that, suddenly someone picked a fight.

“…Hah! That’s wrong, General Elaine. The Kingdom of Erebonia had a three-official system. The Fensillon Empire followed that to create the policy of dividing three public offices. Well, I guess someone from the officer course wouldn’t know.”

It was a skinny boy. He was using polite speech, but that made it even more annoying.

Beryl whispered to me at my questioning look.

“That’s Peterson. He ranked 5th overall in the last exam.”

“Hmm, I didn’t know a mere 5th place had the right to speak.” I answered the guy. “Erebonia became a three-official system in 732 due to the death of Grand General Morton in the war with Fensillon and the passing of Archduke Isaac, that’s why it ended up that way. They couldn’t find replacements, so they maintained the three-official system until their downfall, but institutionally it was still a five-official system. It’s a good question for examiners to use as a trap, so you should be careful.”

“What…!?”

“So naturally, Fensillon’s policy of dividing three duties has nothing to do with Erebonia. The policy of dividing three duties is simply a policy created to efficiently divide military, legislation, and people’s livelihood.”

“T-that’s…”

“Sigh, is this the level of the 5th rank? I can guess how the others will be without even looking.”

As the classroom was buzzing. The guy named Peterson was trembling. “W-we don’t know yet if your answer is correct or not! Surely Erebonia has a three-official system…”

“That’s enough.”

It was a plain-looking girl with her hair braided into two pigtails.

“That person is correct. Erebonia did have a three-official system, but the institution itself was actually a five-official system. There is room for debate on whether the policy of dividing three duties is related to Erebonia’s three-official system, but officially, it’s established that they are not related. So, that’s enough.”

“Ah, I understand. Miss Leonor.” Peterson, seemingly embarrassed, hurriedly picked up his bag and left the classroom.

The girl called Leonor glared slightly at his retreating figure, then turned her gaze to me. “It seems the mistake was on our side, but even so, what you said earlier is hard to overlook.”

“Haha, what’s this? Are you trying to challenge me? What’s your rank? Around 4th place?”

“I’m second place.”

“Wow, the runner-up shows up right away.”

“How about it? You seem confident. Would you like to have a debate with me on a topic?”

Why should I bother with such a troublesome thing?

I was about to refuse, but then Erina intervened.”Just a moment, Miss Leonor.”

“Miss Erina?”

As Erina and her group got involved, the commotion grew larger.

“Even Miss Erina has stepped in!”

“The genius of Grancel has spoken up! He’s done for now!”

I’m not sure what’s supposed to be over, but the atmosphere was heating up anyway.

“A debate wouldn’t be fair since we each have different topics we’re confident in. How about this instead? There’s a mock exam for the general course in two days. Why don’t you participate, Sir Elaine?”

“I’m not sure if it’s okay for me to participate.”

“I’ll take care of that part for you.”

I didn’t really want to do it, but for some reason, Erina’s eyes were blazing with fighting spirit.

As if an unexpected opportunity for revenge had presented itself.

‘Did I ever provoke her with studying?’

It might have been from a long time ago when I was at Grancel Academy. I don’t remember now.

“From the looks of it, you must be the top student, right?”

“That’s right. I’m the top student in the general course. And you’re the top student in the officer course, Sir Ars Elaine.”

“Ha, are you sure about this? If I participate, you’ll become second place.”

“You talk big. Let’s see if you can do it…!”

The academy life had been boring lately, so this seemed like it would be a decent pastime.

“Alright. If the academy gives permission, I’ll take the exam.”

“No backing out.” Erina, seemingly fired up, returned to her seat and started studying herself instead of teaching others.

I decided to help Beryl with her studies while lightly reviewing for myself as well.

* * *

It seems the Academy teachers thought my participation in the mock exam was a good opportunity.

They took measures to have not just me, but all the cadets take the exam.

The cadets complained about this. Because of me, they now had to take an exam they didn’t really need to take.

However, no one openly expressed their dissatisfaction.

Perhaps due to fear stemming from that previous incident, no one dared to approach me casually. Even gossip about me had ceased.

“Stop whining. This is something you should have been doing in the first place!”

The officer acting as a teacher shouted.

He was right.

Just as I had achieved the top integrated ranking at Rainpol Academy, cadets and students were originally supposed to study the general curriculum and take exams.

However, this year, due to two major wars that kept them on the battlefield for a long time, they had been exempted.

Although the kids looked gloomy, they started studying, perhaps wanting to receive good evaluations.

And so, on the day of the exam.

We joined the general course classroom and took the exam.

This mock exam was in preparation for the Fensillon Academy entrance exam, and the difficulty level was quite high.

There were six subjects: culture, politics, history, economics, law, and social etiquette. The total score was 600 points.

I solved the problems without any difficulty.

‘Finally, problems worthy of being called problems.’

If the exams I had taken at the Academy so far were so childish that it would hurt my pride to get them wrong, this one was at least of a decent level.

Even so, it wasn’t difficult.

To be honest, I wasn’t particularly gifted in studying.

I had studied hard in my senior year of high school and got into a top university in Seoul, but among my Go peers, I was average.

Among my Go peers, there were stories of some who briefly studied and got into Seoul National University.

Rather than being smart, I was good at tactics.

You could say I knew how to efficiently utilize my small capacity.

On the other hand, Ars had an unbelievably large capacity but wasn’t efficient in utilizing it.

You can see this in Ars’ game. Capable, but somehow lacking 2%. As a result, he messes up in many wars.

It would be a different story if it was a trap set by Western spies, but still.

In that sense, Ars and I were a perfect match.

Ars had a large capacity, and I knew how to utilize that capacity 200%.

That synergy created who I am now.

‘I’ve solved almost everything, but…’

It seemed boring to get everything right.

Wanting to give Erina a small chance of winning, I decided to get one 1-point question wrong in the social etiquette section.

The results were announced the very next day.

Students crowded around the bulletin board where the result sheets were posted.

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Ars Elaine – 599 points

Dorofei Grimwood – 597 points

Erina Saleon – 582 points

Hanyu Leonor – 570 points

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Ruan Chase – 436 points

Beryl Milstein – 436 points

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The students were buzzing.

Apparently, for the general course students, this result was quite a shock.

Dorofei also let out an exclamation of admiration.

“Wow! It’s my first time losing in exam scores. Ars is really amazing!”

“First time losing? Is that really true?”

“Yes, I was always first in previous Academy exams.”

“But I don’t think I’ve heard that you were the top student.”

“Cadets are evaluated on things other than exams, you know. I always received poor evaluations in those areas. That’s why I couldn’t be the top student.”

“Ah… I guess that makes sense.”

With both good character and good grades, Dorofei was someone who could have been called a perfect child if he hadn’t gone into the military.

“This, this is…”

“I’m… I’m in fourth place…?”

Erina couldn’t find words. Leonor, who was said to be second, also had shaking pupils.

The overwhelming difference with the 1st and 2nd place.

They felt the wall between the heavenly realm and the human realm.


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The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road

The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road

Score 9.2
Status: Completed Type: Author: Released: 2022 Native Language: Korean
I ended up possessing Ars Elaine, a supporting character in the game. Struggling to prevent my death, I pave my way.

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  1. Jay Crowler says:

    We got a break chapter. Which means somehow another war will start next chapter.

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