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"Weren't you two not on good terms?"
Karin glanced at Latia.
"Not really."
Latia, who had her arms crossed, also replied.
"Not really."
"Then why? Why are you joining the same club as Latia?"
Karin said firmly.
"To improve my skills."
A magic student joining a magic club to improve their skills.
There's no reason to ask further.
"Ah... I see. That's unexpected. I thought you and Latia were polar opposites."
"We're not exactly polar opposites, are we? What do you think, Latia?"
Latia nodded.
"We're not on good terms, but it's not like we're polar opposites."
Bellum looked back and forth between the two, puzzled.
"What's going on? You two. Something's a little different."
Subtly.
They were friends whose relationship was slowly changing.
Bellum himself didn't realize that Latia and Karin weren't the only ones who had changed.
"Liber, what about you?"
"I haven't decided yet. Whether to join the history research club, the geography research club, the political economy club, or the mental magic club."
"You have a lot of candidates."
"Isn't today the last day to register? Liber, what are you going to do if you still haven't decided?"
Liber ruffled his hair.
"I know. I have to decide now."
Davian opened his mouth.
"Mental magic club."
"What? You're telling me to go to the mental magic club? Why? Is there a reason you're recommending it?"
Because it'll be easier to use you there.
"I think you can handle the rest in the library on your own."
"Ah... I guess so?"
"Yeah."
Liber, who had been pondering for a moment, jumped up.
"Alright! I'll go to the mental magic club as Davian said and delve into mental magic properly!"
Bellum also jumped up.
"Oh, okay. You've decided, so that's good. Let's go! Let's submit our club applications."
Davian and his friends headed to the academy's common space.
First-year students are not allowed to enter freely, but from the second year onwards, they can come and go as they please.
As they entered the common space, students with various emblems on their chests were wandering around freely.
The emblem on the chest of the Elton Academy uniform signifies each grade.
1st year: Gray Bear.
2nd year: Great White Shark.
3rd year: Cerberus.
4th year: Golden Lion.
5th year: Unicorn.
6th year: Phoenix.
7th year: Dragon.
Davian and his group, who once operated as the 'Gray Bear Exploration Team,' were now second-year students and had replaced their emblems with Great White Sharks.
After walking north for a while in the common space, they saw a huge building.
The club hall.
"Okay, now submit your applications to the clubs you want to join. Let's meet in the dormitory later."
"Okay."
"See you later."
Davian parted ways with his friends and headed to the dungeon exploration club room.
As it was the last day to accept new members, most of the seniors were in the club room.
Of course, even if all of them were there, it was still a small club of only 12 people.
"Oh! Davian!"
"Davian, you came?"
"Senior, it's Davian!"
Before he could even enter through the door, the seniors who spotted Davian rushed out, grabbed his arms, and pulled him into the club room.
"President! Davian's here!"
The president of the dungeon exploration club.
Ariel Frontia, now a 7th-year student, turned her head, her long blue hair swaying.
"I thought you weren't coming."
Freddie Kizanir, now a 3rd-year student, smacked Davian on the back.
"Come on, President. Davian was our prospective member. Of course, he'd come."
"Really? I thought he might have changed his mind since I didn't see him until the last day."
Davian looked around.
None of the other second-year students were visible.
"Am I the only new student?"
"No. One person registered and left yesterday. You'll be able to see them at the club's general meeting this Friday."
Freddie nudged Davian in the side.
"Lucky you, newbie. Your club mate is quite a beauty, you know?"
3rd-year Emma Baidy pulled Freddie's ear.
"Don't talk nonsense, Freddie."
"What! It's good if your club mate is pretty."
"Really? Then how about you?"
"What about me?"
"I'm your club mate, so you must be very, very happy?"
"Why? Why should I be happy?"
"Oh? You wanna die?"
Emma raised her fist at Freddie.
"My club mate, Emma Baidy. With you, my club life is very..."
"Ah, just shut up."
While the seniors were watching the antics of 3rd-year students Freddie and Emma with amusement.
Ariel got up and gestured to Davian.
"Come on in here. I need to receive your application and have an interview."
"Yes, senior."
Ariel and Davian went into the club's conference room.
"We've talked a bit before, but we need to have an interview to formally accept club members. Don't feel pressured, it's just a formality."
"Yes."
"Why do you want to join our dungeon exploration club?"
To suck up mana points.
"To save good people from dungeon core amplification."
"What do you want to achieve in our club?"
To collect as many mana points as possible by clearing monster waves.
"Well, to save as many people as possible from dungeon core amplification, of course."
"Good. That's the end of the formal interview. Even if it's another club, the only purpose of someone who applies to our club is that. Of course, there are times when guys like Nox come in."
Nox Yucal.
A guy who joined the dungeon exploration club out of admiration for Ariel and caused a major accident.
If it hadn't been for Davian, two-thirds of the club members would have died that day, and the club would have been disbanded.
"Is that senior doing well?"
"Same as always. The only thing that's changed is that he doesn't hit on me anymore since that day. I heard he's got his eye on a 4th-year student these days and is following them around... But that's not important. I heard the news. You've been getting into some crazy things?"
"I've been unintentionally involved in a few things."
"Unintentionally involved? I only hear about you everywhere I go. I heard Marino Empire spies broke into your dorm a while ago? Were you hurt?"
Both of my legs were blown away.
"No, I'm fine."
"Amazing... I'm a graduating student, and Davian is only a second-year student now. It feels like we're living in completely different worlds."
Graduating student.
I'm jealous.
Really. Sincerely. Completely.
"In just one year, Senior Ariel will take on an important role in the Alcancia Kingdom. Which way are you planning to find a job?"
"Me? I haven't decided yet. Funny, right? Being a 7th grader and all."
"I guess you have a lot of greed."
Ariel chuckled.
"Really? Does it look like that?"
"Yes."
"Actually, that's not true. It's the opposite... I just don't know what to do yet. I have the thought that I want to help people. I don't think that's going to the Guards or joining the Knights."
"You don't want to go to places like battlefields. You want to help weak people like you do now."
Ariel clapped her hands.
"Oh! That's right. But where do I have to get a job to do that? I don't know yet."
Ariel chuckles again.
"Geez, I'm talking to you, who's a lot younger than me. Anyway, welcome to the club. Davian, come on out."
"You don't have to get a job in such a great place, do you?"
"What?"
"I was wondering if you could continue doing what Senior Ariel is doing now. You could gather like-minded people and create a guild that solves abandoned dungeon core amplifications, just like you do now. Wouldn't the royal family gladly give you permission?"
Ariel Frontia's expression turned as if she had been hit by something.
"Guild?"
"Yes. Just like our club enters dungeons that are about to be core amplified with the permission of the royal family. If you gather more talented and more people to form a guild, you can protect more good people, right?"
"Who would do that with me?"
"Surely there aren't only one senior with that intention in this big continent, right? Just look at our club, there are a few people."
"Is that so..."
Davian began to bring up his main business.
Of course, it's Davian's own planned business.
"I saw it in a history book, but the cycle of dungeon core amplification is getting shorter, and if dungeon core grand amplification happens..."
"Then?"
"Then there are cases where the passage between the Demon World and the Human World is opened."
Half is true.
Half is false.
It is true that the dungeon core grand amplification is a harbinger of the opening of the passage to the Demon World.
It is false that he saw this in a history book.
"Really?"
Half is true.
Demons will be rushing into the Human World here and there in a few years.
This is the same here in Elton City.
"So if the seniors gather like-minded people and do the same thing they are doing now until then, there will be a day when it will be used more importantly in a more important moment, right? For the good people who are in the blind spot of royal protection."
"Ah..."
Ariel's mind was getting complicated.
On the other hand.
Davian's mind was clear.
'Gather enough forces by then. Help out from the outside during the Demon Wave in 4 years. Ariel Frontia.'
"I feel like I've been hit. You don't have to get a job in the Guards or the Knights just because you graduated from Elton Academy, right?"
"Of course."
"What's with this kid? Come to think of it, are you trying to teach a graduating senior?"
"Ah, I'm sorry, senior."
Ariel laughed out loud.
"Just kidding. Well, I'm not saying I'm going to do what you said right away. But thanks, Davian. Thanks to you, I think my scope of thinking has widened a bit. I only thought you were good at fighting. I didn't know Davian would give me career counseling?"
I just wondered if it would be helpful during the Demon Wave.
"You can go the way you want without looking at what others think."
I hope that path is the way to destroy the dungeon and then participate in the Demon Wave.
Friday.
It is the day when all the clubs of Elton Academy that have completed the registration of new members hold their respective general meetings.
At the general meeting, they discuss the direction of club operations for the next year and elect new officers.
After that, they hold a after party to strengthen their friendship with each other.
The after party is usually a beer party.
The atmosphere varies from club to club, but most have a tradition of partying until a few people pass out.
After class, Davian also headed to the club hall without being late.
The dungeon exploration club located in the smallest room in the corner of the 3rd floor of the club hall.
It is one of the clubs with few members, so it is a natural allocation.
When he arrived at the club room, about half a dozen seniors were gathered and chatting.
"Davian, you came?"
"Davian, hi!"
"Yes, hello."
It seemed that Senior Ariel hadn't arrived yet.
As always.
3rd-year student Freddie Kizanir approached.
"My direct junior! He is young but stronger than anyone! Davian, you came?"
Fellow 3rd-year student Emma Baidy frowned.
"Speak properly."
"Why is my tone!"
"Your tone gets weird when you see a junior."
"Mind your own business. But where is my other direct junior?"
At that time.
"Hello!"
A clear and cheerful voice.
"Oh, there they are. Hello, junior?"
"Yes! Hello, Senior Freddie."
A familiar voice.
Davian turned his head and looked at the entrance.
"...You?"
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