This Is a Harmful Junior!
Time passes without doing anything, and when you do something, it rushes by several times. Without exaggeration, it passes in a flash.
Why am I saying this? When I snapped out of it, I had just finished the final exams.
“Well, you all worked hard. You worked really hard this semester too.”
“Thank you, Professor! Thank you for your hard work!”
“Have a good vacation, and see you next year.”
After finishing the last exam and leaving the classroom, I stared blankly at the sky.
Half a year has passed? Just yesterday, I was in the army on the battlefield.
I never imagined that time would fly so fast that another winter would come.
“You worked hard, senpai!”
“Have a good vacation!”
“See you next year!”
This academy in this world is modeled after university from my previous life. And similarly, after each person's exams, the semester ends, and vacation begins naturally.
And next year, when spring winds blow, new students will start a new semester.
“And the existing 4th years should graduate, right?”
“Why does it sound like you're saying it to us, Karl?”
“No way. Just saying.”
Until recently, we were busy teasing the Four Idiots who had mistaken their graduation scores.
But now it's impossible. Why? Because Selena is a graduate student, not an undergraduate, and teasing her 'You can't graduate?' would be area damage.
So, make sure to bow to Selena. If it weren't for her, I would have teased 'Hey, 5th year 1st semester guys!' forever.
“So, is this a very brief farewell?”
To Schlippen's question, Wilhelm next to him grumbled “Ugh, gross” in disgust.
Such words don't suit your mouth at all, so don't say them.
“Farewell? We'll meet at New Year's greetings, patent issues, pension fund stuff.”
“Why does it feel like vacation isn't vacation.”
Alexander and Joachim also had no intention of brief farewell.
Even Schlippen, showing off in front of a Medal of Honor recipient, got backslapped by the three in turn.
“Sob, Karl. I always do this. Always picking on me!”
“…Something like you always cause it.”
Honestly, among the Four Idiots, Schlippen is the one who teases and hits the hardest.
If the person hears it, they'll cry 'Why?! Why?!' so keep it to myself.
“Hey, hey. This isn't important now. I was talking to the professor earlier and heard an amazing news. I'll tell only you guys.”
“What is it, Wilhelm.”
“If it's weird, you're same level as Schlippen.”
“There's a saying 'birds of a feather flock together' but now it's not that special.”
The Four Idiots whispering, head to head, suddenly looked at me.
“…Why. What.”
“Come here quickly, Karl.”
“Don’t include me there. Get out.”
“But it's definitely news you need.”
News I need? Right now, what I need is just fun academy life—
“Next year's incoming exchange students. Especially the elf students from Heigens side. It's an amazing content, so listen and decide.”
“…Move aside a bit. And don't bump heads.”
It stings my pride to be squeezed in there, but what can I do.
And since they're protagonists too, it fits.
“Recently, a Heigens side delegation came to our empire.”
“And gave Karl a medal on his chest.”
“Let's skip that story. So.”
“There was a student in the delegation, I don't know if it's confirmed, but rumor is an elf who was one of the top on Heigens side.”
Top elf? Well, even if top, it's just an ordinary elf?
Among the elves I met, there was a woman who seemed a bit off. Compared to our sister, she had a past that wasn't simple. Name was not 'perverted elf', but Eloise Lohengrin, probably?
“Eloise Lohengrin, right. Probably?”
“…?”
That line I just said, it didn't come from my mouth, right? No, it did.
“Wait, wait. Wilhelm. Who?”
“Eloise Lohengrin. I heard she was a military personnel from Heigens side, but I don't know exactly. But Karl's reaction suggests you know her?”
I know, but… why is this woman coming here. Why as a student.
Moreover, not just military. She's the commander of the annihilation force. In my previous life memory, almost like a beheading unit field commander. An elf that can't be normal!
“And the perverted instinct to wear not clothes but rags!”
No matter how you look at it, this woman doesn't fit at all with this empire's academy.
But as a student. The empire wouldn't not know her identity but allowed her to study?
When I thought that far, I naturally started imagining a future: 'No way?'
“Ruzens bastards revived! This time, Gganf zombies!”
“Karl Adelheit sergeant. They made super soldier serum and created Forest Elf soldiers!”
“Grrrrraaaah!”
No way. No, no way. Even so, this is too much.
The empire and Heigens cooperated nicely, stepping on Ruzens Gganf hard, even cutting their breath, but suddenly revived as zombies or super Gganf?
…But still uneasy. Especially since the annihilation force commander is a student. Immediately, she'll come 'Karl! Mobilize now!' so uneasy.
“Found you! Karl! Karl Adelheit!”
“Ah, a bit.”
My mouth wasn't moving, I didn't say it out loud. I thought it, just thought!
But if Eloise appears with a flash like that, what then!
“Hah.”
“Elf.”
“W-why so pretty?”
In the middle, the doomed Four Idiots were stunned like seeing an elf for the first time.
These guys! If anyone sees, they'd think there are no elf students at the academy! And by beauty, Selena is prettier than Eloise! They've been so used to seeing Selena that they're adapted?
“We’ve been looking for a long time. Karl! Ah, no. Shall I call you Karl-senpai?!”
“…Senpai? What frozen dead senpai.”
“But senpai is correct! I'm a 1st year at the Empire Academy from next year! Uhehehe! Know?! I finally escaped that damn― cough, sorry. Anyway, I got rid of a job that was really annoying!”
“….”
From the first meeting, grumbling, and apparently Eloise escaped the army too.
More than that, how much did they exploit her that even this person couldn't endure and deserted? Normally, good talents are pampered and exploited for long.
“Anyway! This is one step closer to my lifelong wish.”
“Lifelong wish?”
“Yeah. Ah, didn't I tell you? I think I did.”
“I don't remember.”
“Really? Then I'll tell you again. My lifelong wish is to quickly meet a good man, get married, and have 1-3 kids and live!”
That's a very concrete plan. Hang in there, Eloise. I'll always support your 2nd plan.
By the way, true patriot, patriot. I heard that elf birth rates have dropped sharply lately? And that elf couples who give birth are more amazing than soldiers?
“Hang in there.”
“Ahaha! Thanks! Of course I have to! Aah! I'll hang in there!”
“…Saying that while giving me a lewd gaze.”
More than that, why, for what purpose did you choose to study at the academy?
Suddenly, the Four Idiots behind grabbed my back and pulled me back with a bang.
“Kyaa.”
What? What? If you have something to say, say it. I'm not a dog!
“Hey, Karl. This isn't it.”
“What isn't?”
“What about Selena? And such a beautiful girl!”
“From the beginning, you can't have two legs, Karl. No matter how many wives the empire allows, this is really not it.”
“Did they all take drugs and not graduate?”
I never thought of having two legs. Unfair, but rather amazing.
I was about to say stop with useless worries, but suddenly Eloise popped in between us with a 'Hehe!' smile.
“By the way, Karl. I'm not interested in my own kind.”
“…Huh?”
“I like human men. Elves are nothing special except being petty, narrow-minded, stiff, and long-lived. Human men are much more amazing.”
Personal preference is respected. Since I'm respecting mint chocolate ice cream.
“And, since I'm going to marry a human man, I like a man who is much more amazing than me, fights well, cool, handsome, and too good. Since then, a man with a Medal of Honor would be even better!”
“….”
Hearing that far, I pushed Eloise's face back with all my strength.
Then, with an 'Look at this.' expression, I said to the Four Idiots.
“Don’t tell Selena. I'll handle it myself.”
“Really handling it?”
“From my view, it would be better to just say it honestly.”
“Rather, if Selena also knows, it would be much easier to deal with, right?”
“No, Karl. Just this winter, start with a meal—”
Damn. These guys are really not helpful. You did this because of you!
“Karl! Karl!! Let's go onsen trip this winter!”
“No!”
“Eee! No, let's go! Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely I won't do anything weird!”
Saying 'I won't do anything weird' is already suspicious behavior!
“Of course, it's not like just the two of us. I can bring other companions anytime.”
“So, you're not going.”
“First, don't you think it's better to listen? It's the Great Forest Hot Springs! The best hot spring resort that even Empire nobles can't go to?!”
…I've heard that the Great Forest Hot Springs is famous. If the empire's reason for wanting the Great Forest includes that hot spring, it's all said. It said it's good for skin beauty and mental stability?
“Whatever, I answered no to going―”
“Go.”
“Go, Karl.”
“This has to go.”
“Please, go!”
“….”
These bastards end it!