A Third-Rate Villain’s Sweet Life Exploiting Academy Bugs – Chapter 29

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Claris Academy’s fitness center was crowded with students in the early morning and late evening.

This was a naturally occurring phenomenon because there were lectures during weekdays.

-Is that him? Lev Denec?

-Yeah. He shoots terribly.

Perhaps it was because of my impulsive action of picking a fight with Gaelon, a senior,

or perhaps it was the result of him spreading rumors all over the place with his loose mouth.

Passing seniors were ridiculing me from behind.

-How many points does he have?

-I heard he’s not even on the freshman chamber rankings?

-There’s no point in betting.

Like this, I unintentionally became popular from the new semester.

Even if it was fine for lectures since it was with the same year students,

whenever I went to the fitness center or the shooting range, it was like this.

I had started with informal speech without any respect or courtesy to my senior, so there was no way the rumors would be good.

-…

At that moment, a small silence suddenly began to spread among the spectators.

The thing that followed a beat later was… compliments on appearance.

-Who… who is that?

-Is she a freshman?

-She’s pretty…

It was Aria.

She had something to talk to me about, so she came up to the shooting lane.

“I heard you’re having a duel.”

“You’re not allowed to come up to the shooting lane unless you’re practicing.”

“You rented lane 2, and I rented lane 1.”

I looked behind me.

The seniors, especially the guys, were looking at me with various emotions crossing their eyes.

One of those emotions was clearly envy, and it was definitely because of Aria.

I said as I loaded the crossbow bolt.

“If you keep getting involved with me, you’ll also get bad rumors.”

“Well. I just came to return a borrowed item.”

What Aria handed over was a well-folded blanket.

I was going to just throw it away, but I guess I’ll have to use it one more time.

“Put it behind me.”

Saying that, I raised the crossbow and aimed at the target.

“…What are you thinking this time?”

“It’s the result of acting emotionally.”

“It’s reckless. You chose the wrong opponent.”

“Do you also think I’ll lose?”

“Of course…!”

As our eyes met, her gaze shifted downward.

Is she worrying about me…?

Then, Aria seemed like she wanted to say something, but she hesitantly asked.

“Gaelon Sharpti. He doesn’t have a good reputation among the freshmen. Is it related to that?”

“Hmm… I can’t say it’s not.”

“……”

Even in “Reincarnated Academy”, Gaelon was a villain who seduced freshmen and dumped them, a so-called playboy.

Starting from his elf-based appearance, he was handsome, and at this point, he was the vice-chairman of the archery department, so he was seen as a senior with good skills.

In the end, the fact that I ended up in a duel with him was also to raise favorability with Selena, so I couldn’t say it wasn’t related.

Aria made a thoughtful expression with a small hand on her chin.

And what came out after a while was…

“Don’t tell me… it’s related to demons…”

“You’re surprisingly the type to jump to conclusions.”

“…I misspoke.”

Aria, who had slightly turned her head, was embarrassed by the words she had unintentionally blurted out.

Am I some kind of demon hunter who only has eyes for demons…?

Well, that’s quite right.

It’s understandable to misunderstand.

“Anyway, it’s reckless.”

“Why are you worried?”

“…Huh? Well, as a classmate…”

“Yeah, you’re really kind.”

For a moment, I unintentionally let out words at Aria’s fundamental power.

It was natural for her to be kind to everyone.

-…

For a while, we just kept silent without a word.

I continued shooting the crossbow, and Aria… I couldn’t see her expression because she was behind me.

“Really, your actions are… unpredictable…”

Like that, Aria left without even using the shooting lane she had rented.

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Selena Windforce.

It was none other than her who used the shooting practice room as much as the graduating class.

She had already spent over 6 hours today alone.

If she was in the lounge or cafeteria, Gaelon would come and flirt with her.

-Hey, Lena!

He arbitrarily called her by a nickname.

-Haha, still no word from Sylph? No news yet?

-If anything, I’ll take responsibility for you. Don’t worry about the future?

He teased her about wind archery even though he knew everything.

However, since the Sharpti family had taken care of Selena, a half-elf, since she was young, it wasn’t right for her to completely ignore him.

In short, it was annoying.

In the end, if she only stayed in her room to avoid him, she would feel restless,

so after the day’s lectures ended, she would devote all her time to practicing in her single room, becoming more and more of a practice maniac.

One fortunate thing was that drawing the bowstring was as natural as breathing for her and, above all, it was what she loved to do.

However, even though she loved it so much, Selena was gradually realizing that there was a section she couldn’t reach with effort alone,

in other words, that archers also had a ‘wall’ just like magicians.

Even she, who always took care of her mind, was very good at self-objectification, so she couldn’t ignore this fact even more.

As the semester began, more students started challenging the Evolution Chamber.

The top and second-ranked archers of the archery department hadn’t cleared the chamber yet,

but Selena couldn’t even pass Trial 1, let alone be ranked.

Her arrows hit the target without fail,

but in the end, she couldn’t deal significant damage.

And that difference could clearly be attributed to wind archery.

And when this impatient feeling was gradually consuming her,

there was a man who had been catching her eye these days.

Lev Denec.

Gray hair, uncommon black eyes.

With an expression that seemed bothersome and a slightly unpleasant feeling just by looking at his face,

but for some reason, he was attending the shooting practice room as diligently as Selena.

He picked up the crossbow as if a child was doing homework.

It didn’t seem like he felt a great sense of reward from that action.

Strangely, he was feeling pure joy.

-Is that him? The crossbow maniac?

-What, he’s nothing special.

-Just a bluff.

Despite the very low evaluation of him, he kept shooting the bow without caring.

‘…’

His posture was more set than before, which was at least commendable.

‘Relax a bit more… Slowly.’

Suddenly, Selena realized that she was paying attention to him.

No? Not only was she paying attention, but she was thinking about correcting his posture.

It seemed like if she just taught him a little, he could do better.

Selena recalled the moment when she first held a bow.

How did it feel?

She wanted to prove herself when she was teased for being a half-blood,

and she vaguely heard the adults in the village saying she had the talent of a genius behind her back…

She wanted to become stronger,

and yet she lamented herself for not being able to communicate with the spirits.

It was vague and vague.

It was too long ago to recall the initial intention, a past stained with scars.

-Thwack!!!

At that moment, the crossbow bolt he shot flew swiftly and struck the center axis.

“…It’s gotten better.”

Although it was difficult to say it was completely in the center of the circle, this was also an improvement compared to before.

Of course, if I were to be coldly honest, his skills were far from being able to beat Gaelon,

and it was difficult to even be considered average compared to the general archers of Claris Academy.

However, his growth rate could be said to be remarkable.

No matter how fast a beginner’s skills improved, the distance of the shooting lanes in the Claris shooting range was burdensome for the general public.

How much practice would it take to reach this level with the talent of a magician?

At least, it would be difficult to do it in parallel.

Selena’s gaze kept going to him.

Perhaps… like how he passed the test, he might have talent as an archer.

Thinking like that, the words he had proposed suddenly came to mind.

-It’s okay. You can teach me.

-Wind archery.

It doesn’t make sense.

Wind archery is the exclusive property of elves.

That’s why Selena shook her head.

However…

Perhaps because they were two people who couldn’t use either the family’s blessing or wind archery, she felt even more of a sense of unity.

“Ha……”

-That’s not how you shoot it.

-You should relax your strength a bit.

-Keep your eyes focused on the target until the end…

‘How did he pass the test like that…?’

Selena was itching to give advice in real-time.

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-Ching!

Even with the fitness center buff, it became difficult to raise the values as my stats exceeded 2.0.

As expected, I need to raid instance dungeons to level up explosively.

But dungeons have long courses and many traps.

Moreover, the difficulty is not solo play but party play.

Anyway, from the end of the 1st semester, I’ll be going to real dungeons until I’m sick of it, so let’s endure it a bit.

The reason I keep doing this grind is only one.

It has meaning in raising my stats, but the core is to draw Selena’s attention.

I had already dropped four points of interest to her.

The first is that I ended up winning against her in the selection test.

The second is that I’m having a duel with Gaelon.

The third is that I know the solution to wind archery.

The biggest fourth is that I’m inducing the touch of a veteran as if I’m a newbie.

It’s already the 3rd day.

Without even giving her a glance, I’ve been maintaining this awkward flow.

I think it’s about time.

For now, today, she came down to the public shooting lane from the single room she always used, perhaps to observe me.

‘It’s an opportunity… an opportunity.’

-Swish!

I deliberately shot the arrow while maintaining a tense form.

Just clumsy enough to make her want to correct it by about 2% or so.

‘Can you endure this?’

In her personality, there is a flawless and altruistic heart, so it’s easy to use this.

Gaelon, who is dueling with me, has a vulgar desire to make Selena submit with the power of his family and make her his concubine, so there’s no way he has high favorability with her.

But if someone like me, who can’t even handle a bow properly, let alone wind archery, says I’m going to duel him?

She can’t stand it…

From Selena’s point of view, at least sympathy will arise.

How many shots did I shoot like that?

Surprisingly, the interval between Selena’s shots gradually increased…

In the end, she sighed heavily and approached me.

“That’s not how you shoot a bow.”

Finally…

“At this rate, you’ll only be humiliated by Gaelon.”

The long-awaited advice time had come.

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[im sorry for ruining the translators reputation since its me Fusion all along lmao]