I Became an Academy Chapter 82

“Guaaaahhh!”

A knight scread in agony as his arm was severed, and Aileen responded nonchalantly.

“Don’t worry. I cut it clean. In a bit, the Observer will fix it up. After so rehab, it’ll reattach nicely.”

“Aileen, are you angry?”

“Yes. I’m mad. Seeing the teacher get attacked ticked

off a bit.”

“...”

It was a little embarrassing.

I appreciate the concern, but saying sothing like that in front of everyone... it’s a bit... embarrassing.

“You knew there wouldn’t be a problem...”

“That’s one thing, and this is another.”

“Ah, right.”

Thanks to castling, Aileen and I switched positions and launched a surprise attack, but castling isn’t all-powerful.

You can’t use castling in truly dangerous situations.

I rembered that in gas, you couldn’t use castling when the king’s health was below a certain threshold. Probably because of the chess rule that you can’t castle while in check.

Anyway, since there’s no health bar in real life, the conditions for using castling have changed significantly.

The new condition is that the user must not feel threatened.

That’s why, even with a blade at my throat, I was able to use castling without a problem.

Well, it’s because I could make them stab their own throat with just a word from .

However, Aileen didn’t know that, so she must’ve been worried that I might fall into fear.

That must be why she’s reacting so fiercely.

“...Damn it, change of plan! Target the isolated one first!”

“What? But...”

“Shut up and do it! We don’t know how many more tis they can use that technique!”

...Huh, they seem to be under so serious misconception.

They must’ve been thrown into confusion after seeing Aileen and

teleport in an instant.

Did they think we could keep doing this indefinitely? What a happy misunderstanding. I can only use it once.

Leaving us gathered together, they rushed toward Leo.

“Ha, what fools. They don’t even realize they’re falling into a trap.”

“Well, you can’t really bla them. Stella’s magic is pretty unusual. It’s not strange they wouldn’t know.”

The reason I, assigned the role of the king, remained here with Aileen.

It was to lure in enemies with

as bait, soone who would seem enticing in the prince’s eyes, and then eliminate them.

So here’s the question:

Why is Leo here, even though it would’ve been fine with just Aileen and ?

Maybe they thought Aileen alone wouldn’t be enough?

Well, let’s ask again. Why Leo, of all people?

Anastasia could’ve returned after the initial ambush, after all.

...That’s because of this mont, right now.

“Hup!”

“Ha, an attack like that won’t—Guaaah?! My... my leg...!”

“I... I clearly dodged it! What the hell...?!”

Leo charged at full speed and swung his sword with all his might.

Obviously, the royal elite knights wouldn’t be unable to dodge an attack focused purely on power.

The targeted knight snorted and dodged lightly, then swung his sword at Leo’s neck... only for his stance to crumble, and his strike to veer wildly off course.

“Damn it, chase after him! Head toward the prince! We have to stop him!”

“No, sorry, but that won’t be happening.”

“Grr... Don’t get in my way! If you do, I’ll cut you down first!”

A pawn, powerless, with no special abilities.

Yet, because of that lack of power, pawns possess two unique abilities unlike any other pieces.

The current attack was one of them—en passant.

I don’t know the exact rules. I just rember a player on the forums who was really into chess complaining about how poorly en passant was implented in the ga.

Sothing about how castling was well done, but en passant was either badly implented or not at all, and they got really upset.

Eventually, they gave up, saying, “Well, it’s a ga after all. En passant is tricky to implent.”

Back then, I just thought, “Oh, I see,” and moved on.

“There are four of them... Teacher, you should hide behind us. It could get dangerous.”

“Wow, that’s intense.”

“...Don’t joke around. I’m serious.”

“Okay, okay.”

Anyway.

En passant, which caused all that fuss, has a simple effect.

No matter where you strike, as long as the target is in your line of sight, the attack will hit. In other words, guaranteed accuracy.

In the ga, it wasn’t a particularly good ability.

Rooks had attack and defense. Bishops had magic resistance and magic attacks.

Queens were a step beyond rooks and bishops in buffs. Knights were all about agility. Kings had HP and MP.

Stella’s buffs gave different stats depending on the role, which either enhanced their strengths or covered their weaknesses.

But pawns... well...

To put it bluntly, the buffs were for weaklings. Other roles could only assign one or two at most, but pawns could be assigned infinitely...

The stats were lower than other roles, so guaranteed accuracy wasn’t as great as it sounds.

It sounds amazing, but without power, it’s aningless.

If all attacks were guaranteed to hit, that’d be different, but obviously, that would be overpowered, so you could only use it once in the ga.

But this is reality. Other buffs are dangerous, of course, but even if it’s only usable once, this attack is essentially a one-hit kill.

And it’s Leo using it, not so random extra.

“...”

“What? Not attacking? Didn’t you say you’d cut

down first?”

“Grr...”

Even for Aileen, it would be tough to face the royal elite knights alone.

That’s why we positioned Leo here.

Castling once. En passant once.

After eliminating at least two of them, we’d decide what to do next based on the situation.

If there were too many enemies, we’d join the fight to help Aileen. If there were fewer, we’d leave it to Aileen and go assist elsewhere.

Right now, there were only four left. And after being hit by two inexplicable attacks, their morale was low.

Aileen could easily handle this.

Not to ntion, she had buffs.

She possessed talent that even a swordmaster from that world would be shocked by.

With her physical limitations bolstered by buffs, she could win against them.

And even if she couldn’t, it would be fine. I’m here, after all.

“Whew... I wonder how things are going on the other side.”

Everything was going as expected, so I sighed in relief and lay down on the ground.

There’s nothing left for

to do now.

Everything should be fine, right?

“Huff... huff...”

“You’ve got a mouth, but your skills don’t match.”

“Shut... up...”

“Oh, co on. As a mber of royalty, you should maintain so decorum. Crude language doesn’t suit you.”

So strong.

Stella glared at her brother, muttering under her breath.

“I told you before, sister. Whether I fall into a trap or not doesn’t matter. The only important thing is whether or not I kill you.”

“...”

“You’ve never beaten , not even once.”

“Yeah, that’s true...”

Stella looked around her.

In the distance, Anya was subdued after trying to gather holy power and getting caught.

Orca, who hadn’t stopped running, had been knocked out with a hit to the stomach after letting her guard down.

Neither of them could help anymore.

Sure, the other side had taken hits too, and only two of them were left, including her brother, but in the end, she was the first one to fall.

"Yes, that’s right. I could never beat you."

That had always been the case.

At first, it would seem like she had the upper hand, but before she knew it, she would always lose to her brother in the end.

Today didn’t seem any different.

At first, she thought she had read his moves well, but ultimately, she lost due to being outnumbered.

She struggled to win. She even had two trustworthy people helping her.

But in the end, she lost.

"Kuh... hahahaha... Ahahahaha..."

"...Have you finally lost your mind, sister?"

"No, that’s not it. It’s just a little funny."

"Funny? What is?"

The current situation was so absurd that Stella couldn’t help but laugh loudly.

Her brother seed confused, wondering what could be so funny in this mont.

It looked like he wanted to ask before killing her.

Well, if he’s asking, I suppose I can answer.

"It’s funny because this is the first ti I’ve planned for my own defeat."

"...What?"

"It’s humiliating, so disgraceful. But everything is going exactly as planned, even my defeat. That makes

quite happy."

Up until now, she had always lost to her brother.

She didn’t want to admit it, so she fought with all her might, but still lost.

It was humiliating, but it made her happy, because everything was going exactly as she had anticipated.

"What the hell are you talking about...?"

"Aaaaah! Princess Stella!"

"They’ve finally arrived."

Upon hearing the desperate scream calling her na, Stella smiled.

Seeing that there were only six people here, Stella realized imdiately.

Leo would co here.

The number of enemies might have been large enough to discourage him from coming, but Stella never considered that possibility.

Leo would co. She had faith in that.

And, true to her belief, Leo arrived.

...Though his appearance was slightly different.

"What the hell is this?!"

"What do you think? It’s a promotion. You’ve played chess before, haven’t you? When a pawn reaches the other side, it transforms."

"I know that! But why did I turn into a woman?!"

"Isn’t it obvious?"

Stella looked at Leo as if he had asked a ridiculous question.

Despite his tattered appearance, it was such an amusing sight that she found it hard to hold back her laughter, though for a different reason than before.

"A man can’t beco a queen."

"Knight! Knight!"

"Queens are stronger than knights."

"Aaaaaagh!"

The pawn’s second special ability: promotion.

Leo had beco a second queen.

Given his already short stature, it made for a rather cute queen.

Though, judging by his reaction, he wasn’t too happy about it.