A Wild Man Has Entered the Academy - Chapter 426



425 – Different Dreams (2)

Dan Ye-rin was able to define her life in one word.

A single rose that barely bloomed in a rose garden full of thorns and poison.

Not only did it barely bloom, but it is in a state where it could wither at any moment due to poison and thorns.

There was no description more appropriate to describe Dan Ye-rin’s life. She felt doubtful.

What’s the point of living a life you don’t want?

Even if it is a position that others look up to, what good is it if life is meaningless if you can’t even dream of what you want?

Dan Ye-rin was disgusted by the cruel fate of the royal family, but at the same time, she was also angry.

Let’s get our hands on this damned palace somehow. Let’s get our hands on it and burn down the entire garden.

There was no problem with being born the daughter of a concubine. Dan Ye-rin had an innate political sense since she was young.

Beautiful appearance, irresistible charisma, and outstanding foresight.

The road to success is smooth, but fate always presents challenges.

The crown prince, who had strong legitimacy as the first son of the empress, began to pressure Dan Yerin.

In the end, Dan Ye-rin, unable to overcome the pressure, had no choice but to run away and enroll in the academy.

There, too, she received assassination threats, but she never gave up. She couldn’t give up.

‘Even outside the garden, the danger is the same. But there is a jewel that shines brighter than anything else.’

A man who appeared when most of life was about to be given up. He was far from a protagonist from a fairy tale.

A wild man in his raw form, with no background other than his good looks and outstanding military prowess.

He is not a savage, but a wild man with zero level of education. However, he approached Dan Ye-rin differently.

‘It is an uncut gem.’

A diamond that is unprocessed and yet still shows off its beauty.

A brilliant raw stone that can be processed as desired because it is unprocessed, and its value will vary depending on who the craftsman is.

Just by holding it, you can hold the brightest diamond in the world in your hand.

‘I want it.’

Dan Ye-rin was born as a princess of an empire with a lot of wealth. But paradoxically, she didn’t have what she wanted.

Because the moment you get what you want, it is often taken away. Bloody political strife takes away even what you have in your hands.

I want to become the emperor so that I won’t be taken away. To do that, I need to get my hands on the brightest jewel in the world.

She worked the jewels carefully, step by step, so that no one would easily notice them.

Although others were also carving, she carved marks that only she could recognize.

‘To get the most beautiful jewel in the world, you must obtain the strongest power in the world. But to hold the jewel, you must obtain the strongest power in the world. How contradictory.’

If you give up the throne, you will truly have nothing left. What you will have left is only your looks.

To obtain the most beautiful jewel in the world, and to cut it into a ring.

In order to put that ring on the left ring finger, you must be crowned emperor.

What if the gem rejects or betrays her? Dan Ye-rin has many options.

Biting your tongue, falling headfirst from a great height, stabbing yourself in the heart, or hanging yourself with a rope.

Most of them end up committing ‘suicide’, but there are many choices anyway. What kind of life is a life where you can’t do anything?

That is why I cannot give up the throne. Well, it is not like there is no other life.

‘It wouldn’t be nice if the two of us just stayed locked up in the mountains.’

This also has the prerequisite of ‘just the two of us’. Otherwise, it is meaningless.

Because of this, Dan Ye-rin felt like she was walking on thin ice every day.

Especially the thrill of secretly carving traces into the stone······ was indescribable.

Although there were times when dangerous situations arose, she was able to overcome them with the acting and cunning she had honed during her life in the royal family.

Everything was going smoothly. The only thing we should be concerned about right now is the situation back home.

Yeah, that’s what I thought at first.

“Shiva is doing something wrong.”

“··· ···”

Until another gemstone, not a gem cutter, came looking for Dan Ye-rin.

Dan Ye-rin looked at the woman sitting across from her with an indifferent expression.

Hair that seemed to be woven with gold thread and eyes that looked like they were set with jewels.

A student with an appearance that is not lacking even for someone from a noble family. A student with outstanding grades in proportion to that appearance.

Luna Estelle. She immediately brought up a story related to Shivar.

‘······This is not what was expected.’

Dan Ye-rin tried to remain as calm as possible after hearing what Luna had said. At the same time, she thought about it.

As soon as class was over, Luna suggested that we talk privately for a while. From then on, I started to get a little suspicious.

Eventually, they arrived at a tea house instead of a cafe. Not long after the tea was served, Luna spoke.

‘I need to find out if you actually noticed.’

Dan Ye-rin’s thoughts towards Luna are as follows. They just exchanged a few words.

A relationship that is neither friendly nor uncomfortable. We have become estranged because of the connection called Shivara.

Dan Ye-rin opened her mouth while maintaining a blank expression, showing off her honed acting skills.

“Shivar is doing something wrong… What did you mean by that?”

Let’s pretend not to know for a moment. She was shaking.

Although the odds are very low, it’s possible that Luna took a step back.

‘There is no corner to get caught in.’

As I said before, Luna and Dan Yerin are, to put it nicely, familiar with each other, but to put it badly, they are strangers to each other.

We have barely met before, and the secret meeting took place in a private dormitory.

If Grace had been suspicious, she would have prepared for it.

Luna’s presence was truly a variable among variables in Dan Ye-rin’s plan, so she couldn’t help but be nervous.

In the meantime, Luna was biting her lip as if she was worried about something. Then she even looked at Dan Ye-rin’s expression.

Each and every one of those actions gave Dan Ye-rin a subtle sense of certainty, but Luna thought differently.

‘What should I say? Should I ask you to speak nicely as a fellow countryman?’

Luna’s mind was complicated. When she actually faced it, it was difficult to choose her words.

I was also overwhelmed by Dan Ye-rin’s unique charisma. She exuded the dignity of a ‘princess’ to anyone who saw her.

Kara is also a princess of Tatar, but she is close to her older sister. However, Dan Ye-rin is not that close.

Luna thought about it for a while and decided to tell her the basics.

If I were a normal person, I would have cleared up the misunderstanding(?) here, but who is Luna?

“I saw Shivarga······meeting another woman.”

“··· ···”

“That too, from the East.”

Luna Tan said that because she was ‘considerate’ of Yeonju Lee.

But the fate of the world is so ingenious that it came to Dan Ye-rin as an indirect ‘warning’.

The nuance of knowing that you are enjoying a secret meeting with Shivar. Dan Yerin maintained her composure as much as possible.

I had no choice but to take a sip of tea. If I didn’t, I felt like my composure would be shattered.

Then she closed her eyes and slowly opened them to face Luna straight in the eye.

Luna also seemed to have made up her mind, and her eyes were focused on strength.

“That’s surprising. I thought you didn’t care about Shivar.”

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“Personal relationships can be overlooked. It is Shivar’s choice.”

“however?”

“I just want to do my best to prevent him from going down the wrong path.”

That’s what I mean. Dan Ye-rin held back from saying that.

Refuting it here won’t help anything. And if it’s surprising, it’s surprising.

The person who seemed the least concerned about Shivar was actually the one who cared the most.

Why on earth? Dan Ye-rin wondered. Why is Luna interested in Shivar?

‘Maybe Luna too?’

Dan Ye-rin opened one eye and looked at Luna. It was a sign that she also had romantic feelings for her.

Luna was not oblivious, just spitting out confusion with her mouth. She waved her hands and denied it.

“It’s not that I like Shivar or anything. I just······”

“only?”

“······Because we may have to walk the same path.”

Luna expressed it indirectly. There was nothing wrong with what she said.

Protecting the world from demons. That is the ‘path’ Luna is thinking of.

Shivar also has no choice but to walk that path. Even if a fork in the road appears in the middle, the fact that they are walking together remains the same.

The problem is that it is open to many interpretations. Dan Ye-rin was one of them.

“It’s the same road… What kind of ambitions do you have?”

“It’s not an ambition, it’s something that needs to be done.”

“Did he swear he would walk with you?”

“yes.”

“I see.”

Dan Ye-rin nodded and picked up her teacup again. Her hands were shaking slightly.

Coincidentally, Luna was also drinking tea at that time, so she didn’t notice.

On the surface, it seemed like a suffocating argument, but to a third party, it was no different from comedy.

“······What do you want from me?”

“yes?”

“You asked me what I wanted.”

Dan Ye-rin chose to tackle it head on. She couldn’t give up anything.

Even if Luna threatens to give up Shivar, I will not give in. That is what I promised.

Luna, however, was suspicious. Things were going too well, more easily than she had thought.

But his mouth was still a problem.

“I’m not asking you not to see me. Instead, I’m asking you to be more confident.”

The first of the chaos beak techniques. Leaving out the subject.

Dan Ye-rin, who mistook the subject for ‘herself’, snickered and refused.

“If that’s too hard for you? Would you mind if an uncontrollable storm were to hit you?”

“There is a reason I don’t know.”

The second of the chaos beak techniques. Leaving out the important object.

Dan Ye-rin nodded. It seems that she needs to change her evaluation of Luna.

A person with great political sense who can perceive the true nature of a storm through simple human relationships.

However, ability and trust are two different things. Dan Ye-rin stepped forward with a proud attitude, like a princess.

“It’s a storm you can’t even imagine. You said earlier, right? We’re on the same path. We’re the same.”

“Are you going to Shivarga?”

“Yes. And unfortunately, I can’t tell you everything. It’s a matter of life and death.”

“··· ···”

Luna’s eyes widened. Things seemed to be getting more complicated than she had expected.

‘It wasn’t just a simple secret affair?’

It’s true that it’s not a simple secret affair. The targets are just different.

Luna was in agony. If it was directly related to Dan Yerin’s life, it would definitely be the situation in the East.

The fact that even Dan Ye-rin was involved was unexpected. There is definitely something going on.

‘But you can’t have a secret meeting. You have to stand up for yourself as a human being.’

Luna hoped that Shivar would not take the wrong path as a human being.

His future, as observed through ‘Yi-an’ along with Lize’s advice. A future where he becomes a terrible murderer.

Only by being able to judge right from wrong now can we avoid a bloody future.

‘In order to do that······ I have no choice but to go into the storm myself.’

Luna looked at Dan Ye-rin with that determination.

Dan Ye-rin also read her gaze and asked with an expectant expression.

“So, what are you going to do?”

“I may not be of much help. Maybe Shivar can handle it all.”

“That could be the case.”

“Instead, please just keep this.”

The third chaotic beak technique.

“Be confident.”

“··· ···”

“I hope this message gets across.”

It turns out I killed two birds with one stone.

Dan Ye-rin opened her eyes slightly wide after hearing Luna’s advice(?), but soon smiled.

I gained a strong ally in a place I never even expected. The world is truly unpredictable.

“Let’s keep that in mind. Then the secret is······”

“I’ll just ignore it for the time being.”

“good.”

Dan Ye-rin got up from her seat. Luna also had no choice but to get up from her seat.

Then, Dan Ye-rin silently extended her hand. Anyone could see that it was a request for a handshake.

At that act, Luna looked at Dan Ye-rin and her hand alternately and then slowly held them.

The two people’s hands were soon firmly held. Dan Ye-rin spoke quietly in response.

“With this, the two of us are on the same boat. If you betray me······”

“I’m thinking about pulling out my tongue.”

“Excellent.”

Even though the subject and object are completely reversed.

[Faith rises!!!]

Of course, it was a good thing.