I Made a Game Featuring Constellations - Chapter 61



Education

Thud!

“Argh!”

The boy was thrown far away by the leader’s blow.

“I told you. The first rule…”

“Always move unpredictably. I know. I haven’t forgotten.”

The boy wiped the blood from his mouth and stood up.

“Arghhh!”

The boy took his stance and charged at the captain again.

“I’ll say it again, move unpredictably… What!”

The captain aimed a kick at the boy with a similar movement as before, but the boy ducked just in time to avoid the attack.

“Hehe! Rule number 3! Deceive your opponent cleverly!”

The boy repeatedly attacked in the same way, making the opponent expect the same move.

When he sensed the captain’s guard lowering, he changed his pattern and successfully dodged her strike.

“Take this!”

The boy’s soft fist was about to touch the captain’s chest.

Grab

“Ugh!”

The captain’s palm caught the boy’s face.

“If you’re going to do something, do it without any gaps. Your finish was sloppy.”

The boy, struggling in the captain’s grip, fell to the ground with a thud.

“No, this isn’t just a sloppy finish! Why are you using magic!”

The boy was frustrated.

After countless meaningless challenges, he had finally deceived her and seized an opportunity.

It was practically a success, but she moved like that.

It’s certain.

This is no ordinary movement.

Magic was used.

Using magic against someone who can’t even use magic!

“This is cheating!”

The bet was that if he could touch her chest with pure physical ability even once, the training would end immediately, and he would be allowed to take the test.

The boy accepted the bet because if he could quickly take the test and become one of them, he could liberate Saphira sooner.

But when it seemed like he might actually succeed in the bet, using magic was tantamount to not allowing his success.

“I never said I wouldn’t use magic, did I?”

“What?”

“I told you. Don’t bet if you’re not sure.”

“…So you never intended to let me win the bet from the start?”

“Of course not.”

“You… you bad!”

The captain chuckled as she watched the boy rush at her, wildly swinging his hands.

It was true that she had no intention of losing the bet, but it was also true that she hadn’t intended to use magic.

At the last moment, just as his hand was about to touch her, she unconsciously accelerated her body with magic.

It happened because the boy’s attack was sharp and fierce.

‘His sense of combat and strategic awareness surpasses even those of his peers who grew up in Darkhood. If he can develop his magic control abilities and gain a bit more combat experience, he could become an immediate asset.’

Considering that he grew up not in Darkhood but in a greenhouse-like environment on the surface, and that he is a frail male elf, this meant he had an incredibly extraordinary talent.

‘It wasn’t intentional, but perhaps we might witness the return of the Shadow Elves.’

In the distant past, when Dark Elves and Elves were equals.

Just as there are High Elves among the Elves, it is said that there were Shadow Elves, a superior race among the Dark Elves.

Interestingly, unlike the more powerful female Elves, the male Shadow Elves were said to be stronger.

Much like the boy rapidly growing before her eyes.

‘…But he’s late in contacting me.’

The one on the surface has been delayed in reaching out.

Could something have happened?

‘Perhaps it was a mistake to trust that white woman.’

The captain’s delicate eyebrows furrowed.

* * *

“Ouch! It hurts! Grandma, be gentle!”

“Ugh, you rascal. Why does a frail boy like you use his body so recklessly?”

The old Dark Elf woman clicked her tongue as she applied medicine to the boy’s wounds.

“…This time, I really thought I had a chance.”

If only he hadn’t used magic so unfairly, I would have won.

The boy swallowed his words.

“No matter how much training it is, you shouldn’t use your body carelessly. Here, your body is your wealth.”

“Ow! I said it hurts! Be gentle, Grandma!”

“Do you know how I’ve survived to this age?”

“…I don’t know.”

The boy glanced at the old woman’s wrinkled skin.

Even though elves live long, they age slowly.

Therefore, an elf as wrinkled as the old woman was a sight the boy had never seen before.

“It’s because I lived without breaking the survival rules. Always watch your back, and if there’s no answer, quickly admit it, …”

“Stop! Stop! I know! I already memorized everything during the training session!”

The residents of the underground city, who seemed like they couldn’t read a single word, were so obsessed with the survival rules.

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Even the boy, who liked studying, was fed up with it.

“Especially at your age, your body is still immature and fragile, so you have to be even more careful.”

“…I know. But if I want to release that guy sooner, I have no choice.”

“That guy? Why? He’s already doing well, unlike a typical white year.”

Saphira Primera was still in the status of a hostage, unable to go out freely and being watched while confined, but she quickly adapted and got along well with the locals due to her adaptability and personality that the underground city residents liked.

“I know. But Saphira, that guy is just pretending to be strong right now.”

The girl, who came to find the boy after hearing that he had finished his training, sneaked up on him from behind but stopped at the sound of her name.

Then she quickly hid behind the wall.

“Pretending to be strong?”

“That guy cries quietly at night so that no one can hear. It’s probably because he doesn’t want to show his weak side.”

As the heir of the Primera family, he had to show strength and not appear weak to the residents of this world.

The girl was secretly enduring the hardships and fears she had to face after being kidnapped at such a young age.

“And you. You’re in the same situation as him. You were dragged to a place with no connections at a young age and get beaten every day, so it’s even worse.”

“No, my situation is different. I’m dark. She’s white.”

This is a place where only dark elves exist.

They are dark elves who usually look down on others and are hostile to high elves.

There was no way a girl who grew up in a greenhouse could fully adapt among them.

“That’s why I have to protect her.”

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The eyes of the girl hiding behind the wall grew wide.

“…Foolish Russ.”

Who is supposed to protect whom?

“Are you trying to finish your training by overworking yourself just for that reason?”

“Because I want to get her out of here quickly.”

“…Good times indeed.”

Of course, the boy’s thoughts were a little different from those of the old woman or the girl.

‘The precious child of the Primera family has been kidnapped. The only heir.’

Due to the characteristics of the long-lived elf species, which have difficulty in successful reproduction, it is hard to have more than one child.

Therefore, the Primera family had only one child, Saphira, and she was an even more important existence for the family.

Even though several weeks had passed without any proper movement, it was impossible that nothing was actually happening.

‘In a situation where even the head of the family cannot move cautiously, the elders who think their authority has been ignored by the dark elves will not stay quiet. In the worst case, they might mobilize the army to devastate this Darkwood.’

If that happens, not only the position of the mother, which is maintained by the Primera family, but also the lives of the girl and himself could be in danger.

He had conveyed these thoughts to the captain, but the response he received was that it was none of his business, and it seemed like he wasn’t even considered one of their members yet.

The dark elves I became close with while staying here were not much different.

In the end, the best way was to quickly complete the education and tests, be recognized as one of them, and find a way for Saphira to escape and return.

“You idiot, Russ!”

Wham

The unique scent of a fresh female elf filled the boy’s nose.

The girl had hugged the boy tightly from behind.

“Got beaten up again?”

“…Today, I didn’t just get beaten.”

“Even so, you probably got hit a hundred times while hitting once. You can’t even beat me!”

“Are you worried about me now?”

“Ah, no, I wouldn’t worry! I don’t want my toy to be broken by strange guys! Seriously, I can’t believe this!”

The girl flapped her arms with a reddened face at the boy’s sudden question.

“…Good times.”

The old woman smiled as she watched their conversation.