Hard Work Will Never Betray Me (WN) - Chapter 115

It was the day after the accommodation building was completed. About a week after Lily, Iris, and I arrived, the other participants finally began to gather around.

　Three in the morning, two in the afternoon, and one in the evening. . Then four in the evening. On that day alone, nine people gathered. There were fo the remaining four people, but Marie estimated that those four would arrive tomorrow.

　The building was completed at the very last minute. If it had not been finished, 14 people would have had to stay in the open air .

　It is not that I do not feel that it is too late, since we had been staying in the field until we got here, but we would have lost our motivation if we had to stay in the field again just when we thought we had finally reached the goal. It is the hardest thing for a human being to rise up and be dropped again.

　At last, the remaining four people arrived, and all the people who had been expected to make the trip were now present.

The ones who couldn’t make it here are probably being taken care of by the military personnel who have come to the village near the Demon Forest, so I guess we’re all here for now.

　Marie looked around at the group of people who had lined up in a circle and nodded. There were ten men and eight women, with a male to female ratio of about 1:1. The difference between men and women in terms of fighting ability is smaller in this world than it was in the world of my previous life on earth, perhaps due to the presence of magic. Women have made comparative progress in society, and about one-third of the military and adventurers are women and in this training program, the ratio of women to men was 45%, which is quite high.

Now, we are going to spend a long time together. We need to get to know each other and deepen our relationship in order to live together. So let’s start with self-introductions. The four of you here today may be tired, but it’s not like you’re going to be training right away . Please be patient.

「「「「 yes 」」」」

“Let’s begin by introducing ourselves in the order in which you arrived. Name, hometown, magic specialties, and a few brief words?”

　Some people may not like it if I go into too much depth. You can talk about such things after you become familiar with each other as we train together from now on.

“Then Eberhard will go first.”

“Yes.”

　I looked around lightly at all the faces that turned toward me at once, and then began to introduce myself.

“Well, . I am Eberhard Karlheinz von Flensburg-Farenheit. I am from the northern city of Heidburg. Well, in a way, I am an aristocrat. ……, but I don’t need honorifics here, even in public, so be friendly with me. I am good at …… [Impact] spells. My weak point is attribute magic. To be honest, I can’t use it at all. I am also an adventurer for fun. I’m sure everyone will have a hard training with Marie, but let’s work together. I’m looking forward to working with you.”

　When I mentioned my name, everyone started to get nervous. Apparently, they reacted to Fahrenheit’s name. Well, my family is the “Northern General” family, which is in charge of protecting the northeastern part of the empire. We must be very well known. And I have a title equivalent to that of a marquis.

　The introductions ended without incident, and there was a round of applause.

“Then, let’s move on. Lily.”

‘Yes.”

　This time it was the turn of Lily, my bride-to-be.

“My name is Henriette Lilly von Bernstein. I am the eldest daughter of the Duke Bernstein. , and I am engaged to Eberhard . My specialty is ice magic and space-time magic. My weakness is fire magic. Please work with me from now on.”

　This time, when the “duke’s family” was mentioned, the conversation started up again, but it was settled after the mention of her being my fiancée. But what is it about the remaining six women, excluding Iris, who blush when they see me and Lily? Please don’t do this, it’s embarrassing.

　Then, when Lily said “space-time magic” as her specialty magic, the throbbing around us exploded.

‘Space-time magic?”

　Some of them shouted unintentionally. Johan and the others, who were already familiar with each other, seemed surprised by this. They had thought that the inventory was bought by the nobility with their money. They didn’t think it was a self-made one. ……Well, that’s what people usually think, isn’t it? I would have reacted that way too if I didn’t know.

　Anyway, Lily’s self-introduction ended with even more shock and groans than mine. Lily, who has not changed her facial expression at all, has a lot of nerve.

“Next, Iris.”

“My name is Iris Steinfeldt. My family is a warrior type family and I come from Calvin, a town in the north of the empire. I’m from the Special Division. My rank is sergeant, and I am a colleague of Second Lieutenant Halt who is also part of the Special Division.”

　When they heard this, they all looked at me and Iris with wide eyes.

“Oh, I forgot to tell you.”

“My specialty is light magic. but not at recovery or spirit elimination

Everyone looked at Iris with a question mark in their heads, wondering what the value of the light attribute is if it is not good at recovery and spirit elimination. Iris is a member of the Special Division, she has too much social credibility.

Next.

“My name is Johann Schneider, the second son of the Schneider family, a master swordsman. I am good at swordsmanship and not so good at other things. I am looking forward to friendly competition with everyone. ”

　The Schneider family also seems to be quite famous among the people from the imperial capital, and several people responded.

Next.

“I am Emilia Schneider. I am the younger sister of Johann Schneider. I’m good at two-fisted swordsmanship. I’m not good at anything else!　Let’s work together from now on!”

　That’s a very rough self-introduction, but it’s very typical of Emilia.

　This is all the people I know so far. The rest are people who have been here from yesterday so today we’ve only met briefly. We haven’t exchanged full-fledged greetings yet.

　I wondered what kind of people would become my fellow trainees. With a faint hope in my heart, I decided to listen to the self-introductions of the remaining people.