T/N: Extra chapter
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Delicious is Justice [Part 1]
When Emma was embroidering two hundred handkerchiefs in high spirits, William in the [Practical Skills for Hunters] class, on the other hand, was standing before a big boulder, feeling greatly perplexed.
“…Hearing that the previous class would be the last time we ran laps, I’ve been looking forward to today’s class a little, but…”
A boulder and a wooden stick were distributed to each student.
“Don’t tell me we will have to break the rock with this?”
When Joshua turned to look at the [Practical Skills for Hunters]’ teacher anxiously, the teacher grinned at him with a thumbs-up, saying, “Yo, right on point.”
‘Bah, I was just saying that casually, Professor! Don’t “good job” me!’ thought Joshua agitatedly.
“Isn’t that impossible?”
“It’s a boulder, okay?”
Faced with a huge boulder, the male students taking the same lesson also groaned that it was impossible.
“Many monsters have pretty tough bodies. There are times when your sword will break or be sent flying from the recoil if you attack without knowing anything. Losing your weapon can cost you your life, so I think this is a good training exercise that can help train different aspects, though?”
George muttered with a nonchalant face while poking at the boulder with his wooden stick. George was completely useless when it came to other classes, but only in [Practical Skills for Hunters] that he was more outstanding than anyone else by an overwhelming gap.
“No, no, no. Nii-sama, a gorilla, may be able to break this boulder, but this is too much for humans like us!”
William shouted. Other students also nodded repeatedly as if agreeing with his words.
“Who do you think you are calling a gorilla? Well, if it’s only a boulder like this, there’s a way to break it easily even without using strength, though.”
“Watch,” George dropped a word to William, who insisted it was impossible, before jumping onto the boulder and knocking the wooden stick down into the boulder in a piercing manner.
“Ah!”
“WOWWW!”
“Awesome!”
The huge boulder was split cleanly in two with just one strike. Because George split the boulder so easily and effortlessly, he attracted the attention of other students and received a wave of cheers. At this point, William already gave up on rebuking George with [Don’t stand out] in this class.
“Determine the eye of the boulder, hit it accurately, and it will be like this, y’know? This is because the boulder can also split easily in a certain direction. But, well, if you do it like this, it won’t help train your body…”
Palace hunters often split rocks to secure their path of retreat. I didn’t expect this would shock everyone this much. George scratched his head.
“George Stuart. If you know that beats the purpose of the training, why did you still do it? Do you know how hard it is for me to move all these boulders every year? It’s a lot of hard work, alright?”
The teacher loomed over George’s back and reproached him with a bitter voice. Although the teacher felt George was quite a frightening boy for being able to determine the eye of the boulder and break it in one strike at such a young age, as the one who carried all those boulders with difficulty, he still found it very intolerable.
“Ah! Professor… Um, I-I’m sorry?”
The teacher sighed at George, who didn’t seem to be especially boastful but instead apologetic. Most outstanding students who outshined others in [Practical Skills for Hunters] became full of themselves easily, even to a concerning extent, and often failed because of that. However, the curious thing was that he couldn’t see any of that in George Stuart.
How should he put this… It was like he could catch a glimpse of the strange steadiness and wisdom of a middle-aged man who had already passed the reckless period of youth long ago.
He was only 16 years old. A time when one would make the dumbest mistakes.
“George Stuart, walk around and assist other students. I won’t carry another boulder here, you got that?”
