Academy's Second Seat [part 2 Complete]

Chapter 288: Completion (9)

"Ugh..."

"Professor Gracie, are you conscious?"

Gracie slowly opened her eyes in response to my question.

"Where is this..."

She regained consciousness while tossing and turning.

"...Huh? Rudy Astria?"

I was surprised to see Gracie opening her eyes wide.

Then, she looked around.

"Did I fall asleep while writing a paper? I think I had a strange dream... Something about Aryandor standing in front of me..."

"It's not a dream. You're fine, considering you're talking nonsense."

"Eh?"

Cromwell let out a sigh of relief seeing Gracie like this.

"Good. You're alright."

Astina looked at us with a dumbfounded expression.

"...You call this being alright?"

Gracie widened her eyes at Astina standing in front of her.

"If this isn't a dream... No, why is Astina here...?"

Cromwell slowly began to speak.

"Astina just arrived. The Royal Army came to check on your condition briefly."

"The Royal Army has arrived... But how did I..."

Gracie had received a severe sword wound in the middle of the battlefield.

Right in front of Aryandor, the enemy leader, no less.

In a normal situation, she wouldn't have been able to retreat and would have faced death.

Gracie looked puzzled, as if none of this made sense to her.

"I had a talk with Aryandor."

"Did you make some kind of contract? How did you..."

"I don't know. It was Aryandor who made that proposal."

We couldn't understand it either.

About a day had passed since that battle.

The Academy managed to fend off the enemy without losing any soldiers, allowing them to catch their breath.

However, many questions remained.

Clearly, the battle would have been advantageous for the rebels.

Yet, they didn't push on.

They even gave the Royal Army time to join forces with the Academy.

"Let's withdraw now. Professor Gracie should rest as well."

"Are you leaving?"

Gracie tried to get up at Astina's words.

"Ouch!"

She immediately clutched her stomach and fell back onto the bed.

"Are you okay?"

"Ugh..."

Cromwell then spoke to Gracie.

"Gracie, you can rest. You're not in a condition to get up."

"But..."

"It's okay. You've done what you could. You can rest now."

Gracie bit her lip and nodded at Cromwell's words.

Leaving Gracie behind, we left the tent where she was staying.

Astina looked around and asked Cromwell.