-1238- Truth or Lie

The Seven Stars Sword Art Festival is not only a celebration for the people and student knights of the nation, but also for the Seven Knight Academies.

The results of the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival serve as a standard between the academies to determine their superiority or inferiority, which has been a long-standing tradition.

In recent years, Hagun Academy has consistently performed poorly in the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival, with its best ranking only reaching the top four. Therefore, the Board of Directors dismissed the former chairman and appointed Shinguji Kurono to take office in order to improve Hagun Academy's performance.

Now that the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival is about to begin, and as a rare A-ranked knight in the academy for several generations, Rozen has actually chosen to directly give up his qualification to participate in the festival. For Shinguji Kurono, this should be something not to be ignored.

So, Rozen had already anticipated that his decision not to participate in the festival would attract the attention of Shinguji Kurono, and the purpose of this conversation was just that.

In other words...

"Do you want me to participate in the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival?"

Rozen straightforwardly admitted.

The only possible answer was naturally one.

"It's impossible not to want, right?"

Shinguji Kurono lit a cigarette, seemingly indifferent, as he spoke.

"You are not only a rare A-ranked Blazer in your student days, but also have defeated the strongest princess in the magic world. Most importantly, your Device and abilities are very practical. For a Mage-Knight who regards magical power as everything, you are indeed a targeted force. Someone like you, not only the academy, but even the League must have been paying attention to you. And I have the task of revitalizing Hagun Academy, so it would be strange not to want you to participate in the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival."

Saying so, Shinguji Kurono was very frank.

"To be honest, you have no nationality and no normal background. The academy still doesn't know your origin until now. Clearly, with so many questions about your identity, I still allowed you to enroll, and the external explanation is for the sake of Hagun Academy's performance. Extraordinary times require extraordinary measures. Do you understand what I mean?"

Rozen could certainly understand Shinguji Kurono's meaning.

Rather, even Rozen himself was somewhat surprised by this.

After all, originally, Rozen was mentally prepared for the possibility of his enrollment application being rejected, but unexpectedly, it was accepted, leaving Rozen stunned for a long time.

Now, seeing that his identity is so suspicious, but he was still able to enroll in Hagun Academy smoothly, Shinguji Kurono's credit is not small.

And as Shinguji Kurono said, the reason why she allowed someone with such a mysterious background to enroll was to try to improve Hagun Academy's performance.

Even though his background is unknown, Rozen's abilities are genuine, and for those who are eager to achieve good results in the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival, he should be a good reinforcement.

In other words, it is not an exaggeration to say that Shinguji Kurono allowed him to enroll in order to make him participate in the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival.

In this case, Rozen actually claimed that he did not want to participate in the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival, so it is no wonder that Shinguji Kurono wanted to have a conversation with him.

"I also put in a lot of effort to get the Board of Directors and the League to recognize your formal enrollment status. I even made a lot of guarantees, and even backhanded a lot of assurances for you. You should understand my hard work, right?"

Shinguji Kurono completely revealed her intentions, which made Rozen somewhat admiring.

"Well, after all, Kuro has vouched for someone with such a suspicious identity and origin as you. If you were a spy or troublemaker from another country, Kuro, who brought you into Hagun Academy, would be fully responsible. So Kuro has placed a lot of bets on you. You should understand and forgive her a little."

Saikyo Nene, who knows when she returned, leaned on the sofa beside her and said with a playful smile towards Rozen.

Rozen was not completely unaware of this.

"I admit that without the chairman's guarantee, I should not have been able to enroll smoothly. And don't know where to go." Rozen shrugged and said, "But, I really have no interest in the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival."

Rozen's words made both Shinguji Kurono and Saikyo Nene look at each other.

"Can I ask for the reason?"

Shinguji Kurono chose to inquire in this way.

This made Rozen rub his chin, smiling somewhat meaningfully.

"Do you want to hear a lie? Or do you want to hear the truth?"

Rozen suddenly said so.

"This is interesting." Saikyo Nene said with interest, "Then let me hear the lie first."

At this, Rozen's expression became serious, and he spoke in a manner that did not sound like a joke.

"Many student knights who are passionate about the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival have their own goals and dreams. They spare no effort to pursue the title of Seven Stars Sword King and are willing to sacrifice everything for it. Compared to them, I only have magical power and abilities, but I am far less dedicated to the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival than they are. With such a half-hearted attitude, it is impossible to achieve good results in the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival, so I chose to give up."

Rozen spoke earnestly.

Looking at his serious expression and performance, it has to be said that such a reason is not unfounded.

However...

"Is this a lie?"

Saikyo Nene was speechless.

"Then what about the truth?"

Shinguji Kurono asked so.

Immediately, the seriousness on Rozen's face disappeared without a trace, replaced by laziness and indifference.

"I really don't want to compete with a group of students who have just learned how to use their powers on the same stage. That's a bit of bullying."

Rozen spoke in a tone that didn't sound like a joke.

"Therefore, Chairman, I can only say sorry."

Rozen said so.

Shinguji Kurono and Saikyo Nene both slightly stunned, and then fell silent one after another.

A moment later...

"Well, in that case, I won't force you."

Shinguji Kurono made a decision and looked at Rozen.

"However, there is one favor I hope you can help me with."

At this, Rozen raised an eyebrow, showing a listening attitude.

Not long after, Rozen left the chairman's office.

Only Shinguji Kurono and Saikyo Nene remained, watching Rozen leave.

"I'm starting to get a little curious about his background too, Kuro."

Saikyo Nene said with a smile.

And Shinguji Kurono just responded with a sentence.

"To be honest, I'm starting to as well."

That's how it is.

Until this moment, the leaders of Hagun Academy have only begun to have a slight curiosity about Rozen's identity.

As for whether they can find out anything, it depends on the abilities of these two.