After I V-brother Zheng 50

After about half an hour, he found the principal's office and found a set of keys in his hand.

Yes, it's read as "staff dormitory" but written as "the key to a luxury villa."

To be honest, Qin Yu could have finished much earlier.

But there's nothing we can do; the principal, well, he knows what's what.

Just now, if he hadn't been so impatient that he had given the other party a hint using the Mind Gem, who knows how long that old man would have gone on and on.

"Phew, finally I can move around freely."

After leaving the principal's office, Qin Yu first went to the dormitory (villa) assigned to him by the school. He casually tossed aside his suitcase, which he didn't need to carry and actually didn't have much stuff inside, and then began to wander around the campus.

He planned to familiarize himself with the local environment first, just like an ordinary person.

Of course, since it's a magic swordsman academy, the 'sword' must never be separated from one's body.

This applies to both students and teachers.

Now, Qin Yu has the 'Village Good Sword' clipped to the left side of his waist.

It's just a decoration.

******

noon.

Having already familiarized himself with the campus environment on his own that morning, Qin Yu arrived at the school cafeteria.

At this moment, he had changed into a teacher's uniform.

The place we went to was also an area reserved for teachers.

"Hmm, the food here is pretty good."

Qin Yu randomly ordered a set meal that looked ridiculously expensive, but which was paid for by the school. He found a seat by the window and began to enjoy his lunch.

Sudden……

"Why? Why would Princess Alexia accept that country bumpkin's confession?!"

"Does she like that type?"

"Is the aloof princess about to embark on a fairytale-like love story?"

"Shh~ Keep your voice down, don't talk nonsense, they're royalty!"

……

A murmur of discussion arose from downstairs.

However, after school at noon, some students were already having lunch here.

At the window, Qin Yu glanced down.

What came into view were several female students whom I had no recollection of.

Each of them also had a long sword at her waist.

"It's good to be young, you love to gossip so much."

Qin Yu slightly curled the corners of his mouth.

He remembers this development.

Chapter 135 'Playing the Fool' and 'Eating the Tiger'

Alexia Midgard... currently the second princess of the Kingdom of Midgard.

Outside, with her silver hair and red eyes, she was a well-known beauty within the Magic Sword Academy, admired by countless young men.

But in reality, he is exceptionally cunning and quite irritable.

He has a 'bad habit' of immediately drawing his sword to attack people after making exaggerated facial expressions.

As far as Qin Yu knew, the source of the gossip currently circulating downstairs was that this princess had expressed extreme dissatisfaction with her fiancé, and then randomly picked a 'supporting character' to mock.

As for the result...

She was lucky; she found a hidden big shot very 'precisely,' the 'Shrimp Bean Sama' that Qin Yu had mentioned.

"Speaking of which, it seems like the other party actually came to us willingly?"

Speaking of the latter...

Sid Kagano, ostensibly the second son of a lower-class noble family, was regarded as a 'country bumpkin' in the upper circles of the capital.

However, he was actually a time traveler, just like Qin Yu.

However, unlike Qin Yu, who possesses the ability to travel independently and controllably, the former is merely someone who was once killed by a truck and whose soul was reincarnated into this fantasy world.

Yes, it's like the situation where 'Far East Express, Interdimensional Direct Truck Service +1' is given.

In Qin Yu's view...

This person is somewhat mentally unstable.

It was the same in my past life, and it is the same in this life.

He belongs to the kind of person who is so obsessed that he is practically terminally ill.

His sole life goal, which he remembered for two lifetimes, was just like the full name of this world: to become a Shadow-level powerhouse!

As for what constitutes a Shadow-level powerhouse?

According to Qin Yu's own understanding, it is:

"He has to play the fool while also taking advantage of the powerful, and the latter must be a hidden mastermind, a powerful figure like the 'Shadow'."

To be honest, Qin Yu had seen this kind of routine in various online novels before.

But Hid is a very different person.

Because he neither wanted to have a harem nor wanted to be a domineering protagonist.

They didn't even use the "pretending to be weak to eat the strong" tactic in order to gain any real benefits.

Instead, they are focused on the 'process' itself.

Yes.

He actually enjoys both the "pretending to be a pig" and the "eating tiger" lifestyle at the same time.

Leaving aside the part about 'eating the tiger,' it's nothing more than a high-profile show-off that ends up getting slapped in the face.

But when 'playing dumb'...

He is genuinely willing to play the victim, feign weakness, and show vulnerability; he even doesn't mind barking like a dog in front of others.

This is...

"Incomprehensible."

On the second floor, Qin Yu shook his head. "However, I don't need to understand."

“Everyone has their own way of living, and Sid… well, although he’s a crazy madman, at least in terms of ‘perseverance,’ he deserves recognition.”

Qin Yu remembered that in his previous life, Sid, the eighteen-year-old Far Eastern boy named 'Kageno Minoru', was truly willing to do all sorts of inhuman training all day long for his dream, and would also take two crowbars to 'fight for justice' at night.

From the initial biker gangs and thugs, to later armed kidnappers, veterans, and so on.

He really dared to take on that challenge.

Qin Yu admitted that his perseverance was far inferior to his.

Of course, the level of obsession is also unmatched.

That's why they acknowledge and admire the other person's only merit.

As for other aspects...

Qin Yu knew that Sid had already secretly made up his mind to become an absolute Shadow Power, even if it meant abandoning everything.

Therefore, he is rather indifferent to the feelings of most people around him.

And no matter who it is, even those members of 'Shadow Garden' whom he personally saved and gave a new life, as long as they contradict his absolute ideals, he will not hesitate to abandon them, or even... kill them directly.

Of course, before crossing this 'red line,' Sid might not have been a good person, but he wasn't the kind of scum who was evil to the core either.

He would punish the wicked in kind, or lend a helping hand to those in need.

In short, he was a rather contradictory person.

But in Qin Yu's eyes...

"Where there are conflicts, there is fun."

So, while someone was enjoying playing the fool, he made a bet with two friends who were just extras. The loser had to complete a punishment game, which involved confessing his love to the school's princess.

Unexpectedly, this 'failed reservation' situation, which should have been rejected by common sense, took an unexpected and bizarre turn that even 'Shrimp Bean Sama' herself could not have foreseen.

downstairs……

Wow~

Under Qin Yu's amused gaze, the cunning princess had already sat down next to her 'boyfriend' and were having lunch together.

This difference in status startled a large number of people around them.

Qin Yu originally wanted to 'admire' it a little longer...

"Excuse me, excuse me."

A polite inquiry came from the side.

Qin Yu turned his head to look at the source of the sound...

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Qin, the Flying Demon Swordsman."

"..."

I heard that rather peculiar nickname again.

Qin Yu's lips twitched involuntarily.

At this moment, the girl with long, bright red hair who took the initiative to talk to him was standing next to him.

Alice Midgard, the nation's first princess.