Helmut: The Forsaken Child - H.F.C Chapter 106 (Part 2):

Helmut looked at the towering toast and wondered how to eat it.

It seemed like you should eat it with the content like a sandwich, but it wasn’t a size that would fit into his mouth. Alea advised him.

“Cut and eat it with a knife and fork. They’re wrapped in napkins on the side.”

Helmut cut the towering toast with a knife and ate it. Seeing him, Sian made a bored expression.

“Ugh, if I eat that, my waist will expand by the width of a finger tomorrow.”

“Swordsmanship students don’t think about such things when eating snacks.”

Asuka grumbled. He was gobbling up his own food and was enviously glancing at Helmut’s huge toast.

“You guys probably train all the time during class hours.”

“You’re probably not seriously moving and have no muscles, right?”

“Alea is more slender than me, isn’t he?”

“He probably doesn’t even take a nap and studies all day from morning to night.”

“That, that’s right. Good point.”

Helmut, who had never worried about his belly fat since he was born, ate all the toast without leaving any.

Until he met Darian and was introduced to human food, eating was a means to fill his stomach for Helmut.

‘Has the quality of life improved?’

Soft beds and delicious food. It was a peaceful academy life where there was no need to worry about life-threatening situations.

Helmut now realized that he was satisfied with his current life.

But he must not become lazy. As the midterm exam period approached, he had to slightly reduce training time, inevitable to achieve good grades in writing.

Before entering the academy, Helmut thought he was ignorant even by his own standards.

Knowledge naturally acquired through the influence of the seed of darkness. The knowledge Elaga told him, and what Darian taught. That was all Helmut knew.

He is getting used to this world by listening to even trivial conversations, but that is a dimension of common sense.

In terms of knowledge or academics, Helmut was completely in the dark.

Fortunately, he met a good teacher.

With the help of Alea early on, he was able to grasp the tricks. And since the basics were well established, all he had to do was work hard.

Helmut enjoyed learning. Whether it caused headaches or didn’t match his aptitude, he liked having a time of learning that was not allowed to him.

Because there was no one to answer his questions properly in the Forest of Roots.

He has no intention of neglecting swordsmanship, but he intends to diligently accumulate knowledge. He will learn everything he can learn here.

That was Helmut’s determination.

As the meal was about to end, Sian asked cheerfully.

“How is it, everyone? Isn’t it delicious?”

“Well, it’s okay.”

“This guy won’t admit it. But if this picky eater finished it, then it must be delicious.”

“What are you talking about? You know nothing about me?”

Alea turned her head away from Asuka. The tutoring ended smoothly, and since she ate all the toast, it must have been delicious.
Running 100 laps around the field seemed to be Sian’s assignment after all.

“Shall we go now?”

As Alea spoke first, Asuka asked Helmut, “Isn’t your stomach will be a little upset if you study right after eating that?”

Sian interjected, “I think I might need digestive medicine after eating all of that. Maybe you’ll need some?”

“I’m fine.”

Helmut asked, “Digestive medicine? Is there such a thing?”

“It’s a medicine that helps with digestion when you feel uncomfortable due to overeating or stress. Haven’t you ever tried it?”

“I’ve never needed such a thing.”

His stomach was full. Helmut’s stomach absorbed and decomposed anything he ate.

Asuka scrutinized Helmut from top to bottom.

“…This guy is a bit strange. In fact, he might not be a human but some kind of chimera.”

“Isn’t that the case with the swordsmanship department?”

“Not to that extent, you know? Hey, stop lumping the swordsmanship department together.”

As Asuka and Sian were squabbling, someone came to the table next to them.

“Here, the seats are empty.”

“Three special toasts for swordsmanship students here!”

The order was declared without hesitation, as if the menu had already been decided. Were they students from the Swordsmanship Department?

Asuka’s gaze turned towards them.

“Oh, you guys?”

“Hello.”

The face of the girl who bowed her head was familiar. The other two also reluctantly greeted.

“Hello.”

Asuka asked suspiciously.

“Charlotte?”

The rest of the riffraff were none of his business.

But Helmut remembered. Jeffrey, the other one was Isaac. Including Charlotte, all three were top-ranking students in the first year of the swordsmanship department. They seemed to fit together in terms of grades.

Both of them, Jeffrey and Isaac, didn’t seem to like running into Helmut and Asuka.

Charlotte, who was still wearing the swordsmanship department uniform and neatly tied her hair into one, showed a slight smile.

It was strange that she, who looked haughty, came to eat a late-night snack with her friends.

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