Pens Down, Swords Up: Throw Your Studies to the Wind Volume 1 by Mao Nishiura

Author:Mao Nishiura [NISHIURA, MAO]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2024-02-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four: Little Legends

Morning Routine and Thora’s Breakfast

The first proper day of classes had arrived.

As always, Allen awoke at half past five in the morning. The decently sized room he’d been assigned on the third floor was already furnished with several items seemingly left behind by the previous owner—a bed that creaked in protest at every minor movement, an old, beaten-up desk, and a matching chair. Between the main room and the door to the corridor were a latrine, a closet, and a simple kitchen. There was also a tiny balcony, although the orientation of the room meant it didn’t get much natural light. The average noble would probably consider the space barely habitable, but to a formerly Japanese person like Allen, it was more than satisfactory—even homey.

For laundry needs, there were magically powered washing machines in a room adjacent to the communal baths that anyone could use free of charge. A laundering service was also available to any students who couldn’t be bothered to manage their own washing, or else for items which needed particular care, such as equipment made out of monster leather or other unique materials. Bags of laundry were collected morning and evening from a counter next to the baths, and they were returned at the next collection time. For normal clothing, a flat fee of ten riels covered as much as you could stuff into a thirty-liter bag, though the fee for special items like leather changed depending on the material. Even then, the cost was extraordinarily low compared to elsewhere in the capital.

There were no other signs of life across the silent dormitory as Allen made his way outside. A mild chill lingered in the air, which felt pleasantly refreshing as he crossed to the front garden and began his stretches. Once he had sufficiently warmed up, he set off at a leisurely pace, cutting directly through the center of the school grounds to reach the main gate. It was around eight kilometers from the dormitory to the main gate, a distance he covered in around twenty-five minutes at his relaxed pace.

He could have exited the school grounds from the rear gate, which was nearly adjacent to the standard dormitory, and started his lap of the school’s perimeter from there instead. However, Allen was determined to avoid altering the course he’d already established over the few days prior to the exams. He wanted to measure his progress as accurately as possible.

He left the school grounds from the main gate in the south, then began his clockwise lap of the perimeter. As he came across the hill toward the middle of the course, he completed exactly ten hill sprints as usual. Then, after he had reached the main gate once again, he cut the same path through the center of the school grounds back to the dormitory, once more at a leisurely pace.

Once he’d arrived at the dorm, he retrieved his wooden training sword from his room, this time heading to the courtyard in the center of the building.

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