The Black Iron Glory
Historical Lessons

Chapter 10

Historical Lessons

Whitestag National High School is located on a small hill in the north of the city. Claude and the other three arrived five minutes before class started just before the school gates closed.

The reason high schools and primary schools were built there was partly thanks to Stellin IX. When the location where the first shot that led to the restoration of the kingdom was fired, the, the officials of Prince Karjad appointed after his rise wisely chose to invest in the city and provide a lot of financial assistance for education and infrastructure development.

The prince's old army camp was made into a memorial site where a large memorial plaque was built. There was also a magnificent statue of the prince on horseback while holding his weapon. But in fact, the first shot the prince made in his tent completely missed his target and made a small hole in his tent. Instead, it was his subordinates who rushed to help him after hearing the sound of gunfire and fighting with the baron's personal army.

Claude studied in his second year, and there were four student classes for that year in total. There are three male classes with about 200 students and one class with 32 female students. Although men and women had equal rights to education according to the royal education reform, most commoners prioritized their sons over their daughters. Some of them could not afford to pay for the education of their sons and daughters.

While schools are allowed to take in female students, to prevent problems, most schools divide classes by gender. In addition, almost all female students are on the academic track. While their academic subjects were synonymous with males, their physical flow subjects were replaced with classes on flower arranging, painting, art appreciation, sewing, cooking, and so on, and other household economics related subjects. But if the girls were interested, they would still be allowed to register for swordsmanship and riding classes.

There are three class sessions each for the morning and evening segments. Unlike Claude's past life, each period lasts for an hour and has a 20-minute break in between. The first session starts at eight in the morning and ends at about 11:40 before noon. Lunch is provided by the school and the students are free to walk around in the school environment, but are now allowed to leave. Their afternoon session will start at one o'clock until the end of school.

Typically, academic flow subjects are taught in the morning segment. For example, Claude had language, arithmetic, and history on that day. He sits in the very back row in the class because he is the tallest among his classmates and also because the school instructor will tend to let the physical flow students sit in the back to prevent them disrupting the flow of academic students.

But when Claude raised his grades to the average class as opposed to staying at the bottom of the class, her class instructor asked her if she wanted to sit a few rows further forward so the instructor would give her more attention and attention . However, he rejected the suggestion. He believed that he should remain humble as a transmigrator and getting along among others without standing out was the best way to do so.

"… Facing the suppression shots from the enemy's firearms, the mighty prince did not lose the confidence to win. His Majesty resolutely rejected his subordinates' desire for him to leave the battlefield and stand at the highest point he could find. observe enemy lines closing into his camp despite the risk of being shot by enemy artillery or stray bullets, His Majesty realized the weak point in the enemy lines where the artillery units were far apart and ordered his guards to circle the enemy lines and return to attack.

"It was already the last of the prince's army. Out of concern for His Majesty's safety, his subordinates strongly advised him not to take such risks. But His Majesty said, As the commander of this brave army, I should lead them to victory as they fight instead of retreating to safety. All of you, go fight. I will stand here and watch over you as you plant the banner of victory in the tent of the enemy. "

"Motivated by the prince's speech, the guards stormed the enemy troops and obstacles like ferocious tigers and took the enemy's artillery camp in one fell swoop. They turned artillery around and bombarded enemy lines. Suddenly attacked by cannon fire from behind, the enemy collapsed as the prince expected and fled in all directions, His Majesty ordered his troops to make an all-out assault and turn his defeat into a complete victory, conquering Engelir Hill.

"His Majesty used less than eight thousand soldiers to defeat 20 thousand enemies. About 15 thousand enemies were destroyed. Not only was the Engelir Hill Victory the first battle His Majesty fought in the north, it was also the first victory that led to the restoration of the kingdom. This battle symbolizes not only the first deserved victory on the battlefield, it also … "

This was the third class session of the day, history class. The history instructor, Mr. Ellim, read on his podium according to the textbook helplessly. He pretended not to see the movements of his silent disciples. As long as they didn't get in the way of her readings and schedule, Ellim usually didn't care about class discipline. The students consider him the best teacher because of that.

Claude yawned uncontrollably. Welikro had long since fallen asleep beside him and he would snort from time to time. Eriksson and Borkel spoke in a soft voice and wrote something on paper from time to time.

Claude flipped his textbook out of boredom and frustration. Even if he was interested in the history of the Aueras kingdom, he had learned about the same in history class since elementary school. Everything they learned about history had to do with the kingdom and anyone would feel fed up from eating the same dish over and over again.

As a transmigrator, Claude was more interested in the history of the entire continent of Freia. However, all of that was only shrouded by the history textbooks he had. However, one of the taboo words caught the attention of the transmigrator. That word is nothing but 'magic'.

The leader of the fraternity, Stonemason Regius Au Syr, started the first dynasty of Amsra in Freia and appointed three thousand landed nobles to administer the land across the continent.

But the magi who fled to Cyclos were unwilling to accept their loss and resorted to a secret conspiracy to undermine the peaceful life of the people of the continent. When Emperor Regius Au Syr died, everything fell into chaos and many land nobles began to fight and fight with each other, sending the continent into a century-long war.

Three centuries ago, a small nobleman, Baron Aueras Tam Stellin, decided to end the chaos to protect his people. He brought his soldiers with him to conquer the land and expand his territory little by little, laying the foundation for the establishment of the kingdom. When he died, his son did not fail in his wish and eventually founded a continent to the east of the continent, naming him after his father, Aueras.

And that's where the history of the continent ends. What followed was the history of the kingdom from Stellin I to Stellin IX. The things recorded in the history books are not so important and inspire a lot of frustration. Claude couldn't even be bothered to complain about it anymore. However, he had no choice as history was an important part of the test, with extra emphasis on the restoration of the kingdom of Stellin IX.

The history of this world is really strange, Claude thought. All the historical records in the books he read were only polished at the time when the evil magi ruled the continent. Even the fantasy novels of the world superficially depict brave knights defeating evil magi and saving the girl in distress in the end. Why magi is considered evil is not discussed in the slightest. It was as if they were just born.

Does this world really have a miracle in it? Claude remembers once asking such questions when he was young, causing his father Morssen to become angry and teaching him a very hard lesson. His father repeatedly stressed that magi was an incarnation of evil and the word magic itself was taboo. The discovery of traces of magic anywhere was a sign of misfortune.

"Hey, Claude, hey! What are you thinking?" call Borkal slowly.

Claude snapped out of it. "Oh, I'm fine. I'm asleep."

With a look of understanding, Borkal handed him a piece of paper. "try to see. These are the things that Eyke and I decided we needed. Check if we missed anything."

On a piece of paper are the things they need for camping. They do not need to buy much as they can collect some of the items they need from their home.

"Wero said he had a tent at home and Eyke mentioned that we could also use the tent used on his father's ship. Two tents should be enough for the four of us. Wero also said that he could carry his father's weapons, but we "I have to buy gunpowder and bring myself bullets from the shops. He doesn't have much left. Eyke said that he would carry a simple and short pistol, and that bullets and gunpowder would not match those used by Wero's pistol. "

Borkal went on and told Claude about it.

"We will spend the most money to rent a boat. Old Sunny said that he could rent his one-screen fishing boat for us for two days for four riyases, but I managed to convince him to charge us only three riyases and two sunars. However, he will not leave the net for us to use. I think it won't be a problem because we'll just go to the lake island of Egret for a camping trip without fishing. "

Claude pointed to the four bottles of gran wine stamped on the paper. "What's up with this? We don't really need this for our trip, do we?"

Borkal chuckles. "Well .. I heard Wero mention that the nights in the mountains were cold, so his father brought alcohol to warm him like a bonfire. I thought that since we were going camping near the island beach, we "I need four bottles of gran wine to keep warm, you know, given the strong sea breeze. One for each of us."

Claude grunting. Everyone knows that 16-year-olds are in the most curious phase. Given they can't drink alcohol at home, Borkal doesn't want to miss the opportunity to buy some to try during their trip.

However, Claude believed that Borkal would definitely regret it. Gran wine was not the kind of delicious wine he had at home. Instead, it was preferred by sailors and coachmen because of its power that would even cause one to feel a raging headache even after a night's rest.