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## ep3. There's Always a Terrorist Attack on the Academy Entrance Train
Every genre has its formula. What we call clichés.
When you think about it, it makes sense. For a specific genre to exist as a category, there must be common elements.
Take the classic hero fantasy genre, for example. In Ivan's opinion, the format of this tired genre goes like this:
A demon lord or antagonist appears.
The hero forms a party.
The hero embarks on a journey to defeat the demon lord.
The process of defeating the demon lord's lieutenants one by one unfolds.
One of the lieutenants becomes fascinated with the hero.
At the end of the journey, the demon lord dies and peace returns to the world.
Based on this format, Ivan had assumed this world was a classic hero fantasy.
But now, Ivan was desperately trying to recall Kim Seon-woo's memories from 30 years ago to create a list.
What is the formula for an academy genre story?
## ep3. There's Always a Terrorist Attack on the Academy Entrance Train
The princess was going on about how "winter is coming" as if she were from House Stark, but she was wrong.
It's January now. Obviously the dead of winter, and they'd just had a grand New Year's celebration at the orphanage.
This meant there was still time before the university semester began.
"An academy..."
Ivan sank into thought, longing for the reference materials he had impulsively burned thirty years ago.
He remembered there were definitely a few academy genre stories among them. Though he couldn't recall their names well now... something about a celestial horse going to an academy, or a swordsman, or a shaman, or a sorcerer going to an academy...
Hastily jotting down what he could remember, he came up with something like an academy formula:
'Anything can attend an academy.'
Literally, from cowboys to celestial horses, anything can attend. That means it also includes assassins who stab the precious sons and daughters of the hero party in the back.
'Academies are always invaded.'
Sadly, academies suffer invasions more frequently than frontline strategic fortresses.
Statistically, if the protagonist doesn't drop out, the probability of the academy being invaded converges to 98%, as is widely known.
'Demons infiltrate academies.'
At this point, when the demon lord is dead, all seven dragon generals are dead or missing, and demons have either become slaves or been pushed to the ends of the earth.
Setting aside how they could possibly hide in the middle of the United Kingdom, specifically in an ordinary educational institution.
It means that demon supporters or demons themselves always infiltrate academies.
At least we can exclude non-humans like goblins and orcs. These guys can't hide even if they try, given their appearance.
It's better to assume that creatures capable of disguise, like succubi or demons, are hiding.
'There are traitors among students and faculty.'
We need to find faculty members who are strangely hostile to the protagonist.
That person is likely a demon operative.
'There are secret ruins or hidden artifacts inside the academy.'
St. Yansk University is a newly established university less than 10 years old, clearly a national university built in the middle of the capital by direct order of the late king, but somehow we must assume there's a "Chamber of Secrets" inside...
'Academy students are largely divided into three types: students, demon-related villains, and government agents.'
Here, students don't mean model students who study hard. These guys are like time bombs.
They're constantly getting caught up in trouble and need to be rescued, and of course, only the protagonist can save them.
Other students, those who don't get caught up in trouble, are further divided into two types: quiet students who are only mentioned by name, and students who are jealous of the protagonist.
Of course, this much can be treated as part of cute school life. The problem comes next.
Students related to demons. Essentially, they should be classified as demon operatives, demon spies, or demon guerrillas.
'Kill them preemptively if they stand out.'
The orphanage director, a former Annihilation Squad officer, narrowed his eyes and underlined this.
After all, the best way to protect allies was to annihilate enemies.
Up to this point, it was no different from an ordinary hobby.
'Next are government agents.'
If children of international figures are enrolled in large numbers, naturally agents are dispatched to protect them.
The problem is that, in most cases, agents don't go on missions to perform just one task.
In other words, the children's bodyguards spend their free time as excellent allied nation spies.
You can't kill these guys either. Since they're not from hostile nations, touching them immediately causes diplomatic issues. Their official position would be students, after all.
'Since there's no age limit, it wouldn't be strange for active agents from wartime to enroll.'
The orphanage director, a former Annihilation Squad officer, stroked his chin and sank into worry.
It would be better if people I know came. At least we could communicate.
Ivan stared at the hand axe decorating the entrance wall of the director's office and thought.
'In academy tests, training, and other situations, if an instructor says [it's safe], danger will definitely come.'
This is why corporations should abolish their internal safety inspection systems and outsource all safety inspections.
Given the characteristics of academies where spies, assassins, demons, and traitors outnumber students, the only safe place is probably the principal's office.
Even Dumbledore didn't die in the principal's office.
Generally, the principal or chancellor should be a position held by an administrative official, but strangely, in academies, it's "common sense" for the principal to be the strongest person in the world...
Let's recall the "ending conditions" of academy stories...
'The ending conditions for academy stories are [survival] and [world peace]... Wait. Just a minute.'
If this world is an academy story, and everything that has happened so far is merely "background events"...
Let's organize this.
A demon lord appeared, a hero killed the demon lord, and peace returned to the world.
At this point, just four years after the war ended, the United Kingdom is on the verge of falling apart. Though everyone is currently focused on national reconstruction, resource competition and colonial competition are heating up.
In many occupied territories that were once demon homelands, military governments from various countries are still exploiting demon slaves.
What could be considered the main story here?
'World War? No, that's not it.'
Academy stories typically feature protagonists who are high school or college students.
If a war grand enough to be called a world war breaks out, the limits of what such students could accomplish would be too obvious.
Then...
'Demon lord resurrection...?'
Ivan took a sip of coffee and glared at his notepad with sunken eyes.
No matter how he looked at it, that seemed most reasonable. A story where descendants of the hero party face a resurrected demon lord to restore world peace.
Assuming demon lord resurrection is a constant, and assuming students drop out around their second year... If the academy invasion happens at least a year later...
What should be done right now?
He wrote one more sentence on his notepad, then got up and grabbed his coat.
'A terrorist attack always occurs on the academy entrance train (or transportation).'
Since Harry Potter, in worlds with trains, academy entrance always involves trains. (Otherwise, carriages might be used. The common point is that both trains and carriages are vulnerable to terrorist attacks. In fact, all modes of transportation are vulnerable to terrorism. Walking is no different.)
And this United Kingdom was still using military trains, extensively laid during wartime, as civilian transport trains.
Of course, even military trains are vulnerable to terrorism. Ivan's 18 years of military service could attest to this.
Since demons also frequently used trains for inland military supplies transport, Ivan had both prevented and carried out train terrorism to the point of tedium.
That was the routine work of the Annihilation Squad.
Today, too, Ivan missed South Korea. That peaceful world where riding a train meant battling with mineral stone eggs or tuna kimbap, not terrorists or bandits.
Mineral stones and tuna kimbap were added to Ivan's "Things to Eat When I Return to Earth" list.
"Just you wait!! Just you wait! Everyone watch closely!! I'll, I'll show you how successful I'll be!!"
Asidis, pulling an instrument case and a carrier, stood on the train platform and glared at the crowd while sniffling.
The crowd was sending her off holding large placards.
-First daughter of King Einar! Top admission to St. Yansk University!!
She wasn't the top student or even second, but Asidis didn't refute it. Those people had deliberately written such phrases to enjoy her reaction.
-We're proud! Droan Kingdom is the best! Beauty!
-Inheriting the blood of the great conqueror King Einar, challenging to conquer orchestral music!!
"What's wrong with orchestral music!!"
Asidis shrieked and turned around to board the train.
Behind her back came the sound of laughter: "Wahahahaha!"
Bad, bad people. Not even giving proper encouragement...!
As the train departed, she buried her face in her sleeves and sobbed as she moved away.
The crowd watching her through the train window dispersed, murmuring.
"Will the young lady be able to stay strong?"
"Of course, whose daughter is she!"
"Those Krasilov Kingdom folks are so pale, I can't trust them..."
"Don't worry, the master didn't send her alone. She'll manage just fine."
The crowd that had been teasing Asidis, King Einar's retainers, left while whispering their concerns.
The first daughter of the hero party's berserker, "The Slaughterer" Einar Ulrikson. Asidis Einarsdottir.
Admitted to St. Yansk University's Music Department, Orchestral Division!
Two days later, the very train that had received such a grand send-off from the retainers of Droan's Hiking Einar derailed near the border of Krasilov Kingdom.
Naturally, it was "common sense" for an entrance train heading to an academy to be caught in a terrorist attack, so Ivan wasn't surprised.
Instead, he picked up his pistol and axe.