episode_0043

Sharon was a person who was better at her job than I thought. Isn’t it funny that even though she’s the main character, she can’t do her job? If anyone saw her, it would seem like she was just one of the slightly too good-looking employees. Even without teaching her how to work, Sharon was good at greeting customers.

“Welcome!”

To be honest, when a customer comes, he or she naturally welcomes the customer, shows them to their seat, takes their order, and delivers the order to the counter. … At this level, there really wouldn’t be a problem if I just left it alone.

“He’s smarter than I thought.”

I couldn’t help but laugh out loud at Aunt Toa’s words and answered with laughter.

“I told you, you are a trustworthy friend.”

“I thought she was just a pretentious girl because she was an aristocrat, but she’s more kind and nice than I thought. I think she’ll be quite popular at the Academy, right? He has a fair face and a nice personality.”

“I don’t know much about that, but seeing as I have a lot of friends, I guess I’m popular.”

In response to my answer, Aunt Toa smiled and told me to get some alcohol from the storeroom. I nodded in response and moved to the back of the store.

When I got to the back of the store, Jeremy was looking at me. I thought it would be impossible to protect Sharon if I stayed here, but if I was inside the bar, Aunt Toa might have kicked me out, so I gave Jeremy a small wave and went to get a drink from the storeroom.

Patrols would continue tonight, but I didn’t know what benefit would be gained. It is possible to find a place full of curses like yesterday, but to remove the curse, either a wizard or a priest will be needed, so the knights and guards will probably be very limited.

But how did I find that door? … When I thought about it, I couldn’t help but laugh as I wondered if I really had the talent to bring about curses.

I didn’t want to have that kind of talent, so I thought it would be nice to have a magical eye, since it might be a talent that collects mana. Otherwise, the magical eye is also a type of curse.

When I returned to the store and put the drinks down on the counter, Sharon came up to me and whispered softly.

“Would you like to take a look around Ignolia on your way back?”

“I would have been subject to a curfew, and I never even received permission for that.”

“But if you want the spy to appear, isn’t there a sure way to do it? It makes no sense to suddenly appear on the side of a main road.”

“If you are sure, it will show up… … I probably don’t have the personality to do that.”

“So, what do you think?”

I was lost in thought for a moment about Sharon’s question. I didn’t intend to refute it because it was true, but it was true that it continued to bother me.

“Aren’t you afraid of dying?”

“I’m sorry, I’m afraid, but I’m just more afraid of dying without being able to do anything.”

“It’s still the first day, let’s not be too impatient and go back to the academy.”

Sharon looked at me with regret at my answer and slowly nodded.

I knew that it was inevitable that I would feel impatient. Of course, there was someone trying to take my life, and Ignolia the curse-filled door and the core of the dead, so it was natural that there would be more of them as time went by.

Although the cores of the dead were all gone, there was no guarantee that they would not reappear, and there were no priests here who could completely cure the curse. Since it was such a ridiculous situation that one side had no choice but to fight until one was exhausted, I slowly touched my chin with my right hand.

I think it would be more important to find the mole at the academy.

“Then I will go in first.”

Sharon and I said hello to Mrs. Toa, then packed our bags and left the store. And when we arrived at the center of Ignolia with Sharon, we saw people patrolling. We watched them and slowly moved towards the academy.

“Will there be a harvest today?”

“Are you willing to go on a rampage in a place where knights roam like that?”

“… … It’s not that though.”

As I said that and smiled softly as I entered the main road leading to the academy, a strange feeling passed through the back of my neck. Senior Jilan said he encountered someone here, but Sharon thought it wouldn’t be a problem.

But that was what I was curious about. Could a strange person appear on this road? Since this area is the academy’s territory, the person guarding the door is also in charge of this area.

Among my seniors, there’s no way they wouldn’t have detected a strange person appearing in this area. Is there something interfering with the detection magic? With that in mind, when we arrived at the main gate, Senior Arkadin was waiting for us.

“Seeing that he came back safely, it seems like nothing special happened.”

“There is no proper harvest. I guess we will have to wait a few more days.”

“It’s funny to face it from the first day. If I had to face it, I would have thought I should have left a long time ago.”

We nodded to our senior and headed towards the dormitory. When I arrived at the dormitory, I said goodbye to Sharon, went into my room, and lay down on the bed.

The moment I slowly closed my eyes and was about to fall into a deep sleep, a creepy feeling passed over my back, and I was startled, so I got up and looked around, but I couldn’t feel anything. I thought it was just my mood, and walked to the window of the room, opened it, and saw the academy in sight. came in.

Thinking that I might be able to meet or find something now, I put on my coat and came out of the room for a moment.

First, he arrived near the fountain where he had encountered the spy, looked around, and approached the quiet, dark place where he had encountered the spy. He held the detection tool that Ceresria had given him in his hand and concentrated mana into his eyes.

I carefully approached the place where the spy had fallen, looked around, and touched things, but the detection tool was intact and there was nothing visible.

Why did I feel that way? Just as the thought was circling in my head, something caught my eye.

It was a small, sparkling crystal. I carefully approached the detection tool and found that there was no reaction from the detection tool, so I picked up the crystal with my left hand.

It was a clear decision. Where on earth did such pure crystals, as if made by magic, come from? Was it made by my magic? With that curiosity in mind, I put the crystal in my pocket and moved to the dormitory, saying I would ask my seniors later.

“Senior.”

When I woke up in the morning and faced Erica, she was looking at me with the same eyes as usual.

“Your eyes look different today, are you tired?”

“No, do you know what this decision is?”

I took the decision out of my pocket and showed it to my senior. He looked at the decision closely and shook his head.

“I don’t know about this, but I guess I’ll have to leave it to Chloe. Because this is Chloe’s specialty.”

“Please.”

“Okay, is this story over?”

“Yes.”

Then I took a stance, and the senior looked at me, smiled, and opened his mouth.

“Lift the cane today. I want to see how strong you have become.”

As my senior said, I carefully held the staff in my hand, aimed at my senior, wrapped mana around my body, and spoke.

“Then, I will go.”

“My skills have improved, but I am still very immature. Speed is an advantage, but I do not have the amount of mana to support speed.”

“Because mana does not increase well.”

“Are you meditating properly?”

When I shook my head at my senior’s words, he smiled.

“For the time being, focus on meditation and learning how to freeze and control the water around you, because I think it will be difficult for me to watch magic for a few days.”

“Yes, senior Erica.”

The senior smiled at me, stretched once, and then asked me a question.

“Did you feel anything special when you went out with Sharon yesterday?”

“There was nothing like that in particular. I guess the spies are hiding because they are patrolling.”

“Well, going wild in that situation is suicidal. Keep repeating it, and something will change. If anything happens, call your seniors at any time.”

“Yep.”

In response to my answer, Erica waved her hand and disappeared somewhere, and I put my cane in my pocket and walked towards the restaurant.

When I walked down the familiar path and arrived at the restaurant, Sharon was eating first, and I sat in front of her.

“Did you have a good time meeting senior Erica?”

“It’s always the same.”

“I also want to learn magic from you.”

“Senior doesn’t know how to use light mana, so even if you teach me, general magic would be the best.”

“Learning sense.”

At those words, I laughed and started eating the breakfast that the fairies had laid down for me. I thought the quiet breakfast time would pass like that, but before I knew it, Ceresria was sitting next to us.

“Good morning.”

“Good morning, Ceresria.”

“I heard this at a gathering of nobles yesterday, and it is said that dueling classes will be held soon. It is said that it is to teach people how to protect themselves due to the recent ugly outbreak… … I’m not sure about that.”

“When dueling class starts, Ceresria plans to challenge Astan to a duel, right?”

“Of course, we haven’t fought against Astan recently.”

“I will refuse.”

Sharon and Ceresria laughed softly at my answer, and I took a sip of black tea.

“But won’t it be just me and others who will bet on Astan? There are many people who are curious about the skills of the academy rebel.”

“In the first place, Astan hasn’t shown its status yet, so there are probably a lot of people who are curious.”

“That is why I am stepping forward.”

When I looked at Ceresria after hearing her words, she was looking at me and smiling.

“If you beat me, wouldn’t it be enough to show your dignity?”

“I never thought I could beat Ceresria.”

“If we are at least equal.”

On her day, I sighed, and Sharon looked at us and opened her mouth.

“Once Ceresria is over, I’m next.”

“I refuse.”

Because I have no intention of fighting the monsters at the Academy.