episode_0034

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‘Jodel… Jodel…..’

Why are you touching someone else’s head and making a fuss?

Remy fanned his face to cool it down.

It was the first time in my life that someone patted my head.

But this didn’t feel as bad as I thought. Rather, I felt like it would be nice to tickle it and stroke it more…

‘…..Wake up!’

Remy shook his head.

My head was full of Jodelle.

Remy desperately tried to think of something else.

At that moment, an image crossed my mind.

‘….Now that I think about it, that servant’s name was also Jodel. I guess the name Jodel is more common than I thought?’

The thought flashed through my mind that a servant with the same name had gone missing five years ago.

The atmosphere seems a little similar, but that can’t be true.

It’s been five years, and he still looks like a boy.

Didn’t that bushy hair look really stuffy?

‘Sister Russia was looking for me so much…’

What happened with Sister Russia?

It was the same for Sister Sola.

When he returned home, he asked his older sister Rasia if Jodel had been a servant here, and started looking for Jodel, saying that he had some business to attend to.

‘What on earth did that servant say….’

Well, one thing I did was incredibly well.

Arudo followed along well.

But considering that he has evaded the Jack family’s information network and has not been caught yet, we can assume he is already dead.

If he were alive, there’s no way no information would come out like this.

Remy glanced at the bench where Jodelle was sitting.

Jodell was walking towards somewhere.

I just became curious.

Where are you going? Should I follow you?

Suddenly, Remy stopped following her as he remembered Jodell’s words that following her was not right.

‘I’m just Raon… but you’re making me worry for no reason.’

It was all because of Jodell who carelessly touched someone else’s head.

This is the first time I realized that I am weak to physical contact.

Thinking that this feeling of excitement would only last for a moment, Remy shook his head and walked in the opposite direction from Jodelle.

His gaze kept following Jodelle, who was moving further and further away, but Remy did not notice.

* * *

“Hello, Professor.”

“Oh! Jodel! I was waiting for you anyway.”

After parting ways with Remy, I went to Professor Luken’s office to fill the one hour I had promised.

Professor Luken approached me with a welcoming expression, as if he had been waiting for me.

“Okay. Are you feeling okay today?”

“Yes, that’s good.”

“How is life at the academy?”

“….Well, it was kind of fun.”

“Yeah. That’s good. Okay, let’s move first. It’s a bit difficult to try here.”

Are you trying to summon Yepi again? Or are there any other chimeras besides Yepi?

I nodded nonchalantly.

Anyway, it was written in the documents that we had to unconditionally follow Professor Luken’s words.

Even so, you only need to help me for about an hour.

I need to kill some time and go back quickly.

“….Okay. Ready. Take my hand.”

“Yes?”

Why are you raising your hand?

“You have to move with magic.”

Is it so far away that you can move with magic?

I was a little uneasy, but I had no veto power.

I took Professor Luken’s hand. As soon as I took his hand, the space changed in an instant.

“Here is….”

I was teleported into an open forest.

What was in front of me was a cave that looked obviously dangerous.

I stared blankly into the cave.

You’re not telling me to come in here, are you?

“….This is the dungeon I found with great difficulty. I wonder if the monsters in here will be effective in your taming. Don’t worry, it’s not dangerous. Even so, they’re just small monsters. I chose this place carefully so there aren’t any dangerous ones, so don’t worry and go. Even if it’s dangerous, I’ll protect you. ”

“…..There’s no way it won’t work on monsters.”

“I don’t know either, but Yeppi is also a monster. Of course, she has some magical powers added, but she is essentially a monster. Other monsters are probably no different. So what if they are different? I’m going to protect her anyway… right?”

Hahaha, I barely managed to suppress the urge to hit the back of Professor Luken’s head while he was laughing.

That’s nonsense.

Yeah. It won’t be dangerous even if a few monsters appear anyway.

No, to be dangerous, there would have to be at least a few hundred of them.

I wanted to hurry up and finish, so I strode into the cave. Professor Luken hurriedly followed me, saying he wanted to go with me.

‘….It’s deep.’

The cave was wider and deeper than I thought. I walked slowly along the path inside.

“Cooo!”

“Kooo!”

Then two monsters suddenly appeared.

A monster that looks like a pig. I remember seeing it in a book. It was an orc.

The orc looked back and forth at Professor Luken, who was following him with a bat in his hand.

“Look at this. Those who should have already attacked haven’t attacked yet. Come one step closer.”

….Is that so?

I was puzzled by Professor Luken’s words.

But it was my first time actually seeing a monster.

Last time in the cave, most of the monsters were dealt with by the knights of the palace, and the last monster was an artificially created dragon, a magical one like Yepi.

chimera.

But these monsters are born of nature.

Will my ability really work?

The monsters slowly approached me. I quietly watched them.

‘….What the heck, is it really as Professor Luken said?’

What the heck…

“Ugh!”

I narrowly avoided a bat flying at me by a hair’s breadth.

“Shield!”

From behind, Professor Luken shouted the magic ignition word.

A solid protective film formed before my eyes.

The orcs were so excited that they struck the shields with their batons indiscriminately.

I said, pointing to the excited orcs in front of me.

“….See? It doesn’t work.”

“Hmm… That’s too bad. But let’s go a little further, just in case there are monsters that can help.”

I still haven’t come to my senses.

Eventually, I followed Professor Luken’s advice and went deeper into the cave.

After that, I encountered several more monsters, but contrary to Professor Luken’s expectations, I failed to tame them every time.

I guess it’s because monsters and wild beasts are clearly different species.

So chimeras are an exception?

Is it because it’s a combination of an animal and a monster…

Now, as we near the end, we see a large square inside.

“Hmm, so that’s how it ends.”

I glared at Professor Luken’s meaningful words.

“….Professor, didn’t you come all the way?”

“……Actually, I didn’t plan on coming this far, so I only went around the first half. They say I’m a pretty busy person even though I’m like this.”

Of course, he must be busy. He’s an academy professor… and he even raises chimeras as a hobby, so there’s no way he wouldn’t be busy…

“There’s nothing here. I guess I should probably go back today….”

“Kooo!”

“…..What, what are they! ”

As soon as Professor Luken finished speaking, orcs began to jump out from the hole in the cave.

There appeared to be at least a few dozen of them.

Professor Luken also seemed slightly taken aback by the orcs who rushed at us like crazy as soon as they saw us, wondering if this square was their communal living space.

“Shield!”

Professor Luken quickly put up his shield, but there were too many orcs.

Cracks began to appear in the shield as dozens of orcs struck it with their clubs.

Professor Luken began to recite the magic formula.

I looked at Professor Luken and sighed deeply. If I took my time, Professor Luken could handle it all by himself…

I looked at the orc in front of me and pulled out a dagger from the subspace. It would be over faster if we held it together.

I didn’t want to waste my time on such a pitiful thing any longer.

I can’t guess how long it’s been, but it’s probably been at least an hour since we started caving, so let’s hurry up and get going.

‘…..I’ll try to relax for the first time in a while.’

I liked the solid feel of the dagger I was holding for the first time in a long time.

I swung my sword at the charging orc.

“Kooo!”

The sword was aimed squarely at the orc’s neck.

The orc was hit by the attack and fell down.

I dodged the spurting blood, narrowly avoiding the bat flying over my head, and then swung my sword at the orc’s stomach.

‘….This is fun.’

As I swing my dagger, one by one, the large orcs fall down.

It was easy, but it was too easy.

After dealing with the last remaining orc, I quickly brushed away the bloody dagger.

This is the end. I can finally return to the Academy.

“Hey, you…!”

“…….Ah, Professor. Are you okay?”

When I turned my head as Professor Luken came to mind belatedly, I saw Professor Luken with surprised eyes and a fireball created.

He came to me with an excited face and spoke while spitting.

“Jodelgun! Wasn’t your ability just one?”

“…..Huh?”

“I can’t believe you kept such great skills hidden until now…!”

….Don’t all those who go to academy do something like this?

I just laughed heartily at the sight of them praising me with enthusiasm.

It seemed to me that Professor Luken was evaluating me too favorably.

From now on, I have to be careful with every action.

If they knew that I could use magic, they would call me a genius and carry me around.

I listened to Professor Luken’s rambling with one ear and let it go out the other, and made a resolution to myself.