Chapter 41: Dawn of The Dead ? (3)

“Here……”

As soon as they entered the Professor’s staff room, Euphemia quickly slipped away. She then took out a letter from her inner pocket and handed it to Ferzen.

Since I knew from earlier that it probably wasn’t urgent, the content of the letter was mostly regarding my well being.

“The…… reason you came here after my work hours with this letter is because you wanted to see the academy?”

“It’s not wrong to check out the place I’ll be working at.”

“Anyway, you will be working from the last week of the month.”

“Isn’t it next week?”

When Euphemia inquired as such, Ferzen reached out to her and gently caressed her belly.

“You shouldn’t misunderstand your priorities.”“Ha, don’t……”

What do you think you’re doing?

“Or did you get bored by yourself since you kept remembering about the events that transpired in the bedroom? If that’s your wish, I’ll fulfill it. It doesn’t matter anyway, since very few people come here during. It’s oddly a lonely corner. So, Euphemia.”

“It’s not like that……”

As I lowered my hand and pulled up her skirt, Euphemia shook her head violently as I kept stroking her thigh.

“If you keep whispering, I won’t be able to hear you.”

“……”

It’s absurd he keeps feigning ignorance, knowing that in this kind of situation I would only reply with a ‘No’….

As his teasing hands became more and more brazen, Euphemia opened her mouth with an ashamed expression.

“…………… I don’t want—“

“I can’t hear you.”

However, upon hearing her weak tone, that didn’t transmit properly. Ferzen instantly raised his hand, that was stroking her thigh all the way to her waist.

“Hey……!”

Euphemia’s voice choked in astonishment.

She bit her lips tightly and grabbed Ferzen’s tie, forcing him to lower his eyes as their gazes clashed against other. However, she couldn’t keep up the momentum when Ferzen’s crimson eyes were staring right at her. Her now tamed body withdrew reflexively.

Still, Euphemia mustered up a little bit of her courage…

“Your seeds …I’ll receive it……back at home……”

She spat out those obscene words.

“S-So stop doing this…… ! E-Enough!”

Despite reciting such words, which was equivalent of throwing away her shame, Ferzen grabbed the laces of her panties and pulled it down as Euphemia tried to twist her body in haste.

Then Ferzen took off his hand and caressed her messy hair.

“You did well.”

“…… ”

At that time, Euphemia, who believed he was just messing around till now to enjoy her reaction, wondered if she should pretend to step on his foot by mistake. However, after a moment of serious deliberation, she gave up.

“I’m like your toy…… aren’t I?”

“Never have I considered you as my toy… Let’s go out. If you want to take a look around the academy, I will guide you.”

“Hey, don’t put your hands on my waist.”

She felt nauseated. She didn’t want to show this side of her in front of other people, so she looked disgusted.

“Then hold my hand.”

I wanted to say, can’t we just walk? But, knowing that this was a compromise that Ferzen had made in his own way, Euphemia took hold of his outstretched hand.

“……”

His palm feels needlessly big and…… warm.

* * * * *

A week has passed since Fersen’s public lecture.

Laura, who couldn’t attend because she was sick at that time, took a bath early in the morning and walked out of the dormitory.

These days the sunlight has gotten a lot stronger, and Laura, who has frail skin, had to move while wearing long clothes. So, the relatively chilly morning is relatively the best time to venture out.

‘Should I buy a copy of the newspaper while I’m out?’

The literacy rate in the Capital of the Ernes Empire isn’t that low.

Most commoners here can read, so newspapers are frequently printed and sold.

‘It’s written here too……’

Professor Ferzen was on the front page of the newspaper.

Even though she bought it, she was still heading towards the Wizard Association to read his thesis.

“I…”

“Can I get you a copy?”

“Y-Yes.”

The conversation technique where you intentionally lower your voice during the end of the sentence, which compels the other person to infer what you were trying to say on their own and reply to your first is an essential skill that Laura, a stutterer, learned on her own.

‘It’s really not that useful, but……’

Over time changes are bound to happen.

Education was originally the privilege of the wealthy, but as that privilege gradually faded, commoners began to receive education as well.

Originally, fetters of folly adorned the necks of commoners, but instead of releasing those shackles, the Emperor made the verdict to educate the commoners through newspapers, and thus rule them

In fact, it would not be an exaggeration to say that all the newspapers in the Capital are published under the watchful gaze of the imperial family, and they control the public opinion.

In this regard, how useful it will be to have only the contents that have been inspected and censored according to the taste of the Imperial family?

Still, Laura had never read the capital’s newspaper, so she moved to the Mage Association and lowered her gaze.