Deepening Night. (1)

“You worked hard today.”

“I didn’t do anything today?”

“I won in 1 minute too?”

“These fucking disciples! When the teacher praises you, just accept it!!”

“”Yes!””

When Nora and I clinked our glasses together so that they made a small sound, the teacher clicked his tongue as if he was not pleased with our reaction and coolly poured us the beer.

They say that she is a slender and innocent young lady when she just sits still, but her actions every time she acts are like those of a man in his 50s.

“Keuheu…! Beer tastes good!”

“Kuhuu…! I still don’t really know what alcohol tastes like.”

“Pooha~ That must be because Nora is still young.”

“What?! Hey! You and I are the same age!”

“But I know the taste of alcohol.”

“Phew!! Do you know what alcohol tastes like? Does that guy always leave before me!”

“If you run with the Master until the end, you won’t be drinking alcohol, but will be consumed by alcohol.”

“How stupid! But you have to overcome it to be a drinker who knows the taste of alcohol!”

“… Master, we are magicians, right?”

“No? I’m a magician?”

“”Haha!!””

It’s been a long time since I’ve been to a place like this.

To be exact, it’s been about 3 years since right before I entered the academy?

Our teacher, Fianna Stone, and my disciple and my sister, Nora.

I thought I would never see the three of them laughing, drinking, eating snacks, and chatting away like this again.

Because I made it that way.

-Bam!

“Haa…! If you guys hadn’t entered the academy, there would have been more days like today when you could happily drink.”

“”… … “”

“Rudis, why on earth did you drag Nora to the academy? Is it something you still don’t want to talk about?”

Although he looked like he was in his 20s on the outside, inside he was no different from my uncle. He seemed to have the same thoughts as me, so he put down his glass a little weaker than usual and looked at me with a longing look as he spoke.

But unfortunately, I don’t have much to say about that. Even if I were to explain to the Master what I told Nora, she would clearly not be easily fooled.

Even if you understand and are fooled, it will be revealed in a second that it is a lie.

“… Sorry. I guess I was too young back then. “

“Oh, no! I was so foolish that I didn’t understand Rudis’s actions… !”

“Pfft! That’s enough. If you don’t want to talk about it, then don’t. I think the two of you talked it out and resolved it, and now I just need to make sure that the same thing doesn’t happen again. Do you know what I mean? “

“… Yes.”

“Yes!”

The teacher let out a small laugh at Nora’s flustered, arm-waving attempts to defend me. Then he poured more beer into his own glass and slowly reached out his hand… and gently lowered it on Nora’s head and mine.

“I’m not their mother, I can’t be one, and I don’t plan on being one. But I was proud that I raised them and fed them from the back alley. But one of them disappeared without even contacting me, so I was going to explode with anger… “

-Shock!

“Another year, they’re sticking a knife in my back like that… “

“Daughter-in-law… !”

“Really… It was a fucking half year that I don’t want to experience twice.”

I thought he was trying to say something nice, but the teacher spoke in a way that made it seem like he was going to grab Nora and me by the scruff of the neck and make us face each other. Nora and I both looked at each other with our pupils dilating, then checked the teacher’s expression, and this repeated over and over.

Oh, is this why you called me to the inn where the Master is staying instead of going to the bar?

I think I’ll be getting a long-awaited Julppatta today…

-Slurp, slurp.

“Seriously, I had a hard time. I really don’t want to go through something this hard because of my family again. You fucking bastards.”

“Master… “

“I, I’m sorry… “

Contrary to my expectations that the billy club would fall right away, the Master, completely sober after only one glass of beer, gently stroked my head and Nora’s head, then listened to our conversation and slowly pulled our heads into his arms.

It seems like he is really struggling, appealing to us… He seems a little weak.

“Bad guys, if you want to fight, fight in the corner of the house. If you break up, do it in front of me. The other guys in the Tower are just my close friends, but you guys… are my disciples.”

“Ugh… Really, I’m sorry.”

“… … “

Nora naturally fell into her Master’s arms, blushing slightly as if she was slightly drunk, and her eyes began to well up with tears.

However, I was the only one who was unable to do anything in this natural yet touching situation.

Because Nora is a woman and I am a man.

The Master buried Nora in one of his breasts as if it was nothing, but buried my face in the other breast.

Hmm, it’s softer than I thought… and it smells good? But this is really not my best posture. I can’t even open my mouth. First, let’s change my posture…

-Kkuuk…

-Molkang!

“… … “

As if he knew my intention to slightly hold onto the table to change the angle of my face so that my hands would not touch my body, the teacher put strength into the hand that was holding the crown of my head at the right moment when my head fell, and pressed my face even closer to his flesh.

… Hey Master, is this intentional?

-Slurp.

-Hehe.

… Damn, you don’t even think about hiding it.

When I open my eyes slightly and look at the teacher’s face, I see the teacher looking at me with the corners of his lips raised without even looking at Nora, who was tightly closing her eyes because she was moved by what he just said.

… Mr. Ha, you’re saying this because you confessed? Surprise plotting is against the rules!!

“Sniff… Huh? Master? Rudis? “

“Huh?!”

“Huh?!”

Even the teacher who had been flirting with me while creating an emotional atmosphere let go of his hand as if surprised by Nora’s call and answered, and Nora wiped away tears from her eyes and began to make a hook on her head.

… Will I be able to go home properly today?

“Anyway! Both of those guys must have come back under this body! I’ll explain the plan for the future!”

“What are your plans for the future?”

“Yes? What else is there?”

“Of course! To begin with, congratulations to you chicks who have only made it to the round of 16 are just a side dish to what I’m going to say from now on!”

“Oh, I made it to the quarterfinals… No!!”

Perhaps because she was drunk, Nora, who had been talking thoughtlessly, regained her composure and folded her hands politely, but the teacher began to clear his throat and cough.

Hmm, the teacher started to change the subject abruptly, as if trying to erase the fact that he had been flirting with me without Nora finding out.

Since I was already exiled, it would probably be a long time before I could return to the Black Tower in the Kingdom of Frisia, and I didn’t think I would be able to exert much pressure on the Kingdom about it. That’s why I decided to build a second Black Tower in the Empire I had settled down in.

“That Clark Theodore. I had a bit of a tough deal with the old wizard. There were some losses, but anyway, the Black Tower branch is established in this empire. “

“Huh?!”

“Oh, so from now on I have to commute to and from the branch from here?”

“What kind of commuting is this! I’ll tell you straight. The Kingdom Tower, which is now the main building and will become a branch in the future, is managed by Brocken as the sub-tower master. And, the tower installed here in the empire will be the main building. I will designate this place as my workshop, the Black Tower, and the sub-tower master of this empire is you. Rudis.”

Yes? What?

When I opened my eyes wide and looked at Nora at the sudden story, I saw Nora looking at me with a look that said, ‘You knew about this?’

No, what do you know?! There was no such thing as a Black Tower branch in the novel!!

“And Nora.”

“Yes, yes!”

“You will be in charge of the branch, that is, the couple tower of the Kingdom Tower. After graduating from the Academy, don’t even think about running away. Got it! “

“Huh?! Wait a minute!! Master, how can someone like me be the couple tower…! Seriously, there are so many seniors here…!!”

“What the heck! My disciples, the tower masters, are helping to manage my tower!! Isn’t that something they should be able to do and should do?!”

“No! I…!!”

At the teacher’s words, Nora finally stood up from her seat and waved her hands as if she was really embarrassed. She started looking at me as if she was asking for help… But honestly, I don’t know.

Rather, isn’t it a good thing? If Nora learns business management while her teacher and Brother Brocken are still alive, she will definitely become a great magician… No, she will definitely become a magician who surpasses Clark Theodore in the not-too-distant future.

In that sense, when I smiled and gave her a small thumbs up, Nora frowned as if she was dissatisfied and started to nag at her teacher, saying that she couldn’t do it.

“Profit!! This stupid disciple! If the master is going to criticize, just criticize him!!”

“No!! From now on, I’m going to…!! With Rudis…!!”

“Hahahaha! It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this way. Let’s have another drink~”

“Hey! Help me!!”

“Yeah, yeah! As expected, he’s a disciple! I told you he’s different from a foolish disciple!”

“This profit…!!”

It was a truly enjoyable evening, the first in a long time, with a very enjoyable priests’ gathering.

*

“Should I go to sleep?”

“No, really, you can’t. There’s someone waiting at home.”

“Knight Captain?”

“That’s right. Anyway, she’s the one who helped me when I was having the hardest time, so it’s rude to not come in like this without saying anything.”

“… If you say it like that, I have nothing to say.”

“Oh, let’s not worry about that old story anymore. Anyway, since it’s been a while since the teacher got drunk and fell asleep, I’ll leave the rest to you.”

“Chi… Okay. Be careful. Call me when you get in. “

“Yeah, sleep well too.”

After a hearty drinking party between priests, Rudis went to the side of the Knight Commander who was waiting for him without getting drunk.

Haa, really… I never thought I would ever find myself envious of Commander Yuria.

“Ugh. My stupid fate… “

“… Did you go?”

“Hic?! Hey, Master? Are you awake?”

-Little by little.

I was surprised and opened my eyes wide when I saw my teacher, who had been sleeping on the table with his head down, suddenly get up and pour another beer into his glass.

What, what? I thought you drank more than 13 bottles and fell asleep right away?

“Idiot. He pretends to know me, but he doesn’t know my drinking capacity yet. I can drink beer for two days without getting drunk. This is just a drink.”

“That’s too much of a drinker… “

“Keuheu…! What kind of drunkard are you when you drink carbonated beverages?”

The teacher, who had poured beer into his own glass, quietly waved his finger and called me to the table.

It was as if he had been pretending to sleep at the exact time Rudis was supposed to leave, and had something to say to me alone, so I couldn’t help but tilt my head back.

“What’s wrong?”

“Yes. There are a lot.”

“… What, are you doing?”

-Bam.

The Master, who had also emptied the bottle and started shaking his glass, completely erased the exciting and joyful atmosphere from before, and slowly moved his dark blue eyes, which were a bit deeper than mine and similar to Rudis’s, and his lips, which even a woman would find a bit alluring, moved.

“This ranking match won’t end quietly. You, forfeit the ranking match and go next to Brocken starting tomorrow.”

“… Yes?”

It’s deja vu. I heard the same story as when I met Rudis during the day, and I stared blankly into my master’s eyes.

Surely, the teacher knows that too?

“Tsk. Wash. Your reaction… “

“Ah.”

Is it because I drank alcohol?

It seemed like I had failed at controlling my facial expressions, so the teacher just looked at my face and swore, then emptied his beer again, and then activated [Black Hand] without a sound, took some beer out of the fridge, and started gulping it down without even pouring it into a glass.

And this time, he slams the bottle down on the table as if he’s a little angry, then continues speaking while stretching his slender arms out on the table.

“Damn it, is that Rudis?”

“… Yes? What, what is that… “

“I’m not even a fucking idiot. All the disciples noticed, but the magician bitch is the last to notice and act like a jerk. Is this really ridiculous?”

“S, Master?”

The teacher, who spoke as if he was blaming himself, turned his head, looked at me, and spoke with a serious look in his eyes.

“Nora. Tell me everything you said to Rudis. How many demons have entered this empire?”

“!!”

“Instead, I will tell you everything. Right now, in this empire, who is moving, what is thinking, and what is happening. Anyway, that bastard Rudis will pretend not to know until the end even if I tell him to. You are the only one who can save him from getting in danger on his own.”

“That, that… “

-Nora, this matter is only between you and me for now. If the situation arises, the Master or the Imperial Magician will take care of it. Of course, I plan to prevent the situation from occurring, and just in case, I want to tell the two of you, but you know. There is no way to explain this. Or, what if I tell them that I was connected to the Demons? What will happen then? You know. Right?

Rudis, who explained everything to me during the day. His voice echoes in my head, but the serious gaze of the master before my eyes suppresses Rudis’ voice.

This is, as expected.

-Gulp.

‘I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to talk. I’m also… drunk.’

“I can’t tell you the source of the information. However, I will tell you everything that Rudis told me today. But… please let me stay with the Master and the Death Penalty, not with the Lord of the Tower.”

“… Listen.”

“Please promise me.”

“Stubborn little kids.”

“Did you promise?”

It’s not that I don’t trust Rudis, but rather that I trust her, which is why I hesitated until the very end.

But of course, such an absurd incident requires absurd power.

Even more so if that teacher is the strongest and most trustworthy teacher in the world.

“Actually, in the quarterfinals… “

Nora explained to Piana slowly and clearly.

The information about the demons that I heard today, and what they were after. Rudis found out, and the mission and content that was given to me after hearing it.

“… Why on earth does that kid always try to do things by himself without me?”

“… I think it can’t be helped because Rudis has that kind of personality.”

“Shit. I’ll have to really ask about it later.”

“Please leave out my story.”

“Damn, of course you should join in.”

“Ugh… “

The two spent the night of the sober ranking battle talking about Rudis.