episode_0014

“Okay. I’ll do as Theo says. Take care, Estelle.”

Of the two people who were lost in thought after hearing Theo’s words, it was Iris who spoke first.

“… Honestly, I don’t feel like it, but I understand. Please take good care of me. Iris. ”

Estelle also knew very well that since Iris had reached out first, she would be the only one to hear the title of saint if she left this place alone, so she said with a trembling expression, “Please take care of me.”

“Okay, then let’s give each other a hug to commemorate our reconciliation?”

Theo smiled and instructed them to hug, but at the same time, both of them looked horrified.

“Uh, no, I don’t think we’re that close yet? Right, Saintess… no, Estelle. ”

“Oh, oh, oh… Same thing. This is a bit similar. We’re not that close yet.”

Theo slapped his forehead when he saw them both take a step back in shock, but he couldn’t force them to do something they didn’t want to do.

‘Besides, you were fighting like crazy until just now, so hugging was a bit too much.’

Theo also admitted that it would be difficult to go that far right away and changed his words.

“Then let’s just end it with a handshake.”

With the historic handshake between the Crown Princess and the Saintess, the relationship between the three people was able to settle down to the level of decent friends.

Theo thought he was the one who gained the most from this, but Iris and Estelle thought differently.

‘I’ll be teaching Theo and seeing him for a while anyway. I’ll have more opportunities to become closer to him than Iris and that other woman.’

‘If everything goes according to plan, I should be returning home after today, but Estelle will be staying with Theo. Is there any way I can stay a little longer and then go?’

The two were thinking about getting more, and Iris was like Iris.

Estelle was simply thinking of ways to become closer to Theo, each in their own way.

***

Half a year has passed.

Before I knew it, I was able to use basic magic as freely as breathing, and my master told me to get off the mountain, saying he had nothing more to teach me about swordsmanship.

Well, considering that his master used to be an excellent prosecutor, I guess it’s enough to get him into the academy, so let’s just say that’s enough.

To be honest, I’m busy working at the butcher shop, and since he’s been teaching me for such a long time, I can’t ask him to teach me more.

Yes, the rest will be learned in more depth and detail when you go to the academy.

And from the beginning, my goal was Estelle and Iris’ happy ending, not the ending where they become prosecutors or magicians, right?

“Theo! Tomorrow is finally our entrance ceremony!”

Now, let me briefly talk about Iris and Estelle, who have been around for half a year.

Are these women crazy or something?

For half a year, they neglected their own work and used the academy as an excuse to keep me company, which was really hard.

Estelle was better off because she was forced to return home after learning magic under the pretext of not going to the Holy Empire, but Iris’s case was a bit more difficult.

Even though I wasn’t learning anything from Iris, she came just because she felt like the saint was here, and instead of playing with Estelle, she kept talking to me and said she didn’t want to go back.

That would be fine, but the two of them kept fighting over useless things all day long, so from my perspective, I had to learn swordsmanship, magic, and even stop them, which led to a hectic life.

The event, which I originally thought would start when I went to the academy, seemed to proceed much faster than I expected… .

“Wow, the field full of snow is so pretty.”

“That’s right. I think the same thing today. Doesn’t it snow a lot in the Holy Empire?”

“Yeah, it’s a place where it’s hard to see snow.”

Sometimes, the two of them sit side by side like that and create a pretty picture.

“Actually, I can only see this kind of scenery if I go on a field trip to a rural area.”

“Doesn’t it snow much in the capital?”

“Yeah, even if it snows there, it clears away quickly, so it’s hard to see scenery like this.”

It is clear that the relationship has developed considerably since the two people, who at first were snarling at each other and refused to even talk about the Holy Empire and the Empire, began to share information that only they knew.

It was such trivial information, and it wasn’t a matter of national security, so at first we never wanted to tell each other about whether it was snowing or not.

“Theo, what are you doing there?”

“What are you making?”

“Oh, I’m making a snowman.”

Two people who found me rolling my eyes and making a snowman came running towards me like squirrels.

“This is the body. Place a small snowball on top to make a face, and the snowman is complete.”

Use magic to easily whip up snowballs onto a pre-made body.

If you take out things like carrots or buttons there.

“Huh? What is that?”

“Carrots? Is today’s snack carrots?”

He gives a button to Iris, who expresses her curiosity, and a carrot to Estelle, who asks if it’s a snack.

“You can make a snowman’s face with this.”

“Face? Oh! Like this?”

Iris, who understood right away, uses the buttons she was holding in her hand to make eyes for the snowman.

“That’s right, you’re doing great!”

“…! Me, me too! Me too! Is this a mouth?”

When Iris is praised, Estelle bursts into laughter as she tries to stick a carrot horizontally into the snowman’s face.

“Oh, well. You can use your mouth, but usually you use your nose.”

“Huh? Nose? Isn’t your nose too big?”

“Is that right? My nose seems too big?”

I think that even this little time spent together will probably be difficult to spend after the academy.

After spending half a year together in close quarters, I’ve grown quite fond of them, and they’re also planning to become lovers.

Someday, when the two of us become a couple and settle down, I plan to return here and be with my family.

Well, that’s a story for later.

First of all… the entrance hurdle to the academy is the biggest problem.

“I don’t know if I can get in.”

These two have already been accepted into school, so they can play without worrying about anything.

Honestly, I can’t help but sometimes wonder if it’s okay for me to be playing like this.

Soon, it would be time for the Commoner Admission Test, one of the latest exams held at the Academy.

“Hey, if it’s Theo, don’t worry.”

“Right. We’ll stick together in one room. You know I don’t talk nonsense.”

“You guys, let me tell you that.”

Of course I worked hard.

Swordsmanship, and even magic.

Now there are many magics that can be used in daily life, and I have learned quite a few offensive and defensive magics.

The teleportation magic doesn’t allow you to travel that far yet, but it’s enough to get you to the other side of the field.

“Theo is worried too much. He’ll be number one among the commoners. I guarantee it.”

“Why are you making that promise, Iris? That’s my job.”

“Don’t talk nonsense. Theo is a citizen of our empire, so of course I should be the one to guarantee it.”

“This bitch is dividing us into imperial citizens and sacred imperial citizens again?! Do you want to lose?”

“Oh my, I told you she’s a cheap saint.”

Now, I’m just going to let that level of fighting continue.

Usually, fights that lead to a doomed ending are usually serious fights that continue like before.

Since the level of mutual insults in a good mood was a basic passive in the original game, I’ll ignore it and try casting a fresh magic spell to make the snowman last a little longer.

“Hmm, good. This way, it will last for three more days after the snow melts.”

Ha, by the way, this isn’t the time for me to be casting some kind of magic spell on a snowman. I’m worried.

“First of all, I think I need to practice a little more. Anyone want to practice with me?”

“Me!”

“No me!”

Since they are both quite famous for their magic, they can use their magic comfortably and are quite good practice partners.

Of course, since they are all much better than me, I am being very lenient.

“It’s snowing today, so I’m thinking of using some ice magic.”

“Ah, then I should do it.”

Estelle stepped forward.

“That’s right. I’m a bit weak against ice.”

Iris used fire magic to a fairly high level, and since that was her main skill, she was said to have a poor compatibility with water-attribute magic such as ice.

“Okay. Let’s go.”

He begins to cool down his magical power within his body in order to activate the freezing magic he learned from Estelle some time ago.

All you have to do is push out the magical power that has been cooled to the point of becoming an ice rink, think of the attack method you want to use, and then strike the opponent with that exact force. That’s it.

“Ice Slasher!”

Magical power that became small chunks of ice were created around me and struck down precisely towards the target, Estelle.

“Shield!”

The defensive magic using divine power was one of the things that only Estelle and the Holy Emperor could freely implement.

Most of the practice continued with the feeling of blocking attacks using shields and taking them.

“Ouch, I got hit in the arm.”

“Huh? Are you okay, Estelle?”

He started to quickly run to Estelle, who had been hit by the magic he had been able to block well until then, to check on her condition.