episode_0017

From the day after the friendly match. Cradle teachers had to go on emergency duty.

“What kind of fuss is this? .”

“Thanks to you, don’t you get paid for overtime work? I think it’s good.”

“That’s a good thing. I’m embarrassed because it’s my first time.”

Teachers gather in one place and look at something with worried eyes.

There was a very large magic stone there.

To be precise, a magic stone with a large crack on its surface.

no. It was the ‘Seal Stone’ that prevented the appearance of the gate.

“This is the first time I have seen damage to the Seal Stone due to a friendly battle.”

“What. I think you can think of it as watching a historic moment.”

“Isn’t this the first time since Senior Shabel did that before?”

As we were talking, we said to each other again, ‘Haa.’ Teachers sigh.

Sealstone. An item created through a special magic process using a special magic stone.

If that huge thing settles down, it will interfere with the creation of the gate.

Therefore, it was natural that stones were placed in each important facility.

Imperial Palace. policy. The surnames of each noble family. Important cities. And here to the cradle.

“The cost of repairing this must be a lot… .”

“Cost is not the only problem. What about the ingredients? It’s not something you can just get.”

As great as it is, it takes a lot of effort to produce it.

Of course, a lot of money goes into it. There are also a ton of additional things attached to it.

In particular, the main materials of seal stones are all made as by-products of monsters.

Because they are extremely rare, the Empire has not yet been able to mass-produce these sealstones.

for that reason. There are a total of eight seal stones in this cradle.

Excluding the Imperial Palace and Islands, where twelve seal stones were placed, this is the place where the most stones were placed in the empire.

This can be said to be evidence of how important the cradle is recognized in the empire.

anyway. One of the eight seal stones was broken.

This is not a minor level of damage, but serious enough damage that it stops working altogether.

“What about the spare seal stone? Is there nothing at all?”

“After inspection last winter, weren’t the two seal stones deteriorated? I replaced it with the spare I had at the time and the two went into the repair room and are still adjusting.”

“So. In the end, there is no stone in the cradle that can replace this.”

The empire’s territory is vast, and there are many places that require seal stones.

On the contrary, there are over a hundred seal stones produced so far. It’s all in use too.

Yoram was assigned a total of ten seal stones. This is equivalent to 10 percent.

No matter how cradle it is, it is impossible to obtain more stones than this. That’s the situation.

The only way left is to wait until the spare person enters the repair room.

“It can’t be helped. Teachers should take turns working on emergency duty.”

“A gate may appear in the cradle. Should I think of this positively?”

“Are you going to give students some hands-on experience? well. I am against it.”

Since there is no seal stone, there is a chance that a gate will occur only in that area.

The good news is that there are no civilian or general residential areas nearby.

Could it be that this area is full of people with special abilities?

“What are the protagonists of this nonsense doing now?”

“Luciel Hwang… Hmm. Student Luciel is still in the infirmary bed. I came to my senses, but I still need to get checked out for various reasons, so I’m probably late leaving the room.”

Then, what about Deus students? There were two collisions, but why was only one hospitalized?

Tiamat, who had been silent until now in response to the questions of some teachers, burst into laughter.

“Heeheehee! What about that guy! Ahaha! really. It’s absurd. I checked it and it said it was fine with no problems at all! On the contrary, he was so fine that the infirmary asked, ‘What is this? scared!’ He said so!!”

“… It’s not a joke, I’m really scared too.”

Other teachers nod their heads in agreement with what one teacher says.

The master disciple of Sabel Saber, a person with superpowers whom they greatly admire.

A current student who is said to be close to being a teacher. Luciel Margretel.

The student barely came to his senses and is still in the hospital room.

They fought so hard that the strong sealstone was even damaged!

‘The other one is walking around the cradle just fine… .’

‘Is this really what a new student will look like?’

‘Heeheehee! Deus student! Of course it’s the best! Oh, I shouldn’t have entered the school a little earlier!!!!’

Everyone has different thoughts. Teachers decided to draw up a staffing table.

Because I had to stand guard in this area until Sealstone was operational again.

*

“… If you really look at it. In the end, I think your junior is also a man.”

What does this mean all of a sudden? What does it mean to say that a man is like a man?

As Deus tilts his head, Neferti sighs.

“Junior. You’ve never been to Luciel’s hospital room, right?”

“Yes.”

“I didn’t even go to the teachers who stood guard around the Seal Stone, which was said to be damaged.”

“Yes, but.”

That’s the problem. Neferti touched her forehead.

“Listen. Junior. He said he hasn’t checked out yet, so I’ll go visit him with flowers first. After that, I brought something to drink and gave it to the teachers… Wow!!”

After seeing it a few times, I’ve found that catching it before it falls doesn’t really help.

This is the type of person that needs to be twisted somehow to have a cooldown. I’m used to this.

So Deus quietly looked at Neferti and held out his hand.

“There is no one who specifically blames me. Senior.”

“Of course. It’s not like your junior decided to do something like this. Since it happened during a friendly match, everyone thinks so.”

And to be honest. Who would blame you openly in front of your junior?

You could die if your back bends in the opposite direction. I swallowed those words inside.

“But. Still, I like doing it.”

“Hmm… .”

In fact, Deus didn’t feel completely sorry either.

Even though it was unintentional, isn’t he ultimately the cause of everything?

“Actually, I was planning on doing all the exercise today.”

“It’s not about completing today’s exercise! Come back and exercise! Junior!”

“… Can’t I just go ahead and do everything?”

“No!”

This won’t work. Just come along now! First of all, to the teachers!

You can’t go empty-handed! I need to buy something! Something to drink!

I was trying to reply to her opinion by saying that I would do that.

‘ah. Come to think of it.’

Deus turned his head towards Neferti as if he had suddenly remembered something.

“Thank you again. Chairman.”

In “?”

“You provided my personal training space in the basement of the main building. From what I heard, the chairman also said that he overdid it a bit.”

Since I was the student council president of the cradle, I thought that kind of job was easy.

But it wasn’t. No matter how much he was the president, it could be said that it was a clear violation of his authority to give up a place prepared for poor purposes to individual students.

“What… It would be a lie if I said it was impossible. But!”

-Sigh!!

He spread his fan as hard as he could, shouting his characteristic ‘Ohhohoho!’ With the sound of laughter.

“Of course, as the student council president, I can cover that level. If you see a talented junior, give your all to push him and that’s the reason the student council exists! And what? Actually, I had to use it somehow because it was going to be shut down if I didn’t take care of it quickly! Hohohoho!!”

So it wasn’t pure help? For some reason, the oath tried to activate but stopped.

“Thanks to you, I feel like I can train without worrying about anyone.”

Are you watching? Junior? Neferti had some doubts for a moment, but for now, later.

Now is the time to guide this scary but kind junior to the right path.

“ character. As this senior said. Let’s go quickly. Junior.”

“By the way. But I’m running out of money. I wonder if there is a way.”

“Are you asking me to buy it for you?”

“Absolutely not.”

You won’t get any more help than that anyway.

Look at this. The oath glows so brightly that it seems like it could just cut off my wrist.

Money issues are just as important as fighting or something?

“Then, how about getting a part-time job?”

“Students also work part-time.”

“Because this is the cradle. Should we say that it is not just an educational institution, but a huge city? ? anyway. For that reason, when there is a shortage of workers, students are sometimes used as part-time workers.”

There are a few places I recommend. Hmm, will I really be able to use my junior there?

Neferti, who was fiddling with her chin for a moment, said once again, ‘Woogeung!’ and falls down.

“Off… Ah, anyway. If you need money, it might be better to join the contingent.”

“What is that.”

“The contingent can officially enter the gate. Since you get to share some of the loot from there, you end up generating income.”

You don’t even have to pay taxes! Wow. That seems kind of awesome.

The two walked away while talking loudly.

*

-Nyaan!

ah! at las! Free from the hands of that monstrous human!

Jojo walked around the cradle with happy steps.

Sometimes, when I met students, it was nice to hear them scream and say that they were cute.

Of course, he never allowed himself to be touched.

Because there is no one anywhere in the world who has earned that qualification!

… ah. No. There might be one.

―Weuuuu!!

I was just entering the alley. An unusual sound is heard from somewhere.

I turned my head to see if anything, but oh my god. It’s another stray cat that was harassing him!

It’s an old cat. Of course, it is much bigger.

From JoJo’s point of view, it was right to be on guard and run away whenever he encountered one.

okay. Until now.

-Haaaa!!

However, this time he did not back down. Rather, face it confidently.

There is one thing I have learned from being around that monster-like person.

If you use your meow punch, you can defeat that bastard!

―Nyaaa!!

-Whew!!

An epic battle between two cats that took place in just 2 seconds.

After a while, a cat suddenly turns and disappears between the buildings.

And the winner, of course, was JoJo, who received special training(?).