episode_0024

A few days after Elin’s curse was cured.

A not-so-sunny morning has arrived in the dungeon.

I woke up very early, even though the sunlight wasn’t shining down on my eyelids.

The reason is.

“Koo… .”

It was because of the presence that was sticking to my body without fail today as well.

I glanced down.

Elin is seen sniffling, holding onto her collar with one hand.

“Hoo.”

Of course, Luke didn’t have any particular taste for sleeping with children in prison.

To know the whole story, we must go back to the day the curse was cured.

* * * * *

“Then let’s learn some simple space magic.”

“Already?”

“Already. This is the only magic I can teach you.”

Just like that, with a snap of the fingers, a subspace opens up.

“What I’m going to tell you now is inventory magic. Would you like to take a look?”

Ellin lifts her brow and peeks into the subspace.

“There’s so much.”

“Yes, it’s a small backpack that can be maintained with magic.”

“… So the teacher was always using magic while sleeping?”

“Yes. Otherwise, all the objects in the subspace will be scattered to other dimensions.”

Heh- and Elin’s mouth opens.

“Isn’t it hard?”

“It’s okay. Your Highness can do it. Are you having trouble maintaining the mana sphere right now?”

Dori dori.

“The inventory enchantment is the same as keeping a mana sphere always. Okay, let me connect it for you.”

Exactly.

Let’s snap our fingers.

The mana stream extending from the subspace connected to Elin’s mana sphere.

“… Oh.”

“What do you think? Do you know what kind of magic it is?”

“Yeah. Something like that.”

“Then let’s try it ourselves.”

“Oh, wait a minute. Why are you rambling through the class like this? What do you mean you think you know the gist of it?”

Dien intervened in the class that was proceeding smoothly.

“Just follow what I show you?”

“You can do it, Princess. You saw it earlier, Senior.”

“That’s different from this. Your inventory is a unique magic, how can you copy it all at once?”

“Hmm, this won’t work.”

Luke shook his head and went behind Elin and grabbed her shoulder.

“Let’s show the pink bum who doesn’t believe in the princess’s skills an example.”

“What should I do?”

“If you want to implement inventory magic, I can help you.”

Elin closed her eyes obediently and concentrated.

Shu-

The mana sphere spinning on the palm of your hand gradually grows larger.

“Expand carefully. Don’t let it burst.”

I finely refined Elin’s mana and shaped it.

This is enough.

When teaching magic at the academy, the theory is often explained in a complicated manner.

From Luke’s perspective, it was all useless.

“Imagine that you want to open up space and create a bag.”

As long as you have enough mana, the wizard’s job is simple.

Specific and detailed imagination.

In the nine rounds Luke played, Elin was the most imaginative child.

Shu-

“Well done.”

“Ah, no, does this make sense?!”

Luke strokes Elin’s head.

Dien jumped up on the bed.

“What… .”

A very small space was floating next to Elin.

“I don’t think I can put anything here?”

“This is your first time. In the first place, it’s amazing that the princess can imitate the inventory right away.”

“… … I don’t know what I’m looking at right now.”

Dien began to tremble like a creature encountering an incomprehensible being.

“It’s not for nothing that the senior is making a fuss.”

“I never thought it was a fuss.”

“Even though he is currently a freeloader who is stuck in a cabin, he was a pretty famous senior at the academy. He has a good eye for it, so you can take it as a compliment.”

“I never thought of it like that… .”

I tried to breathe through Dien, but there was no response.

It meant that I was truly shocked.

“Maintaining inventory isn’t as difficult as you think, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Okay. Please keep in mind that classes will be like this from now on.”

“Do you do this every day?”

“I think so. It may take a little longer depending on how often the guards come.”

Elin’s stupid hair curled into the shape of a question mark.

“Shouldn’t I just go that way?”

“Why did the princess come to prison?”

“That’s less likely to get caught.”

That’s true.

If you hear the guards coming while you’re in class, Elin can just go into her inventory for a moment.

If Diendo can enter, there is no way Elin can’t enter.

“No one cares about me anyway.”

“… … ”

“I want to be with you, teacher.”

“That’s really nice to hear, but… .”

It’s good that you’ve completely broken down the wall in your heart.

but.

But still, isn’t it a bit much to take Elin to prison?

“I’ll take care of it.”

That’s when Dien stepped forward.

“I’ll be sleeping in your inventory for a while anyway. I’ll sleep with Elin next to me.”

Hoho, a sinister laugh followed.

“If you hug and sleep, you’ll be super soft.”

“There was a very impure intention.”

Is it okay to let Elin sleep with a person like that?

A moment of worry.

“Sleeping in inventory? What are you talking about?”

Ellen grabbed Luke by the collar.

“It was the price of receiving a curse cure potion.”

“What’s in your inventory that you put to sleep?”

“Yes, because you said you wanted to sleep without any disturbance.”

“… … ”

Click, click.

A fool’s quill that moves like a second hand.

Elin, who had been silent, opened her mouth.

“I want to cut it there too.”

“Are you okay?”

“I’m welcome!”

Dien opened his short arms wide and hugged Elin.

“I like it too. I think it would be fluffy if I covered my sister’s hair and slept.”

“Hehe, I’ll cover it for you as much as you want.”

The wandering Dien was behind Elin, so I couldn’t see her expression.

Luke looked carefully.

The light in Elin’s eyes slightly disappears.

“Your Majesty?”

“Huh? Why?”

In an instant, Ellin’s eyes came into focus again.

Did I see things wrong?

It happened so quickly that I began to doubt my own judgment.

“… … Okay, I understand. Then, please stay in the inventory with me for a while.”

“But is that okay? Don’t you have to expand the interior to fit two people?”

“Hmm.”

I thought about it for a moment.

They’re both so small that honestly, you don’t have to put in much effort.

Should I say this?

“Wait a minute. I know it’s okay, so don’t look at me with pitying eyes.”

“Cheer up.”

“Don’t look at me like that!”

He turned his head to Elin, leaving the convulsing Dien behind.

“Then, my lady, I will link the mana sphere to my inventory.”

“Link?”

“I will give you the authority to open and close the inventory.”

“!”

Ellen’s hair stood on end.

“If you fail to maintain the mana sphere, you will be immediately disqualified, so it will be a great environment for practice.”

Talk.

I poked Elin’s mana sphere with my finger.

“Connected. Would you like to open it?”

“… Imagine opening your backpack.”

At the same time, Ellin muttered with her eyes closed.

Woof-

Soon after, Luke’s inventory was opened.

“Well done.”

When I stroke his head, his pubic hair flutters excitedly.

“Now both of you, come into your inventory. I think we should go back to the prison for today.”

* * * * *

After giving Elin that authority.

It happened that Elin would open her inventory every night and come out.

“Your Majesty.”

I shook Elin awake.

“Why are you sleeping here again?”

“Um… .”

Instead of answering, Ellen wrapped herself in the blanket and snuggled into Luke’s arms.

“Are you coming here again at night without permission?”

“Ugh… .”

A muffled sound came out, which could not be interpreted as an answer.

“Do you not like sleeping with Senior Dien?”

“… That’s not it.”

“But why on earth do you have to come out to this cold prison and sleep like this?”

“Because I want to sleep with the teacher.”

Elin looked up at Luke with an innocent face.

“… You don’t like the teacher?”

The fool’s hair becomes limp and fluffy, as if it would wither at any moment.

“… … If you don’t like it, I’ll stop.”

It falls off Luke’s body.

I slowly get out of bed and curl up into a ball.

Whee-

As the cold wind from the dungeon blows, I shiver and look at Luke.

It’s such a pitiful sight that you wonder if it’s done on purpose.

He sighed and covered himself with the blanket again.

“It’s not that I don’t like it, I’m just worried. What if you catch a cold while sleeping in this cold place?”

“It’s okay. It’s warm when you’re with the teacher.”

slap.

Ellen rolled over again and pressed herself against Luke.

“Isn’t Senior Dien warmer than me?”

“It’s fluffy and warm, but I like you more, Teacher.”

bean.

Elin lightly rests her forehead on his chest.

I didn’t originally like skinship this much.

I feel like our contact has become much more frequent since the rabbit doll disappeared.

“It’s almost time for breakfast, so let’s go back.”

“Ugh… ….”

Elin already frowns at the word morning.

“… Can’t you eat a little late?”

“No, you can’t. You have to drink the potion anyway, so don’t delay and go.”

One of the reasons Elin was grouchy in the morning was because of the potion.

The Curse Cure potion still tastes horrible.

“Don’t you want to have a fun magic lesson today?”

“… I want to receive it.”

“Then, please go quickly. I’ll be waiting.”

“Yeah… … .”

Ellen eventually managed to escape Luke’s embrace.

Ellen had to return to her room at every mealtime.

Because I have to eat the healthy food that Ron takes care of.

And taking potions and then taking magic lessons was Elin’s daily routine these days.

Exactly.

He opened a portal and waved his hand.

“I will be waiting, Your Majesty.”

“… … I’ll be back.”

Shu-

After the portal door closes.

“Sigh.”

A deep sigh escaped me.

Since that day, every night Elin has been sneaking into Luke’s bed.

Of course, she doesn’t do anything, she just sleeps quietly, hugging Luke.

However, even if you just sleep soundly, it is behavior that can be problematic enough.

This is also a type of skinship that a student can have with a teacher.

Because it’s not the kind of skinship a 13 year old should have with an adult male.

“I don’t mean to say I don’t understand, but… .”

Of course, I know that Elin is simply feeling anxious and lonely.

I also recently lost a stuffed rabbit that had been with me my whole life.

Because Luke was the only one who paid attention to Elin, who was suffering from a lack of affection.

“So, you have to instill good habits when you are young.”

It’s not too late now.

We need to let people know that their relationships don’t have to be limited to Luke.

Didn’t you recently show that you were getting along well with Dien?

For now, the magic class problem has been solved.

I need to give myself a chance to make friends sooner or later.

… and buy me a doll to cuddle while I sleep.

It was never my intention to wake up in the morning feeling like a criminal.