episode_0044

We were returning to school after picking up a stray cat wearing a very tattered school uniform. After hesitating for a while, she finally decided to get our car and go.

“… ”

“… ”

“… ”

From the corner of my eye, I glanced at Freyja, who was looking intimidated.

The dirty and smelly stray cat, as befits a person with [Unique Ether] ability, tried to measure the distance as soon as it saw me. Unfortunately, this time the ether tank was truly empty and there was nothing to hide.

“… !”

Empty ether inside my body.

Freya was startled when she saw that.

I move my ears and break into a cold sweat.

“Ugh… Of course, the pink radish, to a ruthless person… And it’s awkward… ”

And he was sitting in the corner of the car in a dejected posture, with his eyes averted, as if he had touched on something he didn’t want to touch. It seemed that he still had a timid temperament that did not match his arrogance.

I saw Freya’s floppy purple cat ears.

“… ”

“How dare you look at what? Oh, you scoundrel… ”

Honestly, those were ugly cat ears.

No matter how much you try to purify it with a pretty filter, it won’t work.

Freyja’s cat ears were not thick and curled like a Scottish Fold, but were droopy, with the fur falling out, as if it had been wet. Freya herself looked quite beautiful, but her cat ears were really ugly.

‘Those cat ears really aren’t my style.’

I looked at those creatively ugly cat ears with sad eyes.

What comes to mind is that first meeting where I was arrogant and aggressive.

But even if it’s a cat that’s dirty, smelly, and somehow seems to urinate everywhere. It was not right for even one of Academy City’s five strongmen to leave the person who asked for help in the middle of the wilderness alone.

I nodded and thought about the thought that suddenly occurred to me.

‘Freya… Not only is he passionate about exploring magic, but he also has the ugliest cat ears out of all the cat beasts. It’s like a stomachache.’

The meeting of Warryong and Bongchu.

If this creatively ugly-eared cat beast is called Bongchu, does Warong mean this pink Zhuge Liang?

Even now, when knowledge of the future is unstable, it is probably thanks to my intelligence and strategy that Academy City shows such stability.

‘Compared to my plan that even stopped ‘s sudden action, magic studies are a bit less practical. Freya is probably one of the few people in Academy City with real magic and ether abilities.’

In a dominated by children of nobles, if it were just Freya, who is said to be a genius in the study of magic based on her ability alone… It will be able to compete with my practical and smart brain.

This is also fate.

I was deeply moved by this sudden meeting with Waryongbongchu.

anyway…

We ended up playing cat-and-mouse.

“… ”

“… ”

“… ”

The car ride back was filled with silence.

As always, Maya didn’t ask because she wasn’t particularly interested.

Actually, I wasn’t that close to Freya either, so I kept quiet.

rustling

rustling

Freya was constantly tossing and turning, looking around as if she was uncomfortable with such silence.

‘ah… I guess I feel uncomfortable around strangers.’

My thoughts were short.

It’s natural to feel uncomfortable around strangers.

I had to quickly get to know Freya so she wouldn’t feel uncomfortable.

The best way is to get to know each other and become friends.

‘I won’t repeat the mistake I made by not talking to Hilde.’

I said while looking at the stray cat rustling in the backseat.

“Hey, over there―☆ Why was our urine cat traveling in the wilderness alone? Did you happen to wander alone after leaving school? Wow, romantic☆ There must be some distance from here to ♪ Hehe, how far were you planning on running away from home? Oh, it must be a secret~☆ But tell me! It’s not our first time meeting, we’re friends we haven’t seen in a long time―☆”

“Do not call the room or urinating cat… ! What is that! and… That’s… Uh, uh… It’s not a runaway… That’s not it… W-what are you pretending to be friendly with? We’re still friends… ”

“Okay, I’m sorry, ahaha―☆ But ‘Ooh, ooh, ooh, we’re still friends…’ !’ That’s funny♪ Are you the type of person who considers things like human relationships very special? I see~ Yes♪ As expected, she is the romantic type as expected of a girl who runs away from home alone~ Just by looking at Freya, she looks like an INFP―♪ Right, right? Yes, that’s right―☆ Hahaha, anyway, I want to know why you left, so please tell me―♪”

“My, I… when… Talk more, more, more… I said I stuttered… !”

Heo Eok

Heo Eok

Freya started crying, her hands suddenly shaking, and she was breathing heavily. And the blood was rapidly disappearing from that dirty face.

I felt very sorry about that.

‘ah… That’s because the ice break hasn’t happened yet. I want to become friends… ‘

So, the moment I want to say something more.

Maya’s warm hands touched my knees.

“… ?”

I looked at Maya with puzzled eyes.

Maya was shaking her head with a sad face.

Her eyes were uncharacteristically full of sympathy.

“Stop… stab it The other person is an introvert. Already dead.”

“Oh my—♪”

When I tried to understand that.

“Ugh… Black… ”

I heard quiet sobbing from the backseat.

Freya was crying, her face covered with grime.

Even if I didn’t know him well, it was heartbreaking to see him cry so sadly.

‘Are you in pain somewhere? [Unique Ether] Even if you have abilities, it hurts… ‘

I was worried, so I looked back and said,

“Why is our stray cat crying―☆ Oh, is it really hungry? or not… Hey, maybe… If you don’t want to, I’ll stop for a while so you don’t have to worry-♪”

“Black… Heh, heh… !”

“Wow―☆”

Freya opens her mouth sadly and cries.

I could only stare at it in bewilderment.

“Phew… This is why… Extroverts… ”

Maya, seeing that, shook her head.

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Back to school.

We gathered in the student council room for a moment and wanted to talk.

Albit and Kara were away because they had gone out to run errands in the shopping district.

“Ah… !”

Lotta was astonished as soon as he saw the dirty Freya. But it wasn’t a feeling of fear of losing one’s place to a stray cat.

What is contained in those two orange eyes is respect.

Rota still reads books and studies every night.

For her, [Purple Spinning Wheel] was like a role model.

‘Freya is a self-made genius type, even though she is not from a noble family, which is rare in … ‘

I had a few guesses as to why she was abandoned on the side of the road, but since she was abandoned so quickly, I wanted to hear the exact reason.

Lotta spoke in a trembling voice, with both cat ears pricked up.

“Demon, the sage of the magic school—?! Why did the [Purple Spinning Wheel] come here?!”

“Wow… What are you… If you look at the ears… Well, are you also from a ? ”

In “? ah… no. I dropped out.”

“Well, I see… But, well… If you have the ability, you don’t have to go… Well, that’s enough… Uh, anyway, the left by the [Golden Witch] among the 2nd graders… I don’t understand everything… Rice, you idiots… It’s the placenta.”

Freya said, rubbing her tear-covered face. It was comical to see a face covered in dirt and dust, with icicle-like droplets of snot hanging from the nose. But his face showed pride.

I burst out laughing when I heard that.

‘You’re the only one who understood that in first grade… And even kids who only understood half of it in second grade are treated as strong players in the game.’

For reference, the grimoire left behind by the [Golden Witch]… is divided into five magic types. In the game, it was a skill in charge of basic attacks for wizard-type characters, and Freyja was the only character who learned all five skills.

‘It’s impossible to just write as your heart tells you…’ ‘

This is why I felt sorry for magic users.

Children with magic firing type skills may have good firepower and application skills, but in the end, don’t they have to learn twice as much as others?

Just thinking about it made my bones hurt.

‘Heroes don’t do things like study… ‘

Contrary to my thoughts.

Lotta seemed embarrassed and lowered his head slightly.

“Me too… I only understood the first magic.”

“Hmm… Is that so? what… I don’t understand, I don’t understand. that… They said there are such dull people.”

“Well, somehow, doesn’t seem to use magic as is… uh… I was concerned about that, so I edited it in my own way, but it didn’t make sense… ”

“… !”

Gradually decreasing confidence and voice.

But when she heard those words, Freya’s eyes opened wide.

Upright

Her ugly, floppy cat ears also came up.

The cat’s ears, which look like bald mountains in a drought, are moving.

Freya approached Lothar in that state and spoke.

“Ho, perhaps… besides… More, more… I understand… Tell me, baby… ”

“Yes? ah… That’s it.”

Lotta moved his short arms and spoke about the application of magic ether in a dance-like motion. Although it was clearly supposed to be an academic and theoretical conversation, words like emotion and fairy tales appeared often.

Even as a complete stranger, I could tell that it was a quite heterogeneous interpretation.

But Freya did not stop talking and listened quietly.

“… ”

I was looking at it proudly.

Maya saw that and came next to me, tilted her head and asked.

“Do you understand that? I also learned a little bit about through liberal arts, but this is my first time hearing such a full-scale story… ”

“I don’t know, I don’t know―☆”

“Then why are you looking at me with such proud eyes?”

“Because our Rota is cute―♪”

“… ”

Maya looked at me with rude eyes.

I don’t know.

It’s just cute, but what can you say to me?

Grumbling

And the door to the student council room opens.

Albit and Kara came in wearing training clothes.

“Been there――?!”

“I’ve been there… But the student council room smells like the scent I smelled in the stables when I was young.”

Albert held his nose and looked towards the source of the smell. Then Freya flinched and looked at him in surprise at those harsh eyes.

“What… What is it… Rudely… ”

“… ”

Albit approached me. And out of consideration for the other person, I covered my nose and spoke in a whisper.

“Senior… ! Who on earth is that guy that comes in like that?! No, it smells like toilet water… !”

“Straight cat―♪”

“I don’t have anything to refute. It’s too much, really… ”

Albit looked back at Freya again and said with a smile.

“I… It’s okay to use our school’s washroom… Would you like to use it?”

“… ”

Because Freya had the [Unique Ether] ability, she was able to hear all of Arbit’s gossip. She immediately lowered her head and began shaking.

The annoying sound you hear at that moment.

Squeak-

Let us turn towards that direction.

Lotta looked this way instead of opening the window with a shy look and said.

“Ah… Well, that… uh… The air was stuffy, so I thought I should ventilate it… haha… ”

In his own way, Lothar tried to take care so that Freya would not be embarrassed.

“… Black.”

But it seemed like that consideration was painful for Freya. She eventually started crying.