episode_0045

“It would definitely be fun to go with Theo!”

“I’ve said it many times, but I’m with you, Estelle.”

No matter what Iris said, Estelle’s eyes began to sparkle at the thought of going to the Holy Empire with Theo.

“Iris, you’re a genius!”

“So I’m with you too.”

“Okay, let’s go together specially!”

“What specifically.”

Iris chuckled softly.

It was thanks to this that I was able to confirm that her face, which had been completely shit-eating until just now, had become like Estelle’s usual face.

“Then I’ll contact Theo. Women are not allowed to enter the male dormitory.”

Iris took out her cell phone and left a message for Theo asking if they could meet up for a moment.

“I’m excited! Thanks to that, I’m happy that I get to see Theo one more time today!”

“Estelle, I’m so excited. Let’s meet in front of the boys’ dorm, so let’s go.”

Iris thought that he might have already fallen asleep, but Theo answered positively, so she grabbed Estelle’s hand.

“Yes, okay! Should I use the movement spell?”

“How long does it take? It’s right here.”

The men’s and women’s dormitories were located not too far apart.

Iris, who thought that even if she walked slowly, the speed at which Theo came out would be similar, walked slowly with Estelle.

“Iris, thank you this time.”

As we were walking in silence, Estelle quietly said thank you.

“Actually, I really didn’t want to go, but I felt like I was being dragged there by force, so I felt a little bad. But thanks to that great idea, my mood really improved.”

This was especially true for Estelle, who thought she could go into a pit of fire with Theo.

I couldn’t help but feel grateful, thinking that if Iris hadn’t spoken to me first, I would have crawled into the fire pit alone without even having such a good idea.

“What? Last weekend, when we were going out, Estelle was the first to bring it up, but I intervened. This is my return the favor.”

But Iris thought that Estelle didn’t need to be that grateful.

Because he was shy, he couldn’t bring himself to suggest something to Theo first, but he liked doing things with Theo, even if the three of them did it together, including Estelle.

“Ah! Theo is already here!”

“Let’s go quickly… !”

The two men, who thought they couldn’t keep Theo waiting, ran quickly to where he was.

***

“Huh? You suddenly want to go to the Holy Empire together?”

I was thinking about going to sleep and was about to go to sleep when I suddenly got a call from Iris asking to meet up. When I went out, I heard something very unexpected.

“Yes, I happen to be going to the Holy Empire tomorrow, and I think it would be nice to go with Theo and Iris.”

“Even tomorrow?!”

I couldn’t help but be even more surprised by Estelle, who said that she had to wake up and leave for the Holy Empire right away, without even having time to prepare herself mentally or do anything else.

“Umm, but Estelle, this is probably a problem that’s already been discussed, but Iris and I will be marked as absent without permission.”

Actually, I don’t really care whether I get marked as absent or not.

It’s not like I’m really going to graduate from here and become a knight or a wizard or anything.

I’m going to live with my parents and do farm work later, so I’m here just in case something goes wrong with these two. To be honest, I don’t care if they’re truants or not, but Iris isn’t like that.

“Iris, what are you going to do if you skip school without permission and the Emperor finds out?”

Iris is the crown princess, and will later become the emperor.

It would never leave a good impression for someone like that to be absent from the academy without permission.

Accordingly, there was a high probability that the emperor was also monitoring that part with importance.

“They say it hurts, huh.”

“Eww, all of a sudden?”

“Isn’t it natural for something to hurt to suddenly hurt? I think you should say the same thing, Theo.”

Oh, that’s right… Yeah, it’s a case of pretending to be sick after warning you that you’re going to get sick.

That’s true, but, uh, is that okay?

“I’ll go to the teachers’ office and talk to you, so just get ready!”

First of all, both Estelle and Iris were very active, unlike usual.

“Uh, uh uh… Yes, I understand… ”

I answered without thinking, but is this okay?

No, but how can you resist seeing the Holy Empire?

Oh, no, that’s not it. Ahem ahem. To be honest, I don’t think we can send just the two of them.

If we send just the two of them, a fight breaks out and Iris is taken hostage, and a war breaks out between the two countries.

What have we done so far? Isn’t it all going to be in vain?

It’s not like I’m pretending not to know because I’m so eager to see the Holy Empire. Ahem.

“Then, will you use Theo’s movement magic to move?”

Maybe it’s because I saw you trying to use movement magic the other day.

Asks if you want to move directly.

“Uh, is it possible to get there…?”

If possible, I would like to travel such a long distance, but the Holy Empire is too long…?

I’ll see if my magic can do that.

But the magic power I saw in the stat window earlier was 2064…

At this point, it would honestly be strange not to be able to go…?

“Of course! If it’s Theo, you can go from one end of the world to the other?”

Even so, it’s a bit… It’s not like we’re moving from one end of a field to the other.

“Then I will take Iris to the Holy Empire and use magic, so Theo, please come to these coordinates.”

I nod to Estelle, who gives me the exact coordinates to move to.

“… If you happen to crash land in a strange place, please come find me.”

It’s a sacred empire, so if the people of the Ermund Empire suddenly appear out of nowhere, it could definitely develop into an international problem, right?

I mean, I didn’t even visit them directly with my passport.

“Of course. Don’t worry, I’ll pick you up wherever Theo is!”

“Of course, I think Theo-nim will do well.”

The two of them are strangely very trustworthy and stuff.

Where did our kids go, who only fought in the beginning and always ended up with a one-night stand with just one word? Sigh…

“Of course, it’s a bit annoying to have to hold hands with Iris.”

“I also find it uncomfortable to hold your hand?”

“Okay, okay. Both of you, stop. Friends should be friendly. ”

Yeah, cancel.

I still feel like it’ll be a one-bed ending with just one word.

[ Achievement ‘Holding hands and walking is annoying’ has been recorded. ]

Look at this, look at this.

Huh? If I hadn’t stopped it, it would’ve ended badly again.

No, why do these guys seem to like each other so much that they’d sharpen their swords and fight right away?

“Then see you tomorrow.”

“I also think I have to wake up early to go to the teachers’ office early and tell them that the two of them are sick. It’s a shame, but I’ll go back to my room.”

Iris, who greeted him in a simple manner but couldn’t turn around easily and was fidgety, while Estelle greeted him in a cotton-candy-like tone and then immediately turned around.

Certainly, the two people have very different personalities.

“Iris, come quickly. Aren’t you going?”

Of course, we fight all the time and are upset, but it’s also heartwarming to see how we take care of each other.

“I’m going. Be quiet, you.”

No, isn’t it…?

“Both of you, go in carefully.”

I also greeted the two people from behind and entered the dormitory.

By the way, I didn’t know that an event to visit the Holy Empire would suddenly happen like this when it’s not even vacation yet.

People from the Holy Empire came, and Estelle knew that it was about time she visited the Holy Empire.

In games, an event like that happens once around this time.

But in the game, neither Iris, Lina, nor anyone else accompanied Estelle.

The normal route is for the Holy Empire visit event to happen around vacation time after you become closer to each other…

Hmm, that’s difficult. I hope it won’t be a problem?

Honestly… Yes, it’s true that I agreed because I wanted to see the Holy Empire in person, but I can’t help but feel uneasy.

When a game that was going well suddenly changes direction and starts going in a strange direction, doesn’t everyone feel anxious?

But the good news is that the friendship Lina has built with me in the game is much greater than the friendship she has built with the two people at this point.

Even if you go to the Holy Empire, you’ll still have to continue playing the Bad Ending Defense game, but at least the chances of anything big happening are low.

Even if something comes up that requires me to deal with it by force, I feel like I can do something about it.

“Well, what’s good is good. For now, tomorrow… ”

I think it would be nice to go and see everything I want to see and have a fun time with the two of us.

Of course, since Estelle was called because she needed him, there is a high chance that she will spend time with Iris.

“Hmm, let’s see. The famous food in the capital of the Holy Empire… ”

Once you travel, it is originally a food trip.

If there is a delicious local specialty, you have to try it.

“Oh, seafood is famous. Wow, lobster is considered as common as pork? You have to eat this…!”

So, I couldn’t sleep properly that day and ended up like an elementary school student who couldn’t sleep the night before a field trip.

Oh my… What am I going to do at this age?