episode_0089

“Monster, monster… .”

Now, the women who showed a disappointed reaction when Elin didn’t do it for them quickly ran away.

I couldn’t remember their names until the end.

“Huh.”

Elin puffed out her small chest as if she had been praised.

There were also women who clung to the teacher and shook him off.

“You did a great job.”

It was because Luke kept stroking her head.

“You will be able to win the next position with ease.”

“So are you going to sleep soundly now?”

“Yes. I think it’s okay without me now.”

“Huh?”

The hair on his head stood stiff.

Blue eyes with fading light.

“It meant that I was going to take a short vacation.”

Luke, feeling a strange sense of crisis, quickly added.

Gulp.

Cold sweat ran down the back of my neck.

“Is that so?”

Gently, gently.

Again, Elin’s foolish hair gently shook.

The dreary atmosphere disappeared like melting snow.

While Luke was internally wiping away his feelings.

“… Elin? Did you really do it?”

“What, what, what… What did you do, Your Majesty?!”

In the meantime, Nia and Bena heard the rumor and came to see me.

“What the hell are you… … .”

“You are amazing, Your Majesty!”

Next to him was Fabiana Leiston, who looked dead, and Felice Rochefort, who appeared clapping.

A group of promising magicians who happened to gather in one place.

In addition, the crowds flocked to the show due to its glamorous social debut (which hadn’t even started yet).

“What on earth is Bertine doing… … .”

“Lower your voice…!”

While the astonished wizards were muttering among themselves.

Luke looked at the prospects.

“You’ve grown so much that no one recognized you.”

Only two years have passed.

As expected from a growing age, he grew very tall.

The amount of mana felt has also doubled.

I thought Elin had grown a lot too.

Looking at it this way, it seems like it’s still quite small.

“You can even lift a mansion with space magic…?”

“Uh, uh, since when did you have that kind of power? Surely not from the beginning… ?”

Nia and Bena asked, caressing Elin’s cheek.

No matter how shocked I am, I can’t resist the soft texture.

“Ugh… .”

Thanks to that, Ellin was slapped around without even having time to respond.

Luke answered instead.

“Theoretically possible, but in reality, it’s a magic that only the princess can use.”

“A magic that even my brother can’t do?”

“I don’t have that much mana.”

Actually, it’s not a grand magic.

It’s just a matter of wrapping and moving objects with mana.

But if you put in a lot of mana, it’s a different story.

Lift the mansion.

Physically pulling down meteors is a specialty that only Elin can do.

“How on earth… … .”

While Nia opened her mouth as if she still didn’t understand.

Victor pulled Luke aside.

“Aside from the ridiculous magic, what on earth happened to make you threaten me?”

“A threat? I was just showing you a little bit of your power, Princess.”

Luke briefly explained what had just happened.

Victor, who had been listening to the story silently, covered his face with his palm.

“So, you’re saying that you showed off Princess Elin’s abilities a little bit because you were trying to pick a fight?”

“Yes.”

“Slightly?”

“Yes.”

“That’s ‘slightly’?”

“If you don’t believe me, I’ll show you―”

“I will believe you.”

Victor nodded immediately.

If he lifted the mansion one more time, Victor’s heart would feel like it was going to fall out of place.

“They haven’t even started the social gathering yet, but they’re already making a big deal out of it.”

“Thanks to you, won’t the princess’s name become widely known?”

“… It’s worthy of being published in the Imperial Newspaper.”

Victor pressed his finger between his eyebrows and regained his composure.

“I thought you would know what day it was and come here.”

“Isn’t this the day when you and Senior Dien announce their marriage?”

“… … ”

Who knows that and is causing this mess?

The thought was read in his eyes.

“Please understand that there are some circumstances.”

“There are circumstances that warrant lifting the mansion.”

Actually, it’s not to that extent.

“Hasn’t that already happened?”

Luke changed the subject with a friendly smile.

“Where is Senior Dien?”

“Taking a nap.”

“Isn’t it about to start?”

“There is no need to attend the wizard’s social gathering.”

No, I was just trying to tell you guys that I’m getting married.

Victor looked away as if he was dumbfounded.

“… … There is no need to start the announcement right at the beginning.”

It’s obvious that this happened because they couldn’t wake up the sleeping Dien.

With such a weak heart, I don’t know what the future holds for Berkeley.

“So why did you come to me?”

“Oh, I have a favor to ask.”

Victor nodded as if to say something.

“Could you please stop the wizards from approaching me?”

“… … ? Oh, by the way.”

Victor tilted his head and took out a bundle of letters from his bosom.

“What is this?”

“These are letters asking if you attend social gatherings.”

“… … ”

“Not all wizards are nameless. Do you think I can stop them all?”

“There must be a crowd.”

“If you prevent people from talking to each other in the first place, then it wouldn’t be a social gathering.”

Feel free to roam around and chat.

The purpose of the social gathering is to socialize and dance.

That is, Luke had to endure countless advances from the wizards no matter what.

“Still, I’ll ask you to wait in line and speak.”

“… … Thank you.”

Luke bowed his head in gratitude for the consideration.

There was nothing I could do about the sigh that escaped my mouth on its own.

* * * * *

Soon after, the social gatherings began.

“First, I would like to thank the wise people who attended the social gathering hosted by Berklin.”

In the middle of a large banquet hall, Victor bowed to his surroundings.

“My name is Victor Bucklin. I am the host of this society and the next head of Bucklin.”

Clap clap clap clap-!

As soon as the introduction was over, there was a round of applause.

“I have one request before I leave. Those wizards who have business with Luke Bucklin, the second son of Bucklin, please do not rush in all at once and follow the order.”

Whoosh-

At those words, the wizards’ heads turned to Luke.

Eyes that sparkle with madness.

Goosebumps ran down my arms.

You found Luke right away.

Didn’t you know Luke’s location from the beginning?

“Then, I hope you enjoy the social gathering comfortably.”

After Victor finished speaking, he stepped aside.

Swish-

The wizards rose at once.

But all eyes are on Luke.

They are also nobles.

Even though the host of the social gathering asked me to come, I wouldn’t just come without asking.

“You too?”

“Professor too?”

The wizards whose eyes met engaged in a fierce war of nerves.

I want to talk to Luke somehow.

This is because you cannot get in line before a higher ranking wizard.

The siege that was closing in on us while we watched closely resembled a horde of zombies.

It would have been better for a nobleman to approach slowly like a zombie.

“Could you step a little closer?”

“Oh, sorry!”

Fabiana and Felice, already dancing as a pair.

Instead of looking into each other’s eyes and coordinating their steps.

He stared at Luke intently and approached me stealthily.

No, that’s too weird.

Is it really necessary to go that far?

Luke lowered himself and whispered to Elin.

“Your Majesty.”

“! I didn’t drink it.”

“Yes?”

I turned my head when I heard a strange answer.

Ellen was reaching for an expensive-looking drink.

“… … ”

“… I was just curious about the smell… … .”

“You don’t have to make excuses.”

Luke shook his head.

It’s annoying that you tried to drink alcohol secretly.

That wasn’t important right now.

“Would you like to run away with me?”

He suggested in a lowered voice.

“… Run away?”

“Yes. A place where only the two of us can be.”

“… … !”

Elin’s stupid hair stood on end.

How come you keep saying things that set a teenage girl on fire?

“Okay.”

Elin nodded without hesitation.

“Thank you.”

Luke snapped his fingers after giving a brief thank you.

Exactly.

A small portal appeared and swallowed Luke and Elin.

* * * * *

“Where is this?”

Ellen blinked.

But I couldn’t see my surroundings.

It was because of the pitch-black darkness.

“As far as I remember, it’s a lighthouse.”

“Lighthouse?”

Step by step.

Luke walked away and opened the curtain.

“A place no one can find.”

“… … and.”

Ellen let out a gasp.

The moonlit interior was quite spacious for just the two of them.

Outside the window, the night view of Berkeley looked like a miniature.

“Isn’t it beautiful?”

“Yeah… … .”

A quiet lighthouse where only the teacher and I are left.

Ellen blinked at Luke.

“Sorry for suddenly bringing you here.”

“Yeah. It’s so good… … No. It’s okay.”

Elin, who was about to say okay, desperately changed her words.

Of course, I liked being alone with my teacher rather than being in a place with a lot of people.

“It would have been nice if you could have introduced the princess a little bit.”

Luke reached out to Elin with a somewhat regretful smile.

“Huh?”

When Ellen, who doesn’t know English, tilts her head.

“But since we came to the church, shouldn’t we dance and go back?”

“… … !!”

Luke made a radical proposal.

So, have you applied to be a partner now?

According to Dr. Bena, when a man asks a woman to dance first…!

“If you don’t like it, you don’t have to do it.”

As the silence grows longer, Luke withdraws his hand.

“No, okay.”

Ellen quickly flew forward and hugged Luke’s waist.

This was to prevent Luke from losing his words.

“I see. But, we can’t dance this close.”

“Ugh, yeah.”

Elin fell down slightly.

It was only after I held Luke’s hand that I began to worry.

“… But I don’t know how to dance.”

Ellen has never learned to dance.

Of course.

I’ve never been to a social gathering before.

I was abused for over ten years and learned magic while under a curse.

Until now, there has never been a need to dance.

There was no opportunity to learn.

“I will teach you.”

That was something Luke obviously knew.

“Follow me slowly.”

Luke took Ellen’s hand and moved his feet.

One, two.

One, two.

It was actually fortunate that there was no music playing around.

Because you can move at your own pace without having to keep up with the tempo.

“You did well for your first time.”

“Really?”

“Just not stepping on the other person’s feet is a big deal.”

“… … Hehe.”

Elin let out a bashful laugh without realizing it.

The soft moonlight provides illumination.

Instead of music, the sound of two people’s footsteps is heard.

A quiet lighthouse that no one visits.

Luke matches the pace by exchanging glances.

There was no way to hide his expression.

“… Hehe.”

Ellen thought with a pure smile.

I wish this moment could last forever.

I wish I could stay with you forever, teacher.