episode_0124

Eat, sleep, and see.

It was a very satisfying trip to the West.

How satisfying it was.

“Grilled scorpion tail… I must remember that.”

Elin even made a note of what kind of scorpion she ate.

Luke prayed.

I just want to remember it because it was delicious.

I hope you don’t secretly feed it to Luke.

“Time flies so fast. Three days of vacation have already passed.”

“Isn’t there still 4 days left?”

“Yeah. I guess I should think positively, right?”

The Aurora, which had been withered for a long time, suddenly came back to life and stretched its legs.

The youngest saint suffers from bipolar disorder.

As expected, overwork does not have a good effect on people.

I thought about that while sipping my iced Americano.

“Stop drinking coffee.”

widely!

Ellen cleverly snatched the coffee away.

“… … ”

“There’s no need to make a face like you’ve lost the world.”

“My world was just shattered.”

Normally, they would return the coffee around this time.

“… I’ll give it back to you if you promise not to put up a barrier.”

Elin, who had been retreating quickly, held the coffee in her arms.

Luke tells her not to come at night.

Elin said she would let me sleep.

Their clash last night was inevitable.

In the end, Luke ended up surrounded by eight barriers.

“How hard was it to release it.”

Yes, that’s right.

Elin doesn’t give up.

He finally managed to break the barrier and get into Luke’s bed.

How surprised I was to see the barrier completely broken in the morning.

Now I was wondering if I should change rooms while sleeping.

“I promise.”

“Just in words?”

Should I even cross my fingers?

Luke tilted his head and held out his pinky finger.

side.

Elin with her lips glued there.

He shook his head from side to side.

“… … What did you just do?”

“Now that means you can’t do it with your fingers.”

“Then how can I promise you that?”

Luke barely managed to hide his embarrassment.

Honestly, I had no intention of keeping my promise.

I thought I could just run away every night and give him a finger during the day.

“If you break your promise… .”

Chorus.

Elin pulling out chains from all sides.

Luke instinctively looked for a corner to escape to.

We meticulously eliminated all blind spots.

I guess I taught him too well.

“I’ll tie you up in chains and kiss you like crazy.”

“That’s a scary threat.”

Of course, it’s not that kissing is scary.

… Well, now that I think about it, that’s kind of scary too.

Being tied up in chains and having your mana drained was much more terrifying.

He said he was having a nightmare and came into my bedroom to put me to sleep.

If you see him coughing up blood, you’ll probably get all worked up.

“I swear I won’t put up a barrier while I sleep.”

“Promise me that you won’t run away and that you’ll only sleep in the teacher’s room.”

“… … ”

It’s already been five years since Luke became Elin’s tutor.

Luke knows Elin just as well.

Ellen also knew Luke well.

“I promise.”

Did you manage to get out?

Then how do we stop Elin?

At this point, I think I should just accept it.

It was Luke who only thought of pushing through to the end.

“Then a kiss of oath.”

“?”

The thought suddenly flew away.

It was because Ellen had her eyes closed and was holding the crow’s foot.

“Your Majesty?”

“I think you’ll be embarrassed to show your mouth. Today, I’ll look at your forehead.”

And then he shamelessly wipes his pale forehead with his hand.

It was an incredibly embarrassing scene.

“Since when did we start making promises with kisses?”

“From today.”

“There is no one in the world who makes promises like this.”

“What’s the point of just crossing your fingers? You don’t keep anything. That’s why I created a new method.”

Ellen quickly pressed her forehead against his chest as if telling him to kiss her.

Despite his cute actions, the chain is still smartly targeting Luke.

side.

Luke, who had given up meekly, pressed his lips to Elin’s forehead.

“Wow… !”

Then Elin starts shivering.

He staggered back.

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah, okay… No, it’s okay.”

Elin shook her stupid hair and gathered all the chains.

Luke regains his freedom.

Only then was I able to get my coffee back from Elin.

“Are you done now?”

“… … Yes.”

I ended up showing the whole process to Aurora and Zero.

I felt ashamed, but what could I do?

I just made the best choice.

Luke slurped down his coffee, making excuses in his head.

… the ice has all melted.

“Let’s go straight south. The saint’s vacation time is precious.”

“Oh, thank you for noticing. I was wondering when I should tell you anyway.”

Aurora waved her arms like an excited child.

In fact, even an excited child would do less than that.

Considering the weight and work of a saint, it’s not that hard to understand why she’s doing this.

“I’ll open the portal right away.”

The place we are heading to today is the south.

It was a great forest ruled by the Duke of Deneb.

* * * * *

“Ugh… .”

“Wow… .”

“ and… … .”

It was the sound of exclamations from Elin, Aurora, and Zero in turn.

Tall trees with broad leaves.

Wherever you look, there is a blue landscape.

Even a huge river that could easily be mistaken for the sea.

The southern part of the country looked even more refreshing after visiting the desert.

“This doesn’t seem to be a city. You must have prepared something else, right?”

Aurora’s eyes sparkled and radiated divine power.

Swish-

Thanks to that, the tree next to me grew about an inch taller.

The already dense forest became even denser.

“Yes, we will travel by boat along the river.”

Anyway, I’m glad that Aurora didn’t disappoint.

Woof-

Luke opened his inventory and took out a large raft.

“Fix it well. If you fall here and die, you won’t find your body.”

The Deneb River is the largest and longest river on the continent.

Unfortunately, Aurora’s wheelchair rolls away and falls into a deep trough?

That day marks the beginning of his life in exile.

Of course, I plan to go into seclusion after a few years.

There is no need to necessarily bring up that timing.

I secured the wheelchair as tightly as possible to prevent it from rolling away.

Choaaa-

A raft that cuts through the water.

Just seeing the scenery was an unusual enough experience.

Ukkikki-!

“What is that creature?”

“A primate called a monkey. There is a theory that humans evolved from that creature.”

The animals of the forest gathered at a perfect time.

Perhaps he was drawn to the divine power of Aurora.

“Huh? Where is there such a heresy?”

“Ah.”

These days, I only see him as an excited child, so I forgot about him for a while.

Aurora was a devout believer in the Catholic Church.

Well, that’s natural, since she’s a saint.

“I dare to use the body that the Goddess gave me… .”

Aurora, who had returned to her saint mode, had her eyebrows in a V shape and a sinister expression on her face.

If there was someone in front of me who advocated the theory of evolution, I would burn them at the stake right away.

“I don’t know who said it. I heard it when I was in the academy.”

“I guess I should search for it sometime.”

“… Do you really have to go that far?”

I thought it would end with something like, “Watch what you say next time.”

How many students and professors are there at the academy?

You’re going to investigate all of that?

“Correcting wrong knowledge is also a believer’s job. If there is someone among your fellow alumni who is in such a sorry state, shouldn’t you educate them so that they can go the right way?”

Words are educational.

If you get caught by Aurora with Aurora Mode turned on, it’ll be a month… no, what’s a month?

You could just be dragged to the Holy Land and listen to sermons for a whole year.

“You are right.”

So Luke made a promise.

I won’t speak of Earth’s common sense in front of the Aurora for no reason.

Fortunately, the saint’s anger, which was not that of a fanatic, quickly subsided.

“This is my first time seeing such a colorful bird!”

A bird with rainbow feathers chirps as it passes by.

“… Isn’t that a dragon?”

“It’s a snake.”

It was because I saw an anaconda with a body as big as a tree coiled up.

It is true that the size far surpasses common sense.

Luke wasn’t particularly surprised since he had seen a real dragon before.

I was looking at the southern creatures that are not easily seen with curious eyes.

“You’ve arrived.”

[Deneve]

A city ruled by the Southern Duke was visible.

A main gate through which boats can pass along the waterway.

When I slowly slowed down and tried to talk to the security guard.

“Wasn’t that pattern also in Nordagen?”

Aurora pointed to the city gate.

“It’s not the same, but it’s an ancient rune.”

The ancient writing I had seen in western Nordagen was also written here.

“I feel an ominous vibe here too… .”

As in the West.

Aurora looked at the pattern with a suspicious look once again.

What’s unusual is that this time it wasn’t just Aurora that was averse to it.

―!!

The bird that had been singing along with the divine power flew away in surprise.

The monkeys that were occasionally seen didn’t even come near.

I thought it might be because it was a human city.

Shit-!!

An anaconda passing by is startled and vomits out the turtle it had swallowed whole.

Even the turtle that emerged from the anaconda’s belly was so scared that it put its head and limbs inside its shell.

At this point, even Luke is feeling uneasy.

Why are ancient, long-forgotten runes written beneath the city’s name?

And what are animals afraid of?

Runes written too neatly to be graffiti.

I approached the main gate, thinking that I should at least do some research.

“What brings you here?”

“This is Luke Bucklin.”

“Oh, if it’s Berklin! Come on in!”

Let’s go through security as if it were a given.

Ellen poked my side from the side.

“… Do you have friends here too?”

“Among the seniors I know, there is Princess Deneb.”

“It would be quicker to find someone who isn’t close with the teacher at the academy.”

“Maybe so.”

“Ummm… … .”

Trying to ignore Elin’s glare that shook her stupid hair in an unpleasant way.

Entered the Southern Great Forest, Deneb.