The Three of Us. (2)

-Chiiik…

A meat restaurant where the sound of meat cooking on a grill echoes through the surrounding area, along with the sounds of people laughing and chatting happily.

In a space filled with such a joyful atmosphere, the table where the teacher, Yuri, and I sat together for the first time in a while was completely quiet.

-Swishing. Chiiik…

“Wow, I don’t know whose disciple you are, but you really grill meat so well.”

“Huh. And he cut off such a good and kind disciple just because he did something he didn’t like.”

“Shut up.”

“You and me.”

It wasn’t just quiet, the two of them were making a snickering noise every time the pork belly I was grilling flipped over.

But I’m okay with that. The three of us… Well, Nora and Ellis were there before, and the older brothers and sisters of the Black Tower were there too. Anyway! The fact that people I thought I’d never meet again were gathered around the table was just nice.

“Okay, the meat is done.”

“Hey boss! Here’s a cold soju!”

“Do you have class tomorrow too?”

“I can’t get up after drinking a bottle. Besides, it’s been a while since I’ve had a meal with you, so you should have a drink too.”

“Hey, Rudis has class tomorrow too.”

“Pfft! That class is my class.”

“Tsk… “

When my older sister heard that the Master had come to the Academy as a temporary instructor, she hated it and showed the most arrogance I’ve ever seen, but the difference between Yuria, who entered as a student, and the Master, who made a contract with the magician who was the owner of the Black Tower and the owner of the Imperial Tower and came as a temporary instructor was too great.

There is such a big difference that you could literally say it’s like hitting a mountain with an egg, not even a rock.

“Here’s a bottle of soju. But… Excuse me, but this lady… “

“Okay, ID.”

“…? Are you really the same person?”

“Oh. Why do I look difficult?”

“… Master, don’t bother serving.”

The servant received an ID card with a photo of the master in his 20s on it, but no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t believe that the small girl in front of him and the person in the photo were the same person, and he frowned. In the meantime, he stopped the master from teasing him by pressing his hand on the temple of the temple, giggling that it was funny.

Oh my, when will this guy grow up?

“You are a high-ranking magician, but you failed the magic you were studying and became small. I can guarantee it.”

“Heck?! Who would fail at magic! You fucking idiot, Baap…?!”

“Yes… Okay.”

After covering the teacher’s mouth with his hand and explaining the situation to the server with a smile while still whining that he didn’t want to, he nodded and stepped aside, unable to take his suspicious gaze away.

“Oh my, when are you going to grow up? Don’t make things difficult for Rudis.”

“Pooha! What’s wrong with you! I lied about my age, and I didn’t bring my ID!”

“Everything is good, but the only problem is the appearance. Stop complaining and eat first. I’ll eat meat.”

“This profit… “

“Hehehe.”

My older sister laughed and my teacher puffed out his cheeks as if he was resentful at me, but I made a meat wrap and fed it to my teacher to ease the situation.

So the three of them start having dinner.

“Disciple. My cup is empty.”

“Yes, yes.”

-One by one.

“Okay, take it.”

“Thank you.”

-One by one.

“Alcohol is meant to be enjoyed with a good meal. Okay, do it.”

“Hey, I’m not a kid. I’ll eat it myself.”

“To me, you’re a kid. Open your mouth quickly, your arms will fall off.”

“Yep.”

“Want me to pack one too. My arms are short so it’ll be hard for me.”

“Here it is.”

“You’re a bad kid. You know I hate chili peppers… “

“It’s good for your body. It’s not spicy, so just have one.”

“… No, hey. Why are you clinging to me like this, Rudis, and not letting me eat?”

“What the hell?”

“?”

As the old-fashioned way of eating while holding the teacher’s bowl came naturally, Yuri, who was eating a little further away, frowned as if dissatisfied and started telling the teacher to eat on his own.

Well, definitely. Honestly, I don’t even feel like drinking today.

“Ha! Hey, what does it have to do with you whether I drink or eat with my disciple? This was our daily routine from the beginning, right?”

“That’s not wrong. Just eat when you want. Besides, there’s class tomorrow, so Rudis doesn’t really want to drink, but because of you, she’s forcing herself to drink.”

“Huh? How did you know that! Hey, disciple, were you forcing yourself to eat it?”

“… I don’t know if this is forced, but I just don’t feel like drinking today.”

“This profit?!”

“Look at that.”

My older sister, who was talking with her arms folded under her pockets as if she had won, and my teacher, who was glaring at me and my older sister alternately as if he felt wronged.

No, I just said that I don’t drink much, so why do you think that?

“Hey, just drink it! Are you saying you won’t accept the drink that the Master gives you?!”

“That’s not what I meant… “

“Hey! The kid says he doesn’t want to eat, so why do you keep… !!”

“Don’t keep interfering!”

“You’re the one who meddled?! In the first place, I’m the guardian and Rudis lives together… !!”

Eventually, the two people who started fighting like they used to, started yelling at each other with me between them and glaring at each other as if they were going to eat each other, and I started to crunch the meat while sighing in the middle of them.

Um… Now that I think about it, I suggested that we go sightseeing around the capital city with the teacher later.

-Squeak! Squeak!!

“?”

“Okay! Are you done eating Rudis? Or should I just go home and eat? If you keep eating with that kind of person, you’ll end up being forced to drink alcohol you don’t like. “

“Who’s that! We’re not that much older than each other?! And it’s not even a house, it’s a dorm! Hey! Disciple!! You live with me now! I reserved a room at a nearby hotel… !”

“Don’t make me laugh! Rudis and I…!!”

In the end, I was left speechless and just stared blankly at the grill, held between two women who held my arms and prevented me from eating meat.

Haha, I want to eat some rice too.

“Eeeeek!! This fucking titty!! Let go of my disciple’s arm right now!”

“What are you going to do, gum! Get off me!!”

“Do you want to die?! I’ll really kill you! Come out here!!”

“Okay, that’s good. Just fold it up like a gum and throw it in the trash… !”

“Stop fighting. I’ll just go?”

“”… … “”

For some reason, whenever I spoke like this in the past, both of them would stop arguing, but as expected, as soon as I finished speaking, the two women glared at each other and kept their mouths shut.

I let out a sigh full of annoyance between the two of them, then slowly released my arms, wrapped the meat wraps, and put one in each of their mouths.

“Master. There are people around you, so please let’s go peacefully. Please think about me, who got involved without even knowing why. Sister, don’t tell Master. Why do you act like that when you’re usually so considerate of those around you?”

“”Muck, muck… “”

I find it really cute that these two people are so good at accepting the treats I give them, but I don’t know how to make these two enemies stop fighting.

Right now, they’re just glaring at each other as if they’ve just paused for a moment, and honestly, it feels like there’s a gun loaded in front of them, waiting to fire.

When that uncomfortable, rumbling sound just continues.

-Exactly.

“A glass.”

“Yes… “

-closely!

“No, don’t pour me. Rudis isn’t even her servant. How many times should I pour you? Just pour me the first glass.”

“Isn’t it natural for a disciple to pour his master’s drink?”

“What era is this? Pouring drinks is something that people with that kind of job should do. You, you said you have so much money. You should be able to drink with someone like that.”

“This profit…!!”

“Urrrr… !!”

“Sigh… “

Why on earth? Why do both of you fight like this whenever you come in front of me?

In the old days, Nora would have taken her teacher, Ellis would have taken her sister, or Brother Brocken would have come and sorted out the situation, but here, there is no such support.

I started to wonder how I could end this situation smoothly and gently.

-Ttaaak!

“Hey.”

“What.”

“Then you follow.”

“Huh? Why me… “

“I’ll follow you too, so you follow me.”

“… ?”

The teacher began to pour drinks while holding the glass in front of me with difficulty and almost throwing it down in front of my older sister.

And it wasn’t just me who couldn’t understand the Master’s behavior, either. As I started collecting hooks, the Master looked at me once, then looked at my sister with hostility before continuing.

“I told you not to make things difficult for your disciple, so let’s have a go. I didn’t understand why you were joining our priest’s meal, so I’ll let you go.”

“Ha. How foolish of you, are you a gangster like me? Drinking fights and stuff… “

“Oh my, former knight commander. A coward?”

“… … “

“Who, sister…?”

I was truly embarrassed when I personally witnessed the sight of a single blue vein rising clearly on my sister’s beautiful skin, a golden beauty, and I called out to her to stop receiving it, but the Master seemed to already know my intentions and opened his mouth faster than I could.

“I’ve already had half a bottle, but if you still can’t get it, then there’s nothing I can do… Phew, drunk.”

-Snap.

“Sister, don’t stop me for a moment… “

“Boss! Here, a bottle of soju! No, two bottles please!! Rudis, switch seats for a moment.”

“No, a drinking fight with the teacher…!”

“Disciple, get out of the way right now. I will send you to the goal in a peaceful manner, just as you said. “

The two people who had been holding onto my arms until just a moment ago worked together so quickly to push me away that I felt like my nose would bump into each other at any moment. Then they quickly mixed the beer and soju they had brought out and poured each other’s glasses full, and downed them all in one shot.

“Kiya… !”

“Ugh… !!”

“Oh. Are you sure it’s already up?”

“Damn, how much can you eat with that body? Just make excuses like you’re full. Just put your butt in your mouth… !”

-Chorororok!!

In the end, I was unable to stop the two from having a drinking fight, and it was confirmed that one of them would have to carry me home.

*

“Euuu… Ryudijun… “

“Huh. You drunk bitch.”

“Haa… You’re not even a kid, so why are you like this?”

The disciple, who looked at the wet girl he was carrying on his back as if it was natural, looked at me as if he was dissatisfied, but I quickly turned my head away as if to ask if I was a fool.

“You keep nagging me.”

“The teacher was the first to attack.”

“When did I ever jump in first?”

“Isn’t that just something you said out of consideration for me?”

“Bad boy.”

“You raised him knowing he was a bad kid.”

“That’s true.”

I don’t know how bad I like it.

But even while talking like that, the fact that he suggests going to the hotel I’m staying at first is also part of this guy’s charm. He really has the ability to play with my heart, or rather my mind.

“Disciple.”

“Yes.”

“Let’s eat ice cream.”

“Please buy it for me. I’ll have my sister sit on the chair over there.”

“Washpal.”

I felt like I had lost even though I had won something, and when I went to be my disciple’s ice cream shuttle and came back, the guy left the breast he had said he would leave lying on the chair and was lowering his butt on the block next to him.

“When I told you to sit down, you just lay down.”

“Just leave it here.”

“You have to make sense.”

“Tsk.”

After I handed the ice cream to my disciple and sat down next to him, he started eating it while licking it slowly. The boy just blankly stared at the ice cream and then started chewing it.

“… Should I cancel the ranking match?”

“No. This time I’m going to try to be a little more serious.”

“I see. But, it’s different from the kingdom, so it’ll be hard to win even if you go there, right?”

“Well, I thought it would be like that originally. But now that I have the opportunity to learn from the teacher, I don’t think it will be like that.”

“The guy who said he didn’t like it even though I taught him… “

“There were circumstances at that time.”

“Not there now?”

“There are still slightly different circumstances now.”

I’ve known him since he was little, but he really is a guy with a lot of secrets.

A really absurd guy who is suspiciously popular with older women, and who all the big-breasted girls cling to him.

He’s that kind of guy, but at some point I started seeing this disciple as a man, so I just find it absurd.

“That guy, can’t you tell me about that situation again?”

“Yes.”

“It’s a pumpkin.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Okay. Okay. Okay, another question… “

“?”

After taking a bite of the ice cream and sucking on it, I slowly look at my disciple.

Hair that was even blacker than the current night sky that was dyed black, and eyes that resembled that hair but sparkled like obsidian.

Looking at the handsome guy’s gaze waiting for me to speak, I continued speaking quietly.

“What kind of magic have you put on yourself? That’s mental magic.”

“… … “

I don’t mind not hearing your other secrets, but as your teacher, I cannot ignore this one.