Episode 71 – Long time no see
The next morning, as soon as the sun rose, I suggested that Nina go out to play.
“Are you saying we’re going outside to play, boy?”
“That’s right. I’ve finished the final exam assignments, so I have nothing more to do.”
Originally, my final exam assignment was to hunt a magma drake.
Once I caught the magma drake and brought proof that I had hunted it, my end-of-semester assessment assignment was over.
By the way, as the epidemic spread, the Marquis of Sebatia personally changed my final exam assignment…….
In other words, it was to find the cause of the spread of the contagious disease and to prevent its spread.
Of course, very naturally, I found the cause of the plague and eliminated it, and the plague that spread throughout the empire disappeared that day.
In addition to Professor Julia’s testimony, it’s only natural that my final semester assessment assignment passed with a near-perfect score.
So this is how I told Nina to go outside to play.
“But, when everyone is studying hard, isn’t going out to play a bit pricked by conscience?”
Nina looked at me and even said, “Isn’t my conscience pricked?”
Ummm. This is a good phenomenon. If you even tackle my behavior like this, it means that Nina and I have become very close.
Nina’s words were not without reason. What she said was an extremely reasonable point of view.
Everyone is studying hard, but I guess I should answer Nina’s question if I go outside to play, won’t my conscience prick me?
“Why should I feel remorse? What does it matter that someone who has the skills to finish a task, does his job and plays?”
“Wow… Bocchan, did you know that word was completely disrespectful?”
Nina was looking up at me with an expression of contempt.
But even that expression looks so cute.
Obviously, he’s 10 years older than me, so why does he look so cute?
“Nina, you know what?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Now Nina, you look very cute.”
I conveyed my honest feelings to Nina, and upon hearing her words, her Nina’s face began to turn red.
Nina’s face turned red as if she were seeing a ruby in her couple’s ring.
Huh, as expected, teasing Nina is the most fun in the world.
“I’m not kidding, I’m serious, so put on your clothes. Today, I’m going to change into my casual clothes and go out.”
“I, that… I understand.”
Nina nodded her head, her face flushed, and she said she knew.
It’s because someone 10 years older than me is so weak at pranks…….
Well, that’s Nina’s charm, so there was no particular reason to make it a problem.
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Anyway, Nina and I changed into our casual clothes and left the Royal Academy.
I don’t know if it’s because it’s the period of preparing for the end-of-semester evaluation, but from the time I left the dormitory to the time I left the Royal Academy, I couldn’t find the faces of people who looked like students.
Well, since the end-of-semester evaluation mainly focuses on practical skills, everyone is probably preparing for the practical skills evaluation in the gymnasium or practice room.
Well, it’s me, I’ve finished all the end-of-semester evaluations, and as an Imperial scholarship student, I have a thick pocket that comes in every month, so I just had to play and eat until the end of the semester and the grades were announced.
“By the way, Bocchan. Are you really planning to play and eat until the end of the semester?”
“Isn’t it obvious? I’ve been through so much trouble and been involved in various incidents, so I should enjoy it now.”
I entered the Royal Academy and got caught up in three incidents within one semester.
It’s difficult for one person to get caught up in one incident, but I got caught up in three.
My life at the Royal Academy, which should have been enjoyable, was completely destroyed because of those three scumbags, Damiron, Rodren, and Albinus, in order.
I didn’t do anything, but their inferiority complex exploded among themselves, so they started arguing with me and robbed me like they were shaking off a bag of flour.
Damiron was maimed, Lord Ren died at my hands, and Albinus ended up cutting off her arm.
Another aristocrat would have said he was arrogant and had him buried socially, but I was kind enough to finish it with one arm.
It is fortunate that it ended with an arm being cut off. The nobles hate those who challenge their authority.
If I hadn’t cut off Albinus’s arm, he would be a man no one would use even if his limbs were intact.
Even if there were families that hated our family, they were also nobles.
There was no aristocrat who looked down on the aristocrats and used commoners who arrogantly quarreled with them, at least in the Bregern Empire.
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That’s why I moved on to cutting off Albinus’ arm.
I expressed that he had quarreled with me, and that I, as a nobleman, had given Albinus a fair punishment, so that I should not speak to him about this again.
“Boss, where are you going today?”
“There was a place that sold fresh and sweet lemon ice tea the other day, right? Let’s go there.”
So, today’s dessert tour starts with a store that sells refreshing and sweet lemon ice tea!
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We headed to the dessert shop and took our seats by the window.
“Oh, you look like a good couple. What would you like to order?”
As we took our seats by the window, a woman who appeared to be a waiter approached and held out a wooden board with the menu written on it.
The wooden board, which seems to have been used for a long time, seems to have been kept fairly clean, and there are no hand stains on it.
“Two cups of lemon ice tea, a piece of cheesecake, and a piece of chocolate cake. Please.”
“Yes, I understand. Please wait a moment.”
I ordered two cups of lemon ice tea, the flagship product of this store, and ordered cheesecake and chocolate cake to share while chatting.
This chocolate cake is made by processing chocolate fruits that grow in the tropical regions of the far south, and I liked the bitterness hidden in the sweetness.
I don’t know if that’s why, but the food using this chocolate really suited my taste.
While waiting for the food to be served, I was bored so I spoke first to talk to Nina.
“Is your study going well these days?”
“Hmm…Julia unnie is teaching me well. These days, it feels like she focuses on healing magic among magic.”
“Is that so?”
Fortunately, Nina seemed to be learning well.
Professor Julia is a master of healing magic, so it was definitely a good choice for Nina to learn magic.
In a situation where you do not know what will happen in the future, Nina also needed a means to protect her own body.
“Didn’t you tell me about other magic?”
“She did teach me a few radish spells. Most of it was because she said you should be able to protect yourself.”
Ummm. After all, Professor Julia is different. She must have known what was important, as she had risen to the position of professor, with both aristocratic status and titles while playing in the field.
No matter how well I fought, Nina also needed a means to protect herself.
To put it bluntly, when I am confronting the enemy and it is difficult for her to take her body away, if someone attacks her Nina, who will protect her?
Of course, it would be fine if I became strong enough to beat them all, but people had to prepare just in case.
Because if you don’t prepare and let go of your hands, you’ll collapse.
Many of the merchants I’ve saved have been in danger of wandering around without sufficient escort.
Merchants who got out of the crisis with my help always said this.
‘It was safe until last time.’
‘I didn’t expect the number of monsters to increase so suddenly.’
Well, I could understand how much money it takes to hire an escort.
However, if people with proper escorts say things like that, I won’t say anything.
There are dozens of merchants, but only five or six escorts.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that these people suffered from insensitivity to safety.
Merchants are people who should value their lives more than anyone else, but hiring fewer people just because the money spent on escort troops was a waste was close to suicide.
Well, since I saved you, you’ll probably do better next time, right?
“I ordered lemon ice tea, cheesecake, and chocolate cake. Then, I hope you have a good time.”
Since I was lost in thought, the waitress brought me the drink and dessert I ordered.
Yes. Let’s not think complicated. Let’s enjoy this happiness for now.
This is the moment you can be with the person you love.
“Great.”
The lemon ice tea was very refreshing and sweet, the cheesecake was chewy and sweet, and the chocolate cake was sweet and soft like a first kiss.
This is paradise.