87 – 87. Reversal (3)
“Sisters…”
“You…”
Gulp. Charlotte’s neck was very tense.
I want to ask what the result of this demonic manifestation was, but I can’t say it because I don’t think the result is bad. It was the same with Aris, who was watching her silently as if she was anxious.
But only one person. Godenman, the team leader, smiles.
“Does it seem successful?”
Having been on the battlefield for a long time, he can sense the flow of magic within three steps.
As the two team members returned from the test and came closer, they naturally felt a different change than before.
“Wow… I was going to surprise you.”
“I mean. How do you find out?”
Erica and Senia’s plan, which came with a gloomy face and hoped to surprise them, was foiled by Goden.
“Anyway, congratulations on the apparitions. Erica and Senia.”
“Congratulations. They said we still have a long way to go. Aris told us in advance, so we know everything.”
“Well, yes, but…”
“Okay. I don’t think there’s time to be happy with one of these manifestations here.”
Erika said that and directed Goden to the next direction.
Senia’s words Mattana Erica also knows this, and it is true that she did not deserve it.
The reason for wanting to grow faster was probably the desire not to fall behind Junon.
“First of all, the stage where the magic is not perfect is correct. Next, you have to manifest the magic with your own strength.”
“On our own?”
“What do you mean by that? It’s still manifesting with our own strength.”
“To put it simply, it’s like this.”
Keying-
Goden’s hands are wrapped in magical energy, and the shape of the magical field is captured at once.
“Wait, you don’t even have a mana stone…!”
“Yes. This is the second step you must reach. It is not difficult to draw in the mana from the outside. However, it will not be easy to extract the mana within the body in a form that suits you.”
“My head hurts… This is the next step.”
As he said, there was no medium in his hand to draw out mana like a mana stone.
To manifest with one’s own power means to manifest without even using a mana stone.
“A magic field created by borrowing external magic rather than one’s own power is usually called a Mirage state. Even if the balance of magic power is distorted even a little, it almost disappears as if it was a mirage. After using it, it disappears just like any other weapon. In other words, there is a fatal problem with consumables and a time limit.”
“What… So you’re saying we can’t use the expression properly yet?”
“That’s right. In that state, we can’t deal with the high-level monsters we’re hunting yet. At least we have to overcome the Mirage state like mine.”
“Then what should I do?”
“What is it? It’s a real battle. With the demons you have manifested, hunt Fenrir or Morel Snake first. The point is to get used to the demons you created. There is no other way than that.”
It seems like they are suppressing freedom by nagging for a long time, but it is not like that.
This must be advice based on Goden’s choice to change the society of the duchy while achieving the goals of the team members.
There was no reason not to follow.
But he said he didn’t know about human affairs, and he probably never knew that Senia and Erika would fight like this.
***
“Senior. But are you really okay?”
“Well… There’s another chance next time.”
“But if you do this, you will be pushed back. It is a very important period to gain practical experience.”
Rhenias gave me a worried look.
That’s because right now I’m going somewhere, leaving behind the actual battle against the Witchbeast, which is the most important quarter in the academy.
I’m heading to the Lantana family’s mansion in the Principality Branch with the help of Rhenias.
‘There must be a reason why Adele is sending the letter.’
There could be something like that in Count Kutelli’s family, but there is a way to deliver it to Rhenias right away.
Considering that, there is a reason why you have to deliver it directly to me. It seems like he didn’t tell Rhenias about it.
I decided to ask Adele about the details, and I said while patting Rhenias’ head.
“Are you that worried about me doing this?”
“Of course. The timing of the manifestation of the demons is important, and soon we will face off against the real beasts, but if we come this far and miss the good timing…”
“No. I’m just going to your house to hang out. What if I’m worried about the person I’m going to hang out with?”
“To…?”
In fact, it was important lectures.
There are no other penalties, so it’s a level of skipping for a day, but I think Rennias took it too sensitively.
Is that why? Rhenias’ face flushed with anger.
“I-I didn’t know there was such a thing…! Ahahahaha… I see! But why is it so hot?!”
Then, he flinched away from my hand that was stroking his hair and fanned it.
It’s only natural that summer is here. The window on my side was open, so it was fine, but the side where Rhenias was sitting was closed.
I thought Rhenias looked hot, so I reached out and tried to open the window instead.
“Wait. I’ll open the window over there…”
“No no! I’ll do it! It’s okay…! aaa?”
Jumping!
The carriage rattled at this timing.
It’s me, I can reach his arm if I bend my back, but Rhenias had to stand up to open the window.
Thanks to that, Rhenias’s body, which came to a sudden stop in the running carriage, had no choice but to head this way.
Width.
Due to inertia, the slender female body fit into one bosom.
“Be careful. Are you not hurt?”
“Oh, uhhhhh!”
What kind of body is it that you take off your body as quickly as lightning and sit back down?
Well, fortunately, seeing that it moves like that, it doesn’t seem to be hurt anywhere. Well, I did manage to catch the falling Rhenias with my own two arms.
Belatedly, the coachman came to ask for forgiveness.
-Oh dear, I’m so sorry! This old man lacks skill…
“It’s okay! I’m not hurt!”
“I’m not hurt either. Don’t worry.”
-Really…? Thank god. An elk suddenly passed by outside…
As a coachman, he didn’t do anything wrong, but since the person in the carriage was a noble person, he seemed worried.
After a while, the carriage started again, and Rhenias pretended to sleep with his eyes closed for some reason.
And as soon as the carriage arrived at the mansion,
“Well, I’ll go first!! Call me back when you’re done with your business!!”
Rhenias opened the carriage door and ran away. Isn’t that also running away at the highest speed, which I haven’t seen even when training together?
“If anyone sees it, they’ll think I’m going to eat you hey…”
No matter how rabbit-like they are, there’s no way they’ll catch and eat them when they’re human.
***
“At the Calcheria store…? As expected, I bought little by little… But I’m very suspicious.”
Adele works at the Duke of Lantana’s residence in the Principality Branch along with Ruwena.
Her eyes were widened enough that she could proudly straighten her shoulders and call herself her merchant.
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No. She didn’t know that maybe she was right this way from the beginning rather than she was magical.
The owner who received the letter from Adele appeared.
“It’s been a while. Adele.”
“Junon! Long time no see!”
“Hey, I heard that you’re helping in the commercial field, but it’s really good, right? Just looking at the map and calculating, I don’t know what it is. I’ve only taught you so far, but you have to learn these things.”
I thought I could figure out most of the calculation problems in the writing course just by looking at the solution process.
I don’t think I’ll be able to figure out what kind of process this side goes back to without explaining it.
This must be a talent.
“It’s embarrassing… I’m just helping out with my mom…”
“Yes, yes. That aside. Speaking of letters, what do you want to talk to me about?”
“Ah. That… I’ve calculated it again now, but the movement of money throughout the principality is a bit strange.”
“Uh… Money?”
“Oops, I don’t understand how to explain it like this. Wait a minute.”
Adele cut some of her notes into small pieces and placed them on the map of the principality with certain numbers scribbled on them.
‘This is…’
It’s not just about putting it on. It was to place the memo on the map where the money came and went.
“If you look at the information that was included in Count Kutelli’s family, this is it. If you look at the bottom, this is the remaining amount. That’s why it’s the difference. By the way, these differences were added to the sales one day in turn.”
“You mean you bought something in turn that day? In several places.”
“That’s right. It would be nice if it was just something to go over, but you already know because you’re in the academy. This time, there’s a shortage of things to sell at once.”
“…The mana stones were bought and sold. Everyone noticed that the nobles were doing it.”
“Yes. In the case of magic stones like that, organizations or forces bought them openly. Even if the amount is large, some are too large, and the sale itself is predictable. By the way… The remaining amount from the place I marked is It’s not that big. If you collect it instead…”
Adele showed the total balance on this note with a worried expression.
Five thousand alte. It’s quite a lot when I put it together. Since the silk of nobles was about 1,000 alte, it was an amount that could not be ignored.
“At this scale, it must be seen that there was an intervention by the group again. If a wealthy individual commits this kind of thing, it will inevitably suffer losses. It’s not that there are cases where the condition is met by chance…”
That’s why Adele called Junon and said this.
This suspicious transfer of money could be a sign that something is about to happen at the academy.
“Hmm…”
“I’m not really sure either. So… Don’t just accept that things will happen.”
“Anyway, I’m telling you to be careful. The nobles might be hiding something.”
According to what he said, he could have committed other acts besides trying to stop commoners from manifesting magic by buying up magic stones.
There is an incident where the timing was perfect.
The actual battle with the beasts of the students entering the third year. If the aristocrats interfered in some way, Adele’s words would make sense.
‘For now, there’s nothing wrong with being vigilant.’
Junon thinks of Adele’s request and goes back to the academy to take the actual combat test that he had put off next.
However, when he returned to the academy and tried to understand the trends of the nobles, another problem arose during the actual combat test.
***
The society of the principality is changing.
Those who are being briefed on how the internal situation is going think that way.
A person who wants to change the society that revolves around the nobility appears and eventually succeeds in peeling off the rotten skin of the aristocrats with his own power.
The Grand Duke, who confirmed that it was like a noble gemstone born in a turbulent world, unknowingly laughed.
“Yes. He looks like a Mizar type to you, right?”
“…Almost certainly. I’ve already seen similar results following Meuniher in the Empire. Now I’m here to study abroad in the Empire.”
“That international student named Goden.”
“You are correct.”
Mizar.
Among the six types of magical power, this is the rarest and rarest comet-like type. It’s the type that shows off just by looking at it from the outside.
It’s like a raw stone. And this time, the main character of the gemstone was Junon.
However, I do not forget that I had a history of falling into Ophelia’s eyes once before.
Therefore, I am talking to Jake, the professor who has been watching Junon the longest. To find out more.
“This time, we’re going to fight in the southern part of Algeneuve.”
“Yes.”
“When that’s over, can you bring the child to me? I’d like to talk to you.”
“Shouldn’t His Excellency ask you to do so? Why bother me…”
To put it simply, it would be straightforward to say that Ophelia was somehow trying to hide it, but I can’t do that. If she does, something in her that Ophelia has been trying to hide is revealed.
If Junon had a personal secret, the Archduke would not bother revealing it.
“You don’t have to unload one student to call one by one. Since you’re a student, that’s a burden.”
“Hmm… That’s right.”
“Let’s see, there has to be a name… Yes. Let’s say it’s a commendation for the student who saved a friend from Count Kutelli’s family.”