161 – Overtime (4)
When Theo returned to the academy, it was almost dinner time.
In front of the Department of Bravery, Theo said goodbye to Marie and Natasha.
“Professor Marie, Instructor Natasha. Thank you for making it a good experience. I hope you have a good rest over the weekend.”
“Student Theo is also resting well. I didn’t know things would grow this far, but there are so many things to do. It hasn’t been a few days since the midterms ended, but it’s a difficult road again, a hard road.”
Marie pouted her mouth with a laugh. Among the questions she received in the in-depth interview in the morning, she thought about her current research in a new way, so she tried to supplement her thesis.
Theo smiled lightly when he remembered the incident.
“The fact that it seems to be more helpful than other interviews hit the mark.”
“I will. I didn’t know that a reporter could have such deep insight. Come to think of it, next week is the Academy Festival. Thank you and rest in peace, student Theo. I will tell you the process of supplementing the thesis separately. Then I think you’ll forget what you thought, so I’ll excuse you.”
“Yes, Professor Marie. Please go in carefully.”
“Yes~ See you next week~”
Marie is back.
“Then, I’ll leave. See you next time, student Theo.”
Having said that, Natasha is about to return,
“Ah, Instructor Natasha. I have something I want to give you.”
Theo called Natasha.
At the same time, Amy took something of her own from her bag and held it out to Natasha.
Natasha looked at Theo with wide eyes.
“… What is this?”
“Lemon black tea, a special product of the kingdom. I received it from a certain guild, please accept it if you don’t mind.”
Unknowingly to Natasha, she reached out her hand for the lemon tea.
Natasha loves sweets. She loves sweet drinks and cakes, and the time to fan the hero.
Among them, lemon black tea, a special product of the kingdom, is hard to find.
‘Ah, it seems like I’m being attacked too much.’
Natasha took her outstretched hand back.
“I haven’t done anything special, so do I deserve this?”
“No. I don’t like sweet food very much. Take it and it will only take up space.”
“Thank you then.”
Natasha accepted the lemon tea. A faint smile bloomed on her lips, which had been expressionless all along.
* * *
After giving Natasha some lemon-flavored sugar water, I went to retrieve her knuckles that Eisha had entrusted to her.
What didn’t happen?
Fist is once a day, but now it can talk. A little anxious
Eventually, I arrived in front of the dormitory of the 1st College of the Brave where Aisha lived.
Perhaps because it was a Sunday in the evening, the surroundings were quiet.
······Anyway, where was Aisha’s room? The dormitory of the 1st College of the Brave was needlessly too large.
“This way, young master.”
Amy was skillfully guiding her way as if reading my mind like that.
Amy knocked on the door of one of the rooms.
─Udang-tang-tang, bang-tang!
At the same time, a loud noise is heard from within the room.
······Eisha, what is she doing?
“Ha ha, ha ha… Oh, Theo. You are here.”
Eisha, with her long silver hair tied in a ponytail, opened the door for her. She was breathing lightly and sweating.
What, did you dance samba?
I said calmly.
“Yes, Aisha. What about the fist?”
“Chi. At this time, it’s polite to ask what happened first, Theo.”
“Yeah, was everything okay?”
“If it’s something special, of course there is. Don’t be surprised. Wait a minute, wait a minute.”
After Isha said that, she went inside.
‘Stop, no way.’
I was nervous. I wonder what the fist did.
After a while, Eisha came out wearing different clothes. The top was a white polo, and the bottom was a beige tennis skirt.
“·······.”
Why is this?
I looked at Aisha equally calmly.
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“Whoa, I knew you would make that kind of expression. If it ends here, he is not from the Balderc family.”
Aisha clapped her hands lightly with a triumphant expression.
Then, fists toddled from inside.
“・・・・・・Uh.”
I looked at her knuckles as Eisha moved near her feet casually.
Fist was wearing clothes. She was wearing a white polo shirt up to the middle of her torso and a tennis skirt from the middle of her torso to her tail.
It was a couple look with Aisha.
“How is it, Theo? So cute right? It was something I would wear when performing at the Academy Festival, but I heard there was a pet version, so I bought it right away.”
“Is that so?”
Phew, looks like nothing happened. Dogs can wear clothes.
I lost interest in one second.
Unlike me,
“······Wow.”
I don’t think Amy is.
Amy looked at her knuckles wide-eyed.
Aisha looked at me with a triumphant face again.
“As expected, my senses are accurate. You know Amy, right? Theo, you don’t know the taste of the public.”
“······If you haven’t had dinner, let’s do it together, Aisha.”
“Whoops, yes.”
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I headed to the student cafeteria with Aisha and Amy.
Perhaps because it was a holiday, the cafeteria was quiet.
I ordered an oak set meal as I always do. Aisha ordered a diet salad, and Amy ordered spaghetti meatballs.
After receiving the food, we sat down in a suitable seat and ate.
“Yum, yum.”
Aisha chewed vegetables.
“Yum, yum yum.”
Contrary to the delicious sound, her expression was rotten.
I am very concerned.
“Why is your expression like that?”
“It’s really tasteless. You eat to live… Since yesterday, I only ate three meals a day, and I feel like dying.”
“The nutritional combination is fine, but the portions are so small that they look far below the minimum daily calorie requirement.”
“Ehh, what can I do? I have to stand on stage next week… But I have to put up with it. Yum, yum.”
After Isha said that, she chewed on the cherry tomatoes.
Aisha is the idol of Ellinia Academy.
Her actual job is a student, but because she enjoys a lot of popularity, she also performs at events such as dancing. Next week she will perform on a special stage at the Academy Festival.
‘This is the same as the original work.’
The week-long Academy Festival is similar to the modern university festival.
In addition to performances and various foods, competitions with various splendid prizes are also held.
During the festival, the academy is open to the general public.
Since Ellinia Academy has a closed nature, it is not easy to enter and exit.
Because of that, in this work, various incidents and accidents occur during this period.
“Amy, the meal is good for your mouth.”
I said to Amy who was rolling her noodles on a fork.
“Yes, boy. In terms of mass cooking, this level of taste is a pass.”
Amy opened her mouth small to eat her noodles, then she wiped her mouth with a napkin. Unlike Mr. Emo next to him, it is a dining etiquette that feels classy.
···Come to think of it, in this work, there was a setting that Amy was a gourmet. She was forgetting, not good at not eating together.
“You said the name of the menu was Oak Set Meal. Hmm… That’s a lot. Can you eat it all?”
Amy rinsed her mouth silently with water and looked at my plate.
“Hmm, maybe I’ll leave about a fifth of it.”
“I think a fifth of that would be enough for the average person.”
“After eating, the quantity increased.”
My stomach seems to be orcish already.
Come to think of it, what is Noktar doing now that the midterm exams are over?
“Aisha, what are Noktar and her children doing?”
“Ah, noctar? You went out of the academy with the Lizardmen kids yesterday afternoon? It hides the true owner of the desert or something.”
“Yes.”
······I went to a gang fight.
Lizardmen and Orcs always quarrel. Even now, somewhere on the continent, Lizardmen and Orcs must be fighting a life-and-death territorial dispute.
It’s a shame that this is an academy, if it was wild, some people would die.
There are many similarities between Orcs and Lizardmen.
If Orcs are weak in physical abilities, Lizardmen have slightly higher intelligence in exchange for relatively lower physical abilities.
Of course, the intelligence of an average lizardman is inferior to that of a human.
Aisha said.
“Yum, yum. But Theo. My fist and you, I think something is very similar.”
“What do you mean?”
As I narrowed my eyes, Eisha put the fork down and thrust her face into me.
“······Theo, don’t misunderstand and listen. From now on, everything I say is the truth.”
Isha spoke her words in a stern tone.
“······It feels like Fist is talking. It was a voice very similar to yours.”
“·······.”
I hurriedly strengthened the [Twisted Nobleman’s Dignity] With the [Amplification Sphere].
‘f*ck it, it’s f*cked up. What.’
Contrary to my thoughts, on the outside, I ate the Orc meal in a calm manner.