241 – Call Me Maybe (4)
A situation where the target, Claire, is in front of you.
But I witnessed a more important sight than that.
‘I get to see Sonya in this Elenia Academy.’
In this work, Sonya is a named character that is treated with great importance.
However, the full-fledged appearance begins in the middle of the story, after the main character, Neike, graduates from the academy.
Sonya is a scientist, alchemist, and wizard.
She is a munchkin-like person who lives with the title ‘genius’ in all three fields.
However, it is difficult to say that Sonya is a ‘genius wizard’ in her true sense.
Her understanding of magic techniques is very high, to the extent that she understands even 8th circle magic, although she is only partially in her early 20s.
However, she has a small amount of mana, so she cannot use high circle magic on her own.
At best, you will run out of mana after using a 5-circle attack spell once or twice.
Her own mana amount is much lower than that of her distant junior, Andrew Naseria.
‘I guess I should reveal her face.’
But he is someone who will definitely help me.
She is close to a mad scientist who is crazy about her research, so she doesn’t really care about her morals and ethics.
In other words, she is a goal-centered person.
There is a high possibility that it will be a good win-win relationship with me.
She immediately spun her head around and tried to think of a way for her to imprint herself on her.
“······.”
Although it is a bit of an odd method, I came up with a method.
Her top priority is to impress Sonya with my presence. Considering that, I think she has a good approach.
······Now, let’s deal with Claire, who was the original target.
I looked down at Claire, who was stiff, holding the chairman’s pet cat.
“I seem to see you often these days, Guardian Knight.”
“······Hello, Theo. “I see.”
Claire answered, still looking up at me with a stiff expression.
An extremely natural sight to be seen by third parties who do not know.
But I can see it.
Claire’s appearance is different from usual.
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Theo said to Claire.
“There is a lot I want to say, but there are other people around me, so I will say it briefly. “Do you agree?”
“······Yes.”
“You know why I came here to visit the Guardian Knight, right?”
“······.”
Instead of answering, Claire looked up at Theo.
─Do you know why I came here to visit the Guardian Knight?
Although I said it in a different way, the meaning of the words is obvious.
To interpret it, I know all about the fact that you have been stalking me, so please confess.
But it left no trace. No, I can’t stay.
The guardian knight of the church appears to have a majestic role in ‘protecting’ the church from threats such as traitors.
However, in reality, its main role is to inspect civilians, assassinate key figures, and mass extermination. This is under the name of ‘protection’ advocated by the leadership of the church.
That is why Guardian Knights undergo thorough intelligence training from the time they are candidates.
When carrying out a mission that could be socially problematic, it is clear that if any traces are left behind, the church will be held accountable.
In the past, when faith in the church and Lenimide was full, people would have deceived their own conscience and denied it. The fact that the church’s guardian knight stalked civilians is an action that tarnishes the church’s reputation.
However, the current Claire had lost much of her faith in the church and Lenimide. Since she began attending Saint Isabella, she has learned too much about the ugly parts of the church. At the same time, her natural instinct not to deceive her own conscience was restored.
Claire opened her mouth.
“······Yes, I know.”
“This is probably not an action taken based on the Guardian Knight’s independent judgment.”
“······Yes.”
When Claire accepted, Theo smiled slightly and nodded.
“Since you confessed to me so quickly, my anger has subsided a lot. I will talk separately with the person instructed. Of course, this is to prevent recurrence, so the damage to the guardian knight will be minimal.”
“······I understand, Theo. “We deeply apologize for any damage caused.”
Claire stood up while holding Pippi and bowed her head at a 90-degree angle to Theo.
Luna, Sonya, and Sienna watched the scene.
Fairy Luna and Elf Sienna have eyes like, ‘Humans are fun, after all!’ I watched the scene from an entertainment perspective, but…
Human Sonya was different. She watched the current scene from a documentary perspective.
‘It’s a rare sight for a guardian knight to bow his head to a civilian. ‘I’m not sure what I did wrong to that student.’
In fact, she was even more surprised by the current situation because she had been not only inspected but also chased by a guardian knight belonging to the [Church of Light].
What kind of beings are guardian knights? They are emotionally castrated hounds who will attack anything that is ordered by the church.
Sonya looked at Theo with curious eyes.
‘Looking at the color of the hair and eyes, it looks like someone from the Balderk family… But it’s pretty cool, isn’t it?’
After graduating from the academy, I was so focused on research for a long time that I almost cut myself off from the world, and I just found out that the student’s name was ‘Theo.’
However, the energy and speaking skills he gives off are unusual.
At that time.
‘Huh? ‘What about that thing?’
The student took out a communication crystal ball from his pocket.
It was clearly something that Sonya herself had created some time ago.
The student thrust the communication crystal ball towards the guardian knight.
“An object like this is probably being held by the person who ordered it.”
“······Yes.”
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“The serial number would be [SH-0002].”
“······Yes. That’s right.”
The guardian knight looked at the student with a look of boredom.
The student said.
“I understand. “I will contact that person separately within today.”
“······Yes.”
The guardian knight answered helplessly.
With that, the student took his gaze away from the guardian knight.
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After finishing things with Claire, Theo said hello to Luna.
The appearance had an understated old-fashionedness.
“Hello. Chairman. My name is Theo Lin Balderk, and I am a first-year student at the Department of Warrior Studies. “It is an honor to meet you like this.”
Luna made her eyes shine brightly.
“Oooh~? It’s a courtesy from the past, isn’t it? I like you. “For nearly 100 years, I haven’t seen anyone other than Locke write it.”
“It was a pity that the beautiful heritage of the past was rapidly disappearing, so I tried to protect it, and it became ingrained in me. Thank you for your understanding, Chairman.”
Theo placed her right forearm on her solar plexus and lowered her head towards Luna.
It is a movement close to the essence of etiquette that was only used when the hero Ryuk was active 200 years ago.
It strongly stimulated the memories of those days, which were firmly planted in Luna’s heart.
“Ah, I understand correctly. Good good. “What is your name?”
Luna smiled brightly and stroked Theo’s head.
To those who don’t know, it is a strange scene where a child about 10 years old is stroking the head of a sturdy boy with a height of 183cm.
However, the pain of [Twisted Dignity of Nobility] Did not rise at all.
Luna was a person close to a living legend.
Theo answered with his head still bowed.
“This is Theo Lin Walderk.”
Luna tilted her head.
“Hmm~? “There was a nice aunt in Polaris who looked similar to you… Are you from Polaris too?”
“Yes, that’s right. I think the person you are talking about is Eve Balderk. “He is a distant relative.”
“Ah, yes, yes. I think that name is right. Come to think of it, Balderk… There was a kid with that last name when I was adventuring with Ryuk.”
“I think you are referring to our family’s founder, Alfred.”
“Oh, that’s right, that’s right! He was good to us! By the way, there’s nothing you don’t know, right? “You’re very smart.”
“That’s too much praise.”
······For a long time, Theo actively participated in selling Luna’s memories.
Without going into the setting of this work, the older people get, the more they enjoy reminiscing about the past.
And of course, she is even happier if the young person knows the past well.
Even beyond Luna’s recollection, she was at the level of living in the past at that point.
‘That’s enough for the chairman.’
Theo, who felt that he was running out of material to talk about with Luna, changed his target.
The target was Sonya.
“Hello. “Senior Sonya.”
Sonya opened her eyes wide.
“Uh, uh… Do you know me?”
“Of course. “Aren’t you the only valedictorian with a dual degree since the academy was founded?”
“Ah, hahahaha. “I’m glad I know someone.”
Sonya smiled awkwardly.
Of course, his junior from a long time ago knew about him. He also looks handsome and capable.
Sonya was having a hahahahaha conversation with Theo.
For the first time in a long time, Sonya felt the fun of the act of ‘conversation’ itself.
Although this handsome boy in front of her seemed to speak out loud, he did not touch any topic that she found difficult or sensitive to answer to.
Eventually, Sonya, whose defenses in her heart had faded, asked Theo a question.
“Where did you get that item? “I made it.”
This was the question Theo had been hoping for and had been asking.
does his Aides see this too?