Childhood Friend Is a Genius Wizard chapter 114

EP14. To Calderon (4)

The next day, Sean and Levy said goodbye to Mirajane at the counter.

“It’s a bit disappointing that you’ve already left when you haven’t been staying for a while.”

“So are we. Although I didn’t stay long, I made unforgettable memories here.”

As Sean said, he recalled the memory of that day. Although the process was not smooth, in the end, wasn’t it an opportunity to confirm each other’s feelings with Levy?

If it hadn’t been for the incident with Wendy, their relationship might not have progressed even now.

“Anyway, thank you. Please give me such a nice present.”

“On the contrary, we are grateful. After all, the reward is because the two of you have done a worthy job.”

Sean recalled the anvil sculpture that he had stored well inside his bag. Now, he plans to head to Calderon to use the gift he received from the Association. And you will go to the Starry Sky Forge at the top of the mountain.

The fact that a new adventure is about to begin had the power to make the heart throb. However, there was still a problem left to rejoice blindly.

Levi also briefly exchanged greetings with her, and then the two approached Elsa, who was waiting for them.

“Did you say hello?”

“Yes. Are you okay Elsa?”

“It’s me, because I don’t have many friends here. The greetings were all finished yesterday.”

At her reply, Shawn nodded his head. However, the three did not leave the association and rather sat down. Elsa confirmed it by referring to what she had heard from the two earlier.

“Did you say you were waiting for her friend named Wendy?”

“Yes. Of course, he may not come.”

“Looks like something complicated. Having friends is not a bad thing.”

True to her words, she can’t see Wendy’s joining as a bad thing. She is, of course, Wendy, but she’s a normal person who doesn’t have her fighting power, so there’s a chance she’s having some trouble. If you think of the job itself as a guide, there must be parts that will help you on your adventure.

But apart from that, if Wendy came, she would definitely disrupt the party’s atmosphere. Not to mention Levy and Wendy, and Sean can’t be free either. If she sees everyone in the party being affected, even Elsa, who has nothing to do with her, will notice.

It was clearly a problem that could not be easily judged. So Sean and Levy just waited. The two of them gave Wendy full control over her decisions.

“How long did she say she would wait?”

“Until noon.”

“You know what? The sun has already risen in mid-heaven.”

“… That’s right.”

The promised time has already passed. Wendy made her choice. She

She chose to continue on her own path without joining the adventure. To give up the love she had cherished.

It was definitely the result she had hoped for, but her somehow complicated feelings came flooding in.

Even though she didn’t do anything wrong, feelings similar to her guilt creeped in.

Recognizing Sean’s feelings, Levy didn’t say anything and quietly held his hand. Accepting the warm feeling in his hand, Shawn nodded his head and said.

“Then let’s go.”

Any further thought would only make her head ache. Sean decided to clear his mind of everything with Wendy. Hopefully Wendy can do the same. When she came back to this place sometime after some time, oh, that also happened. She did and she just wanted to be able to talk and laugh.

So Sean and his party left Henard.

***

“It will take quite a while to get to Calderon from here. Looking at the map, it’s about… It seems to take close to a month.”

It was certainly a considerable period. Considering that the longest travel time so far was about two weeks from Laes to Helioden, it was actually more than twice as long.

“Then wouldn’t it be better to take a carriage?”

“Of course it’s time to consider taking a wagon.”

“… Calderon is that far away?”

Sean checked the map again at Elsa’s disbelief. Of course, since it’s in the northernmost part of the kingdom, it’s true that it’s a long distance, but it doesn’t seem like it would take a month to ride…

Elsa kindly explained Sean’s question.

“Mount Calderon is a remote, virtually deserted area. They said that at most one village at the bottom of the mountain is everything. That’s why the carriage doesn’t go to Calderon, where the terrain is rough.”

“Ah… Then you’re going to go to Calderon on foot after going to the nearby area by carriage.”

“Exactly.”

Sean nodded his head, understanding his general circumstances. Then he glanced at Levy, who was nodding along beside him, and asked a question.

“How can it not be done with magic?”

“…Isn’t it too much to think of magic as an all-purpose solver? It’s not impossible, of course…”

It was Elsa who was taken aback by Levy’s sincere answer. She muttered quietly, shocked by Levy’s reply that she could travel to Calderon.

“Is it possible…”

“Ah, of course it’s possible in theory, but it’s never easy. Above all, I have never been to Calderon, so I do not know the exact coordinates.”

Although many conditions were attached, the fact that it was possible still felt uneasy to Elsa. Magic of such an ignorant scale. She seemed to be talking about a world separate from the world she lived in.

Would it be possible for the mages of the Mage Tower? Even if I thought about it, I had never actually seen it and knew nothing, so it was a meaningless question that I couldn’t answer.

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Sean stared at her map, then looked up and asked Elsa a question. It was because the journey to Calderon this time was decided to be led by Elsa, who had more experience than the two who were still inexperienced.

“Then you’re not heading straight to Calderon.”

“Yes. First, we will take a carriage to the nearest city of Leboram from Calderon. You can ride that carriage in Bern, right next to Henerd.”

“Bern.”

It was an unfamiliar place I had never heard of. Well, it was the same for Henard, so Sean and Levy still didn’t know about many cities in Korea.

Elsa, who understood the background of the two, briefly explained about Bern.

“The size itself is similar to Henerd, but it is a decent city. It’s a flaw that it doesn’t have any special features.”

“Well, a city doesn’t have to have a personality.”

“I agree. Bern is nearby, so I’ll probably be there tomorrow.”

Shaun and Levy nodded and the three started walking again. Above the backs of the three walking, the sun in the sky was slowly disappearing.

***

As the sun went down and the world got dark, the group decided that moving further was unreasonable and decided to stop and prepare for camp.

“It’s been a while since I camped again.”

“hehehe. It was really boring when I did it, but it’s been a long time since I’ve done it, so it’s good?”

As Levy said, if you continue camping, you will get really sick of it and long for a bed and a well-prepared meal.

“That’s natural. Camping is the flower of adventure.”

“Well, that is not wrong.”

It was a dark night, the world was quiet, and only the soft moonlight and starlight were revealing their presence in the sky.

I usually camp in a forest surrounded by trees, but today I spent the night in a wide open plain.

With Levy’s magic, the three started preparing for a late dinner.

“Tada! These are the ingredients I bought for the adventure!”

“…All of these things are perishable.”

“hehehe. Do you think this Levi-sama is an idiot? You said you prepared a separate bag of ingredients and put the freezing magic on it!”

For some reason, there was a bag on Levi’s back that he hadn’t seen before. Is that what it was for?

Sean said, smiling at her elaborate plan.

“Yeah. Thanks to you, will you enjoy your meal today?”

“Not only today, but in the future, I will cook and eat deliciously at camp! No more sausages, jerky, and biscuits!”

Anyway, Levi seems to have made up his mind. It wouldn’t be strange to prepare properly, considering how Levi, who values food, complained about her food for the trip.

“Okay. Then you can look forward to dinner tonight.”

“Hey! Of course!”

“So what kind of dish are you going to cook?”

Sean glanced over her ingredients. No matter how much he bought, he boasted of more than enough ingredients to fill a large bag.

The problem is that even after looking at the ingredients, I can’t come up with a particular dish.

“…Isn’t the material too freewheeling?”

“Huh? Is it?”

“What kind of dish did you buy?”

“····If you see something delicious. . . . hehehe.”

In other words, he didn’t even think about what kind of dish he was going to cook, he just picked up the ingredients he liked whenever he saw them.

“Levy.”

“Huh?”

“Come to think of it, are you good at cooking? No, do you know how to do it?”

Recalling his daily life in the village, Levy always ate as his father, Paul, cooked, and after Paul left, he usually ate with Sean or Epinel.

I didn’t pay much attention to it at the time, but whenever that happened, Sean or Epinel were in charge of preparing the meal, and Levy just sat still and watched.

At Sean’s suspicious glance, Levy grumbled, cheek puffing.

“Really, what are you looking at me for? Of course you know what to do Because I’m better than Sean!?”

I mean, it was mostly like that. When Sean went hunting and Epinel was busy with the village chief, there were definitely times when Levy needed to eat alone. When that happens, of course Levi knows and she should have cooked and eaten.

Sean immediately admitted his mistake and apologized neatly.

“Okay. Sorry. Then, shall we have a delicious table dinner for Levi today?”

“Hey! Just expect!”

“Hmm. A meal prepared by a genius wizard. I guess I can look forward to it.”

As Elsa said, Levi has always excelled in all fields, not just magic. Considering that, it was natural to expect that the cooking would be of a high standard.

Sean and Elsa sat still and watched Levy diligently preparing the meal.

Levi couldn’t tell how she was feeling, perhaps because of the fact that she cooked and ate herself, in addition to her long camping trip.

Lululala Watching them even humming and preparing a meal, Sean looked forward to what kind of dish awaited them.

“Awesome.”

“Yes? What do you mean?”

When Sean was puzzled by Elsa’s exclamation, she pointed to Levy and said,

“Isn’t it amazing that you can even use magic in cooking?”

Hearing her words and looking at her Levi, Sean felt a little uneasy.

As she said, her magic was actively being used, such as food flying around and fire soaring in the air, in the cooking scene that was hidden by Levi.

····It’s on its way, right?

“Finish cooking!”

Levi finally finished cooking and proudly showed the result to Sean and Elsa.

Looking at Levy’s masterpiece in her pot, Sean couldn’t take his eyes off the contents.

“····What dish is this?”

“Huh? Can’t you just look at it? It’s soup.”

“Soup… Did you put charcoal in the soup or something?”

At Shawn’s question, Levi laughed at him.

“Shawn, are you stupid? I don’t eat charcoal!”

“····Yes. It’s not about eating…”

If you can’t eat charcoal, is this soup right for you to eat?

I don’t know what kind of ingredients the soup is made of, but Sean couldn’t muster up the courage to eat Levi’s dish.

Elsa looked over the soup with Sean and said nothing.

“Well, you don’t know what it tastes like, even though it looks a bit like that. Would you like to try it?”

“How about Elsa try it first?”

“Of course I would, but if I were Levy, I would have wanted my lover to taste it first.”

When I brought up the story so that I couldn’t deny it, Sean glared at Elsa resentfully, then finally took a spoonful of soup and shoved it into her mouth.

As Shawn frowned and put the soup into his mouth, Levy looked at him with expectant eyes and asked.

“How is it? Are you fine? Is it delicious?”

“…”

At the taste completely different from what he expected, Sean mumbled with a puzzled expression. Sean, who slowly tasted the soup, said with sincere admiration.

“…Isn’t it delicious?”

“Hey! I knew it! This is Levi-sama’s skill!”

“Does real food have nothing to do with what it looks like?”

Shaun scooped out another bowl of soup and put it into his mouth. It was truly fresh and addictive. Eventually Sean stopped talking and concentrated on eating the soup.

Elsa looked at the scene with interest, then raised a spoon and said.

“Whoa… Seeing him do that, he must be really good. Then I have a bite too.”

She popped the soup into her mouth and slowly began to savor her taste, as Shawn had done.

Then she suddenly raised her eyes wide and Elsa opened her mouth and shouted.

“Wow!”

“… Huh?”

“This, what the hell is this…!”

Elsa, unable to believe the sensation of her tongue she had experienced, looked around with her quivering pupils, grabbed Levi’s shoulder, and shouted.

“Wait, what evil monster did you create…! That’s a taste that shouldn’t exist on earth!”

“Really, you might get angry if you say that, no matter how joking?”

“You’re kidding! Surely you’re not trying to poison me to assassinate me!? ····I see! You realized who I am!”

Levy narrowed her eyes and glared at her at the sight of Elsa spitting nonsense.

Levy immediately had a good idea of hers and approached Elsa, who was making a fuss with her soup in her hand.

“Now, ah~.”

“····Go away! You monster!”

“Ah~.”

Elsa’s eyes were full of sincere fear. She was flustered and couldn’t resist properly, but eventually accepted Levi’s touch.

“Please chew thoroughly!”

“Ugh, ugh…. No. You can’t die like this…”

Elsa uttered such a pitiful death sentence that she lost consciousness and fell to the floor.

Levi, whose eyes widened like rabbits in surprise at her death, was belatedly busy waking her Elsa by the shoulder.

Sean, who only knew that the two were joking around, stopped eating the soup and looked at the scene in bewilderment. Then he looked alternately with the soup he was holding and murmured.

“Am I the only one who likes this?”