Chapter 25 – That looks like my childhood friend?
Chapter 25
“I am confident that I will do better than the saintess.”
…Did I hear it right?
After pondering over Chloe’s words for a long time, I came to this conclusion.
“hahahaha, Chloe. What kind of joke are you doing all of a sudden?”
I couldn’t help but think that he was joking. There was no reason for her to suddenly say such a thing, and it was not the right time.
It’s very reprehensible that you’re trying to make fun of a kid.
“Isn’t that a joke?”
Yes?
“I don’t think the hero has a weak side yet, but the last time he showed you was really like a hero and was cool.”
“…Uh, is that so?”
“Yes, really. He was the kind of warrior I dreamed of.”
I feel embarrassed when I come in with a compliment like this all of a sudden. As I scratched the back of her head, Chloe spoke to me with a bold look and voice.
“If the hero allows it, I will be by your side and help you physically and mentally! I won’t say harsh words like the saintess!”
…Don’t say sh*t?
A bit tempting…?
“Now, wait a minute, hero. What are you thinking about? Why are you so tempting!?”
The saintess argued with me and listened in a panicked voice.
Ask something obvious. It’s because you only pick and choose sh*tty sounds. I need healing too.
Perhaps she read my gaze, the saintess refuted by citing another reason.
“Chloe is still a student at the Wizard Academy. You haven’t even graduated, so you want to take me?”
Um…Surely that’s the case. But Chloe was fine, she shouted.
“Saint, it doesn’t matter. You can drop out!”
“Kh, Chloe… Thinking of her own future, it is better to take such a choice seriously…”
“Is it okay? I have the confidence to eat well and live well even if I don’t have to go to school! And….”
Chloe looked at me. I reflected in her amethyst eyes, similar to her purple hair.
“…If I could be by your side, I think I would be quite satisfied?”
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…What is this situation? My head is really messed up.
Honestly, I also questioned whether this is a serious situation right now. Aren’t the saintess and Chloe trying to make fun of me by making fun of me?
But Chloe’s serious eyes made me think that wasn’t the case. Chloe probably said that with sincerity.
…I don’t know why he’s doing this. What did I do to suddenly want to be by my side?
“Ah, of course, if the hero wants it, he can work hard at night…”
“I never wanted that!”
You intend to make me a criminal!?
Chloe’s outspoken remarks made Chloe’s head dizzy. Were you originally like that? The Chloe I’ve seen so far wasn’t like that…
I glanced back at the saintess. She seemed very upset. Because she couldn’t say anything and was babbling.
…I wanted to ask for advice, but I don’t think I can afford to help you if you’re so flustered. I had to think and judge for myself.
I erased my thoughts and seriously thought about it. And I…
“…Chloe.”
“Yes!”
“I’m sorry, but it must be difficult.”
“…Yes?”
It was a conclusion drawn after considering various circumstances.
“It’s not like I don’t like Chloe or anything like that, so don’t misunderstand. There is a reason why I can’t accept Chloe as her colleague.”
“…What’s wrong? After all, my breasts are small…”
“It’s not like that!!!”
…If you just look at him, he’s insane.
“Listen carefully. First of all, like you said, I’m a warrior and I’m weak. To be honest, I don’t think I have the strength to protect my comrades yet.”
My skills are limited to dealing with low-level monsters without a blessing. How could he bring in a colleague with such skills and then help when the colleague is in danger? At least you don’t have to have the skills to follow the toes of other warriors.
Of course there is a saintess, but that’s still the case… You can’t ask for help from a saintess every time your comrades are in danger, even though you’re a hero?
Now I need more time to develop my skills. It’s still too early for me to be a colleague.
“So Chloe, the first reason is that I can’t protect you even if you are in danger.”
“But you saved me from the ogres.”
“…That’s because I was blessed. And there is another reason.”
“What is it?”
“Chloe has work to do after going back to school. Don’t call me quitting. I don’t want to ruin someone’s life because of me.”
I can’t be responsible for Chloe’s life. Someday my adventure will come to an end, but after that Chloe will have to graduate from school in order to live in the world.
And the Royal Magic Academy, which is said to be so difficult to enter. You’re going to drop out of a place like that and go with me…
“So no. I’m sorry, but Chloe, please go back to the kingdom and go to school.”
At my answer, Chloe let out a sigh filled with regret. The saintess let out a sigh of relief.
…Why did he do that?
Anyway, Chloe is a clever person, so if I said this much, she would have understood.
“…Then what if you graduate?”
“…Yes?”
“If I graduate from school, can I come to the side of the hero?”
…A little dumbfounded. Why do I have to go this far? I thought it was.
“…Then do as you please.”
“Yes, then I will graduate and return to the hero.”
“…Heh heh.”
Chloe smiled softly.
“You can’t make another woman until then.”
“…Wasn’t that a joke?”
hehehe, Chloe. I don’t want to be a criminal.
While listening to my conversation with Chloe, the saintess glared at me and threw a word.
“…Lolicon.”
Why are you f*cking?
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While leaving the restaurant and looking for a place to stay, I asked Chloe.
“By the way, Chloe, what kind of place is the Wizard Academy?”
“Well, this is where the brutes called students compete fiercely.”
…A beast?
“Cadets at the military academy are willing to do anything when it comes to grades. It looks like an animal fighting for food.”
“…I see.”
I thought it would be easier to understand if I thought of the K-entrance exam that was overheated by the passion for learning. Well, it is natural to be greedy for grades even though you have been able to enter through high competition.
“Did Chloe study well?”
“Didn’t I tell you that you entered through the special screening process for commoners? So, I studied well. About 2nd or 3rd place in the grade.”
…Great?
“You are studying well.”
“It wasn’t all that good.”
“What are you talking about?”
Chloe said with a light smile.
“…Since commoners got high grades, there were many nobles who didn’t like it. Among them, there were nobles who directly harassed me…”
…Huh?
While talking, Chloe stopped her steps and touched her forehead.
“Why is that?”
“…That’s right, the noble who bullied me…”
“Chloe?”
Suddenly, Chloe’s body began to tremble like an aspen tree. Seeing her trembling all over, the saintess and I hurriedly supported her.
“Chloe, are you okay? Holy maiden, can you cure this?”
“…Hero, don’t make a fuss like an asshole~♡ This isn’t about getting hurt or hurting anything.”
“Yes? Then why…”
The answer to my question was answered by Chloe. Chloe trembled, she said.
“…Well, I remembered. How did I become a monster…”
“…Yes?”
I saw the saintess, and the saintess also saw me.
If you remember how you became a monster, that means you remembered how you swallowed the metamorphic stone.
The saintess told me.
“First of all, let’s grab an inn and enter the room. And I’d better listen to the story slowly.”
“Oh, yes.”
I helped the trembling Chloe and headed for the nearest inn. She quickly grabbed the room, came in, and put Chloe on the bed.
The saintess brushed the back of the still trembling Chloe and said.
“Chloe, take a deep breath in and out.”
Chloe took several deep breaths in and out, and the trembling in her body gradually stopped. Seeing that she had calmed down a bit, the saintess asked her.
“Chloe, can you talk to me? How did you end up swallowing the metamorphic stone?”
“…Yes. I remembered everything.”
Chloe still trembled a little in her voice. Still, she slowly started talking.
“There was a group of nobles who usually bullied me for being a commoner. Among them, there was one person I had a really bad relationship with, a cadet named Anais Cesar.”
…Anais?
It was a name I heard somewhere. Where have you heard of it? And looked back at the memory.
…Wasn’t the name of the boy Oz was talking about, Anais?
“My relationship with her was really bad. Anais was one of the main pillars of bullying for me. But on the day her midterm was over, the group she went with called me to a dark place. To be honest, I thought of rejecting it because I didn’t want to be bullied again, but I thought that it would be better to be beaten first because if I did, I would be bullied more severely next time.”
“…And made them swallow the metamorphic stones?”
“…They forced me to open my mouth and made me swallow a small red stone. And my body turned into a monster, and I ran away from the military academy to live. If I had stayed still, I would have been subjugated. After that, it completely turned into a monster, and I think I lost my memory.”
The saintess listened to her story until the end and then she looked at me. She is probably also remembering the Anais that Oz talked about.
But he’s a commoner of the Empire, and the boy named Anais Cesar is a noble from the Kingdom of Minerva, right? Maybe she has the same name.
Still, I thought I should ask to confirm, so I asked Chloe.
“…Chloe, a man named Anais Cesar.”
“Yes?”
“Aren’t you originally from the Kingdom of Minerva?”
“Um… I don’t know about that, but I know he wasn’t originally a nobleman. Four years ago she was adopted by the Cesar family. So, the reason I fought more with Anais Cesar than with other nobles is because he was originally a commoner, but he also bullied me, a commoner? I’m dumbfounded…”
She is a woman named Anais who was adopted four years ago and entered the ‘magic’ military academy.
Um, this…Do you think it’s right?
When I looked at her saintess with that kind of look, her saintess let out a deep sigh.
“…I think we should go to the military academy, saintess.”
“I see. Let’s go and investigate the route to get the Metamorph Stone.”
“Yes?”
Chloe questioned the reaction of the two of us. I scratched my head and spoke honestly to Chloe, who was looking at me with questioning eyes.
“…That’s like my childhood friend.”
…To be exact, my body’s childhood friend.
Bruh, im tired of this but im still want more