43 – Interlude – But the military academy is back
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(1) One month later
It has been a month since there was a series of commotions on the 5th floor of the old school building.
Time passed quickly.
The post-processing of the case was complicated by the research institute, the kingdom army, and the royal family in the past.
I got a progress report, but there was nothing to do.
[[The spirit world is recovering rapidly.]]
When I was talking with Sila, I was able to occasionally hear about the spirit world.
“Why did the demons invade the spirit world in the first place?”
[[Is it because you fought on God’s side?]]
“Well. From what I’ve heard here, it sounds like they’re setting up a bridgehead to invade this place.”
Sheila tilted her head, thought deeply, then spread her wings once.
[[That’s right. She said she had no memory. Then I don’t know the outcome of the Shinma War.]]
“Uh, huh.”
Every time I studied history, I had a headache in various ways, so I almost put my hands on it.
I overcame the phenomenon of having a headache after hearing a specific word to some extent by taking the day off and borrowing a war history textbook from Cermia and blowing the whole holiday away.
However, when I learn the history of this country, this continent, and even this world that I feel is far from me, I realize that I am a foreigner.
When that happens, I always get a headache.
[[The New Demon War ended with the defeat of the Demon God. Although they deny it.]]
“Yes. I know that.”
Sila raised her one wing and pointed at me.
[[Then what prevented the interference between the demon realm and the material realm?]]
“This is my first time hearing this.”
[[It seems that humans do not know that fact.]]
Silla said in a somewhat bitter voice.
If the demon realm and the material realm are interfering with each other, won’t the demons be able to invade here?
“So, are you coming in through the Spirit Realm?”
Silla shook her head.
[[That’s right. Thanks to you, the demon realm continues to invade the spirit realm. The material races do not know that fact well.]]
When I found out the truth, my taste buds were bitter.
The spirits inhabited various weapons and fought together with other races at the very end, but now they are facing the invasion of the demon realm alone.
“I have to break the marks of the demon god.”
[[Yes. Some places are dangerous, so we need to hurry…….]]
Sheila shook her head slightly and sighed.
This is because it was a long way to find the tokens of demons that might be on this continent, as well as on other continents, even in remote islands.
“It seems that the story has gone up to the royal family about the mark of the demon god.”
It was difficult for me to go around and find them, so I decided to mobilize my power.
There was a debt to me last time, so the royal family seemed to be actively involved.
For the first time, I decided to quietly go to school and improve my skills until I find another demon’s token.
Now that I have a thread, I can get a lot of help.
[[I will gather information from the spirit world. If Erif finds out something, call me.]]
“Yes.”
With a movement she was accustomed to, Silas raised her arm, where she was sitting, high.
Sheila flapped her wings a couple of times and then vanished from her air, leaving behind her breeze.
(2) Prototype
We learned, ate, and played while adjusting to life at the military academy.
In the morning class, you can learn languages, math, science, history, etc. That you can learn at other schools, and in the afternoon class, you get used to the way you listen to the classes you have set.
I attended classes for a few hours less than the other children, but I was always busy because I was called to the lab.
The research on the relic, which is my main body, has progressed steadily, and the armament test has already ended.
Currently, I was working hard on a prototype based on the control method I drew from the bottom of my memory, the magic that was given to me, and the information I got from the spirits that would have followed me for a long time.
“Hello.”
“Oh, Spirit. Are you here again?”
I usually talk nonsense to researchers and be respectful to other adults.
I thought that there was no need to show respect to people who knew who I was.
But among them, there were a few people whom I respected.
For example, a Dwarf craftsman working with sparks while wearing a welding mask was the same.
“Great. Spirit’s relics are always rare to see. The Spirit of the Wind spends most of its abilities on noise control and defense rather than flying.”
The dwarf craftsman said while wearing magnifying glasses, comparing the blueprints of my body with the objects he had made.
He recently showed off a miniature helicopter powered by low-level spirits.
Now, based on that, a helicopter sized for a human ride was being tested and manufactured in a workshop on one side of the research lab.
“How can I help you?”
“Well. It’s still ok I’ve heard all the explanations last time.”
“Call me anytime.”
“Heh heh. I see.”
The dwarf craftsman smiled friendly.
When I left the studio after bowing my head slightly, some of the researchers had surprised eyes.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen that strict and blunt craftsman smile.”
“Erif-nim is so cute that she reminds me of her granddaughter, well.”
“Granddaughter?”
“Yes. I’ve only heard rumors…….”
“Cairn!”
Suddenly, another researcher shouted low, and the researcher who was talking was startled and covered his mouth.
“Oh, sorry. It wasn’t something to talk about.”
I was just curious.
However, I decided not to ask any more questions because I had no interest in digging into other people’s private lives.
(3) Research on relics
“Erif. Let’s go together today.”
“Cermia’s lab?”
“Yes. If I go on like this, I think I can get a lot of extra points, so I have to work hard.”
The ‘pilot bonus points’ that Curst talked about on the day of the entrance ceremony were announced recently.
In April, the affinity of spirits was measured in advance by acquiring basic knowledge and learning to communicate with spirits during pilot major classes and discriminating only at the end of the second semester.
Chermia and Shane earned the right to participate in the study of the helicopter relic by ranking quite high like the main characters.
For reference, my measurement results were ‘private’.
The two main characters had been on a helicopter in the last battle of Mongjung, so they helped a lot in the research and were attracting attention among researchers.
This is why practical experience is important.
Chermia and Shane sometimes talk about riding a helicopter with me, but they never dreamed that I was a humanoid spirit.
Well. When it comes to humanoid spirits, it should feel like something mysterious and transcendental to humans, but I am just a human with high spirit-friendliness.
It’s a pity that Shane can’t go with her because she’s in class.
“What’s going on?”
The guards at the institute looked at my face, but since Zermia was accompanying me, I asked what was going on as a courtesy.
Chermia stepped forward and held out her student ID.
“This is Chermia Seine, 1st year, and Erif Cruel. I came here for the study of relics.”
“Yes, I have checked.”
I brought my student ID to the entrance machine, checked it, and entered the lab.
“Oh, Miss Erif. Welcome.”
When I had a friend next to me, it was effective to emphasize that I should be treated like a normal student.
Even though my setting is an excellent spirit samurai, it seems strange for adults to use the highest honorific name for a student.
I headed to the main body under the guidance of the researcher.
“Uh.”
Last time, there was a girl who argued with me about an ancient language.
She eventually took an ancient language class, but she didn’t take a special class from me because of her pride.
My special lectures are very popular.
By the way, what was that child’s name?
What happened to Clara?
“Clara?”
“It’s Clarisse!”
Is it Clarisse?
Claamassiggi, who was furious, was watching my body carefully, even though he was vigorous.
She glanced at us and she smiled confidently, then turned back and flaunted something of hers.
“Woven. How is it? I made friends with the intermediate wind spirit here. Is not it cute? Are you envious?”
The intermediate wind spirit lying on Clarisse’s palm hardened the moment it saw me.
“… ….”
[[…] ….]]
Clarice’s eyebrows rose slightly, noticing the strange air current flowing between me and the spirit.
“Hmm. Power gathering.”
All the intermediate spirits in the main body were lined up in a row, including the one who escaped from Clarisse’s palm and rolled over and the spirits that rushed out of the main body.
It may not be visible to other people, but the lower spirits also inspected them closely behind them.
“Come on. This is Hermia. My friend. Did you see it last time? Take care of yourself.”
The spirits nodded their heads without saying a word.
“That way…… Clara?”
“Claris!”
In the midst of her surprise, Clarisse noticed that she had been called the wrong name.
“Yes. Claring. When we meet, pretend to know.”
“It’s Clarisse… ….”
Claris cries where his arrogant attitude goes.
At this point, even if it’s cute, you want to look at it.
“Okay, Clarisse. They ask you well.”
“Black. Really?”
It seems that you are really lucky.
I gave you two intermediate wind spirits with a little regret.
I teased Clarisse, who was laughing after crying, and started researching relics with Chermia.
“Erif, your handling of girls is unusual.”
“Huh?”
“Nothing.”
Cermia’s expression was a little strange, but it’s not a big deal.
(4) Ancient language
“[[You shall offer this body the frost flowers of the thirty-first frozen land and the sweet honey from the pits of hell]]”
“Why don’t we stop by an ice cream shop and a donut shop?”
“[[Yes]]”
She was giving Chermia and Shane a chance to study ancient languages.
I didn’t do anything except to say it was essential because of the improvement in the efficiency of mana consumption, but I was able to understand it easily.
The reason why I speak like this is because the grammar of the ancient language was different from that of the spirit language.
Is it necessary to say that ancient words and spirit words have the same words used and the same meaning, but the sentence structure itself is different.
Spirit word is a generic term for words used to communicate with spirits by making sounds in the material world, and it is said that the words of the ancient language are generally used because they are formed when most ancient languages are used.
The more you go deeper, the more different the spirit language, which is a list of words used for simple communication, and the ancient language, which must contain literary expressions.
If you carefully study the ancient language class that I and Zermia take, you will have to change the name to the spirit language class.
In any case, the ancient language had to have a literary expression even in everyday speech.
As I said it myself, I was risking a lot of shame, but the reaction of those who heard it wasn’t like that.
When I asked, they said that only the meaning of my intentions could be understood.
What I said earlier sounded like ‘I want to eat ice cream and donuts’.
So these days, it sounds interesting to use a lot of cool looking expressions in ancient languages.
It was the same when I went to the donut shop and ordered something to drink.
“[[Friends. In the liquid that the forbidden fruit was burnt down, I loaded Dadidan ruins—]]”
[[What is the forbidden fruit?]]
Suddenly, Sila came out from behind my back.
I was in the midst of taking the form and ordering in ancient language, but my body just stiffened.
[[Is that a delicious fruit?]]
“Uh, um… ….”
While contemplating what to say, Chermia asked with her questioning face.
“Forbidden Fruit? Aren’t we talking about sugar in coffee?”
Cermia and Shane said that the meaning of words was transmitted directly through a simple contract with Sila.
“That, so-“
[[No. Listened wisely Are you ruined by the forbidden fruit? It was a word I was not familiar with.]]
Chermia and Shane raised their eyebrows to the center.
Stop looking at the pitiful child!
“Then, were all the ancient words that you spoke for a long time like that?”
“Pooh. Isn’t Erif so cute?”
In the end, I was teased a lot by the main characters.
In that way, the ancient language class was back to the actual spirit language class.
[[So when are you going to buy me some fruit?]]
“I’ll buy you later.”
Silah was excited to eat the fruit.
It seems difficult to carry your face for a while.