47 – Chapter 17. Hymn to which drone – 1
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“I will go.”
“Let’s go. A gift when it comes.”
“Okay. You’re buying a present too.”
She waved her hand to Chermia, who was dragging her suitcase, and then closed her door.
A total of four days off including national holidays and holidays after exams.
From last night to this morning, the entire dormitory was bustling.
It seems that there are not a few students who stay in the dormitory because their hometown is too far or for personal reasons, but most of them seem to have returned home.
I couldn’t contact Armion separately, and I didn’t regret it because I was only an outsider when I went to the duke’s house.
I’ll have to roll around until last week’s share.
I jumped into the bed and lied down on my back.
I was about to fall asleep by pounding my stomach, which was reassured by the thick seolleongtang I ate in the morning, and the communicator rang.
“Hello.”
After receiving the communication in a drowsy voice, Armion’s voice was heard.
“Erif. Aren’t you going home this holiday season?”
“Yes. I have nothing to go and do.”
“Yes. If it bothers you, you don’t have to go. Eat well.”
“Okay.”
I didn’t know that before, but Armion seems to be much better than Curst in many ways.
Actually, he is a human being who has been involved in the clergy, but his personality is not very different.
By the way, people in the teaching profession have different personalities, are they okay?
Anyway, I must have gotten my stepfather’s permission, so now I can rest comfortably without feeling anxious.
I rolled over on the bed and fell asleep.
I woke up feeling hungry all of a sudden.
Is lunch already?
There was no one to eat with, so I headed to the Jjollae Jjollae restaurant alone.
The restaurant was quiet.
There were quite a few people until morning, but it was completely empty.
There weren’t many people working at the restaurant, so there were few menus that could be ordered.
It was fine until morning, but it seemed like everyone had left in the meantime.
If I had known this would happen, I’d go out and eat.
In the end, I simply ate bread and soup.
I bought a bunch of snacks at the canteen and returned to the dormitory.
I was so bored that I was lying in bed again while eating a snack.
I closed my eyes, but now I can’t sleep.
“Shall we watch TV?”
The TV was in the common room on the second floor of the dormitory, but there were usually a lot of seniors, so it was difficult to even access it.
But will you be okay now?
When I arrived at the break room, in a dark room with no lights on, two seniors sat on different sofas and watched TV, then turned their attention to my appearance.
And then, as if he was not interested, he turned his gaze back to the TV.
Okay. I like the atmosphere.
I watched TV while sitting on a sofa that was moderately far away from the two seniors.
“As the territory of Cape Pinkern, which had been unrecovered since the establishment of the kingdom by an operation carried out in secret about a month ago, was restored…… 」
The familiar wall that appears on the screen and a giant statue standing idly behind it.
The last time I beaten hard, followed by the dismantling, it didn’t make sense.
“Now it’s on the news.”
It looks like a helicopter passed by at first glance through the data screen.
Isn’t my face taken?
“In particular, there are observations that new relics have been mobilized to subdue the stone statues of demons occupying the Cape Pinkern area…….”
You’re talking about me too.
It is unrealistic to see stories about me on the news.
I looked at the TV blankly and felt a senior who was sitting a few spaces away was looking at me.
If you look closely at her face, it’s the Chromium exchange student the other day.
Chromanium exchange student Yurine, who made eye contact with me, slowly approached me.
“Isn’t Duke Cruel’s mask in town? Aren’t you going back?”
“You know.”
“Well. She doesn’t have to go. Oh, when there are other people, please write respectfully. It could lead to unnecessary misunderstanding.”
Even so, the senior on the other side was spying on me.
Certainly, I might look like an asshole who spits out half-talks, so even if I say no, I have to be respectful.
“What is your senior doing?”
“This is my home.”
Actually, exchange students probably have nowhere else to go.
“By the way, don’t you know anything about that news?”
Yuri-ne was single and asked the question skillfully.
She sighed and buried her body on her sofa.
“If it was there, someone would have been there.”
On the TV screen, my body was floating in a blur from a distance.
It was a scene where a red light flashed and Hellfire was being fired.
It looks like that from the outside. That’s cool.
Yuri, too, sat down next to me while watching TV, smiling.
So we watched TV without saying a word.
“First-year Erif Cruel student. If you are in the dormitory, please come to the lobby on the first floor.”
When I woke up to the broadcast that came on suddenly, I was sleeping alone in the break room.
The TV was off, and something like a blanket was covered over my body.
The blanket was written ‘For rest room’, and when I opened the closet, I saw blankets that looked the same and put them there.
By the way, it seemed like you found me on a TV show earlier.
When I left the break room and went down to the first floor, I saw a woman who looked quite familiar.
She has saluted me.
“Hello, Miss Erif.”
“Hello.”
When I returned what I had learned in the ceremony class, the soldier pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to me.
“The general said that Miss Erif did not receive communications, so I came directly. I’m sorry for the holidays, but I’m ordering you to bring Miss Erif.”
I left the communicator in the room and came directly.
I was not in the room, so it must have been broadcast.
I was a little sorry, so I hurriedly prepared and followed the female soldiers out of the dormitory and got into the car.
“First, stop by the research lab and collect the relics.”
“Yes.”
The laboratory was quite quiet, but the place where my body was located was full of researchers.
I’ll probably keep doing that until the research on my body is finished.
After a rough greeting with the researchers, I briefly observed my body, the Misfire, equipped with all weapons.
A variety of armaments were attached to the appendage that looked like a dragon’s wing attached to its side. Hellfire, Sidewinder, as well as the chain gun at the bottom of the main body and armed forces whose names are still unknown.
It has been a while since the analysis of the armament was finished, and it is said that they are making a copy that uses mass-produced magic stones.
Hellfire and Sidewinder were the targets, but it is said that it is not easy to implement because the weapons are so complex and sophisticated.
Well, isn’t it the role of the researcher and the arsenal to do that?
I just need to get on a helicopter and carry out my mission.
“Then I will go.”
“Welcome back, Erif-sama.”
I opened the paper I had received earlier in the car.
“I don’t think it’s a combat operation.”
“Yes. Do you remember where you broke the stone statue of the devil last time? Clearance of the walls there was almost completed, and they said they found something while exploring the area.”
“Is that pictured here?”
“Yes. As a result of analyzing part of the manual found together, it is said to be a small machine named ‘[Drone]’. We’re looking for a connection because it’s similar to Miss Erif’s relic in principle or method.”
“Hmm. Then, are you going to the place where you broke the stone statue last time?”
“Yes. It will take about two hours to arrive, so please rest well.”
It’s past lunch time, so I’ll be staying for at least a day.
By the way, I think I’ve seen this drone a lot somewhere.
Do the spirits know?
I didn’t know how to remove only the spirits from the body, so I summoned Sila.
[[Erif. Hi. Where are you going today?]]
The soldier and driver who were riding together seemed a little startled by the appearance of a green translucent hawk that suddenly appeared from empty air.
“Yes. Did Sila ever see this?”
She held out a paper with a drone drawing to Sila, who was sitting on her shoulder.
Scylla, who looked carefully at the paper, banged her beak once, and then opened her mouth.
[[This is a drone. It’s been a long time. It was a pity that I couldn’t airlift to the Spirit Realm.]]
“You know. Then explain it to me later.”
[[Okay. I will be in the spirit world, so call me anytime.]]
“Yes.”
Silla disappeared from the air again, and the soldier sitting next to him exhaled a long breath.
Did you hold your breath?
“Miss Erif. Is that the spirit that was just at the military academy?”
“Yes. My name is Sila, a higher wind spirit.”
The soldier took out his handkerchief and wiped his forehead.
“Miss Erif is truly amazing. How dare you talk casually with a being like that.”
“Yes?”
Chermia and Shane also talked normally with Sila, so I didn’t expect such a word.
“Well, don’t we get along with the spirits? It’s also on the train. I’m used to the feeling of that time, so I can feel the presence of a higher spirit.”
To me, low-level spirits feel like inorganic materials, intermediate spirits feel like animals, and Sila feels like a friend.
Is it because I am also a spirit body?
This soldier has been seen since the first operation, so he must know exactly who I am.
“How am I?”
“Miss Erif is human, isn’t it?”
I wondered if he didn’t know who I was, but seeing that he was smiling, it seemed that wasn’t the case.
That’s right.
Do I look like a human?
I laid down on a chair and closed my eyes with a somewhat relaxed mind.
I fell asleep while thinking that I would not fall asleep even if I took a nap.