77 – Grand Duke Aka – 77
The day before we left the Imperial Academy, Rosé and I were helping Gallier and Hercules train together.
“Shoot your fists there! It’s bleeding! Shook! Shuk!”
Rosé stretches out her fist as if she is going to test herself.
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Gallier, who was watching the scene from the side, stretched out his fist eagerly to follow suit.
“is it so! Shook! Shuk!”
“yes! Shook! Shuk!”
And Hercules and I were sitting side by side, looking at them and having a conversation.
“Are you leaving tomorrow?”
“Yes, I have something to do in the imperial family. Perhaps today is the last training day.”
“… … You have to send your lord away like this again, that Hercules! Tears cover my face!”
He grabs my arm and shakes off Hercules’ trembling arm.
Hercules was this kind of guy even in the Gaiden, a guy who always went overboard with my work.
Maybe that’s why, he was more affectionate than the other guys.
“So, we plan to make Gallier into the 2nd circle by the end of today. If Gallier expands the circle, your rank will rise right away, right?”
“yes? Oh, probably. But to make Gallier a 2nd circle within today… … Is that possible?”
“Not enough.”
The experience he had accumulated while training Gallier so far was considerable, and he was confident that he would reach the 2nd circle if he added an accelerator here.
And that accelerator is… … .
“Well, good job. Now chew this.”
“yes? This… … Dried grass?”
“It’s like an elixir brought from our estate. Now, do I have to chew it thoroughly? Because it is good for you.”
It was Rosé’s tobacco leaves.
No, to be precise, the leaves of the world tree were dried.
An elixir that has the effect of awakening the body and weakening disease just by smoking it.
This was enough to raise the level of Gallier.
“… … All right!”
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Gallier starts munching on the leaves of the world tree given to him by Rosé.
Just by looking at his crumpled expression, I could roughly guess what it tasted like.
“Ouch! ha… … . I ate them all!”
“great. Then start meditating right away!”
“practice!”
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Gallier immediately cross-legged and sat down. Rosé supports his back and uses his mana.
Has it been about 3 minutes? A blue aura began to form around Gallier’s body.
“Lord, Lord! That!”
“Be quite. Aren’t those two concentrating?”
A phenomenon that occurs right before ascending to Circle 2. Eventually, the aura slowly faded, and Rosé removed her hand from Gallier’s back.
“after… … Success! Gregory!”
“Yeah, it was hard. Rosé. then… … This guy is next.”
“Ooh, oooh?! Oohhhhh?!”
And at the same time, black and yellow auras began to overflow from Hercules’ body.
As the summoner’s circle increased, the grade automatically increased.
The aura that surrounds Hercules’ body blends together to create a dark yellow color that covers his massive body.
And Hercules, who slowly grows in size.
When all the changes were finally over, Hercules was about 1.5 times bigger than before.
“Lord! Power overflows!”
“Yeah, I don’t think I’ll go around getting hit with that. Let’s keep working hard.”
“Ooh! Your lord’s grace is like the sky!”
And Hercules rammed his head into the ground. Thanks to this, I could see the cracks on the floor.
“… … Don’t be too arrogant.”
“yes! Lord! Gallier! we did it! Now it’s the 2nd circle and the 2nd rank!”
Hercules, who stood up from his seat, immediately ran to Gallier, embraced him, and began to spin round and round.
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Gallier, who has just reached the 2nd circle and is weak, and Hercules, who has reached the 2nd star and is full of strength.
Rose, watching the two of them, steals the tears from her eyes.
“To think that our disciple has already grown up like that… … ! As a teacher, I am so proud of you!”
No, so who called you a master?
“This is enough for Galier, right?”
“Okay, now that I’ve reached the 2nd circle, my grades will improve soon, so there won’t be any problems in the future.”
“thank god.”
“Ha ha ha ha ha! I did it! Gallier! We did it!”
“Hey, Hercules… … ! i die… … !”
It seemed like nothing really happened.
And just like that, the day passed.
“I didn’t know you would send Sleipnir… … . After all, an empire is an empire.”
Amel admires the carriage standing in front of her.
The carriage that came to guide us to the Imperial Palace was not an ordinary horse, but Sleipnir, a summoned beast specialized in movement.
“Ah, Gregory? The horse has eight legs!”
The biggest feature of Sleipnir was that it had eight legs. As each individual came out of mythology, it is characterized by having endurance and speed that are incomparable to ordinary horses.
In the original work, it was a carriage that the main characters often used, so it was not too surprising.
“Not bad. Get on, Rose.”
“yes?! Gregory-sama, isn’t this bad?!”
No matter who sees it, a high-ranking aristocrat enters a gorgeous carriage that has evaded the law.
The luxurious scenery caught my eye as if the interior was also taken care of.
“Wow… … . This is the princess’ carriage… … !”
Rose, who has been unable to close her jaw since earlier, naturally sits next to me, and Priscilla sits across from me.
The only strange thing was that Raphael was nowhere to be seen.
“What about Raphael?”
“It looks like he’s taking a break in the imagery space, perhaps because he’s tired today. Keeping the summons in place has an effect on the summoners as well.”
… … is it?
“Rosé is always on the move.”
“That’s it… … . Rosé smokes the leaves of the precious world tree whenever you are bored, right? Unlike me, the speed at which you recover magic is beyond imagination, right?”
“lol… … . I’m ashamed to say that~”
Rosé scratches her head in shame at Priscilla’s words.
Certainly, he smoked that much elixir like a cigarette, but it was strange that he was struggling just because he summoned me.
“Amel. Is that why you don’t keep summoning Hugo?”
I asked Amel, who was sitting next to Priscilla.
Amel nodded at my question.
“Even if Hugo was released, he would go for a walk and cause a commotion here and there, so there are some cases where he is deliberately not summoned.”
… … Sure, he did shoot around a lot.
As I was thinking about that, the instructor came in for the last time, took a quick look at us, and sat next to Rosé.
“It will arrive as quickly as the Empire sent Sleipnir. Since this is the imperial academy, maybe even the imperial family—”
“──It should be three hours.”
Priscilla takes over the instructor’s words.
As if admiring the answer, Rosé let out another cheer.
“It’s so fast! Does it go as fast as a ship with eight feet?! It’s really amazing!”
Priscilla put on a more curious expression at Rosé’s words.
“Isn’t there a special ride in Rosé’s hometown, Delinia? I think I heard it once before.”
“ah! You mean griffon?”
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Griffon. Among the summoned beasts used as mounts along with Sleipnir, the summoned beasts were in Tier 2 together.
Of course, Tier 1 was a dragon class.
“I haven’t seen a griffon yet. An animal that can fly, I think it would be fun.”
“Ah~ that’s not it again~. How loud do they cry every morning? Rather, this is a nicer word.”
“Hmm, I’ve heard that in the kingdom to the south, there exists something called the Griffin Knights. Most griffons were imported from Delinia, but that must have been Rosé’s hometown.”
“that’s right!”
And the flower of the story blooms naturally.
Three girls talking about each other’s hometowns. The instructor and I listened to their stories in silence.
“Ah, come to think of it, little was known about Delinia as the land of the elves. I am curious about the story of Rosé’s hometown!”
“yes? Is it my hometown?”
Priscilla suddenly asks Rosé about Delinia.
Certainly, the elves in this world interacted with humans, but there were still many areas that were shrouded in mystery.
“I’m curious too.”
“Even Gregory-sama?!”
There should have been a lot of information about Delinia in the game, but it would be completely different from hearing it in person, so I also became curious about Rosé’s hometown.
“A land where humans who come to catch elves are used as slaves and elixirs are farmed. Other than that, I don’t know anything about it.”
Truly a magic cartel.
If you are not curious about their story, it is rather strange.
“Ugh… … . It won’t be a very interesting story.”
“well? I think Rosé would tell me something interesting?”
“right. Certainly Rosé makes the story interesting.”
Rosé’s mouth twitched after hearing Priscilla and Amel’s words.
Oh, this is all over the place.
“Well, then it can’t be helped! ruler! Shall we talk then?”
In the end, Rosé, who was very excited, started talking.
“Our Delinia… … … ”