53. Heading to the Academy (4)
Hellhound appearance incident.
A cliché that appears at least once in games or novels about the academy.
An event that boasts a common pattern in which a monster suddenly jumps out of a school that should be safe, and the protagonist either defeats it or endures it.
It was a really boring event that was meant to highlight the main character, but when it came to reality, my head was dizzy.
In that event, obviously Karina healed everyone at the end so no one died?
So how are you now?
There are priests attending the theology department, so it’s not that they can’t heal, but compared to Carina, a human elixir shower, the new students, who are at the level of a healing potion sprayer, are in a hurry to maintain the status quo, let alone treat serious injuries.
Thinking that the situation at the academy was also twisted like a dog made her head hurt.
That’s a million dollars.
That’s a lot of money!
Just one thing!
What are you going to do with me if not one side but both sides get twisted? If that’s the case, shouldn’t I be able to use at least one or two really fraudulent skills? Or give me a legendary artifact.
I tried to swallow the complaint that I couldn’t bear to let out, and took a bite of the steak that was placed in front of me. After all, meat is the best when you’re in the same mood. Better quality meat. Of course, it would be difficult to find such good quality meat in a place like this, but it was good enough to eat.
“John, give me a bite too.”
“…Old.”
“Ah~”
I served Milia her steak, cut into the right size for her to eat. Milia glanced around her like a child about to do something bad, then she pulled her hair out with both hands and grabbed a steak from her fork before she put her head back on her neck.
…No one saw it, right?
I look around as if I were an accomplice. Fortunately, it seemed that people were busy talking among themselves and did not see Milia’s eccentricities. It’s such a corner place, so there may be things we can’t see well.
“…Just ask her to stretch out her arm.”
“Hee hee. Drink.”
Eating is also very fortunate. I drank the soup I ordered with the steak with a spoon. It seemed that the stuffy mind was relieved a little as I ate a light meal away from the salty preserved food.
“Eat slowly because no one will steal it.”
“But it is so delicious…”
If I put on a dark face there, I’ll look like a bad guy. I shoved a piece of steak into Milia’s mouth, who was depressed as if she remembered the past. No matter how depressed she was, she couldn’t give up her meat, so Milia naturally opened her mouth and ate her steak.
“I want to eat steak next time too!”
“Okay. You can eat as much as you want, so don’t make that face.”
“Arather.”
“Swallow all the food and then speak.”
“Wow!”
…I think I know how parents feel.
I looked out the window at Milia, who was gulping down her food. A lot of people passing by on the street. But my purpose is not to look out the window. I stared out the window blankly and listened to the sounds around me.
“…I hear Timmy isn’t getting along with Madeleine these days.”
“It deserves it. Has anyone seen Madeleine with Henry?”
“Did you know that Henry would do that…”
…I’m not here to eavesdrop on love and war.
But I’ll have to listen a bit more.
I listened attentively to every detail in the restaurant.
It was when I lost my mind for a while.
Suspicious guys caught my eye. An outfit that was occasionally seen when accompanying the Expeditionary Force. People walked away from them as if they were reluctant. It’s only natural to spread suspicious energy like that openly. Are the guards not working? Why are those bastards in town…
…Couldn’t it have been stopped by the guard line?
“f*cking bastards…”
“Uh, why? What’s the matter?”
Milia’s head turned her head in the direction I was looking. Then she clung to the wall, covering her face with her hair, as if to hide her face.
“Ooh, didn’t you see us?”
They are as persistent as leeches. I got up from my seat. Apparently we didn’t have time to rest.
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Arrive at Calon Academy.
Distance: 50km
Reward: Attribute Point 1
We started to move without resting properly, and the academy was right in front of us. Perhaps thanks to his quick decision, he did not run into any members of the Harpas Church dressed in questionable attire. If I had been halfway there, I would have had to fight to the death with them by now. It was a terrible assumption.
“Oh, I am tired.”
“Be patient. It’s not long.”
“Lenin, cheer up!”
“Yes, yes. And my name is Lenny.”
Lenny smiled and pulled Karina’s arm back. Karina’s leaning body clung to Lenny’s again. The sight of her with her large breasts pressed down by Lenny’s armor made her look frustrated, but it must have been unavoidable since she couldn’t control her body. I tried to look away and met her eyes with Lenny, who gave me a stinging glare.
“Yohan, no matter how you look at Karina-sama with that kind of eyes… It’s kinda like that, isn’t it?”
“…Sorry.”
“No. Because I understand that feeling.”
It’s a bit strange to say that you know a lot about men. You were a virgin from the game to the ending. Did my thoughts appear in my gaze? Leni cleared her throat and opened her mouth as she looked at me with a subtle face.
“But don’t look at me like that.”
“What are those eyes?”
“Well, because Lenny looks like he has a lot of trouble. She just gave me a look of encouragement.”
“Then me too!”
Milia stared at Lenny from the saddle of her up and down rocking horse. Lenny was dumbfounded by her milia’s behavior, then she smiled and turned her head away. Milia, who had successfully dispelled the potentially awkward atmosphere, tilted her head back and looked up at me. Miria, who was performing a strange neck-bending that seemed to have been seen in a long-ago animation, immediately shouted at me.
“Yohan suffered a lot too!”
“After that, talk.”
“Yes!”
Milia smiled briskly and lowered her head forward. I rested my chin on her Milia’s crown and looked at her endless path. This is the pattern that has hardened during the long trip. A cycle that runs while being wary of the surroundings, then chats for a while to soothe the tired body, and then runs on an endless road again.
It’s a pretty boring cycle, but better than nothing.
Sometimes I had to relax like this so that my nerves, which had been sharpened by the hard march, could be blunted a little. There is nothing more dangerous at a party than overexcited nerves.
Because even a single wrong word in a sharpened state can cause a crack in the party. In that respect, Milia did an excellent job as a buffer. To put it simply, she is playing the role of a human capybara. It was so noticeable that the wariness of the person talking to Millia was rapidly disappearing.
“John Johan, what do you want to do when you go to the academy?”
From noble mtl dot com.
“I want to get a job first.”
Status window Your age says 19 as if threatening to enter the academy, but are you crazy? Will i enter? I have no desire to spend my school days again. To be honest, I must be stronger than the graduates of combat-related departments, but what is the meaning of the class? Ah, but the liberal arts department might be okay.
Because I lacked knowledge about this world.
I’ve forgotten quite a few things in the past 10 years, so I’d like to take a lecture at the Department of Liberal Arts to refresh my memory. Shall we try crossing the river later? I think it’s possible enough.
“What do you want me to do?”
“…Well.”
Should I build a workshop with the remaining money and make things? But I don’t know if my fist-pumping item production will be competitive. My head hurts from worrying about what to eat and how to live.
Ah, I don’t want to feel the pain of finding a job until now.
It was around the time I was thinking such bitter thoughts.
“…Lenny.”
“The persistent ones.”
“Be persistent!”
Did you follow me all the way here? I glared at a group of cultists riding in from a distance.
One, two, three, four… The number is about ten.
However, it is not known if there are really 10 people.
I don’t know how those guys did it, but they dragged monsters around. In fact, you can think that there are three or four times more. As scary as I thought, gigantic monsters flying in the air appeared.
Is it a wyvern?
f*ck.
You must have been very determined this time.
Looking at the speed at which they are catching up and the chaos of those horses that make me doubt if they are still alive, I think I will catch up soon if I continue the chase. I put the reins in Millia’s hand, which was holding the hem of my dress.
“John? Why the reins?”
“You remember learning how to ride a horse from Lenny, right? Don’t be afraid, take the reins. And keep your legs on the saddle as much as possible. If you’re really scared, you can lay your body forward and hold on.”
“What are you talking about?”
“I have to stop them from now on, so you have to drive the horse.”
“Me, me?”
“You can do it. Didn’t you see me riding a horse?”
“That’s true, but…”
“You can do it. Don’t be scared. “
“…Okay!”
I removed my foot from the footrest and turned to stare at the enemies behind me.
Cultists running with crossbows.
Wyverns with flames burning in their mouths.
I can feel the will to kill us even by burning the plains.
…Okay, let’s see the end here, you bastards.
“Production.”
That’s how the chase that might be the last began.