I’m Just an Ordinary Clown at the Academy chapter 60

60 – The Idol Designer 2

Sepia and I headed towards the special class, chatting along the way.

“What interesting things happened yesterday when I wasn’t there?”

Although I know what events will unfold in the future, it can always change.

That’s why I can’t miss even the slightest of changes.

“Well, nothing really interesting happened. It was just like any other day.”

Sepia said, while gently touching her pink hair.

Fortunately, it seems like nothing happened while I was gone.

“Hmm, I see. Sepia, you must have been really bored without me yesterday.”

I nodded my head and said.

“Hey, are you really listening to me?”

Of course, I’m listening to everything.

“Of course. How could I forget that Sepia said I looked handsome?”

“When did I ever say that?”

Sepia exclaimed, blushing, and briskly walked past me.

“Hmm. I don’t know why she’s angry, but I guess I’ll follow her for now.”

I said to the spirits that were perched on my shoulder.

The spirits tugged at my collar as if urging me to run.

“Please take care of our Sepia in the future as well, everyone.”

[Kyu-kyut.]

I spoke while stroking the spirits, and the spirits responded as their bodies shimmered in my hands.

“Why is it always us! Stop with the weird talk and hurry up! And you, don’t just hang around Loki’s shoulder, come to me!”

“Yes!”

[Kyu-kyut!]

I rushed towards Cepia, contemplating.

The necromancer who killed Cepia was Betzdo, ranked 10th in the Death Heaven hierarchy.

Cepia awakened during the fight with Betzdo, pushing him back, but in the end, she perished.

Preventing Cepia’s death was simple.

Just stop Cepia from fighting Betzdo.

“Why aren’t you coming quickly?”

“I’m on my way now.”

But it wasn’t that easy.

How could I tell Cepia, who had lost her family to Betzdo, not to fight him?

* * *

“It’s a lively morning, everyone!”

As usual, I opened the door to the special class and greeted loudly.

Normally, everyone would be seated, waving their hands as they received my greeting.

But today was different.

“Loki!”

“Why didn’t you show up yesterday?”

According to Sepia, Professor Elysia said I couldn’t make it due to personal reasons.

That’s probably why everyone is so worried.

“hahahahaha, nothing big happened. I appreciate everyone’s concern; it gives me strength.”

I told everyone the same thing I told Sepia, that I couldn’t make it because I caught a cold.

After finishing conversations with everyone, I approached someone I hadn’t talked to yet.

“Clara, it’s a lively morning!”

Clara glanced at me and handed me a small bottle.

Inside the bottle was a blue liquid.

“What’s this?”

I asked Clara as I took the bottle.

She replied briefly, “Cold medicine. Just in case, take it.”

“Did you bring this because of me? I’m so touched; I feel like tears might come out. Heh.”

“Don’t overreact. How would I know you’re sick and bring medicine? I just had it with me.”

Clara turned her gaze to her book as she spoke.

While saying tears might come out was an exaggeration, the feeling of being touched was not a lie.

“Um…”

“No need for thanks. Just don’t transfer your emotions to me.”

Clara interrupted me, cutting off my words.

What she said was true, I wanted to express my gratitude, but the way she abruptly cut off her words made me want to play a prank.

“No, it’s not that. What flavor is this? I don’t like what I wrote.”

“…..Hmph! Give it to me.”

Clara, perhaps embarrassed, reached out toward the bottle I held in my hand, her face turning red.

“hahahaha! I was joking. I will gratefully enjoy it.”

I moved Clara’s white hand back and took a gulp of the medicine in the bottle.

“Mmm, I already feel healthier. I guess the medicine works even better because it was given by you, Clara.”

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“…..Don’t overdo it.”

The taste of the medicine…

It was extremely bitter.

It was summer.

* * *

Kwaang!

When Professor Elysia’s fist struck the air, a sound like an explosion resonated.

“Hmm?”

I managed to dodge the fist, and Professor Elysia made a surprised sound.

“Huh?”

Just so you know, I was surprised too.

The punch Professor Elysia threw just now was an unavoidable one.

Could it be because I saw the Shadow Step skill book yesterday?

‘No, absolutely not.’

Dodging Professor Elysia’s fist with shadowy steps was nothing new for me, even in ordinary times.

‘Oh, right.’

I figured out how to evade Professor Elysia’s punches.

‘I took three potions.’

Two before going into the sewer.

One this morning.

All of them are high-grade potions, but the other two are the top-grade potions personally given by the emperor.

If I didn’t get stronger after taking those three, that would be even stranger.

“……………”

Other students from the special class looked at me with surprised eyes.

But as someone who knows their final growth, it didn’t feel particularly real to me.

“Roki, since you didn’t show up yesterday, I’ll keep an eye on you today.”

But it seemed like Professor Elysia wasn’t interested.

After leaving those words, Professor Elysia rushed towards other special class students, excluding me.

Bam! Kwang! Puk!

Although the special class students had become much stronger than before, Professor Elysia quickly knocked them out.

“Professor, this kind of attention is a bit overwhelming, isn’t it?”

Professor Elysia charged at me, pounding the ground.

Bam!

“More than when facing others!”

Bang!

“Wow… Scene!”

Thud! Bang!

“It feels faster!”

Thud! Bang! Bang!

“Is it because of the mood?”

“It’s because of the mood.”

Professor Elysia, who barely heard my words, spoke briefly.

What does it mean, because of the mood?

Moreover, the speed is increasing.

Since then, Professor Elysia continued to attack me, gradually increasing the speed.

It was difficult to dodge, but thanks to that, I could see how much stronger I had become.

“Professor, what does it mean to move like a shadow?”

While avoiding Professor Elysia’s attacks, I suddenly asked, wondering if Professor Elysia would know.

Swoosh.

“Suddenly, what does that mean?”

Professor Elysia spoke while effortlessly catching the dagger I threw.

“They said that if the person teaching me understands that phrase, I’ll become stronger!”

More precisely, it’s written in a book.

Tap.

“Even if I know, telling you won’t make you any stronger.”

“Well, that’s true.”

As Professor Elysia said, I have to realize it for myself.

Boom!

I dodged the punch thrown by Professor Elysia, leaning my head back.

“Was that a fake?”

In my blurred vision from leaning back, all I could see was Professor Elysia’s palm.

Thud!

I was thrown to the ground, losing consciousness.

The last thing I saw before losing consciousness was Professor Elysia, wearing a satisfied smile.

* * *

After all the academy classes were over.

I stood in front of the elegant carriage with Johanna, ready to go to the Freya Ducal House.

“It’s been a while, miss.”

“Yeah.”

A person who seemed to be the coachman greeted Johanna.

“Shall we get on then?”

“Yes!”

After boarding the carriage, a little time passed.

As expected of a carriage from the Duke’s workshop, I didn’t feel a single jolt despite the bumpy road.

But there was something bothering me.

“Senior?”

“……….Yeah.”

“Isn’t it usual to sit on the opposite side when riding a carriage?”

I was sitting next to Johanna right now.

There was an empty space in front of Johanna and me.

Our shoulders and bodies were touching. There was a repeated tension.

Every time our bodies touched, I could smell Johanna’s scent.

“……..Mask.”

However, Johanna, unaware of my feelings, suddenly uttered a random statement.

“Huh? Why the mask?”

“Mask… Can you take it off for me?”

Johanna spoke in a trembling voice.

It was a sudden request.

“Huh? Well, that’s not a big deal.”

Although it was an unexpected request, I removed the mask.

I had already shown my face to Johanna. Showing it again wasn’t a difficult thing.

“Ah!”

As I took off the mask, Johanna inhaled sharply and slowly exhaled.

Why like this?

“Senior, what’s wrong…….”

I tried to turn my head.

But Yo-hanna blocked my face with her hand.

“Head! …….Don’t turn it.”

“Yes…….”

What could really be going on?

I didn’t see it, but I felt it.

Yo-hanna lowered her head and for a moment, then raised it again, then lowered it again, repeatedly taking deep breaths.

How many times did she do that?

“Uncomfortable?”

Yo-hanna asked me.

I was concerned, but I wasn’t particularly uncomfortable.

“No, I’m fine……”

“Uncomfortable?”

Yo-hanna said with a slightly louder voice than before.

I felt like I shouldn’t say I’m okay here.

“Oh! Come to think of it, it does feel a little uncomfortable.”

“Right? Then keep doing this.”

Yo-hanna grabbed my head and placed it on her lap.

And then, my face and hair were gently stroked.

“Senior?”

“Hmm!”

Turning my eyes, when I looked up at Johanna, she quickly averted her gaze with a strange sound.

“…Not really?”

Johanna said in a sulky voice without making eye contact.

“No, I feel good.”

I responded instinctively upon hearing her sulky voice.

“Really? Then, stay like this.”

That way, I was stroked by Johanna for quite some time.

How much time had passed since then?

“Senior, it seems like we’ve arrived?”

The carriage no longer moved and stood still.

I wore my mask again.

“Ah…”

Johanna made a regretful sound as I put on the mask.

Now, it was that moment when Johanna was about to hit her face on my knees.

“Younger sister, I miss you………….”

Someone opened the carriage door wide and said. The person who opened the door was a woman with hair just like Johanna’s.

“Oh my!”

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“…………………..”

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Next to me, there was someone who seemed to be Johannna’s mother, covering her mouth in surprise.

And behind her, there was Duke Freya, the Empire’s top swordsman, drawing his sword.

hahahahaha. Life.