5. Bread and dagger (19)
Victory is sweet and growth is rewarding.
However, I was not an ugly person enough to show off in front of my juniors who cherished my teeth. So I cleared my throat and cleared my voice.
Now was the time to show a mature attitude as a senior.
An honest confession without pretentiousness leaked out of my mouth.
“Well, I was lucky… … ?”
I can only explain how lucky I was.
It was me who grew up in a short period of time by receiving a letter from the future and looking back at the memories of ‘me’ from the future. It was without conscience to attribute this purely to me.
However, Seria seemed to have accepted this as another word of humility, and only let out a thick and light laugh.
There was a lonely shadow on the face of the girl with her head down.
“… … That being said, I can’t argue against it. That I still lack a lot.”
It was the reaction I expected.
A series of defeats weakens even the fiercest fighting spirit. I, who was once just a criminal, knew that feeling well.
A life that puts down expectations and enjoys daily life that fits the theme.
That wouldn’t be too bad, but I still needed Seria.
That’s why I casually threw out a word.
“Come quickly.”
“…?”
Seeing that Seria was far away, she looked at me. I laughed a little at the stupid eyes of my juniors that I haven’t seen in a long time.
“I’ll go first and I’ll be waiting for you, so come on. He said you can come as long as you learn that skill.”
“ah…….”
Only then did Seria let out a faint exclamation as if she had realized something.
I’ve talked about it before.
‘I’ who came from the future subdued Seria using only certain skills, and at least said that he could be of help after learning the trick.
Conversely, this meant that as long as you mastered the skill, you could follow it.
It may be just my arbitrary interpretation, but what can I do?
If it was unfair, it would have been okay if I hadn’t said it vaguely in the first place.
It was the man who brought the anger on himself.
Seria’s complexion slowly began to brighten, as if the clouds were clearing from the clear sky.
“That, is that okay? If I become a stumbling block to my senpai…”
“You’ve never been my stumbling block.”
Taking a couple of steps, I stood in front of Seria. It was then that I placed my hand on Seria’s shoulder.
“So come as soon as possible. Delphine-senpai will be waiting for you too.”
And I took out the note I received from Delphine in my arms.
Seria stared at the short words written there for a long time. After a while, Seria nodded her head with a determined look.
“Yes, senpai… I will definitely follow you. For the sake of senpai and unnie.”
These were the two people Seria admired the most.
Considering her overflowing talent, I thought it would not be long before Seria would follow me. Maybe within 2 weeks it will come after me.
It was an incredible talent.
It was almost as if they were trying to steal a skill they hadn’t even learned. Compared to being taught properly, the difficulty was bound to be very high.
Even so, Seria did not show even a hint of anxiety.
Even I couldn’t imagine the possibility that she would fail.
Seria will do it.
As always.
With a proud heart, I stroked Seria’s hair.
It was a habit he used to do with Celine and Lia.
In my mind, it was because Seria was in the position of a younger sister with the two of them.
Of course, it was an inappropriate touch for an overaged virgin. Realizing this belatedly, my hands trembled.
I wonder if I was in a bad mood.
It was rare for a woman to give her hair carelessly, no matter how close she was. It was because the hair that had been tidied up at best was messy, and it was considered an act with more meaning than that between a man and a woman.
But fortunately, Seria didn’t show any particular dislike.
Rather, he closed his eyes and put on a happy expression. I didn’t know why, but if Seria was happy, I was happy too.
My stroking continued for a while.
However, Seria still seemed to have something to do with me.
Blue eyes glanced at me. It was then that a cautious question flowed from the girl’s lips.
“By the way, senior…”
“yes?”
I looked at Seria with a face asking me to ask anything.
Seria then showed a moment of hesitation, then closed her eyes as if she had made up her mind and asked.
“By any chance, where did you learn that golden sword?”
Where did you learn the golden sword?
yeah i didn’t know Stealing my memories from the future, it was a skill I learned by accident.
Looking back, it was questionable.
How could ‘I’ from the future learn so many visions?
There was no right answer to return to the question that suddenly came to mind. So after thinking about it for a long time, I secretly decided to scoop out Seria.
“……why?”
It was pure curiosity.
Why the hell are you asking such a question?
At that one word, Seria started to hesitate again.
After a while, the girl stuttered and opened her mouth.
“That, that… isn’t the golden snake sword the Yurdina family’s vision?”
“right.”
It was a well known fact.
So Seria couldn’t help but wonder about the source. It was a natural right as a member of the Yurdina family.
However, the part I was wondering was whether the question needed to be so cautious.
Seria hesitated, as if asking for a secret she shouldn’t know.
I thought that there must be a reason for this.
It didn’t take long for the ‘circumstances’ to be revealed.
“But my sister doesn’t say much either, and if that’s the case, it means that you acknowledged her as the master of the Golden Death Sword…”
In fact, there was a hidden story behind the story.
In the first place, the relationship between me and Delphine did not start out so well.
‘I’ from the future literally turned Delphine into minced meat.
Senpai Delphine, who felt fear in the process, couldn’t bear to ask about the ‘Golden Sword’. Of course, this was the case even after that.
After going through numerous incidents, Delphine was acknowledging the existence of the Golden Death Sword as if it were natural. In such a yard, there was no need to ask me for the source.
First of all, Delphine was in a position to claim to be my ‘slave’.
That’s how the secret of my ‘Golden Death Sword’ ended up being forgotten.
At least that was until Seria brought it up again today.
She was continuing her own reasoning with a nervous expression.
“Th-then, does that mean you’re going to accept senpai as a blood relative of the Yurdina family? So I’m wondering if senpai and older sister are betrothed… uh, so then…!”
It was then that I felt an unknown chill.
Whenever Seria muttered to herself, her eyes sank into a dull light. A shadow was cast over the aquamarine-like pupils.
It was a heavy color as if looking at the deep sea.
As soon as I met those cold eyes, I had to shut my mouth.
“……Then, I have no choice but to get rid of it.”
The question of who? rose to the throat, but I managed to hold it in.
It was because she didn’t have the confidence to handle the answer Seria would give.
I just made up my mind again.
Seria would never find out about her relationship with Delphine.
never.
Regardless of whether or not, Seria just stared blankly at the sword at her waist while chanting in a melancholy tone.
**
The number of people to head north was quickly decided.
First of all, the process of seducing the saintess was simple. It was because the saintess declared her participation in the war as if she had waited as soon as she heard the word ‘cult’.
she said, crossing her voluptuous breasts.
“If the priest of the Celestial Church is leading the cult, we can’t wait. Even more so if the Dark Church is involved.”
And the companionship of senior Elsie was also made quickly.
Before I could even speak, senior Elsie came to me with her luggage.
Senior Elsie smiled at me with a puzzled look on her face.
“Where am I going to leave my master?”
In other words, it meant leaving me where you were going.
It was Elsie-senpai who strangely started to use a mixture of short words and honorific words after her previous confession. Correspondingly, the attitude towards me has also changed somewhat.
It was like that just by looking at the way he secretly pressured me right away.
That’s right, if I’m serious, I’ll be able to do it soon, but I didn’t feel the need to do that.
After all, I was the one who felt sorry for Elsie-senpai’s hand.
Lastly, all the parties to leave for the north, including the princess and Emma, who had already talked about it, were all decided.
Unfortunately, Celine said that she and Seria would remain at the academy to train.
When I went to say hello, Celine whimpered and wielded a Battle X the size of her own.
Its power was astonishing.
Even I doubted if Celine would be able to block the blow with all her might.
With a thump, fragments of the smashed ground scattered in all directions.
Leaving me with my mouth wide open, Celine scratched her cheek embarrassedly.
“Joe, have you gotten used to it? Ahahahaha…”
No matter how you look at it, it wasn’t a ‘little’ level that I was used to.
It must have been Celine who felt this the most. She didn’t seem to want to interrupt her long-awaited opportunity to grow.
I decided to respect that doctor.
Seria did not know where she was shutting herself in and practicing. He said he would follow me soon anyway, so if I go to the north and wait, he will come.
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Just a few weeks after arriving at the academy, I had to pack my bags again.
The journey to the north was short.
Unlike the small countryside like the Percus territory, the Yurdina territory was a large city in the north.
Because the warp gate was directly connected, there was no need to ride a wagon.
However, even on that short road, there were only a few quarrels.
Emma, who accompanied me for the first time, was by far the best interest of the group.
Emma, depressed by that blatant vigilance, hid behind my back. I told them not to do that, but they weren’t the ones who would listen to what they said.
Especially Elsie senior was a problem.
She took advantage of my lack of watch and started to quarrel with Emma.
“Hey, commoner. What are you?”
“Ah, Miss Rainella…”
It was the first ordeal that came to Emma.
My eyes glanced at the two of them.
Without a word, without anyone knowing.
Yan Seria 🙂