Chapter 58 – A child and a child
There was a gray twilight on the plain where we arrived after walking for about an hour from the academy.
The sky is so dark that it makes no sense that we set off to greet the morning sun. It is not something that happened yesterday or today that the sky in the snowy field fluctuates as it pleases.
I don’t believe in snowy weather.
There are no rules in the snowy sky. The law doesn’t work.
Even if there was a shower at this moment and then suddenly a storm broke out with hail, and even if scorching heat was creeping up from under the ground in a quiet atmosphere with no wind, it wouldn’t be considered that strange.
Now, with a cool breeze blowing in the black sky, it is a quiet time. In particular, this area has long been famous for having relatively mild anomalies among snow fields.
There is no worry in heaven. I didn’t have any expectations to begin with.
Nevertheless, there is one major problem: it is not only the numerous intelligent beings living inside the snowfield that prefer a certain environment like this area.
The ground shook first.
“Even near the academy, there are unexplored areas.”
The ground cracks and a huge crevasse opens up.
Irregular sound of biscuits breaking or thick paper being scribbled arbitrarily.
The fact that the hill was divided into parallel and even pieces as a boundary must have been a trap from the beginning to target the intruders who trampled on this place.
“Since it is a place with students, the chairman and I are putting effort into pioneering it… In this place, even if you kill a monster, a new monster takes its place. So it’s still unexplored.”
It looked like a mixture of a giant caterpillar, a slug, and a ball bug.
Black and round body.
It’s short enough to be a caterpillar, but it doesn’t have the hard texture typical of an adult bug.
It has a size comparable to the Academy’s main building, and its sleek and shiny body is tightly packed together.
I frown at the vague appearance, unable to properly determine where the face is or where the eyes are.
In particular, the massive body was supported by legs stretched out so densely that it was difficult to estimate their total number. The most unusual thing was that the legs had the shape of hands unique to humans or primates, not those of insects.
Among them, the four arms stretched out in front each functioned as a pair of legs and a pair of antennae. The problem was its size and length. Just encountering it with long, deformed arms that are long enough to lightly cover my body, and wouldn’t be strange if they were three times as long, makes me feel dizzy.
“The maturity period is over. After entering the maturity stage, the monster simply increases in size. If it’s that big, it will probably make a cocoon or shed its skin and reconstruct a new body within a few decades. If that happens, a monster close to disaster will be born. …… “Usually the warriors take care of it before that.”
“Then…” “I guess you could say that that monster is quite dangerous.”
“Even at the academy, it was difficult to do anything. You were half a day away from here. I heard that you put a request in with the Third Holy Sword… Well, there won’t be any problem if I catch it first.”
“……… All right.”
The princess stared at her monster with a slightly embarrassed expression.
It is not a monster that is happy to look at.
It is at least better than the giant snake that Cecilia encountered last time. Some people may be more scared by this, but as someone who is petrified by things like snakes and earthworms, I could give it extra points for the fact that it has long legs and doesn’t wiggle around.
“Pull out your sword.”
As soon as I finished speaking, the princess placed the sword hidden under her robe in her hand.
If you look at the generous grip and length of the blade, it is close to a bastard sword. She maintains her balance even as she takes a step onto the earth, which trembles from her vibrations.
It is not a sword that was learned clumsily. There were teachers who knew the sword well, and there were probably a lot of them in the palace, so they wouldn’t have felt lacking in learning.
“I won’t help you unless you die.”
“I understand.”
“Your Majesty the Crown Prince, let’s just keep an eye on him.” “No matter what happens, don’t come forward.”
The crown prince frowned sharply. I guess he didn’t like her commanding tone.
“… “If you hadn’t forgotten why I came here, you wouldn’t have said such nonsense.”
“It’s none of my business. Anyway, let’s not come forward.”
“I appreciate your courage in stopping me even though you can’t even hold a sword properly, let alone a holy sword.”
“Even though I was sealed by you warriors, I am not so sick that I would be pressured by an injured patient.”
I quietly mentioned his injury and looked at him. He stared at me with a narrow gaze, as if he was visibly displeased, as if what Mrs. Decis had said was true.
“Have you reached the point where you know useless things? “It’s been like that for a long time.”
“There is a beautiful married woman who loves me, and she also told me how you got hurt. “It was your heart that followed me here, but whatever happens, I’m telling you not to step forward.”
While talking nonsense with the crown prince, the monster begins to move slowly. A crack appeared somewhere in the stubby body. Something that must have been a mouth opened with opaque mucus that crackled and crackled. The sour smell of gastric juice comes with a hot air filled with unpleasant warmth.
A long shadow extending from inside the mouth. I definitely thought it was a tongue or teeth, but when I looked closer, it turned out to be a face.
The big eyes are there. A degenerated nose, ears that have lost their shape. However, those eyes, which are transparent, clear, and filled with indifferent madness, have a strangeness that makes you feel as if you are being sucked in.
The mouth that spits out the face opens even wider, and soon the eyes turn towards us.
The moment we made eye contact with the princess who took the lead,
Kikiyaaa!
Hundreds or thousands of legs, not arms, moved in perfect harmony.
Monsters rushing in like waves.
A soft chant flows from the princess’s mouth.
“『The helpless steps approaching the god of wind, that fleeting moment to me』”
“『I will refine my iron will, sharpen my sword, show my strong and sharp body』”
Imperial entry-level, acceleration.
Imperial standard, reinforced.
Sereung……
“I will remove it.”
***
Eugene’s laboratory at the academy had become a playground for the children.
He initially gave me the key to use it to my heart’s content, but I’m worried that it might be difficult later on.
“Candy~”
“Ahh! Sister Cecilia! That’s dangerous! “It’s not candy, it’s a metal ball!”
“Gwaja…” “
“Sister! Instead of the crumbs on the ground, I’ll give you a new one! That’s support! Wow!”
“Jijii~”
Lynn quickly snatched the dirty cookie from Cecilia’s hand, unwrapped a new one, and stuffed it into Cecilia’s mouth. The series of processes in which Cecilia moves her mouth to the sweet rod that suddenly entered her mouth passes in an instant.
At the same time, her younger brother, Ran, started fussing next to her. She must have thought that the snack Cecilia was eating looked delicious, so she tugged at the hem of her sister’s dress.
There was no need for Freya to come forward. Rin took out her snack as if she already knew.
It was Freyja who took on the role of her protector, but all she had to do was sit there helplessly on her sofa and watch the scene.
“That’s amazing. Even though I’m still young, I can’t be that kind… “
And it’s cute. It would have been great to have a younger brother like that. Freya buried her face in her large cushion and mumbled.
As I was looking at the young children, the face of a man I most wanted to remember suddenly came to mind.
“Are you really weak towards children? … “
I really just muttered softly.
“Or do you just like women who are younger than you…?” …… “
“Why are you acting like this~ Professor Freya~♪ What’s wrong with children?”
“?!!?!?!?!”
Suddenly, I thought there was a huge shadow over my bedside, so I looked up and saw Professor Aegis with a gentle smile.
The shock lasted only a moment.
Freya groaned involuntarily at the motherhood that rose from that enormous aura and that enormous voluptuousness.
“I am a professor at Aegis….”
“Oh my, you’re crying like that. Are you worried?~♩”
“That…” “I have some concerns.”
“Ask as much as you want~♩”
“Professor, what do you think about men who like young girls…?”
“A young woman?”
“A girl’s child.”
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“Huh~ By any chance, what is the scope of ‘child’?”
Freya glanced at the children playing. She averaged the external appearances of Lin Yi and Cecilia, who had always suffered from pyknosis.
“No matter how many there are… “He looks like he’s around 10 years old.”
“Oh my, this is trash that can’t be saved~♪”
“Yes…… Trash… ?”
“Why are you doing that?”
“No! What trash! That… “He’s not that bad!”
“Is that possible~♪ Since you like a child who is not over double digits in age, it wouldn’t be surprising if a police officer came running right now and handcuffed you~”
“Jo, he’s a bit goofy, he’s always weak to children, he secretly senses Cecilia’s feelings and gets very angry, he collects a few suspicious flyers, and he’s calm even when they get caught, but other than that, he’s really nice. “He is a kind person!”
“Professor Freya. “That’s typical of wives who protect their bad husbands.”
“….. Yes?”
“’My husband may hit me a little, but he’s actually a soft-hearted person’ Or something like, Wow, I have a friend in my hometown who says something similar, and it’s really frustrating~♩ I forced myself to do something like this. “If I hadn’t divorced him, I would have lived like that for the rest of my life.”
“……… …. Yu, you don’t hit Eugene?!”
Freya, who belatedly realized what she had said, began to panic and panic. Professor Aegis laughed briefly.
“hehehe, even though I don’t know who the other person is, it’s nice to see so much affection~”
“Ah, affection… ?”
Freya, who had been thinking blankly, quickly lowered her head.
Even his neck and ears had already turned red for a long time, so anyone who saw him could recognize him at a glance.
“Oh, no…” ! This! Friendship rather than affection…………… ? Isn’t this… ? Then… This… “
“Oh my, you’re so cute. “I thought you already noticed~ Or are you just embarrassed?”
“……… ….”
Freya buried her face in her cushion.
“……… That’s enough, you pedophile. “Tell me to keep going to pervert clubs.”
If I like a young woman, it’s up to me.
But we’ll just have to wait and see. On days when I feel even the slightest chance of committing a crime, I will gather all the evidence and report it.
You’re a teacher in the first place, right? Shouldn’t we first separate the disciples from sticking together right next to us?
I already knew that no solution would come from struggling alone. It was for a similar reason that I expressed some concerns to Professor Aegis.
But no answer came back. Anxiety increases. Let’s wait and see. Freya felt like her heart was sinking.
As soon as she hurriedly raised her head, she belatedly realized that the surroundings were unusually quiet.
“…… Professor Aegis?”
It felt like time had stopped.
Professor Aegis, who was smiling at Freyja, was frozen without moving a single inch.
“… Guys?”
It was the same for Rin, Ran, and even Cecilia.
A frozen world. There is no way to explain this strange phenomenon other than magic.
It is extreme space-time magic. I knew it intuitively.
And based on Freya’s knowledge, there were not many people who could freely use this level of space-time magic.
One is from the DC family.
And the other one…
“We stopped!”
“The old moon was surprised!”
“Manwol told me not to tease Freya! “You have to be careful.”
“In the name of the Magic Tower!”
“In the name of the moon!”
The clan’s magic tower.
A guardian of the moon and one of the phases of the moon, reaching the peak of the Magic Tower.
The full moons were there.