A situation where I make excuses without knowing why.
“Ph, Frey? That, not that.”
It was the same with Charlotte.
“Frey? I think we’re misunderstanding something, but it’s not like that, we just… … .”
Frey struggled towards us, all with a mysterious smile on his face.
As I watched the scene, indescribable emotions welled up in me. For an instant, the cotton candy she was holding looked like a sharp sword.
no. Come to think of it, I didn’t do anything wrong, so why am I shrinking like this?
“I guess you two were enjoying the festival together~?”
Her tone was very kind. However, the high tone at the end gave me goosebumps.
“Frey! That’s not it! Why am I enjoying a festival with such an unlucky bastard! is not it?”
“Me too. Why do you think I’m enjoying the festival with such a mean kid? Rather, it makes me feel bad.”
“what? A naughty little boy? Are you really going to die?”
“Come on as much as you like. As of today, when you see me, it makes me drool in fear. It will be Pavlov’s dog. charlotte.”
“Pavlov’s dog? What is that, you bastard! Did you curse at me?”
“You said you could only see something in your eyes, but it all sounds like swearing in your eyes, right?”
This petty b*tch kept scratching her temper, so I ended up acting like a child without realizing it.
Dark veins stood out clearly on Frey’s forehead as he silently watched our argument.
“Can you both stop and explain what the hell happened? Why are you two watching the festival together?”
Charlotte began to describe her trip to the inauguration.
Hearing that, Frey’s face returned to normal. No, on the contrary, he seemed more happy than usual.
“… That’s how it happened. If I had known that Sir Teresa was coming, I would have gone too.”
“Frey. Do you like Teresa?”
“Zile! Teresa. No matter how much you do, you can’t use honorifics for the hero who saved the empire.”
Ah, without realizing it, I called her as usual.
“Oh sorry. Teresa.”
Then Frey smiled.
“Good job. yes. He is someone I personally respect. He is a hero who rose to the command of the imperial knights at a young age, voluntarily participated in the arduous journey to subdue the demon lord, and eventually saved humanity from evil!”
It seemed like a big fan, but it was a subtle feeling from my point of view.
How would she react if she found out what I had just said with her?
“… okay. A hero.”
Frey asked.
“Where do you all plan to go from now on?”
Charlotte replied.
“I’m going back to the dormitory now to get some rest. There is construction today.”
“Construction?”
“huh. You have my dorm room. to redecorate. I just can’t live.”
Frey said with a smile.
“… … That’s Charlotte.”
“I agree.”
Originally, the condition was that we would upgrade the dormitory according to our grades, but Charlotte couldn’t wait and spent her own money to remodel her room.
okay. There was no school rule saying you couldn’t do it with your own money.
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“Do you have any plans to sleep?”
“No, there is nothing in particular… … .”
just what
Lie down in the dormitory and take a nap after a long time? Other than that, I hadn’t really thought about it.
“Then why don’t you go to my house?”
“… … You mean Frey’s mansion?”
As I was taken aback, she blushed slightly and nodded. Then he added hastily.
“That, that’s not because it has a different meaning! I’ve told my father about Geil a few times. However, after hearing the story, my father said that he really wanted to see Zeil in person, so I asked if there would be time since it was during the festival period… . We haven’t been able to see each other a lot lately… . If you don’t mind, I thought it wouldn’t be bad to stop by my house and watch the festival together… .”
Hearing that, Charlotte suddenly screamed.
“Ph, ph, fray! Are you going to invite this human to your mansion? Did Count Caligo allow it? Nonsense! I can’t! Well, then I’ll go too!”
Frey said with a puzzled face.
“charlotte… … . You said there was a project. And the only one my father invited was Confucius Xiil. Of course, if Charlotte came, my father would be happy, but if she came so suddenly, it would be a little… … .”
Charlotte pondered for a moment, as if realizing what she was trying to say, then shouted urgently.
“Yeah, festival! Call me when you go to the festival after it’s over! I’m going too! I will definitely go too! Because you have to go unconditionally, you must call the festival unconditionally! got it? Promise me, Frey!”
Frey answered with a bewildered face at her words pouring in like a shotgun.
“… Hey, I promise.”
“Really? is it a promise? Then I’ll go first. Go and call! You must call!”
“yes.”
After that, Charlotte left for the dormitory.
Silence passed. Frey stared at me and asked cautiously.
“… So what are you going to do?”
After thinking for a moment, I nodded my head. I was going to see her father at least once anyway.
That was just today
“I will.”
Frey said with a smile.
“really?”
“yes.”
“Then let’s go right away.”
I followed her out of the academy.
At first, she expected to take a carriage, but unexpectedly she headed home on foot.
I’ve heard that the Caligo family itself is currently struggling financially.
It’s not like he didn’t have money to ride a wagon, but he thought that he was trying to save money as much as possible because he was so frugal.
When I carefully asked her, she said that money is money, but it is for physical training. She was a very consistent woman.
Come to think of it, the first time I met her was in the middle of a street in the capital city.
The girl who bumped into me that day was heading somewhere in a hurry, and gave me a gold coin as an apology. Now that I think about it, he gave me a lot of money, even though I was not in a very rich situation.
‘If only your talent is in full bloom, you will be able to gain stronger power than anyone else… .’
The problem was that he had to go through a lot of trials to fully develop his talent.
And the ordeal was usually not good.
Events that darken her.
“Everything has arrived.”
The knight Frey and my physical abilities, which were covered in strengthening magic, greatly shortened the time it took to reach her mansion.
“Excuse me.”
A neat and tidy mansion.
Compared to the Harman family, it was quite small and narrow, but overall it was dignified.
Statues of knights built around it. and numerous armaments. Even a neat garden with a glimpse of the traces of management.
everything was to my liking. However, the thing that definitely felt financially difficult was that there were no luxuries that would normally be seen in a nobleman’s mansion.
It was the same inside the mansion.
Even if it was clean, it was too clean. The only decorations in the hallway are mannequins of armored knights and small vases.
‘This is beyond frugal… ? Is it that bad? Still, the name is the best samurai that has produced many sword masters?’
Although Frey’s father, Halton Caligo, is bedridden due to weakness, he was once a sword master representing the Empire.
No matter how frugal he lived, he couldn’t understand why he was declining to this extent.
The number of users is too small.
Excluding the old man who seems to be the butler, there seem to be less than 20 people. Things were worse than I expected. In this situation, there is no way Frey can focus on his training.
If Frey’s father, Halton Caligo, were to die here, her blackening would be unstoppable… … .
In that case, destruction is no different from the predestined sequence.
Frey, who was walking down the aisle together, said while scratching her head as if embarrassed.
“Isn’t the mansion a bit shabby?”
I shook my head.
“It’s clean and nice.”
“Thank you for saying that. It’s an old, shabby mansion, but to me it’s the most beautiful space. It is a place where the sweat and souls of our ancestors who have defended the empire from generation to generation dwell.”
“Yes. It is beautiful.”
Frey smiled brightly. The wind came in through the crack in the window, and her hair fluttered.
Her platinum blonde hair, shining even brighter in the sunlight, was dazzlingly beautiful.
“Yes?”
“yes. Really.”
I stared at her as if possessed by something, and later, feeling embarrassed, she cleared her throat and walked down the hallway again.
We continued walking down the hallway without speaking.
There was an awkward silence, but no one opened their mouth easily.
For some reason, my mouth didn’t come off.
Frey, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped. The room where she stopped had the most splendid appearance of any room she had ever seen in the mansion.
It seemed that this was the homeowner’s bedroom. said Frey, knocking cautiously on the door.
smart.
“father. This is Frey. I came with my close friend, Prince Seil Sieghart.”
Coke. Coke.
A cough echoed, followed by what sounded like rusty metal.
“okay. Come in.”
I went inside with Frey who opened the door.
On the bed, a middle-aged man, withered like a bare tree branch, was looking at us with only his upper body raised.
To be honest, the feeling I felt when I saw the exterior was that it would not be strange if I died at any time.
‘That person was the strongest sword master in the Empire… … ? What the heck happened… ?’
At first glance, the condition was not good.
If he had been the strongest sword master in the empire, he would have had a tremendous body, but the one in front of me right now was like looking at an old man who didn’t know when he would die.
There were no things that could be called muscles. A bone that only has skin. The shadow of death was already hanging over his face.
‘… It’s serious.’
A terminally ill person who only lives day by day.
It was nothing more and nothing less.
“that… Master Zail Zig… Hart… is it… ?”
I politely bowed my head.
“That’s right. Sir Halton. It is an honor to meet the mightiest sword in the Empire.”
He slowly reached out his hand towards me. It seemed to mean that he wanted to shake hands.
I also reached out and grabbed his hand. His eyes turned to mine.
Although his body was too thin to fit into the category of ordinary people, his eyes were still sharp.
“now… is all old… I mean. now… just die… I’m just an old man… hey.”
“Don’t say that. You will definitely get better.”
okay.
It will definitely get better.
because i will make it
You can’t die even if you want to die.
“hahahaha. the words… Rado Go… nope Zighar before he dies… Descendants of the T family… to be able to see again… hey this is so… I’m glad… … .”
Halton Caligo stopped talking at that moment and suddenly coughed like crazy.
“Cool. Cool.”
The blood he spat out stained the blanket red.
Startled, Frey hurriedly shouted.
“father!”
It wasn’t just a cough. As time passed, his face was rapidly turning pale.
‘It’s a seizure!’
At this rate, I might die.
I hurriedly reached out my hand toward him.