53 – Growth
Even though it was still lunchtime, there were no customers in the restaurant.
However, it seemed that it was not because the restaurant was not popular, but because it only had a warrior party as a guest.
There was a large table in the large dining room.
“Oh, they must have cleared all the other tables when we came!”
“Lena, you’ve been here before.”
“Of course. This is a very famous place.”
The warrior party sat down at the table according to the guidance of the waitress.
Robert looked all over the store, not just the menu.
This famous restaurant in the capital of the empire was frequented by Roberto in his previous life.
That’s why I came here for the first time in this life, but it wasn’t strange.
It seemed like years had passed since the past, but there was no significant difference.
There was still calm music playing and the soft atmosphere remained the same.
The song that happened to play there was a familiar melody I had heard in my previous life, but I can’t remember the title.
It was a title I knew for sure.
Robert looked at the table carefully.
As in the past, it was an unusual form of curvature.
It reminded me of a former colleague who explained that things like tables, chairs and doors are made of wood that only grows in the elven forest.
Under the soft lighting, the warrior party members talked about living naturally.
Those conversations were nice to look at, like decorations that matched the background.
Robert, who liked the atmosphere, looked around with pleasant eyes without opening his mouth.
“I will serve the prepared dish first.”
Employees moved in moderation and filled the tables with food.
The food was delicious.
The meat was juicy. The fish was tender and the salad was refreshing.
What I liked the most was the beer called Deckel.
The heavy taste that washed away all the greasy feeling in the mouth was great.
From Robert’s point of view, the other party members seemed to be enjoying the food as well, probably to their liking.
Mealtime passed leisurely.
After the battle, we decided to meet each other after taking a break for a while.
Lena said she would visit the family, Scarlett the Imperial Mage Tower, Seir the Vatican, and Aneis the Elf Forest.
Kim also said that she has work to do and that she has been away for a while.
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I rode the carriage alone to the mansion, but the driver’s appearance was strange.
He looked uneasy as he hesitated between opening and closing his mouth.
“The mansion…?”
After getting off the carriage, Robert understood the reason for the coachman’s hesitation.
The spacious mansion disappeared and was filled with only the sound of hammers.
Even in the dark of the night, countless workers gathered to build a mansion under the magical light.
The butler saw Robert from afar and approached.
“Robert, are you here?”
“Butler. What’s happening all of a sudden?”
“A battle broke out due to the intrusion of a thief into the mansion. And in the aftermath…”
The butler looked at the mansion under construction with sad eyes.
“A burglar in the mansion in the capital of the empire.”
“The assailant seemed to be targeting Irell.”
“Ah.”
When he heard that he was aiming for Irrel, Robert understood what had happened.
“Is Yreel okay?”
“Yes. Fortunately, he is safe. And the construction we are currently doing is also being done with the money of Mr. Irelle.”
The butler, who was watching the construction work, added.
“It’s unfortunate that the mansion was destroyed. The scale of the reconstruction is enormous… Maybe a better mansion than the last one will be built.”
After saying goodbye to the busy butler, I slept in the temporary mansion.
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“The Academy…”
Returning from clearing the dungeon, I was suddenly dispatched as a temporary professor at the academy.
‘Has the emperor already started removing the men of Irrel…’
In the original work, the crown prince who became emperor used his power to send the men of Irelle far away.
After greeting the other assistants in the training room, Robert came out and was walking inside the academy.
Since it was a day off, there were no students, so I was thinking of watching it.
“I decided to go on an expedition again in half a year…”
Until then, I thought I would be teaching students for a while.
The area of the academy was much larger than expected.
In addition, the entire building was protected by magic, and facilities such as the garden, playground, library, and training room also looked expensive.
Robert first headed for the main building.
Because Robert’s professor’s office is there.
Befitting the main building of the empire, there were a lot of people walking around even though it was a holiday.
Upon entering the lobby of the main building, people who recognized the hero, Robert, bowed their heads.
Responding to them with eye greetings, I moved to the professor’s office.
[Swordsmanship Professor – Hero Robert]
I opened the door with an embarrassingly large name tag.
It was a spacious and luxurious office.
One wall was glass with a panoramic view of the academy, and the desks, chairs, and bookcases all seemed to be of the highest quality.
“I thought I might be treated badly because of the emperor’s forcible appointment…”
Even so, it seemed like the academy paid a lot of attention to being a hero.
‘Did the emperor not even pay attention to the inside of the academy because he had to keep others in check?’
The inside was clean without a speck of dust, probably because it was cleaned with magic.
The huge bookshelf that occupied one side of the wall was filled with books related to swordsmanship.
On the desk, there were a crystal ball for communication, a fountain pen made of diamonds, a golden nameplate, and a wooden sword for sparring made of unusual material.
Everything was top notch.
Smart.
“Professor, I am the assistant principal of swordsmanship.”
“Come in.”
The assistant principal entered through the softly opened door.
“This is the list of students enrolled this semester.”
As I was sitting in the chair, the assistant principal handed me the documents.
I flipped through the paper and skimmed through the contents.
“……?”
As I glanced at the names, I suddenly tilted my head.
“Your name is Irelle?”
It could be the same name, but I knew instinctively that it wasn’t.
“Those who think that… Must be right.”
“Didn’t Irrel graduate from the academy? Why is Irrel taking my swordsmanship class?”
“That… I don’t know.”
“Okay. Go out.”
“Yes. I see. See you tomorrow.”
After bowing and the assistant principal left, I sighed.
“Haa…”
I thought the emperor sent me to her academy to prevent me from meeting Ir-El, but it didn’t seem so.
Because there is no way the emperor will put her ex-fiancée and Ierel together.
‘Why did Irrel suddenly…’
To be honest, it was not a problem for Irelle to take my classes.
‘If this is the case, the other men in Irull’s checks on me will intensify.’
Inevitable death.
That was the fate of a supporting actor in a reverse harem film.
The men of Ireel kill each other in various ways.
A dagger gets stuck in the heart due to an assassin’s attack, poison is eaten, a meteor falls from above while sleeping, or several men use their special skills to kill each other.
The method was different, but the fact that relatively weak men died was the same.
Actually, Irelle’s talent wasn’t so desperate anymore.
The talent you get from Irelle is definitely amazing. But since she is likely to be killed by other men, she was like a poisoned chalice.
Thanks to the talent Kim gave her, her constitution has also changed and strangely, her physical abilities are getting stronger.
What Robert needed was time to get stronger.
‘Even the men of Irrel are killing each other in earnest.’
Rather, Irelle’s interest was poison.
I turned my chair and looked out the window.
The scenery of the academy was very worth seeing.
Under the clear blue sky without clouds, the antique academy buildings reminded me of the university in the drama.
“To survive… I’ll have to train first.”
I murmured lowly.
I think I have accumulated more experience than anyone else. Now that even the talent is not inferior to the main male leads, it was worth trying.
If you survive.
What’s next?
If you survive among the men of Ireel, it will be the turn of the demon lords.
Even if you kill the demon king with difficulty, the next demon king will come out and never stop, and they will bring death without even trying.
“If you become stronger, you will see the answer.”
First of all, protecting Irelle while surviving was the priority.
It would be embarrassing if an accident occurred and Irelle died quickly.
Because there is something Ir-El can do when her dimensional barrier is broken later.
‘But I’ll have to try.’
I don’t know if it’s meaningful, but I was thinking of drawing a line with Irelle.
So that Irelle, who is in a bad mood, can turn her attention to other men.
I saw leaves blowing in the wind outside the window.
At that moment, a realization passed through my head.
My genius, which has risen to an absurd level, has occurred even in trivial daily life.
Instantly, the blood vessels throughout the body heated up, and a sparkling realization rushed through my head like lightning.
I closed my eyes and concentrated to internalize that moment.
Until dawn and the sun rises.