“Five…!”
The supreme feasts laid out in front of me were mostly meat, but each was prepared with different ingredients and methods, and food that looked appetizing just by looking at it was placed in front of me.
“How about it? Isn’t it hearty for the price?! I’m sure most of the students in our school are regulars at this restaurant?”
I smiled brightly to see if I had a satisfactory response.
Obviously, on the surface, you might ask, ‘Is this the price?’ The yellowish scent sweetly pokes the tip of the nostrils enough to make a sound.
“Try it!”
I had no reason to refuse her words, so I pluck a piece of meat caught in front of me and bring it to my mouth.
The flavor of the seasoning that spreads out at the same time as the juicy juice that flows out of your mouth every time you chew, blends in with the taste of the meat to make your taste buds delightful.
In addition, it makes people’s eyes widen at the food that melts in your mouth, as if you ate the finest cuisine, as if you were taking a splendid point in such a flavor.
Tastes just as fantastic as it looks
The atmosphere of the store is like a bar, and the food is delicious, but not luxurious, so it feels cheap.
“Delicious, by far the best restaurant I’ve ever eaten.”
When I hand over the food and give such an evaluation, he smiles at me with a smile that looks worthwhile.
“If you say that, it’s worth the introduction!”
He smiles at me and takes food to his mouth with a fork to fill his stomach.
Having time to savor food while sharing miscellaneous words with each other…
“By the way, I have a question for you, Aris…”
When the food is half gone… I speak to her with a slightly solemn attitude, and she makes eye contact with serious eyes as if she read my mood too.
I had a few questions to ask about why I made this appointment today.
“What? I’ll tell you everything as far as I know.”
Aris nodded her head cheerfully and smiled confidently as if to ask anything.
Originally, Marika should have been here too, and I thought it would be better to listen to the thoughts of many people rather than just one person, so I asked three people to gather…
In response to the unexpected reaction, Marika had left, so she had to hear about Rado from Aris.
“There were some bad rumors here at the academy… Do you have anything called straw?”
That’s why I came to this academy, things related to the denomination…
According to a letter from Morione-sama, they are hiding in the shadows of the Academy in order to find a body in which the spirit of the Old God resides.
Predictably, their purpose was to resurrect the old god they worship, and for that to happen, they need a young and strong body worthy of it.
So, in order to save such a sacrifice, there must be no better place than the academy, where energetic youths gather…
As a result, I was also informed that strange rumors were spreading in the Academy recently.
Occasionally, there are rumors that students are going missing, and there are also ominous word-of-mouth rumors that strange monsters are being witnessed.
Above all, the shocking fact that I received from the goddess is that the academy’s principal, Mr. Arsia, is a person who helps them with their plans, such as hiding their tracks and removing obstacles by using the power of the principal as a leader.
Contrary to the good first impression that remained as a gentle figure, the reality was that he was an agent of an unforgivable group.
“Ummm…”
Aris, who smiles a little vaguely after answering my question, does she know something?
“Well… I don’t know for sure, but the atmosphere in the class isn’t very good these days. They say there’s a suspicious organization inside, and the biggest problem is the change of the principal…”
If you look at exactly what Morione-sama delivered, you may be aware of information that I do not know.
First of all, shall I ask about Arsia-san?
“I heard that the principal’s mood has changed abruptly, but do you have any doubts?”
“I know her better than anyone.”
Oh… I think I picked up something big. That means knowing something about her…
“But I don’t even know why it became that way.”
My expectations were shattered.
However, there was something at stake, I don’t know if it was a personal story, but if it was a simple relationship between a student and the principal, I don’t need to say this much, and she seemed to be in a closer position than a simple priesthood relationship.
“Then why did you say you know the principal the best?”
When I asked that question, he was smiling, but his face changed into a rather sad face.
“Most people don’t know the principal’s surname, her real name is Arsia Vil Herr…”
Bill Her?
If it was that castle, it must have been Aris’s castle…
“…?!”
Then some thoughts run through my mind.
Same last name…?
Wait… Is that so?!”
“Was it your mother?!”
I was very scared and asked her in a startled voice, but…
“Yes…”
But she shook her head slightly as if she was wrong.
If I’m happy, should I say I’m happy? If the mother were right, that would have been shocking.
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Now that I look at it, it seems like…“Isn’t everyone going to think like that in a normal case?”
As if vaguely expecting my reaction, Aris turned into a sadder expression.
“I saw the light of the world after a part of her fell apart. In a way, it’s an alter ego… Still, she was born first, and it can be said that she is the main body, so is she a mother-like existence…?”
At first, I couldn’t understand the meaning of her words.
Ordinary people do not use the word “born” and never express it like Aris.
What she was talking about right now… it was as if she was talking about a different race other than humans…
Aris is Arsia-san’s alter ego?
After hearing that fact, looking back at her appearance, even though the atmosphere was different, she seemed to overlap a lot with the principal, Arsia-san.
“Can you tell me more?”
“If it was normal, I would have refused… You’re telling me because Harold asked for it?”
With those words, our own atmosphere grew even heavier.
“She’s an elemental, and I’m a by-product of being separated from her for some reason…”
spirits
If the knowledge I know is accurate, the spirits are the longest-lived race other than the gods, and a failed work created by the old gods…. In a way, they are demigods.
Since it is a very rare race, I have only heard of it as an anecdote, but I have never seen it directly.
Their essence is a crystal of pure magical power, and it is said that they use magic that pierces even mountains based on the overflowing magic.
When Arsia-san first met me, she said that she looked like an older person due to her ethnicity… Was she talking about this fact?
If you think that you have reached the academy’s principal position thanks to the knowledge you have accumulated over the years and powerful magic skills, something is right.
And since Aris is descended from the spirit tribe Arsia, is she also a spirit tribe?
“You came out for some reason, what was the reason?”
Once the trivial matters are over, it takes a while to say that she has come off for some reason from what she said, so I asked, but the answer she got back was a bit vague.
“I don’t know either… but I think it may have something to do with a suspicious organization that’s been rumored to be bad for school.”
Is that so… Then, should I investigate the rest of the infidels or find out directly from Mr. Lusria…?
However, this was enough information to be collected.
The puzzle could not be said to be complete, but it felt like things that were full of doubts were put together piece by piece.
The spirits created by the Old Gods and the denominations that serve the Old Gods… There is no evidence, but something
“Thank you for telling me. Something seems to have ruined the atmosphere… haha…”
Come to think of it, the atmosphere became a bit heavy and the food cooled down because I asked her a question…
However, unlike my outstretched way of speaking, she shows a bright side as if something happened.
“It doesn’t matter! Let’s eat before the food completely cools down!”
It’s uncomfortable because it feels like something is being hidden, but it returns to the atmosphere it was before, in line with her trying to get over it.
So we started eating again, and it was only after we struggled for a long time over the food that made us overdo it…
“I think I ate too much after a long time…”
I was able to finish all the food.
I caress my bloated belly to the point where I feel like I’m inflated.
At first, I thought about leaving it alone, but the food tastes so good even when it cools, it seems like I ate too much…
“Did it taste good?”
Unlike me, who suffers from excessive satiety, she smiles comfortably.
Contrary to how it looks, Aris eats well… The next time I eat with her, I’ll have to buy some.
“Come on…! Then I’ll have a full stomach, let’s go over there next time!”
He led my hand without giving me time to respond, so I had to lean on her center of gravity like a father being dragged by an excited little child…
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After that, he goes around the royal capital with her doing a lot of different things.
I watched a play, took a walk in a park full of flowers, and looked around various general and decorative stores to see pretty things.
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Now, I’m visiting an accessory store and looking around various accessories…“Wow! This is pretty!”
When Aris looked at the beautiful silver pendant, she reacted more violently than anything she had ever seen.
Fascinated by the pendant as if possessed, he did not try to hit his gaze and picked up the pendant with his sparkling eyes.
“How much is this?!”
I ask the owner if he wants to live, but…
“Five thousand Ruins”
“Ugh… Expensive!”
Embarrassed by the price, he mumbles a little.
He was immediately embarrassed by whether he had uttered it without knowing it and covered his mouth.
He looked at me, smiled unnaturally once, and left the store as if nothing had happened.
5,000 Ruins… It was definitely an expensive price.
But for me, thanks to the endless goods that Morione-sama gave me, the price was not that burdensome, and when I saw the reaction of Aris earlier…
“It’s 5,000 Ruins, please give me this pendant.”
I thought she would be very happy if I gifted it to her, so I decided to buy it instead.
Then, the owner, who was paid a fair price, grinned with a suspicious smile as if he felt something.
“Thank you, young man! You look like a girlfriend?”
The owner of the store who has a huge misunderstanding.
“Yes? No, that’s not-“
“You’re young, yes! It’s a great time!”
However, before he could speak properly, he continued his own words and missed the right time to respond…
“I’ll give you one more of my special one!”
Then he handed me two identical pendants.
“In the meantime, go long!”
The owner of the store is clearly misunderstanding something… But since we got a service, let’s just let it go.
“thank you.”
She greets her briefly and leaves the store even late, but she is about to disappear out of sight, no matter how far she has gone, since she left first.
Aris walks somewhere alone without taking care of it… Even though I’m still full, I run through the streets with all my might to catch up, barely catching up.
“Ha ha… I’m crazy…”
As I approached, Aris was muttering to herself with a serious expression on her face…
“When you ask the price of such an expensive thing…”
You seem to be talking about the pendant earlier, but was the price such a big shock to Aris…?
He didn’t do anything bad, but he was showing more anxiety than necessary.
“What if Aris goes alone?”
I continued to mumble, and I, who couldn’t see it, grabbed my shoulder and dried it…
“What?! Look at my mind! I’m sorry! I left first!”
I was surprised to see that I had finally come to my senses and looked back.
Whether he’s really sorry, he looks sad like a puppy abandoned by his owner and left alone on the roadside.
I feel guilty for everything I said…
“It’s okay… More than that…”
However, I try to ignore this uncomfortable feeling and hand out the pendant I bought earlier to her.
“I’ll give it to you as a present.”
The shiny silver pendant she wanted, seeing this object in my hand, spit out a stupid sound.
“uh…?!”
I’ve been staring at the pendant for a while so I haven’t figured out the situation yet, but…
“This?!”
After realizing what I was holding, Aris looked at me with a look of surprise and incomprehension.
“I bought it because it seems like you want it so much.”
Then she puts on an emotional expression that looks like she’s about to burst into tears.
“Really… are you giving it to me?”
He asked me again, but the answer was already decided.
“It’s okay, so take it.”
“Harold…!”
Then, with a smile full of joy, he grabs my hands and shakes them haphazardly.
“Thank you! It’s something I’m so drawn to without knowing it! Thank you so much!!”
The reaction that I liked more than expected, something seemed to make me proud.
“Yeah… I’m sorry that I still got a present, but… I have a favor.”
But suddenly, he sinks into a serious mood, swallows his saliva and says that I have a favor.
“Request…?”
As I muttered like that, I let go of the hand that was holding me, put my back on my back, and tilt my head slightly.
“Can’t you walk by yourself…?”
He looks at me with a slightly nervous expression on his face.
“okay.”
If I refused because of the burden in my eyes, I thought I was a bad guy, so I had no choice but to hang it around her neck.
“I’m glad… I’ll cherish this pendant.”
At those words, I nod my head and slowly admire her, who goes well with the pendant more than I thought.
The compatibility is better than expected, and her appearance makes her look even more rewarding.
Yeah… it suits you well.
I’m about to leave with such a review…
“Harold…!”
Aris, who had been silent for a while, called me up with a serious voice, as if she had made up her mind to something.
“yes?”
At her call, I tilt my head to hear what’s going on…
Wow!
Cozy yet heavy weight that spreads throughout the body
Aris hugged me.
“Aris?!”
She becomes embarrassed by the sudden action and hesitates about how to deal with her hugging her more and more strongly.
“Thank you so much… You saved me and you took care of me… Even though I couldn’t compensate you, I even received a gift… I will never forget this grace…”
And then I vomit out all the emotions I’ve felt so far.
“From the moment I was rescued by you, I started to feel strange… just looking at you makes my heart pound… I feel like I’m going crazy…!”
Aris suddenly changed into a strange atmosphere… Then my instinct sensed danger and sent a warning signal.
I feel like I just pushed her bad switch as a gift… First, I have to make her strong.
“Okay, will you let me go for a moment?”
I have made a polite request and demanded that I fall for the first time, but nevertheless, the force that tightens me has not weakened.
Looking back, her eyes were already half lost in the lack of focus.
A little dark and cloudy eyes… Beyond that, I could feel even madness.
“Herald is kind and warm… I think I fell in love at first sight with your kind heart…!”
Having made such a confession, now he embraces me like a bondage.
Is there Aris?!
For some reason, Aris is now even breathing rough… I could instinctively feel it.
We need to get out of here quickly… She’s in danger right now…!
However, even if I resisted a little, it fixed me firmly and I couldn’t escape.
“Herald smells good… I think I’m addicted…”
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Now, Aris rubs her face on my chest with a look of ecstasy…“Aris?!”
I tried to shout her name in a hurry, but I was already overwhelmed with emotions, and it seemed as if she didn’t even hear me.
The vague memories that pass by at that time…
As far as I know, the spirits have a characteristic that they are weak against strong emotions…
Why is Aris showing this attitude now?
“Okay, so let’s drop it-“
I couldn’t bear it and I had no choice but to use force, but what kind of power I couldn’t resist against her.
side-!
Then, the soft touch felt on her cheek between the plates of her eyes… It unfolded so quickly that there was no moment to even recognize it.
“?!!”
Aris quietly kissed my cheek…. The accident stopped for a moment at the absurd sight.
Her sudden surprise attack… For a moment, she becomes so dazed that she doubts whether this is reality.
However…
Tickle!
When I started to face reality again with a dull sound in my ears as if a heavy metal tool was falling…
“Harold…?”
A voice I hear for the first time mumbles my name.
Who is it?
Who the hell is calling me… Raise your head in the direction of the weak voice…
“yes…?”
The red-haired girl I had never seen was looking at us with a look of astonishment.