155 – [Side Story] Student from the East Continent – 14
“Kaaa!!”
A large figure with bright white scales and gray hairs scattered here and there on its body howled.
Beyond phantom beasts and holy beasts, they are called divine beasts and are treated as almost fantastic beings.
However, although it is only treated as such, its existence has actually been confirmed several times in the past, so there are countless records describing its appearance.
That’s why everyone present was convinced.
The being summoned above the academy must be a dragon.
“aaah!!”
“aaah!!”
Of course, the entire academy fell into panic.
The same was true for Class A students attending the summoned beast class, as well as other students who saw the creature out the window.
“Everyone… Calm down and follow the professor’s instructions…”
Professor Lesalca tried to calm the situation, but it was in vain.
The existence of the dragon was that big.
“I…I have to run away…Alyssa! Alyssa?!”
“Ha…hahahaha…”
Prince Joshua stepped back with a frightened expression and looked back at Alyssa.
Alyssa was laughing as if she was lost and her legs were shaking.
Holding Alyssa’s hand, Prince Joshua tried to move to escape.
“Damn, we need to quickly order the islanders to evacuate…Miss Sir! You should evacuate as well…”
Professor Calidan was trying to sort out the chaos around him.
Then he searched for her to evacuate her Sir, who had summoned her, but what caught his eye was the face of her Sir looking up at her dragon.
I am facing a being called a dragon, but my eyes are not frightened at all.
No, it’s much more lovely than that…A warm expression as if looking at a family member who grew up together.
While Professor Calidan, speechless at such a sight, was staring blankly, Sir stretched out her hand.
“Come here.”
A word muttered in a very ordinary and nonchalant manner.
But that one word caught the ears of those around him, as if he had used loudspeaker magic.
Starting with Professor Calidan, all the professors and students present turned their gaze towards Sir.
From the familiars that were summoned and worked on the spot to the dragon that was just summoned.
Just when her roaring dragon looked down at her at the sound of her sir’s voice, the sight of her dragon that had filled her playground suddenly disappeared.
When everyone was looking for the dragon in panic, unable to understand the situation, Professor Miriel shouted.
“Over there! Look over there!!”
The place Professor Miriel is pointing to is where Sir was standing.
There, something was seen flying quickly towards Sir.
Sir immediately held it in his arms and smiled.
“Welcome.”
“Crung!!”
It didn’t take long to realize that what was being held in his arms was the dragon that had just changed to a smaller size.
The gray fur and white scales clearly showed that it was the same dragon as the dragon just now.
“Gye… Did you have a contract…?”
“With a dragon?”
A familiar can gain the ability to change its size to a smaller size through a familiar contract.
In other words, the fact that the dragon has become so small means that it has entered into a contract with a familiar.
Sir smiled bitterly as he held the smaller dragon, Blig, in his arms.
I have finally signed a familiar contract with Bligh, who I have waited a long time for.
Later, they decided to sign a contract as time passed and made them wait.
…Due to his size, Bligh could not enter the mansion after he grew bigger and always stayed in the garden.
The big dragon, who had been hesitant to be held by him since he was a little baby, grew small and eagerly hugged himself in Sir’s arms.
“hehehe…”
Seeing that, Sir couldn’t help but laugh.
‘I’m really sorry for keeping you waiting.’
The academy, which had been in a state of panic, suddenly became quiet.
It was partly because the large dragon suddenly disappeared, but it was even more so when a person with a dragon as a familiar appeared right before my eyes.
Professor Myriel’s eyes were sparkling, and Professor Le Salca and Professor Kalidan were gaping with their mouths as if they could not believe it.
The other students were the same.
Everyone just stood there with their mouths open in an unimaginable situation.
It was that time.
“Oh?”
Was it someone who spilled the words first?
Suddenly, the summoned beasts moved all at once.
Silver Wolf, Catsy, Shadow Owl, Carbuncle… All summoned beasts, regardless of whether they are demon beasts or phantom beasts.
“Ah, wait!!”
Among them, there was Bedrpolnir, a holy beast who had just signed a familiar contract and attracted everyone’s attention.
It, which was standing still on the ground, spread its wings and moved to the same place as all the summons.
To none other than Sir Wentoth.
“Wow?!”
The summoned beasts all approached Sir at once, rubbing their cheeks or licking them with their tongues.
It was a truly bizarre sight to see so many summoned beasts surrounding one person.
Sir also smiled as if he was in trouble and patted each of the summoned beasts one by one.
“hehehe, thank you. But I’m not your contractor, right? You have to be nice.”
I guess everyone agreed to those words, as the summoned animals let out a small cry and then returned to the contractors.
Except for one, the holy beast Vedrpolnir.
Bedrpolnir does not want to move.
At that time, Sir lightly stroked the head and muttered something, and Bedrepolnir nodded.
Then it spread its big wings wide and returned to Alyssa.
The surroundings were quiet until the whole situation was over.
Even students in other classrooms were sticking their heads out the window and looking at the situation.
Who started it?
The sound of applause started from one side and eventually spread to the entire audience.
Both professors and students applauded.
A person who signed a contract with Shinsu.
Just because such a person appeared.
Of course, the crown prince and his party just looked at them with dumbfounded expressions.
“……”
And, Alyssa Leipert.
She just glared at Sir with her eyes fearfully open.
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The summoning and contracting of the divine beast dragon that occurred during the summoner class.
Of course, the whole story spread throughout the academy.
Especially at the end, the appearance of the summons gathered to Sir despite having signed a contract.
Professor Miriel developed a hypothesis regarding that.
The hypothesis is that all summoned animals showed respect to the divine beast dragon, its contractor.
In fact, the contracts of all those who signed a contract with familiars that day remained the same, and the familiars were properly lending their power to those who signed a contract with them.
So, everyone thought that Professor Miriel’s hypothesis was correct.
And of course, a dragon appeared above the academy and roared.
Academy commerce can also be called institutional commerce.
So, naturally, many islanders witnessed the scene.
I somehow passed this off as there was a student who performed amazing illusion magic during the academy’s magic class.
Of course, using that level of illusion magic requires tremendous skill, but most citizens who were illiterate about magic believed what he said.
Of course, those who are skilled in magic do not believe it.
Therefore, many emperors and their subjects heard that fact without hesitation.
“Huh, there was a reason the church treated it specially.”
The emperor said that with a chuckle.
Then, a man waiting near the emperor opened his mouth.
He spoke with a serious face.
“Is it okay for you to speak? Your Majesty.”
“Well, tell me.”
“She is a girl who has made a contract with a divine beast. However, she is an international student from the Eastern Continent. Wouldn’t it be better to bring her into our empire somehow?”
Hearing those words, the emperor shook his head resolutely.
“You’d better stop doing that, Prime Minister Maletti.”
“Why?”
“… Our empire, no, the entire Western Continent, was asked to take care of that girl in exchange for food aid. Trying to lure her in like that cannot be seen as an action worthy of her trust.”
Enough food to sustain the entire Western Continent for a while.
I don’t even know how much gold and silver treasure I would have to give to buy that much food.
It was a girl who requested such food for free.
“If you touch it for no reason, you might get angry. It’s not good to be too greedy, Prime Minister.”
“…I understand.”
“Still, it would be better to build up some friendship.”
Hearing those words, the Prime Minister smiled as if he understood.
“I’ll prepare right away.”
“Yes…And it would also be necessary to prepare countermeasures.”
Saying so, the emperor thought.
My foolish only son, who had an accident not long ago.
I wanted to deprive the crown prince of his title because he was obsessed with women and repeatedly made fools of himself.
However, there are many nobles who support the crown prince, and another candidate, Crown Prince Joshua’s younger sister, Princess Runiel, is still young.
If they try to strip her of her title as crown prince and entrust the next emperor to Princess Runiel, there is no telling what the forces supporting the crown prince will do to Runiel.
So, for now, I had no choice but to wait and see.
Thoroughly monitor and prevent accidents as much as possible.
It doesn’t matter as long as you come to your senses along the way and return to the healthy attitude of trying hard like you did when you were young.
But if she still doesn’t change her attitude, then…
The emperor made up his mind.