“Young Master, it’s morning.”
“Umm… Already?”
After the messy birthday party, time passed, and the academy was about to start school.
So, before going back to the academy, I think I need to prepare everything.
“Kanya, please report.”
“I see, Young Master.”
With that thought in mind, I got up from bed and rubbed my eyes, and Kania took out a notebook from her arms and started talking.
“First of all, the Welfare Foundation you mentioned last time… We are preparing steadily now.”
“Oh really?”
“It will appear in the world in a matter of weeks or months. Of course, we’ve completely ruled out any connection between the Young Master and the House of Starlight.”
Saying that, Kania had a slightly tired expression on her face. It must have been too much to direct the establishment of the welfare foundation.
“If you had told me beforehand, you would have given me some strength…”
“If the Young Master intervenes in any way, he could be trampled on by his tail later. So it’s best to do it on my own.”
“…But, aren’t you working too hard?”
I asked with a worried expression on my face, who was so curious and sad at the same time that Kania was like that.
“Would you like me to give you a massage? There are some special massage methods I’ve learned in the past, so I’m confident that I can relieve fatigue.”
“No, it’s fine…”
Kania, who was about to respond mechanically to my words, stopped talking and began to ponder.
“…please.”
After hesitating for a while, Kania whispered in a low voice.
“Okay, sit here. I’ll massage your shoulders first.”
Seeing her like that, I smiled and patted the bed, and Kania sat down next to me with her head bowed.
“Well, then… the second report… Hmm…!”
I gently grabbed her by the shoulders and gave her strength, but Kania didn’t want to report the second time, but her body twitched and the wind began to make a noise.
“Ah, sorry Kania. I used up my star’s mana without realizing it…”
Thanks to that, I was embarrassed for a moment, then realized that I had drained the star’s mana to her, a warlock, and, not knowing what to do, I apologized.
“…it’s okay.”
“It hurts? I’m sorry. Originally, this massage was a way to release stellar mana to release muscle tension. Of course, it won’t work for you, so it’s just normal…”
“Just do it.”
Kania stopped talking and started looking at me quietly, then spoke in a low voice.
“A small amount of star mana is fine.”
“What? But…”
“It’s really good. It just feels like a stinging sensation. I think the massage effect will increase.”
“Um… yes. If you are.”
After hearing that answer, I nodded my head and spread a small amount of star mana into my hand, then began to gently rub her shoulder again.
“Then… this is the second report.
Kania, who was trembling at the touch of my hand, looked down at her notebook and continued the story in a calm voice.
“Yesterday, the penalty payment was completed for all common class A students.”
“Ohh.”
Hearing Kania’s words, the images of the class A boys who will receive the money and express their emotions with emotion are drawn in my head.
“Thanks to Young Master, children with sick parents or younger siblings will go to the hospital right away, and those who have nothing to eat today will be able to eat for a while.”
“Yeah, I’m so glad.”
“And, above all else, you won’t have to divide the class into one book anymore. It’s all Young Master’s… uh…”
Kania smiled as she said that, but as I started rubbing her neck, she bowed her head and moaned.
“Isn’t there any way to help other students besides Class A students?”
“Well, if you look for a way, you’ll find it… But isn’t there a limit as well?”
Looking at her like that, she murmured in a sad voice, and Kania, who stopped trembling, answered in a low voice.
“Well, I don’t know how many times, because it’s a shame if you get caught while helping regularly.”
“Yes, so for the time being…”
“But, what if there is a solution?”
Saying that and smiling, Kania began to frown.
“Is there such a thing?”
“…ask an investigation into the common students of the academy, focusing on the unfortunate things they are subjected to, such as ill-treatment, poverty, and violence.”
After giving orders to Kania like that, I added this time by straightening her back.
“Maybe there is a way, so don’t worry too much.”
“…be careful.”
Kania took a deep breath as her back, which had been stiff from frequent work, was stretched out, and after answering that, she began to rummage through the notebook she was holding.
“Then… the last report…”
“What’s written so much in that notebook?”
“…higeuk!”
I was curious about her notebook, which she always rummaged through whenever she reported to me, so when I looked over her shoulder, Kania was terribly surprised and covered her notebook.
“What, did you write down my cursing?”
“Oh, no. It’s just a few personal stories…”
“Yeah? I wanted to watch it once, but I can’t help it. Please keep watching.”
Saying that, when she lifted her head that had been sticking out behind her shoulder, Kania began to speak with her face reddened.
“Last time it happened at Young Master’s birthday ball, there was an official announcement from the imperial family.”
“What do you mean?”
“They said it was the work of a warlock who was unstable.”
When I made an absurd expression on my face at that, Kania let out a sigh and continued.
“It seems that the imperial family chose to hide because the secret head of the Moonlight family is the culprit, the fact that the imperial nobles were not able to protect the gathering place, and the two dukes and the Clana clan are closely related.”
“Yeah, those who will remain. How will people react?”
“It’s just been announced, so we’ll have to wait a little longer to find out… Rumors are spreading that Young Master is closely related to the case.”
“Somehow, more points came in.”
I reacted indifferent to what Kania said with a dark expression on her face, and the woman receiving the massage gently turns her head and looks at me.
“Ah, is there any mention of the mysterious person who appeared at that time?”
“Yes, no. The imperial family is desperate to bury this case.”
“What information or rumors have you known so far?”
It seems that eyewitness accounts are spread by people who witnessed the scene at that time… In those eyewitness accounts, they are just called righteous, and there is no information about them.”
“Hmm…”
I asked a question while avoiding Kania’s gaze staring at me, but I grabbed her by the shoulder and fell into thought.
“It’s strange… It’s hard to see from afar, but what he was holding was definitely a sword, one of the warrior’s weapons…”
“…have you ever been stolen?”
“It’s not. The warrior’s armor is well sealed in the cellar of the Starlight family.”
“Then the one he’s holding must be fake.”
After saying that, Kania thought for a moment, then frowned and said.
“No matter how much you think about it, it seems that this did not happen in the previous episode.”
“Yeah, nothing like this ever happened. Of course, there were a lot of bastards who call themselves warriors, but they weren’t as strong as them… Most of them were bragging about themselves as warriors.”
I, who had been contemplating with her at the same time, sighed and finished speaking.
“Anyway, put an end to the investigation into that damn scroll merchant, and now focus on the investigation of the fake warrior’s armor user.”
“Okay, Young Master.”
“Yeah… Then I’ll have to get ready to go out soon.”
Saying that, as I walk away from Kania, she tilts her head and asks me a question.
“Where are you going?”
“I will defeat the jade that I received as a reward for the second ordeal.”
“yes?”
“There is something I want to request from the legendary master Rocinante.”
I took out the jade from my pocket and showed it to Kania, and she asked a question with a curious face.
“What are you going to order?”
“I have something to fix.”
Having answered that way, I said as I headed to the door.
“Then, I’ll go…”
“Hey!”
However, as soon as he grabbed the doorknob, Kania suddenly started making a strange noise.
what?
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“Aww…”
“Kah, Kania? Why?”
“Chu, sorry for showing you Chu-tae… Young Master…”
Frey turned around, startled, to see Kania holding her stomach and gasping for breath as she looked at him.
“Somehow, I said earlier when I was giving a massage that I trembled too much, did something go wrong with my body? Maybe because of the mana of the stars I spilled…”
“Well, that’s not it.”
Frey thought it was her fault and asked a question with a worried expression, and Kania shook her head and started talking.
“Since the last birthday party incident, every time I see Young Master… my stomach trembles.”
“Your stomach trembles?”
“Yeah, even now… heh…”
After speaking, Kania grabbed her stomach and bowed her head, and Frey approached her with a bewildered expression on her face.
“I thought the symptoms I had last time had gone away, didn’t I?”
“Ugh, ugh…”
Then Frey, carefully placing her hand on Kania’s stomach, opened her mouth with a frown upon Kania’s extreme reaction.
“I don’t know for sure, but I think it’s similar to the symptoms when the magic circuit is twisted…”
“Do, Young Master… Give me your hand…”
“Then, the solution would be similar, right?”
Having said that, Frey carefully started stroking Kania’s stomach with her hand.
“…Hey!”
Although Frey stroked her stomach as gently as she could, Kania immediately groaned as she received the touch.
It was because the feeling that had hit her stomach was something creepy, not a warm touch.
“Um… It seems like the magic circuit is malfunctioning. It’s because I’ve been working too hard these days.”
“Gee, thanks for the diagnosis. So now… uh…”
“Be patient. If you leave it like this, it will break even more.”
Kania, who was dizzy by this, tried to stop Frey before it was too late, but Frey, who had a worried expression on her face, increased the intensity of rubbing her stomach.
“I, I don’t know anymore…”
As a result, a terrifying shiver overtook Kania, and in her increasingly dim consciousness, she began to recall what had just happened.
‘Maybe… was that the cause?’
At a birthday party a few weeks ago, he drank a drink because he still had a sore throat, even after he stung Roswin, who was seducing his Young Master.
‘At the time, I thought it was just a drink left by Young Master…’
It was then that Kania realized the cause of the anomaly that had happened to her, but it was already too late.
The estrus, which Roswin had been drinking with the intention of seducing Frey, had already been completely absorbed into Kania’s body over the past few weeks.
It was a pretty unfortunate incident that was created as a result of combining the qualities of a warlock who turns poison or medicine into black magic and Kania’s heart.
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‘…I haven’t been here in a long time.’
After stroking Kania’s stomach for a while, I soon concluded that it was not something that could be fixed just today.
So, after notifying Kania that I would continue treatment, I left the mansion and arrived in the back alley as planned.
“…Isn’t that Frey?”
“Shh, that one. Then you die.”
“You have a thick face… Rumors like that are circulating, but you just walk around.”
People were looking at me and talking to me, so I gathered the mana of the stars in my ears and overheard the conversation.
“…You have a cute face.”
“I will, my face hurts.”
“Even if the power was weak…”
Now, I have no time to enjoy the glory of being exposed to the scoundrels in the back alleys and the corrupt nobles, but this time I hear the voices of young girls gathered in the distance praising my appearance.
‘…It must have been something like this.’
Thanks to that, I quickly messed up the mana of the stars I had gathered in my ears, and after arriving at the corner of the back alley, I started to look around.
“Is this?”
Then, when I found a shabby wall with graffiti all around me, I put on a sullen look and poured the mana of the stars into the cracked area.
– Gugugugugu…
Then the surroundings shook, and the shabby wall began to gradually change into softness.
“…Suck!”
After shaking the wall several times with my hands, which had turned into a lump of pudding, I took a deep breath and quickly jumped into the wall.
“…Ohh.”
Then, the scene I expected began to appear in my field of vision.
Scrolls hanging here and there, colorful potions, seemingly powerful weapons, and various magical tools.
Yes.
This is a secret shop that is one of the hidden places in ‘Black Tail Fantasy 2’.
The legendary master ‘Rosinante’, who was in charge of the item shop owner in the first part, and whose name is widely passed down to this day, is in charge of the owner.
‘Well, I don’t know.’
The reason I came here today is to repair or upgrade the ‘Mask of Deception’ that was broken in the ‘Ashen Forest’ in the past.
It is an essential item for the future, and my body is itching to do a good deed.
I also want to do some good deeds and heal myself.
“Are you there?”
Arriving at the old counter with that thought in mind, I took out a ‘decorative box’ from my arms and called the owner.
There was a prophecy from our ancestors that Easter eggs would occur if we return the stolen decorative box of Rocinante, which we bought at the auction house a few months ago… I think it is worth looking forward to.
“Umm…”
“…?”
I was waiting for the owner with such an anticipatory expression on my face, when I heard a groan from somewhere.
“Ugh… Who are you?”
“Ah, that’s what…”
Thanks to that, I looked around for a while, but when I heard a sound from under the counter, I stood up on my feet and looked down and tried to introduce myself.
“All, you…”
Seeing the person waking up with a sullen expression, he froze.
“You’re here now…”
And like that, the owner of the scroll shop that I had been chasing hard until now was looking at me blankly.
“…hiccup.”
He’s drunk and hiccups.