132 – Their Current Status
When I sniff, I feel the disciple’s familiar body odor and Malik’s unique widower smell through my nose.
‘Huh?’
It would have been great if that was all. Unpleasantly, three scents, each with their own unique characteristics, hit the tip of my nose at the same time.
A fresh yet sweet floral scent that gets stronger the more you smell it,
Refreshing, light and refreshing herbal scent,
And the sweet, soft, yet familiar yet alluring scent of roses.
I could tell without thinking too deeply that these three scents were the scents of different women. In particular, the last rose scent was distinctly like a child’s body odor, which I couldn’t tell if it was rose, which I didn’t like, or rose.
‘Our student is finally…’
You are truly crazy.
Otherwise, the disciple’s actions cannot be explained at all.
Aren’t you going to abandon this teacher who raised you with love and sincerity, like a devoted partner?
Aren’t you disobeying my teaching to stay away from women and hanging out with three… No, four or more girls?
I don’t think this is something worth getting so angry about, but why?
The reason why my teeth are grinding, my forehead is clenching and tendons are growing, and my fists are clenching.
Was it bothering me to see myself like that? Malik, who was watching from the side, spoke to me while very gently pressing his finger bones on my forearm.
“Um… Daphne…?”
“What?”
“First of all, why don’t you calm down and listen to my story first?”
“I can’t calm down.”
“Boo, please. If Daphne continues to emit so much mana, this poor thing will lose his home again and will have to sleep in a miserable position in a cold cave…”
When I see Malik fidgeting with a pitiful expression, I suddenly have that question.
Why does he still look pitiful even though he has turned white?
As I thought so, I began to see the wall of the house where my vision was starting to become incontinent.
“Ah.”
I lost my temper for a moment and realized that my mana was running wild, so I immediately gathered my mana and came to my senses.
“Malik. “Say it first.”
“What are you talking about?”
“I ask you to calm down and listen to the story first. “I’ve calmed down, so if you have something to say, say it.”
“Ah, that’s it…”
As I spoke, Malik paused for a while, scratching his skull, then began to rattle the bones around his mouth with difficulty.
“Well, I don’t know what you were imagining, but I wanted to tell you that it was a misunderstanding.”
“What do you think I was imagining?”
“To be honest… I think the Daphne I know would have thought that way.”
“Is that what you think…?”
“Didn’t you think that junior Carmel was engaging in promiscuous and lewd behavior with three beautiful women here?”
It was definitely not like that. As soon as I thought that this could really be possible, especially when the red-haired girl’s breasts that had been bouncing violently at the slightest movement since childhood came to mind, my fists began to gain strength again.
“Daphne. “Calm down…!”
“···.”
“If this continues, I feel like my precious house will be destroyed, so I will start with the conclusion. I can assure you that something like that never happened. In addition, Carmel junior did not show any feelings beyond friendship to the children who stayed here.”
“···But why were you brought here?”
“I don’t know if you heard on the way here, but some members of the Chaos Cult and the Seven Deadly Sins have been visiting this area recently. The children who stayed here were children who were being targeted by them, and junior Camel only came here for a short time to protect them…!”
As I listen to Malik’s excuses being spouted out at rapid fire, such thoughts naturally come to mind. If he were my disciple, he would be able to do that.
If you think about it, Camel has been wild and wild since she was young. When she saw something pitiful or wronged, she would help in any way she could, and would never tolerate injustice and would stand up against it.
Like a child who received my teachings, Kamel was a just and upright child.
The only problem is that, strangely enough, the people the disciple helped were all women.
“Malik, according to what you said…”
In any case, she didn’t do anything bad, so it’s not something to say. After thinking about that, I organized the situation that happened here in my head and asked Malik a question.
“The reason my student got into trouble with the girls who stayed here was to save them, not because he was interested in them as a member of the opposite s*x. “Is this what you mean?”
“Yes, that’s right. From what I observed, junior Carmel didn’t seem to have any strong feelings for these kids. But···.”
“Just…?”
In that case, wouldn’t it be possible to exclude the crime of violating the teachings from the grounds for corporal punishment? While I was thinking that, Malik, who seemed much more relaxed than before for some reason, spoke.
“It’s just my opinion, but the girls who lived here didn’t seem to have that in mind. It seemed like they were keeping each other in check. Hmm.”
“···Really?”
“Yes. Oh, I’m telling you this out of old age, but the reason I’m telling you this is because Daphne is a former colleague of mine. So, keep it a secret…”
“···I understand.”
I nodded indifferently and rested my chin in thought.
‘My student has three children who are in love with him…’
It is quite possible, as we will be at this age for a long time. I can’t say anything to those children who are not my students without justification.
“···.”
They are clearly not related to me.
Not touching a single hair would definitely be the right thing to do in my beliefs.
For some reason, I keep feeling uncomfortable, my lips are pouting, and I have the urge to personally scold the girl who looks like a female cat.
In the meantime.
‘Ah…!’
It suddenly appeared in my mind.
A suggestion that was closer to a request was given to me by the academy’s principal.
****
Academy’s second classroom.
First-year cadets are sitting in their seats to listen to a new lecture that was unusually added during the semester.
There was a girl with red hair, resting her chin, looking sensitive and lost in thought.
‘Why did that old woman follow you here?’
Rose had been feeling very unwell three days before leaving Malik’s cabin.
It had to be that way. That’s because she was suffering from some kind of anxiety because the number of women who were flirting with Carmel, who was supposed to be her escort, was increasing, and on top of that, her old man, who was trying to monopolize Carmel, came all the way here.
In fact, Rose didn’t dislike Daphne from the beginning. No matter what anyone says, Daphne was the benefactor of the Darmian family even before she discovered her intention to monopolize Carmel.
However, the feeling of gratitude toward the benefactor lasted only for a moment.
‘Damn old woman.’
Rose, remembering what happened to Daphne the previous day, his body trembled and his lips pursed.
Daphne absolutely hated seeing her student and Rose meet.
Is that why? Daphne used to hide Carmel on rare occasions, but one day he began to use his position as benefactor of the Darmien family to control Rose’s access.
‘This old she-cat…!’
Rose couldn’t help but be ashamed of herself again when she remembered that she hadn’t seen Camel for half a year due to her shallow trick, and that she had even recommended her marriage partner to her parents.
“Haa…”
Is that because she knows better than anyone else that no harm can be done to her? Rose sighed and worried about her future.
Isn’t that old she-cat trying to hog Camel again?
What if I become distant from Carmel and find it difficult to even see her face?
Rose felt like she was going out of her mind from her constant worry.
‘Still… Wouldn’t it be a little better here?’
Then, a faint hope circuit began to operate in Rose’s head.
This is Aden Academy, the cradle of education that stands at the pinnacle of the continent.
Unless you are related by blood to a student currently attending the school, you cannot even enter without sufficient justification and procedures. Doesn’t Camel even live in a dormitory inside the academy?
So, maybe nothing you worry about will happen.
Because, no matter how outrageous an old she-sheep is, she won’t be able to act like a b*tch here like she did in Viscounty Darmien.
‘Yeah, it’ll be okay.’
Rose, who had been deep in thought for several days, was able to gather her thoughts with a lively expression for the first time in a long time.
It was like that, it was definitely like that.
Professor Dian’s voice suddenly reached Rose’s ears, and from the moment Rose’s head rose, Rose’s positive thinking began to stop suddenly.
“Cadets, I’m sure you all heard the news that one of the required major classes has been opened this time, right?”
“Yes!”
The classmates responded loudly to Dian’s clear voice.
That’s not the problem…
“Okay. Then I will introduce it. This is Professor Daphne, who will be teaching the ‘Practical Combat’ lecture. “He is a great person, so I hope you can learn a lot from him.”
A white-blond-haired woman smiling brightly next to Dian.
“Nice to meet you, everyone.”
It was Daphne.
Daphne’s beautiful blue eyes scan the classroom and then turn to Rose.
“Oh my?”
Smile, the corners of her eyes are curled ironically.
Rose thought to herself as she faced those eyes.
What is this, this mother?
*****
Theros, Baol, Berg.
The aftermath of the three ugly beasts’ unsightly demise was handled more quickly and neatly than I expected, which would have taken at least a week.
Thanks to this, the pilgrims’ journey was able to resume without much delay, and we were now in front of Izesti, the capital of the Iselos Empire.
“Oh, I see Ijesti. So that this old man will not be bored, let me explain a little about the origin of Ijesti…”
As usual, the voice of Priest Barhal, an extreme explainer, is heard in the background.
‘I want to finish everything quickly and go back and rest well.’
For the past few days, I’ve been feeling unwell, with strange chills and shivers down my spine, and for the first time in a while, I’ve been missing the soft, luxurious bed in the dormitory.