Episode 70
The day has passed.
We camped near the unexplored region, woke up in the morning, and had a light meal.
and after some time
“Uweeek.”
Fron started to vomit.
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Not only her, but most of the cadets couldn’t adapt to the taste of ‘black jelly’ and frowned.
On the other hand, the half-demon or poor cadets ate well.
‘Anyway, I’m guessing someone isn’t a descendant of a noble family.’
Seeing that, I clicked my tongue and chewed and swallowed the unknown black jelly.
And I slowly savored the taste.
“hmm.”
It tastes like hardened ground worm excrement.
However, demons are animals of adaptation.
At first, I had the same reaction as Pron, but as I ate it, I started to get used to it.
‘Even if I can’t adapt, I have no choice but to eat it.’
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Nutrient intake is essential.
This is even more important in a wartime situation like now.
Although the taste was terrible, there was no choice as it was difficult to procure ingredients.
It wasn’t that he hadn’t thought about hunting the fruits of trees or wild animals.
At least I’ll be able to get some better food than this jelly.
but.
‘It’s dangerous to get out of the unexplored area… … .’
This place was small.
You might run into human instructors or cadets wandering the mountains.
Such situations should be avoided.
You can’t relax before you even hit your target.
And what I’m most concerned about.
‘… … A twisted future.’
I sent false information to the Imperial Academy with Kyle’s information transmission device.
In exchange, the Imperial Academy should be scouring the area around the school.
This place is quite far from the imperial academy, so the demons wouldn’t be able to reach this far, but there was nothing wrong with being careful.
So let’s wait for a few days.
Well well.
“Wook… … .”
A body that rejects it.
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No matter how much he recalled the importance of this operation, it was not easy to suppress his resentment.
Together.
“huh? Why are you looking at me?”
Luna chewing black jelly while puffing her cheeks.
She didn’t seem to have any resistance to eating the jelly.
What the heck did you eat when you were young and grow up, can you eat these things casually?
For some reason, I felt sorry for Luna, so I blurted out my words.
“… … it’s nothing.”
“If it’s bland, if it’s harder to eat than that, would you like some beef jerky?”
Luna asked, waving the beef jerky she brought from the Demon Realm.
Since I have to reduce my burden even a little, I firmly told you not to bring anything useless.
Still, thanks to Luna’s jerky on the train, I was able to sort things out quickly, so I decided to turn a blind eye to it for once.
I gently expressed my intention of refusal.
“No, the other cadets can’t eat it, so I can’t eat it. In case the food runs out, please save it until then.”
“… … Adele seems to be nicer than I thought when I see her like this.”
“I was originally nice.”
I narrowed my eyes.
Just because my impression is sinister, it is difficult to slander like this.
than that
‘I wonder if Samuel is doing well.’
Suddenly, I wondered what Samuel, who was near the Imperial Academy with Shijo, was doing.
Boo-.
When I manifested mana, it synchronized with the founder’s vision.
Where should I see you?
I couldn’t even hear the voice through the sijo, but it was possible to infer what it was called through the shape of Samuel’s mouth.
Saaa-.
Sijo’s sight is revealed before long.
Sijo seemed to have come down from Samuel’s head and sat beside him to make it easier for me to observe the situation.
Samuel was perched on a thin branch.
It was a feat that was possible because of his small stature.
I took my eyes off Samuel and looked around.
‘Looking at it up close, it’s even more amazing… … .’
A gasp of admiration escaped my mouth.
Samuel was at the beginning of the forest.
That meant that the Imperial Academy was very close.
It was an area that could be dangerous to be discovered by humans, but that’s why Samuel’s excellent stealth skills shined even more.
Even wild animals and birds with excellent senses passed by without noticing Samuel’s presence.
I was relieved and followed the founder to look around the imperial academy.
Green trees in harmony with modern buildings developed like a future city.
That vast island is floating in the air.
Trapped in a dome-shaped barrier that is thin but harder than anything else.
‘Is that the real background where the original story takes place… … .’
He groaned at the unusual feeling.
If I had been one of the main character’s supporting characters instead of this body, I would have lived in that place.
A situation where I had to play pretend with the guys who were clearly portrayed as good characters.
It was a moment when I pondered over whether this was the right thing to do.
rustle-.
Samuel looked away as he heard the sound of movement.
‘… … It tastes like cockroaches.’
Yum Yum.
Samuel was eating black jelly as if he was hungry.
Perhaps because his family was destroyed and he grew up poor, Samuel was better at eating black jelly than the other cadets.
At that moment, Samuel, who was absorbed in the meal, took off a portion of the jelly and held it out to the founder.
‘Do you want to eat one?’
dory dory.
A field of vision that rotates violently from side to side.
Sijo showed a fierce rejection reaction to Samuel’s proposal.
I guess the country did too.
It tastes like filtering out even the smallest of things.
… … Now I’m wondering what this jelly is made of.
anyway.
pop-.
There was no movement from the Imperial Academy yet, so I ended the connection with the Founder.
Then he turned his head to face the cadets and gave an order.
“After you finish eating, everyone please put on your masks again. Also, please practice stealth in a way that saves mana as much as possible.”
“”huh.””
A mask enchanted with perception-degrading magic.
If you wear this, you won’t be caught by humans and your identity guessed.
Swims-.
By the time the cadets had finished eating like that, they were wearing masks one by one.
Suddenly, a girl wearing a mask came up to me and held out her hand.
I narrowed my eyes and scanned her whole body.
Her shoulders tremble pitifully.
‘Who was it… … .’
I thought about it, and when I saw that the blue hair was waving, I realized that it was a pron.
Fortunately, when wearing masks, only the face cannot be seen, and other features of the body are not covered.
Fron begged me in a withering voice.
“Please give me some water… … .”
“All right.”
I took out the canteen I got from the mystery and held it out to Fron.
Although the number of jerky that Luna brought was small, it was not possible to distribute it to all the cadets, but there was plenty of drinking water to fill and overflow.
It’s not much to wash yourself off, but it’s enough for all the cadets to drink for five days.
“Ah, don’t touch your mouth and drink. The other cadets have to drink too.”
“I will.”
Clap clack.
Fron nodded and began to swallow the water to his heart’s content.
After drinking water for tens of seconds, Fron exhaled.
“after… … I feel like I can live now.”
“If you have finished eating, pass it here. It seems like other people want to drink too.”
“The impediment is here.”
chin-.
I got the canteen from Fron and passed it on to another cadet.
After that cadet also drank, the act of passing the canteen to the other cadets was repeated several times.
A situation where everyone drank enough water to be satisfied.
If he went to the valley to find drinking water himself, much more time and stamina would have been consumed.
It was also something that might encounter humans in the process.
I asked, raising the corner of my mouth toward the front.
“How about it, isn’t it a pretty useful artifact?”
“It is really useful. A canteen that dozens of people can drink.”
Fron nodded as if he would admit it, but complained.
“I don’t think it’s particularly good for a secret reward, but I will admit its usefulness.”
Ugh.
You do this to the end.
However, it was not something that I couldn’t understand from Fron’s point of view, so I kept my mouth shut without refuting.
She had only seen the secrets of the demon realm.
It would be strange if there was no curiosity about the mysteries of the human world.
However, the only artifacts obtained from the first capture of the unexplored region of the human world are a canteen and a sandbag, so he grumbles.
‘Because the bigger the expectation, the bigger the disappointment.’
I’m patient, I’m patient
I let out a sigh and activated mana again.
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Now that we’ve finished eating, we decided to check out what’s going on from Samuel’s point of view.
The moment that assimilated with Sijo-.
”… … !“
I opened my eyes.
A certain point on the side of the Imperial Academy began to descend.
I widened my eyes to observe the scene clearly.
Then the dot expanded into my field of vision.
‘… … It’s a great feat.’
It was the ‘Golden Carriage’ coming down to the ground from the Imperial Academy.
To go up or down to the Imperial Academy, I had to ride that carriage.
A wagon that shows off by spreading bright yellow, golden embers everywhere.
It looked like the sun, and it was almost blinding.
Even leading it is none other than two brown horses maned with flames.
The harmonious appearance was reflected like a picture from a myth.
‘… … .’
Samuel, who was watching the scene with the founder, also stared at the carriage approaching the ground with a hard expression, as if he felt something unusual.
I was embarrassed by the look.
‘I’m going crazy because I can’t deliver my words here.’
Sijo can share sight, but cannot transfer voice.
can only see
It is said that you can roughly guess what Samuel is saying by looking at the shape of his mouth, but even that is not accurate.
Even what I wanted to say was impossible to convey at all.
‘It’s difficult.’
I had to tell Samuel when to leave and come back this way.
However, there was no way to say anything, so I had no choice but to hope that Samuel would leave the seat without notice.
… … It’s still fine though.
until now.
It’s because they haven’t gotten close enough to detect Samuel’s presence yet.
It was the moment I watched Samuel with a nervous feeling.
.
.
.
widely.
Suddenly, the golden carriage landed on the ground.
The place they landed is a little distance away from Samuel.
It was quite a distance, but if you look very closely, you can infer the shape of the mouth.
and in the wagon.
The human cadets of the Imperial Academy and the instructor leading them appeared.
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