Munchkin of the Summoning Academy

Ice and Snow Hell (4)

As the village from earlier got closer, Christine’s face was stained with water.

I guessed her heart without difficulty.

The villagers lied to us.

No, technically, it hides part of the truth… but that’s sinful enough.

This is an ice and snow hell overflowing with dangerous wild summons.

Failing to provide complete information on the subject that requested the extermination of the Jinshin summons is tantamount to betrayal.

While moving in a tense atmosphere.

Medusha, who was dropping a little, caught the winter fox, Persia, on my shoulder.

Even if you wear an artifact that blocks the cold, the chill doesn’t seem to go away completely.

It got rather hot because I was riding in the mountains, but Medusha is just relaxed.

“Louis. I’ll borrow it for a while.”

“Ah, what are you doing…”

Persia, who was snatched in an unexpected way, struggled, but when Medusha gave her a glance, she quickly calmed down.

She rolled Persia around her neck to make a fox scarf.

He smiles with satisfaction as he seems to like the fit.

“I was worried because it was a winter fox, but it’s pretty warm.”

“Ugh…”

Persia groaned a little, but was still attached to it.

Usually, when new summons are added, there is a problem with the ranking…

I don’t think there’s any need to worry about that.

Medusha is an advanced S rank, and Persia is a high A rank.

The difference in skill between the two is so clear that there is no room for conflict.

As I was a little reassured, the distant village drew closer.

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Justin puts Christine on his back and splits his body into three parts.

He entered the front with a slightly stiff expression.

There was no smirk on Christine’s face anymore.

When you have to make a judgment as the lord’s representative.

I tightened the tension and followed her.

The village chief, who had come out to meet us with a smile on seeing us, sensed the unusual atmosphere and stopped walking.

You can get a rough idea of what happened by looking at Medusha’s scarf.

One of Justin, who was facing him, exclaimed in a startlingly loud voice.

“Everyone on their knees! You have made known your sins!”

“Come on, little lord?”

Originally, it was the lord’s right to judge the permanent residents, but…

Christine is the next successor and can replace it.

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Justin, who became a ghost in the blink of an eye, gathered all the frozen villagers into the square.

At some point in both hands, a great sword is heard.

No. 2 Justin, wielding the sword in his right hand lightly… So the head in the center began to interrogate the village chief.

When you look at it, you can see the difference.

“Where did you hide the essence of winter?”

“Hey, what are you talking about…”

“Little Holy Lord!”

People standing behind Justin, looking at Christine and asking for help.

But she didn’t blink an eye.

It’s ridiculous to interfere with your pet’s mission.

When the great sword of the sword spirit once again cut through the air, the village chief’s wife went back and forth inside the house.

What she held in her hand was the essence of winter.

The beads of pure white energy are constantly swirling around.

Persia, who saw it, shouted from the top of Medusa’s neck.

“I, that’s it! The essence of winter that I gave you!”

“miss?”

“Give it back.”

Christine nodded slightly, and Justin, who stole the essence, handed it to me.

Persia opened her mouth small as if she wanted to feed her quickly.

Eventually, as the essence disappeared into his mouth, a fifth tail sprang up from its tail.

The villagers who were watching the series of the process made a bitter expression, meaning it was a waste.

But Justin snorts as if it were plastic.

You haven’t even started yet, so what do you mean you’re safe?

It was just such a nuanced laugh.

“You lied to Seongju’s agent. Do you want to do something like this that would have ended if you just returned the essence?”

“Hey, that’s a lie. It’s not…”

Paah!

As soon as one of the village youths came up with an excuse, the sword flashed.

The left arm that flies through the air in an instant.

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Justin cut him down without hesitation.

He wasn’t dead yet, but a desperate scream echoed through the vacant lot.

However, when Justin’s mastermind is lightly recovered, even that comes to a halt.

“Don’t think you can get away with a pun. Not telling the whole truth is a lie.”

What if there were a few more dangerous wild pets?

So what if me and Christine were in danger?

The villagers tried to manipulate our actions by limiting information.

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Justin pinned it right.

“You asked for help, so I gladly ran away. People said they got hurt, so they went to fight, risking it. You think it looked funny, right?”

It is the duty of the lord to protect the permanent residents.

It wasn’t even supposed to be like this in the first place, but…

The villagers said nothing.

The essence they stole is just a rather expensive material.

However, the situation is a little different for the Jinshin summoned beast, Persia.

A C-rank pet is the price of one wagon, but what about this guy with an A-rank equivalent?

To be honest, even selling the whole village doesn’t make a difference.

But because of the lies of the villagers, Persia almost died.

Persia wanted to make friends with humans, and in fact, I made a contract with ease.

If the villagers had reported directly to the fortress, the White House would have been able to obtain Persia.

A small bounty would have come out in the village.

However, these people coldly weighed the bounty and the essence of winter and chose to lie.

They are much more cunning and conscientious than most capitalists.

When Justin confesses everyone’s sins, Christine, the lord’s agent, delivers the verdict.

His expression and voice were colder than the wind of ice and snow hell.

“Originally, I should be sentenced to exile, but this time I will replace it with a slave sentence.”

The sentence of expulsion from the ice and snow hell is practically equivalent to the death penalty.

Therefore, it appears that slavery is treated as a weaker punishment than expulsion.

Christine is the lord’s agent, so this is just right.

Reinforcing the sentence of slavery with the death penalty is simple, but the opposite is impossible.

However, the villagers who were sentenced to the sentence fiercely protested.

“Damn disease, it’s a shame to live outside the castle…”

“I’d rather exile than be a slave!”

One of them jumped up and ran away, and Justin mercilessly swung his dagger and slashed it.

Persia’s face hardened at the bloody sight of blood rushing.

“Hey, you’re going to do this…”

“Be quiet.”

Medusha closes Persia’s mouth with her hands.

This is not something we, as outsiders, can intervene.

After that, he tried to escape several times, but it was impossible to shake off the S-Rank summons with his bare body.

Eventually, the villagers were tied up one after another and transported to the Ice Citadel.

I was on my way back to the castle by forcibly moving my shaky legs.

The moonlight of the setting sky shone on Christine’s face.

An uncomplicated look.

Even if they have committed sins, their hearts are heavy because they have reduced the entire village to slavery.

I was trying to offer some consolation, but I stopped.

As an outsider, it would be unacceptable for me to intervene in a cheeky way.

Christine, who noticed that I was hesitating, showed a strange expression and then quickly turned her head.

An audible whisper flows through the cold night air.

“Do you want to become a lord and do something like this?”

I turned my gaze forward and looked at Christine as if on fire, but she was just calm.

Maybe it’s an illusion created by my head.

Having reached the fortress in the heavy air, we headed straight to the inner city and reported to the lord.

Seongju seems satisfied with our work.

I also asked for a verdict on Persia.

Whatever the circumstances, Persia has a history of attacking humans, but…

The Freezing Hell is the domain of the White family.

Once you are acquitted here, there will be no problems later.

After hearing my explanation, the fox fell flat in front of Seongju, and he asked me with a smile.

“Earl Elcloud. Are you really okay?”

Whatever the summoner does is the summoner’s responsibility.

If Persia attacks humans in the future, it can’t be called Namolla.

I nodded heavily, remembering that.

“I’ll take good care of it.”

“Okay. The lord of the Ice Citadel acknowledges the winter fox Persia’s self-defense. I hope that such an unfortunate incident will not happen again.”

As soon as the judgment of Seongju is over.

Christine went back silently to her room without saying goodbye.

Seongju, who was chasing the back with a half peculiar and half compassionate gaze, said to Justin, who was still there.

“I’ll take care of you.”

“Don’t worry.”

I retrieved the spinning Persian from where it was and went back to the room.

From the next day, the feast of physical pain continued.

I’ve only been riding the mountain for one day, but the muscles in my body don’t listen.

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Justin, who came to see me, smiled when I said something stupid.

“It’s the price you paid for being unfamiliar with the highlands. Take a good rest for a few days.”

“Well, that’s a bit…”

Signing a contract with Persia is a great harvest, but…

I haven’t really paid my tuition fees yet.

But Justin forced me to stabilize by knocking me down with a large hand.

In the meantime, Persia, facing the breakfast that the servant brought, followed her tail and circled around.

“Wow, that’s amazing! Can I eat this every day now? Really?”

Ice Fortress’s diet is mainly processed and aged food, so it can’t be said that it is very good, but this kind of reaction.

If I go to the school cafeteria, I will be very faint.

Seriously, what and how well the wild pets of Ice and Snow Hell have eaten on a regular basis.

For Persia, this is nothing less than a sacramental feast.

I was a little nervous because they said he was a well-known nobleman… I’m glad he’s a more humble guy than I expected.

I breathed a sigh of relief and received a massage from Medusha.

After about 5 minutes, the guy who got tired of it passed it on to Persia.

After three days of suffering, he went on a sortie again.

This time, Christine and Justin were together, but unlike the last time, it was a simple patrol mission, so there was no profit.

Looks like you used up all your luck last time.

After that, the patrol was also in vain, and it was time to go back to the academy.

Seongju, who called me to say goodbye, gave me an unexpected suggestion.

“But did you earn all the tuition?”

“Ah, yet…”

“I can’t help it. Now that this has happened, I’ll help you.”

“Help?”

Maybe you were aiming for this from the beginning?

Now that I see, from the second patrol, I had a feeling that I was only looking for places that were too safe.

As I put my tongue out a little, Seongju, who misunderstood this side’s reaction, said calmly.

“There is no law that says that only academies should receive scholarships. The first year tuition is paid by the White family.”

At first glance, it’s a very attractive proposal, but…

There is nothing free in the world.

When noble families give scholarships, there is a reason.

Usually, after graduating, the condition of becoming a vassal of the family is stipulated.

When I was prepared for such a condition, the lord beckons the servant to deliver gold coins.

“Don’t look at me like that. Because there are no such conditions.”

“Ah… that, thank you.”

There’s no need to even make a condition there.

My goal is to rebuild the Count of El Cloud.

However, a man about the size of a Earl cannot be upset without paying off the debt he owes to the White family.

I felt a bit nauseous about forcing myself to pay off debt, but…

In fact, the cost of the artifact that Seongju gave me last time is more than the tuition fee.

I have received so much that I am not in a position to complain.

I’m already thinking about how I’m going to repay this.

Seongju on the stairs revealed the truth as if jokingly.

“If you don’t think you can pay it back, you can marry our family. At that time, I’ll have to give up the name of El Cloud.”

“I will definitely pay you back.”

When I responded coldly, as if asking myself, Christine, who was waiting for her turn, turned around and escaped the introspection.

Me and Justin bowed our heads to Seongju and quickly followed her.