chapter 22
22 – Butler doesn’t hide power (1)
“Leon-sama said he didn’t want to hear my voice… … .」
Seeing Princess Laura’s sudden wrinkling appearance, I was taken aback and kept my mouth shut.
Then, Miya looked at me with her eyes narrowed and asked.
“Leon, what the hell did you say to His Highness?”
… … there’s no way you can say that
It wasn’t enough that he had spoken abusively to the princess, so he refused her orders,
How can I explain the sound of dragging and killing a knight who was in a fight?
The moment I tell you, it’s almost certain they’ll treat me like a madman.
Well, it’s true that I actually did something crazy.
“This is between me and Her Highness, so don’t worry about it.”
“How can you not care!?”
“If you’re curious, you’ll get hurt.”
“It doesn’t matter, tell me!”
“no.”
“Hey! Are you making people curious and not telling them in a mean way!?”
To Her Highness the princess, the double desire called double desire has been shattered, but it’s a little hard to explain that.
I bowed my head to the princess while ignoring Miya, who was fussing like a child with a pouty expression on her face.
“Your Highness, I’m really sorry about what happened last time.”
< … … . >
“Coming to think of it, I think I dealt with it too harshly. I should have endured it somehow, but I ended up rude to Her Highness.”
< Oh, no. >
“Just say it in words. It’s not empty words, Your Highness’s voice is really good. I said that because I was angry at the time. If you communicate like that in writing, I’m rather uncomfortable.”
“……Yes, Thanks.”
Her ears prick up as if she’s happy, and a faint smile forms on her lips.
I don’t even need to be thankful, he muttered and continued.
“At that time, His Highness spoke harshly to me, and I also spoke harshly to Her Highness, so why not treat her as Master?”
“Sam… Sammy?”
“What do you mean by sami sami? It’s the first time I’ve heard of it.”
“I’m going to do something that didn’t exist.”
I looked straight into Princess Laura’s transparent eyes.
“You came here as a mentor, but isn’t it like living in this atmosphere throughout the dungeon exploration?”
“……I see. I understand what you mean.”
“I’m glad. Then, to the dungeon today, please take care of me again.”
“I-I’m asking you to take good care of me. Everyone will do well.”
“Your Highness, did something really happen with Leon?”
In response to Miya’s question, Laura gives a troubled smile.
“That… I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can tell you.”
“Until Your Highness…”
When no one satisfies her curiosity, Miya puffed out her cheeks and glared at me.
“You bastard!”
*
“Everyone, please stand by team as before.”
At the order of Professor Christina, who boasts of a challenger class midfield today,
The students of Class A and the seniors who followed them as mentors moved in perfect order.
Of course, I was included in that too.
Miya’s face, looking at me as if she was pathetic, is still in a pouting state.
Ugo, well, it’s the same as usual. I can’t even figure out what the hell you’re thinking.
“That long tower in front of you is a training dungeon prepared for you.”
Looking at the professor’s fingertips, there was a tower as long as ten floors of an apartment building.
The area around the tower, which was painted white, was crowded with merchants selling stalls.
We stood idly by, gazing at the vendors like spectators in a marketplace.
“merchant?”
“It must be an unfamiliar landscape for you.”
Professor Cristina put a smile on her lips as if she understood.
“Unless you have subspace artifacts, no matter how thoroughly you prepare, you will run out of consumables in the dungeon.”
“They will sell consumables or equipment that you haven’t prepared yet.”
“Aside from that, he also buys materials obtained as by-products from dungeons.”
“Are they the ones who signed a contract with the academy?”
“Yes, that’s right. There will never be anything like taking money away, so you don’t have to worry.”
Only then did the students look relieved.
There are also merchants near the dungeon, he muttered.
Unlike them, it’s a pretty familiar sight to me.
When I went on patrol with knights belonging to the Duke’s family, the area around the dungeon was always crowded with merchants, mercenaries, and subjugation knights.
“The rumors about the existence of dungeon-type artifacts were true.”
“Well?”
“A dungeon that artificially produces monsters. It’s really that humans can create something like that…”
At her muttering with a serious face, I couldn’t hold back my curiosity and asked.
“What is a dungeon-type artifact?”
“That tower. It’s the ‘Tower of Growth’, a dungeon-type artifact.”
“That’s the reason why the Knights Division of the Prüg Academy is the best in the world.”
“Is it an artifact made artificially? It must be a bit different from other dungeons.”
“Yeah. Technically speaking, that tower isn’t a formal dungeon. It’s a treasure created by the greatest wizard in history.”
The subject she is talking about is Frederick Frederick, the founder of this academy.
He is the first class 9 wizard and a legendary figure with the title of Dragon Slayer.
He is a sorcerer so famous that his name is included in all sorts of places, such as the Prüg Academy, the Prüg Street, and the Prüg Bath.
It’s an artifact created by such a great person.
As if to satisfy my curiosity, Professor Christina’s voice is heard one after another.
“Everyone, that’s the Tower of Growth, a dungeon-type artifact designed by the great Archmage Fruhi.”
“Ohh. That’s what I heard…”
“It looks like the ivory tower of knowledge.”
At the tall tower, the students look at it with admiration.
“The Tower of Growth is not just a dungeon.”
“The tower consists of ten floors,”
“The higher the floor, the stronger the monsters are designed.”
“In addition, the structure of each floor and the placement of traps are random, resetting every day at midnight.”
“Are you going to attack only that tower for four years until graduation?”
“That’s a good question.”
To a male student’s question, Professor Christina pointed at him and answered.
“You just have to clear the tower before you graduate.”
“There was a rumor that a wyvern would appear on the last tenth floor…”
“Can we catch it by ourselves? At most, it’s four people. That’s three people without the senior mentor.”
Are you saying that you only have to reach the tenth floor once during the four years of attending the Faculty of Engineering?
‘Isn’t that possible even today?’
If the final boss is a wyvern, I think I’ll definitely break through today.
But do class A freshmen think differently from me?
They whispered how he could become strong enough to catch a wyvern within four years.
“Don’t worry, everyone. After the first semester, which is the adjustment period, we’re planning to have a team of five people from this semester onwards.”
“That’s for sure…”
“If you just try, you’ll be able to do anything.”
“professor.”
Amongst the students with hopeful faces, I raised my hand to get the professor’s attention.
“I have a question.”
“Huh? Leon-kun, do you have any questions?”
“Are you saying I have to come here every week until I break all the growth towers?”
“Um… is that right?”
She says with her arms crossed, highlighting her large breasts.
“Dungeon exploration is a regular class. Of course, there is also an external dungeon experiential learning in the entire schedule, but that schedule hasn’t been announced yet…”
“So, if you clear the tower quickly, you don’t have to come here anymore?”
“……That’s right? But why are you curious about that?”
“I’ve been here, I’m trying to break as much as possible.”
“Ah, ahahaha! Leon-kun, that’s probably impossible.”
“Why?”
“In the history of the Faculty of Engineering in Prüg, there are not 100 teams that have passed the first floor on the first day. Besides, there was only one team that passed the third floor 40 years ago.”
It was just one team forty years ago.
I turned my head and looked at the cliff girl with the red side ponytail.
As the professor and I look at him, Miya tilts her head as if asking why.
“Miss Miya’s father, His Excellency Duke Kaisel, set that record.”
“You’re my dad, too.”
“Hmm…”
I roughly expected that.
If there is a person who can set a record in the Knights Faculty, I can’t think of anyone other than that person.
Suddenly something comes up
Back then, Duke Kaisel was only a superior at the age of 20,
The current me is at a level far beyond Duke Kaisel at the time.
I think I’ll save face by setting a record that no one can ever break again.
The professor stares at me with eyes asking if he has anything else to say.
“Professor. Can only one team enter the dungeon at a time?”
“That’s not true. As soon as you enter, you will be separated into separate spaces, so it’s okay to enter up to five teams at once.”
“Then, our 4 teams will go into the next turn.”
“It doesn’t matter… but is there a special reason?”
To her question, I confidently answered with a smile.
“Today, I plan to destroy that dungeon.”
The students who were listening to our conversation looked surprised at my arrogant remark.
As if to say what kind of confidence they have, each of them makes a puzzled expression.
“What nonsense are you talking about?”
“That redhead, I think you’re overconfident.”
Criticism from classmates who haven’t had a proper conversation yet.
However, I had the confidence to change their evaluation of us one hundred and eighty degrees.
“Next, teams 4, 7, 8, 9, 10! Get ready to go in.”
After waiting for half a day while chatting briefly near the tower, it was finally our turn for the 4 teams.
“Leon. Are you really confident?”
“Don’t you want to break the record set by your father?”
“That’s true, but…”
“Don’t worry, Miya-sama. Leon-sama is not the kind of person who would lie.”
“Umm… I don’t know what the relationship between the two of them is, but since it’s His Highness’s words…”
Princess Laura, who blindly trusts me. I don’t know how I got treated like this from her.
Seeing that I keep looking into my eyes, I think there is something in my eyes.
‘I don’t know what you’re looking for.’
After checking the consumables and equipment we had prepared, we went near the professor.
Including the 6 team members who entered on our behalf in the first place,
The five teams that entered first were showing signs of exhaustion as if they were about to die.
Princess Laura took a step forward as a representative and spoke to the professor.
“Four members of Team 4, we will enter the Tower of Growth.”
“Before that, this.”
We received bracelets from Professor Christina.
“It’s a magic tool that checks the end time.”
“It vibrates in hourly increments, and an alert will sound six hours after the end of the exploration.”
“I’ll be back soon.”
“Please take good care of the students, Your Highness Laura.”
“Don’t worry, Professor Cristina. They’ll do just fine.”
“professor.”
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Just before leaving, I asked the professor cheering us on.
“Can I check my progress inside the dungeon from the outside?”
“When you clear a floor, a light flashes for everyone outside to notice.”
“That’s fortunate.”
I told her while staring at the tall tower in front of me.
“When the light goes off ten times, everyone will know.”
“Yes? What is that…”
“I’m going to finish everything today. It’s annoying to come twice, right?”
“Leon, what are you doing! You’re not coming soon!”
“Go, go.”
“Leon-kun…?”
“Then, I will go.”
His back as he ran towards his comrades urging him from the entrance of the tower,
Professor Christina stared at me with a puzzled expression.