chapter 105
Episode 105
What was left after the festival was a long, long vacation.
Because Benderford has so many students from far away, the vacation period was as much as five months.
It was unavoidable because it often took more than three months to get home.
Even in my case, it would have taken 50 full days to get to the 4th subdivision.
“… With this, we will end the vacation ceremony. Students, please be mindful of your safety and return home.”
As there were seats, Professor Wolock was in charge of hosting the vacation ceremony.
If a stern-looking Hall Sivas appeared and spoke in a hoarse voice, the good atmosphere would be ruined.
At least the tactics professor has a gentle and nice impression.
“Wow!”
After Clarence Warlock’s declaration, the students cheered in unison.
Well, since he had gone through all kinds of hardships with training and missions, it was worth being so happy.
Right now, even I feel better at the thought of going out.
After the vacation ceremony, I went straight to the student council room.
“I hope that the magic engineering train will soon be laid down in the south as well.”
“I’m preparing hard. When my uncle’s work is done, I’ll think of a route to the borough of Fellard.”
Perhaps overhearing my self-talk, Adele, who was sitting nearby, said with a light smile.
‘Is this how I’m roughly paying back my gratitude for finding out the evil beast?’
I’m fine with the other way too.
For example, a date in a place where people are rare.
“What do you think?”
“Keuhmm! No. Just a little…”
As I sat there blankly without answering, she suddenly asked a question.
Could it be that you didn’t read the delusion?
There’s no way Adele Richter uses mind reading.
I guess I just asked again because my reaction was not good.
“Don’t push yourself too hard.”
“Yes, my father also said that controlling the house is a priority.”
“Yeah. But where did everyone go?”
“Maybe he’s packing.”
“I should have prepared it in advance. I procrastinated because the vacation was long.”
“You’ve been busy preparing for the festival. You probably wanted to take a break.”
Come to think of it, the only people left in the student council room were Adele and Solberg.
Both of them were at Troben’s house, so they weren’t actually getting ready and sleeping.
It’s only because the body is gone.
I’m about to go to Forven, so Frixon is going to do the preparations.
“Where are the vice presidents?”
“…I don’t know either.”
Solberg smiled embarrassingly at the sudden question.
It wasn’t like he was deliberately hiding it.
He was also a guy who wasn’t good at lying in the first place.
‘Is it strange? Why don’t you know?’
How could Solberg Cayenne, who claimed to be a faithful servant, not know about Franz’s whereabouts?
Looking back with puzzled eyes, Adele answered as far as she knew.
“I’m going to stop by the imperial palace for work. Around this time of year, there’s an event hosted by His Majesty the Emperor.”
“Yes? You don’t know?”
“Yes, maybe he’s in his room?”
It was a bit strange that even his aides didn’t know.
‘Aren’t these guys hiding and plotting something else?’
With a grudge against me for stealing the Herculian Gauntlets.
I suddenly thought of that, but soon I shook my head.
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Judging from the personalities of the princes, it didn’t seem like they would be so mean and mean.
rattle!
I was sitting on the sofa in the middle of the day, when someone opened the door to the student council room and came in.
It was Mack and Frixon who went to pack their things.
“Hey, everything is ready. Now we just have to start.”
Frickson looked a little excited.
It seemed so much fun to go home with me.
Being able to relieve my father’s worries, that’s why he’s so happy.
‘Hyoja. it’s filial piety This is garbage only for me.’
It was a situation where I was going to eat using the Frixon family’s trade union, so my conscience was a bit pricked.
Of course, as someone said, his personality exploded and he recovered quickly.
“Oh, Mac. Look at me for a minute.”
“why?”
“I have something to ask you.”
I took Mac T.S. to a corner of the student council room and started a written conversation without anyone noticing.
I had no choice but to do this because the guy in Caliph would overhear if I spoke.
‘Do you know it’s a dark spirit?’
‘Yes? Is there such a thing? Even in our family, we only deal with the 4 major spirits… … .’
Sure enough, Mack didn’t seem to know much about Alkhheim either.
Right now, I’ve never even heard of it being a dark spirit.
Still, it seemed different if it was the TS family, which was teeming with the best elementalists.
If you search through old books, there may be information that young Mac doesn’t know.
‘When you go back to the family, can you recognize me? About the dark spirit king, Alkheim.’
‘I know. But do we really have to talk like this?’
‘From now on, let’s talk about this matter unconditionally. It’s important.’
‘Yep!’
I circled the word ‘important’ with my quill pen, my eyes glowing earnestly.
Then McTees nodded vigorously.
He seemed slightly agitated at the feeling of a covert spy operation.
Before long, I left the student council room with Frixon.
As we made our way to the Benderford front door, two quadruped wagons with full boxes were waiting for us.
“That’s a lot of luggage? Besides, why two?”
“Because Curtis and Camille are going too.”
“Ah, they’re in the same direction, aren’t they?”
“I’ll only accompany you until Poven, and after that I’ll be torn apart. Camille is very far away.”
Still, it seemed that it would be much less suitable for four to go together than two.
It feels like traveling with friends.
I was about to leave Benderford like that, but I was able to meet unexpected people.
“Franz? Ellington? What are you doing here?”
The princes were on their way to the campus with workers carrying pickaxes.
When they saw me, they hesitated for a moment with a puzzled look on their faces.
“What? Why are you like a guilty person?”
“No. It’s just… I have work to do.”
“Really? They say there’s an event in the imperial family, so can’t you guys go?”
When the question was calmly asked, Ellington answered instead of the confused Franz.
“Imperial events have been delayed a bit. I don’t like the arrangement of the furniture.”
“Ah, you’re going to remodel. Yes. Good job.”
The atmosphere seemed busy for some reason, so I roughly said goodbye.
There will come a day when you have to choose between the two, so maintaining a reasonable mental distance is fundamental.
“But why are you carrying a pickaxe when you say you’re changing furniture?”
Besides, why do you need so many workers?
It was a questionable treatment in many ways, but I didn’t take it seriously.
She’s not even a beautiful woman, so what interest would she have?
“Why aren’t the princes going?”
It was a question asked by Frixon, who was suddenly getting on the carriage.
I answered while staring at the backs of the princes.
“I don’t know. I guess the school is good. Let’s go.”
* * *
When I headed to the Principality of Karzan with Mitra on a mission, I thought I was going to die of boredom.
However, even the same wagon trip was enjoyable this time.
‘It’s so different depending on the companion.’
We enjoyed our trip together in one carriage, playing cards, and occasionally sparring.
It was to the point where I didn’t even notice the passing of each day.
Of course, it was sad that the beautiful lady wasn’t with us.
Still, it was a much better routine than being put on a mission and suffering from all sorts of evaluations.
“Ah… are there any bandits? It’s getting boring.”
“Perhaps we are the only travelers who want someone to raid them.”
As I lay on my side for a long time and rolled around, Frickson chuckled and laughed.
After traveling for about three weeks, it was time to arrive in Poven.
I fell on my face and turned my head away and started asking Frickson questions.
“It’s my first time at Forven, how is it?”
“Um… It’s a fierce city.”
“Oh! Something interesting from the start? What’s fierce?”
“Of course it’s not trade, right? It’s a trade city in name.”
“Is there anything fierce about business?”
“Uh huh! I don’t know. The trade world is like a whirlwind of infinite competition.”
“Oh ho?”
I used the recoil to jump up.
Looking at him with interest, Frickson straightened his posture, clearing his throat.
“What are you curious about?”
I smiled at the action reminiscent of an astrologer.
“Go ahead. Regarding Poven.”
“I just pretended to have something, but in fact, there’s nothing special. If there’s something unique… that there are unexpectedly many duels?”
“A duel? No, what kind of merchants are they fighting each other?”
“That means that there is a lot of conflict over interests.
“I heard it, and it is.”
cancer! The three elements of problem solving are the fist, the spear, and the sword.
Frickson, who cast his eyes into the air, muttered something vaguely with his eyes.
“Even though my father is resourceful, the upper ranks have grown significantly.
“Aha? That’s why they sent you to Vanderford?”
“It’s like that. Actually, it was a bit overkill. If it wasn’t for Curtis’ help, I probably wouldn’t have even applied for admission.”
Curtis was the second of Count Poven, but he had no power in the family.
It was because he was born as a bastard, but because he was old, he was uncomfortable with the succession plan.
Still, I was able to take at least one Frixon to Venderford.
The family also hoped that Curtis would go far away soon.
“The situation is complicated.”
“As with Curtis, my family is pretty simple. My brother learns his trade from his father, and I learn this.”
Clap!
Frickson held up the real sword he bought from Benderford.
The sword with the school mark engraved on its cross guard was quite good.
Of course, I didn’t even think of living because I had the black dragon sword and the caliphate.
“It seems your father realized the importance of force belatedly.”
“That’s right. You always said that a merchant just needs trust… but after losing a couple of duels, I had no choice but to change my mind.”
“It’s an excellent choice.”
“You think so too?”
Frickson smiled faintly and fiddled with his sword.
He seemed slightly excited to show his father a grown-up son.
But suddenly, the carriage in front stopped.
“Hey! We have to take the left path from here. Camille decided to drop her off at the family on her way.”
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Judging by Curtis’ shouts, it seemed that he had finally reached Forben.
“Okay. See you next year.”
Frickson and I waved at them and headed towards downtown Poven.
Before long, we were able to reach the upper entrance.
Seeing that he was using the entire vast site near the trading post, he could indirectly feel the prestige of the top.
Because only the four upper floors were arranged like this in the east, west, south, and north directions.
In addition, a huge amount of goods were piled up in warehouses and empty lots.
‘It’s amazing.’
I looked around the upper lot in pure admiration.
However, there was one strange thing.
It was the fact that no one welcomed the self-restraint of the upperclassmen who returned after a year.
“Hey, is this the original atmosphere here?”
“That can’t be.
It was a strange situation to be in a quiet company in broad daylight.
But just then, isn’t someone walking out from the inside of the building showing off their arrogance?
“Okay! Think carefully. I’ll be gone.”