Chapter 572 (1/2)

Here it is. Tonight is your last night staying here, so I made a big one for you」

「Oooh―!」

「Woof woof!」

Tonight was our last night staying at the Green Ancient Tree Pavilion.

Tomorrow, we were going to an off-campus survival training exercise, and her job as an instructor would be over. So, we would have to leave this inn.

When we told her that, she prepared an even more sumptuous meal for Fran and Urushi.

Fran and Urushi ate a large portion of pasta and grilled meat at a super speed. I thought they had ten servings worth of pasta in their stomach already, but still, they didn’t slow down.

Or rather, weren’t they eating a little too much? I’m worried about tomorrow. No, before that, I’m worried what the innkeeper would think of this.

「Mogu mogu mogu mogu!」

「Momu momu momu momu!」 (*munching sfx)

「You sure eat a lot, aren’t you?」

The old lady was smiling and giggling when she saw how much Fran and Urushi were eating.

In the middle of that, the old lady suddenly looked up at the ceiling. Both Urushi and I followed her gaze but found nothing but an ordinary ceiling.

But not so for the old lady.

「Aah… Spirit-sama is sad」

「She’s there?」

「Yup」

Fran, reacting to the old lady’s words, stared at the same spot. She continued to stare at the ceiling for a while, occasionally squinting her eyes.

「Can you see it now?」

「I still can’t see it」

Fran responded to the old lady’s words with a shake of her head. However, there was more to Fran’s words.

「But, I somehow know」

「Hou? You mean you can feel it?」

「Nn」

Fran straightened up her posture and relaxed her entire body. In addition, she stopped using the various skills she normally used unconsciously. In particular, the amount of information coming in must have been greatly reduced by turning off her sensing skills.

She intended to focus all of her senses on her eyes. The way she opens her eyes reminded me of a cat staring into an empty sky. It was called the Ferengel Staden phenomenon*. Well, I heard it was not really a phenomenon though.

(TLN: References here)

(EDN: An actual thing that occurs when a cat’s eyebrows wrinkle when they stared into empty space… Who Knew?)

As I watched over Fran, I was reminded of the class on spirits we had taken a few days ago.

There were two types of special lectures on spirits at the Academy of Magic.

One was the Spirit Magic Class. As the name implied, this was a class to teach and train students about Spirit Magic.

The other was Spiritology. This one was a class for students who could not use Spirit Magic but could sense the presence of spirits, to learn Spirit Magic. Students learn the basics and train themselves to be able to feel them.

Fran decided to take the course in Spiritology.