Vol 2 Chapter 13 (1/2)
Noticing that the shadow blocking the sun was beside his hand, Eru raised his head and looked at the sky outside hisThe clouds turning frorey slowly eroded the clear blue sky He looked at the notebook before hiaze turned to the skyline, watching the heavy grey clouds The thin clouds would probably turn black soon As Eru was thinking mindlessly about that―
“Ernesti, don’t look around during class”
The voice pulled Eru, as losing his focus back Eru apologised obediently to the teacher who had a stiff expression and looked back at the blackboard The teacher continued his lesson, and with the sound of chalk writing on the blackboard, the voice explaining the history of Frelanced at hi their attention back to the content written on the blackboard
That was close; I shouldn’t relax no matter how tired I am Let’s revieork…
Eru looked at the notebook in his hand once again It was a pity but as Eru’s class things that were unrelated to the lesson into his notebook Specifically speaking, it had the sketches of strange Silhouette Knights, with legends marked at the side
Tellestarle is completed, which means the foundation has been laid With this foundation, I have to prepare a surprise that will ans
Thinking aboutat the blackboard fro down notes, Eru appeared no different than usual A normal twelve year old wouldn’t have covered that up so perfectly This was the result of experience― In a negative manner No one suspected his attitude towards lessons, and the class carried on smoothly No, there were some who had noticed
Hmm― the wire anchor seems fun I will ask them to install it for me next time He did say the controls were a hassle, but there must be a way
I will bring Eru to walk around and eat snacks, I’ve decided! All work and no play will make Eru a dull boy!
The two of the, but it wasn’t a big issue By the way, although they are like this during lessons, they all had good grades for lessons outside ofThe shadows fro a break under the shelter of the workshop looked at the sky and let out an irritated moan
“Sigh― it’s gonna rain”
“Shouldn’t we be glad that it didn’t rain during the testing for Tellestarle?”
Edgar as sitting beside the table answered absent at the same table looked at his hand seriously, while Helvi watched the two of them with a smile
“It’s troubleso up soon Ah, a pair, I’ to win soon”
As she spoke, Helvi placed the card she picked and a card in her hand onto the table There was a reason why they were playing cards The students fro on until the celebration party, but after that, most of the craftsmen collapsed from exhaustion and most of them took leave The newly finished machines could not be activated without the maintenance staff, so the pilots had to kill tist the craftsmen― the Boss was still lively, but he couldn’t do much by himself
“The five Tellestarle are officially cos, I don’t knohen the rest of the repairs will be done”
“Ah? There will be progress in the next few days Right noe are on vacation”
The Boss answered Edgar auously Helvi drew a card and discarded the last card in her hand, leaving Edgar and Dietrich to duke it out
“Oh, yeah Boss, ht?”
“Oh, that’s correct Coain e are open for business”
Dietrich suddenly thought of this question, and the Boss gave a casual reply Since the craftsmen were short handed, it couldn’t be helped Dietrich who lost to Edgar leaned onto the table weakly
“Anyway, Di, please help the winners buy some snacks”
“Yup, a cheap pie would do”
“I want to eatwith that”
“Well, okay Wait… Hey Boss, you didn’t take part right!!”
“Don’t be so petty, just treat it as a gesture of thanking me for all the times I took care of you”
Dietrich’s face alternated between green and white before resigning hi heavy footsteps towards the cafeteria The three of the hiloo
“It’s not worthy of co with now Before this, he would keep ya whenever he loses, and would definitely play cards with me”
The Boss smiled wryly, the smile under his beard was hard to see as usual Dietrich’s neurotic and hard to please personality was fa the maintenance departet along with They had the chance to ith him often, so they had noticed that Dietrich had become rather low profile
“He changed after the Beheed for the better”
“By the way, he was the one ht?”
Helvi recalled so related, too Helvi, who took on the role of test pilot from the very start had theTellestarle after that Edgar nodded with a surprised expression
“That’s right; maybe… it was because of Ernesti Di was the only one who saw hi that incident”
Edgar answered Helvi with a stern face Edgar’s expression displayed his passion and coht just be by chance, but his friend had the opportunity to witness the skills capable of fighting against a battalion level Demon beast and it made him jealous; and his friend’s ability has obviously rised to a new level, which iht be too stubborn about it at times Helvi, who knew hiar would work harder when he sees the people around him put in so much effort
“Hile, if you don’t work hard, he will leave you in the dust”
The eyes under the slightly curled short hair squinted cheerfully, teasing Edgar Edgar didn’t kno to respond and reverted back to his nonchalant smile
“I won’t be left behind so easily”
“Oh, now that youto discuss with the silver boy”
The Boss suddenly clapped, and noticed the question on the faces of the other two
“Well,about what to do next”
“Repairing the rest of the machines on campus?”
“I have permission from the dean, so there’s no hurry… but we can’t just abandon the new e”
The Boss ar and Helvi gasped and looked at each other
With the bell ringing to signal the end of the lessons, stalls started appearing around Laihiala Pilot Acade out after school could be seen
“Hey, littlethis time?”
“Yes, ill be eating while walking like this today! Give me three pies!”
“Alright! What fillings do you want?”
“Let me think…”
The last bit of blue was gone fro it feel uneasy Eru co her snacks with the stall owner cheerfully, with the weather He thought it would be better if the weather had the same mood as Ady
“Don’t think about it too ”
“You are right But how should I put this, I feel that if we don’t accompany Ady more today, our relationshi+p would turn bad”
“ Oh Eh, let’s worry about that after it rains”
Ady turned around at this time with a smile on her face, and hot pies in her handsWould it rain first or would she have shopped until she was satisfied― Eru ondering about trivial things
After this, they visited a lot of stalls, and when they were almost full, they made a trip to the workshop There was no special reason for this; they would just go there to see the strange sights from time to time
“ What are you doing?”
“Eh? As you see, we are playing ‘Kuuklen’ Ara, David is a formidable opponent”
Under the shelter of the workshop, the dean of Laihiala Pilot Acadeame similar to chess on earth with the Boss Lauri had the overwhel the Boss, pushi+ng him close to defeat
“I ao easier on me?”
“Kekeke, as an educator, I can’t go easy on you right?”
“This is just a game…”
Unlike the s Lauri, Boss’s face looked ready to cru it with his hand He was unwilling to ad the chess board with an extra chess piece
“No, playing garandfather is here”
“Eh? That’s right; there was so I want to discuss with you and David I wanted to call you to the Dean’s office, but I figured you all ht be here”
Eru didn’t i was so haphazard and al hi him on the chessboard, Lauri was finally satisfied and ready to speak The Boss, as treated as a hed, not bothered by this small matter
“The things I wanted to discuss with the both of you is no other than the newwhat to do with the new models in the future”
Eru and the others took a seat, feeling surprised by this sudden topic
“Frankly speaking, I was only expecting slight i, and the results in the end were beyond ination”
“Because this is truly a new model machine”
Eru’s cheerful answer made Lauri’s shoulders droop
“I didn’t expect you to create soe, are you planning to present it to His Majesty?”
Lauri’s words didn’t feel like a question, and see confirmation Because for him, the new model with the improved perforh to fulfil the king’s request for the ‘besthis well deserved rewards was the natural progression of things But things went contrary to his expectation as Eru shook his head firmly
“Oh? I thought that’s why you orking so hard for… is that wrong?”
Lauri’s eyes widened frolance at Tellestarle
“I have so about soe that proive it my all, too”
“You are not giving it your all yet!?”
Listening to Eru’s firm statement, the Boss, as shocked, alined Eru’s series of action that defied co, which was outside of Lauri’s and the Boss’s expectations
“Yes, Tellestarle is the foundation… after stabilising the foundation; I want to construct a grand castle on top of it That should give His Majesty the shock of his life”
“I think ill die from shock before that”
“And the boy only kno to tell the truth, that’s the scary part…”
Lauri changed fronation He wasn’t the only one; everyone else felt the sarunting as he crossed his arms
“Since Eru said so, this matter is settled But anyway, since we coation to report it to the nation”
“That is natural So in the end, ill still be reporting it to His Majesty?”
Lauri gave a negative response to Eru’s query
“His Majesty is also busy ork He ht have made a promise with you personally, but we can’t settle this so casually We will probably need to go through the proper channels”
“The proper channels… you mean the NTR Lab…”
National Technological Robotics Laboratory, and known to the public as ‘NTR Lab’ As its naes the developy From major projects such as development of new machines to minor details like is related to Silhouette Knights were handled by them, and communicated to the rest of the nation The academy took part in technical enhanceround as a craftsanisation
“Eh, thatthe whole thing there”
“H right? If we start hts would have it easier and the city would be peaceful To improve to such an extent, the iht?”
Chid, who interrupted with questions tilted his head in confusion What he said wasn’t wrong, prouaranteeing the Kingdoe Dedo the the time to defeat Dee For the Kingdom of Fremainst De else Why would reporting the construction of Tellestarle to the authorities be anything to worry about? Lauri’s smile had a hint of bitterness as he answered:
“It can be done… but hts require a fixed process It starts with accuineers would use this as the foundation and apply thethened by repeating this process”
Constructing new Silhouette Knights were the responsibilities of the NTR Lab, and in ter that Lauri remembered this part and continued:
“Developing new Silhouette Knights is a national level project; I never iined we could make an entire new model with the facilities on campus Well, an idea that could revolutionise doesn’t co that easily…”
Eru and the Boss looked towards the distance, as if they were avoiding Lauri’s eyes Both of thes in order to complete the machine they wanted
“Eh, that’s it, the probleestions we submitted are usuallyan entire new model If we suddenly shoith a new machine, on’t kno they would handle it”
When Lauri saw Eru’s shed softly