Chapter 43 (1/2)

Translator: Kurehashi+ Aiko

VOLUME 2 CHAPTER 10: Dragon-san Loses Her Mind Part 1

At Signos Acadeeneral public

On the day of our appointment, I arrived at the Academy much earlier than I told Elvie, and so I tried to look up the exhibition rooet there by h it was called the exhibition rooular er

Apparently it was a room where various students could exhibit their inventions, as well as present the results of their s that were ever put in here in chronological order, so it was fairly interesting

In addition, in the back of the room there was the portrait of the first Headmaster of the Academy, in other words a portrait of Kyle in his later years There was even a plaque with explanation underneath it

「H with a plaque that read 'Staff of the First Head was empty

Kyle used to carry that staff with hian to tinker with it Once he even asked rades, to which I agreed quite eagerly

It's been a while since I last saw that thing, but since it was not here but so I could do about it

Feeling a little bit disappointed I left the exhibition room and went back to the corridor, that was now full of students in black uniforms since the lessons were over for the day

I was feeling so out of place and conspicuous The curios gazes of young boys and girls were alht, even in the area open to the general public, the sight of soers was rather eye-catching

Oh, that person in the distance looks like a teacher

…… I'd better go to theplace before so ate at a pace that was a little bit too suspicious, but at the very least I ed to put some distance between myself and the teachers

There was a statue in thethe Black Flas

Naturally, it was not a 1:1 scale, but the scales were finely carved out of the high quality obsidian, oh, and is this genuine gold that I see in its eyes? I wonder howorth?

…… It was the first tiate The last time I was here I used a whole different entrance, so it was all news to me

Kyle, what the hell is that supposed to beeeeeeeee!!!

Is this harassment? Is that some sick form of harassment you came up with!?

I swear, if you were still alive you wouldn't hear the end of iiiiiiiiittttttttt!!!

Right noas feeling so eet the hell out of here, but I was still clutching my hands on the pedestal and was unable toout to ht?」

「Aah, it's nothing, lad Just an old wound that won't stop itching」

「Haah」

Rather,to cope with the signs of as probably a new kind of psychological trau the statue, I turned around to see Elvie's puzzled face

「Heya, it's been a while How are you holding up?」

「U here today, Noct-san」

「I should be the one who should be thanking you for inviting me」

「Notc-san, please come this way And I'm terribly sorry, but it's quite a bit of a walk」

「I don't s, I started to walk through the caht behind Elvie

But, how do I put it? For some reason Elvie looked to be quite restless

「Is there soot that you stand out sowith you in such a crowded place」

Well, sure, I think that I' out just a little bit Actually no, make that quite a lot

「Would it be better if I came here in secret?」

「No, it's not a problem of any sort, really I'm just a little bit worried about tomorrow, that is all」

So that's the reason for Elvie's strange behavior

While I was thinking about that, the wall of forest trees began to grow ever so closer, and finally a lonely building could be seen in the distance

「This the building that used to house all the clubs in the past…… What do you think?」

Elvie askcovered in ivy, growing bigger with each step closer we take

「…… Oh, not bad, I gotta say」

「Is that so?」

Said Elvie, leaving thatfro hidden behind it

But soe with the flow of h it felt off, there wasn't that y in the forest, but I decided to take a note of that for now

If alked a little bit further from here ould enter the land under the jurisdiction of one ofand didn't raise questions I assuht for me to be here

Even so, it was a force of habit of ical circulation of the places I was at right now

For now let's try to change gears, since I a else

I told that toand followed Elvie to the clubroo that I sahen Elvie opened the door and we entered the roo room, and he went to welcome us

「hello, Mo…… I , but stopped himself before it was too late It was subtle, but also very dangerous

「Hey, Aru It hasn't been that long since we last saw each other, but I a forward to what you want to show lad that you caed smiles, to which Elvie looked quite stunned

「So, you really DO know one another Noct-san」