Chapter 229 - Final Lesson (1/2)
It was morning the next day and Cecil and his friends were currently at the outskirts of the city. His plans to leave last night were scrapped thanks to a certain someone.
Currently, Cecil was having a huge headache dealing with the extra accessory currently attached to his back.
”I'M COMING!”
”NO!”
”I'm coo~ooming~”
”STOP. SAYING IT LIKE THAT!”
He didn't understand why, but the way Serilla was saying it sounded kinda wrong to him and it caused him to feel embarrassed.
”Please, understand your position a little here, okay?! Aren't you supposed to be this Kingdom's next Sword Saintess?!”
”NO! I'd rather be this world's next Silvaria!”
”What the hell?!”
”I'm coming!!!”
”Oh. My. God!!! Will you stop SAYING THAT?!”
At the moment, Serilla was clinging onto his back like a koala. Her legs and arms were wrapped around Cecil's now tall and well-built frame.
”Please...don't be unreasonable. You've been eavesdropping on our conversation already, right?! Then don't you know that I'll be leaving and going on journey for an indefinite amount of time?!”
”Yes! And that's why I wanna cooommmeee!!”
”Think about your family and your parents!”
Serilla immediately rebutted him.
”They won't care if I'm gone! They've got plenty of children already!”
”What the heck?! What kind of parent wouldn't care if their child suddenly disappeared?”
”Well, I'll just tell them I'm eloping with my beloved...So, I'm coming, I'm coming, I'm coming~!”
”ARGH! Stop. Saying. That!”
”NO!”
Cecil grabbed his hair in frustration. He turned to the side and looked at his friends and especially towards Lucia.
His face was practically screaming and begging for help, but Fina, Eli, Ainz, and the rest only avoided his gaze while snickering.
Lucia was smiling brightly and her face read 'give up already Cel~'
”Damn...seriously, YOU'RE 18! HOW CAN YOU ACT LIKE THIS?! LIKE A CHILD!”
”So what?! I'm coming!!!”
Cecil through his hands up in the air and surrendered.
”That's it...I give up...I give up, do what you want.”
Cecil immediately sat down on the floor and lowered his head into his hands as he let out a frustrated breath. He couldn't believe how unreasonable this young lady was! She was almost 4 years older than him basically the same age as his eldest brother, but how could she act so childish?! It was such a stark contrast to his eldest brother who was so mature and rational.
”Really?”
”...”
”I can do what I want?”
”...hmmm...” Cecil half-heartedly responded.
”Yay! Yeeeaayyy!!”
Serilla began to jump around Cecil like a child. Seeing her so happy, Cecil grew even more frustrated, but eventually all that frustration immediately disappeared for some reason and it was replaced with a sense of profound helplessness.
”...don't regret this later...”
”I won't~”
”...whatever, I'm leaving tonight...so if you have any regrets and don't want to follow, take the day to think about it.”
”I won't regret anything~ AND! I'm coming~”
”...seriously, stop saying the last part like that...”
”Why~?” Serilla said with a sly smirk.
”I dunno, alright?! It...Just sounds weird...”
”Hihihi~”
Serilla patted Cecil on the head and smiled brightly, ”Take care of me from now on, Cel~”
”...Yeah, likewise...”
”Hihihi~”
Serilla and Cecil were practically the same height now. Before Cecil was still a little bit shorter than her, but after some time, he had already caught up. He was also half a head taller than Lucia now.
Cecil couldn't help but think, 'Hm~ I've actually grown much taller huh? Hehe, that's good! I wouldn't want to stay short for the rest of my life! And...'
He looked back at the infatuated bunny girl in front of him and at Lucia who was now making her way over to them and said inwardly.
'Man...It'd be embarrassing to have these two towering over me all the time...'
His previous height was really appalling. The sight of these two girls sidling up beside him and towering over his short height caused him to feel extremely bothered.
'Thank goodness I grew taller...sorry mother, it's not that I'm rejecting your shortness, but I'd really like to be as tall as dad one day...well, not as tall, but at least taller than I am right now.'
Since their plans were already decided, Cecil thought it was best to prepare for the journey ahead. He checked his spatial ring and decided to transfer all the items inside his black ring into his white ring.
Since he was leaving, the ring obviously had to be returned to the Academy. Also his Academy-issued MID and all the resources he got from the Academy he kept inside the black ring and tossed it over to Ainz.
”Hey Ainz, take it back to the headmaster for me. You can have all the resources inside since I won't need them anymore.”
”Eh? Oh yeah, sure...”
Seeing him do this, Lucia and Serilla did the same and gave their rings over to Fina and Eli. Fina couldn't help but tear up when she saw the ring in her hand.
”Y-you're really going...”
”Yeah...sorry for being selfish, but y'know...where he goes, I go...”
”I understand...”
Fina sighed and faced Cecil with a hardened face.
”Cecil...you better take good care of her...or else.”
WOOOSSSHH
”Woah!”