Chapter 140 (1/2)

Volume 2

Chapter 119

We were now done with the test without incident and so we went to the store with Leone and the girls together.

We were waiting for the food that the head hostess had recommended, so I planted the seed of conversation among the group.

「I see, so it was Kaito that bought Minnalis.」

「That’s right.」

I was asked how Minnalis and I met, and after mentioning some odds and ends, came to the time that I bought Minnalis in the slums.

Of course, I didn’t talk about being an adventurer or being attacked by the princess or empire.

Only Leone knew about that information.

Also, it was obvious we didn’t tell Leone the real purpose for our trip.

「Even so that’s something Minnalis! I was really surprised!」

「Hahoo, Spinne. Stop it, You’re not a kid anymore!」

Minnalis said as Spinne embraced her.

Even though Minnalis looked a bit troubled, she didn’t try to escape Spinne’s grasp.

「I was also surprised that you passed the advanced class! I heard that half-beasts can’t use long range magic that well. How did you DO that, after all?」

「Ah! I was wondering about that too. For an outsider to attain advanced class takes the power of a seasoned adventurer or a veteran, right?」

Xank stated, as Dan continued.

「Sorry, it’s a secret. An adventurer must keep her secrets.」

Minnalis apologized for not being able to answer them, and did so clearly.

「It’s just as Minnalis says. There’s no adventurer that just gives up their tricks. …but, you could teach me how to do it right?」

「Nope.」

「What?」

Even though she refused Leone flatly, she still seemed a bit soft in the exchange.

「『Minnalis, you seem so happy.』」

「『Yeah, happy for you.』」

Shuria seemed to whisper after all the adulation was poured on Minnalis.

It must have been because our memories were warm in the light of all the dirty, poisonous ones of the past.

Much like the days that Leticia and I spent together.

And the days that Shuria spent with her mother and sister.

「Well, glad to see that both Minnalis and Shuria reached advanced class. Spinne, they both learned magic after teaching themselves, so if they ever have problems you can help them out, right?」

I said to the magician Spinne.

Leone was in the same class, but someone knowledgeable in the fundamentals of magic would make a better tutor if necessary.

「Of course I can. They’re both cute, and all I want is the title of 『Magic School Graduate』. So I’d be happy, happy, happy, to do it.」

「Whaa?」

「Huh?」

Spinne suddenly embraced Minnalis again, and then in the same way embraced Shuria in her large bosom.

After Shuria jolted in surprise, she touched her own flat chest, and after moving her neck in Spinne’s bosom, then jumped away and shouted.

「Whaaaa?! She’s my enemy! Enemy! This person is my enemy!」

「What?!」

Shuria glared at Shupine in a hostile fashion.

And just as my little sister used to tell me – I thought “Brother, don’t get involved in things like that.”

I understood what my sister had told me so I directed the conversation somewhere else.

「You’re Dan and Xank, right?」

「Yeah, call me Dan.」

「Yup, Xank.」

「I see, call me Kaito. Why are you coming to the magic school? You seem like knights, so I guess you need the magic as back up?」

「Yeah, I need to learn some strengthening magic.」

「And I want to learn how to enchant my weapon.」

Dan rolled up his sleeve and slapped his bicep, while Zank presented the sword on his hip.

「You’re joining the basic class too, Kaito?」

「Yeah, but even so, I just want to be able to use the library and the school’s dungeon, so I’m not going to any of the lectures.」

I had no interest in getting instructed from the beginning.

「Oh, so a dungeoner.」

Dan said in reaction to my words.

On people that had seats in the school were able to use the dungeon beneath the school.

The same with the library.

A dungeoner was someone that wasn’t there for learning magic, but an outsider that bought a seat at the school simple because use of the dungeon was allowed to anyone that did.

「Yeah, and because of this, Leone and you two, please take care of my two while I’m away… I don’t think it will be a problem, but it’s rare to see a half-beast at a place like this, and because Shuria looks the way she does.」

「You’re right, Shuria does look much younger than her actual age.」

「Hmph! I know you like to tease, but stop treating me like a kid!!」

「Hee hee, no, calm down Shuria, ow, no, it doesn’t hurt but it does tickle!」

Shuria got angry and prodded her finger between my ribs.

It didn’t hurt, but being prodded like that made my body feel weird.

「…sure, I understand. You’re both so cute, so there’s sure to be stupid guys that will chase after you.」

Leone finally said something after such a long silence, and responded as any normal person would.

However, even though that wasn’t the first time I saw her like that, you should still see something like caution on her face.

(…hmm, did I mess up somehow?)

When we separated before, it seemed that we had formed a good relationship together.

I wonder how we stood now.

At first it seemed there was a very strong cautiousness.

Almost as if the wrong step would bring hostility, a very open severity.

This time as well, you couldn’t feel anything negative, but something else.

(Well, it doesn’t matter. We’re not trying to get anything here anyway.)

We were former Japanese from our former world speaking to one another, but this was something different.