Chapter 333: Atonement must be fast and plentiful 2 (1/2)

Chapter 333: Atonement must be fast and plentiful 2

“Aah, Seiren Garmena, huh”

“Y-You know her?” (Makoto)

“It is the type of girl that you would end up confessing without realizing, right? Most people in Academy Town know about this”

Even ard Acadeeneral populace and merchants know about it In that case, itfor her

Thethat our relationshi+p isn’t bad h…

“I recently heard she has been facing quite the hardshi+ps because of her episode with me” (Makoto)

“Kinda The savior of Academy Toith a saint-like personality, an ade A person that, as long as you close your eyes and don’t look at his appearance, you wouldn’t find any faults I would say she is being seen as the top fool and target of hatred for darting off when given the chance of being with the et”

“…”

How can this be?

If Zara-san says so, it isto their own evaluation oftaken as an ‘it can’t be helped’ situation

There’s only one truth, but it is not certain that the people who hear about it or see it will be able to perceive it correctly

I had Tohly increase our profits at that time, so their impression her extent

“Even so, Seirenaway full-throttle after being confessed to, your position as a ht have been at risk It is not like you were the one who spread this ru about it is a waste, you know” (Zara)

“That ‘confession’ had a lot of circumstances to it, so I don’t want to count it either, but even if I wasn’t the one who spread it, I do feel a certain degree of responsibility” (Makoto)

I don’t knoho ordered it, but it was probably one or several of our e that rumor so that it wouldn’t be harmful to us

“…No, the one who spread that was Seiren herself, saying: ‘I was confessed to, but I ran away’, because she didn’t want others to misunderstand the relationshi+p between you and her, you know?” (Zara)

…Seiren

No, thanks

I was feeling pretty heavy due to the guilt, but that’s hoas, huh Seiren-san was the one who spread that herself

Then, I feel a bit better

The Variant Incident and the growth of Jin and the others because oftailwin onto

For so part of hers reh I feel no love for her at all, my affection points towards Seiren rose a little bit

“…”

“Raidou?” (Zara)

“I thought for sure it was one of our employees that spread that” (Makoto)

“Like Eris-san? No way Her loyalty towards you, in foundation, is pretty sturdy, you know? You should trust your subordinates more” (Zara)

“Yeah, I will And so, Zara-san, I ay What’s the best way to go about things when a merchant wants to provide assistance to a researcher in the Acadey You are the one who should be given an apology…is what I want to say, but let’s leave that aside for now You can just go through the normal staff member channel In this case, there’s no technique for profit or finding loopholes, it is siht? Then just be straight about it You don’t even need to meet her face to face” (Zara)

Nor your face is the standard, but it seeiving the things to the staff h to deal with it without any problems

Zara-san explained to me politely

“Oh, so there’s no proble it a trade or anything, but I thought that there would be some sort of etiquette as a et a profitable result, you have to hts clear fro or it will surely be troublesome later It is an incredible pain, and it is almost always the Academy Unless you properly know the faction, research cost, research tiretting it later In those kinds ofa contract” (Zara)

“I will keep that in oing to support Seiren? You would be putting money on her research, you know?” (Zara)

?

“Uhm, that was my intention Is there a problem with that?” (Makoto)

Seiren-san’s specialization is aria foundation

It sounds pretty noric research, and I don’t think it is connected to dangerous experihts

“Don’t you know her field of study?” (Zara)

“I have an idea of it Basic foundation of arias” (Makoto)

“That’s right It won’t turn into a single coin” (Zara)

I did think I wouldn’t be able to get bigfrom the tone of Zara-san, that’s a hard reality

“I see…” (Makoto)

“It is still in the ging out old pieces of literature and poeround check on the author and what their expressionsthose kinds of pointless stuff in detail won’t change anything What everyone is looking for is the recreation of those outstanding works, not the analysis of them And yet, they don’t listen at all! Even when the sponsors tell theet way too concentrated in just poking each part of the pages!” (Zara)

He got pretty heated there

He must have had an experience like that before

“…You had that same painful experience in the past, huh” (Makoto)

“It was the worst! I ae in their hobbies They are the type of people to i The type of people that offer themselves to research that doesn’t make money” (Zara)

“By the hat research did you put money on?” (Makoto)

“It may not look like it, but I like books There was a time when I wanted to preserve the work of a certain past literary master” (Zara)

T-That’s way too unexpected

This is like a critical ‘I may not look like it’ case

Zara-san likes books

Since he mentioned literary master, is he the type to read novels?

I aenre!

“You like novels?” (Makoto)

“Hs that were centered around travelling journals, since I thought it would help me out in h the et acquainted to the culture of other places, and ended up completely into it” (Zara)

“I see” (Makoto)

“And so, for ht expectation of selling, I proposed to some researchers to make a whole series” (Zara)

“But it didn’t sell” (Makoto)

“Even though it was supposed to be a coress properly In the end, we just released the first volume that was half the planned thickness, and it finished with that” (Zara)

“…”

That’s a terrible result

“Well, it was froo, and it is doubted if she even existed Just trying to pinpoint which ones were her works was really difficult, was one of the excuses” (Zara)

“You were expecting specialized researchers would be able to identify all of her works, and yet, that was the result It certainly sounds rage inducing” (Makoto)

“That’s how it is” (Zara)

“Can you tell me the name of that author for future reference? When I have the ti those books a read” (Makoto)

“…You read books?” (Zara)

“The hell?” (Makoto)

“Hm?” (Zara)

“Ah, no, sorry about that” (Makoto)

It was co, so I ended up retorting reflexively

I certainly haven’t read a lot lately

But before co to this world, I read quite a whole lot!

That’s why Tootten about!

“Well, that’s fine I am happy even if it is flattery Soend” (Zara)

Lorel?

Hmm?

First…priestess?

“Her name is hitsuna” (Zara)

“Hitsuna…” (Makoto)

“Is so that weird face” (Zara)

“Aah…actually, I recently went to Kannaoi in Lorel by the invitation of the Empress-sama” (Makoto)

She is alive

Like, really lively

That long past literary master of yours

“Yeah, I heard about that Also that you are allowed to coo from Kannaoi whenever you please by the feudal lord household” (Zara)

“As expected of Zara-san I have been given the permission to freely transit Naoi and Kannaoi” (Makoto)

“…Naoi Even the capital? I didn’t know that Looks like you have done quite the impressive business job there” (Zara)