Chapter 72 (1/2)

As the school entered its first teror like an empty husk Worried, Rudel and the others tried to look after her, but after a while, she showed her energy again

But for those around, it was a painfully e to becoet anywhere with it Alongside her fear of death, she was saddened by the notion she would be forgotten forever While she basked in her sadness, she cas…

'Help out?'

Pulling out Rudel's sword, Sakuya struck up a conversation with the two again This time, she requested to borrow their power As the boar let out an incoave a cheery response

”That's right! I'ht? In that case, I have to repay my debt to everyone”

At the request of a slightly withered girl, the tho had one forsaken her decided to undertake The bird thought it would put her ave a simple query

'So what do you want us to do?'

”First off…”

When the weather was nice, it was possible to eat one's lunch in the courtyard visible from the school cafeteria There around noon, Sakuya spoke with Luecke, surrounded by young nobles She was normally with Rudel, so it wasn't a problem, but his followers didn't see to him so easily

Even if the nobles were mindful of her, Sakuya conveyed her business After she had done that, Luecke finished up his htest change of expression

”Is there anything I want you to do for me? The answer is no”

”A-anything!?”

Luecke's head was hurting at this peculiar request When he thought she had regained her vigor, she suddenly ca it was Rudel's influence, he looked at Sakuya, who had taken on a posture as if she were praying as she awaited his response

”Come back later I don't have any particular requests No, wait, I borrowed Rudel's report Just return it to him, and that's that”

What was handed over was Rudel's report on hts on it As it wasn't the sort of request she was hoping for, Sakuya's face turned sour

Luecke looked at her dissatisfied face and gave his stern opinion

”If you want a more decent request, you'll need to earn your opponent's trust”

Recalling her usual conduct, Sakuya's shoulders fell as she tried to make off with the report But Luecke called her back and handed over his lunch desert In a small ceramic cup lay a cake covered in cream

”What's this?”

”Your wages It isn't a bad reward for the job”

Seeing the exchange of the two, Luecke's followers felt a kindness they had never seen before in his actions As he usually ate with Rudel, his folloho only ate lunch with him on occasion were shocked beyond belief

”… Thank… you”

Realizing she wasn't used to saying the words, Sakuya grew ashamed of herself as she left the area

After handing the report to Rudel, she next headed to Eunius as he shed his sweat on the training grounds The students who let their sweat flow, rather than refreshi+ng, it eltering Perhaps because a rounds were men

”Any requests? None”

Attaching a weight to his sword and swinging it around, Eunius was training himself up for his confrontation with Rudel in the second se at Sakuya's face, he concentrated on the swing of his sword

”Anything will do!”

As Sakuya pleaded in a loud voice, Eunius sighed and decided to take a break Sitting on a bench, he used the towel and drink his followers had prepared to rest

”I really don't have… ah, there's one thing you could do!”

”Oh, what's that!!?”

Eunius was hit by inspiration, and Sakuya's eyes sparkled as she bit on She bit on… but Euinus' request was quite the iffy one

”There's a girl I' for in one of the shops I frequent, and I'd like to know her preferences Normally, I'd be able to research, but she's the silent type, see… I was justover what to do, so could you look into it?”

As Eunius delightfully spoke of the shop's location and the woman's characteristics, Sakuya was mildly taken aback

”Y-yes… very well”

Thinking she could try asking the bird, Sakuya was about to walk off, when Eunius tossed over the sack of baked sweets his followers had brought over

”Don't eat too much

After seeing her off with a sripped the sack in her hands and lowered her head

”Thank you!

Eunius thought he felt sarcasm in Sakuya's thanks, and let them slide

Sending the bird out to investigate, Sakuya held a strategywith the boar When the bird who manifested in his small body was told to look into the woman Eunius had his eyes on, he spilled some complaints as he flew off… none of the requests hat she had expected, and Sakuya orried

”These are just errands, right? I don't want to sound picky, but aren't there any better requests out there…”

'You sure are a picky one Well, if they're asked so suddenly, then anyone would be troubled'

”Then what am I supposed to do!? I don't want to meet my end as someone who just ran errands!”

'You should blame your normal conduct'

She glared at the cold boar, but soon fell onto the bed as she thought over what came next

”Next is… uy's…”

The one Sakuya shi+ed fro her natural ene fun of her, Aleist was irritating But the one who appeared to her when she was lonely was also Aleist She thought back to when she was a Goddess, alaiting for humans in that desolate temple

As she recalled that, she concluded she hated hi the bed to search for Aleist

”Hah? There's no way I have any requests for you My probles you would be able to solve”

Evening had come, and before Aleist- who sat on a bench with a tired look on his face- Sakuya clenched her fist and glared He was that sort of guy But she re when she was alone

”T-then I could at least hear you out They say talking takes a weight off your chest”

”It's so quite important to me, but… well, whatever The truth is, ever since that party, Millia's come to hate me Even if I try to approach her, she avoids ”

A little fed-up within, Sakuya's motivation flared as she finally heard what seeh But it was a fact that Aleist was often approached by five different underclassot the feeling it wasn't co

”Leave it to ize to Millia, right!”