Chapter 144 (1/2)

Volume 2

Atelier Tanaka Volume 3 Chapter 3 Part 5

Witch

“Umm, why are you all here.”

“Oh, we were waiting for you! We still need to make plans for tomorrow.”

“Ah, right.”

I guess this is a continuation of the meeting from earlier.

They seemed to be waiting for my return for some time now.

Excluding Ester-chan, the other girls seemed to have other motives for being here.

“By the way, h-have you been out with the imperial knight this whole time!?”

This panicked voice belonged to Ester-chan.

The jealousy was obvious on her face. She’s now entered full marriage mode.

“Yes. We’ve agreed to work together on this.”

The Imperial Lesbian was the one that answered as Ester-chan looked at her nervously.

“M-More importantly, what is going on here? What are you doing in his room FitzClarence-sama!? I-I’d just like an explanation so I can understand. And who are those young ladies over there?”

Her eyes were locked on the group of girls clinging to Allen. It looked as if she may attack them at any moment. She didn’t even seem to notice Allen sitting in the middle of them. This is true lesbianism.

“We have also agreed to investigate with them.”

“Investigation? That can’t be.”

“They have. Just like you and me. These young ladies are here out of the kindness of their hearts.”

“I see. It’s like that.”

The Imperial Lesbian nodded.

Following a series of exchanges, Ester-chan also seemed agreeable.

“Hmm? If that’s how it is, I’d like to welcome you, Mercedes.”

“Thank you for your kind words, FitzClarence-sama.”

Mercedes-chan got down on one knee and slightly bowed to Ester-chan.

Throughout this entire exchange, I never took my eyes off Mercedes-chan’s face. Her head was down but her eyes were looking up in the direction of Ester-chan’s thighs at the area where her skirt created a shadow.

“Then, I’ll be in your care.”

“Yes! I’ll protect you even at the cost of my own body!”

Sophichan wants to avoid this Imperial Lesbian at all costs, but Ester-chan hasn’t reached that point yet. I wonder if this will be the lesbian’s chance to find the hole she’s looking for. Her glistening eyes were enough to reveal the greed lying inside her.

While this was happening, Allen stood up from the sofa and approached us.

I was watching him out of the corner of my eye and noticed he was having trouble tearing the girls off of him.

Whenever he would pull someone’s hand off of him, a cute “Ahn~” or “Kya~’ would follow.

“Umm, T-Tanaksan, I’m sorry for the intrusion!”

The sight of him tearing school girls off of himself completed the look of ‘harem king.’ Has there been a single day that’s passed since we’ve met that he hasn’t had women throwing themselves at him? He’s even doing this in the same room as Ester-chan.

I think I may come to hate this dorm if Allen starts using it as his personal bachelor pad.

Now that I think about it, could this have been the loli bitch’s plan from the start? If I consider her character, it’s not completely out of the realm of possibility.

When I recall how those girls were rubbing on Allen, they really were moments away from having sex. There’s no doubt in my mind that if I had arrived a few seconds later, I would’ve seen something entirely different.

The loli bitch could’ve let Allen join so all of her followers would focus on him. A knight offered as a sacrifice to the horny noble school girls.

Damn, I’m so envious of Allen.

Hasn’t he been given the best job?

“Don’t worry. Please, think of this as your own room and relax.”

“I could never go that far.”

“Oh, your cup is empty. I’ll go prepare some tea.”

I need to leave this room.

My heart won’t be able to take much more.

I turned to head towards the kitchen.

Then

Pachin, the window in the living room shattered.

At the same time, the curtains came crashing down as something jumped into the room from the outside. I quickly turned to look in the direction of the sound and spotted a large creature resembling a bird. It reminded me of the Archaeopteryx that I learned about in a biology textbook.

Underneath this massive bird, Allen was prone on the ground. The bird must have landed a direct hit on him. The birds enormous talons were gripping onto Allen’s armour.

“Allen!”

Ester-chan yelled.

“Allen!”

I did the same.

I immediately raised my hand to launch a fireball at the creature.

However, the bird was alert and agile.

While still gripping Allen in its claws, the bird started flapping its great wings. Powerful gusts of winds erupted from its wings sending furniture in the room flying towards me. I was forced to crouch down to avoid the sofa.

The room was thrown into chaos. Everyone was forced to hide behind what little cover there was available. By the time, everything had settled, the bird flew back out the way it came.

I ran towards the window to see it racing through the sky. Its large wings propelled it forward at a rapid pace and it soon disappeared from sight. This entire sequence of events lasted for less than twenty seconds.

“No, Allen-sama!” “Whatjust happened.” “FitzClarence-sama! Allen-sama. Allen-sama has been kidnapped!” “What’s going to happen to Allen-sama!?” “Was that a Roc!? They’re not supposed to be in the city!” “Was that someone’s familiar!?”

Ester-chan’s entourage started panicking.

“I’ll go after them!”

I ran towards the window, placed my foot on the window sill, and launched myself into the night air. I activated my flying magic and flew up into the sky as a pleasant wind caressed my cheeks. I don’t have time to think about this. I quickly started scanning the horizon for any sight of the bird.

“I-It’s too dark. I can’t see anything!”

“Me either.”

Before I noticed, Ester-chan was next to me.

Furthermore, right behind her were several members of her entourage. Not all of them seemed to be able to use flight magic. Those that couldn’t were looking out of the broken window with faces filled with regret.

Mercedes-chan was also there but she seemed to be more disappointed than anything. She was desperately trying to look up the girls’ skirts but there wasn’t enough light to see anything.

“We’ll help look!”

“Okay, but be careful.”

“Yes, we know!”

Under Ester-chan’s command, the search for Allen began.

***

In the end, we weren’t able to find Allen.

After searching for any sign of the bird for half an hour, most of the girls were exhausted from using flight magic. We were all uncertain of what to do next, so we met up back in my room. Ester-chan’s entourage returned to the room first and I was the last to return shortly after Ester-chan.

“Oi, look at this.”

As soon as I returned to the room, Mercedes-chan called out to me.