Episode 112
“Master? Where are you going?”
“…Night walk.”
It may be sudden, but I think I should go for a night walk with Klana.
Normally, I would have had to get a good night’s sleep after a tiring day, but I couldn’t help it.
Klana’s hands were shaking when she asked me to go for a night walk.
Just like a few weeks ago.
“Kania, how long do you think is left until Klarna’s memories fully return?”
“If you’re in that state, your memories can come back at any time.”
Kania’s expression was dark as she answered my question.
I looked at her sheepishly for a moment, then sighed and answered.
“I’m anxious because the quest to liberate the slave market overlaps. If that many slaves end up like the last time…”
“Master, are you already assuming that we will be found out?”
“…Ugh.”
I was about to refute Kania’s words, but then I sighed and closed my mouth.
I’ve thought about a lot of things from the day the temporary measures were taken in Klarna’s memory to today, but I couldn’t come up with a clear number.
“First of all, prepare, Kania. I don’t like letting things go wrong without any preparation.”
“All right.”
So when I finally told the truth, Kania, who was biting her lip, answered with difficulty.
“Then, let’s go…”
“I have a question.”
I patted her on the shoulder and was about to leave the room, but Kania grabbed me and asked me a question.
“…Isn’t it time for the third ordeal to come?”
“How did you know that?”
“You can tell just by looking at the master’s expression.”
Kania said that and looked at me with a sad expression.
“What is this ordeal? Irina is feeling anxious again. Just to prevent her from going crazy…”
“I don’t know either.”
“You don’t know?”
When I answered calmly, Kania asked back with a puzzled expression.
“I really don’t know. How this ordeal will turn out.”
But in this case, I can’t do anything about it.
This is because the third trial changes depending on the partner.
So, I was planning hard to be able to attack no matter who I partnered with, but things went wrong when I partnered with Perloce.
“So… this trial is unknown territory that even you don’t know about?”
“…huh.”
After hearing that explanation, Kania immediately started walking around the room with a nervous expression.
“Don’t worry. The third trial is also a test of mental strength. I’m confident in my mental strength…”
“Last time, I used the ‘Robe of Deception’ and received mental counseling. The results came out.”
As I was trying to reassure her, Kania sat down on a chair, took out a bag from her bosom, unfolded it, and started talking in a low voice.
“To sum it up, there is definitely something wrong with your mental state.”
“Me? That can’t be possible. What is my mental strength level?”
My mental strength level is currently 9.5 as I am receiving my partner’s blessing. In other words, even throughout the world, it is difficult to find someone with stronger mental power than me.
But, is there something wrong with my mind? I can’t understand at all.
“Master, you have an obsession that you must always be okay.”
I was about to open my mouth with that thought in mind, but Kania spoke in a serious voice.
“Of course, I’m thinking that, but… it’s not like an obsession, it’s a fact. Even if I see something like a fantasy, if I wait a little while, my mind becomes clear again. I’ve experienced most things, so I’m not particularly impressed…”
“That doesn’t mean you have good mental power. It’s just that your mental power is forcibly restored and becomes clear due to the high mental power level.”
“but…”
As I was trying to answer her, the dormitory door suddenly opened.
“…Irina, you said you only listen to stories.”
“I can’t take it anymore. I’m sorry, Kania.”
Eventually, Irina entered my room and approached me and started talking.
“What happens if you break the pottery and put it back together with tape or glue? As you well know, water will eventually seep out little by little.”
After hearing Irina’s story that suddenly started, I quickly sighed and began to retort.
“…If I use recovery magic to fix it perfectly, there will be no problem. The same goes for my mental state.”
“But even if it sticks perfectly, you can’t erase the shock when it breaks. Of course, it doesn’t matter if it’s ceramic, but it’s your mind that gets the shock, not the ceramic.”
When I closed my mouth after hearing those words, Irina spoke with a determined expression.
“So, no matter what you say, I will have to interfere with this trial.”
“Interfering?”
“Yes, I don’t think I can stand by and watch your mind break and come back together any longer.”
I sighed and answered Irina, who had a determined expression on her face while saying that.
“Thank you so much for your concern. But, you can’t interfere with me, Irina. Of course, the same goes for you, Kania.”
“why?”
“Last time you tried to interfere with my trials. But you failed. Don’t you know what that means?”
When I asked that question, the two women tilted their heads.
“The system hates tricks.”
“Then, is there really no way to fool the system? Just look at Serena’s case…”
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I heard that.
“Serena is a special case…”
He answered with a bitter smile and left to visit.
“…It wouldn’t be possible except for her.”
As I leave the two women biting their lips and come out, a long, silent hallway comes into view.
“Klarna?”
As I looked around the hallway, I soon began to quietly walk forward.
“Hello, Frey. How are you?”
“…Where is Klarna?”
After walking for a while, I found Klarna’s maid and asked her a question.
“Ah, well… you went out first.”
It seems she left the dormitory building first.
What was so urgent that you went out?
“Has Clanna been acting strangely lately?”
“Well, that’s… I’m sorry. It’s top secret.”
“Speak quickly.”
When I asked a question after seeing the unnaturalness in her behavior, the maid answered with a trembling voice.
“The amount of time you spend talking to yourself has increased significantly these days. You used to talk to yourself a lot, but recently… it’s almost pathological…”
“…okay.”
Eventually, I roughly guessed her condition, left the maid who bowed her head behind me, and started heading out of the building.
“…Klarna?”
After walking for a while again, I came out of the dormitory building and found Klarna wandering around, picking at her fingernails.
“You’re here.”
When I cautiously called out to her, Klarna’s expression changed calmly for an instant and she looked at me.
“You’re very late. I guess you didn’t feel that your promise to me was that important?”
“…I came dressed up.”
Eventually, as I roughly answered the words that came out of her mouth, Klarna began to quietly clear her throat.
“Hmm, big. Anyway, let’s walk a little bit.”
“Recklessly?”
“Yes, recklessly.”
After saying that, Klarna immediately began to slowly walk forward.
“Okay, I understand.”
For this time, I think I’ll have to accommodate Klarna’s whims. Although her expression is calm, her hands are still shaking.
‘Would you like me to at least hold your hand?’
A thought occurred to me as I looked at her hands that were constantly shaking, but then I shook my head.
According to what Kania said earlier, she is in a situation where her memories can come back even with the slightest trigger.
So, you should not be hasty in stimulating it.
“Still, I think it would be a good idea to set a destination first.”
With that in mind, I spoke to her carefully.
“Oh, there’s a cat over there.”
“cat?”
However, whether she heard me or not, she suddenly pointed to the grass in the backyard of the academy and said,
“These are the cats that live here. If you stand still, they stick together. They are truly fearless.”
Of course, I knew full well that there was a cat here, but I pretended not to know and opened my eyes, and Klarna cleared her throat and started talking.
“Hmm, can you wait here for a moment?”
“suddenly?”
“Yes, I have an important call. I’ll be back soon.”
After saying that, Klarna held up a crystal ball that started to emit golden light and started walking somewhere.
“…Meow.”
“hmm.”
I looked at her with suspicious eyes and lowered my head when I heard the sound of a cat at my feet.
“It’s happening again, these.”
I was staring blankly at the cats who had gathered at my feet and started rubbing their faces, but then I noticed them and quietly petted them and whispered to them.
“Do you want me to raise you? I can treat you well.”
“Meow.”
“I’ll give you a lot of food too. Really.”
“Meow!”
“…Tsk.”
Seeing the guys turning their heads away in response to my continued love calls, I whetted my appetite.
‘…They also have to be tamed someday.’
Those are not actually cats, but spirits that inhabit the academy.
Of course, since they are no different from animals, my penalty does not apply. Therefore, if you can tame those guys, it will be of great help in the future ‘Academy Battle’ quest.
“Tweet!”
“…under?”
As I was thinking about how to tame these guys, I started to look embarrassed when a canary flew towards me from the tree in front of me.
“Jejak, jjak!”
“…stop.”
Judging by what happened at the last birthday party, this canary is probably controlled by Klarna.
But why is this guy pecking my cheek mercilessly?
Is this how Klarna resolves her grudge against me?
“You don’t do anything bad to cats, do you? The same goes for canaries.”
“…Someone would think that I commit evil deeds whenever I breathe.”
As I was being torn apart by the canary that landed on my shoulder for a while, I answered calmly when Klarna approached me from afar and asked me a question.
“He doesn’t really care about animals.”
“…I see. I’m glad.”
“what?”
“it’s nothing.”
Klana responded to my words with a meaningful expression and quietly led my arm and started heading somewhere.
Still with the canary on my shoulder.
.
“Crack, crack.”
“Cania.”
The time when Frey was being dragged somewhere by Klarna with an expression of confusion.
“Crack, crack, crack.”
“Cania!!”
Irina screamed at Kania, who had been pacing around the room and biting her nails ever since Frey left.
“…yes?”
Then, Kania looked at Irina with wide eyes and tilted her head.
“What’s wrong with you from earlier? What’s going on?”
“……That’s it.”
After hearing Irina’s question, Kania immediately put on a determined expression and started walking towards the door.
“Anyway, I think I’ll have to shadow you, Master, today.”
“what?”
At those words, Irina thought that Kania’s eyes had finally rolled over.
“Mr. Clanna may fully regain his memory within a few days, perhaps today.”
“…!”
I froze when I heard her next words.
“As if there was some trigger, the unconscious memories I had engraved began to quickly mix with the memories of the ordeal.”
“Well, then…!”
“Yes, if we keep going like this, the penalty will definitely come soon.”
After hearing those words, Irina began biting her lips tightly.
“We have to do something. The third trial hasn’t even arrived yet, so we can’t sit still like this even though we know there will be a penalty.”
“Cania.”
“Somehow… I have to do something to at least reduce my vitality…”
“…there is a way.”
Kania, who heard Irina’s calm remarks, bit her lip so hard that blood began to flow.
“What do you mean?”
But Kania didn’t care about that and asked back.
“It’s impossible for anyone but Serena to cheat the system…?”
Irina left Kania behind, clenched her fists and muttered.
“…you’re welcome.”
A magic circle with the same shape as the scroll she had given to Frey a few weeks ago appeared on her body.
fantasy,
