Chapter 61.1

That evening, Reynard met Marquis Carthia for dinner.

Marquis Carthia was very pleased with his early release and promised to help him establish him in the empire. The Marquise, who took care of Reynard as if she were her own son, hugged him at the meeting and said that he should now decorate the room.

At first, Reynard was embarrassed by the Marquise’s hospitality, but then he laughed and murmured ‘thank you’.

Being stuck in his lab for days on end, Dave nevertheless went out to the living room at the call of Yurina, and as soon as he saw Reynard, he raged.

“Damn it, where did you come from? Shouldn’t you be at the academy?”

Dave, who experienced the hell of Crohn Academy, didn’t quite believe Reynard’s words about him graduating early.

At the same time, he grabbed Raynerd, saying that he would take him away by force if there was anything wrong with his story.

“I’ve never seen Dave grumble like that.”

Reynard, too tired to listen to this grumbling, proudly showed Dave the diploma he had never shown to anyone before.

But Dave couldn’t even believe that. He branded it as a fake, and only calmed down after using verification magic three times.

“I raised a tiger cub,” he muttered in a trembling voice.

When Yurina asked if he was proud of his only student, he gave an ambiguous answer.

“I am proud, but, on the other hand, I am now afraid of him.”

As a teacher, Dave was proud, but now he even envied Reynard’s growth.

“Is Dave trying to hold you back?” Yurina asked as soon as Dave left.

The two sat facing each other in the living room, which was currently being used as a classroom.

When they were young, they often went there alone. Now Betsy was with them.

Edwin and Justin left her as their watchdog. But Betsy was on Yurina’s side. She silently read the book, ignoring Yurina and Reynard’s conversation.

“It’s not that he’s trying to hold me back. But now he has a desire to compete with me. Wizards are like that.”

“I don’t understand him.”

“Me too.”

“But I think victory will choose you.”

Raynard just laughed out loud.

“By the way, Yurina, what about that letter?”

“Letter?”

Yurina frowned and poke Betsy by the knee.

“Betsy, do you remember the last time I sent Ray a letter?”

Betsy answered quickly, without hesitation.

“It’s been about a week.”

“Then the letter must be at the border.”

Raynard rubbed his chin and murmured softly:

“Yurina, did you spray the letter with perfume again?”

Yurina was somewhat surprised by this question about the perfume. He never seemed to pay much attention to this matter.

“Hm. I always do this. But why are you asking?”

“You’ll soon find out.”

He further stated that he was tired from his journey and needed to go to bed early.

“What the hell is this? It seems he won’t go to sleep.”

Yurina knew his way of life well. Even when he was a little boy, no matter how tired he was, he didn’t sleep until ten o’clock, even if his eyes were closed as he walked.

But when he returns and reunites after a long time, he just leaves and falls asleep? In addition, the question about the letter was extremely unexpected and suggestive.

Betsy shook her head and said:

“I also think it’s something ominous.”

Next morning. After everyone had breakfast, Raynard was about to leave, but he ran into Yurina.

“Where are you going?”

“I need to take a break for a while.”

He answered with a riddle and grabbed Yurina’s arm. Then he put a bracelet on her wrist. If you look closely, he had a bracelet of the same shape on his wrist.

“What’s this?”

When Yurina raised her wrist to eye level and asked, Reynard hesitated for a moment.

“Hm, so?”

“Location tracking artifacts.”

What? A very brief embarrassment appeared on Yurina’s face, which disappeared in an instant.

“Why do you need to track me?”

As she quickly tried to remove the bracelet, Reynard grabbed her arm.

“Don’t misunderstand. It’s not about that…”

“I think I got it right.”

Raynard glared at Yurina’s fingers. Now his fingers were intertwined between hers, and in several places were covered with calluses.