510 - - Episode 508. Wait a minute.

It seems that Sylphy convinced me to cooperate with the white raven before I knew it. It seems a waste to have a precious farmer boy as an intermediary for the contract with the white raven, but Sylphy is strangely motivated, so I'm going to ask the boy to sacrifice himself, though I'm sorry.

"...... Well, hello. My name is Yuta, and I'm a spiritualist, and I'd like to talk to you. Can you give me a moment of your time?"

I call out to the boy whose eyes are black and white, unable to keep up with what Richey and I are talking about.

I don't have to think too hard to realize that I'm about to push a rather irritating white raven on this naive boy.

......Well, I can't help but feel a little guilty, but the boy can't hear or see the spirit, so ...... it doesn't matter, does it?

Mr. Richey explains me to the puzzled boy. Huh?　What's with the way he's starting to look at me with so much respect?　Mr. Richey didn't say anything to lift me up either, did he?

"Blah blah blah, my name is Julio. Nice to meet you."

I don't know what it is, but this simple boy, Julio, greets me cheerfully and with enthusiasm despite his nervousness.

I wonder why he is so enthusiastic, but it is certainly better to be enthusiastic than unmotivated, and I will take it as a good thing.

"Yes, you must be Julio. It's nice to meet you too. Well, let's move to some place where we can talk calmly. By the way, are there any parents or guardians here?　If you are there, I think we should join them and have them listen to what we have to say together."

"No, I'm alone. I'm almost an adult. I'm an adult!"

...... doesn't soon-to-be-adult mean you're not an adult yet, and that you're not an adult yet?

"...... maybe you've run away from the village or something?"

Maybe you ran away from home?　Have you lost patience with your village and flown out into the world with an overflowing passion?

I'm a man myself, and I don't doubt that feeling, but in this world of demons, isn't it fatal to take such an imprudent step?

"Yuta-sama. Mr. Julio didn't run away from the village. He received permission from his parents and came to the labyrinth city in a carriage provided by the Adventurers' Guild.

"Oh, I see. Thank you, Mr. Richey. I'm sorry for the misunderstanding, Julio.

I guess she sensed my doubt, because she followed up with me as she listened to me. She is indeed a competent secretary. She has an itch to help.

"No, I'm fine.

"Mr. Yuta. Since we're not here to talk, shall I show you to the guild's reception room?"

"...... yes, please."

I was thinking of moving on to Mr. Toruku's inn for the time being, but I guess I'd better take advantage of Richey's kindness here.

Without thinking it over, it is very dangerous to take a strange boy to an inn. Publicly speaking.

"Well, let me introduce myself again. My name is Yuta. I'm a spiritualist.

We take advantage of Richelie's kindness and begin our discussion again in the guild's reception room.

Richey also agreed to attend the meeting because she was somewhat concerned, but what was she worried about?

"Yes. I'm Julio!　Nice to meet you."

"Yes, nice to meet you. So, my first question is, Julio, are you sure you want to be a genie magician?"

"Yes!　I came out of the village with that intention!"

"...... You seem very motivated, but did you know that the necromancers have a bad reputation?　The reputation of the genie surgeon in the labyrinth city is improving, but I think they are still treated badly in other parts of the world, don't you?"

In this country, I think most of them are OK, but worldwide, the necromancers are still not well received.

"I know that ...... the reputation of the genie surgeon is bad. I've been hiding the fact that I'm a gifted spiritist too. ......"

Julio, you seem to have followed the same pattern as Gina.

Many of the students who took the psychic training also had the same pattern. Because they had put their talents to sleep in such a way, they were surprised to find out how great a spiritualist could be.　And then they came to take the course all at once, and that's why we had that many people.

"But when I saw my great-grandfather using the genjutsu, I thought. Cool!　He wants to be a genie surgeon!"

"Great-grandpa?"

"Ah, Yuta-sama. Mr. Julio is Mr. Kanthan's great-grandson."

Oh, you are Mr. Kantan's great-grandson. Thank God Mr. Kanthan made it back to the village alive.

To tell you the truth, he looked like a dead tree. I was afraid he would come to get me before I got back to the village.

"Great-grandpa, I usually wonder if he's still alive, but he's so cool when he uses his spiritual arts. Everyone in the village comes to see him!

......Even his great-grandson, Julio, is worried about whether Mr. Kantan is alive or dead. I understand that feeling very well.

I remember that he had sharp eyes while he was teaching me the art, but when the class was over, he seemed to lose his vitality at once, and I was afraid that he might die.

"Especially that chanting was so cool, I don't know how to describe it, it was so mysterious, it made me feel like I was being choked, and yet I also felt something welling up from deep within my chest, a great, great, hot feeling, I was so, so moved!　My great-grandfather taught me and I learned all the chants!"

......?　Did you just say "chanting"?

Did you say that the chanting that I made up as a little prank was cool?

Have you learned them all?

Huh?　Could it be bad?

Have I done something terrible to this naive boy?

...... No, I don't know yet.

...... I don't know yet, but given the similarities with the white raven, I'm sensing a very bad trend.

"Yuta-sama, is something wrong?　Are you okay?"

I couldn't help but hold my head in my hands, and Richey called out to me with concern. To be honest, I feel like saying I'm not okay and just going home.

...... Let's just move on with the conversation and not have this boy make a contract with the white raven.

"Richey, it's okay. Well, Julio, you came out from the village to make a contract with the spirits of plants that are useful for farm work, right?　If we make a contract with other spirits, we will be disappointing your parents, so let's try to make a contract with a plant spirit this time. I've learned how to chant, it would be a waste to let it go to waste.

I think I hear a white raven making some kind of noise, but I can't hear it. If I can't hear it, I can't hear it.

"Mr. Yuta. Mr. Julio left the village because he couldn't take over the farm. I heard that if you could make a contract with a plant spirit, you would be promised a special position in the village. If you could make a contract with a special spirit, I think it would be better for you to choose that one.

A competent secretary has turned into an incompetent secretary at a crucial point. Mr. Richey, your betrayal here is terrible.

No, is she competent?　I don't think Mr. Richey can understand my frustration, and it is only natural for the guild to secure a spiritist who has made a contract with a special spirit.

Oh, man, it hurts to be out of line here.

"You mean the contract with a special spirit of light or dark that you were talking about earlier, right? It's all right!　No problem at all!　Even if you make a contract with a plant spirit and go back to your village, you are only supposed to take care of the fields of the whole village. I was told that in the future I would be a potential son-in-law and village chief, but there are many other candidates, so there is no need for me!"

Don't, don't bite. Don't get a twinkle in your eye when you hear the words "light" and "dark. Please.

Mr. Julio. Are you running amok without regard to your parents' wishes?　A village chief is the head of a village, right?　You're on the winning side, okay?

What's so special about the spirits of light and darkness in the first place?

"Light and darkness are part of nature, so there is nothing special about them. However, spirits of light chase the sun and spirits of darkness do not like to be under the light, so few of them make a contract with a sorcerer. In that sense, I guess you could say they are special.

"I am the most special of all!　Greatness, though!"

Sylphy sensed my question and explained. I seem to remember hearing such an explanation when I first came to this world.

Also, the white raven is noisy.

"Yuta-sama. Which attribute of spirits would be compatible with you, Julio-san, to begin with?"

Richey, stop!　That question is deadly at this point in time!

I want to lie. I want to lie so bad.

"Well, I'm not that particular, Yuta. Can you keep saying that and meet Belle and Gina and the others with your chest out?" ...... I am a spirit of darkness."

d*mn it!　Sylphy, it's not fair to quote Belle and Gina and the others in this situation.

"Well, darkness!　The dark attribute is very rare!"

"Darkness. Rare dark attribute. Special ...... brave?　No, the brave men of darkness?　No. ...... darkness,darkness,darkness ...... heroes of darkness!　Me!　I'll make a deal with the spirit of darkness!"

Hey, wait a minute, what were you mumbling about before you decided to sign the contract?　Didn't he say something about a dark hero?

d*mn it!　I knew it. I knew it.

The connection between the white raven and Mr. Julio... is it the kitchen? You're in the kitchen?

They've got it, don't they?

As for ............ white raven, he got what he deserved. ...... as for Mr. Julio, ...... my ...... I'm supposed to be responsible for this, right?

...... A bit of mischievous chanting has dragged a naive boy into the darkness.

To be honest, I just wanted to laugh at the uncle doing the kitchen chant.

I knew that there would be people who would fall into the kitchen, and I didn't really care who would be affected.

But when I saw ...... a simple boy fall into darkness before my eyes, my heart ached more than I thought it would.

It is very ...... painful.