Chapter 391

Until the moment I left after talking with Esmuer, I tried to get a confirmation that her last words were a joke, but the result was not good.

“Won’t you know when the day comes when you return safely? If you’re curious, you just have to come back safely.”

“No, it’s more scary than curious...”

After being beaten for saying something stupid, I headed for the carriage alone, escorted by Esmuer. Her absence did not change the carriage or attendant. At first, I wondered if it was a trick to hide Esmue’s dynamics, but judging from his extremely polite attitude, it seems that this is not the only reason.

“Where can I take you?”

“Academy, please.”

I still had a lingering aftertaste from meeting him after a long time, but I couldn’t afford to skip today’s study even when I saw Seneran, who had left the commission instead of me.

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Time goes fast when you’re busy, and I’ve always sympathized with that proverb, but after returning to the capital, time seemed to pass faster in my peaceful daily life.

After being tormented by the self-destructing saint and being ridiculed by Esmue, I lived repeatedly going back and forth to the academy and home, but a week passed by just doing that. The daily life was obviously peaceful, but the only flaw was that the Gaendal party returned later than expected.

This is not to say that it is unreasonable news. It was because she sent a letter along with the report to the guild. However, what was written in the letter was not very pleasant.

[Temporary call-up status due to national emergency. Check the traces of demons. Digging as if looking for something.]

In fact, the addressee is me, so I called it a nominal letter, but the contents are almost the same as a memo. I rather liked that, but the last part took a little while.

When I first heard it, the first thing that passed through my head was ‘Could it be me?’ Thinking like an ax disease patient. The problem is that it wasn’t delusion, but that there were two things that were built big enough to raise a real reasonable doubt.

Going over the abandoned dungeon gate and casting Deluxe Bomber and going over the Imperial Academy gate and splitting the demons. No matter how much it was, I wanted to infiltrate the enemy country while using up my forces with just such a thing, but I sent a letter to the guild just in case. If what they’re looking for is a person, ask them to contact me immediately.

Even after that, time continued to pass and the educational materials prepared by Seneran gradually decreased, but the Gaendal Party never returned.

Even though it’s been so long since I played with Cheryl in between, went to see Ragnis occasionally, and spent most of my time studying with Master, the days got colder and I didn’t want to go out without a thick coat and scarf.

And the more it went on, the more Seneran’s letters became longer and longer than the first.

However, it was only lengthy and not very nutritious. Most of them were about lamenting the situation and regretting that their hands and feet were tied due to their own wrong judgment. Still, the information that it seems that I will be tied up until January and continue my advice and investigation belongs to useful information.

Thanks to that, I also got rid of my worries about them and focused only on my studies. Thanks to this, my magic skills, which had not developed for years, improved very slightly.

Time went by like that, and the year passed and January arrived.

“Except for the fact that it’s been very eventful lately, it went by really quickly. I’m sure it felt like time flew by until I was working for the Ogatorv family, but lately I’ve been strangely hectic.”

Shaking his head, he expressed his absurdity, but Asilie’s sincere smile hardened just a little bit.

“I think that’s Eldi’s own business.”

“......”

Um. It’s just that he didn’t say anything, but Asilie suffered a lot.

It was clear that I would commit many sins in the future, so with a sorry heart, I made up my mind to become Eldmia, a jumbled girl for the first time in a long time, and started putting on the armor before breakfast, as Asilie had wished to try it on. It was also easier to wear armor that fitted much more closely than when he was wearing it in front of Esmuer. Usually, knights’ armor is made on the premise that someone will wear it, but in that respect, this armor could be described as a very adventurous armor.

“I never thought they would even care about putting on and taking off the armor. It’s delicate.”

“Did you say that the armor was bestowed directly by the first princess? It seems that the work is meticulous, befitting the rumor that he is the next emperor.”

“Uh... that’s right. As expected, the imperial princess is different.”

Judging from the reaction, it seems that Ashley didn’t care about Thieh unconsciously. Just as we were finishing fixing the shoulder girdle, someone knocked on the door and while Thieh was away for a while, we quickly exchanged glances and whispered.

“Your sister almost made a mistake too, right?”

“I wasn’t paying attention at all. But why should I hide it from Tie?”

“I’m not suspicious since he’s willing to pay for his own life in the first place, but apart from that, there’s also the fact that it’s safe information not to know. I think it’s better to wait and see for now.”

“Mmm, that makes sense.”

After a brief exchange of opinions as if conspiring, Thieh returned just as we were about to widen our distance again, holding a letter in his hand.

“Eldmia-nim. This is a letter from the guild. I don’t know what it’s about, but it seems like you’re in a hurry, so I think you’d better read it now.”

“Guild? Seneran?”

Until now, I went to look for it on purpose, but to bring it myself from such an early morning. As Thieh said, it might be an urgent business, so I stopped wearing the armor and opened the letter from her.

“...Fuck.”

And he frowned, reminding himself of the truth that forebodings are never wrong. As if the long letters he had sent were lies, the content written this time was extremely simple.

[Evil. looking for someone What is Little Eldmia? Little brother?]

Apparently, I was stamped by the demons.