CH 31

“It’s getting late, but now I can get more green onions.”

I mutter to myself as I pass through the gate of my house.

Just before I cross the threshold, I feel my sixth sense kick in.

I feel a shiver run down my spine, and with a bad feeling, I look back to see …….

“What the heck is ……?”

The residential area beyond the forest was covered by a high wall.

It’s not just a high wall, it’s a wall as high as a fortress.

And no matter how you look at it, it’s made of nothing but wood ……!

I grab the handle of a cart loaded with Gisu wood that I left by the wall and start running like a horse

“What …… are they thinking?”

As I walk up to the wall, the whole picture became clear.

The wall is made of bare logs with no bark cut off, and the wooden structure is in disarray.

The wall is 50 meters high by eye measurement. Like a malnourished giant, it swayed dizzily in the wind.

Everywhere I look, I see scenes that make my blood freeze just looking at them.

The scaffolding is a mess, and it is a miracle that no one has been injured yet.

I jump into the living quarters, feeling my stomach turn cold.

I shout to Weiss, who is standing on the stage, giving orders like a commander.

“Weiss! What a mess you’ve made! You can’t even build a house, let alone a wall. ……

Weiss has completely misunderstood my dismay.

“I’m a Sage, I can do this before I brush my teeth in the morning.”

“No! No! Stop the construction and demolish the wall right now!”

If you don’t, you’ll be in big trouble! Look! The walls are shaking just from the wind!”

“Hmm, this is why the failures who have only one point of ‘intelligence’ and ‘liberal arts’ can’t get through …….”

This is called a seismic isolation structure, and it disperses vibrations by shaking.”

“This is not a seismic isolation structure! It’s just a poorly constructed structure!”

You’re putting everyone’s lives at risk by wielding knowledge you’ve only heard about!”

But Weiss doesn’t seem to realize the gravity of what he has done.

He shrugs his shoulders and laughs in disgust.

“I know what you’re thinking, Leopin.”

You want to get some attention by making a fuss about something that’s not going to happen.”

What’s next, ‘the wolf is coming’?”

The students who have been working around me burst out laughing.

I decide it is useless to say anything, so I turn my back on Weiss and start running.

“If this is the way it’s going to be, I’ll just take Monaka and the others to ……!”

I head to Monaka’s house in the middle of the residential area and find her and Kotone in the doorway.

When they see me rattling my cart, they both smile like flowers.

Monaka is as bright as a flower in the sun, and Kotone is as calm as a flower in the moon.

“Oh, Leopin-kun! I heard from Kotone! I heard that you made Kotone your apprentice! If that’s the case, I’d like to join ……!”

“Monaka-sama said earlier that she was taught embroidery by Master.”

That means that you are my sister disciple.”

“Sister?”

“That’s right. Monaka-sama is the first disciple and I am the second.”

“Ehh!? I can’t believe I’m Leo-kun’s number one!”

I am in a rush to see Monaka, whose cheeks are still loose from worrying.

“I’m going to build a fence around this house. All right?”

“What? What do you mean?”

“The walls are going to fall down! If the walls fall down on the outside, it is okay; but if they fall down on the inside, we’ll be in big trouble! But if there’s a wall around this house, the damage will be minimal! You guys could protect it all by yourselves!”

I start working without waiting for Monaka’s answer.

The living quarters are divided into sections for each class, and Monaka’s Class 1-2 had been assigned a rather large area.

I unload the Gisu wood from the cart and set it up one after another along the perimeter of the land.

Monaka and Kotone are staring at me like sisters as I work furiously.

“Umm, Leo-kun, ……” “Umm, Master, …….”

“”Can we help you with something, ……?””

“Forget about that, you guys tell the other students to take refuge inside these walls!”

We could evacuate them to the school building, but there are no classes today and the school building is closed.

Evacuating them outside the living quarters would be quite dangerous as many people would have to pass by the wall.

“So we have no choice but to turn this house into an ark ……!”

Monaka and Kotone must have understood my desperation, because they start scrambling to help me.

Monaka and Kotone, who are usually so quiet and unconcerned, call out in a hoarse voice.

“Everyone! Leo-kun says that the walls around the perimeter are about to collapse!

It’s dangerous, so please evacuate to my house!”

“Everyone! Everyone! The Master’s words are correct!

Everyone, please believe in Master and evacuate!”

The appeals of the two most beautiful girls in the school attracted a lot of attention, but as soon as they found out that I was involved, they left as if they had lost interest.

“Che, what’s going on here. What’s that trash bastard doing again? ……”

“It’s not just Monaca that’s involved, but Kotone as well. ……”

“It’s not possible that the wall designed by the wise Weiss will collapse!”

“Yes, yes! There is only one thing to believe in, what the Sage says!”

In the end, …… We took refuge inside the completed wall.

Monaka’s Class1-2 , Kotone’s Class 1-19, and Alchemist Akemi’s Class 1-6.

Moreover, even their classmates didn’t believe me, and it seemed like they have\ no choice because their leader told them to.

We went up to the second floor of the house and watched from the window to see what would happen.

“Leopin, are you really sure it is going to collapse? If you don’t, I’ll downgrade you to a horse bone!”

“It’s also a horse bone that can’t even get broth, that it is.”

Monaka’s attendants, Onesco and Shinobuko, are annoyed.

“It’s not that I want it to fall over.

I’m not hoping for it to fall down, but it gets windy around here at night, so the wall won’t last the night.”

Instead of overnight, the moment came quickly.

The wall, which has been wobbling like a flabby giant, finally …….

…… go …… go …… go ……!

With a sound like the sky shaking, it shook exceptionally loudly.

……G……Ra……A……!

The body fell forward as if to cover the entire residential area with darkness.

In the middle of the way, it broke from the bottom of its feet, and a log like a giant’s knee poured down.

Doguwaaaa …… shhhhhhhhhh ！！！！

There was a roar from all directions, as if a mountain had collapsed, and a cloud of dust rose up like an iridescent cloud.

Logs poured down in an avalanche, swallowing the students in the residential area in an instant, before they could even scream.

A muddy torrent of logs and dirt rushed toward the house with the earth shaking.

The schoolgirls who were watching from the window hugged each other, “Kyaa!” They hugged each other.

But the stormy waves were held back by the barrier I had built.

The residential area, which had been in a state of false prosperity, instantly turned into a sea of rubble.

The place was silent, and the house we were in was like a ship drifting on the horizon of a submerged planet.