CH 75

I take out two gemstones from the griffon bird’s nest.

When I held it between my fingers and showed it to Onesco on the ground, she slumped down.

“No… lies…, this can’t be possible… It’s absolutely impossible to find three gems in one day…”

Onesco seemed to be saying to herself.

My “Really?” didn’t get through.

“Yes, yes, it’s a dream, it’s a dream, it’s a dream. I’ll tell you again and again until you wake up, this is absolutely a dream …!”

“It’s not a dream, it’s just that your desire to become a holy knight is real.”

I said, sitting down on a branch.

Just then, Tom came and sat down next to me.

Onesco was sitting in a girl’s pose, looking up at us with hazy eyes, as if in a dream.

“So… what does that mean…?”

“If you have a dream that you want to achieve, if you wish for it strongly enough, and if you work hard to make it come true, you will attract just what you need. That’s why you found a gemstone stuck in a rock in this place, it’s called fate.”

“Is this fate …? Is this why I met you …?”

“At least, that’s what I think, and this has been my dream, too.”

“Your dream …?”

“Yeah, I wanted to be able to do this and support her dreams, so I guess we were drawn to each other.”

I smiled at her from the tree tops, and Onesco jumped like she’d been struck by thunder.

And then, for some reason, she suddenly becomes sluggish.

“Hi, hihihi…… attracted to each other!”

“Yeah, I didn’t used to have powers like Monsoon, or magic like Carol, so fighting wasn’t really my thing. So when I joined this school, I decided to support everyone’s dreams with my craft. …Okay, I’m done.”

I let go of the two gems from the tree, “Here, take it.”

The cut red and yellow gems fall, their brilliance mixing in the air and sprinkling an orange glow.

==========

Fire Sapphire

Qty 1

Quality Level 24 (Material Level 20 + Dexterity Bonus 4)

A jewel in which the power of the spirit of fire resides.

You can gain the power of fire by processing and decorating your equipment.

Lightolin

Qty 1

Quality Level 24 (Material Level 20 + Dexterity Bonus 4)

A jewel in which the power of the spirit of light resides.

By processing and decorating equipment, you can gain the power of light.

==========

Onesco received it with both hands, as usual, and her eyes darted around.

“I’ve got all three of the … gems. Yeah, this is a dream. I mean, I’m on medication that’s making me hallucinate. Because there’s no way I can get through the first trials of a holy knight so quickly. Even Elrond, the legendary holy knight, took three years.”

I nodded to myself.

“And the best proof of this is that I would never feel this way about a boy. I decided not to fall in love with a boy, but to devote myself to Monaka-sama. I should be careful, I almost gave a boy a ‘knight’s bow’ with the power of the potion.”

Onesco was mumbling about something, but suddenly looked up.

At that moment, her face, which had been hot red for a long time, turned pale in a flash.

…… biyoyo ～～～～ hmm!

It was just at the moment when I started to twirl the branch and leap through the air like I was leaping from a diving board.

“Kyaa…!”

I flew in the air, aiming away from Onesco, intending to spin in midair and land carefully.

But what was Onesco thinking?

She had an impatient look on her face, her hands outstretched, and she ran in to catch me.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!”

*…… Doshhhhhh!*

I got a hug like I hit a body just before I landed, and my whole body was blown away.

Unfortunately, there was a low cliff at the end of it, and Onesco and I rumbled down it in an embrace.

◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◆

The shock of rolling over made the boy dizzy, but managed to stay conscious without losing his mind.

On the other side of his whirling vision, he sees the figure of a girl.

The girl is covering the boy and is looking at him.

The boy’s face was covered with the girl’s long hair.

The boy realized that he was in a position where he was being straddled by the girl.

The boy asks, “Are you hurt?” but there is no answer.

“Are you okay? Are you in pain? If you can’t move, I can…”

The boy tried to sit up, but the girl quickly intertwined her fingers with the boy’s hand.

She made a lover’s connection and pushed the boy down gingerly.

“What the hell, Onesco…?”

But the boy’s words were cut short.

Because the girl’s eyes were now as moist as jewels sunk to the bottom of a deep sea.

“It’s… I …can’t!”

“‘Can’t’ what?”

The girl was filled with rage for the first time in her life.

‘–gee, I’m trying to convince myself that I’m hallucinating, that I’m on drugs, but …!’

‘No, no, no, no, no!’

‘I can’t contain this …! This feeling …!’

‘The feeling that he’s really a great guy is …!’

‘Because he found three jewels, the test of a knight, and even processed them!’

‘And that’s in just a few hours, not a year, not even a day. …! It’s …amazing! It’s so amazing…!’

‘And I can’t believe you didn’t use that achievement to ask me to do something slutty for you. …!’

‘On the contrary, I can’t believe you’d give away your accomplishments to a pet. …!’

‘No! It’s too different …!’

‘The men I know and this man…! I’ve never met a man like him!’

‘Now I can see how Monaca feels about you! That’s why Monaca-sama is always talking about this guy …!’

‘And when she talks, she always has a happy face, which makes me feel …! Oh, my mind has already taken over, too …! I’ve already made up my mind! I’d give it to this guy…! For me, the first and last …!’

And the girl moved.

Towards the boy who was immobilized.

The cherry-red lips finally spit out the forbidden words.

“…Le…. Leopin-kun…. Thank…. you….”

The girl overlapped her lips on the boy’s.