Chapter 542: Unexpected Reunion

Chapter 542: Unexpected Reunion

The day after Fran felt the presence of what seemed to be a spirit.

『Fran. You don’t seem to be sleeping well last night. Are you okay?』

「I’m okay」

It seems that she was always searching for the spirit’s presence. In the end, though, she didn’t feel anything after that.

She rubbed her eyes, but that didn’t stop her from eating her breakfast. She just looked like a real cat, didn’t she?

Breakfast was freshly baked bread and vegetable soup with meat. Also, with assorted fruit and a large meatball-like ground meat dish, Fran and Urushi were happy to eat it.

「You’re still sleepy, huh?」

「Nn...」

「What’s wrong? If there’s something wrong with the bed, I’ll fix it right away」

「I felt a gaze on me」

「Hou?」

When Fran told her about the gaze she felt last night, the old lady smiled happily.

「The spirit must have liked you」

「Is that so?」

「Yeah. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be peeking on you」

To stay at this inn, you have to be accepted by the spirits, but that doesn’t mean they like you. It was said that only a handful of people who were allowed to stay at the inn were liked by the spirits.

It seemed that some of the guests had seen them.

「How do I get the spirits to like me?」

「Well, I wonder about that...? Just be a good girl...」

Hmm, I don’t understand what she meant by being a good girl... Do we just have to be nice to the old lady and not mess with the spirit tree?

Just like that, as she was eating her breakfast, the entrance to the inn opened. The person who came in was an Elven man. Ooh, even though he was an Elf, wasn’t he a handsome one?!

When I looked closely, he was certainly a handsome person. But after seeing the Guild Master, he looked a bit plain. He reminded me of Phreon, the plain Elf we had explored the spider’s nest with before.

Even the Elves had someone like this, huh?

As we walked through the tunnel as we did yesterday, Colt gave us a few notes of warning.

「The Director is a gentle person, but she has no mercy for those who are hostile to the academy. So be careful not to offend her」

「Okay」

I wonder if she was a person who tends to easily get angry.

『Fran, don’t be careless here』

「Nn」

She was a High Elves, and I don’t want to antagonize her from the start. I’d never know what might happen after all.

We passed through the same tunnel we had passed through yesterday, but this time we did not head for the guard’s office. Colt’s eyes were on a tower at the far end. That was where he was headed, I guess. It seemed that today we would be taken to the school building of the academy.

We could see a sparse number of students around the building. They weren’t there the other day, but maybe it was because they’re on a break or something like that, huh?

Many of the students wore the same cloak as Charon and the others we met at the Adventurer’s Guild, and others wore robes like magicians.

As I observed these students from a distance, I could see that they were looking at us from the other side as well.

「Is that a freshman?」

「But, what’s about that equipment?」

「Well, there are some people who go from being adventurers to being students at this academy after all」

「Well, that’s true...」

Under the gaze of many students, Fran abruptly stopped in her tracks.

「Huh? What’s wrong?」

「...」

Colt, our guide, turned around in surprise. But I don’t think Fran heard him. At the moment, Fran’s attention was only on the person who came out of the building at the back.

「...Why, are you here...?」

I was surprised, too. How could he be in this place? And I panicked and tried to stop Fran.

「Awakening... Black Lightning Rush!」

『Wait! Fran!』

It was too late. Fran had already rushed out for battle.

Fran muttered the name of the man she hated, gritting her teeth so hard that they even made a sound.

「Zelos... Reed!」