Volume 17 - CH 6

After much effort, I finally lifted the curse of the Mad King's armor, but the important person inside has run away.

I didn't help her out of charity, so I'm going after her, and I won't let her escape.

「Tsk, but where is she?」

The grounds of the Austin Academy of Magic are huge.

It's not that the academy is in a city, it's that the city is part of the academy.

I look around, but there are few landmarks, except for a few houses scattered throughout the forest that serve as entrances to the underground workshop, which is a research area for professors.

Thanks to the world tree I grew, I could easily find my way, but I couldn't see anyone inside.

I had no idea where she was headed.

I had no choice but to head first to the central school building where the classrooms were located.

「Master!」

Meena came running back from the other side. She didn't seem to be in much of a hurry, so I guess she was able to secure her with Saki.

「What's happened to her?」

「Sigh, that's.......It seems that she hadn't washed her body in years, and now Saki-san has taken her to the inn's bath.」

「What, is that what happened? Normally, I think she should say thank you first, like 'Thank you for saving me".」

「Yeah, well, it must have been really itchy.」

Meena said with a wry smile.

I had an experience once when I broke a bone and couldn't wash my leg with a cast, but I guess that was inevitable.

It shouldn't be so painful to endure, but it's also painful to endure the itchiness.

Now that I knew what was going on, I leisurely took Meena to the luxury inn where she was staying.

「It's kind of fun to walk around the city with Master like this, just the two of us.」

Meena, walking next to me, says with a smile.

「Come to think of it, since I live in the dormitory of the academy, we don't go out much during the day.」

We do have sex, but if it makes Meena happy, a walk would be nice.

「Meena, let's drop by the central square for a while.」

「Sure, Master.」

We took a little detour, ate some dumplings on the way, and then returned to the inn.

「Oh darling, good timing. The dressing is perfect and the setting is perfect」

Saki winked at me, but it's not like we're going to have a date or a wedding now, so I'm fine with it.

Well, I'll eat the virgin.

「Where's the Mad King?」

「She's in my room. She's calmer ,and cute now. Her name is Stella.」

「I see. I'll reward you later.」

「Oh no, you don't need to thank me for this. Come on, let's go and have an emotional face-to-face encounter.」

「Don't tell everyone. She'll run away.」

「I'm sure she'll be fine. She's been hanging out with us for a while now.」

Come to think of it, it's not like we don't know her at all.

But there's a difference between treating someone as if they might be a girl and treating them as if you know they're a girl.

It's impossible to be nice to a big guy in heavy armor.

If I had hit the jackpot, I should have been nicer to her, I thought with a little regret as I opened the door to what awaited me.

「Ah ......」

The petite Stella who was sitting on the bed had a completely different build than the armor before her, with slender arms and small hands.

I'm not sure why the size is so different, but I guess it's because of that cursed armor. It's the armor of the Mad King, so we'll call it the Mad King Armor. Yeah.

「You seem to be feeling better.」

When I walked into the room, she stood up and bowed beautifully on her own, though she was a little nervous.

Bowing is a common greeting in this world as well.

「Thank you for everything, Alec-san.」

Stella smiling at me like that is nice.

「Oh, don't worry about it. I was just doing what is natural for an adventurer. You can just thank me as a person who helped you.」

「Y-yes.....I think I know what you're talking about.」

Stella, with her hands in a triangle and her breasts pressed together, is my kind of girl.

She has a loli figure and beautiful shiny silver hair in a ponytail with a black ribbon. It's a good choice, though, because the ribbon was not worn when she ran away, so Saki must have prepared it.

She is dressed in a light shifter outfit, but her breasts are a bit flat. Her thin thighs peeking out of her white hot pants look like they are still growing, which is very intriguing.

「Then, let me ask you what you're going to do after this. I paid for your food and lodging, but you don't have to worry about that, right?」

I'm going to try to be a gentleman and show her that I spent a lot of money taking care of her.

Oh, well, excuse me for saying so^^, and then I say, wait! (#＾ω＾)_ she say. (TLN: sorry bit hard to translate)

Of course, Stella, who seemed to have a good personality, didn't respond that way.

「Yes, if you allow me, I would like to join the "Black Cat of the Wind".」

「Hou, that's a good idea. By the way, what was your class?」

I asked her, thinking that she would not be a fighter.

「No, it's not really a class. I was still an apprentice solo Thief. As you can imagine, I couldn't go below the second level of the Labyrinth of No Return by myself, so I followed a party introduced to me by the guild.」

「Hmm? So you're a low level adventurer?」

「Yeah, I've been through a lot. ...... Because of that armor, I'm over level 40 now.」

「Well, that's not your fault, and it's probably force majeure.」

「Yes ......」

Stella's slurred reply made me think of the many opponents she've had to deal with in the arena.

After all, she''s the Mad King.

She was the main contender for the win in the big match in the Grandsword arena, and she always wins.

And she's a berserker who doesn't stop attacking even when the judges stop her.

It's hard to believe that only one or two deaths were born in the arena.

And unfortunately, she has the memory of it.

I call out to Stella, who has fallen silent.

「I'm not saying you should forget about it, I'm just saying it would be a shame for the people who died. But you don't have to feel guilty about it because you didn't want to do it.」

「Yes, ......」

Stella looked up with a bit of a strange look on her face, but her expression was calmer than before.

This is good. If this were Serina, I would blame her for what happened, but she's a cute loli.

All is forgiven.

But that's only if she stays calm and doesn't kill me or my friends.

I'm not like those guys who were scattered in the arena.

I surrendered myself and retreated to achieve my goal.

And that was under the rules.

That's why I don't care about the damage I received from the Mad King anymore, and it's not something for her to worry about.

I'm going to treat Stella as the leader of the Black Cat of the Wind.

It's not like anything is going to change.

Of course, I'm going to be nicer to the pretty girl.

「Okay, well, Stella, let's just forget about the bad stuff and have sex!」

「Wow, ...... I expected that, but I admire the way you took it so forcefully! Can I call you Aniki too?」

「No, you're a girl, and you're probably more the ladylike type. So you should call me Onii-sama.」

「Oh, then, Onii-sama ......?」

「Ouh!」

It's nice, to be called Onii-sa,a by a beautiful loli who looks embarrassed.

And we're not blood related.

No, I don't care if we're already related by blood!

She's a loli, so all is forgiven.

「Then I'll undress you」

I put my hand on Stella's belt.