Chapter 22: What you could expect but not
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When I woke up, I didn't know where I was.
It took me a while to scurry around the room before I finally confirmed that it was my room at Volzard's boarding house.
'Did you notice, Master Kent?'
''Oh........that's because I didn't ask Reinhardt to wake me up....
I had been having Reinhardt wake me up in the mornings since I started having him wake me up when I went to work at the Liebling farm.
So when I woke up by myself, I guess I didn't know where I was.
''Huh? How did I get back to my lodgings?
I remember running out of magic at the infirmary in Rastock and returning to the alleyways of Volzard, but I don't remember what happened after that.
'The eagle informed Lord Donovan and had him carry me back to my lodgings.
"Oh, yeah, you asked Mr. Donovan to do that? I mean, how did you let them know?'
'I used the written word, and since you fought off the rock ogre, you won't be punished for doing this level of work.
''Hmmm ... maybe so, but it's going to be a bit hard to practice, isn't it?''
"Buh-ha-ha-ha, you'll have to give that up.
Well, I can't escape from Donovan-san's training anyway, and since he's going to train me for free, if I complain, that might be the one I'll be punished for.
''But wouldn't Amanda-san have been worried if she was brought in unconscious?
Yes, but Master Donovan said he was overworked and anemic and that he'd be fine if you let him sleep, so he agreed.
"Yeah, but I guess I'll have to apologize for worrying about it later.
Well, I suppose that would be better.
Gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg.
The malaise, probably caused by the lack of magic, was gone, but I was ravenously hungry.
'Master Kent, there's a sandwich on the table.
"What? Really?
Sure enough, there is a plate of sandwiches on the table with a plate of sandwiches and a cup with a lid.
It was accompanied by a note from Amanda telling me to eat it when I wake up in the middle of the night.
At the end of the note is also a slightly distorted word from a slightly distorted Meisa, telling me to get well soon.
Tears welled up in my eyes at the thought of the two of them treating me warmly like family, even though I kept many things to myself.
I thanked them for their dinner.
''Reinhardt, what time is it?''
It's a little after midnight, a little before midnight.
It's already midnight in this world, as we have twenty hours a day.
Amanda has to get up early in the morning because she has to prepare her shop, so she goes to sleep early, and it's quiet in the boarding house.
The streets of Volzade are also empty of stores that stay open all night, like the convenience stores in Tokyo, and it's about this time of night when the thriving shops are closing.
I fell asleep at a strange time, so I woke up at a strange time.
''Hmmm.......I think I'll move my body a bit in the Demon Forest training ground......''
"Master Kent, you really ought to get some rest tonight, my boy, for sometimes rest is just what you need.
I see. Yeah, I get it. By the way, was my collapse because I used too much magic?
'Perhaps you're right, Master Kent, I've never seen a man with a broken heart come back to life before. No royal healer could have pulled off such a feat.
From Reinhardt's words, I could tell that he was sincerely surprised, but in Japan, a heart stoppage doesn't mean you're dead.
When I talked about cardiac arrest and brain death, Reinhardt was even more surprised.
I can see that the world you lived in, Mr. Kent, was a world with advanced medical science.
''Yeah, but it seems it was the dark magic that brought her back in the end, and it was the light magic that healed her, so it was mostly magic.
Even so, I believe that the man who did it is of extraordinary, if not unprecedented, quality.
'Still, it's not so much my power as it is the power I was given, so I think I need to train more.'
In that sense, the environment in which the chairman of the committee is placed may be the best environment to train magic, even though it is an environment where he has to take on strict responsibilities.
''After all, it seems like there's no waste in what that evil princess does,''
'That's certainly true, you could say, lean and ruthless.
'I guess that's just the nature of royalty after all, isn't it?
That's not all I'm saying.
"Hmm? What's going on? Fred
"The princess is very popular with the people...
Fred says that she goes by a princess who is cold to my classmates and handsome caretaker Shelia, but is merciful to the people.
To begin with, it is said that the princess is deeply involved in the settlement of Rastock, and is actively working to maintain the security of the city and help the poor.
"Kent-sama, that princess is probably drawing a clear line between friend and foe.
"So you're saying that you're going to reach out to the people who are on your side and use us who aren't on your side to the hilt?
'Yes, perhaps it is,'
So you're saying you summoned us to help the people?
We don't know for sure yet, but it's a good possibility.
Hmmm........that's pretty tricky, isn't it? If you turn against that princess, it means you could turn against the people of Riesenburg as well, right?''
Yes, I'm afraid so.
''Kent-sama, let's think about what kind of a place to drop him, after we rescue your schoolmates.
'Yeah, I know, we're not in a position to negotiate at this point in time when we've thought about things.
Basten is right, I don't have any materials to negotiate with the s*xually evil princess right now.
First of all, I have to get my classmates back, and then I have to get the materials to compete with the villainous princess as more than equals.
In that case, dealing with the country of Riesenburg is the same as dealing with the country of Riesenburg, and it's a heavy burden for me, a mere child.
But isn't it exciting to start a fight by yourself against a country?
"Bu-ha-ha-ha, that's good, Mr. Kent, you have the spirit of a man looking up.
"Quite right, the Commander is right. If Master Kent wants to pick a fight, I'll go along with him as much as I can.
"Don't worry ... Mr. Kent can win...
"Yeah, if you do, good luck with that.
Oh, I guess my vicious skeleton temperament is contagious, I guess I wasn't this belligerent.
But you know, if we're free to enter and leave the shadow world, we don't feel like we're going to lose, even if we go head-to-head with the Risenburg army.
I'm not sure how many mages there are who can move freely in the shadow world like us.
"There were many mages in our time, but I have never met one who could freely exploit the shadow world like this.
'Oh, really? Aren't all dark-attribute mages able to do this?''
I've heard of such a mage, but Master Kent is the first person I've ever seen in person.
"Well, Master Kent is a bit of an exception...
Huh? I thought that shadow movement and other dark mages would be able to do it normally, but it seems to be something different.
I have to thank Donovan-san tomorrow, and I guess I'll ask him about it then.
''Kent-sama, I've heard that there have always been only a few dark-attribute mages in the past, and most of them were self-taught in the use of magic.''
'Really? So you heard about shadow movement, shadow storage, shadow summoning, and other magic like that in the past, and you practiced it yourself?''
"Perhaps, yes, you do.
I'm sure you need to practice your magic too.
I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this in the future.
"Normally, a metal shield would be used to catch them.
When you say "flush", do you mean angled and displaced?
That's right, with a spell that powerful, if you're hit by it properly, the fireball will bounce off and you'll get damaged instead.
What about offsetting it with a similar amount of magic?
To begin with, it's difficult to measure the power of the opponent's magic, and it's unrealistic to hit magic that's flying that fast.
Well, you were certainly going very fast.
A fireball the size of a basketball flew through the air at a speed of about 150 kilometers per hour, and the target doll was a fireball in an instant.
To tell the truth, it's extremely annoying, but it's not a good idea to make enemies with that handsome man.
''Kent-sama, I've heard that the best way to prevent magic is with dark magic.''
'Oh, really?'
''Yes, I've only heard of this, but I've never seen it in person, but I've heard that the shield of darkness is a shield that repels all magic.
"The shield of darkness the shield of darkness...
Since it plays all magic, could it be like opening a portal to the shadow space that is unique to the dark attribute?
Right now, I also use my own shadow to move things in and out of the shadow storage, but maybe it can connect to the shadow space regardless of whether there is a shadow or not.
''Yeah, I guess I should try this one out for a bit, but if I'm going to practice it, it'll have to be when the sun is up.''
"Well, Master Kent, I think it's time for you to get some rest.
'Oh right, well, wake me up at the usual time then.'
Copy that.
I went to bed at an odd hour and woke up at an odd hour, so I thought I wouldn't be able to sleep right away, but I laid down in bed and was immediately pulled back to sleep.
Then the next morning, as soon as I woke up, I went to apologize to Amanda for worrying about her.
'Good morning Amanda, good morning, I'm sorry for worrying you yesterday,'
'Oh, you seem to be doing okay, because you looked like a dead man when they carried you back.
I'm sorry, my memory is kind of fuzzy...
'You can work hard, but you can't do anything if you're ruining your body, and you should train in moderation.
Yes, okay, I'll be more careful from now on.
That said, it's unlikely we'll be able to get out of Donovan-san's spell, and we'll have to train to rescue our classmates.
Hmmm........moderation is hard.
At breakfast, Meisa-chan got mad at me, too.
I mean, Meisa-chan, you can't complain and try to force carrots that you don't like on me, you know.
I had to thank Donovan-san as well, so I told Amanda that I wouldn't be working or training her and headed to the guild.
There was a huge crowd in front of the bulletin board where the request was pasted out this morning as well, and Ridnell and the others are still rubbing up against it.
Yeah, I guess they're having fun with that one.
When I turned my eyes to the wall, Manon was standing there without a place to be, but when she found me, she smiled with a flash of a smile.
Ugh.......I'm definitely in love with you, aren't I?
Or are they still on a good friend level?
Good morning, Kent!
Oh, good morning, Manon.
When I glanced around, there were a few people who gave me a warm look.
They must be the people I was listening to yesterday at the guild's tavern.
''What do you have to do today, Kent?''
Well, um ... I think I'm going to take a break ... today.
What? What's going on? Are you sick?
'I'm fine now, but I was a bit sick yesterday, so I'm thinking I'll take care of myself and get some rest today.
Oh, okay, well, I guess I'll take a break then...
Huh? Is this reaction, Manon, like you have a thing for me?
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No, but Giliq beat me up pretty hard but I'm stronger than Ridnell and the others and that's just the way it is.
'Kent...? Hey, Kent!
What? I'm sorry, I was just thinking...
''You weren't already thinking about........Mr. Muell or anything, were you?
'N-No, no, it's just that Mr. Donovan gave me a lift to the lodge yesterday when I was sick, and I thought I should thank you for that...'
Oh, you're that sick? Are you okay?
'Uh, yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine, I was just a little anemic, I'm fine now.'
Yeah, that's good, but Kent's trying too hard, so don't push it.
Uh, yeah I'm sorry I was worried about you.
Wow, when I think about it, I don't think I've talked so intimately with a girl since kindergarten, I knew Volzard was the best.
When I was chewing on my small amount of happiness, I was approached by Fred.
''Kent-sama........there's a little incident.......''
"Ugh, wait a minute, Fred.
'Sorry, Manon, I had to go to the bathroom...'
Oh, yeah, I'll wait here for you...
Uh, yeah, wait...
Yahhhh, what's the matter with you, Manon, you wouldn't want to go if you told me you were waiting for me to look up at you, would you?
But even so, once I said I was going, I'd turn to the bathroom.
"So, Fred, what happened?
"Funayama is dead...
"Eh...
My feet, which had been hurrying to the bathroom, came to an involuntary halt.
''Kent-sama, walk........it's going to be suspicious.......''
"Uh... uh, yeah...
I felt flustered and ungrounded as I walked towards the bathroom, as Fred urged me to do so.
I go into the bathroom and stay in the private room.
'They killed Funayama, did they kill him?'
"This morning I didn't wake up and when my friends tried to wake me up they found me dead and I didn't know what happened.
''Oh no... that's like being killed by those guys after all!
"Undeniably overworked and undernourished, maybe even malnourished.
To be frank, I was left with the impression that Funayama was a jerk.
He called me 'Babu' and was violent to me more than once.
Still, I don't hate him enough to want to kill him.
"Your saint is in shock...
'Oh, well does the chairperson look okay?'
'I'm in quite a shock but I'm continuing to treat him in the clinic I think it's a bit poorly...'
'It's as if you feel responsible for Funayama's death and are putting extra effort into his treatment?
"Yes Master Kent is right...
I feel that if I don't, I'm going to fall down to the chairman of the committee.
This looks like it would be better to go to Rustock, and if I don't go and something happens, I'm sure I'll regret it.
I left the bathroom and hurried back to Manon's place.
'Kent what's wrong with you, you're blue in the face.
'Sorry, Manon, I'm starting to feel a bit sick, so I'm going back to the lodge for today.
Well would you like me to give you a lift?
No, it's not that bad, don't worry, I'll see you next week...
Yeah, yeah, take care of yourself, have a good night's rest.
I should thank Mr. Donovan for his help, but I'll have to put it off for now.
Even as we walked down the road back to the lodging house, I asked Reinhardt and the others to find a place where we could hide in the shadows.
''Kent-sama, turn left in that alleyway over there.......''
"Okay, thank you...
Once in the alleyway, we checked our surroundings, ducked into the shadows, and moved at once to the rastock.
When I entered the garrison, to my surprise, I found that the training was being conducted in the same manner as it was yesterday.
''What........why are you training?''
"Funayama is treated as if he's never been around...
'Oh no, what's that? You've got to be kidding me! What the hell do you think you're doing with people?
"Master Kent, please calm down!
You're just saying that, Reinhardt?
Others are still being held hostage!
It's frustrating, but Reinhardt is right, you can't make a bad move when everyone else is being held in custody.
And since you've been given the absolute trump card to return to the original world, it's not a situation where you can just kill everyone else.
''d*mn it........I will never forgive you, I will definitely make you pay for it.......''
"My Lord Kent the saint...
"Yes, Mr. Chairman...
As I hurried to the clinic, the chairman of the committee continued to treat the patients with a pathetic look on his face.
He was treating the patient, but his expression was like a Noh mask and not a trace of a smile was present.
Thank you, saint...?
Next....
Even as the patient uttered words of thanks, the chairperson's expression did not move a millimeter.
''Saints, it's time for you to take a break.......''
Next!
When I first came to scout, the woman who was taking care of the chairperson proceeded to take a break, but she didn't take any action at all.
Later, after treating three patients, the committee chairperson reached her limit.
''Ts, next ... next one ...''
Saints!
Don't touch me!
The chairman of the committee pushed the woman as hard as he could as she tried to support herself when she was about to fall.
Her eyes were lifted and she did not look very normal.
'Get on with it and call the next patient!
Saints....
Shut up! You only think of me as a therapeutic tool, but don't call me something that's convenient!
I've never seen the chairman of a committee scream so loudly that it echoes outside the examination room.
'Why! How could you! I treat you guys all day, every day, from morning to night, but why! Why should my people have to die without satisfactory treatment or satisfactory food! No! Answer me!
That's not...
Let me go! Send me back to my world! No! I don't want to live like this anymore....
The chairperson shook his hair out and screamed and fell unconscious, like a puppet whose strings were broken.
The caretaker woman took it in, but the chairperson remained unconscious and even seemed to be lightly convulsing.
The caretaker woman laid him down on the sofa and called out to a soldier outside the examination room, "Call the military healer.
'Call the military healers, please!
Well, my saint...
Come on, come on! Also, I'm discontinuing treatment for today, have them leave and get going!
Yes!
I hesitated for a moment, trying to channel healing magic from the shadows while the caretaker woman was away from the chairperson.
I was afraid that if I continued to heal the chairman and let him recover his condition, I would be hunting him down in reverse.
But I was lost for a moment, and it's clear that the chairperson needs treatment now.
If something were to happen to the committee chairman without casting a healing spell here, I wouldn't be able to regret it.
I gently put my hand on the chairman's back and let the healing magic flow through his body.
I'm trapped in the illusion that the chairperson's thorns and thorns are flowing into my hand as I'm pouring out the healing magic.
When I was pouring out my healing magic, wishing that I could heal even those thorns and thorns, I felt the Chairman's painful breathing calm down.
After I finished healing the chairman, I began to move in search of the venomous princess.
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When I woke up, I didn't know where I was.
It took me a while to scurry around the room before I finally confirmed that it was my room at Volzard's boarding house.
'Did you notice, Master Kent?'
''Oh........that's because I didn't ask Reinhardt to wake me up....
I had been having Reinhardt wake me up in the mornings since I started having him wake me up when I went to work at the Liebling farm.
So when I woke up by myself, I guess I didn't know where I was.
''Huh? How did I get back to my lodgings?
I remember running out of magic at the infirmary in Rastock and returning to the alleyways of Volzard, but I don't remember what happened after that.
'The eagle informed Lord Donovan and had him carry me back to my lodgings.
"Oh, yeah, you asked Mr. Donovan to do that? I mean, how did you let them know?'
'I used the written word, and since you fought off the rock ogre, you won't be punished for doing this level of work.
''Hmmm ... maybe so, but it's going to be a bit hard to practice, isn't it?''
"Buh-ha-ha-ha, you'll have to give that up.
Well, I can't escape from Donovan-san's training anyway, and since he's going to train me for free, if I complain, that might be the one I'll be punished for.
''But wouldn't Amanda-san have been worried if she was brought in unconscious?
Yes, but Master Donovan said he was overworked and anemic and that he'd be fine if you let him sleep, so he agreed.
"Yeah, but I guess I'll have to apologize for worrying about it later.
Well, I suppose that would be better.
Gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg.
The malaise, probably caused by the lack of magic, was gone, but I was ravenously hungry.
'Master Kent, there's a sandwich on the table.
"What? Really?
Sure enough, there is a plate of sandwiches on the table with a plate of sandwiches and a cup with a lid.
It was accompanied by a note from Amanda telling me to eat it when I wake up in the middle of the night.
At the end of the note is also a slightly distorted word from a slightly distorted Meisa, telling me to get well soon.
Tears welled up in my eyes at the thought of the two of them treating me warmly like family, even though I kept many things to myself.
I thanked them for their dinner.
''Reinhardt, what time is it?''
It's a little after midnight, a little before midnight.
It's already midnight in this world, as we have twenty hours a day.
Amanda has to get up early in the morning because she has to prepare her shop, so she goes to sleep early, and it's quiet in the boarding house.
The streets of Volzade are also empty of stores that stay open all night, like the convenience stores in Tokyo, and it's about this time of night when the thriving shops are closing.
I fell asleep at a strange time, so I woke up at a strange time.
''Hmmm.......I think I'll move my body a bit in the Demon Forest training ground......''
"Master Kent, you really ought to get some rest tonight, my boy, for sometimes rest is just what you need.
I see. Yeah, I get it. By the way, was my collapse because I used too much magic?
'Perhaps you're right, Master Kent, I've never seen a man with a broken heart come back to life before. No royal healer could have pulled off such a feat.
From Reinhardt's words, I could tell that he was sincerely surprised, but in Japan, a heart stoppage doesn't mean you're dead.
When I talked about cardiac arrest and brain death, Reinhardt was even more surprised.
I can see that the world you lived in, Mr. Kent, was a world with advanced medical science.
''Yeah, but it seems it was the dark magic that brought her back in the end, and it was the light magic that healed her, so it was mostly magic.
Even so, I believe that the man who did it is of extraordinary, if not unprecedented, quality.
'Still, it's not so much my power as it is the power I was given, so I think I need to train more.'
In that sense, the environment in which the chairman of the committee is placed may be the best environment to train magic, even though it is an environment where he has to take on strict responsibilities.
''After all, it seems like there's no waste in what that evil princess does,''
'That's certainly true, you could say, lean and ruthless.
'I guess that's just the nature of royalty after all, isn't it?
That's not all I'm saying.
"Hmm? What's going on? Fred
"The princess is very popular with the people...
Fred says that she goes by a princess who is cold to my classmates and handsome caretaker Shelia, but is merciful to the people.
To begin with, it is said that the princess is deeply involved in the settlement of Rastock, and is actively working to maintain the security of the city and help the poor.
"Kent-sama, that princess is probably drawing a clear line between friend and foe.
"So you're saying that you're going to reach out to the people who are on your side and use us who aren't on your side to the hilt?
'Yes, perhaps it is,'
So you're saying you summoned us to help the people?
We don't know for sure yet, but it's a good possibility.
Hmmm........that's pretty tricky, isn't it? If you turn against that princess, it means you could turn against the people of Riesenburg as well, right?''
Yes, I'm afraid so.
''Kent-sama, let's think about what kind of a place to drop him, after we rescue your schoolmates.
'Yeah, I know, we're not in a position to negotiate at this point in time when we've thought about things.
Basten is right, I don't have any materials to negotiate with the s*xually evil princess right now.
First of all, I have to get my classmates back, and then I have to get the materials to compete with the villainous princess as more than equals.
In that case, dealing with the country of Riesenburg is the same as dealing with the country of Riesenburg, and it's a heavy burden for me, a mere child.
But isn't it exciting to start a fight by yourself against a country?
"Bu-ha-ha-ha, that's good, Mr. Kent, you have the spirit of a man looking up.
"Quite right, the Commander is right. If Master Kent wants to pick a fight, I'll go along with him as much as I can.
"Don't worry ... Mr. Kent can win...
"Yeah, if you do, good luck with that.
Oh, I guess my vicious skeleton temperament is contagious, I guess I wasn't this belligerent.
But you know, if we're free to enter and leave the shadow world, we don't feel like we're going to lose, even if we go head-to-head with the Risenburg army.
I'm not sure how many mages there are who can move freely in the shadow world like us.
"There were many mages in our time, but I have never met one who could freely exploit the shadow world like this.
'Oh, really? Aren't all dark-attribute mages able to do this?''
I've heard of such a mage, but Master Kent is the first person I've ever seen in person.
"Well, Master Kent is a bit of an exception...
Huh? I thought that shadow movement and other dark mages would be able to do it normally, but it seems to be something different.
I have to thank Donovan-san tomorrow, and I guess I'll ask him about it then.
''Kent-sama, I've heard that there have always been only a few dark-attribute mages in the past, and most of them were self-taught in the use of magic.''
'Really? So you heard about shadow movement, shadow storage, shadow summoning, and other magic like that in the past, and you practiced it yourself?''
"Perhaps, yes, you do.
I'm sure you need to practice your magic too.
I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this in the future.
"Normally, a metal shield would be used to catch them.
When you say "flush", do you mean angled and displaced?
That's right, with a spell that powerful, if you're hit by it properly, the fireball will bounce off and you'll get damaged instead.
What about offsetting it with a similar amount of magic?
To begin with, it's difficult to measure the power of the opponent's magic, and it's unrealistic to hit magic that's flying that fast.
Well, you were certainly going very fast.
A fireball the size of a basketball flew through the air at a speed of about 150 kilometers per hour, and the target doll was a fireball in an instant.
To tell the truth, it's extremely annoying, but it's not a good idea to make enemies with that handsome man.
''Kent-sama, I've heard that the best way to prevent magic is with dark magic.''
'Oh, really?'
''Yes, I've only heard of this, but I've never seen it in person, but I've heard that the shield of darkness is a shield that repels all magic.
"The shield of darkness the shield of darkness...
Since it plays all magic, could it be like opening a portal to the shadow space that is unique to the dark attribute?
Right now, I also use my own shadow to move things in and out of the shadow storage, but maybe it can connect to the shadow space regardless of whether there is a shadow or not.
''Yeah, I guess I should try this one out for a bit, but if I'm going to practice it, it'll have to be when the sun is up.''
"Well, Master Kent, I think it's time for you to get some rest.
'Oh right, well, wake me up at the usual time then.'
Copy that.
I went to bed at an odd hour and woke up at an odd hour, so I thought I wouldn't be able to sleep right away, but I laid down in bed and was immediately pulled back to sleep.
Then the next morning, as soon as I woke up, I went to apologize to Amanda for worrying about her.
'Good morning Amanda, good morning, I'm sorry for worrying you yesterday,'
'Oh, you seem to be doing okay, because you looked like a dead man when they carried you back.
I'm sorry, my memory is kind of fuzzy...
'You can work hard, but you can't do anything if you're ruining your body, and you should train in moderation.
Yes, okay, I'll be more careful from now on.
That said, it's unlikely we'll be able to get out of Donovan-san's spell, and we'll have to train to rescue our classmates.
Hmmm........moderation is hard.
At breakfast, Meisa-chan got mad at me, too.
I mean, Meisa-chan, you can't complain and try to force carrots that you don't like on me, you know.
I had to thank Donovan-san as well, so I told Amanda that I wouldn't be working or training her and headed to the guild.
There was a huge crowd in front of the bulletin board where the request was pasted out this morning as well, and Ridnell and the others are still rubbing up against it.
Yeah, I guess they're having fun with that one.
When I turned my eyes to the wall, Manon was standing there without a place to be, but when she found me, she smiled with a flash of a smile.
Ugh.......I'm definitely in love with you, aren't I?
Or are they still on a good friend level?
Good morning, Kent!
Oh, good morning, Manon.
When I glanced around, there were a few people who gave me a warm look.
They must be the people I was listening to yesterday at the guild's tavern.
''What do you have to do today, Kent?''
Well, um ... I think I'm going to take a break ... today.
What? What's going on? Are you sick?
'I'm fine now, but I was a bit sick yesterday, so I'm thinking I'll take care of myself and get some rest today.
Oh, okay, well, I guess I'll take a break then...
Huh? Is this reaction, Manon, like you have a thing for me?
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No, but Giliq beat me up pretty hard but I'm stronger than Ridnell and the others and that's just the way it is.
'Kent...? Hey, Kent!
What? I'm sorry, I was just thinking...
''You weren't already thinking about........Mr. Muell or anything, were you?
'N-No, no, it's just that Mr. Donovan gave me a lift to the lodge yesterday when I was sick, and I thought I should thank you for that...'
Oh, you're that sick? Are you okay?
'Uh, yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine, I was just a little anemic, I'm fine now.'
Yeah, that's good, but Kent's trying too hard, so don't push it.
Uh, yeah I'm sorry I was worried about you.
Wow, when I think about it, I don't think I've talked so intimately with a girl since kindergarten, I knew Volzard was the best.
When I was chewing on my small amount of happiness, I was approached by Fred.
''Kent-sama........there's a little incident.......''
"Ugh, wait a minute, Fred.
'Sorry, Manon, I had to go to the bathroom...'
Oh, yeah, I'll wait here for you...
Uh, yeah, wait...
Yahhhh, what's the matter with you, Manon, you wouldn't want to go if you told me you were waiting for me to look up at you, would you?
But even so, once I said I was going, I'd turn to the bathroom.
"So, Fred, what happened?
"Funayama is dead...
"Eh...
My feet, which had been hurrying to the bathroom, came to an involuntary halt.
''Kent-sama, walk........it's going to be suspicious.......''
"Uh... uh, yeah...
I felt flustered and ungrounded as I walked towards the bathroom, as Fred urged me to do so.
I go into the bathroom and stay in the private room.
'They killed Funayama, did they kill him?'
"This morning I didn't wake up and when my friends tried to wake me up they found me dead and I didn't know what happened.
''Oh no... that's like being killed by those guys after all!
"Undeniably overworked and undernourished, maybe even malnourished.
To be frank, I was left with the impression that Funayama was a jerk.
He called me 'Babu' and was violent to me more than once.
Still, I don't hate him enough to want to kill him.
"Your saint is in shock...
'Oh, well does the chairperson look okay?'
'I'm in quite a shock but I'm continuing to treat him in the clinic I think it's a bit poorly...'
'It's as if you feel responsible for Funayama's death and are putting extra effort into his treatment?
"Yes Master Kent is right...
I feel that if I don't, I'm going to fall down to the chairman of the committee.
This looks like it would be better to go to Rustock, and if I don't go and something happens, I'm sure I'll regret it.
I left the bathroom and hurried back to Manon's place.
'Kent what's wrong with you, you're blue in the face.
'Sorry, Manon, I'm starting to feel a bit sick, so I'm going back to the lodge for today.
Well would you like me to give you a lift?
No, it's not that bad, don't worry, I'll see you next week...
Yeah, yeah, take care of yourself, have a good night's rest.
I should thank Mr. Donovan for his help, but I'll have to put it off for now.
Even as we walked down the road back to the lodging house, I asked Reinhardt and the others to find a place where we could hide in the shadows.
''Kent-sama, turn left in that alleyway over there.......''
"Okay, thank you...
Once in the alleyway, we checked our surroundings, ducked into the shadows, and moved at once to the rastock.
When I entered the garrison, to my surprise, I found that the training was being conducted in the same manner as it was yesterday.
''What........why are you training?''
"Funayama is treated as if he's never been around...
'Oh no, what's that? You've got to be kidding me! What the hell do you think you're doing with people?
"Master Kent, please calm down!
You're just saying that, Reinhardt?
Others are still being held hostage!
It's frustrating, but Reinhardt is right, you can't make a bad move when everyone else is being held in custody.
And since you've been given the absolute trump card to return to the original world, it's not a situation where you can just kill everyone else.
''d*mn it........I will never forgive you, I will definitely make you pay for it.......''
"My Lord Kent the saint...
"Yes, Mr. Chairman...
As I hurried to the clinic, the chairman of the committee continued to treat the patients with a pathetic look on his face.
He was treating the patient, but his expression was like a Noh mask and not a trace of a smile was present.
Thank you, saint...?
Next....
Even as the patient uttered words of thanks, the chairperson's expression did not move a millimeter.
''Saints, it's time for you to take a break.......''
Next!
When I first came to scout, the woman who was taking care of the chairperson proceeded to take a break, but she didn't take any action at all.
Later, after treating three patients, the committee chairperson reached her limit.
''Ts, next ... next one ...''
Saints!
Don't touch me!
The chairman of the committee pushed the woman as hard as he could as she tried to support herself when she was about to fall.
Her eyes were lifted and she did not look very normal.
'Get on with it and call the next patient!
Saints....
Shut up! You only think of me as a therapeutic tool, but don't call me something that's convenient!
I've never seen the chairman of a committee scream so loudly that it echoes outside the examination room.
'Why! How could you! I treat you guys all day, every day, from morning to night, but why! Why should my people have to die without satisfactory treatment or satisfactory food! No! Answer me!
That's not...
Let me go! Send me back to my world! No! I don't want to live like this anymore....
The chairperson shook his hair out and screamed and fell unconscious, like a puppet whose strings were broken.
The caretaker woman took it in, but the chairperson remained unconscious and even seemed to be lightly convulsing.
The caretaker woman laid him down on the sofa and called out to a soldier outside the examination room, "Call the military healer.
'Call the military healers, please!
Well, my saint...
Come on, come on! Also, I'm discontinuing treatment for today, have them leave and get going!
Yes!
I hesitated for a moment, trying to channel healing magic from the shadows while the caretaker woman was away from the chairperson.
I was afraid that if I continued to heal the chairman and let him recover his condition, I would be hunting him down in reverse.
But I was lost for a moment, and it's clear that the chairperson needs treatment now.
If something were to happen to the committee chairman without casting a healing spell here, I wouldn't be able to regret it.
I gently put my hand on the chairman's back and let the healing magic flow through his body.
I'm trapped in the illusion that the chairperson's thorns and thorns are flowing into my hand as I'm pouring out the healing magic.
When I was pouring out my healing magic, wishing that I could heal even those thorns and thorns, I felt the Chairman's painful breathing calm down.
After I finished healing the chairman, I began to move in search of the venomous princess.
When I woke up, I didn't know where I was.It took me a while to scurry around the room before I finally confirmed that it was my room at Volzard's boarding house.'Did you notice, Master Kent?'''Oh........that's because I didn't ask Reinhardt to wake me up....I had been having Reinhardt wake me up in the mornings since I started having him wake me up when I went to work at the Liebling farm.So when I woke up by myself, I guess I didn't know where I was.''Huh? How did I get back to my lodgings?I remember running out of magic at the infirmary in Rastock and returning to the alleyways of Volzard, but I don't remember what happened after that.'The eagle informed Lord Donovan and had him carry me back to my lodgings."Oh, yeah, you asked Mr. Donovan to do that? I mean, how did you let them know?''I used the written word, and since you fought off the rock ogre, you won't be punished for doing this level of work.''Hmmm ... maybe so, but it's going to be a bit hard to practice, isn't it?''"Buh-ha-ha-ha, you'll have to give that up.Well, I can't escape from Donovan-san's training anyway, and since he's going to train me for free, if I complain, that might be the one I'll be punished for.''But wouldn't Amanda-san have been worried if she was brought in unconscious?Yes, but Master Donovan said he was overworked and anemic and that he'd be fine if you let him sleep, so he agreed."Yeah, but I guess I'll have to apologize for worrying about it later.Well, I suppose that would be better.Gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg.The malaise, probably caused by the lack of magic, was gone, but I was ravenously hungry.'Master Kent, there's a sandwich on the table."What? Really?Sure enough, there is a plate of sandwiches on the table with a plate of sandwiches and a cup with a lid.It was accompanied by a note from Amanda telling me to eat it when I wake up in the middle of the night.At the end of the note is also a slightly distorted word from a slightly distorted Meisa, telling me to get well soon.Tears welled up in my eyes at the thought of the two of them treating me warmly like family, even though I kept many things to myself.I thanked them for their dinner.''Reinhardt, what time is it?''It's a little after midnight, a little before midnight.It's already midnight in this world, as we have twenty hours a day.Amanda has to get up early in the morning because she has to prepare her shop, so she goes to sleep early, and it's quiet in the boarding house.The streets of Volzade are also empty of stores that stay open all night, like the convenience stores in Tokyo, and it's about this time of night when the thriving shops are closing.I fell asleep at a strange time, so I woke up at a strange time.''Hmmm.......I think I'll move my body a bit in the Demon Forest training ground......''"Master Kent, you really ought to get some rest tonight, my boy, for sometimes rest is just what you need.I see. Yeah, I get it.By the way, was my collapse because I used too much magic?'Perhaps you're right, Master Kent, I've never seen a man with a broken heart come back to life before.No royal healer could have pulled off such a feat.From Reinhardt's words, I could tell that he was sincerely surprised, but in Japan, a heart stoppage doesn't mean you're dead.When I talked about cardiac arrest and brain death, Reinhardt was even more surprised.I can see that the world you lived in, Mr. Kent, was a world with advanced medical science.''Yeah, but it seems it was the dark magic that brought her back in the end, and it was the light magic that healed her, so it was mostly magic.Even so, I believe that the man who did it is of extraordinary, if not unprecedented, quality.'Still, it's not so much my power as it is the power I was given, so I think I need to train more.'In that sense, the environment in which the chairman of the committee is placed may be the best environment to train magic, even though it is an environment where he has to take on strict responsibilities.''After all, it seems like there's no waste in what that evil princess does,'''That's certainly true, you could say, lean and ruthless.'I guess that's just the nature of royalty after all, isn't it?That's not all I'm saying."Hmm? What's going on? Fred"The princess is very popular with the people...Fred says that she goes by a princess who is cold to my classmates and handsome caretaker Shelia, but is merciful to the people.To begin with, it is said that the princess is deeply involved in the settlement of Rastock, and is actively working to maintain the security of the city and help the poor."Kent-sama, that princess is probably drawing a clear line between friend and foe."So you're saying that you're going to reach out to the people who are on your side and use us who aren't on your side to the hilt?'Yes, perhaps it is,'So you're saying you summoned us to help the people?We don't know for sure yet, but it's a good possibility.Hmmm........that's pretty tricky, isn't it?If you turn against that princess, it means you could turn against the people of Riesenburg as well, right?''Yes, I'm afraid so.''Kent-sama, let's think about what kind of a place to drop him, after we rescue your schoolmates.'Yeah, I know, we're not in a position to negotiate at this point in time when we've thought about things.Basten is right, I don't have any materials to negotiate with the s*xually evil princess right now.First of all, I have to get my classmates back, and then I have to get the materials to compete with the villainous princess as more than equals.In that case, dealing with the country of Riesenburg is the same as dealing with the country of Riesenburg, and it's a heavy burden for me, a mere child.But isn't it exciting to start a fight by yourself against a country?"Bu-ha-ha-ha, that's good, Mr. Kent, you have the spirit of a man looking up."Quite right, the Commander is right. If Master Kent wants to pick a fight, I'll go along with him as much as I can."Don't worry ... Mr. Kent can win..."Yeah, if you do, good luck with that.Oh, I guess my vicious skeleton temperament is contagious, I guess I wasn't this belligerent.But you know, if we're free to enter and leave the shadow world, we don't feel like we're going to lose, even if we go head-to-head with the Risenburg army.I'm not sure how many mages there are who can move freely in the shadow world like us."There were many mages in our time, but I have never met one who could freely exploit the shadow world like this.'Oh, really? Aren't all dark-attribute mages able to do this?''I've heard of such a mage, but Master Kent is the first person I've ever seen in person."Well, Master Kent is a bit of an exception...Huh? I thought that shadow movement and other dark mages would be able to do it normally, but it seems to be something different.I have to thank Donovan-san tomorrow, and I guess I'll ask him about it then.''Kent-sama, I've heard that there have always been only a few dark-attribute mages in the past, and most of them were self-taught in the use of magic.'''Really? So you heard about shadow movement, shadow storage, shadow summoning, and other magic like that in the past, and you practiced it yourself?''"Perhaps, yes, you do.I'm sure you need to practice your magic too.I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this in the future."Normally, a metal shield would be used to catch them.When you say "flush", do you mean angled and displaced?That's right, with a spell that powerful, if you're hit by it properly, the fireball will bounce off and you'll get damaged instead.What about offsetting it with a similar amount of magic?To begin with, it's difficult to measure the power of the opponent's magic, and it's unrealistic to hit magic that's flying that fast.Well, you were certainly going very fast.A fireball the size of a basketball flew through the air at a speed of about 150 kilometers per hour, and the target doll was a fireball in an instant.To tell the truth, it's extremely annoying, but it's not a good idea to make enemies with that handsome man.''Kent-sama, I've heard that the best way to prevent magic is with dark magic.'''Oh, really?'''Yes, I've only heard of this, but I've never seen it in person, but I've heard that the shield of darkness is a shield that repels all magic."The shield of darkness the shield of darkness...Since it plays all magic, could it be like opening a portal to the shadow space that is unique to the dark attribute?Right now, I also use my own shadow to move things in and out of the shadow storage, but maybe it can connect to the shadow space regardless of whether there is a shadow or not.''Yeah, I guess I should try this one out for a bit, but if I'm going to practice it, it'll have to be when the sun is up.''"Well, Master Kent, I think it's time for you to get some rest.'Oh right, well, wake me up at the usual time then.'Copy that.I went to bed at an odd hour and woke up at an odd hour, so I thought I wouldn't be able to sleep right away, but I laid down in bed and was immediately pulled back to sleep.Then the next morning, as soon as I woke up, I went to apologize to Amanda for worrying about her.'Good morning Amanda, good morning, I'm sorry for worrying you yesterday,''Oh, you seem to be doing okay, because you looked like a dead man when they carried you back.I'm sorry, my memory is kind of fuzzy...'You can work hard, but you can't do anything if you're ruining your body, and you should train in moderation.Yes, okay, I'll be more careful from now on.That said, it's unlikely we'll be able to get out of Donovan-san's spell, and we'll have to train to rescue our classmates.Hmmm........moderation is hard.At breakfast, Meisa-chan got mad at me, too.I mean, Meisa-chan, you can't complain and try to force carrots that you don't like on me, you know.I had to thank Donovan-san as well, so I told Amanda that I wouldn't be working or training her and headed to the guild.There was a huge crowd in front of the bulletin board where the request was pasted out this morning as well, and Ridnell and the others are still rubbing up against it.Yeah, I guess they're having fun with that one.When I turned my eyes to the wall, Manon was standing there without a place to be, but when she found me, she smiled with a flash of a smile.Ugh.......I'm definitely in love with you, aren't I?Or are they still on a good friend level?Good morning, Kent!Oh, good morning, Manon.When I glanced around, there were a few people who gave me a warm look.They must be the people I was listening to yesterday at the guild's tavern.''What do you have to do today, Kent?''Well, um ... I think I'm going to take a break ... today.What? What's going on? Are you sick?'I'm fine now, but I was a bit sick yesterday, so I'm thinking I'll take care of myself and get some rest today.Oh, okay, well, I guess I'll take a break then...Huh? Is this reaction, Manon, like you have a thing for me?No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No, but Giliq beat me up pretty hard but I'm stronger than Ridnell and the others and that's just the way it is.'Kent...? Hey, Kent!What? I'm sorry, I was just thinking...''You weren't already thinking about........Mr. Muell or anything, were you?'N-No, no, it's just that Mr. Donovan gave me a lift to the lodge yesterday when I was sick, and I thought I should thank you for that...'Oh, you're that sick? Are you okay?'Uh, yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine, I was just a little anemic, I'm fine now.'Yeah, that's good, but Kent's trying too hard, so don't push it.Uh, yeah I'm sorry I was worried about you.Wow, when I think about it, I don't think I've talked so intimately with a girl since kindergarten, I knew Volzard was the best.When I was chewing on my small amount of happiness, I was approached by Fred.''Kent-sama........there's a little incident.......''"Ugh, wait a minute, Fred.'Sorry, Manon, I had to go to the bathroom...'Oh, yeah, I'll wait here for you...Uh, yeah, wait...Yahhhh, what's the matter with you, Manon, you wouldn't want to go if you told me you were waiting for me to look up at you, would you?But even so, once I said I was going, I'd turn to the bathroom."So, Fred, what happened?"Funayama is dead..."Eh...My feet, which had been hurrying to the bathroom, came to an involuntary halt.''Kent-sama, walk........it's going to be suspicious.......''"Uh... uh, yeah...I felt flustered and ungrounded as I walked towards the bathroom, as Fred urged me to do so.I go into the bathroom and stay in the private room.'They killed Funayama, did they kill him?'"This morning I didn't wake up and when my friends tried to wake me up they found me dead and I didn't know what happened.''Oh no... that's like being killed by those guys after all!"Undeniably overworked and undernourished, maybe even malnourished.To be frank, I was left with the impression that Funayama was a jerk.He called me 'Babu' and was violent to me more than once.Still, I don't hate him enough to want to kill him."Your saint is in shock...'Oh, well does the chairperson look okay?''I'm in quite a shock but I'm continuing to treat him in the clinic I think it's a bit poorly...''It's as if you feel responsible for Funayama's death and are putting extra effort into his treatment?"Yes Master Kent is right...I feel that if I don't, I'm going to fall down to the chairman of the committee.This looks like it would be better to go to Rustock, and if I don't go and something happens, I'm sure I'll regret it.I left the bathroom and hurried back to Manon's place.'Kent what's wrong with you, you're blue in the face.'Sorry, Manon, I'm starting to feel a bit sick, so I'm going back to the lodge for today.Well would you like me to give you a lift?No, it's not that bad, don't worry, I'll see you next week...Yeah, yeah, take care of yourself, have a good night's rest.I should thank Mr. Donovan for his help, but I'll have to put it off for now.Even as we walked down the road back to the lodging house, I asked Reinhardt and the others to find a place where we could hide in the shadows.''Kent-sama, turn left in that alleyway over there.......''"Okay, thank you...Once in the alleyway, we checked our surroundings, ducked into the shadows, and moved at once to the rastock.When I entered the garrison, to my surprise, I found that the training was being conducted in the same manner as it was yesterday.''What........why are you training?''"Funayama is treated as if he's never been around...'Oh no, what's that? You've got to be kidding me! What the hell do you think you're doing with people?"Master Kent, please calm down!You're just saying that, Reinhardt?Others are still being held hostage!It's frustrating, but Reinhardt is right, you can't make a bad move when everyone else is being held in custody.And since you've been given the absolute trump card to return to the original world, it's not a situation where you can just kill everyone else.''d*mn it........I will never forgive you, I will definitely make you pay for it.......''"My Lord Kent the saint..."Yes, Mr. Chairman...As I hurried to the clinic, the chairman of the committee continued to treat the patients with a pathetic look on his face.He was treating the patient, but his expression was like a Noh mask and not a trace of a smile was present.Thank you, saint...?Next....Even as the patient uttered words of thanks, the chairperson's expression did not move a millimeter.''Saints, it's time for you to take a break.......''Next!When I first came to scout, the woman who was taking care of the chairperson proceeded to take a break, but she didn't take any action at all.Later, after treating three patients, the committee chairperson reached her limit.''Ts, next ... next one ...''Saints!Don't touch me!The chairman of the committee pushed the woman as hard as he could as she tried to support herself when she was about to fall.Her eyes were lifted and she did not look very normal.'Get on with it and call the next patient!Saints....Shut up! You only think of me as a therapeutic tool, but don't call me something that's convenient!I've never seen the chairman of a committee scream so loudly that it echoes outside the examination room.'Why! How could you! I treat you guys all day, every day, from morning to night, but why! Why should my people have to die without satisfactory treatment or satisfactory food! No! Answer me!That's not...Let me go! Send me back to my world! No! I don't want to live like this anymore....The chairperson shook his hair out and screamed and fell unconscious, like a puppet whose strings were broken.The caretaker woman took it in, but the chairperson remained unconscious and even seemed to be lightly convulsing.The caretaker woman laid him down on the sofa and called out to a soldier outside the examination room, "Call the military healer.'Call the military healers, please!Well, my saint...Come on, come on! Also, I'm discontinuing treatment for today, have them leave and get going!Yes!I hesitated for a moment, trying to channel healing magic from the shadows while the caretaker woman was away from the chairperson.I was afraid that if I continued to heal the chairman and let him recover his condition, I would be hunting him down in reverse.But I was lost for a moment, and it's clear that the chairperson needs treatment now.If something were to happen to the committee chairman without casting a healing spell here, I wouldn't be able to regret it.I gently put my hand on the chairman's back and let the healing magic flow through his body.I'm trapped in the illusion that the chairperson's thorns and thorns are flowing into my hand as I'm pouring out the healing magic.When I was pouring out my healing magic, wishing that I could heal even those thorns and thorns, I felt the Chairman's painful breathing calm down.After I finished healing the chairman, I began to move in search of the venomous princess.
