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Published at 23rd of May 2023 05:35:05 PM


Chapter 79

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Characters in this chapter:

Sapphiras Perfectio, 2nd son of the Earl of Aldridge

Percival Belisario, 3rd son of Margrave of Vanderwall on the Eastern Frontier

Riley Spotts, class leader

Gideon Harvard, the redhead who wants to challenge Percival in the swordsmanship tournament

Sandrion Timberlake, daughter of Earl Timberlake, Theodore’s fiancée

Jacob, butler of the Belisario household

“Haaa……”

I sighed so deeply that even my soul seemed to fly out of my mouth along with my breath.

“Are you okay?”

“No, not okay at all.”

“What a disaster……”

Riley gives me a look that says he truly sympathises.

Yes. I’ve been very tired these last few days.

And in exchange for this tiredness, I’m also learning something new. That is, people who are lovesick are very troublesome. White magic can heal injuries but not sickness, but according to Aurora, this love sickness can’t be cured with any medicine. I was told that I would have to wait for the heat to naturally cool down. Just don’t take an ambiguous attitude even if it is wrong. Naturally, I flatly reject it.

After the redhead told me to be his partner behind the school buildin, he started courting me almost every day. Despite refusing each time, he never gives up. Yesterday, when I was enjoying lunch in the cafeteria, he forcibly took a seat next to me and kept selling himself. Thanks to that, I couldn’t eat my meal calmly. Percival admonished him, but I couldn’t understand him at all, arguing that opportunities should be given equally. Fed up, I left the table without even eating.

“……Let’s not go to the cafeteria today.”

Thinking back to yesterday, I had lost all interest in enjoying lunch in the cafeteria. In general, if such a noisy guy is with you, it will cause trouble for Percival as well.

I summoned Cait Sith while letting out an unpredictable sigh.

“……Is there something I can do nya”

Cait Sith appeared to be in a bad mood. This is probably the result of forcibly summoning him when he was being treated well at the Duke’s house.

“I summoned you exactly because I have something I need you to do, but if you are so comfortable with the Duke’s family, you can become the Duke’s cat instead of staying with me.”

I smiled. Well, if that’s what Cait Sith really wants, then that’s fine. However, if that happens, the contract with me will expire, so Cait Sith will not be given the magical power to exist in this world. But as he’s a phantom beast, he’s got a fair amount of power, so he should be able to stay in this world even though he’ll just become a cat. If the Duke’s family will cherish him, then that way of life would be an option.

“I-I’m not saying that! Where should I go to run the errand nya?”

Cait Sith hurriedly clings to me.

The Duke’s house is comfortable, but he doesn’t seem to want to live a normal cat life.

“Can you go to Percival and tell him I can’t have lunch with him today?”

“Alrighty nya!”

Cait Sith jumped up and trotted off.

“……I’m surprised. Sapphiras can also use summoning magic.”

“Yeah, well, sort of.”

I’ll have to skip lunch, but I don’t have a choice. Fortunately, the redhead seems to eat in his room at night and doesn’t attack. So it’s just a matter of patience until dinner. I’m obsessed with food, but skipping one meal is nothing. When I was in the Earl’s household, I only ate one meal a day, and it’s quite normal for an adventurer to skip one or two meals during a trip. If I feel hungry no matter what, I can go back to the dormitory and eat the sweets that Madam Adeline sent me until evening. It is nice to have sweets that last for a long time. I’m very thankful.

After the morning classes were over, I was thinking about where to hide out for lunch when Cait Sith came back with some kind of package.

“Huh, didn’t you return to the Duke’s house?”

I thought he would return to the Duke’s house when he was done with business, so I said that without thinking about it, and Cait Sith jumped at me again in a panic.

“I don’t want you to say such things nya! Master is the only master nya!”

No, I didn’t mean it that way. As a phantom beast, Cait Sith does things at his own convenience a bit too much but if he doesn’t mind having a contract with me, then I’m happy..

“I know that. Cait Sith is an important friend of mine.”

“Really?”

“Really. So why are you still at the academy? Were you unable to meet Percival?”

“I’ve been entrusted with a package for you.”

Cait Sith holds out the package he was carrying to me.

“What is it?”

When I received it and opened the slightly heavy package, it was a sandwich with plenty of meat. It seems that Percival made some guesses in my message and entrusted this to Cait Sith. I was prepared to skip lunch, so I am truly grateful for this gift.

Percival is a really nice guy. If it’s for Percival’s sake, I swear I’ll do everything in my power to help.

“That’s right. Let’s eat together, Cait Sith.”

“Is that okay nya?”

Cait Sith’s golden eyes light up.

“Of course.”

I took Cait Sith and transferred to the forest where we had been practising magic until recently. Once in a while, it’s not bad to enjoy a quiet lunch in a place like this.

Sitting on a stump and enjoying the scent of the trees in the refreshing breeze, Cait Sith and I shared a sandwich.

“Delicious nya!”

Cait Sith gleefully bites into his sandwich.

Basically, phantoms don’t need to eat as long as their magic is replenished, but he’s full of curiosity and likes to eat human food. I’m sure he’s treated to good food at the Duke’s house. Maybe he’s similar to me in that he loves good food.

I returned to the academy after enjoying a long, quiet lunch with Cait Sith without being disturbed by anyone, and I thought I could end the day without incident.

I had no idea that love sickness could make a person so thoroughly stupid.

“Sapphiras.”

I was in a corner of a deserted library, following the titles on the spines of old books, when I was startled by the call of my name.

“Red-hair……”

Perhaps because of the location, he quietly approached me, and I didn’t notice until he was so close to me. Because I was able to escape during the daytime well, I was careless and let my guard down. Moreover, I was in a secluded area where only old books were lined up on the upper floor, avoiding the public eye. It’s a place where people rarely enter, so you shouldn’t be able to find it unless you have more to do. That’s why I didn’t expect the redhead to come this far. Swordsman intuition? I thought, but I caught a glimpse of a familiar brown-haired figure from the edge of my vision.

……Hmm. That guy must have led the redhead here. I thought he’d gotten over it because I haven’t seen his face lately. Why don’t you like me. I guess that’s a kind of love sickness. Love sickness really is a nasty sickness, isn’t it?

I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to have lunch with Percival for the entire time I’m at the academy, and I’ll have to go through the extra trouble of avoiding the redhead. It’s probably best to give him another gruff talking-to here. I’m not going to nod my head no matter how hard you try to talk me into it.

“……Um,”

When I open my mouth to say it clearly for the umpteenth time, the redhead moves unexpectedly quickly and puts both hands on the wall as if to surround me. As a result, I ended up being sandwiched between the wall and the redhead1KABEDONNNN.

“I’m serious. I will definitely take you as my partner.”

The red-haired man looked down at me with a scary face, but I’m not frightened by that.

“No, I’m telling you, I’m not going to be anyone’s partner. You’re being very persistent. It’s a nuisance so that’s enough…….”

Hmm? What, what’s wrong? While I was thinking that, the redhead’s face suddenly approached me, and I finally realised that I was in danger.

“!!”

I immediately gave a knee to the crotch of the redhead, and I transferred in the next moment.

It’s okay, calm down, me! There was a paper’s worth of space. Just in time, I barely touched it! But the redhead’s breath hit my mouth.

Uwah, uwah, that sucks! That’s disgusting! That’s not happening! Definitely not!

I rub my mouth recklessly with my sleeve to wipe away the discomfort.

“Oya? Isn’t that Sapphiras-sama over there?”

“……Eh?”

I turn to look at the familiar voice and see Jacob-san.

“What’s going on? Is Percival-sama not with you?”

“Eh…… no, that……huh?”

I looked around as my head suddenly became calm. I looked around, the place I unconsciously transferred to was in front of Vanderwall Castle.

It seems that the place I think is the safest to protect myself right now is Vanderwall territory. Certainly, it’s a place where strong soldiers who can become swords and shields of this country gather. No doubt it’s safer than anywhere else. Above all, I was extremely comfortable here. In addition to safety and security, it must be imprinted in my consciousness as a comfortable place. I can’t say too much about Cait Sith either.

“Somehow, I found myself here……so Percival isn’t with me today. Sorry.”

“Is that so? Since you’ve come all the way here, how about having a cup of tea with Madam? I’m sure both Madam and Sandrion-sama will be pleased.”

“No……coming here out of the blue, as expected, something so impudent……”

“No, Madam will be delighted, I’m sure. Rather, She’ll be disappointed if you leave without showing your face. Besides, the meat pies and lemon tarts are about to be baked.

“Meat pie and lemon tart……”

A crispy pie filled with minced meat stewed in tomatoes and a tart filled with a refreshing lemon cream. There’s honey-pickled lemon on the tart.

I gulped down my saliva.

“The freshly baked ones are exceptionally delicious.”

I hesitated, but Jacob-san gave me the finishing words.

“It will be a treat……”

The temptation of a freshly baked meat pie and lemon tart is too much to resist. I quickly stopped being hesitant and headed to the salon with Jacob-san.

melon: finally the last part of redhead. Next chapter will be Percival’s POV on this redhead situation.




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