Chapter 1 – Catching the Bread Thief (1)

Let’s say you are summoned to another world.
If the king kneels down and calls himself a warrior who will defeat the devil, and completes the standard party with various stories intertwined, and takes the devil’s head, what happens after that?
Where I lived, before and after, many turning points were born from the hands of those who pounded the keyboard every day, but my future was one of them.
The demon king did not resurrect, the king did not stab the hero from behind, and the hero did not marry the princess, but in the end, he achieved his dream.

What is that dream?
It would have been nice to return to Earth, but although the location was different, my dream was always the same.

To become a god.

“Say, please save me! “I was wrong!!”

Of course, I am not talking about an absolute being who kneels over a small girl like this and feels superior, but the owner of the building.

“Ugh, I won’t do that again. Please don’t cut off your hands or wrists… !”
“Who cut it?”
“Ma, mana, mana disappeared…”

Oh, that’s right. I let go of Adela’s hand as she cried.

〈The End of Magic〉

Since dispelling is quite a troublesome task, it seems that the magic of immobility carved into the body had an effect.

“That’s enough now, right?”
“Yes? Ah…”

Anyway, back to what I was talking about, I hung the demon king’s corpse on the top of the castle, took everything as a souvenir, and retired.
And, due to post-war processing and farming, he bought a small piece of land in ‘Parenzia’, a quiet countryside quite far from the capital, which was like a den for hunting dogs.

My life, which had become such an absolute being, was only going to be a peaceful day of farming while watching the rising sun like the Boratuck alien that wiped out half of all life in the universe, but it wasn’t that long ago that those expectations were shattered.

That crazy King Baor built an entire academy around my land.

They even arbitrarily amended the kingdom’s laws and purchased all the surrounding land without even revealing their intention to purchase my own land, leaving me with no way to make a living.
In the end, I couldn’t bear it anymore and went to the royal family, who was the culprit of this situation, and complained about the current situation. Fortunately, they were people who could communicate.
After a long discussion and breaking three of the seven supreme magic towers in the kingdom of Penheim like wrinkled straws, we came to a dramatic agreement.
Instead of engaging in academy-related work, provide maximum convenience.

This is the story behind how a student who was holding a pen on Earth was suddenly summoned and ended up running a cafeteria at a university educational institution in another world with no connections for 15 years.

‘By the way…’

I looked at the first-year cadet who was bowing profusely and saying thank you.
The first thing that caught my eye was the blue jade-colored hair that looked like it had been cut into waves.
The green cape draped over her shoulders indicated that she had just entered the academy as a new student, and the brooch on her chest indicated her family ancestry.
Of course, I have not mastered the patterns of every noble family, but now that we have gone through a time of war, the status of a family is determined by merit, not title.

The Four-Leaf Medal with four laurel leaves rising behind a geometric pattern that looks like three overlapping triangles.
It was the second highest rank in the kingdom, Grand Officier.
I don’t know if he made a contribution in the small war against the Holy Kingdom Monarch, or if he fought for humanity by stamping out demons like me, but having a laurel leaf engraved on his emblem was not an honor given to just anyone.

In other words, judging from the fact that she only had one ear pierced, this young lady, who had not even debuted in the social world, was originally a great noblewoman who would not even dare to look at her.
Would a nobleman like that steal bread from the canteen? Have you ever heard of a great famine?
It was difficult to understand with my common sense.

“… “I’ll only look at you this once, so just go.”
“Yes?”

But I didn’t bother to ask why.
It’s probably just a joke between friends.
If you weren’t a first-year student, there would be no forgiveness, but since the entrance ceremony had not yet started, I was willing to give you a generous warning at least once at the beginning of the semester and end it.

Don’t try to understand the nobles’ eccentricities, and don’t meddle in them.
This is something my former colleague Terra often said.
My colleagues used to give me various advices as I had a hard time adapting to this new world.
Even now, their words have become blood and flesh, living together in our hearts.

“Go.”
“Yes yes! Thank you!”

It’s been a long time since we’ve heard from each other, and for some reason, I’m not the only one who gets the credit for defeating the devil, so now I’m just fighting over a piece of bread at the canteen, but I’m sure I’ll be happy to see you again.
I started my day by putting bread back on the stand.

***

It is said that there is a small cafe selling hot dogs and drinks in the very center of the U.S. Pentagon’s pentagonal building.
Parencia Academy also had a similar structure, although it did not have a tightly closed landscape like the Pentagon.
The site, divided into five areas, consists of classrooms where all classes for each grade are held, dormitories, administrative facilities, and restricted areas.
Of course, it also includes a large hall used for banquets and events, a state park for recreation, and a grand library that is difficult to access.

If you take a carriage from the main gate and go inside for about 20 minutes, you will see my small and precious store located in the middle of the academy.

A stone building with one floor underground and three floors above ground. In fact, only the first floor is used for business.

The stands outside are stocked with all the daily necessities needed at the academy, teaching materials for experiments, and even simple snacks.
When you come inside, it is hard to believe that it is the first floor, and inside the interior is so high that it is hard to believe that it is a first floor, and a little more expensive things are on display – magical artifacts, perfume brought in from the royal capital, and some treasures collected during childhood.
It was clear that the main customers were not neighborhood kids, so at first glance it looked more like a museum or botanical garden than a corner store.
The second floor is my personal living space. I was nostalgic for Korea, so I decorated it to give it the feel of a room I had never lived in before.

Truly Sweet My Home.
However, in order to lead this kind of life, it requires effort.
For example, in the case of the bread that Adela tried to steal yesterday, I had to get it from outside rather than making it myself.
In fact, most of the items here are like that.

So around evening I locked the door and went out to the streets of Parencia.
Just like the supermarket in front of my school when I was young, the new semester was a very busy time.
In the case of teaching materials used in magic research or experiments, the professor in charge sometimes entrusts them to exclusive slaves who have not graduated, but if there are too many lectures, it is announced that they can just be obtained from the canteen.
Even though the students were grumbling, they went to the store to buy items appropriate for the class.

There was a small alley at the entrance to the western commercial district around the large building used as a social gathering place for nobles—a salon.
With familiar steps, I found a shabby house and knocked on the door.
When the chime bell hung at forehead height rang loudly, clang! The locking spell was lifted with a sound.

“Kano, let’s go in.”
“Welcome, Louis. “What are you here for?”

The alchemist who was focused on heating the flask was a friend I had known since I settled in Parenzia.
A messy laboratory littered with things like frogs in bottles and dream catchers made from demonic beast feathers.
I frowned at the stench that assaulted my nose.

“I came to pick up the items I asked for earlier. There was a spell book with shock magic written on it, a celestial model called Snowball, and something else…”
“Littweis test paper? Inside the drawer there. “I made it in advance.”
“Ah. That’s right. “That and cigarettes.”

Let’s see——.
When I opened the drawer as Kano said, a box full of white paper the size of a finger appeared. I carefully placed it in her bag using the tongs that were around her and then approached her.

“What are you doing?”
“Don’t disturb. “I’m in the process of refining the magic stone crystals.”
“Hearthstone? From a demonic beast?”
“Huh. I think this experiment was quite successful. “I’ll be able to make the Philosopher’s Stone soon.”

Is it. Kano’s face looked extremely serious because it was work that was close to the fate of an alchemist.
So as not to disturb her, I sat down next to her and asked her what suddenly occurred to her.

“Oh right. “Do you know how to look at things like family emblems?”
“I told you not to disturb me—I’ve never seen anyone like you in Parencia in my entire life who didn’t care about nobles like you. “How on earth do you work in the canteen?”
“You mean you know? “Then, do you know of a family with three overlapping triangles?”
“Don’t disturb me—I’m just talking about the three most important books in the magic world. “There are more than ten such families in all of Penheim.”
“It looks like a Mercedes Benz mark. “There were also four bay leaves.”
“Do you really want to rummage around!? I don’t know what a Mercedes-Benz is, but it’s one of the three won copies of the Order of Four Leaves, you idiot! Rocheire! Ice and Snowball of the North Sea!!”

What is that.
In response to my silence as I asked for her explanation, Kano clicked her tongue slightly and put down her bottle.

“You failed again, sheesh. These days, in the demon world, it is one of the military families that controls the remnants of the demon race. “It’s a truly famous place with unique magic power.”
“I see.”
“No matter how interested you are, are you really a citizen of the kingdom? Not knowing the family name is a serious disservice to a noble person. “Are you going to get stabbed?”

I couldn’t bear to answer that question.
In fact, even though it had been 15 years since I fell into this world, as Kano said, I was very ignorant.
There is a reason why it sounds like an excuse.

The time when I was a warrior who was summoned without knowing anything. My main area of ​​activity was Helzeb, the land of demons, not a kingdom or a holy nation.
Since I spent all my life eating and sleeping in the demon world, I didn’t have many opportunities to experience various cultures of this world.
And when I settled in Parenzia after retirement, it was literally a complete village.
It was a rural area where cows were raised and grain was ground in a mill.

The same goes for when the royal family begins a full-scale urban planning project.
Because of my devastated spirit after making so many sacrifices and defeating the Demon King, I have been confined to the third floor of the current cafeteria for several years.
Even on my occasional outings, I saw the land turned over and thought, ‘Oh, it must be some kind of field again.’

Then one day, a man with a mustache, who was the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport or something, knocked on the door and asked me to come out for a moment. When I went out, I saw that the academy had been built in a hurry.
When I heard a voice telling me to come out because the house I was living in was going to be demolished, I exploded.
After things settled down a bit, I sighed and watched the building go up, and since I had to eat to survive, I decided to open a snack bar.

The power of magical engineering was great, as the city, which had been a small town with no connection to the nobility, was completely transformed in just a few years.
If it had been a little greater, it could have built a bomber that would send Farencia back to the Stone Age.

We miss you, General Richard Lee Armitage.
In the middle of the Pentagon in a parallel world, the store owner needs you.

“It all happened for a reason.”
“It’s not too late, so learn them one by one. Anyway, the business is over, right? Get out now. “Because I’m busy.”

To be harsh.
I was kicked out of Kano’s workshop halfway.
Learn them one by one, okay?

When I was with my colleagues, they took care of me when I was lacking, but now it’s time to stand alone.
With a deep sigh, I headed home.

***

“So, you didn’t bring bread?”
“Well, I got caught in the middle… Sorry!”

Ansen snorted at the sight of Adela wiping out in front of her.

“If you want bread, I’ll pay you to buy it from outside…” … !”
“Wow, this isn’t going to work? Hey. “Do you think what I’m saying is funny?”

Quang!

I hit the empty cart in the warehouse loudly with a light kick, and hehe! A small scream pierced my ears.

“Do you think someone is doing this to you because they don’t have money? “I’m not checking to see if my friend will do me a favor.”
“Sorry Sorry!”
“Okay, go back tomorrow and steal it. “If you can’t do it before the last lecture is over, then you better prepare yourself.”
“Yes, yes…” …”

She sent Adela out with coercion that bordered on threats.
It was meaningless harassment, but Ansen remained calm. On the contrary, the gang around them looked a little intimidated and asked.

“Hey, Ansen. “Is it really okay for this to happen?”
“What?”
“That kid. “It’s Rochear.”
“Ha, what is that?”
“What are you talking about? The Count Roshoard family… !”
“Therefore. “What is that?”

The cold voice filled the warehouse with silence.
It’s not that I don’t know what these guys are up to. For a count who received a medal from the Grand d’Orifice, and the daughter of a prestigious magical family who even possessed unique magic, it went far beyond the standard.

“Hey, what are you doing with this much? “She was the one who said she wanted to come into the salon.”
“Still…”
“Don’t worry. Adela, no one cares about her anyway. Did you see it too? “He says he’s a wizard, but he’s a half-penny who can’t even sneak a piece of bread from the store.”
“That… Yes.”
“But you know, Ansen. “What if Adella gets caught again and a disciplinary committee is held?”

Is that the problem again this time? Certainly, among this year’s freshmen, there are some who are overly intimidated by even small actions, perhaps because many of them come from prominent families.
If they even think about who is behind them, they will realize that there is no need to worry at all.

“You guys really worry about everything. Do you think the student council will believe that the daughter of Rochear was caught stealing bread?”
“…”
“If you really want to report it, a few hits will do.”

Ansen smiled at her as he tapped her scabbard.

“You’re not a security guard, you’re not a professor, and at most you’re nothing like a store owner. Yes?”