Chapter 60 – While I Was Away (2)

“Chairman, are you busy?”

When I opened the door and went in, I found Lehel engrossed in the story of King Mon.
Wearing a dark robe that looked like it hadn’t been washed in a hundred years, a cone hat, and holding a crystal ball in both hands, he looked more like a suspicious fortune teller or witch than a wizard.

“Oh, boss?”

When her eyes met Lehel’s, she got up from her seat and began to take off her clothes. For your information, I have never once taught her to bow with her clothes off.

“Now, wait a minute! I’m going to do it now, right now…”
“No, you don’t need it, so just wear it. “Do you have a little more time than that?”
“Yes… Well, it’s okay. Why?”

Even as she said those words, her eyes kept glancing at the Mon Wangjeon broadcast.
Since it had nothing to do with me that she was losing her money, I immediately brought up her business.

“Let’s go somewhere with me.”
“With the boss? “Alone?”
“Yes.”
“Where are you going?”
“Sandalfonia Sand Canyon.”

When she heard her destination, her face turned pale. Her skin was originally as white as porcelain, but now it was almost transparent.

“Si, I don’t like it! It’s a secret place from the imperial era… !”

Oh, I know.

“The scorching desert where the three cursed Moirai sisters are trapped… It’s a place where once she steps in, she can’t even get her body out due to a sand storm… !”

I know better than you think. It seems that Lehel has already been there before.

“Have you ever been there? Have you met them?”
“No? “Is it a statue of a goddess known as the entrance to that secret area? I looked for it to my death, but I couldn’t even find a snout.”
“Good for you. “Come with me.”

I think I can use this opportunity to open my face a little.

“You can go alone, why am I dragging you!?”
“Yeah… “Because the tram doesn’t run there.”

In short, it is the 〈 transfer gate 〉 shuttle. The best means of transportation that allows you to fly to the vicinity of the canyon in an instant and consumes little fuel.
If Lehel were not there, it would take her a week just to get to Sandalphonia.
So I quickly grabbed her by the back as she tried to throw herself out of the window.

“Uh huh, where are you going to run away?”
“Let go, let go! Sandalphonia is a hellish place where even water in a canteen evaporates!!”
“It’s more bearable than the real hell. In my experience.”
“Hi! “You monster!”

Although she was unkind and spoke in circles, she gave quite accurate information to the three Moirai sisters if they could meet them.
In fact, before recruiting an expeditionary force to head to the center of Helzeb, Wivlet also found out about the existence of Nova in the Principality of Bahran through Sandalphonia.
It was determined that finding a way through the Demon World was impossible even for ‘skirmishers’, who were skilled skirmishers. They found a new moon shaman who could read constellations even in pitch-black darkness.

“We are leaving tomorrow, so get ready to leave.”
“I don’t want it…”
“Oh, if you run away, I will kill you. “If you want to see the Magic Tower collapse once more, that’s okay.”
“Ugh, huh… !”

After giving Lehel a mildly threatening warning, I left the director’s office. I had to tell this to Adela and Liv as well.

***

“Investigation into the demon statue… !?”

Liv was surprised to hear Louis’ reason for leaving. For whatever reason, she had been taught that it was very dangerous to step into an incident related to her demons.
Even during field training in which all students regularly participated, areas designated as off-limits areas in monster colonies or temples where traces of black magic were found were strictly excluded.

A ray of anxiety bloomed in Liv’s heart. What if the boss goes wrong?
I knew that Lewis was strong, but I didn’t think that investigating the traces of the demon statue was something he could handle on his own.
Perhaps because I kept thinking about my father who died at the hands of demons, my anxiety grew even stronger.

“That’s too…” … “Isn’t it dangerous?”
“Yes? Are you okay. “I’m just going to march for a bit.”

But the answer came back calmly. Adela Sylvester’s reaction, who heard the same story next to her, was even more shocking.

“So, are you bringing something delicious when you come?”
“Mud cookies are a specialty of Sandalfornia. If I get a chance, I’ll get some.”
“Really? Wow~!”

How can one focus on the food to be bought as a gift without the slightest worry? Are you saying you’re not worried about Lewis?
Liv found Adella detestable. She couldn’t even finish the work he asked her to do.

“Teacher. “I don’t know how to read this ticket properly.”
“Um, it says just coffee beans?”
“I don’t know~.”

Adela often asked Louise to do things that she could easily handle with anyone, at least as an academy student.
And Louis, as meticulous as he could be, taught Adela as kindly as he had taught her words from her dictionary.

He didn’t even pull her away from her as he was clinging to her so closely. As if there was a deep relationship between the two.

“?”
“…”

Liv’s eyes met Adela’s as she listened to her explanation. Then she grinned and gave a fox-like smile.
It was as if she was scoffing, saying, ‘Senior, she can’t do this because of her pride, right?’ Whatever her actual intentions, Liv wasn’t enough to cling to Louise and show off her charms.

After a while.

“Then, Baron Liv, we will be alone from tomorrow, so please take care of the canteen.”
“Yes…”
“Probably nothing special will happen. Adela is still not good at work, so if you have any free hands, please help out at the cafe.”
“All right…”
“Hey. “Now go and clean up.”
“What about the teacher?”
“This is my original place. “There’s a guest over there, so hurry up.”
“… Yes.

It wasn’t until Louise kicked Adela out toward her cafe that Liv could breathe her sigh of relief.
The three of us work together in a small, if narrow, cafeteria. Inevitably, Louis had no choice but to be with either Liv or Adela.
And the location so far has mostly been toward the ribs. It was a strange feeling that made her feel childish, but Liv felt strangely happy that Louis had chosen her between him and Adela.

However–

– Teacher! There are so many types of coffee here!
– Teacher! I can’t reach the cupboard here!
– Teacher! There’s a cockroach on the floor!
– Teacher! Outside her window she sees a vision of her sister!!

The peaceful atmosphere between the two was completely shattered by the sound of Lewis calling almost every minute.
Even though Lewis grumbled every time she called him, he got up from her seat and went over to help her with her work.
After giving that insignificant help, I was about to go back inside the counter and sit down——

— I’m a teacher~!

“Oh my… Wait a minute.”

I was called away again.

The door is now half-open after so much going in and out. Liv was obviously irritated by Adela’s efforts to separate Louise from her.

Ha.

Even if you don’t think much of it, when you see someone showing off their abilities over and over again, a twinkle in your eye lights up.
In particular, Liv, who had never missed a top prize at the Academy until now, had quite a strong sense of pride, even if she did not show it on the outside.
Even if it was just a prank fight to get Lewis involved, she didn’t want to be toyed with by such a lowly kid.

So, although she was a little embarrassed, she decided to do whatever it took.

“Sorry. “I keep going back and forth.”
“Are you okay.”

– Teacher!! There’s a North Sea Kraken floating in the sky over there!!!

“What is he saying again? There are no customers, so why is it so busy? Ha, I’ll be back for a bit…”
“Hey, boss.”
“Yes?”
“I have something to tell you.”

Liv said as she swallowed her saliva and braced her stomach for what was to come.

“When I graduate, I will go to the Alkaid Magic Tower.”

As soon as she heard those words, her face frowned.

***

Magic Tower. This is the career path chosen by most students graduating from the academy.
In particular, it is the place where Liv, who does not have territory, can receive the best treatment outside of the 12 alliances.
However, unlike the six magic towers, the evaluation of the Alkaid Magic Tower closest to Helzeb was slightly different.
Geographical risks. Also, because it was quite tolerant of black magic specializing in witchcraft, it was a place where students who barely graduated with low grades would cry and eat mustard.

“Why are you going there?”
“…”

Knowing that, Lewis also did not like her decision.
Liv held back. As she avoided answering and looking away, a stern voice was heard again.

“No. Don’t go.”
“…”

His informal language that he never normally speaks. Just listening to it already made my lower stomach ache.
But I held on a little longer. I didn’t want to lose Luis to Adela, who kept yelling from the other side.

“Baron, are you listening?”
“… “The boss.”

Then, in a trembling voice, she lowered her eyes and spoke calmly as if she were going to leave at any moment.

“It’s up to the boss… “It’s not.”

Close your eyes slowly and take a deep breath. Twice.

And finally on the third.

Ouch!

“Ugh… !”

Lewis’ hand wrapped around his stomach.