Chapter 105 – Preparing for the Festival

#105.

“Lie! Long time no see.”

The beginning of the letter began like that.

“Isn’t that too much? How can you not write a letter? You weren’t even worried about this older sister? Well… This kind of thing is originally written by someone who is sorry. I can’t help it.”

In that way, Lina’s personality was intact, and her writing continued for a long time.

How they’ve been together, the impression that she was very surprised when she first saw Mia, and the words that she was a good child.

And the incident that happened when she opened the inn.

Things that had happened for months were neatly organized.

I was reading the story without knowing the time to imagine the story in my head, but the handwriting suddenly changed.

The crooked, clumsy handwriting told me that it was written by Mia.

「Brother.. When are you coming? I miss you brother I don’t even send letters because I have small breasts, right? You will grow up quickly, so please come. Mia-ga.”

It was a short sentence that left a strong impact.

She must be taking her last words very seriously.

After reading the letter over and over again, I looked at Locke as I put it in a piece of paper and kept it in my arms.

“Thank you so much Locke. He reads well.”
“Is that so? So you have nothing to write? If you give me the letter, I’ll pass it on to Mark.”
“Really? Then thank you. Wait a minute.”

It wasn’t that I had completely forgotten about Markne.

Sometimes, whenever I thought of it, I wrote down what I wanted to say.

I took out the papers, arranged them properly on another piece of paper, and copied them.

After playing with the pen for about 10 minutes, I immediately handed it to Locke.

“Rock, take money here. Can you put it in pretty stationery as you go?”
“There is no problem with that. I get it. Then I’m gone. I have an urgent business.”
“Thank you very much. Let me know if anything happens to Locke. I will help you.”
“Haha! Okay. It’s a shame that the body that entered the aristocratic club through the special selection process is helping you.”

Locke exaggerated and boasted.

So we chatted and left the reception room and headed for the front door.

“Then don’t go. See you next. It will probably come in three months.”
“Yes. See you then. Be careful!”
“Okay. Be safe too.”

Locke waved his hand as he headed from the front door to the carriage depot, then turned and walked away.

“I never thought Locke would come…”

Thinking back on it, it was really surprising.

Thanks to you, I also learned about Markne, so I am grateful.

I looked up at the sky, soaked in emotion for a moment, and hurriedly headed for the shower at the sweet scent that pierced his nose.

Even if it smells good, sweat is sweat.

My whole body felt sticky and uncomfortable.

***

“Haha! Professor Christina. Now, the festival is slowly approaching.”
“Yes. We still have two months left.”

At Luke Eriks’ words, Christina calmly nodded her head.

“This time it will be suitable for the festival, right?”
“What are you talking about..?”

Looking at Christina with a puzzled look on her face, Luke Eriks pointed in front of her.

Then she saw the figure of Christina standing in front of her own office and tilted her head.

“Why is he here…”
Haha.. Then I will go. You might be jealous.”
“Ah..! Wait a minute!”

At Luke Eriks’ words, Cristina tried to make her excuses, but she wouldn’t give it a chance.

Luke Eriks, who quickly moved away, looked behind him, hardening his smiling face.

There, Rai and Christina were having a friendly conversation.

“I think I saw it somewhere..”

1st year swordsman class Lai.

Although he was a commoner, he was a talented person who was admitted through special selection and belonged to the aristocratic department.

“I mean, it’s getting in the way.”

How could she win Christina Camelot over for a little while longer?

In its present state, it would never come over.

She showed interest in Yuri and Suga’s daughters, so she had no reason to accept this proposal.

“I’m sure you saw it somewhere.”

Recalling Rai’s face, Luke Eriks went straight to his office with confidence.

And he started to rummage through the information that came from the church side in sub-space.

“It’s not this… Here it is.”

“Plan to encroach on Rianne Kingdom (failed)”

It was a report from the headquarters about a year ago.

“I thought it was a plan from Kud Vice.”

Luke Eriks, who remembered the man he grew up with in the church and had a crush on since childhood, began to examine the report carefully.

And stopped in one place.

“The plan to assassinate the princess failed due to the sacrifice of Rai Frencia. This raises Lucas Frencia’s vigilance and disrupts future plans.”

“It looks like it.”

Luke Eriks narrowed his eyes as he looked at the photo of Laifrencia.

There were too many similarities to dismiss it as a mere coincidence.

“Certainly… The skill of swordsmanship was too diverse to be a commoner.”

It was Luke Eriks, whom I had heard about coming and going, and whom I remembered seeing from time to time while serving as a swordsman.

During the midterm swordsmanship sparring, Rai showed more than three skills.

Frencia style swordsmanship is an excellent swordsmanship with a total of 7 methods of operation.

“All the swordsmanships shown were the same as those used by Frencia.”

Of course, the three methods of operation were relatively common forms that could be seen in other families’ swordsmanship, but it was doubtful that they all matched.

Luke Eriks even read the report and came across the words written at the end.

“The crown prince is murdered, and even the beads of suggestion are revealed. Through this series of processes, it is determined that there are other dark forces. Relevant information collection and vigilance are requested.」

“It’s a different force…”

It sounded like an idiot.

“Do you have a chin to have something like that?”

But..

“It’s worth using.”

Luke Ericks chuckled and put the report in the subspace.

I was even lost in thought.

“Obviously dead. No matter how stupid he is, there’s no way he didn’t check that much.”

However, Rai Prencia lives here under the name of Rai.

In other words..

“Resurrected?”

Or they may have special abilities, such as summoning clones.

“Good..”

Luke Eriks raised his hand and stared.

It looked like normal skin, but that was only the surface.

In reality, it is an empty shell with nothing but bones left.

“If you capture him and experiment with any ability, you might be able to get away with it.”

He became a lich to escape from death, but now he longed for a body again.

Because it was empty.

“I don’t feel anything…”

Luke Eriks yanked his forearm hard with his claws.

My skin was torn and blood flowed, but I didn’t feel any pain.

After he became a lich, all senses disappeared.

A life without feeling anything.

It could no longer be called life.

“You can get a new body.”

Lie. If you just catch him.

But..

‘It’s not certain yet.’

It really happened that they had the same name, and it could be another guy with a similar face.

So I’ll have to check it out sometime.

Luke Eriks, who was vigorously shaking his head, raised his eyebrows at the thought that flashed into his mind and immediately picked up the communicator.

Ugh-

-What’s going on-

An overbearing middle-aged voice was heard.

It’s just a nice bass sound, but to Luke Ericks, it shuddered as if it had come from the depths of hell.

Because he knew what would happen if he went against the owner of that voice.

“Didn’t you say that you would finish your work in the Empire by this year and withdraw?”

-So?-

“How about cleaning the academy before going? If we wipe out the talent here, it will be easier to plan work later.”

-Tell me-

It was a hasty excuse, so it was quite flimsy, but the middle-aged wanted to spew more details, as if he thought it was worth hearing.

“This time at the festival, we plan to hold an event involving all grades. I will prepare an airtight place, so how about treating it there all at once?”

It was a plan that could wipe out the talented people who would be responsible for the future of the empire at once.

But..

-Did you come up with that as a plan?-

It was a very risky plan.

Even if it succeeds, the Empire’s vigilance will rise, and if it fails, all future plans can be ruined.

But Luke Eriks laughed and added his words.

“Wasn’t there something Kud Weiss said the other day?”

-What are you talking about?-

“The dark forces. The Kingdom of Rianne must also feel something strange.”

According to the report, the mysterious man died while taking out the marble of suggestion from the cliff.

As a result, in the kingdom of Rianne, he was able to obtain a marble of suggestion and solve the suggestion.

I don’t know if you look at the middle process, but the result was clearly on the side that benefited the kingdom of Lianne.

Couldn’t this have been noticed in the kingdom of Rianne?

Never.

Of course, there must have been a question as to why he had to take out the marble of suggestion in that situation.

So..

“This plan is overturned on that side. I’m assuming it was caused by the Imperial Rebels. Behind that, the kingdom of Rianne supported it. How is it?”

-Hmm.. So. Are you saying that this time, as well as what happened in the kingdom, was their own play?

“That’s right. If that happens, the Empire will not be able to sit still.”

-…-

After Luke Ericks finished speaking, the middle aged was silent as if thinking for a moment.

Then he let out a low laugh and opened his mouth.

-Excellent. Execute the plan immediately-

“It is difficult to handle everything alone, so please support.”

-Okay. We will send more.-

─Tap

After the words of the middle-aged, communication was cut off.

Luke Ericks stared down at the communicator, his mouth tearing open.

And then it burst into flames vigorously.

Haha!! Okay. Now I have everything back!”

Luke Eriks let out a grotesque laugh like a maniac, as if his plan had already succeeded.

***

“Then give everyone different opinions.”

June.

The scent of spring has slowly gone and the hot summer months have begun.

A month before the festival, we started preparing for the festival.

At the words of the class president, one of the female students raised her hand and expressed her opinion.

“How about a swordsmanship performance befitting a swordsmanship class?”

I thought it was a good idea, but the class president shook his head resolutely.

“Um… I don’t think so. If it’s a swordsmanship performance, opinions from other classes will probably come out.”

And if that class is a higher class than D class, we won’t even get attention after all.

Everyone nodded at a valid point, but the child who had expressed an opinion suddenly pointed at me and said,

“Then how about a play? Coincidentally, there is Rai in our class! The escort knight is saving the kidnapped princess by wiping it out with her excellent swordsmanship!”

It must have been what he was originally aiming for, his eyes shining brightly.

One month from the swordsmanship test.

From then on, the children often talked to me, and that time was enough to melt into the class.

Everyone looked at me at the child’s suggestion and then nodded to her.

“Certainly if it’s Rai…”
“That’s right. Rai is handsome His swordsmanship skills are also amazing.”

The boys generally responded positively, with a feeling that it was good, and the female students, rather, showed a positive attitude.

Seeing that, the class president thought it was a good idea, and asked me for a doctor.

“Lie. What’s your opinion? Can I do a play with you as the main character?”
“Um… I’m sorry, but I don’t think it will work. If you’re looking for a princess, there’s romance. If that’s the case, it’s a bit difficult…”

The story about me and Tina at the academy is very, very famous.

In particular, these days, he has shown quite a friendly appearance, so there are many cases that are already seen as a romantic relationship.

Furthermore..

‘Bothered.’

I thought I would back down if I said this, but Moria, the child who had made the offer, said as if it was a simple matter.

“Then you can just make Professor Christina the princess!”
“Huh?”
“Huh?”

It was indeed a simple solution.

But it was also an absurd way that no one would have thought of.

As everyone vomited her doubts with dumbfounded expressions, Moria patted her own chest.

“I can convince you!”
“How are you?”

Even I don’t know how to convince Tina, and I don’t know how that’s possible.

Then Moria pulled out one of her notes from her bosom.

“I can show you this!”
“Give me.”

I ran quickly and took it away, read it, and was able to understand it a little.

“This.. Why are there so many kissing scenes?”
“Wouldn’t this be enough? Would the professor be jealous too?”
“Okay..”

Will Tina become jealous and accept her role as a princess?

These days, if you have to say it, you think you like me, but it was vague.

But as if Moria had had enough, he took away her notes and said,

“Then I’ll ask you now. If not, I can’t help it. We are having a meeting.”

Saying that, Moria immediately ran out of the classroom.

“Was he originally like that?”
“I didn’t know either.”

The classmates saw Moria like that and started talking to each other.

When the class became so noisy, the class president started pounding on the table to calm them down.

Then I looked in the direction Moria had left and shook her head.

The odds of Tina accepting it are close to zero, but what is it?

‘It would be nice if it was me.’

Because you can kiss a lot under the pretext of a play.