Chapter 53 – Dungeon Practice (3)

When I asked Iona if she could take Karla to the dungeon, what was she imagining?

The students around him sent expressions of surprise and contempt.

Okay. That’s because arrows will shoot at Elisha anyway.

However.

“…….”

Elisha is looking at this side with suspicion.

This is a bit troublesome. I guess we need to talk.

For a moment, I wondered when to speak up.

As if she couldn’t stand it any longer, Elisha moved as soon as Iona announced her practice schedule and left the classroom.

The sight of her pushing away from her own followers and approaching me is quite intimidating.

“Yandel. Please talk to me for a second.”

“Yes? Ah… Thank you for Glenciel-sama’s suggestion, but I have a prior appointment with a friend today….”

“I know you don’t have any friends, right? Don’t talk and follow me.”

“Write….”

Elisha grabs my wrist and pulls it.

It’s not that hard to get rid of this delicate hand, but if you do, it’ll be a real fight.

There was no intention of setting up an angle of confrontation that far, so it was only for a while that she was dragged away by Elisha.

“What are you blankly doing? Follow me too.”

“Ah… Yes….”

Saying that, Elisha grabbed Carla, who was unable to do this or that, with her other hand.

So when Elisha came out of her hands and grabbed Carla and crossed her hallway, the area around him started to buzz again.

“Oh? What will happen this time?”

“In the morning, that commoner asked in class if he could take his slave to the dungeon. Isn’t that why?”

“Aha? Even a person named Yandel is very inflexible. At times like this, you have to be nice and be observant to protect Elisha-sama’s face.”

“What… That commoner might also be dissatisfied with Elisha-sama.”

Just as expected. It seems like she understands that I’m taking Karla to the dungeon as well as Elisha’s order.

It’s like my little rebellion.

To be honest, it’s true that I’m comfortable with this flow of misunderstanding, but at the same time I’m worried.

Rumors have already started to flow based on interest, regardless of authenticity, and this also means that I have gone beyond what I can do.

But the biggest problem of all… It must be that Elisha is right next to her.

It’s a conversation I heard too. A high elf with sensitive senses would have heard it better.

However, Elisha only snorted lightly, and she did not shoot at them separately.

Instead, he complained a little to us.

“Huh! When I’m still, you’re talking really wildly.”

“That’s right. Where did such an unfounded story come from?”

“Oh? Where is it? It is whispered by the dark inner thoughts of the disquieted who cannot accept their own shortcomings.”

That’s a pretty cynical response.

Even the person himself couldn’t escape the feeling of inferiority toward Karla.

No, that’s why I’m being more cynical.

He smiled bitterly and nodded her head.

“I guess so. If so, how would you like Glencie-sama to prick up once in a while? Doesn’t everyone take the rumors as truth now?”

“Really? Can I really do that?”

“…… ?”

What else are you talking about?

Elisha is not going to take my permission, so she must mean something else.

But I couldn’t understand the meaning of the words, so I only blinked for a while.

In the end, Elisha let out a sigh and gave her a supplementary explanation.

“I really did ask if it would be okay if I didn’t gossip over you with jealous gossip.”

“… Did you know?”

“Huh? Who do you think I am? I don’t know if it’s the first few times, did she think she could fool the eyes of this Elisha Sylvan Glenciel for over a month?”

“…….”

On the other hand, Elisha has lived in the upper class since she was a child, and she must have seen everything she could not see.

Wizards are not politicians, but politics itself is not that grandiose in the first place.

Isn’t it just politics that comes out when a lot of people gather and interests come together?

However, there is no need to be intimidated just because my superficial inner thoughts were revealed.

It’s surprising that Elisha is more friendly than I imagined, but… But that doesn’t change my plans.

Did you even notice this? Elisha raised the corner of her smirk.

“That resolute attitude. Cool. But it would be nice to tell you a little bit about what you don’t know.”

Having said that, Elisha finally let go of Kara’s wrist and me, and she soon unfolded a fan from her pocket and tapped her chin.

“Perhaps Yandel, you think you’re confident even if the entire first year A class turns against you.”

“Yes. What….”

“But what about the entire Faculty of Magic?”

“?”

“Some professors may find fault with you for trivial reasons, and seniors may come to you on a fictitious day and quarrel with you in the name of guiding sparring.”

“According to Academy Rules….”

“Yes. As long as it does not go against the rules of the academy.”

“…….”

I hadn’t even thought about that.

“Carla an… Big hum. Karla was a very special presence in the Faculty of Magic. She takes such a person as a slave as if to show off, but doesn’t she think it’s strange that nothing has happened to her for the past month?”At those words, Karla, who had been silent, tilted her head.

“Uh… I don’t think I’m like that?”

“Carla. You always did Maybe it’s because it’s natural to be loved so much, you don’t know how much you are loved.”

Karla’s face twisted.

“Then… Then, when I was accused of being a cult and expelled from the academy, why… !”

“It’s nothing else, it’s a cult. If you make the slightest mistake, not only you, but the entire family will collapse, and who would do that for the sake of a single woman?”

“Ah….”

It was only then that Karla’s eyebrows, which had been frowned a little, became smooth again.

Seeing this, Elisha spoke to me in a much softened voice.

“Anyway, the important thing is that there are still many people who like Karla, and there are people who have wrong desires for the woman who became a mere slave in the flower on the cliff. But have they ever been by your side?”

“… There was none.”

Slaves are not human. So, even if someone stabs a slave to death, it is not murder, but destruction of property.

Stabbing with a knife is about that much, but how about ‘borrowing’ it for a while without the knowledge of the owner, who is a commoner?

It wouldn’t be strange if there were people who thought that I should just ask for alimony or something.

Of course, contrary to what those guys think, Karla’s mana cores are intact, so they can be baked to a golden brown on the contrary… It’s definitely unusual that there’s not even any happenings.

And this is probably thanks to Elisha.

Touching my belongings as a commoner and touching the belongings of Elisha, a high elf and heir to the Sylvan Magic Tower, are completely different matters.

Even if you bully me, I will bully you. So don’t touch the others.

Wouldn’t it just feel that way?

The performance of Elisha’s shield was much better than I thought.

So I had no choice but to ask again.

“Why do you do that to me, Miss Glenciel… ?”

“It’s simple. For you now, the envy of those around you and your desire for Karla will be a significant stumbling block. But to me, this is nothing but a check that has always been with me.”

“But there is no need for Glencie-sama to take the blame instead of me.”

“No. There is a reason.”

“Yes? There is?”

At my stupid question, Elisha paused for a moment, then she covered her mouth with a fan and smiled proudly.

“Sure. Yandel, you owe me a debt of heart, right? Can you think of it as unofficial sponsorship?”

With her blue bun hair flying, oh-ho-ho-ho! Elisha laughed.

… A little cool

“Okay. This is an investment to make Karla kneel under me and no one else… !”

Oh, cancel.

Not cool at all

After all, Elisha was also full of selfishness!

For a while, I just laughed because I was dumbfounded. Elisha, with a serious expression on her face, continued her words.

“So, I have to ask Yandel if you really want to take Karla to her dungeon.”

“… Yes?”

“It is important to me. Why the hell did you try to take Carla to her dungeon, Yandel? Karla without a mana core would not be her power….”

“Uh… That’s it.”

“Did you mean to use it as bait in case of emergency? It’s troublesome. Yes. It’s really troublesome. Only then could Karla be in danger by mistake.”

“Oh no way.”

“Okay. I hope it can’t be I saw that you weren’t that cold-blooded.”

“Thank you?”

“In addition, it’s not like you’re trying to do something like that with Karla in a dungeon, as people around you guess. You are the least sensible person.”

“Um….”

In fact, I had already done it once in Geff City’s dungeon, so I had an ambiguous reaction to it without even realizing it.

Did you notice this?

Having said that, Elisha narrowed her eyes and began to bring her face closer to my ear.

As if to whisper something.

Was that reaction just a moment ago too blatant?

I know the general information, but in the details, I wonder how Elisha will come out with only the level of knowledge of all users….

With a feeling of half worry and half expectation, I quietly gave my ear.

But the whispers that followed contained something completely unexpected to me.

“Did you leave Karla’s mana core intact, Yandel?”

“…….”

Uh, well

I didn’t know you’d come in here.