CH 155

“Wow, that’s a big lake. I wonder if we’re out of Luitzar country yet?”

Sarge slowed down and slowly turned his head towards me to reply.

It looks small from this altitude, but if you measure the length of the lake from the ground, it’s about a kilometer wide.

“You can see the border of Luitzar behind us. We’re already in the Oufa Country.”

“Speaking of which, Tigre-sensei, is there any problem crossing the border from the air?”

My brother’s question was definitely bothering me. Then Tigre-sensei folded his hand behind his head, leaned his back against the basket and closed his eyes then answered.

“Oufa country doesn’t take money when you cross the border, so it shouldn’t be a problem. In reality, we should reveal our purpose for going to the country at the border, but I don’t think they’d expect us to fly in from the sky. Worst case scenario, if they ask anything, I’m here. I’m sure that’s what your father had in mind when he asked for adults.”

“How reliable.”

We can rely on Tigre-sensei, who is used to this kind of thing. I thought that if we crossed the border without permission, we might get caught, but apparently, it’s pretty fuzzy.

“…… It’s hard to tell if they’re a criminal by looking at them. So it’s not difficult to cross the border itself. So it’s more important to prevent them from entering the town and doing bad things.”

“The other day I got tangled up with a couple of bad guys, so I asked my father if he could do something to strengthen security.”

“Oh, I heard that from Basleigh. She’s saying that she did a great job. There are certainly more and more faces that we haven’t seen lately, and there was even talk of having the teachers look around the town after the academy is over.”

So the academy is thinking about it too.

I’ve heard that Oblivion Academy is not funded by the Reflexion country, but how it’s run is a mystery to me.

“Is that a castle?”

“Er …… Yes, from the direction of the map, you’re right. But I don’t have any business there this time, so I’ll just watch.”

“It’s a smaller castle than the one we saw in Luitzar.”

“We learned in class that this country has a lot of land, but not many people, right? There’s no point in making it too big.”

“I remember that from history class ……”

After a while, we arrived near the town of Eneible, where Luciela turned away and gave a suspicious answer. There are so few towns that it’s hard to get lost.

“Ok, it’s a mountain at night, so we have to be careful.”

Softly, Sarge landed on the side of the mountain, mindful of the moonlight, and they all jumped out of the basket. Immediately, Sarge turns smaller and flies flapping in front of us.

“Don’t worry, she might just cry herself to sleep, you know?”

“You sound more like an older brother than us, Sarge.”

My brother chuckles and pets Sarge, and we quickly start down the mountain. In the dark of the mountain path, we used the life magic “light” and I used levitation to fly through the air and illuminate our feet.

“It’s nice to be able to fly, isn’t it? I want to learn too.”

“Ancient magic is very hard to master without a lot of magical power, so if you start training now, you’ll probably be able to use it when you’re forty or so?”

“Uhhh …… That’s an old lady already ……”

“Maybe Luciela needs to find out what she wants to do first.”

“Luciela-chan is beautiful, so maybe being an Idol is okay too?.”

When Nora tilts her head to the side and says that, Luciela puts her arms around Nora’s neck and mutters something like.

“All you have to do is give up on Dedite-kun.”

“Awawa-, that’s a no-no.”

“I have my own will, so even if you only tell Nora ……”

When brother was muttering in dismay, Nora rushed forward, escaping from Luciela’s arm.

“Don’t run, it’s not safe.”

“I’m used to the mountains, so …… Wah!?”

“Nora!?”

My brother says it too early, but Nora trips over something and falls. In a panic, Luciela runs up to Nora.

“Look, what did I tell you!”

“Hehe, I tripped over.”

“Ah, your hand is scrapped too .”

“Thank you!”

Luciela heals Nora with heal. I’ve been learning from Verna-sensei at the guild club, and it seems like me, Luciela, and Ryuuze are the only ones who can use heal properly …… I’ve been injured a lot, so I learned it naturally, though ……

“This is fine now. You’re a girl after all, so you should stop being so excited. If you’re going to succeed as the lord, you’ll be his wife, right? Dedite-kun is the one who will be laughed at if you’re flapping around.”

“Oh, you’re right! Thank you, Luciela-chan.”

“Don’t hug me, it’s hard to move!?”

“Is Luciela feeling calmer lately?”

“Does it look that way to you?”

“Well, she doesn’t poke at Nora anymore for some reason, and she often acts like a big sister.”

That’s what my brother said, but I had a different view.

“Who knows …… even now she is following us to the blacksmith shop without taking Luciel, so I think Luciela still doesn’t have confidence in herself.”

“Hm? What do you mean by that?”

“Oh, it’s nothing. Let’s go.”

“Well, I guess Lars is not far off.”

I float in the air again and light up my feet. Tigre-sensei muttered to no one in particular, but my brother tilted his head and headed for Nora and the others.

I want to get something before I graduate from the academy. I feel like the old me when I see such impatience. I think it’s because she can’t see herself as being better than the other girls, just like Luciel. As sisters, they are very similar.

After that, we encountered a monster roaming around at night, but there was no way that we, along with Tigre-sensei, could be beaten, so we descended the mountain without incident and arrived at the town of Eneible. Sarge was wearing Nina’s homemade hat, and was sitting with his face sticking out of my bag. He looked like a pet lizard if you couldn’t see the whole picture.

Sarge didn’t like the idea, but I got him to agree on the condition that I give him something delicious to eat.

Now, we entered the town. The town looks the same, but it’s still a normal town, so I guess its scale is smaller? I’ve only been to our own town and the castle town of Luitzar Country, so a normal town is refreshing.

I flew in slowly, so it was already late. It’s night time to look around, so we arrive at the inn early.

“Sorry, can I have two rooms?”

“Oh, in uniform? Are you a student?”

“Ahhh, I’m a teacher.”

The woman at the inn’s reception desk wondered about the suspicious situation of several children in uniforms late at night. Then Tigre-sensei showed her what looked like a license and smiled at her.

“Thank you for coming at this hour. Separate from the girls, let’s see if there’s something …… However, there is nothing in this town. “

“Er, we’re here to see the town’s blacksmith.”

“Heh~, so you’re interested in blacksmithing …… wait, you’re here for Arjan-san ……?”

The blacksmith’s name is Arjan. However, the receptionist who mentioned the name said in a puzzled tone as she filled out the lodgings.

“I think you’d better not ……”

“What ……?”

“Oh, no, it’s nothing! I-I’ll show you to your room then!”

Without further ado, we were taken to our room and went to bed immediately. Since it was already late and we had already had dinner in the sky.

And the next day, we found out what the woman meant ……

“Oh. And,”

What does Luciela want to do. This is the point ……?

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“Now then, for the being, to the forge.”

I’m curious about Luciela’s feelings, but go to the original purpose!