667 665 Lane and College

It was Fran who was suggested to Weena to go to the Goldician continent, but she seems a little troubled.

'Something bothering you?

"Mmm...... Reids Kingdom. Can I leave you alone?

'Well, I do care... There's nothing we can do for a big country opponent, is there?

You're not allowed to enter that country for adventurers, and what would you do if you infiltrated? Looking for a nameless or Zelaise associate who could be anywhere while hiding and moving around the wide country?

If I suck, in a situation where everything in the country turns to the enemy?

Anything is too reckless. Looking for a nameless person outside the country doesn't even know where to go.

"As far as the Reids kingdom is concerned, I have contacted every country, every guild. It's not too late to wait for your reaction. You don't even want to destroy the Reids kingdom right now, do you?

"Mmm."

"Either way, let them fall for it. The time has come to help you. Until then, be patient."

Weena doesn't condone the person who's been giving us a little bit of a fling. Even if he no longer had the power to sanction himself, he seemed to be going against Reids in some way.

"Okay."

For Fran, the Reids kingdom is a nasty country to bother around. But it wasn't so much someone I hated or wanted to destroy.

At best, would it have been enough emotion to look at the painful eyes?

Well, until now, though.

There is also information that Zelaisse and I are working hand in hand, creating a nameless person and targeting Jean. For Fran, some of the powers of the Reids kingdom had become opponents who had to be defeated.

Nevertheless, Fran is not going to do anything about it by herself either. If Weena is going to move, we can wait for it.

"Then I just want to deliver a message to Jean"

"You were saying about Demilich nameless, right?

"Mmm."

"Leave that to me, too. I'll tell the Alliance everything I've got."

"Please."

Weena will have influence over the Adventurer Guild as well, and she'll have no problem leaving it to herself.

That's how I talked to Weena about the future, and a new shadow appeared in the room.

But the door hasn't been opened or closed at all.

All of a sudden, it sprang up.

"Fran, let me thank you too. Thanks to you, I was able to safely become a guardian spirit."

"Lane"

It was Lane who renewed his covenant as the Spirit of the College.

Even though he regained the power that was dispersed between Weena Lane and the Great Warcraft, his flesh has already vanished and his existence has settled as a Spirit.

He says it's impossible to go back to the high elves.

Weena had managed to find a way to regain her flesh, but it was Lane herself who refused to do so.

Lane spiritualized because he made a covenant with and integrated with the spirits of the lake taken in among the Great Warcraft.

In other words, her half body belongs to the Spirit of the Lake as well. Spirits are completely different thoughts than people, and consciousness is different. Even assimilated to Lane, it's not like the Spirit of the Lake is mourning it.

But as for Lane, as the Spirit, he wanted to choose to be on Weena's side. Because it's serious.

"But why did you become the guardian spirits of the college instead of signing with Weena?

"That would create an up and down relationship between me and Weena, wouldn't it?

"Even the Dean of the College and the Guardian Spirit have an upward and downward relationship?

"I'm fine there. Below the rules laid down, because I and Weena are equal"

"Equally, you could say you're tied to a college."

As far as I can tell, this college applies the law most strictly in this world. Maybe Weena Lane made it a creation where the rules followed by the Guardian Spirit take precedence over her own will so that she wouldn't storm herself.

This would prevent tyranny, even if in the future other than her became College Director. It could be described as a rare place in this world where the law can be twisted as much depending on the mood of the powerful.

"Honestly, Lane's back, too, and as far as I'm concerned, I can leave my college directorship now, though?

"No. Because my dream came true."

Lane denies Weena's words. You dream of being tied to college? What's this all about?

He didn't know what Fran meant either, and he was twisting his neck.

"A dream?"

"Yes. One day I dreamed of building a school and spending time surrounded by kids"

Speaking of which, you were screaming about that when it was Weena Lane before we separated yet. He said he opened the college for Lane.

Lane once held the title of guardian of a child.

Guardian of the child! It's a title Amanda possesses for a child-loving child by a child-loving child.

I guess having that means you really like kids.

"But aren't guardian spirits and teachers pretty different?

"Well, it's just a little bit of a different shape, but it's something you're in a position to keep an eye on children. Satisfied."

I really thought that was okay, but Lane's expression seemed satisfying. I guess it's more important to keep the kids around than to be teachers.

Guardian of the child in the elf. You look just like Amanda. When I told him about it, the words of surprise returned.

Amanda talked about being a descendant of Weena Lane, but said she was a descendant of Lane, to be exact. Apparently Amanda doesn't like Weena Lane because it looks like Weena took in the lane, which is also a big reason.

Well, even though I don't really like kids, I guess the best reason is that I pretended to like kids for doing what a college director does.

"If Lane's happy, that's the best."

"Ugh. This has been the most fun I've had in thousands of years."

"Mm-hmm. That's more than anything"

There was a warm, humane grin on Lane's face, not a mysterious alkaic smile like before.

When it comes to the Virgin Mary, she smiles as if she were a gentle school teacher, friendly and reassuring for her young appearance.

I guess this is the smile of the original lane.

If you had a teacher like this in elementary school, I might have liked school more.