CH 104

[Start of Activities]

The student assembly ended successfully, and the Knights of the Academy officially began its activities.

――That said, there had been no notable incidents so far.

After Raul’s berserk incident and the attack on the ball, things had been pretty quiet. I had also asked my three maids to investigate the area around the academy, but they had said there was nothing out of the ordinary.

What worried me was Mr. Timmons, whom I’d been suspecting.

However, just because he was out frequently didn’t mean he had a bad rep, and in addition, he was out on official business, that was participating in magic academic meetings and fairs. Marina, in charge of the investigation, said there was proof that he properly participated in them, too.

Then, who was the mastermind secretly plotting something behind the scenes?

And what was their purpose?

I wondered if they were the final boss of 【The Rise of the Weakest Holy Swordsman】.

To find the real culprit, the formation of the Knight of the Academy was a great blessing for me.

After all, with this, I’d be able to officially and openly investigate all sorts of things I hadn’t been able to previously.

As such, after classes, we decided to patrol the area around the academy immediately.

We split into two groups. The first consisted of me, Tayte, and Jarvis, whereas the second group Raul and Eureka.

“Got anything?” I asked.

“Nah, nothing noteworthy,” Jarvis replied.

We started by asking around, but… well, I supposed it was as expected, there was no way we could gather clues about the culprit that easily; it came to naught.

“Hmm… has the culprit already given up on the academy, perhaps?” Jarvis wondered out loud.

“…We were talking about the guy who went out of his way to prepare a synthetic monster on the day of the ball. Considering the effort they had put in, I doubt they’d give up that easily.”

They had pulled such a big stunt.

How do I put it? I kind of felt the culprit was implacable… and there was this ‘bad feeling’ that wouldn’t go away in the corner of my heart.

“Well, your prediction is usually correct. I personally feel we haven’t seen the end of these incidents, either.”

“Me too!”

Jarvis and Tayte thought the same, huh.

Jarvis, in particular, had fought against the synthetic monster alongside me, which must have played a part.

“So let’s keep doing our best, Barrett.”

“Tayte… Thanks. I’m feeling better.”

“You’re welcome♪.”

Receiving Tayte’s encouragement, I felt so energetic that I could sprint to the ends of the earth. What a terrifying effect…

“Ahem!”

As I was staring at Tayte, Jarvis loudly cleared her throat as if to say, “Please don’t forget that I’m also here.”

“Good grief… didn’t Mr. Walter just warn you two not to flirt in public?” she said.

“Guh… I-I’m ashamed.”

“S-sorry.” I had inadvertently forgotten.

As a matter of fact, I should have paid more attention to not flirt in front of Jarvis. After all, because of the fact that she was concealing her true gender, it was difficult for her to experience romance.

“Oh, I know. How about I become your mistress to suppress your flirting, if a little?” Saying that, Jarvis put her hand on my shoulder. “What do you think? You saw my naked body once… I personally would like it if you take responsibility for the humiliation I have to bear.”

“R-responsibility…”

“And I’m currently pretending to be a boy. From outsiders’ perspective, we would only look like a pair of boys fooling around.”

Uh, I doubted it would go the way she imagined it in her head.

Right then.

“Y-you can’t!”

Tayte cut in between me and Jarvis and hugged me.

“Ahaha, I was just joking. You don’t need to take it so seriously.”

“Muh.” Tayte puffed her cheeks in anger.

She looked cute even when she was angry.

Still… Jarvis didn’t seem to be joking just now… wait, more importantly, looking at the state of things, it appeared I couldn’t expect a good harvest from Raul and Eureka, either.

…Or rather, they couldn’t be flirting too, could they?