Vol 2 Chapter 25

Preparation in case of an Emergency

The post-ceremony party was troublesome.

Because of Uncle Dis’ declaration, the solicitation from the n.o.bilities was rather excessive; they tried to get me to make me take their daughters or younger sisters as my wife! However, no sale was concluded during their sales promotion. That said, because the subjugation of a devil is a serious event in this country, many people came to greet and praise me.

Because grandpa and grandma were also there on one side, the crowd turned out to be quite large.

As for Sicily accompanied by everyone from the House of Claude, and Maria accompanied by everyone from the House of Mes.h.i.+na refrained from getting close and watched from afar, since they were already on friendly terms with me, or so it seemed.

Because of the commotion, I was unable to confirm it myself, so I’ll ask them about it later.

Gus’ team also did not approach me. When I was surrounded by girls who wanted to hear my story, Gus grinned from ear to ear while looking at me. That much, I saw.

As Gus had stated previously, being surrounded with many unfamiliar women wouldn’t make me happy. Rather, it was c.u.mbersome… I mean, their eyes appeared as though they were looking at their prey, it was so scary…

Although they did not blatantly approach, every single time I said something, they went “Kyaa, kyaa.” To be honest, it made me feel really tired. Please hurry and end already, I pa.s.sed the time wis.h.i.+ng for it to finally be over.

By the time I got home, after the party had finally ended, I was dead tired.

Even after considering Michel-san’s training sessions, I’d never felt this tired before.

“As I thought, it was the right decision to stand with you. If you were left alone, wouldn’t it feel like one of those surrounding you might just take you home?”

“I don’t think there’s a chance of that happening…”

“I wonder about that. Isn’t s.h.i.+n still inexperienced when it comes to running away from n.o.ble women above the marriageable age? Even Merlin, a long time ago, he…”

“Can you not bring up that story?”

Even grandpa did what? Grandpa diverted the topic even though I was very interested in what had happened.

“s.h.i.+n, aren’t you tired today? You still have to attend the academy tomorrow, so it’s better if you rest early.”

I thought it wouldn’t be a good idea to ignore grandpa’s words, and besides, it’s definitely true that I’m tired because of what happened today.

“Nn, after taking a bath, I’ll go straight to sleep.”

“That would be a good idea.”

“Grandma, about that story, please tell me some other time.”

“That’s not good at all!?”

The fact that Grandpa is panicking over this makes me even more interested. Please allow me to listen to it next time.

The next day, I went to pick up Sicily and Maria as usual, and we returned to my house. But I opened the door…

“Oh! s.h.i.+n-sama has come out!”

“KYAAAA! s.h.i.+n-sama~!”

“So that’s the new Hero-sama!”

“I see, he has nice overall features.”

“s.h.i.+n-sama~! Please look over here~!”

And so, I gently closed the door.

“…What the heck is this?”

“When s.h.i.+n received the honors yesterday, the a.s.sociated deeds were publicized. Up until now, there hasn’t been an official announcement, and so all the details remained mere rumors at best. But since His Majesty announced it himself, they have stormed into the house.”

“Everyone knows where Magi-sama’s house is. Isn’t it because they wanted to catch a glance?”

“But because of this, we cannot go to the academy… grandma!”

“What is it?”

“Is it okay if I use ‘Gate’ to go to the cla.s.sroom?”

“Haaa… It can’t be helped. But only until the commotion settles down.”

“Yesss.”

“s.h.i.+n… why did you not ask me for permission…?”

Because it’s scarier when grandma gets angry.

“Alright! I can go to the academy comfortably starting today.”

“It’s just for today, you know? Maria.”

“Hey, it’s time to go.”

Gate connected to the cla.s.sroom, and I walked through the Gate.

“Whoa! That surprised me!”

“What’s wrong, s.h.i.+n, why’d you to come here using Gate?”

“Wh-wh-what’s with that magic?”

“I can’t believe it. What is that thing? Walford-kun!”

Inside the cla.s.sroom, Yuri, Gus’ team, Tony, and Rin were already there.

“Nothing really, but because there’s an amazing amount of people in front of the house, I couldn’t get out.”

“Ah, and so you used Gate to get here.”

“Gate? What is that, Walford-kun? Please tell me more about it.”

As usual, Rin is good at asking about magic straightforwardly.

“Ah, this thing called ‘Gate’ is created by magic. Gate allows one to connect one location to another. And then, you can pa.s.s through the Gate…”

After I pa.s.sed through, I erased the Gate in the house and then created one in the cla.s.sroom.

“This way, I can come out from the other side of the Gate.”

The three people who saw it for the first time, Rin, Yuri, and Tony, stared with their eyes wide-open.

“…Amazing! Walford-kun can actually use transference magic!?”

“It’s not transference to be precise. But it is nevertheless a movement magic.”

“What do you mean?”

“Transference magic probably teleports an object from one place to another, right? In order to do that, you have to decompose parts of the body, and then reconstruct them. Because I’m afraid of the idea of not being able to reconstruct my body properly, I’ve never tried it.”

“Is this thing different from that?”

“This magic only shortens the distance between one place to another. Although there’s an entrance and exit, it doesn’t mean decomposing and reconstruction occurred.”

“…It’s no good… I cannot understand it…”

Rin muttered regretfully. Well, I guess it’s only natural, because if she was able to understand this, then transference magic… This will bring her closer to achieving transference magic.

“Well, that can’t really be helped. Because even grandpa isn’t able to understand it.”

“Even Magi-sama…”

“But, perhaps there will come a day when you’ll be able to use it. Since you joined the Research Society with much effort.”

“Yeah! I’ll work hard!”

As I thought, I should level up the people in the research society. Rin is also showing a lot of motivation.

“s.h.i.+n… I almost forgot to cross-examine you in order to find out what you’re planning.”

“That’s why I said, I’m not planning anything weird.”

I was thinking about raising everyone’s levels for their own safety, that’s not weird is it?

It would be good if everyone could partic.i.p.ate in a training camp.

“I’m very anxious… What exactly are you plotting?”

That’s why I said, I’m not plotting anything weird!

“Good morning~! Huh? What’s up with everyone?”

Finally, Alice arrived at the cla.s.sroom, and looked at everyone curiously.

Military Affairs and the Security Office had been carrying out a large-scale search in order to find Schtrom. They set-up checkpoints in towns and cities throughout the Kingdom, but if possible, they wanted to search across the borders as well.

During the search, a confidential report regarding the Empire had reached Dominic, the Chief Director of Military Affairs.

“The Empire is making a move?”

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In the report, it was written that the Empire had been scrounging up food from towns and villages.

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