Vol 2 Chapter 32

The Darkness of the Heart has leaked out

A demonized tiger had appeared.

After it was subdued, everyone was amazed.

…Well, I wonder if it was a good thing that everyone wouldn’t experience traumas like Alfred-sensei and Chris neechan?

“As for you guys, you need to keep in mind that s.h.i.+n is abnormal. You shouldn’t use him as a reference. When it comes to disaster-cla.s.s demons such as tigers and lions, we, members of the army, have to put our lives on the line before we can finally defeat one. When you look at this spectacle, don’t misunderstand that ‘a demonized tiger is weak.'”

“Yes!” [Said by all the students.]

What is this, even the students from other groups responded.

“Because the way s.h.i.+n-kun subjugated the demon was too astonis.h.i.+ng, it won’t be much of a reference.”

Even Sicily said something similar.

“Is that so… I won’t serve much as a reference…”

“But because s.h.i.+n-kun is partic.i.p.ating in the training, I can feel relieved. If anything happens, s.h.i.+n-kun will be here. I think it’s because of this, everyone can put in their best effort and train hard?”

“Isn’t that part of Sieg-niichan and Chris-neechan’s work?”

“Ah, hehe. It is, isn’t it?”

Sicily agreed with what I said. As I thought, she’s very gentle. If possible, I want her to only be gentle towards me… But since Sicily is kind, it’s probably impossible…

“Alright, although there was a slight incident, there’s still some time before the scheduled hour. We’ll raise your skills even if there’s only a little time left.”

Sieg-niichan declared after parting from the other groups. Although a disaster-cla.s.s demon did appear, everyone else just watched as it got defeated, so it seemed they could still continue.

Because they didn’t take part in the fight, they had no time to be depressed.

“Si-Sicily? Stay right by our side…”

“Tha-that’s right. Because we will protect you.”

“No, you’ve already done plenty. And also… Since we’re on the topic of safety, it would be safer to stay right beside s.h.i.+n-kun.”

Sicily responded, turned towards me, and smiled.

She splendidly cut them with a single strike. Kreis and the others seemed to have gotten really depressed…

“Although I’m glad that you guys are willing to protect me… It wouldn’t be a form of training if there is no cooperation between us. We all came here to train. Also… I don’t want to keep being protected all the time…”

She’s probably referring to what had happened before. She was probably really worried about it and thought she was a nuisance to me. She probably wants to be able to protect herself.

“Alright! Sicily probably wants to become stronger, right?”

“Yes! I want to be able to protect myself when the time calls for it!”

“Is that so. If that’s the case, I will train you to the point where you’ll be able to defeat a demonized tiger by yourself!”

“Eh!? Nooo! Ummm, I don’t mean it to that extent…”

Sicily said in a fl.u.s.ter. When I started laughing, Sicily finally realized that she was being teased.

“Ah! Re-really! s.h.i.+n-kun!”

“AHahaha. Sorry, sorry. Because it looked like you were really pa.s.sionate and determined, I said that in order to loosen you up. You don’t have to worry about anything, Sicily. Before you knew it, you’ve already gotten stronger.”

“Is that true?”

“Yeah.”

“Hehehe, I’m really happy…”

It’s because her shoulders were really tense. It definitely has nothing to do with my personality.

“These guys… As I thought, they’re going out?”

“No, not yet… Or so I thought…”

“Still, it’s really hard to believe.”

“…Magi-sama and Guru-sama’s grandson, being taught swordsmans.h.i.+p by Sword Saint-sama, and in the end, even Sicily…!”

“How enviable… It makes people too envious of him!”

“As I thought, I can’t come to like Walford…”

“You guys… are acting really uncool…”

You guys are really noisy, whispering here and there!

Because the students from the Knight Academy held Sicily in high regard, they kept looking over here with irritated expressions.

Nn, this kind of mentality is good to have when they’re young!

Although I’m already using Search Magic, Sicily, and the others were also using it. In the meantime, everyone was copying me? and concentrated more on detecting enemies around us.

“Gus, pay attention on where your foot is landing. There’s a large stone there.”

“Eh? Okay, I understand.”

“Maria, you realize you’re getting separated from everyone else, right?”

“Eh? Ah! Since when did I—!”

“Kyaaa!”

While I was paying attention to Maria who was on the verge of separating from the group, Sicily lost her footing on a hollow cavity on the ground.

“Oops.”

I managed to grab Sicily before she hit the ground.

“You are concentrating too much on using magic to search for enemies. You also have to look at your surroundings.”

“Ugh, I’m sorry…”

And in my arms, Sicily murmured in vexation.

“d.a.m.n you… d.a.m.n you, Walford…”

“I’m so jealous, I’m so jealous, I’m so jealous…”

“If it were me…”

“You guys… are looking really uncool…”

There were feelings of resentment coming from the students of the Knight Academy. Miranda seemed really embarra.s.sed for them…

After we advanced for a while, there was a reaction to the Search Magic.

“Ah, this is…”

“Ah, I also detected it with my magic.”

“I detected it, too. But this is… Although it is smaller than the demonized tiger, it is still bigger than what we’ve seen so far.”

“Oh, everyone noticed it as well. Now then, what type of demon do you think it is, Your Highness?”

“Now not you mentioned it… Is it a bear?”

“Oh! You got it right, Your Highness. What a surprise, that small Prince has turned out to be so remarkable…”

“…You’re too noisy. I won’t always be that kid who used to play with you all the time.”

Gus was being teased by Sieg-niichan.

This kind of scene is very rare.

“Sieg-niichan.”

“Hmm? What is it?”

“Later, tell me stories about Gus when he was young.”

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“Oh, all right.”

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