With my conversation with the professor out of the way, I headed out of the room and waved at Leila, who had been waiting for just outside the door.
“Are the two of you done talking, My Lord?”
“Yup, thanks for waiting. Where’s Emyu?”
The younger sheep-horned, who I could have sworn was with her just a second ago, had vanished.
“It’s ti for class, so she had to go. It may not seem like it with how much ti she’s spent with us, but she has many lessons to attend, and she’s been neglecting them in favour of spending more ti with everyone.”
“Oh yeah… that reminds . I should probably have the kids go to school sowhere too, huh?”
Leila was pretty much in charge of their studies, but even with the sheep’s outstanding knowledge base, there were limits to how much she could teach them. It was going to be important for them to experience things for themselves, and an academy of so sort seed like pretty much the perfect environnt to do exactly that.
Having them stay at the school’s dorm also sounded like a fairly decent idea, but I wasn’t without my concerns, even if all I needed to do was give each a warp crystal for whatever ergencies may happen to arise. Maybe I should just like, turn wherever they end up going into part of the dungeon? All I gotta do then is set up a gate and boom, they can co ho whenever they want. Makes sense, right? I an, this world is hella harsh. You gotta give the kids a security net. I’m totally not going overboard at all right? Right? Yeah, definitely not. I’m innocent tyvm.
“Emyu is currently attending primary school,” said Leila. “With how old Illuna is, it may be worth another two years and then sending them off for secondary education.”
“I’ll keep that in mind. But hmmm… where should I have them go? I could send them to that one human city that’s right nearby, but maybe one in the demon realm might be better? Prejudice isn’t sothing that just ups and vanishes, even with all that international relations stuff we have going on.”
“That certainly does seem like it would be better for them. Your ties with the demon realm’s king should also ensure that you’ll be able to get them enrolled without any issues. He’ll likely volunteer his help. Baachsburg’s facilities are the best for learning there are. It may be a little further away, but I’d definitely recomnd having them co here.”
Hmmm… I guess I better talk to him again before I head ho. Especially with that whole thing with Lefi and whatnot. You know, I’ve never really thought about it until now, but this whole knowing Phynar thing has really been a huge plus, especially since his species is long-lived. He’s got another few hundred years at least.
Actually, I’ve got a whole slew of connections, now that I think about it. Pretty much everyone I know is hella important or good at what they do. So this is the power of networking, huh? I should probably at least try to keep my ties strong.
“Man… I sure am lucky with all these connections.”
“It’s because of your virtuous nature, My Lord,” she said, with a giggle.
“Yeah, Iunno about that one. I an, I’ll take the complint, but just saying, I’m pretty much just a selfish prick.”
“I can’t rember ever feeling like I was sidelined because you were acting selfishly,” she said. “And we all know just much you care for us.”
“I an, I try to make myself look like a decent adult, at least, but I’m pretty much just faking it. I know how much of a piece of sh*t I am deep down, and that it’s really all just luck. I an, you and Lyuu, we pretty much just t entirely coincidentally.”
My life so far’s been blessed with oodles and oodles of luck. There’s no doubting that, especially with how ssed up this world is.
“I’m glad I t everyone. And that ans you too. You’re pretty much irreplaceable.”
The demon giggled. “Was that ant to be an attempt at flirting?”
“Uhhh… maybe?”
It wasn’t my original intent, but I decided to go along with it after recalling the professor’s request.
“Is sothing the matter, My Lord?” she asked, with a bit of a skeptical gaze.
“Well ummm… you know… maybe kinda?”
I didn’t give much of an explanation, but the smile on her face revealed that she had seen right through everything.
“Was it sothing the professor said?”
“Man… I don’t know what it is, but I can never seem to lie to you girls. Honestly? Yeah. She told to hit on you and stuff, because she was worried you were going to stay single for the rest of your life.”
“She always has been a bit of a ddler.” The sheep shook her head. “I’m awfully sorry, My Lord. She really isn’t the most sensitive person out there, and I know how awful the timing is, with Lefi only announcing her pregnancy last night.”
“Alright, you know what? I’ve made up my mind. You’re not allowed to call ‘My Lord’ anymore.”
One short surprised blink later, the sheep-horned demon gave the most beautiful smile.
“Your wish is my command,” she said, her voice soft and gentle. “What should I call you from now on?”
“Honestly, I really don’t care. You can call Yuki, Master, whatever. It’s up to you. ‘My Lord’ is the only thing off the table.”
“Calling you by just your na seems a little too embarrassing… but I’ll do what I can.”
“Sure.”
“Well, I’m glad to have been of service, Yuki.”
“Yeaaahh… that’s a lot more embarrassing than I thought it’d be.”
Leila giggled. “I can already feel my cheeks reddening.”
We exchanged a look and smiled.
Frankly, I had no idea if, when, or how I was planning on following up on the professor’s request.
At the very least, I was going to have to talk to the girls about it.
But frankly, Leila had already been family for a long, long ti.
And I had every intention of seeing her wishes through.
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