Chapter 48 Night Secret eting
The dinner at Nell’s mansion was very luxurious. Since there were even rare foods that were prepared in advance, I’m sure she was planning to invite us from the beginning today. As for the table manners that Haru and Chinatsu were afraid of, they had a servant assigned to each of them to teach them how to eat. ‘It’s delicious, but I can’t calm down,’ such a thing was showed on their faces. Looking at them was quite amusing.
「Shishō, I and Chinatsu are in this room.」
「Yeah. Don’t stay up too late, okay?」
「I return that word to you exactly as it is!」
Since Haru and Chinatsu hadn’t seen each other in a long ti, they were placed in the sa room. I suggested that it would be better for them to enjoy their friendship after a long ti. Am I kind? Nah, that’s to prevent Haru from coming into my bed. I allowed her to sleep with , but I can see that it would be a big problem if we sleep together in Nell’s mansion. I indirectly warned her before, but I still need to be careful. I gave her a shackle called Chinatsu and devised a way to prevent mistakes that might happen by chance. At any given ti, a tactician must look one step or two ahead.
「Deris, co with for a mont. I got so good wine.」
「Haru ordered not to stay up late. I should sleep――」
「Good. You have free ti, right? Co on, just obediently co with .」
Yes, I was expecting this kind of invitation from Nell. However, I just couldn’t think of any counterasures. As I tried to sleep in preparation for tomorrow’s expedition, Nell grabbed by the scruff of the neck and took to Nell’s room without allowing to resist.
「I heard it from Haruna. It seems that you haven’t been drinking at all.」
Nell asked as she placed the wine glasses on a small table next to the window and poured the wine-colored liquid. Her behavior is a bit rough, unlike the refined one she showed at dinner. Maybe because it’s just the two of us. She was always like this in our adventurer days.
「Well, I try to refrain from drinking. I don’t know how you can ask to join you for a drink after sothing like that….」
「I don’t mind about that.」
「No, as a woman, you should mind about that.」
There was a ti when I drank too much alcohol and then made a blunder. I will skip the details, but I did it. Unfortunately, I had no mory of the incident and only found out the result when I woke up in the morning. That’s why when Haru was in my bed before, I was really shaken.
「Then, will you take responsibility?」
「I tried to take it many tis, didn’t I? But we fought about three tis to the point that the house was burned down.」
「…… That was an unpleasant incident.」
「It was because of your magic, though.」
In order to prevent the unpleasant incident that Nell ntioned, I stopped drinking as much as possible after that. Whether it should be said to be fortunate or unfortunate, it seems that both of us had feelings for each other, so we lived together, parted, lived together, parted――after a series of such events, we ended up in our current situation.
Because we sotis had a flashy quarrel, our relationship was exposed to the knights. Well, I think they placed an unspoken rule to feigning ignorance or to not doing anything that will make Nell run out of patience. Muno is a heretic, though.
「It isn’t that you are weak to alcohol, right? Then, accompany for a bit.」
「…… Just a bit, okay?」
I sit down on a chair and receive the glass. It’s probably not a cheap one like in the bar at that ti, but an extraordinarily high-class one. Then, I guess I won’t get drunk.
「What are we toasting to?]
「Hmm, to our adorable disciples?」
「What the hell is that? Well, that’s fine though.」
We lightly clinked our glasses. Normally we wouldn’t clink our wine glasses, but as adventurers, we used to toast with barrel mugs. It’s a lot more elegant now, so this is acceptable.
「So, what kind of person is your adorable disciple? You especially chose her among the many transported students, didn’t you?」
「Let’s see. How should I put it, her bloodlust and ambition were bare naked in the castle. It was love at first sight. ‘This girl might be able to improve drastically!’ is what I thought. Now, her atmosphere has changed for so reason, so she doesn’t look like before…」
「Yeah…」
It may be because she learned that Haru, who was the source of her concern, is enjoying this world to her heart’s content. To put it the other way around, I think she will spare no effort to prevent Haru from falling into a pinch situation.
「That’s right. It’s a copy of Chinatsu’s status, do you want to see it?」
Nell flutters a piece of note.
「You don’t mind if I see it?」
「After fighting Haru today, I sohow got a grasp of her status. It’s not fair at this rate.」
「It’s not that we are competing or anything though.」
「We are, you know? I’m planning to let her participate in the graduation festival.」
「Ha…?」
Chinatsu will participate in the graduation festival? What’s that? It’s my first ti hearing that. Rather than that, is she going to use her authority as the knight leader? That’s an abuse of right!
「Fufu, it was worth making Chinatsu a disciple just by looking at that face. Here, check it out quickly.」
When I was stunned, she forcibly handed the piece of note to . Well, I will see it if that’s the case.
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Rokusai Chinatsu | 16 years old | Female | Human
Job: Priest LV4
HP: 65/65
MP: 470/470
Strength: 44
Endurance: 20
Agility: 254
Magic Power: 278 ( 60)
Intelligence: 510 ( 60)
Dexterity: 74
Luck: 185
Skill Slot
◆ Light Magic LV84
◆ Calculation LV79
◇ Evasion LV54
◇ Danger Detection LV55
◇ Sword Arts LV7
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「…… She sure has a high base value.」
「So you understand that.」
「Yeah. At a quick glance, she hasn’t acquired any skills that increase endurance, so this 20 is the initial value. Haru’s numbers were all 1 though….」
It ans that even among her classmates, there’s a difference in their status even before they acquired any skills. Was Satou, who seed to be at level 4 as well, this high? He was broken before I could grasp that after all.
「The only low-level skill is Sword Arts. Did she pick it herself? Sword Arts for a priest is weird, isn’t it?」
「It seems that she has been doing her best on practice swinging for the past week. Well, I guess that’s a reasonable level if it’s just practice swinging.」
Nell pours the wine into my empty glass. Perhaps because I’ve beco accustod to Haru’s progress, I feel a great sense of discomfort here. That’s right, this is what normal is.
「It’s not that bad, right? Her priest level will soon beco level 5 and the skill rank up is near too.」
「I’m planning to look at it in the long run. There are three weeks left until the graduation festival after all.」
「Ahh, right, there’s that…」
「What’s with that unmotivated face?」
「Ah, no. Muno-kun, who was defeated in an instant by Haru today, participated there last year, right? I heard that Canon was also top-ranked, so I don’t think there will be any new stimulus for Haru.」
In the beginning, just like Nell, I was looking at it in the long run. There’s a nice miscalculation, though.
「My Chinatsu will be participating, you know? Besides, there seems to be an unusual prodigy this year. I heard that this person is the most outstanding student ever since the beginning of the institute.」
「Hee. Co to think of it, Gan-san also said sothing like that. Well, we are going to take the overall victory, though.」
「Don’t make laugh. Setting that prodigy aside, there’s Chinatsu. Don’t co crying later, okay?」
I’d be even happier if that happened.
I was in a good mood as I drank the wine that was poured by Nell.
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