Theo arrived at the training ground of the Knight Departnt.
With a creak, the door opened, and as expected, Irene was there swinging her sword.
There was no one else besides her.
Theo looked at her with a slightly surprised expression.
'She's really incredible. Is it because she's so obsessed with training that she will eventually beco the strongest in the human realm?'
Theo called out to her.
“Irene.”
“...Theo.”
Irene quickly approached Theo, then looked up at him with a stern face.
“I heard the rumors. You'll be recruiting your first Aide today, right? It’s Seria from the Magic Departnt, right?”
“That's right. But more importantly, can you look after this little guy for a mont?”
Theo looked down at Little Fist in his arms.
Irene’s eyes widened.
The condition of the Little Fist, who was panting heavily, didn’t seem normal.
“...Uh, um, sure. But why?”
“I’ll explain when I get back. It won’t take long; at most, two hours.”
Irene looked up at Theo as he spoke calmly.
At first glance, he seed expressionless, but on closer inspection, his brow was slightly furrowed.
‘This must be an urgent situation.’
She had spent a long ti observing Theo’s face, so she could tell.
“Okay. Take care, Theo.”
“Thanks, I’m counting on you.”
With a creak, Theo imdiately left the training ground.
For a mont, Irene stared at the door he had opened and left through.
“...Haah. If he doesn't tell later, I'm going to give him a piece of my mind."
Irene wanted to be his first Aide.
But he didn't say a word and instead recruited another woman.
“There must be a reason. ...He'll surely tell when the ti cos, definitely.”
Irene recalled the sins Theo had committed before entering the academy.
Even now, she occasionally had nightmares from that ti.
It was a long ti ago, but at the re thought of it, goosebumps rose all over her body.
She shook her head from side to side, trying to shake off those thoughts, and started swinging her sword again.
In an open space near the Knight Departnt, a place bustling with people and shops,
"Oh, Theo. You're back so soon?"
Aisha greeted Theo, who returned five minutes later.
Even though he used the [Haste] spell, Theo moved so quickly that he was out of breath.
However, with so many people around, he couldn't show any signs of fatigue.
Theo amplified his [Twisted Noble's Dignity] to the maximum before speaking.
"Yeah, I just went to drop off Little Fist."
"That’s good. By the way, does this an you’ve decided not to hide your magic anymore?"
Aisha looked at Theo with a aningful gaze.
Without changing his expression, Theo responded,
"Everyone who needs to know already knows. There's no need to hide it anymore."
“It’s quite fascinating. At the beginning of the sester, your mana was definitely at zero…”
“It was a fortuitous encounter.”
Theo said this and then looked over at Siena, who had joined them.
"Siena, did you make a new friend?"
“Oh, this one? Not a new friend. Its na is Swish-swish.”
Siena pointed next to her as she introduced the spirit.
Even Theo, with his low spirit affinity, could see a distinct, blurry form with a strong presence.
"…I see."
Swish-swish is Siena’s pet na for a high-class wind spirit.
In the ga, Swish-swish, along with two other spirits, are always by Siena's side.
‘So it’s a high-class spirit.’
His guess was right, although he still didn't know what led to this.
"It must be a pretty powerful spirit."
"Hehe, even though it might not look it, we’ve spent decades together in the Great Forest. Swish-swish* likes to roam around, so we're together often but—"
Mid-sentence, Siena suddenly rembered sothing she had forgotten.
"By the way, Theo! Where did that guy go? The one pretending to be a puppy? I need to avenge Zoom-zoom and Swoosh-swoosh*!"
"I left him in a safe place."
"Oh, co on, Theo. Where is that? He needs to be taught a lesson. He attacked the weaker spirits, but as soon as the stronger Swish-swish showed up, he ran away? That’s not very manly. It’s cowardly."
"……"
Theo looked at Siena calmly, without saying a word.
“Discussing masculinity with a puppy? Elves sure are hard to understand.”
The elves, even in the ga, seem to have a peculiar obsession with masculinity.
“It’s instinctual, Siena.”
“Instinctual?”
“Yes, it’s innate, sothing you’re born with. Little Fist only chased after beings that intended to harm its master. And shouldn’t we consider the cause and effect first? If you hadn’t attached a spirit to , Siena, this wouldn’t have happened.”
Siena silently gave Theo a piercing look.
Theo didn’t avoid her gaze; he faced it head-on.
‘This is terrifying. Commanding a high-tier spirit at this point.’
He didn’t show it, but Theo was scared.
At this point in ti, even Neike couldn’t fend off a high-tier spirit by himself.
That’s when Aisha, who had been watching the situation, interrupted.
“...Anyway, Little Fist isn’t here right now, so let’s save this showdown for another ti~ Let’s go eat dinner; I’m starving.”
“...Alright. Theo, you have a point. I’ll save my showdown with that little guy for next ti.”
Siena nodded reluctantly with a displeased expression.
Raei Translations
Amy, Aisha, Siena, and I arrived at the dining area.
We chose a spot at an outdoor table of a restaurant that primarily sells seafood, and placed our orders.
My gaze shifted to Siena.
“Siena, how did you et up again with that friend beside you?”
"Hehe, Theo, are you curious?”
Siena had her usual cheeky expression.
I’m genuinely starting to wonder if she has mood swings.
Well, I’m curious, so I might as well play along.
“Yeah. Even for soone like , who has a low affinity for spirits, the spirit beside you seems extraordinary. It looks like it wouldn’t be easy to obtain.”
“Hehe, I showed so old swordsmanship to your fiancée yesterday, rember?”
“I do.”
“I felt like swinging my sword more that day. So, I practiced a bit more after returning. And then it ca to visit today. Isn’t that right, Swish-swish?”
Siena smiled as she looked towards a vague silhouette in the air.
Subsequently, the faint figure began to twitch slightly.
…This is insane.
The fact that I can even see its movents.
Higher-tier spirits are truly sothing else
The previous spirit that visited , Swoosh-swoosh—a mid-tier wind spirit—was just a blurry shape.
Hmm, but in the ga, there were other spirit mages besides Siena.
There were even those who could handle a Spirit King.
Of course, a Spirit King is incomparable to higher-tier spirits.
Though that Spirit King in the ga didn’t have a vague silhouette people could see.
“I know it’s possible to conceal a spirit's presence.”
“Yes, that’s definitely possible. But both Swish-swish and Swoosh-swoosh like to show themselves. I don’t really want to tell them to hide.”
After saying this, Siena picked up a piece of sushi with her bare hands, ate it, and then stared intently at .
She frowned.
“By the way, Theo. You sll bad.”
“? Ugh.”
A tingling shock ran through .
Her comnt about the sll made [Twisted Noble's Dignity] react.
While I've managed to control [Twisted Noble's Dignity] to so extent, the part about ‘sll’ is completely out of my control.
I suppressed the pain as I spoke.
"It's only been an hour since I showered, and you're telling I sll? I can't believe that."
"Theo, what do you take for? Other people's noses can be fooled, but not mine."
Siena then buried her face in my body, sniffing around.
"Sniff, sniff."
"..."
"Sniff, sniff sniff."
"Did you turn into a dog after fighting one, Siena?"
"Hold on, Theo. I'm sure I've slled this before..."
Aisha, who was eating a bowl of bibimbap next to us, rinsed her mouth with water and sniffed .
"Hmm? I don't sll anything. I have a pretty good sense of sll..."
Aisha's trait [Sharp Vision] slightly enhances her sense of sll as well.
Siena looked at Aisha as if she found her amusing.
"Hehe, humans are only this much. I think I know what the sll is now, Theo."
"I don't need to know, Siena."
"It's that gloomy little kid, right? The one with the dagger."
"..."
That's chilling.
How did she know?
Even Aisha didn't notice.
Instead of admitting it, I kept my mouth shut.
Siena continued.
"Hehe, I knew it. Anyway, Theo, stay away from that kid. She gives off a nasty sll."
"What kind of sll are you talking about?"
I stared at Siena intently.
Unlike her usual self, she looked at with a serious expression and said,
"...The sll of blood. And it's very strong. I've never slled anything this unpleasant in the academy before."
I got goosebumps all over.
In the ga, Siena is indeed described as having a keen sense of sll, but I didn't expect it to be this extent.
In fact, Woohee had been living in a blood-soaked environnt until just before entering the academy.
"I'll take your opinion into consideration, Siena. However, Woohee is soone I need."
"In what way? Don't tell ─"
Siena looked at with a shocked expression.
What on earth is she thinking?
"Don't tell what? Spit it out, Siena."
"Theo, are you into that little kid? No, no, it's okay. It's okay to like that kind of kid, right?"
"······That's enough."
I looked at her with a fed-up expression, and Siena didn't say any more, occasionally muttering to herself,
"Oh my─ humans really do have diverse tastes."
"Haah."
"..."
Aisha and Amy put down their chopsticks and looked at , surprised.
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*alright. so when I first translated this, I kept the na Sylphy for the (you guys didn't see this iteration). This was the na of Siena's wind spirit first revealed in chapter 109. I changed it to Sylphy last chapter since I just assud the author made a mistake...
But calling Sylphy by a different na AGAIN, tells that either 1.the author forgot 2. these are different spirits.
I have double checked, even if I mistranslated, the characters used for the nas of the spirit are completely different.
There's also Sallar, a spirit from a different chapter...
Anyways it's more of a sound made with the mouth to denote speed, the literal translation on text would be sothing like swiftswift.
But it would be more sothing like swoosh-swoosh since, from what I gathered, it's ant to be the sound people make to show sothing fast. Like uh, going swooooooosh as a kid holding a plane.
Sorry for any confusion...
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