The Female Soldier Has Been Told to Infiltrate the Imperial Magic Academy Chapter 42

Chapter 42: The Long-awaited Three Days Off

“Let go!”

“No way!”

Razé had made promise to et Carna and the others at noon today. However, a woman in a lab coat was holding her hips tightly and wouldn’t let her go.

Razé: “Professor Yor～!”

Razé was deeply distressed by the situation. She had been caught by the ‘Devil in a Lab Coat’, Yor Carton Fedrick. Not sure where she got the strength from, but Prof Yor was holding onto her firmly. Normally, Prof Yor rarely left her lab. But when she heard Razé was in a building nearby, she rushed over and grabbed her, trying to dragged her back to her lab. Her obsession was quite terrifying.

Yor: “Razé, let’s get married. Then we can do experint together forever.”

Razé: “Have you lost your mind?!”

No matter how Razé asked to be let go, Yor refused to listen. Razé wanted to ask for help from others, but everyone who saw her being dragged along the corridor just pretended not to see anything and walked away.

Razé: “I have an important appointnt today!”

Yor: “I know～. You’re going to et those golden eggs[1], right? If you insist on going, then I’ll follow you～.”

Razé: “That’s unacceptable!”

Razé was getting anxious as there was not much ti left. She decided to resort to forcible an. She prepared for a knifehand strike[2].

“Wa- Wait! Razé-san!” A young man ran towards them in a hurry. Razé’s eyes turned bright seeing a savior had appeared.

Razé: “Frey-kun!”

Frey: “I’m sorry, Razé-san. Professor is giving you trouble again.”

This young man was Prof Yor’s mother[3]…not really. He was Prof Yor’s assistant, Frey Kanzach.

“Stop it, professor. You’re upsetting Razé-san.” Frey knocked Prof Yor’s head. The ‘Devil in a Lab Coat’ looked a bit pathetic.

Yor: “But without Razé, my experint won’t make any progress.”

Frey: “You’re an adult, don’t throw a tantrum. The sample analysis has already finished.”

Yor: “Really?!”

While Yor was baited with that piece of news, Frey sent a signal to Razé with his eyes. Razé nodded her head to thank him and imdiately teleported back to her team.

Before she could leave for her day off, Razé needed to clear an urgent task. She said to her team, “I’m going to clear this job within 30 minutes! I can’t spare any extra ti, so if anyone couldn’t catch up, I’ll deport you back imdiately. Magenda experint has made these poor monsters suffered, so let’s end it all today!”

“Yeah!!”

Razé had received a last-minute mission right before she could leave. Apparently, Magenda had done a secret experint in Baruda and now she needed to dispose the failed experint subjects. According to an information from Shadow’s Eye, Magenda tried to create a group of monsters that could be controlled by human. Now, the failed experint subjects were causing havoc in Baruda.

The location was in Zone 5, so it should be easy. Razé activated physical strengthening and speed movent magic, and charged through the pack of monsters.

“Lieutenant Ducard, I’ve lost sight of Leader.”

Ducard laughed when he heard Victor sounded surprised.

Ducard: “Leader has lost her temper.”

Bonalt: “Yeah.”

Bonalt joined him and laughed.

Her fighting style, which was said like a ghost, was the culmination of movent magic that has been refined to the utmost limit. No one could stop her anymore. She was so powerful that Magenda had to use the forbidden ti magic.

Ducard: “Listen carefully, Victor. If Leader left you behind, then don’t chase after her. You’ll get in her way.”

Victor: “Y- Yes.”

Victor had just joined this team. He nodded obediently to what his seniors said. In fact, he knew there was nothing he could help with when he saw the monsters dropped to the ground one after another.

Bonalt: “Alright then. We can’t let Leader’s friends waiting for her.”

Ducard: “Yeah.”

Bonalt and Ducard walked to the front.

“Huh? Captain? Lieutenant?” Victor was flustered not knowing what to do. His two seniors raised their eyebrows.

“Victor, that’s just 50% of her speed.”

Before Victor could understand what Bonalt was saying, his seniors had already left and joined the battle.

“…This is crazy.” Victor’s hands were shaking with excitent.

* * *

“This is bad!” Razé panicked when she saw the ti.

Bonalt: “Leader, we’ll collect the stones. You should leave first.”

Razé: “Uh… Is it okay?”

She felt bad for leaving the clean-up to her subordinates. But she could save so ti and rushed back to Ordiana and get herself ready.

“Thank you. I’ll buy sothing for you later!” She waved her hand and teleported to the base. As usual, she went through the body check first before boarding the teleporter machine.

Once she reached ho, she took a shower and then use the wind magic to dry her body. She didn’t know what kind of venue Ruben had prepared, but she knew she couldn’t dress shabbily. She wore a dress that she had bought in between her busy schedule. She braided her bangs and put on the hair clip she had received from Folia for her birthday present.

“Aa-… My dark circle is pretty bad.”

She looked at her terrible face in the mirror and hurriedly covered it with makeup. She packed up her luggage for the two nights and three days trip, and by the ti she teleported to a location nearby the eting place, it was already noon.

“Oh no! I’m late!” Razé ran to the eting place as fast as she could.

“Huh? No one is here…”

They were supposed to et under a clock tower but nobody was there. She started to panic thinking that they had left her behind. Then, she saw soone approaching her.

“Granoli-san.”

“Lesir-sama.”

She felt so relieved when she saw Claude was there.

Razé: “I’m sorry. Because I was late, everyone-”

Claude: “No. Adis has attracted a crowd, so we had to change the eting place.”

Razé can easily imagined what Adis had done. Then, in a fluid movent, Claude took Razé’s luggage and led her to the eting place.

As expected from a son of the Chief Steward![4]

Razé was deeply moved seeing him acting like a gentleman to a commoner like her.

Razé: “Thank you.”

Claude: “…Don’t ntion it.”

There was an air of nonchalance about the way he treated her.

If only my subordinates can learn from him, they will definitely beco popular with girls.

Soldiers were normally labelled as savage compared to Knights, so Razé really wanted to dispel this bad image.

Claude: “Were you working today?”

Razé: “Yes… The cleaning work took longer than expected.”

Claude: “I see.”

Razé: “I’m sorry…”

Razé thought that he was blaming her for being late, so she kept saying sorry. At that mont, her stomach started growling loudly. It made her felt so embarrassed.

Razé: “…I’m sorry. I haven’t eaten anything since this morning.”

Claude: “What kind of life are you living…”

He stopped by a stall with a concerned look on his face.

“Give one of this.”

“Here you are.”

He took the at bun and offered it to Razé.

Razé: “I’m sorry. I’ll pay-”

Claude: “No need to pay .”

Razé: “B- But…”

Claude: “Do I look like soone who lack money?”

Razé: “… Thank you.”

Razé didn’t expected that he would give her a treat. She thought he was so cool. Well, this is the standard for a love interest from an oto ga.

Looking at the at bun in his hand, Razé noticed his glove and it reminded her of sothing.

According to the Book of Prophecies, Claude had so dilemmas about being Ruben’s personal attendant. But since Folia only had Zale on her mind, then wouldn’t that an nobody was helping him to settle his worried heart? The sa goes with Ian, Luca and Adis.

Then, Razé suddenly realized: Ian-kun was worried that he wasn’t suitable for swordsmanship…

Because it was not a life-threatening issue, Razé had totally forgotten that it was a plot from the oto ga. But since Ian’s issue was solved anyway, Razé considered everything had turned out all right in the end.

Razé refocus her attention on Claude’s issue. As Ruben’s personal attendant, Claude also had to conduct assassination behind the scenes. He considered himself as filthy, so he always wore gloves.

By right, the heroine would say sothing like, “How can you be filthy? Your hands are such a gentle hand.” There was no way that Razé could say such a cheesy line.

Razé stared at the at bun.

Claude: “You’re not going to eat it?”

Razé: “Of course, I’ll eat!”

She hurriedly took a bite and the taste whetted her appetite. The whole bun was gone in a few minutes.

Razé: “Working for a living is hard. But there’s always good things happening like this so it makes feel worth it.”

Looking at Razé smiling cheerfully made Claude a bit surprise.

Claude: “Your work… is it hard?”

Razé: “Kind of. Many dirty stuffs. Oh! Of course, I cleaned myself before I ca here.”

Claude let out a chuckle. “Yes, you’re very clean.”

Razé felt like there were flowers blooming in the background behind Claude, just like a scene from an oto ga. “That’s good then. I thought the least I could do was to take good care of my appearance. I get myself ready with extra care before I ca.” She spoke from her heart.

“ too,” Clause said in a small voice. His words sounded a bit lonely.

[1] 金の卵(lit. golden egg) ans youth with promising future. ↩

[2] Knifehand strike: Karate chop. ↩

[3] おかん: okan is kansai dialect for okaasan, which ans mother. But it’s also a slang for soone who has the traits/qualities of a good mom regardless of their gender. ↩

[4] Chief Steward = Lord Steward = Chief of Royal Butler. Details here. ↩