Chapter 397 – Chapter 397 Magic School Shutra (3-8)
As important as the destination on a trip… No, there are more important things than the destination.
That’s the pair.
Who you are going with is more important than the destination when it comes to travel.
It’s better to go with someone you love in a place you don’t like than to go to a place you’ve been looking forward to with someone you don’t like.
On the first day, thanks to Louis, I felt the former, and on the second day, thanks to Luna, I felt the latter.
Despite heading to the same place, if yesterday it felt like walking through a muddy field full of dark clouds, today it felt like walking through a flower field where the spring breeze gently swayed.
As Luna got into her carriage, she opened the driver’s little window and told us,
“I will depart. If you have any problems, please let me know right away.”
“Yes.”
With Luna’s answer, Machi was ready to depart, and as the dean’s carriage in the lead started, our carriage also began to follow them.
Along with the clatter of the carriage, Luna muttered softly.
“Professor Sonya must be having a hard time.”
“I know… It’s a pity that I can’t help even if I want to help.”
Due to the dean’s sudden whim, an attempt was made to escort him from Stra, but he strongly refused and ultimately failed.
However, the place the dean wanted to go was the same as Sonya’s destination, and the school probably entrusted Sonya with the equivalent of escorting her.
There would be no problem in the first place with a person of the level of the dean, but the dean was the center of Strauss itself.
From Stra’s point of view, there was no way I could just stretch out and let him go.
“This time, I could feel it. Professor Stra’s majesty….”
Even at first glance, those who seemed to be a large upper class became a group of people as soon as Sonya announced the position of professor.
From their point of view, the dean is the sun in the sky, and Sonya is like a mountain rising high by their side.
The sun always calmly shines on the world no matter what they do, but once a huge mountain gets angry, it tends to turn the surroundings into a mess.
Rather, it would have seemed to them that a huge mountain called Sonya could crush them with a landslide.
Me and Luna looked at the back of the carriage feeling the majesty of Stra, and began to laugh.
“If you see that even after being yelled at by Professor Sonya, she follows like that… It must be great that the dean is really great.”
“… On the contrary, Suho is amazing.”
“Yeah me?”
After Sonya, the dean, and suddenly the last target changed to me.
“Do you know what the dreams of children on the street are?”
‘I’m sure you’re not trying to explain that I’m part of a dream, right?’
[….]
Why? Didn’t Luna say I’m amazing?
When I was silent, thinking stupidly by myself, Luna quietly gave me an answer.
“I’m the Archmage.”
If it was natural, it was natural.
Every child’s idol is a hero, and the title that hero has becomes the dream of children.
Most of all, the words of the archmage rather than the expression dean will stick in the mouths of children.
“However, a child who dreamed of becoming a great wizard gradually shrinks while living in a harsh world, and eventually becomes an adult and grasps the subject.”
“….”
“A human being like you can’t become a great wizard after all, and you realize that you’re a shabby adult who can’t even stand next to such a great wizard.”
How to say….
Luna obviously started talking as if she were looking at it from a third person, but at some point she gradually narrowed it down to a first-person perspective.
“In the end, there is only one best choice an adult can make after realizing the reality.”
An equal position is impossible in the first place.
If so, the best option they can make is one.
“Stra….”
“Yes, by entering Stra, you will be recognized by the Archmage.”
Luna was expressing her complicated state of mind with her last words and her own expression.
Seeing that the opponent she wanted to jump over was far away, she herself became too shabby.
Luna obviously respects the dean.
That was revealed every time she explained to me about her dean.
However, the jealousy hidden deep inside is probably not hidden because you just want to hide it.
It is impossible to erase, so at least it will be hidden from view.
[Hunger for growth]
Luna has always longed to grow, and she was able to connect with me thanks to the pull of that longing.
There is no way that a woman with such a longing would not be jealous.
After Luna explained that, she began to stare at me.
“I think it’s really great.”
And that jealousy will be felt by me too.
“The fact that she can talk to the dean without hesitation and put her hand on her….”
Her jealousy was occasionally on display, but what Luna said to me was sincere.
You might think it’s like an immature thing, but….
I didn’t flinch for nothing, shook my head and said seriously.
“It didn’t mean much. It’s not that I’m conceited by standing next to the dean, much less that I think of it as an equal.”
“… I am envious of Suho, but also anxious.”
Luna said she wanted to treat the dean as freely as I did.
It didn’t mean anything bad.
Just like what I do, when I just say what I need, I feel free to say it and look like I want to face it.
Because that was a dream….
“I’m… Stra is her last chance in life.”
“….”
The last chance given to Luna, whose family has fallen.
For all humans, greed is like a pupil inside white eyes.
If there is no greed, there is no goal, and if there is no goal, it is impossible to see the way forward in life.
I think it is greed that is in charge of the outlook of life.
To Luna, that greed was the most important and precious thing.
If she doesn’t achieve great results in Shutra and just graduates normally, Luna’s status as a Stra student could be the last flower of her life.
Because it’s such a last chance, it’s impossible to act like me.
If you upset the dean’s planting, the life of Strauss will come to an end.
“On the other hand, that’s why I came to really love Suho.”
“Yes? Me?”
“You saved my last chance from being cut off.”
“Ah….”
If you think about it, if Luna had been roughed up by that assistant professor, her current school life would have been difficult.
No… In fact, it could have ended my school life itself.
Because once the gears start to slip off, the whole watch will be ruined.
Luna then began to change her mood, looking for her smile again as if to erase her thoughts.
“If you think about it, Mr. Suho… I think he’s the kind of person who always does everything he has to say.”
“Is it? I’m saying that I’m covering it up….”
“You mean that by covering it up? My heart still throbs when I think of that time….”
“Work then? What did I do wrong? Tell me.”
Have I made a mistake with Luna lately?
I wondered if I said something wrong during sex yesterday. Especially yesterday, seeing Luna gossip about Louis and dance on top of my pelvis made me unknowingly get excited and spit out a lot of harsh words.
As I was thinking deeply, Luna smiled at me and said one word.
“Nope?”
“… ? What? Suddenly?”
The Luna I knew wasn’t the kind of line she deserved.
And that’s half….
Luna smiled mischievously and told me.
“That’s a hint.”
“… Ah!”
I murmured, covering my forehead with my hand, recalling the old memories that suddenly came to my mind.
“That… There was a situation.”
“Oh? What happened to you Did you come out so sensitively when I asked you to just eat?”
When I wasn’t close with Luna yet.
I responded with a smile when Luna asked her to eat together.
(Nope?)
(….)
The expression Luna made at that time was an art.
Perhaps Luna’s feeling when she saw the expression I was making was my feeling at that time….
Seeing someone you love panic is one of the joys of dating more than you think.
However….
“Yes? Tell me please. How much did you hate me back then? I just refused to shake hands… ?”
“Grunt….”
At this rate, it seemed that she would be fooled by Luna’s mischief until she reached Leven.
Escape… Escape route… Ah!
It came to mind. The number of her hoards that allows her to free Luna from her clutches and put her in her grasp….
“Come to think of it, did you see me using the magic circle the day before?”
“Yes… Joe?”
It was because of the use of the magic circle that Luna, who had not paid attention to anyone, offered me a meal.
The ability to embody a magic circle in reality just by thinking about it in your head.
I found that out on Luna, and she started doing me favors without telling anyone.
And the first start of her favor was her offer of a meal.
I said, looking at Luna, who looked at her bewildered with a smile of conversion.
“Okay… It was a magic circle.”
“… ?”
I made a desperate move to get out of this situation.
“The magic circle… Are you practicing well?”
Luna is a smart woman. I could immediately realize that the intention of my question was not pure.
“Wait! Are you sure you want to get out of here like that!?”
“Ugh! Getting out… You are the important person who brought us together.”
Lately, I haven’t been paying attention to her because I’ve been busy with exams, but to Luna, mastery of magic is more important than her school grades.
But even if it was that important, it seemed like the medicine was rising when I got out of the corner as if I had written a bug.
“Chi, that’s shameful!”
“Ugh! It’s lethal. Now, student Luna… Let’s do a magic circle test.”
“Ugh….”
Even though Luna had a dissatisfied expression on her face, she began to struggle to cast a magic circle in the air.
But as if he couldn’t keep his dissatisfaction inside, he occasionally glanced at me and muttered.
“Ah… Up about.”
Haha!”
It’s always fun to travel with someone you love, and I could feel that fact again at this moment.
