Chapter 809 – 809. Magic School Strauss (6)
As I left the dean’s house, I greeted him.
“Thank you for taking the time to do this today.”
“Heh heh, thank you for coming to see me when I am alone. When you come, you can just come without contact.”
“Haha… Thank you I’ll just go back.”
After saying goodbye to the dean, I started going back to the dorm.
It was the first day, so the sun was still going down, probably because I had only tried on the blindfold.
I kept a straight circle and walked towards the reddening sun.
However, the steps back to the dormitory were not light.
The reason why the steps were not light was not because the dean was burdensome.
‘It will take longer than I thought.’
It was because learning the invisible magic circle recognition ability taught by the dean was more difficult than expected.
Once I put on the blindfold, I could clearly see the invisible magic circle.
But the problem was, it was hard to maintain that sensation even when the blindfold was off.
After hearing my concerns, Armonia and Kang Han Na began to share their thoughts.
[How about making a blindfold out of Enel?]
[Or, since the invisible magic circle recognition ability is also an ability, it is possible to learn with Enel by checking the abilities of other professors.]
[Oh, that would be much better.]
Certainly, it was something that could easily be solved with Enel.
However, using Enel meant that eventually Enel had to be consumed.
And the expected cost of consumption is…
[It is estimated that it will cost 200,000 energy to create a blindfold and more to learn the ability.]
At least 200,000 Enel.
Right now, we have 1.94 million energy, and spending 200,000 energy wasn’t too much of a burden.
However, there was no need to use Enel now.
‘You have to stay here for a while anyway. Until then, study hard. .’
It had only been a day since I returned to Stra.
If I couldn’t learn even if I tried like crazy, then I decided that it wouldn’t be too late to use Enel.
That was the moment I arrived at the men’s dormitory, making plans for the future.
“Huh?”
At the same time as the sun set on the top of the mountain, the figure of a woman came into my eyes.
Then came Claudia’s crackling voice.
(Oh, did her first wife come to meet her?)
“…”
It was just like before, but I wasn’t particularly angry.
Ignoring Claudia’s words, I approached Luna and asked.
“What is going on here?”
To my question, Luna answered with a slightly sullen expression.
“Leave me alone and go somewhere… Am I disturbing you?”
“Ah, what are you talking about?”
I smiled and hugged Luna right away.
Then Luna rather blushed and panicked, and she started looking around.
“Ji, now people are watching.”
As Luna said, the sun was still up, so male students were wandering around the boys’ dormitory.
And as I hugged her Luna, all of her eyes opened wide and started whispering.
(Wow…The rumors were true?)
(Haa, I believed it was a lie…)
(There was a reason why he didn’t treat me well no matter how much I talked to him.)
After glancing over the male students, I hugged Luna and hummed.
“How do you see it?”
“Ah…”
Even though Luna was embarrassed, she couldn’t easily get out of my arms.
After boasting to the fullest among the boys, I dropped Luna from her arms and said,
“Would you like to take a walk after meeting you like this?”
“Whoa… Great.”
That’s how I started to walk around the school that was dyed by the setting sun with Luna.
I could hear her talking about this and that while walking with her.
Luna groaned as she cupped her head with one of her hands.
“It was difficult since people kept talking to me this morning.”
“Ah… It was a huge crowd.”
As soon as Luna returned to Stra, she was able to become a topical figure thanks to rumors about her that spread throughout Stra.
The main rumors spread were about the restoration of the Stadtfeld family and Luna’s succession to the count.
Luna, who was originally popular with her male students, was the one who got dashed by her more male students.
I asked, looking at her Luna with her sullen expression.
“… When men talk to you, just ignore them. Understand?”
“Ha… If you want to make them ignore me like that, why don’t you stay by my side?”
Haha…”
I couldn’t bear to refute Luna’s words.
Even if Luna answered with a grumble, she would have handled it well.
“Actually, it is the women who are in trouble.”
“Female… ?”
And surprisingly, many female students spoke to Luna kindly.
I’d thought girls would feel her jealousy at Luna surrounded by her boys.
But the reason they talked to her Luna wasn’t jealousy.
“How many times have you asked to eat together…”
“Are you surprised? I thought you would bother me by arguing for nothing.”
“Why are you arguing? What did I do wrong…”
“Originally, jealousy isn’t a feeling that comes from wanting it. I thought they were jealous of you.”
He could guess why the women didn’t feel jealous of her Luna.
Her Luna status had risen too high for her to feel jealous of her as a woman.
No matter how much it is said that there is no class within Stra, it was only a matter between professor and student.
Even the students did not openly reveal each other, but they were implicitly forming a group between nobles and commoners.
And it must be a plan to use this opportunity to incorporate her Luna into their group.
A count with a manor.
Besides, it’s not like the count’s son or heir.
Luna was a countess with a real estate.
Even first year students.
She would have judged that by incorporating them into their group and making her acquaintance thick for three years, it would benefit her life in some way.
I gave Luna a piece of advice as she wrapped her head around her head and seemed to feel her headache.
“I think it’s better to keep friends with former students rather than approaching students.”
All of the students rushing right now were the guys who ran towards Luna for their own gain.
In contrast, her students who had been close to her before were students who genuinely tried to be friendly with her rather than her status.
Even when they were stigmatized as a rebellious family, they were friendly students.
When I saw it, Luna decided that she was better off hanging out with friends like that.
Luna smiled bitterly and nodded her head.
“… I’ll keep that in mind.”
If it were Luna, she would have taken care of them even if I hadn’t said this.
Deciding that it was no longer meaningful for her to talk about it, Luna switched to another topic.
“I never thought that Karin-nim would have a talent for magic.”
It was about Karin.
“Huh. Originally, she had no talent, but the other day, during the thief subjugation, she accidentally opened her eyes to her talent.”
“… Could that really be a coincidence?”
Luna started staring at me with one of her eyes.
After Luna confirmed her ability to use a magic circle in the air and her writing skills, she went beyond valuing my skills highly and put them on equal footing with her dean’s magic abilities.
In such a situation, Karin, who had never had any magic talent in her life, suddenly opened her eyes to magic, and it seemed that it had something to do with me.
She must have been even more mortified, since she had awakened to her magical talents when she was with me.
In fact, she’s right…
But I couldn’t just tell Luna about it.
“There are many extraordinary things in the world. You might have realized something after seeing the dean’s magic while subjugating the thieves.”
“… Maybe.”
Luna might have hardened her heart, but she didn’t look like she believed what I was saying.
Looking at Luna’s expression, I started talking about something else.
“Come to think of it… Why did Louis do that?”
“Ah…”
When Luna heard her Louise’s name, she put on a worried expression, as if she’d forgotten what she was talking about earlier.
“I don’t know. Even if I ask, they don’t answer at all. I’m worried that maybe I got a serious illness from Atler.”
Luna said that even though she had a bad affair with Luis, she was still worried about him as a childhood friend.
Louis attacked me at the Stadtfeld family graveyard, and even disturbed Luna and me while we were sleeping.
Luna seemed to be reprimanding Louise for making such a mistake, but she still thought of her as a childhood friend.
‘Louis, now I understand why you loved Luna so tenaciously.’
Yes, I loved Luna just as much as Louis.
But now I could feel more clearly why Louis had loved Luna all her life.
A character who cannot abandon a person he has once formed a relationship with.
With a woman with that kind of personality by her side, how could she not love her?
“From what I’ve heard, it’s not that big of a disease. You’ll get well soon, so don’t worry too much.”
“Thank you.”
That’s how I continued to enjoy her walks while chatting with Luna.
However, the walk was not as enjoyable as it was.
It was because Luna was so popular that so many students talked to her.
Even her 2nd and 3rd year students had heard rumors and started talking to Luna about her.
And Luna politely declined her conversation each time.
However, she couldn’t hide the coldness on her face.
After Luna turned back a group of students who had been talking to her, she sighed at me and said,
“Ha… I want to go back to the old days.”
Luna was basically a style that preferred quiet.
She didn’t really dislike it because when she went to a ball or banquet, she went out mentally prepared.
But she, like now, was the kind of person who didn’t like to start a conversation by surprise.
I looked around at Luna, who grumbled like that.
The sun went down and the trees around the street made of mana stones began to light up.
The number of students had decreased considerably compared to before, but they were still wandering around.
“How to say, it seems that there are more students than in the spring semester?”
“Maybe it’s because the weather is nice? And…”
Luna started looking around with me.
The students who had been walking around in groups had disappeared, and most of them were male and female couples like Luna and me.
“I think it’s because the students who stayed at school during the summer semester became close.”
During the summer semester, there were far more students who stayed inside than those who went outside.
Long-distance travel is very expensive, and students who could not afford it were forced to stay.
And, in a way, it was natural for the rest of the students to see each other.
I whispered to Luna so that the people around me couldn’t hear it.
“Sorry. During the spring semester, I was able to hide and do it secretly.”
“Well, don’t talk about that outside.”
Luna blushed and began to look around her frantically, just in case she wanted someone to hear me.
I slipped my arm around Luna’s shoulder as she was looking around.
“In this atmosphere, there is no need to walk away, right?”
“…”
Of course, I knew that Luna would say something embarrassed.
But Luna…
“I think so.”
Rather, he smiled lightly and dug deeper into my arms.
I started walking with Luna like that.
However, as we took a walk together like this, apart from the good things, the regrets began to amplify.
In the past, they would have secretly kissed and kissed each other, but it was not easy in a situation like now where student couples are wandering around.
I clung to my arms and quietly let her voice slip into Luna’s ears as she took a walk.
“I have a key to the club room. Would you like to talk quietly over there?”
Luna answered my question with a seductive smile.
“Great.”
That’s how I started heading to the club room with Luna.
