75. Each person’s vacation
Russell’s vacation is long.
This was because it took quite a bit of time for talented people from all over the empire to leave a mark on their hometowns.
A month and a half of free time.
So, students about to go on vacation,
I naturally get excited.
“Ah, it’s true that you didn’t update your rank after all.”
“It ended really lamely.”
Even though I am passing nearby,
So much so that you don’t even notice.
However, I didn’t bother to show my face to the students chatting in the hallway.
Instead, I slowed down my steps a little.
Reputation reestablished according to my rank renewal.
Because it’s an opportunity to check what happened.
“He was really making a fuss.”
“Who?”
“All the idiots who seriously believed that Ivan was C-rank. They even split into two and fought.”
“Ah… That’s right, by the way. What did he say? Even so, the instructor asked if it would be a bit lower if he was ranked C. It wasn’t a good look.”
As I prove myself,
It seemed like rumors had been completely eradicated.
I hurried my steps again.
The place I visited at the end was my private room.
Squeak-
And, she arrived before me and sat on her sofa.
“…The blackmailer has arrived.”
Scarlett greeted leisurely.
“He’s a blackmailer.”
“Did you really have to make the atmosphere of the last lecture so cold?”
“I’m not a pervert who enjoys reactions by making up things that didn’t exist. I just did it because it was an announcement that had to be made.”
At the end of the last lecture we just finished,
The threat I gave to my students.
‘It seems like you can’t keep your legs still thinking about your hometown. Let me tell you something.’
It must have been quite scary for students hearing this notice for the first time as it was their first vacation.
‘When you leave Russell, you will all write an oath. It’s about keeping secrets.’
Waving the pledge I brought as an example,
Just by reading a passage that stands out.
‘Just because it’s a secret doesn’t mean you shouldn’t say anything. No one cares about trivial things like saying that the bakery in front of the auditorium is delicious. However, if there are people who cross that line. And if you get caught…’
‘……’
‘I’ll cut off your tongue first.’
The completely relaxed expressions of the students returned to reality in just one second.
What can I do? If you think about it, this is a military base.
“Is this really a clause? Cutting off the tongue?”
“It’s a refined expression. To be exact, it means that the tongue can also be cut off.”
“Ugh.”
Scarlett turns her head as if she is tired.
“Are you worried? If you’re afraid of your own cubic crystals, I can at least get you a muzzle.”
“It’s noisy. I won’t go out in the first place.”
It was a welcome sound when I heard it.
The reason I called Scarlett in the first place was to ask her if she wanted to visit somewhere outside of Russell during vacation.
The place I’m going to is a back alley,
That is her hometown,
I plan to hire one person there.
It was never a place where the whole neighborhood was shaken when a murder occurred, but I still didn’t want to encounter it.
But only if you stay.
If you give 50 times the amount of gratitude, that’s enough.
Thinking like that,
A question came from over there.
“What about you? Where are you going?”
“That’s right. There’s a family matter, so I’d like to resolve it now. It won’t take that long.”
“Do instructors also write that pledge?”
“Of course.”
“You should watch your tongue.”
Scarlett giggles and laughs.
It meant that we were now close enough to even joke around, so I happily responded.
“Even if I say something stupid, the only one who can be considered cute is Paula.”
“…Is he cute?”
You seem to suddenly feel uncomfortable.
I mentally erased the ‘saint gag’ from my collection of jokes to lighten the mood.
“I believe it will take care of itself without me.”
“What can I say? When you come back, prepare for one more sparring match.”
She is a trustworthy heroine.
Perhaps more than anyone else.
“I’m looking forward to it.”
—
The day of vacation.
The last place I stopped by was neither the main auditorium nor a private room. It was a temple.
This clothes in my hand right now.
Because it is the core of this plan.
“Ha, can’t you try it on just once?”
“Do we really have to do that?”
“……Yes! I think we should definitely do that!”
The temple where Paula lives.
Among the items in the temple she manages, there are also priestly clothes.
Among them, he came to ask for one of the lowest-ranking priest’s clothes, and it was good that Paula willingly opened the door to her warehouse.
“Here! You can go in here and put it on!”
“Ah, yes.”
As she was trying the clothes on her body to choose a size, she felt a little uncomfortable when Paula followed her and her eyes lit up so brightly.
Since you are the borrower, you have to please him.
After changing, I opened the door and came out.
Squeak-
Paula standing right in front of the door.
She looked at me up and down her…
“Wow…”
I shed the purest admiration in the world.
Is that saliva under the lips? Probably not?
“Really, really cool…”
“I’m embarrassed.”
As if to emphasize moderation, the rank and file uniform contains more black than the instructor uniform.
Put this on and head to the back alley.
The person who will make this appearance is her, the target of this incident.
A representative cleric of the revolutionaries, a brand of jealousy and supported by the church.
It is now common for people from the religious sect to visit her residence.
Deceiving her,
She stayed there and went to Jomboga.
When you let your guard down,
Just kill them off.
It was not Russell who was blocked from all sides, but because she was in her alley, where she could run away at any time.
Also, if she doesn’t use her powers, she’s not that strong, so it’s a plan she can’t make.
While I was thinking so hard,
I realized.
“Heh…”
“Paula. Are you okay?”
Her eyes looking at me,
Being clouded with a feeling different from fanaticism.
I guess I really want to evangelize Ivan.
But, she probably knows.
“…Instructor, isn’t that what you’re going to wear?”
“That’s right. There’s a guy in the family who wants to become a priest. What’s the point of leaving empty-handed?”
Ivan is a non-believer.
“Still, it’s really cool. It’s something I really wanted to see, and I achieved it.”
Paula smiles bitterly.
I changed the conversation to change the mood, which was starting to become slightly nostalgic.
“Vacation starts tomorrow. Do you have any plans?”
“I’ll probably spend most of my time here. My temples also need maintenance.”
“I see.”
Paula is staying here.
With this, she succeeded in hearing all the three heroines’ vacation plans.
When I booked the carriage ride, I asked Adela, and she said she was thinking of returning home.
For Paula, who will be bored until then,
After stroking her head a few times, I took out my wallet.
“I’m not very knowledgeable about church items. How much is the rank and file uniform that the saint directly managed?”
“Well, I’ll just give it to you!”
Even though I was rejected for a long time.
I thought she looked like a saint, and after arranging her hair for the price of her priest’s clothes, I said hello to her.
“Then, I’ll come back for a bit.”
A carriage was waiting on the first floor.
It was a departure into the back alley.
—
A day has passed since the vacation began,
Ivan’s private room also became empty.
No, to be precise.
Thanks to Instructor Ivan’s generous consideration and distribution, Adela was able to take over the place.
She is also planning to visit her parents’ home,
Russell is also the person in charge of my upper level, who has a lot of work to do before then.
So, she is in the process of handing over with a capable aide by her side to fill her vacancy.
“This is a list of next month’s grocery bills, and this is a report to send to the top of the cache-“
“Um, um! Okay, miss! Oh, that’s right! At the perfume shop I manage, was it the day before yesterday? There was a surprise customer-“
“Camilla. Let’s just talk about our work.”
Because Adela was very uncomfortable,
The personality of her aide, who would normally accept her with a smile, was also difficult for her.
It’s the long-awaited summer vacation,
Why is her heart so dry?
That’s because of Instructor Ivan’s carriage ticket that I saw a glimpse of the day before yesterday.
She came to ask him to help her find the fastest carriage, but for some reason, she was concerned about his words and actions as he kept his destination secret.
It would have been better not to see it.
‘Why the back alley…?’
On this precious vacation.
Why such a place?
She even knew that that place was Student Scarlett’s hometown.
Her distraught mind grows more and more.
‘Could it be that we went on a trip together?’
A merchant’s sense and a woman’s touch.
And, the evidence seen with the eyes.
I don’t know where Scarlett is now, but if she’s not in this Russell.
Riding in a carriage alone with him-
“Ouch, girl! The document is torn.”
“…Ah.”
If you are tired of traveling, you should come with me.
Her mansion in the mountains would have provided more healing than that dirty alley.
The thought was even more bitter because it felt like just the grumbling of a loser.
And this tactless aide.
There was no way to stop talking.
“It’s an interesting story. Really!”
“…Camilla, my head is about to explode-“
“Instructor Miho. Ah, it looks like your head is really hurting. Then just work quickly-“
“Wait a minute.”
Who came there?
“Tell me again. In detail.”
“Uh… Food bill…”
“No, not that! You’re instructor Miho?”
“Ah, yes. I was surprised to see someone who had never come here before and someone who didn’t suit perfume at all.”
“And what did you buy?”
“Huh, it’s perfume, well… I guess you’ll use it on your tail…”
“This… Fox…”
Ivan’s words and actions are played again.
Despite leaving Instructor Miho’s private room, he did not respond to what was said.
She made up her mind.
At this point, she finally made up her mind.
This world is not for him to cherish her memories and wait to be reunited with her.
“I’m saying this because we are the same woman, but Instructor Miho’s body is… Wow. It’s destructive. And the perfume?”
From Noble mtl dot com
It’s so provocative.
There are an annoying number of potentially dangerous molecules.
She ordered.
“Camilla.”
“Yes?”
“When I returned from home, there was one more report that needed to be placed on my desk.”
“Oh, yes. Please tell me.”
“Instructor Miho and Instructor Ivan. The correlation between the two.”
Camilla tilted her head,
Adela was wedged.
“No matter what you do, it doesn’t matter as long as it’s not a crime. No, it doesn’t matter if it’s a little extreme as long as you don’t get caught. Even if you put aside all other issues, solve it first.”
“Yes, yes!”
Camilla ran out with her bundle of papers,
The door was closed.
She was left alone.
In the boy’s private room, alone.
“Why did you go to the back alley again, really!”
Honestly, she might have been wrong.
There may have been other reasons.
Currently, she was in a weak state of mind and body.
—
And that self-talk.
No, the irritated scream was a little too loud to be said to be talking to oneself.
“Back alley…?”
After breaking dolls in the sparring hall, a tired beast came to take a nap on the sofa.
I was dragged into that door.
Snap!
“Ugh! Uh, Scarlett? Why are you here…?”
“I ask the questions.”
“Huh? No, what…”
Ivan’s prediction. And in the plan,
It was the moment when a new branch grew again.
“Who went to the back alley?”
It is also the day Scarlett’s destination is decided.
