Episode 111. Somehow, everyone I met started with a growl.
Dale and Maki.
The two children had one thing in common.
They both have one thing in common: being unwelcome to the world.
“Me, teacher. Are you a student at this mourning school?”
Dale stares at Maki while sitting in the prepared seat.
Maki also sat there as I instructed and just stared blankly at Dale, but he didn’t say anything.
Couldn’t you just ask to sit face to face so we can just face each other… Well, we’ve met at most, but it’s better to close the distance for now.
“Yes. For now, I will be staying at this school.”
“But I’m wearing a maid’s uniform, not a school uniform… ….”
“Ah, that part has some circumstances.”
As expected, I have no choice but to pay attention to this part.
There is a reason, but I’m still a student who will attend the academy. After all, would a school uniform be better than a maid’s uniform?
“Friends… ….”
Maki only starts to open her mouth when she is thinking about that.
A numb gaze was suddenly turned from Dale to me.
“Seine fish. What is a friend?”
“Not fish… …. Done.”
I’ve said this far, but if I can’t do it, I’ll have to give up fixing it for the time being.
Without paying attention, Maki immediately reflected on the answer to her question.
What is a friend?
Is it okay to interpret that being curious about something is a judgment made by oneself?
“The fish said. She says she introduces me to this little human as a friend. Then what is a friend? Its meaning makes me judge how to treat this little human.”
… No, it seems that this is an extension of my instructions.
Still, it’s good that new questions have arisen.
While thinking about how to answer, I turned to Dale with a sudden thought.
“Dale, can you explain?”
“Yes? What?”
“Anyway, Maki has a feeling that he doesn’t know much about worldly affairs. So it wouldn’t hurt to explain why we’re together now and what it means to be friends with you. I mean.”
It’s not about taking on troublesome tasks.
The reason Dale came to this academy in the first place was to find a friend. Of course, you must have been thinking about what a friend is all along, so you will be able to answer the current question as well.
“I… ….”
But when Dale heard my suggestion, he had a puzzled look on his face.
“Shouldn’t that be explained?”
“What?”
It was an unexpected answer for me.
Can you explain?
What is a friend?
“… What made you think that way?”
“Being friends is something that comes naturally.”
“Naturally?”
“Yes, naturally.”
Dale nodded despite his question.
It’s an attitude that doesn’t seem confident, but repeating it would mean that you have confidence in your opinion.
“If we just stay together and spend a lot of time together, I think that would be friends. I wondered if it would harm the definition of a friend if I bothered to explain it here and there…….”
“…… hahahaha.”
I said something else.
I never thought I would explain a relationship that doesn’t need to be explained as a friend when asked to describe a friend.
“Yes, that is a very good explanation.”
“Yes? Oh, is this an explanation now?”
“Yes, but let’s not say more than that. It would be difficult if even a Gestalt collapse came.”
“Geshu… …. Yes?”
“There is such a thing.”
I immediately stroked Dale’s hair and immediately looked back at Maki.
“Did you understand the current explanation?”
“… ….”
Maki silently stares at Dale.
While Dale shrank as if embarrassed by that gaze, Maki, who had gathered his thoughts, looked back at me and said.
“In short, I can just stay with that little human for a while?”
“Well, that will happen.”
“As long as we live together, is that enough…?”
“Um, yes. But don’t fight for nothing, and if you have any questions, it wouldn’t be bad to actively ask Dale.”
“… For the sake of the relationship of friendship, I cede the title of agent to give me instructions to that little human. Can I interpret it that way?”
“Um, yes. Let’s do that for now.”
It’s too hard to be a friendship, but even a thousand miles started with one step.
For now, just being cooperative should be considered fortunate.
“I hope you can get along well with Dale?”
A question made while looking into the eyes.
“…… If that is an order.”
At that, Maki nodded in affirmation.
Although he is still blunt and insensitive, he still has the potential for improvement in his current attitude.
I hope that someday this will be corrected to say that this is a request or suggestion, not an order.
“Now then, it must be fate that we met like this. Let’s wrap up our greetings by holding hands so that we can become good friends in the future.”
In order to provide a starting point for a bright future to come in the not-so-distant future, I prepared to drive the last wedge of our first meeting.
“Hold your hand?”
“It is a way to hold hands with those who want to have a good relationship. Now, try Dale.”
“Oh yes!”
Dale answered right away and approached Maki.
The figure of her blushing with her back bent was the very shy girl herself.
No, not a girl, but a boy.
“That… ….”
This guy.
If anyone sees it, they’ll think it’s before you confess.
“Although I don’t know much about you, I will do my best to be a good friend in the future.”
But for that child, it must be a more important moment than a confession.
It’s not that there aren’t a lot of people like the president that I have a crush on, but this is the first time I’ve built a relationship from an equal position.
“Now, please take good care of me. Maki.”
Yes, the moment that might be the most meaningful moment for that child.
Watching it quietly, Maki also began to spread her fingers towards her hand, which she stretched out towards herself.
“Me too.”
Very little.
The moment she touched that hand, she could see her faintly trembling fingers.
“Please take good care of me too.”
The tips of her fingers met at the end, and soon each other’s hands were firmly held together as if knotted.
A person with abnormal abilities born in a slum and an ancient weapon.
It was the moment when the monumental meeting between the two ended successfully.
– Support position, position.
…… “I thought it would end heartily,” She said.
What are you talking about?
-Rumbling.
Before she could figure out the source of her sound, Maki’s body, holding her hand, collapsed onto the floor.
A metallic sound emanating from the floor in the health room.
It teaches us that this girl’s body is as strong as it is even if she loses strength, but isn’t it strange that she collapsed just by holding her hand?
“Teacher! Maki has collapsed!!”
“The teacher is watching too.”
If she had collapsed, of course I should go see a doctor……. Damn, what do you do with this? I’m a body that can only touch a machine like a prefabricated computer.
Even that was a story from a previous life, so I had no choice but to turn a blind eye to alien beings like ancient weapons.
Where is it broken? Or is the battery drained?
No, it’s not a battery, it’s a magic core. Once you have the will, you absorb the mana around you and have a semi-permanent power engine…….
Ah, that’s right, magic core.
“… You won’t have to worry about Maki. It was only because the mana in her body temporarily evaporated. When the mana is refilled, it will function again.”
“Yes? Mana evaporates…. A function?”
“I’ll explain later.”
Even though it was made with ancient technology, the basis is similar to a magic tool.
Just as the magical tools that Dale touched can be re-injected with mana when the nullification ability disappears, this child will be able to move again as time passes and mana accumulates.
But just in case, it would be better to entrust the inspection to the artisan.
For external contact, it would be better to go through the vice president through the student council room. Take a moment to judge.
“Teacher, are you there?”
A familiar voice came from outside the health room. As I followed the sound and headed outside, I could confirm that a young man in a white uniform was facing me.
Ah, come to think of it, it was today that I brought him.
“You seem to have struggled quite a bit to get here.”
“…… I have to avoid the eyes of students as much as possible.”
It’s a bit early to say it’s school start time, but if you’re a student like Dale, who has a strong academic zeal, you’ll probably flock to it to some extent.
As much as that, I must have wanted to avoid the student behind me being caught in the eyes of others as much as possible.
A boy who is one head taller than me and has a size that I can’t even imagine being a second year middle school student.
“You seem to be shorter than when I first saw you… …. Are you on a diet these days?”
“… ….”
“… Ahahahaha, don’t you like jokes like this?”
A boy born in a savage tribe silently standing behind Weyden and looking down at me.
Certainly, he was shorter than when he first saw him, but that was due to the nature of this child’s race.
Dandlai tribe that exists beyond the demonic Lego bricks. They have adapted to the demonic realm for a long time and have evolved to expand the space around their bodies with mana guided by their will.
And, of course, this type of expansion doesn’t come easily.
The body swells only with the action of mana driven by its strong will, and the power derived from it reaches a level where even buildings can be crushed with bare hands.
In short, the only time his body swells up is when his rage gauge overflows. In other words, mana does not dwell in the body, so there is no need to be very vigilant.
“It’s the first time since then, isn’t it? It’s been a while, Ratel. I am Seine, the teacher who will be taking care of you for the time being.”
Latello Den.
A second-year middle school student in Maris, and a boy who will be responsible for diplomacy with the barbarian tribes, which the empire must go through to attack the Devil’s Land.
From that point of view, it could be considered that just having this child is providing entertainment to His Majesty.
So you’ll have to be more careful than when dealing with other students…….
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“…… Krrr.”
Frightened to face me, he set his teeth and even his eyes were fiercely raised.
Would you like to look at this guy?
Do you remember eating chestnuts at that time and are going to reveal it to the teacher?
“Latello Den. Calm down!”
“Wayden, calm down first.”
Wayden is worried that he will wipe out the surroundings like last time.
But I’ve also dealt with several savage mercenaries from the Devil’s Land on the front line. How to deal with this child has been devised even before today.
Once it starts, tie it up and drive it, drive it up against a wall and drive it, or lure it out and play tag until you’re exhausted and then drive it……. Hmm? For a moment.
Where is this kid looking now?
“…… Uh.”
An exclamation heard from the place where the gaze is directed.
I immediately looked behind me and saw Dale standing at the entrance of the health room, watching the situation with his face poking out.
“It seems a bit noisy outside… …. What’s going on?”
Dale watches the situation with his eyes wide open.
It didn’t take long for that gaze to recognize Ratel’s existence. No matter how much she shrunk, she was a child with a bigger presence than me or Weyden.
“Wow, wow… …. It’s huge.”
Dale exclaimed at the sight of him.
Out of surprise rather than fear, it was pure admiration at Ratel’s size.
“Um… ….”
On the contrary, only moaning escaped from Ratel’s mouth as he faced him.
Even though the snarling at me before was overshadowed, he was staring at Dale with calm eyes.
I don’t feel anger at all, even making a gesture of resting my thick chin as if I was watching something interesting.
“…… Ratelo Den?”
Waden was also surprised by that reaction?
While looking up at him, a faint smile began to form on my lips as I belatedly recalled the characteristics of that child.
“Come to think of it, didn’t the savages run amok against their own people?”
Of course, that doesn’t mean that Dale is the same as Ratel.
It just means that there is a trigger that does not feel anger against the same kind, and that child’s ability interfered with that trigger.
“Somehow, every savage I meet starts with a growl.”
I’ve been identifying friends and family according to the wavelength returned to the cries mixed with mana like a bat. This is it, right?
