Episode 114. Pueue.
‘Why am I here?’
It was the thought that came to my mind the most recently.
Originally, after the end of the first semester, I planned to prepare for the next semester and invest the remaining time in personal training.
Even if there is a school festival after that, he is the body that must inherit the family.
Until you have the right qualifications, you shouldn’t sell your eyes elsewhere.
After making that decision, I tried to focus on my studies even at the dorm.
“Teaches to play.”
Likewise, a being belonging to the School Attendance Department of the health room was harassing and interfering with himself as he tried to take out the textbook from his luggage.
“Teach me to play, human.”
“…… Are you talking to me just now?”
“Yes.”
Deus Ex Machina, a girl doll dressed as a maid who nodded and answered right away.
To the girl’s blunt affirmation, named Maki for short, Beans turned her gaze away and answered with a sharp voice.
“My name is Beans. Beans Jugret.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. It’s rude to other people to call you a human, so if you have a business, say it properly.”
I have heard that this being is a mechanical device with an ego excavated from ancient times.
It is natural that he lacks social skills. So, if there is something you don’t know, it’s better to correct the wrong part rather than get annoyed.
“I see, if you know the name, call it by name. I remembered.”
Fortunately, according to the words of the person who took this girl in, it’s not that she doesn’t have the ability to learn at all.
Soon, Maki held her chin as if in agreement, nodded her head, and said to Beans.
“Then from now on I will call you Kong Kong. The human Kong Konggi will play with me from now on.”
“Bean…… !”
Beans that stop rummaging through their luggage in an instant and dry it.
The gaze directed immediately after was forged sharper than before.
“Didn’t I just say my name is Beans?”
“I got it. So Kong Kong.”
Maki tilts her head as if she doesn’t understand her anger.
There was nothing malicious about that action.
“Bean’s are called bean beans. Are there any problems?”
“… A lot. Incredibly.”
There are many language plays that use the common language of the continent and the original language, but isn’t it a law that the target should not be the name of a person?
But I never thought being ignorant of human relationships would be so rude.
It was a moment when I realized just how much learning to be a civilized person is.
“I’m sorry. I think I made an example because I am not used to relationships with humans.”
“…… I’m glad you understand that.”
Tsk, Beans clicks her tongue and withdraws her gaze from her.
Afterwards, she took out her textbooks one by one and tried to spread them out on the desk, but even in the midst of that, her eyes staring at her showed no signs of dropping.
“… Why are you standing there?”
“Because I still haven’t been taught what the problem is. So Kongkongi teaches me that from now on. And she plays with me.”
“Even if I teach you, why should I play with you?”
“The reason is that my master, the fish, wants me to learn a lot.”
It’s not a fish, it’s a teacher.
“I serve her as her lord, and she must follow his word. So, I intend to ask the people I meet to teach me, just as she did her teaching to me.”
“…… As the target, he singled out me, who happens to be indebted to him, that’s it.”
“Yes. Of course, I heard that learning comes with a price, but friends said they don’t care about rewards. And friends said they were playing.”
A friend?
Beanz frowned at the word he hadn’t even thought of.
“Kongkonggi, like me, is a person under fish. Therefore friend.”
Even so, Maki, who didn’t notice the error in my words, just yelled at me again.
“Is my understanding wrong?”
“Yes, I completely misunderstood.”
Beans retorted, clicking her tongue.
“I was only asking for protection from him temporarily. As I was scheduled to leave someday, I have no intention of making a long-term relationship with you or anyone else.”
“Then, friends until you leave… ….”
“I don’t intend to be, so please don’t interfere with what I am trying to do.”
In the first place, from the beginning, talking about bean-kong or something is out.
Of course, I could teach him too, but from what he said, he didn’t seem to be good at learning enough to understand a word or two.
It’s just a short-lived meeting, but wouldn’t you want to refrain from devoting time to such an existence?
“Yes, Maki. Since Beans is in trouble, I think he should stop at this point.”
Is it because he’s worried about Maki, who doesn’t leave and hangs around?
Likewise, a boy who was staying at the same inn approached Maki and began to restrain her behavior.
Dale Enburton.
He is a boy who took care of the health room before himself.
In fact, he was forced to cross an irreversible river due to an opportunity he had arranged for himself…
“Wow!”
I looked at her to see if she was going to see her, but fortunately Dale didn’t pay attention to her.
No matter how gentle you are, it doesn’t mean you don’t have any sense at all.
As much as she understood that Beans was uncomfortable with her, she wanted to refrain from doing anything that would harm her.
“If you need help, I’ll do it for you. Huh?”
After turning his attention away from Beans, Dale smiles at Maki.
As he is the exact opposite of himself, it would be right to turn to him if you seek cooperation.
But…
“… I hate you.”
Maki actually refused the favor and just stepped back.
Dale was taken aback by the action and began to open her eyes.
“Eh, why?”
“Don’t come closer. Your hand. If you touch me, I disappear.”
A trembling body.
His expression was still grim, but the way he turned his head was terrifying to anyone who saw it.
“Visibility blackens and accidents stop. I don’t want to go through that again. Dale Enverton is far scarier than fish.”
It’s not a fish, it’s a teacher.
By the way, it’s scary.
You mean that little boy who is more harmless than a squirrel?
“No, you don’t have to be afraid. At that time, I didn’t know myself well, so I held my hand…….”
“Ahh, you are trying to destroy me.”
Maki hides behind Beans, frightened to be out of reach.
As the gesture of pulling the hem added to the iron weight, Beans’ body began to flinch backwards.
“W-what are you doing!!”
“It’s scary, that person is scary. Bean Kong will fight for me.”
“I have no intention of fighting, so stop falling! This… …. Ugh!?”
It wasn’t long before the scuffle was about to intensify.
Soon, a large hand stretched out from behind grabbed the bodies of the two and began to lift them to the point where their feet were lifted off the ground.
Not only Beans, who was just trying to resist using mana, but also Maki, who weighs several times more than that.
“Maki.”
Only one word.
But there was quite a sense of danger in that blunt voice.
“Beanz is in trouble. Stop.”
Latello Den.
A boy born in a savage tribe with a much bigger body than most adults.
“…… Danger.”
Is it because you couldn’t overlook the threat the boy posed?
Right after the electric current was about to burn at Maki’s fingertips, whose eyes had changed.
“That, stop! Calm down, both of you!”
Dale, feeling serious from that atmosphere, began to stop Ratel and Maki with all his might.
“Latel. It’s not because Maki has malicious intentions either. It’s just that I don’t know……. Also, Maki doesn’t have to feel particularly threatened. Because Ratel is always worried about Beans.”
“… ….”
“We should get along well with each other, huh?”
Dale shows goodwill towards the two of them with a smile while being nervous.
Maki and Ratel, who were exchanging glances with each other in that atmosphere, nodded their heads while calming their bloodiness.
“For now, calm down.”
“…… Hmm.”
The moment when the friction between each other finally subsided.
But whatever it was, it wasn’t good for Beans, who wanted to have some alone time.
“…… If you’ve calmed down, will you both leave me alone?”
“I got it.”
“I apologize, Kong-Kong. I don’t know what the problem is…….”
It would have been nice if it hadn’t been for the last word.
No, since you won’t pay attention to yourself anymore, it’s just fine.
After that, while Beans, who left behind the two of her backsliders, opened her book and prepared for her self-study, Dale, who stopped her two people, began to approach her cautiously.
“I’m sorry, Beans. I should have dried the two of them sooner.”
Dale looks nervous with her hands on her chest. In that action, he could clearly feel his consideration for himself.
It’s very irritating to myself.
“…… Why are you apologizing?”
In the first place, she didn’t do it herself.
A subject with no obligation to control.
“What did you just say?”
“It’s okay, so I told you not to disturb me.”
That part is frustrating, but in the end, Beans just wanted to turn his attention away from Dale and focus on his own work.
No matter how much time you have after the final exam, you shouldn’t neglect your efforts.
I don’t know much about practical skills, but didn’t I place second again in this writing?
To make up for that, you shouldn’t flirt even a little.
Especially as the person who has outrun him is wasting his time hanging out with the two of them.
“Dale Enburton. Allow you to play with me However, it is recommended to fall about 5m. Any further than that and I disappear. Death in human language…….”
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“Eh, yes. Okay. I’ll be careful.”
While I was opening a book in the corner, I could hear chatter coming from the center of the room.
While Beans tried to ignore the sound and opened the textbook, Dale also started taking things out of his luggage and laying them on the floor.
“Actually, I brought a lot of things to play with in the room because I said I was coming out today. Is there something you want to play?”
“I don’t know. First time playing.”
Maki, who was sitting quietly, tilted his head and continued her words.
“Fish is a substitute for learning to her friend. And friends are the ones who play together. So the two of them come together and learn through play. That is the teaching of fish.”
“… A little different, but um. Yes. There are games that you have to learn.”
Dale, who was rummaging through his luggage, took out his stack of cards and began to line them up in front of me.
“Then, would you like to play a card game?”
“A card game?”
“If you cut the opponent’s points while playing cards according to certain rules, and then cut all the points, you win. With this, you can play while learning, so wouldn’t it fit the purpose?”
“I don’t know. So let’s try it.”
A description of the card game that started that way.
Dale explained as best he could, and he also taught me how to select and combine appropriate cards from his stack.
Fortunately, Maki is ignorant but not ignorant.
Once I explained it, I understood most of it, so it didn’t take long to get used to it.
“I understand the rules. In other words, you just have to kill the opponent using the card.”
“Ugh, hmm. Killing is a bit harsh. It’s a game, but you should do it with a light heart.”
“I can’t do that. I heard that learning should be serious.”
Afterwards, as Dale taught me, Maki looked around at the cards spread out in front of me one by one.
It’s the first time I’ve seen these cards, but I already understand the rules.
Maki, who had heard about various strategies, had completely finished the idea of how to build a deck with the cards he owned.
“Playing with friends is also serious. In other words, we play card games seriously…….”
The murmurs continued as he collected the cards one by one and built the deck.
Such murmurs soon began to lead to recalling why he was created in the first place.
“Seriousness. I.E. Struggle. Struggle is war…….”
“…… Maki?”
“Yes, this is a battlefield. And I am a warrior on the battlefield.”
-Charleureuk!
The moment that memory eventually lifted his spirits, Maki began unfolding them with skillful hand movements while holding the cards he had collected in both hands.
“Come on, Dale Enverton. I, Deus Ex Machina, an ancient being who will bring about the end of mankind, will destroy you with all my might.”
Emotions and tone of voice are still the same, but a gesture that feels powerful.
At the moment when he felt a spirit that was unthinkable from the stiff attitude he had shown so far, Dale also tensed up and raised his card.
“Oh, yes! I will work hard too!!”
The great match of a lifetime between the two boys and girls that started like that.
Beanz wondered why he could be so serious about playing, but it was a good idea to have such a public eye on the people involved.
It’s only natural to play card games (duels) seriously.
***
Of course, that seriousness is limited to when both can understand each other.
“It’s a scam.”
“M, Maki. Calm down for now
“I definitely built an aggro deck that specializes in early pushes. However, it is unreasonable to collect three consecutive victories in the first loss without being able to pass two turns. Stochastically impossible, astronomical…. It’s more ridiculous than a virgin getting pregnant.”
“That, I didn’t know it would turn out like this… ….”
“Dale Enverton cheated on me. And according to what I saw in the book, people cry when they feel betrayed. So Maki also cries. Pue eh, pu eh.”
A dry cry without a single tear.
Is it because of my mood that I still feel resentment?
