I Noticed That It Was an Academy After 10 Years

279. It Was Summer. (One)

“Contractor! Look at that!”

“It’s new.”

I looked up at the bird flying in the direction Lue pointed. The bird was flapping its wings hard and flying towards somewhere. Lüe was staring at the bird, as if it was amazing to see it through the eyes of an elf.

“After all, a living body is fun!”

“I think I’ve heard that more than 20 times.”

“But it’s fun.”

“Okay, okay.”

“Isn’t the answer too half-hearted?”

“I’m driving a carriage. And don’t hang out at the window. It hurts.”

Then, if you step on a rock and it rattles, you will get seriously injured. Only then did Lue enter the carriage.

I feel like I have one more child to take care of. Having one more child to babysit is such a hassle.

It’s not that I don’t like it.

By the way, how long do I have to drive the carriage?

I extended one index finger to kill time. And little by little, I opened up the newly acquired protection.

“I don’t know how to use this.”

I stared blankly at the wind spirit that looked like a dandelion seed resting at my fingertips.

Because it was not a powerful spirit with intelligence, communication was impossible, but the way it moved along with my finger like a puppy was quite cute.

Spiritualism. How should I learn?

It was a good thing that I was able to see spirits thanks to the protection of the World Tree, but there really wasn’t much of a way to learn spirit magic itself.

To ask the breeze to teach him, he was unsuitable as a teacher since he only learned how to use elemental arts properly after going to Yggdrasil and learning them during vacation.

However, if you want to find a spiritualist among humans, even if you search the entire continent, spiritualists are much more valuable than wizards. Due to the nature of spiritualists, they often live alone in forests or mountainous areas like wild people, so it is difficult to find them and ask for help.

Besides… There are not many cases where spiritualists are sane.

Having a high affinity with spirits means that you are born with a nature that is close to the wild, which means you are faithful to your instincts and have unusual thoughts.

To put it in a good way, it feels like naivety, and in a bad way, it feels like ADHD.

Fortunately, I didn’t end up like that. It is true that my affinity with spirits has increased, but since I originally had no ties, my talent is not that great, and above all, my spirit is strong enough to withstand pollution.

“I’ll have to think about where I can use it.”

The fire spirit has the power of the upwardly compatible phoenix, the earth has crafting skills, and the water may be useful to some extent, but it is difficult to use it in battle with the firepower of a low-level spirit, and the wind spirit…Um. How much does it replace a fan?

It’s so vague.

Still, there was no reason to be disappointed, as the World Tree’s protection did not only allow dealing with spirits.

Unless you were born with heavenly luck, it was a great thing to have two blessings that would make you feel blessed even if you only received one. This is an achievement that even the original protagonist could not achieve.

Even in the original work, I only received one blessing in the system.

“At this rate, I end up collecting all the divine protection.”

If that happens, we may be able to become something close to God.

While thinking such useless thoughts, I looked at the cityscape in the distance.

It’s been 15 days.

——————–

“The Academy is different from a human perspective!”

“I don’t know if there is a big difference just because the eye level is different.”

At my words, Lue snorted and spoke in an excited voice.

“It’s completely different? When it was a book, it felt like entering a building built by giants, but now it feels like a building where people live!”

“I see.”

“Isn’t the answer too insincere?”

“Don’t shove it in your face.”

I pushed Lue’s head away as she protested against me with her whole body. Maybe it was because it was a book, or maybe it was because I had it hanging around my waist for a year, but there was no sense of distance.

If the kids see this, they’ll be embarrassed, so take it off quickly…

“What…?”

Goosebumps appear all over her body. I slowly turned her head and looked at Karina, who was looking at me with a cold face. Karina looked at Lue, who was almost in my arms, and then she turned her gaze to me again.

Lennie was glaring at me from behind.

Looks like I’m being misunderstood again.

It was then.

“It’s Karina! Karina! “It’s me!”

“Yes?”

“I’m Rue!”

“Yes? “Is it Rue?”

“What? Rue? “That disgusting book?”

“I’m not gross!”

I felt the startled eyes of Carina and Leni turned to my waist. I shrugged my shoulders and immediately asked about the opportunity that Lue had created.

“Okay. It’s Rueda.”

“Rye…Why did you become a human, or rather an elf?”

“I received the body of a death row inmate there as compensation. As you can see… Lue has taken over that body.”

“I see…”

I closed the door to her stall, walked over to Karina, and quietly hugged her. It was meant to alleviate her situation, or rather, it was an expression of her happiness at meeting her after a long time.

“I missed you. Karina.”

“…Me too.”

We hugged like that for a long time. Until Lennie cleared his throat as if he was there too.

“Yes, Karina. I have one too…”

“Ahaha. “I’m sorry, Lenny.”

“No. It’s nice to see.”

“Contractor! Let’s get in quickly! “I’m going to check out Yeomyeonggwan too!”

“You go in alone.”

“If I go in alone, no one will recognize me!”

But. Sif went in first…

“Karina. Then let’s go back.”

“Yes.”

We stood side by side and headed into Yeomyeonggwan. When I returned to Yeomyeonggwan after a long time, nothing had changed since before I left, except for some changes in decoration.

I’ve only been there for about a month and a half, so what would have changed?

“Karina. What is everyone doing?”

“Milia went out saying she was having a study group with her friends… Viola is in the lab and Elisa is probably in the library.”

“Everyone is busy.”

“The first semester of the second year is almost over, so it’s time to get busy.”

“Karina, are you okay?”

“I guess since I’m a saint… I’m a bit relaxed in that regard.”

Well, her position as a saint was like that. Since she became a saint, everything, including her ordination, was resolved at once, and most of what she did was decided.

Since you just have to do your job well, there is no need to compete to be assigned to a good place like ordinary seminarians. However, it’s amazing that Karina is maintaining her top-tier grades…

“You have your own work to do, so don’t you get benefits in that respect?”

That’s what it means to do a job that only one person can do on this continent. Its importance cannot be overemphasized. Beyond church members, he is the spiritual pillar of all humans living on the continent. Because she is a saint.

“Hehe. I see.”

We walked down the hallway and headed to my room. First of all, I wanted to wash up. The long trip was enough to make my whole body covered in dust.

The road to my room wasn’t far, so I was able to stand in front of my door before I could say ten words.

“Then I’ll take a shower.”

“… “Can I wait in the lobby or in the lounge?”

“Is it the lounge? I got it.”

Let’s take a quick shower and come out and have some quality time.

I opened the door and entered my home, which I returned to after a long time.

—————

“Sif.”

“Hehe, okay.”

“…I haven’t even said anything yet.”

“It’s like you know it without even hearing it. If it’s Sif… I’ll allow it.”

“Interesting! “You know without even saying anything?”

“You can tell the feelings of the person you like even without listening.”

“Thank you.”

“No. I can understand why I fell in love…”

Karina lowered the volume of her voice little by little, closed her mouth, and looked up at me. Pink and golden odd-eyes meet my eyes. Our distance also decreased little by little.

Your lips are soft.

We only opened our lips after Lennie cleared his throat awkwardly.

“Well…I’m there too… ?”

Perhaps because she was single from birth, Lennie was looking in the wrong direction with her face very red. I’m less tolerant of these things than I thought.

It’s already been a few months since I saw this scene, but I’m still embarrassed.

“Hehe, Lenny, you’re cute.”

“Uh, that, ah, uh, ah… “

Karina’s clear and sweet laughter tickled the air in the lounge.

A voice that makes you feel excited just by hearing it. I quietly wrapped my hands around Karina’s waist and waited for her to stop laughing. It was quite some time later that she stopped laughing.

Karina stopped laughing and opened her mouth, looking at me with her loving eyes.

“It’s great that John is coming.”

“It’s great to be back, too. The elf village was fascinating, but it was difficult to get used to it.”

“Is that so? I want to hear it. A village of elves or something-“

“I’ll tell you enough to make you sick of it. Before that… The thief cat listening behind the door.”

“Nyan?!”

“Come in. Sif.”

“Ah…”

The door opened with a scraping sound of hinges, revealing Sif. Sif hesitated, looking at Karina’s gaze with a timid look on her face.

Karina said, tapping her hand on the sofa.

“Miss Sif. Are you okay. Come and sit over here.”

“Uh, well… Thank you?”

“Hehe. Let’s get along well.”

Karina’s smile brightened her room.