Became a Lazy Confucius at the Academy

31 – Familiar(1)

In front of Ruid’s mansion.

Amelia stood at the front door nervously.

She took a few deep breaths and then went into her mansion properly.

“It’s late, Leah.”

As soon as I entered, Irene Windsor stood with her hands behind her back.

As usual, her eyes are cold and her mouth is smiling gently.

Amelia nodded in surprise.

“Uh, sister. Long time no see.”

“That doesn’t look very welcome.”

“Oh, no.”

Amelia stiffly replied.

“… Sorry. I should have come earlier and waited.”

“I have to take classes. Let’s go.”

Amelia walked carefully not to get ahead of Irene.

As she entered the reception room, Sherry, who was preparing, greeted her.

There were two cups of tea on the table. Amelia took a seat further away.

… The tea was cold.

“I’m glad you seem to be doing well.”

“Yes. Sister too… How are you?”

“The North is always the same.”

Irene smiled and drank her tea.

She put the teacup down silently and then she spilled the sherry standing there rigidly.

“Sherry, how are you?”

“I am doing well.”

“The mansion in the north is a mess without you. The cleanliness, the discipline.”

“Sorry, sorry.”

Irene looked at Amelia and said.

“But my dear brothers and sisters are staying, and I can’t send a clumsy lady-in-waiting.”

“Thank you.”

Sherry behind her took out her handkerchief and wiped away the cold sweat.

The only thing different from usual is that Irene came, but the atmosphere of her mansion was different. Not only did I feel a strange sense of tension, but I felt as if the average temperature had dropped below zero.

Amelia drank her tea, not letting go of her tension.

Irene just smiled and waited for Amelia to pass her tea, then set her glass down before she asked.

“I’m glad you’re doing well. Are you taking good care of Ruid?”

“… We are trying our best.”

Irene said as she lay her body deep on her back.

“I was asking because it seemed like it wasn’t.”

Amelia’s pupils shook violently.

“His Majesty said so. It is said that there is an impure movement in the system recently. So she called me aside and asked me. Was it Windsor’s share? How should I have answered there?”

In the test of the successor of the Windsor family, there is a thing called ‘ordeal’. The method was different for each successor’s inclination.

The common point was that something caused a ‘problem’. To test whether you can lead Windsor when trouble arises.

It was a place to test the qualifications of the heir to the Duke of Windsor. The problem was most likely not simple.

However, the suitability test for Amelia’s successor is being conducted nominally.

Since Amelia had already declared that she would follow the path of a knight, the ‘trouble’ intended by the House of Windsor could not arise in this generation’s successor test.

But that fact was no excuse.

It is not that the problem does not occur artificially, but if a problem really occurred, Windsor had to deal with it.

Irene rested her chin on her chin and made clear eye contact with Amelia.

“Are you doing it roughly as a successor test with no possibility of an heir? Or have you been neglecting your daily life with your cute sister?”

Amelia, who had been timid all along, held her head up this time. She had a very sad look on her face.

“I never for a moment forgot that I was on a test.”

Irene nodded her head slowly when she heard the story.

She

She and she gave a completely different answer to Amelia’s.

“I guess they didn’t notice they were moving.”

“… !”

Amelia’s body stiffened.

Irene asked as if questioning.

“Really, didn’t you notice?”

Amelia pursed her lips.

“…… We know that there has been an increase in the number of missing children in the island.”

“More than that?”

Amelia looked down at her floor and said in a voice the size of an ant.

“… Not yet, nothing.”

“Do you have a problem-solving doctor?”

“… Yes.”

Irene reached out and stroked Amelia’s hair.

A drop of sweat ran down Amelia’s forehead as she bowed her head.

“I’ll believe that. Therefore.”

Irene grabbed Amelia by the chin and lifted her up, putting her index finger to her lips and whispering.

“You better not make mistakes.”

Irene smiled brightly.

“I don’t know anything else, but Ruid isn’t old enough to see things like that yet. Right?”

Don’t bother.

Irene stood up as she left those words.

Amelia was frozen in place and couldn’t move for a while.

**

The Lakes of Delrin.

Hersy asked, calming her startled heart.

“That, so… The fox ate Lark’s marbles and possessed an evil spirit?”

“It’s not an evil spirit, it’s Lark.”

“That I know… Is it Lich Lark?”

Ruid looked at the fox.

“He claims to be a great spirit.”

[It really is a Great Spirit! Otherwise, I could be trapped in a marble for 500 years!]

‘I think it makes sense.’

I didn’t know because I was so dumbfounded earlier, but when I think about it calmly, it makes sense.

The reason why many mages have not found anything even after 90 years of research.

Also, the reason why he couldn’t find even a small amount of mana even when he looked for himself as the world’s best mage.

It is theoretically possible if the reason is to hide using ‘spiritual power’ rather than magical power.

“No, this is nonsense. Spirits only appear in fairy tales.”

It was common knowledge in this world. However, after reading the original novel, Ruid knew. Spirits exist in this world.

However, there are only a few spirits that have egos. All of those spirits disappeared 500 years ago. However, it remained in the form of a very small micro-spirit. In the original novel, the world where the spirits live is called the ‘micro world’.

‘… The timing is just right.’

Since the spirit with its own ego disappeared 500 years ago, it would be plausible if it had been trapped in a marble for a long time.

“…… Can you prove it?”

[No, of course.]

The fox jumped up and opened his mouth. Red fireballs were created between the sharp teeth.

“What a surprise!”

Hercy was surprised and hid behind Ruid’s shoulder.

[It’s a fire summoned by spirit power! You won’t feel any magic power at all.]

Louis touched his chin.

“Sure… I don’t feel any magic power.”

“I really am.”

Of course, there is no function that summons fire from the arctic fox’s mouth. In other words, transcendent power was used, but if it wasn’t magical power…….

There was a possibility that it was really spirit power. Ruid was also a power he had never seen before, so it was impossible to find out more. However, it was certain that it was not magical power.

“… Is it true?”

The fox shut his mouth. The lights went out.

[Did you see it? Did you see it?]

The fox wandered around and waggled his tail. Louis looked at Hercy.

“What do you think Hersy is like?”

“Yes, I think there is a possibility. It’s honestly hard to believe.”

Louise nodded her head slowly.

“Okay. I’ll trust you. But, so what?”

Ruid pointed at her wand. The fox trembled.

“It doesn’t change that you tried to attack people.”

According to the depiction in the play, there are actually a lot of dead people and a lot of injured people.

Even if the spirit is correct, the fact that it is a being that causes damage does not disappear.

[This is a misunderstanding! Well, I just didn’t want to be trapped in a marble again.]

“You don’t want to be locked up?”

[After my owner Lark died, for 500 years I was trapped in the world of marbles. You need a contractor to get out.]

“What does it have to do with a contract to say that you are insignificant people?”

[That’s…… I’m really sorry. I’ve been in the orb for so long that my mind is a little dangerous. Ha, but thanks to the magician’s purification magic, I’m fine now!]

Ruid remembered the scene where the purple orb turned white.

Ruid looked at the fox with a sullen expression.

“Okay. Okay, get out of my fox for now.”

“I… Can you make a contract with me… ?”

Ruid glared at him terribly.

“Didn’t I tell you not to speak through the fox mouth?”

“I’m sorry.”

The fox whimpered and lay down. He only sighed.

I don’t know how, but it merged with the fox’s soul.

Ruid knew how to destroy souls, but she didn’t know how to separate them. If she recklessly tried to get rid of the spirit, the fox’s soul would be erased as well.

So it’s a situation where I have to calm it down somehow… It didn’t look easy.

“I, Ruid… ?”

“Huh?”

“This may be an over-the-top meddling, but… would it be okay Not like a bad kid.”

“That’s the Lark spirit, Hersie. I can’t be quick to judge.”

“Legends say that spirits are so pure that they change according to the will of the summoner. Could it be that he was just being used? I mean, it felt very harmless.”

To be honest, Ruid was thinking the same thing. This spirit, no matter how you look at it, is a crap.

‘I shouldn’t be fooled by my appearance.’

For no reason, ‘Indolent Ruid’ wasn’t out of the norm. In the catastrophe that occurred in the novel, a professor was also involved, but it was not suppressed.

That said, at least it was stronger than the academy’s actual professor, ‘Lefen Chaser’.

It was said that unless you were a great wizard or knight commander, you could not defeat this spirit.

It was quite a dangerous existence.

“As expected, it’s embarrassing.”

Muttering that, Ruid looked at the fox and said.

“If you are a really good spirit, prove your innocence.”

[How do you prove your innocence… ]

The neutral voice in my head looked very sad.

Besides, she was a fox with a lovely appearance, which hurt her a little.

Still, Ruid said firmly. In the original work, I killed a few innocent students, but I hated going with such an existence.

“Anything is fine. Think for yourself in a way that I can understand. Otherwise… “

Ruid said a little creepily.

“I will remove the soul. It may be a bit difficult, but I am a wizard who can do that.”

It was half a bluff. But it was enough to make the spirits tremble in fear.

[That, then…… Shall I show you?]

“What about you?”

[Yes. All previous masters liked my imagery. Hwa, I’m not sure, but I think you’ll like it if you see it.]

Ruid said with a displeased face.

“Try it.”

[Yes.]

Pong!

A haze of smoke obscured the view. Hersy sighed and shook his hand. The wind blew smoke.

What appeared in it…….

“Soo, do you look innocent?”

It was a blue-haired girl who styled her hair arrogantly.