chapter 11
11. Eum Chim Noona Who Buys Me Food
In the faculty room, the teachers who had gathered for the meeting kept silent while looking at each other.
They were gathered for the purpose of raising summoners in the same academy, but that did not mean they belonged to the same affiliation.
Rather, it was a relationship where they fought a bloody battle from behind to recruit at least one more summoners who would spread across the country after graduation.
“Oh, everyone has gathered.”
“… … Principal Catherine.”
And among them, Catherine, who is one of the few neutrals and devoted herself purely for the sake of her students, appeared.
The reason that she was able to occupy the important position of the Academy Principal at such a young age was also because she was a 4-star Summoner, but also because she was outside of such a political conflict.
“It looks like you’ve been waiting for me… … I’m sorry.”
“it’s okay. The appointment time is still there.”
Playna, a 3-star Summoner and the homeroom teacher of the Fire class with Stella Iritz, answered that expression blankly.
Hearing the words alone, she was defending her, but Catherine, who heard those words, could not bring up the idea that she was defending herself.
Her tone of voice contained a confounding heart as if ‘we’re all already gathered, why are you coming so late?’
“Hmmm, anyway. Let’s start the meeting.”
Catherine tried to ignore that fact and proceeded with the meeting. It was a meeting about the midterm exam to be held shortly.
“In the past year, it seems that scores were divided between ordinary handwriting and several tests… This year is going to be a little different.”
“Different, what way are you talking about?”
“How about a battle royale where everyone is connected at the same time?”
“… … Principal, there is no place to gather such a large number of people in one place, and it is difficult to control when such a small number is gathered in one place.”
It was possible to gather the students together, but the hundreds of summons they would summon were dangerous.
No matter how much Catherine and the teachers are summoners with 3 or more summons, isn’t it true that there are students with 3-star and 4-star summons among the students?
What if the students had a bad heart? Even if not, what if the atmosphere overheats and leads to a major accident?
It was almost impossible to control them all with the manpower here alone.
“Then what should be done, wouldn’t it be too one-sided if it was simply a one-on-one match?”
“Then how about the three-to-three battle?”
“It’s a big battle. Not bad.”
Luck is also a skill. Catherine didn’t like this very much, but didn’t she depend too much on luck from the moment she sat down here?
If she hadn’t summoned the four-star summons, she wouldn’t have been able to take over as the principal.
“Then do that… Would it be better to mix the written test?”
“Yes. There’s nothing more important than knowing your own minions. The exam questions are… … .”
“principal. I have something to tell you about that.”
“Miss Oliver, what is it?”
Pushing his shiny hair, Oliver got up and handed out the materials he had prepared to the other teachers.
Catherine received the material Oliver had handed over, and as she read it, she looked intrigued.
“Hey, is this a new paper to be published?”
“… … This is the theory advocated by my student, Ian Clark.”
“—Your student?”
Ian Clark and Catherine were not unfamiliar with their names. I think I’ve heard that name somewhere… … I didn’t recall it in detail, but it stayed in my memory.
“I’m talking about this exam—.”
And soon after, by the words Oliver said, the memory was buried deep in the abyss.
‘This is true, whether a student or a teacher… .’
This semester, there seemed to be a big commotion.
* * *
—To my dear son, Ian.
The letter was well received.
There is no such thing.
Proud of your father, Wilhelm.
“… … Do you take medicine?”
After I sent the letter to my hometown and read the reply that came a few days later, I burst into laughter. I’m not making fun of anyone, can’t you just get me a soulstone for the sake of my beloved son?
‘Who is living without a penny.’
Surprisingly, I have been living without a single penny since possessing. Of course, this is possible thanks to all the free services prepared for the academy students… … .
Still, it doesn’t mean you don’t need money. Often there comes a time when money is really needed. for example.
‘Hungry.’
The academy provides free meals to students three times a day. The quality is indescribably good, the quantity is plentiful, and you can add as many as you like.
However, it cannot be packaged separately.
And the body of a teenager is hungry even after eating five meals a day. Even more so during this time of rapid growth.
“I’m hungry… … .”
As I grabbed my rumbling stomach, I realized that if I did something, I wouldn’t be hungry.
Exercise? Would you be crazy to exercise? If you’re still hungry, you’ll get even more hungry.
Then all that’s left… … .
‘Shall we go to the library… ?’
There must be a dinoir in the library. And, the countess’ lady, she won’t have to struggle with money.
After finishing the calculation, I immediately put on my school uniform and left the dormitory. Where did this useless body go, he didn’t even have extra clothes.
Had it not been for the fact that cadets had to wear uniforms inside the school and that they rarely went out of the academy, bad news would have spread right away.
When we arrived at the library, many students were gathering and studying despite it being the weekend. When I saw that figure, I wanted to cry out in my heart.
What you’re studying is all useless, it’s all wrong knowledge.
‘Oh, there it is.’
Looking around the corners of the library, I found Dinoir, who had fallen into his own world with books piled up in the far corner.
Fortunately, there were empty seats around her. Seeing the dozens of students who had gathered before the exam period, it was fortunate that there were still seats left.
He quickly took a seat next to her and glanced at the book she was reading from the side. When I asked what kind of book I was reading, it was a romance novel.
Perhaps he felt my spying gaze, Dinoa-senpai’s movements stopped. She cautiously turned her eyes away and met her eyes.
“… … uh.”
“hello. senior.”
“Uh, uh… This, Ian. hi… … ?”
“Is that fun?”
“Yes? this? Fun is… I have. But for a man to read… I think so.”
“Then, can I read this?”
“You can read… … .”
After getting her permission, I picked up any of the books piled up like a mountain next to her. It was one of the novels she was reading.
The storyline was an obvious development. The female protagonist is ignored for no reason, and a handsome and capable male protagonist saves the female protagonist.
The two fall in love, but a novel in which the female protagonist tries to flirt with the male protagonist.
But just because it’s a common development doesn’t mean it isn’t fun. Rather, the fact that it was so common could have been interpreted as a familiar and delicious taste.
As I was reading a novel that made my mouth sweet, DiNoir, who had stopped reading before I knew it, spoke first.
“I, there. Ian? What’s going on here… .”
“Ah, old man. Wait. I just read all of this.”
“Ah, yes… .”
After making her fidgety wait for a while, I read the novel with about 30 pages left in an instant and made eye contact with her.
The senior, who had been staring blankly at me for about 5 minutes, was shocked and moved when he met my eyes.
“senior?”
“Yes?”
“Didn’t you have something to say?”
“Oh, it was. yes.”
Hmmm, Dinoir coughed, cleared her throat, and then rehearsed the question she was about to ask.
“What’s going on in the library… .”
“Why do people come to the library?”
“A book, are you going to read?”
“No, I came to see you.”
“I, me… ?”
Seeing her reacting to the point of being overly surprised when she said that she had come to see her. leaned towards her.
“yes. senior. It’s our friend. Yes?”
“Yes. friend… … right.”
“As a friend, can you do one favor?”
“What… ?”
Gulping, Dinoir trembled slightly as he waited for my request. Just looking at his posture, he seemed to have guessed to some extent what he was going to ask.
“Please buy me some rice. senior.”
“… … rice?”
“yes.”
It doesn’t seem like a very difficult request, but Dinoir trembled as if she didn’t know how to ask for it.
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Maybe she doesn’t even have money? I can’t.
Fortunately, as if my worries were in vain, she quickly started organizing the books she was reading.
“Go, let’s go.”
* * *
I quickly followed Di Noir, who had organized the books, and headed to the dining room inside the academy.
The student cafeteria was closed, but there were other shops for students inside the academy grounds.
The store I went into was a bit unusual.
“… … Where are you?”
“Do you hate slime radish?”
“Ugh, I eat whatever you buy.”
what is slime?
I hope I heard wrong.
But when I went inside and peeked at the food the others were eating, I wasn’t wrong.
‘No, that’s not what I, as a Korean, would say… … .’
If it’s a slime, isn’t it, a monster more famous in Hitomi than in fantasy. eat it? monsters?
It eats weeds from the ground, peels pine bark, and eats seaweed, worms, and mountain fishing in the sea. Even as a Korean who doesn’t eat anything, I felt reluctant to eat slime radish.
But others eat it casually, as if it were a delicacy… … I looked at the people around me with an absurd expression.
“Is this a popular dish?”
“yes. Very popular… … .”
“why?”
“I don’t have calories, so I don’t gain weight… .”
“ah.”
If it’s diet food, it’s acceptable, but as soon as I sat down after convincing myself, the senior immediately finished ordering as if he was used to it.
The employee who took the order left, and there was a long silence between us. It was not polite to come here to eat and do this, so I opened the conversation first.
“Senior, the midterm exam is coming soon. Did you prepare well?”
“… huh, are you?”
“What is that… … You must have done well, right?”
“What is it… funny.”
Whoops, she burst out laughing at my words. When a beauty smiles at my words, it can’t help but be so happy.
As we talked like that, the menu came out all of a sudden. After overcoming the reluctant visual and taking a sip, it tasted better than I expected.
‘… … Not bad.’
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Maybe it was because of the fact that it had no calories, so I felt like I was eating jelly because it was seasoned with a lot of seasoning.
While eating the slime radish, a customer takes a seat next to him.
Since the timing was the timing, I unknowingly made eye contact with the customer sitting next to me. The other person also made eye contact with me.
‘… … stellar?’
“Oh, it’s Ian.”
Noah, who was about to sit in front of Stella, found me and greeted me warmly.
But Stella looked at me with cold eyes without saying a word. A light silence began to flow between me and her and De Noir.