Chapter 3
Hello Everyone, IsekaiFan Here, I saw some of the comments on the last chapter that wanted it to be one chapter a week, so I decided that would be it, honestly, I can't say for sure that I'll be able to write a chapter a week, so if I'm late on anything, I apologize to everyone, as I got a very positive response to this new version, I was very inspired to write more chapters, and as I finished an extra chapter than expected, I'll post another one here, but it will be short, ;-;, well that's it, and you guys can comment, "Strange foods" to Ban make(it needs to have something with mythology, like, a plant or meat)
Thinking - '...'
Talking - "..."
Skills - [...]
Notes - (1), (2), (3)
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(PoV MC)
"Yaaaawn, it's finally over, what a tiring thing... well, I chose that, didn't I? Ah, there aren't any teachers here anymore... what can I do, I have more work than all of them combined since I got a room today and I have to organize more"
'I don't think even at the headquarters of the holy knights I did so much work, there were few things that really needed my authorization or presence'
So, I stretched out on the chair I was sitting on and decided to rest a little.
'Hmmm, I can sleep here at school, right? I can just lock myself on the roof and sleep--'
"Ah! My plate that I left with Koneko, I almost forgot"
I shouldn't make such a fuss over just a kitchen plate, but it's something special, made of adamantium and with some magic embedded in it.
What can I do? I was too lazy to change the plates every time they rusted, so I just made one with the rarest material in the world, which only loses or not, to orichalcum(1)
Finally, I gave up my laziness and decided to climb up to the roof.
When I opened the door, I was caught in a rather spectacular sight, as it was almost dusk, the sun was disappearing over the horizon, and in that same direction was a girl with white hair and golden eyes, sitting on a bench with a plate beside her.
'Skill: [Memory Card]'
[Memory Card] is a magic much simpler than illusion, it was created by me to save images on paper more easily, just look at the place you want on the paper, activate the skill, and there is a vivid image of the landscape, I used this to save many views that I found sensational in the world
She seemed to notice my presence there as she turned her face towards me.
'[Memory Card], [Memory Card],[Memory Card],[Memory Card],[Memory Card],[Memory Card],[Memory Card],[Memory Card],[Memory Card],[Memory Card] ,[Memory Card][Memory Card],[Memory Card],....'
When I came back to my senses, I noticed that she had already turned her face away from my face, as if she just wanted to ignore me, so I approached her and asked like a responsible teacher, but she seemed to want to keep ignoring me
"What are you doing here at a time like this? All the other students and teachers have already left, I only saw you at this time, I was thinking about getting some fresh air, and I came here on the roof, if I didn't come, you would be trapped inside the school"
Seeing that he had actually ignored me, I let out a sigh.
"Since you're not leaving here, I'm going to stay with you until you decide to leave"
So, I sat next to her, I was a little excited, after all, this is Koneko we are talking about, and even better, in her human form, I don't know why she didn't reject her cat form in this world, but I have one word to describe her two forms, cute, it's like you found a little animal that you want to hug with all your might and not let go, so unconsciously my hand reached out to its head, patting it
She seemed scared by the sudden 'attack', and jumped a little, which made me also take my hand off her head, then, she immediately looked at me with a look that seemed like it could kill.
"A-ah, I'm sorry, I unconsciously reached my hand towards your head, if you want to ask me the reason for that, I'll just say I don't know, but I only do that when I see children suffering from trauma, pain or when they are lonely, So if you're feeling this way, you can share this moment with me."
When I said these words, her gaze directed at me seemed to freeze, and she stood still.
"You know, I once had a great friend and student, do you know what his last wish was?"
When I said that, a sad smile escaped my lips, even so, Koneko was still frozen in place, I didn't know if she was listening to me or not, but that didn't matter to me anymore, after I spoke, a memory came into my mind. mind, one that I tried to erase
'S-Sir Ban'
'Do not speak! Wait a little longer, the medical team is arriving! Damn, if only I had my bag on my side!'
'It's okay, Ban-Sensei, I have no salvation'
'Hey! stop playing with me! Hey! Don't you dare close your eyes!'
'...Ban-Sensei, can you do me one last favor?'
'...'
'Can you take me to see the sun after we leave this battlefield?'
'...I'll take you there, don't worry, you won't die...'
'Hehe, don't sound so sad Sensei, if I die... cough, cough, can you bury me towards the sunrise in Liones?'
'Hey! Don't say things like that, who's going to die!... Hey! Hey! Wake up, the medical team is almost here!'
'...' *Smile
"His wish... was to see the sun rise again, how foolish isn't it? In the end, he didn't even stay to see it..."
My voice as I spoke, radiated sadness, I didn't know what my face looked like right now, but certainly not such a happy expression, this is me Ban, a man broken by just living too long, this is me, Ban, who is not affected by the time and who has seen many lives lost due to age, wars, battles, and illnesses, what a hypocrite of myself, clinging to a thing that can be called the "plot" of this world, to escape your past self, when this When finished, what will be left? loneliness, remorse, sadness, even trying to look as happy as possible, trying to live as if it were in that past where I came into this world, tormented by a dream, a desire, to go back in time and see all the familiar faces again, every time I I close my eyes, I go to sleep, the same image appears in my mind, as if it were a ghost, the ghost of a time when I was innocent, of a time when suffering had not yet knocked on our door.
A suffering smile remained on my face, I fell into deep thoughts, but I was suddenly taken out of these thoughts by a hand that touched my head, when I looked to the side, I saw Koneko's worried face, maybe it was pity, maybe it was just recognition between two people who have already suffered similar situations, but at that moment, we both remained silent, just enjoying the view of the sun disappearing over the horizon, soon, the sun disappeared, and what remained was darkness, I looked at Koneko next to me, which was still a little visible due to the street lights, sometimes silence is the best answer someone can give you
"Thank you... you better go home, right? Your family must be worried about you, especially being with an old man like me"
She stopped for a moment, removing the hand that was on my head, after a while thinking, she nodded at me, then got up to leave, when something came to mind
"Hey, wait a minute, I don't even know your name yet, nice to meet you, my name is Ban, what's yours?"
"Toujou, Koneko Toujou"
"I see, see you later Toujou-san"
Then she went on her way and left, disappearing into the darkness of the stairs.
'sigh, it was a good experience'
"Meow!"
Hearing this sound, I looked to my side, and saw a white cat standing on the bench, I looked at it confused, but soon my sad expression was replaced by a happy smile.
"There you are little one, are you hungry?"
"Meow!"
"Well, I'll prepare the best dish you'll ever taste in your life! Hmmm, what could it be? Ah! I already know which dish will be best for you, how about some 'chicken'?"
I soon took my bag and opened it, took all the utensils and took out a huge piece of chicken wing, straight from the Caucasian Eagle(2)
I prepared all the ingredients and then put them to cook, I made a dish with the best spices I found in my bag, lotus flower, garlic, onion and herbs that I had gathered throughout my life, in a few minutes, an extremely fragrant smell came out of the pan, and the white cat next to me was already drooling immensely, after trying some of the sauce, and seeing that it was perfect, I put it on a plate and served it to her, not forgetting to take a few pieces for myself, her eyes, even in the darkness, they were shining like stars, and I couldn't help but be a little fascinated by it.
'[Memory Card]'
But soon, she finished all the food I prepared, and so I thought of something I could give her, a little bonus
"Hey little one, have you tried sweets? Want some?"
Yes, I was taking 'some' of the sweets prepared for Ophis, she has no way of knowing that I gave someone else her favorite sweets
I saw the cat's eyes shine even brighter, and she nodded, then I took out several different types of candy from my bag, and she frantically devoured them.
"Hey, Hey, you're going to choke if you keep this up, you know?"
Even so, she ignored my words and continued eating, and guess what, what I thought happened, she choked.
"I warned you, take it easy little one, no one will take your sweets from you"
I then took a glass of milk out of my bag and put it on another plate for her to drink. After that, I reached out my hand and started stroking her fur, which this time she didn't deny, and we continued like that, until she finished eating
"well, it was nice having you here with me little one, but it's getting late, and I plan on going to sleep now"
The cat seemed confused by my words, after all, we are still on the school roof
"Well, I'm going to sleep here on this bench, you know, I don't have a home to go back to, and no one is waiting for me to come back, so I decided I'm going to sleep right here."
So, with these words I lay down on the bench, but the cat remained there, with my belly facing the sky, and the cat climbed onto my belly and stayed there, we were both enjoying this silent moment, under a starry sky, and my dreams, didn't seem like they would come back anytime soon
When I woke up it was already morning, I got up from my previous position, and I noticed that Koneko was no longer by my side, the sun was already in the sky, when I saw the time it was still 6:30 am, and I was getting ready to eat something, when I heard someone calling me
"Hello Ban"
Hearing that tone, I jumped a little, And next to me, Ophis appeared, with a smile that I thought was a little scary.
"How was your night's sleep with that 'cat'? So romantic, right? Dining together, sleeping together, lying together, it must have been really good, right?"
Upon hearing those words, my heart dropped, I quickly knelt on the ground, placing my head so hard on the roof floor that it would have been possible to hold it there, and with that, I was in a very shameful position for someone full of promising titles. like me, kneeling on the floor silently asking for forgiveness, as if his wife had discovered his 'betrayal', then, I raised my arm as high as I could from that position, and said
"Can you hear me just a little?..."
"Hum?"
This morning will definitely not be peaceful
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Hello Everyone, IsekaiFan Here, I confess that when I wrote this chapter, I cried a little, because when you are a writer, and you are thinking about a scene, it is easier for you to think about the specific scene and it makes you want to cry more, anyway, I hope you liked the chapter , and if you find any grammatical or writing error, comment on the paragraph where the error is, and send a message like "Error: .....", so I will know what subject you are talking about, and I won't confuse it with any comment, basically that's it
Author Notes:
1 - Orichalcum and Adamantium are often considered the most resistant ores in fantasy worlds, so I decided to put them both in the story, but there is a certain difference between them, Adamantium is the most resistant metal that exists in the universe, but , it is not impossible to cut, in addition, because it is very rigid and resistant, it has a low conductivity with mana, whereas orichalcum, that has less resistance than adamantium, but its mana conductivity can be considered the better, that is, if an adamantium sword collided with an orichalcum sword, if there was no magic in the swords, the adamantium sword would cut the orichalcum sword, but if there was magic involved, the orichalcum sword would defeat the adamantium sword, in addition Furthermore, the adamantium sword having a low conductivity does not mean that it does not have the ability to conduct mana, it just makes the effort and mana introduced into the sword much greater than it would be with the orichalcum sword.
2 - The Caucasian eagle was a giant eagle tasked by Zeus with torturing Prometheus as punishment for stealing fire from the gods.
Chained to the peak of the Caucasus Mountains, Prometheus had a piece of his liver eaten every day by the Caucasian eagle.
Some myths suggest that the Caucasian Eagle was an automaton created by the blacksmith god Hephaestus, while others suggest that the eagle was another of Typhon and Echidna's offspring.
While he was on his way to steal the golden apples of Hesperides as his eleventh labor, Hercules saw the Caucasian eagle torturing Prometheus and felt sorry for the titan. He killed the eagle and ended Prometheus' suffering.
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