Chapter 25 - Master (3)

Chapter 25 - Master (3)

Sierra, who has been able to talk to people for the first time in decades... Was very talkative.

She talked a lot with her on the way back to her carriage.

Sierra took the lead and pointed the way to the big road where her carriage was, so she didn't have to face the white cloth she had tied up to get back.

Fortunately, as I expected, Sierra was neither seen nor touched by others.

When she returned to the wagon, the coachman she encountered did not notice Sierra, whose lower body was transparent.

On her way back to her academy like that.

Sierra inside the wagon and the coachman outside the wagon are chattering, and I feel like I'm going to lose my mind.

[ ...So this reverse heaven (逆天) is the word. Reciprocal, holding the sword in reverse is the beginning. ]

Sierra speaks brightly to me as she holds my shoulder.

Even moving objects such as carriages are annoying because they have to keep moving unless they catch me because their bodies pass through them.

"Did you meet Master well?"

The coachman stopped pulling the wagon and asked me.

"Yes... You're doing well, haha..."

I've talked to Sierra beforehand.

Where there are people, I can't answer her words.

[ Gut sound...? Our disciple has reached the peak of shamelessness. Telling the coachman that he is going to meet the master on his own...]

Overhearing my conversation with the coachman, she pressed her chest against my shoulder and said,

Not having to answer her own words, she didn't want to stop her mouth from telling her to listen.

That's how I heard the voices of the coachman and Sierra for a long time, and answered casually.

Even Reina's bracelet didn't solve her mental exhaustion.

"Ha..."

Inside the rattling carriage, I let out a deep sigh.

***

[You were an academy cadet...? ]

Sierra asks me in surprise as I get off the wagon and enter the academy byway.

[You looked young, but... You were younger than I thought...]

Sierra followed me, calculating the age difference between her, which would no longer mean anything to her now deceased.

"That... When do you get into the pendant...?"

After making sure no one was around her, she said softly to Sierra without turning her head. I wonder if I should at least learn ventriloquism to have a more comfortable conversation in the future.

[It's okay because I'm still relaxed. It feels exhilarating to get out of the stuffy bamboo grove. ]

Sierra puts her hands on her waist and straightens her chest, then she takes a deep breath. I'm not sure if she, her soul, needs breathing.

[I really wanted to visit Innocence Academy someday... Disciple, why don't you give me some time to look around? ]

Sierra's eyes narrowed as she pressed her face beside her, and she seduced me.

"There must have been an academy back then, but why didn't you go in?"

[When she was a child, it was fashionable for her not to go to an academy. He said that it would be more cool...]

"Aha..."

The generation gap with Sierra suddenly felt.

The generation gap seems to stem from a world view regardless of whether it is fantasy or not.

[Actually, she wanted to go to the academy, but... There were strong people she wanted to defeat outside the academy, so she couldn't go...]

Sierra, with a melancholy voice, suddenly stopped following me.

The sun was finally rising in the morning, and there was still plenty of time before class started.

"...Then I'll show you around. It's much more developed than it was back then, so I'm sure you'll enjoy it."

So I decided to give Sierra a tour of her academy.

Entering the academy by a side road, I didn't go to the dormitory, but went straight to the street inside the city.

The streets weren't lively yet.

Most of the stores were now preparing for business.

[How can you... Memorize everything? ]

"It's like having a map in your head."

The academy map I saw in the game still lingers in my head, so I wasn't wrong.

[Did you say it's a feeling, it's a unique ability. To others, they say that the original woman taught them... She feels like being a teacher and being played by her pupil...]

Suddenly, Sierra, who had been ahead, came closer to me with her eyes wide open.

[ Eight! ]

Sierra yelled at me and slashed the top of my head with the blade of her hand.

However, I didn't feel sick and I didn't feel bad.

[I don't know what she wants to hide, but... I don't think her first student has a bad temper. From now on, I want to help you as a 'real' teacher by your side. ]

Sierra smiles at me as if to cheer me up.

[ ...So you don't have to try to carry everything on your own. I just hope that the day will come when you can confide everything to her original daughter in the future. ]

Saying so, Sierra patted my head with her hand that she had placed on top of her.

The voice that came from her head was sweet and warm.

She doesn't know much about me.

Not only she, but nobody else knows about me.

I think what happened that night was embarrassing enough for Sierra.

I just took advantage of her situation, her story.

I'm glad things worked out like this before entering the urethra though...

I feel sorry for Sierra.

No one is a 'character' in the game anymore.

He was a person living in reality and a dead person from the past with a story of resentment.

Sierra reminded me of this once again as I looked at her raw smile.

"...Thank you, Master."

It was sincere.

I didn't give any information, but it was all lies.

Even Sierra seems to have noticed that, albeit vaguely. Even so, I felt deep gratitude to Sierra for trying to understand me.

'I'll have to do my best...'

Defeat the swordsman

It might be impossible right now, but someday I will.

With her.

As I was walking down the street, people slowly started wandering around the streets.

Naturally, I couldn't even answer Sierra's words.

Still, Sierra is talking.

[Hey, what is that...? Variety store? There is something like this in the academy. Disciple, let's go in, this way. Hurry! ]

I followed Sierra into a general store that opened earlier.

"Oops, our blind saint is here... It's been a while... Thank you so much for the last time..."

When I entered the general store, the owner's grandmother, whom I hadn't seen in a long time, thanked me.

"It seems like they're talking about it every time, but no matter how much it is, the saint is too burdensome... Haha..."

In the game, it was an NPC named 'grandma suffering from a cough', but she hated medicine... I had to buy sweet medicine similar to candy to solve the quest.

Fortunately, he doesn't seem to be coughing anymore.

[ Blind Saint...? It seems that the disciple of the bonnyeo is widely popular. ]

A word from Sierra, who was watching this.

"So, what did you come to buy this morning? I just want to talk..."

"Hmm..."

I waited for Sierra, drooling at her owner's grandmother's question.

[ ...This! This is a strange thing. Potion of Enchantment...? What could be the best gift for someone you love...? ]

What Sierra chose was a 'Japtem' called the Potion of Enchantment. It was a really meaningless item. Even in the game, I remember that there was no such thing as an item that increased the favorability of a specific person.

'I'm curious, so I guess I'll have to buy it... But how do you explain it and ask for that item?'

After thinking about it, I opened my mouth.

"...A friend said he was going to play a little, so I heard that they sell something called the Potion of Enchantment... Is there really such a thing?"

"Oh, don't stay... Squeaky..."

"Yes, then I'll give you that."

I took the money bag out of her arms and tried to pick it up, but her owner grandmother grabbed her arm and inhaled the potion into her.

"Ah, something like this... Just take it."

"Oh, thank you."

I left the general store while saying hello to the owner's grandmother.

I put the potion roughly in my backpack.

Sierra is going to see me later and ask me to drink it to check.

'It's meaningless since it has no effect, but...'

That's how Sierra looked around where she wanted to go.

There is still time left before class.

I'm hungry now too.

Sierra and I came to a deserted alley for a while and were talking.

I stood leaning against the wall of the alleyway and hid my presence so that others would not pay attention.

[ Are you hungry? You're finally eating! The original woman only thought that her pupil was a golem who would not eat or sleep. ]

"I don't think Master will feel the taste when I eat it...?"

[That's right, but just watching them eat seems to be satisfying. During her closed training, she must have lived on the sacrament of the original daughter. I miss delicious food so much...]

Well, I heard that there are people who are satisfied even without eating while watching 'Mukbang' in real life... I guess it's something similar.

"It's delicious food..."

I thought about what to eat at Sierra's words.

"Are there any foods you like?"

I don't know Sierra's favorite food.

Sierra knew nothing of her tastes.

As a result of listening to conversations she wandered around the streets, she felt that she had a bit of an unusual taste?

[Huh... It must be the food that is too burdensome from the first meal. Yes, the soup sounds good! She used to eat soup every morning. ]

"Soup... I haven't been to this store, but I know where it is."

I've never really had a craving for soup, so I've never been to the store. There was a shop that knew where the soup was delicious.

'Did you sell chicken soup?'

She slipped out of the alley and walked, remembering the location of the store.

As she approached the store, she saw a familiar cafe.

'...That cafe.'

It was a place where I was completely stretched out thanks to coffee with alcohol recommended by Eisel.

Coffee with alcohol... It tasted good, but I don't want to drink it again.

Looking back now, the alcohol seemed to be stronger than I thought.

I stood in front of the soup shop across from the cafe.

Sierra had entered the store beforehand and was looking inside.

I opened the shop door and sniffed her.

"Here... What kind of food do you usually sell?"

"Huh? Ah...! Our Cranber Soup has the best chicken soup!"

The host hesitated when he saw the bandage around my eye, but he answered me naturally.

"Kek...! Kehek...!"

One of the guests who was listening to my conversation with the host cooed to see if he could hear Sarai.

'What...?'

Looking closely at the customer, the pink hair that I had brushed somewhere catches my eye.

It was Caen.

The problem is... Sierra, who had entered her store beforehand, was watching her intently from her side of her caren.

Kaen is a disciple of the Sword Saint.

So in other words, she was Sierra's nemesis's apprentice.

'I wonder if you noticed...'

I can only hope Sierra doesn't roll her eyes.