Became the Golden Sun of the Academy

25 – Retreat (1)

The sky is clear and the birds are chirping.

The sunlight reflected from each wave of the transparent seawater shimmered like a jewel.

It was a peaceful, mind-healing sight, but my body insisted otherwise.

“Ah… ….”

He groaned as if his stomach had turned upside down.

I wanted to regurgitate what was on my stomach and feel refreshed, but since I had already regurgitated as much as I wanted to, only thin liquid came out.

“Damn it. What’s wrong with a ship in a world where science and magic coexist?”

The reason I suddenly got on the boat was because of the retreat.

The academy takes the entire third year every year to an island in the middle of the sea……

No, that’s it.

Even recalling memories is annoying.

Anyway, even though it’s a fairly large ship, I’m still distracted by constant seasickness.

“Bocchan, are you okay?”

Charlotte patted me on the back and asked as I leaned against the railing like laundry on a clothesline.

I took her motion sickness medicine that she took care of, but it felt like it didn’t work at all, so an apologetic expression was a bonus.

“Not to the point of being unbearable.”

She answered and straightened her back.

Even if it was to die for, there was work to be done while heading to the island, so there was no time to ruminate like a corpse.

“I’ll keep looking.”

Nikita Sylvester.

I have to find the guy who tried to assassinate me by ordering the snow mountain access manager.

The sea breeze stopped and the atmosphere changed as we entered the ship from the ship.

An endless corridor as if you were in a hotel.

The sight you see when you step on the dry red carpet and reach the end.

The cramped hallway comes to an end, and a huge pillar stretches from the floor downstairs to the ceiling.

When I looked down from a high place, the people filling the spacious lobby were bathed in the golden light of magic lanterns, creating a scene as if I were looking at a field of ripe barley.

As much as that, the lobby was packed with people, and they were moving here and there with no place to step.

“… ….”

He sighed while resting his forehead on his forehead.

Trying to find one person in a place with as many people as I did was stressful.

“Should I divide and find?”

At those words, Charlotte, who had been quietly following her, trembled.

“…… If they move separately, they cannot be escorted. According to the young master, aren’t they dangerous people who sought their lives in the snowy mountains?”

“Yes, but he is not one to do harm in a place with as many people as this.”

To call a hunter and not to stain my hands with blood.

The fact that he tried to disguise himself as an accidental death in a deserted and dangerous snowy mountain.

Those things prove that Nikita Sylvester, whom we are after, is conscious of his surroundings.

“But…… !”

However, Charlotte’s persuasion seemed difficult.

She raised her voice a little uncharacteristically, then she cleared her throat and cleared her voice.

“Still, there are times when your predictions are wrong. Besides, even if you find him here, it’s the same that it’s not a situation that the young master can handle.”

“Definitely.”

Even if I’m looking for Nikita, there’s no way to deal with it right away.

There are so many people staring at him, but it’s impossible to drag him around with his body tied.

‘I was in a hurry.’

There was no doubt that the access manager he had hired seemed to be running out of time while targeting even Lucy and Anastasia.

“When the retreat starts, you will be tired in many ways, so I would like to rest in peace like other students.”

Charlotte slowly opened her fist.

She was holding gold coins in her small hands that glowed like magic lamps hanging from the ceiling.

It was a necessary money to enjoy the shops and nightlife that lined the lobby.

‘Huh, guy… ….’

Charlotte glancing through the crowded lobby wiggling her fingers with the gold coin.

Apparently, my break is just an excuse, in fact, it looks like she wants to enjoy the entertainment of this cruise herself.

Well, her mansion, which is a resting place to me, is also her workplace to her, so she must have no time to rest and want to play.

“Wouldn’t it be…… ?”

Charlotte looked up, holding her gold coin in her hands, she asked.

“Then I will go back to my room and rest—”

“That is not possible.”

You should enjoy it in moderation and come back.

I meant to say that, but Charlotte cut her off halfway through.

It was surprising that she stopped talking, but that determined expression was also new.

“That, uh…… That’s right, if you’re alone, you never know when you’ll be attacked. Especially for a young boy who has been assigned a single room, staying in the room is even more dangerous.”

It seemed like he came up with something in a hurry, but it made sense anyway.

“Then stay by my side?”

“… ….”

A little hesitation.

And.

Nodding, nodding.

Charlotte nodded her head enough to make her hair spin.

“Well, let’s do that.”

She stretched out her hand to Charlotte.

Her hand is pointing towards her head.

In an unknown trajectory of her intentions, Charlotte followed her hand with her eyes and, for unknown reasons, she closed her eyes.

“Ah.”

Charlotte opened her eyes as I picked up her gold coin he was holding with her two fingers.

She didn’t bother to care, as she messed with her hair, feeling ashamed of what mistake she had made.

“Leave these gold coins.”

Apparently, this looks like the money he earned while working as a maid, so I put it back into his pocket.

Instead, I pulled out a wallet that felt heavy from my chest.

At first glance, it was a leather wallet with little content, but in reality, it was an artifact and could hold a larger amount of money than it seemed.

“It doesn’t look nice to make you spend money when the owner is around.”

I looked down at the lobby below with my arms hanging over the railing.

There were a few students screaming and grabbing their heads after losing money in gambling, but from what I can hear faintly, they seem to have lost all their silver coins.

But that had nothing to do with us.

“Let’s go.”

Adele’s wallet was like a treasure trove that never dried up.

There was no way she was going to regret wasting her money.

* * *

“I thought I had starved for several days.”

“Kuhmm… ….”

Charlotte shyly wiped the sauce from her mouth.

She wandered around and ate quite a lot, but she wondered if Charlotte wasn’t full.

It felt like she had gained her psychic ability to know what she wanted in just a short walk.

“Bocchan.”

“Why is that?”

What I bought this time was rainbow colored gelato.

As I naturally accepted two and handed over one, Charlotte bowed her head.

“Once upon a time, when I was young, something similar to today happened. Do you remember it?”

When were you young?

Well, it’s obvious, but it was a memory I had no way to know. She

She didn’t answer and as she poked at the gelato with her spoon, Charlotte put on a slightly disappointed expression.

“I had been starving for several days and was making growling noises next to the boy, so the boy said that he was noisy and took me to a shopping street near the mansion and bought me something to eat like today.”

Isn’t Adele, the twin of the world, also been evil since she was a child?

“At that time, it was also a market day, so it was full of people like here.”

Unexplainable cheers erupted from the other side of her, and the line that kept her order was disrupted.

The shoulder of the person on the left tapped my arm, and the shoulder of the person on the right tapped my arm.

The moment when people are rushing and the line is about to become useless.

“It’s complicated. Let’s go to a place where there are few people and talk.”

“Oh.”

She could see that she would soon be swept away by the crowd, and she grabbed Charlotte by the wrist and pulled her.

She sprinted her way through the oncoming crowds, with her back tucked behind her on her back.

Fortunately, I was able to pass through the road easily, probably because of Adele’s size, or perhaps because many people recognized my identity.

“The guys who came all the way to the academy are pathetic… ….”

She looked at the condition of Charlotte, who was almost dragged away, blaming those who had disturbed her balance.

There were no traces of her bumping into her as she came and went, probably thanks to her following me.

However, Charlotte had a dazed expression with her mouth slightly open, as if she had been taken aback.

“Are you okay?”

Let’s wave her hand in front of her eyes and ask.

“Ah, yes, thanks… ….”

Then, as if she had come to her senses, she startled in response to her voice.

“Yes, it’s quiet here, so finish talking about what you’ve been talking about.”

“Yes… ….”

Charlotte continued her words, fiddling with her wrist, which was held in her grip.

“Since I was still young, it seemed like I was going to be hit this way and that way, so the boy took the lead.”

She lowered her head to look at her wrist, so her hair, which came down like a curtain, half covered her face, but her peeking lips remained faintly raised.

“Unlike today, he was the same size as me, so it was not much different.”

It was probably a smile.

The first time she saw her smile since becoming Adele.