Munchkin of the Summoning Academy

Maiden of Ice and Fire (4)

When I returned home, the first thing I did was visit the cemetery.

A place where the great ancestors of our family and the not-so-great ancestors gather together to rest.

Keep it close to the mansion so it doesn’t matter. It has been tainted by the invasion of weeds.

But in the middle of such a cemetery.

In contrast to the others, there were two tombstones that were kept very neatly.

The tombstone is owned by Videl El Cloud and Arianne El Cloud.

After adjusting my clothes for a while, I approached the place and said hello.

Medusha and Persia quickly imitate what I do.

After the guys finished their greetings, Maria joined.

As with every visit here with me, the maid, who had a sad yet proud face, quietly turned around.

After allocating a bedroom using the leftover time until dinner, and guiding me to the mansion, I finally rested.

As she entered the bedroom, which was preserved just like the day she left for the capital, Medusha showed a blank expression.

Even though it’s Gaju’s bedroom, do you want it to look too simple?

Fortunately, it is well cleaned.

“Can people live in a place like this?”

“I don’t think the dormitory room at the academy is much better… ah!”

Medusha scolds Persia for a subject that she herself had said similarly.

I smiled bitterly and put down the few burdens.

The guy who was looking through the window hidden in the shadow of a long-dead old tree murmured dissatisfied.

“Anyway, I could use a slightly more sunny room… This is a bit too much.”

“I picked this one. Mom and Dad’s bedrooms are too big for me alone.”

“Then we can change it now.”

In fact, the room is a bit difficult to use because the maid is constantly cleaning it.

As I went to the restaurant with such circumstances hidden, the maid served dinner.

A rather luxurious meal, as if it was worth spending some money last time.

The shameful level of putting it out in front of guests from high-ranking families was avoided.

The waitress, who is also in charge of cooking, has good skills, so everyone has a good expression.

I was breathing a small sigh of relief. She, who was pouring her own water, said quietly so that other guests could not hear her.

“Westwall White… Did you even bring Belthern?”

“You said you wanted to come, but I stopped you.”

“…”

After a moment of silence, she regained her complexion and smirked slightly.

Although they allowed me to attend the academy, it seems that there are still some dissatisfactions.

“I’ve already made connections with three major gates, do you need to continue attending the academy?”

“You’ve accomplished this much in just one semester. Aren’t you curious about what will happen when four years are completed? Oh, I think Princess Elena will be admitted to the school next year.”

Medusha, who was removing chicken bones, quickly defended me.

The volume gradually rises, so it seems that Christine and Maria can hear it too.

Ersa is sending silent pressure from the other side, as if asking him to take a quick tour of the study.

While Sylvia is fidgeting beside her. The maid said a few more words.

“I’ve heard well that you were put in danger thanks to the Princess. Oh, especially Medusha-sama’s performance was amazing.”

The waitress pointed out that Medusha went out without my permission.

I did not want to show ugliness in front of the guests, so I quickly intervened.

“Yeah. Thanks to the academy, you’ve got such wonderful summons, and you’ve also brought in valuable guests.”

“But the safety of the master…”

“Don’t worry too much, Sylvia is here to help. Don’t I need to build up some knowledge, skills, and careers? How do you do that without a Royal Academy diploma while you say you need to regain El Cloud’s status every day? “

As we talked, it became a little bit longer because of the resentment.

The waitress scolds me with a familiar voice.

“As long as the master is alive and well, rebuilding the family…”

“I’m not a dragon! There’s no way you can just sit still and grow old and rebuild your family. After about 10 years like this, there will be summons that didn’t exist? Can I just kneel down to Beltern and Collingwood by myself? It’s not. “

“…”

At one point, she became furious and responded as if screaming, and the maid made a very unjust expression on her face.

Maria and Christine, as well as the vassals who brought them food, were hardened.

In the end, dinner went hard in an awkward atmosphere.

It was already late and there was no further activity.

As I sip my after-dinner tea to calm my emotions, the maid quietly approached me and apologized.

“I’m sorry, Master. I didn’t mean to be disrespectful in front of guests.”

“I know.”

The handmaiden is like my parents.

She is much closer to her than her mother and father, who don’t even have good memories.

All of the previous words must have been because they were worried about me.

The maid who was sitting next to Medusha with a strict eye or a slightly bowed head continued to speak calmly.

“The master seems to think so too, so I won’t be rude any more. However, if something similar happens next time, please avoid it. Your safety is always our top priority.”

It is understandable that the maid is worried.

It’s been a bit eventful since I took the midterm exam.

With a small nod and emptying the teacup, Ersa, unable to bear it, asks without getting tired of it.

“Isn’t it supposed to show the library?”

“Follow me.”

I’m going to go to Kim.

It was the housemaid who wanted to nagging once again that the study was open to outsiders of the family, but…

I quickly blocked it.

“Is the knowledge that El Cloud accumulated was shallow enough to fit in the head of one professor?”

“Of course not.”

After all, important or dangerous books are individually locked.

With a small nod of her head, the maid, convinced, opened the door of the study, which had been tightly closed.

It is the second most well-maintained place in the mansion after my parents’ bedroom and tombstone.

The smell of old paper fills his nostrils as he unlocks the large, thick lock.

A collection of books filled with tall, wide bookshelves.

There were no publications commonly found in the academy’s library, and they were all written by the ancestors of El Cloud.

Ersa, who discovered expensive parchment paper and even materials made using bamboo, put a smile on her face.

“This is not a treasure trove.”

As if she couldn’t damage precious materials, she summoned an Evil Hand and used it instead of gloves.

The maid, who was showing a sarcastic expression from afar, lit a candle and said,

“The library is open until 9:00.”

“You, aren’t you too short? Your Excellency. Say something.”

Ersa protests while stuttering in an unanswerable way.

However, the handmaiden countered with a very proud and shameful excuse.

“There are no candles to use at night.”

“You can buy it!”

Ersa shouted absurdly and drove her away, and began to crave knowledge frantically.

Sitting on an old, hard reading chair looks more comfortable than ever.

I sat next to her and rummaged through the old material.

The ancestors of El Cloud systematically organized research data before the method of writing a thesis was known.

The materials in this room were nothing new, but…

It was fun to watch Professor See-through’s face turn to admiration and joy, astonishment and envy.

As she enjoys the change in her rich expression, Finzan flew in from the other side as if embarrassed.

“Is it okay if I don’t go out to hang out with the ladies of the noble family?”

“It just doesn’t make sense to leave an outsider of the family alone in the study.”

“Well… By the way, it’s also El Cloud. It doesn’t disappoint.”

Ersa smiles with satisfaction as if she is satisfied with the level of the collection.

I’ve never seen her smile so often.

I suddenly became curious about the evaluation of the family and asked.

The explanation of the handmaiden who was in charge of my education was very biased.

“Last time you said elcloud made a fortune in risky research? What exactly does that mean?”

“Did you remember all that? Hmm, how do I explain this?”

For some reason she was choosing a word, and she looked at the door where the maidservant stood and lowered her voice a little.

No matter how much she is, in the middle of someone else’s family, she can’t help but notice.

“For example, the Cherenkov radiation you mentioned last time… It’s actually named after an Earth scholar. It’s more widely known in the summoning arts community than you think.”

“Gee, Earth?”

When I asked in amazement, Ersa covered my mouth with her ungloves hand.

The gaze of whether he wants to be hanged along with him.

It was definitely a bit loud.

I nodded my head in reflection, and then my palms were removed.

“By the way, on this 500-year-old parchment, the same theory is written with the same name? Of course, in the past, restrictions on taboo summoning were much more restrictive than they are now. There was no such thing as a dimensional watchdog back then.”

“Aha.”

If that’s the case, you won’t blame me now.

As I was a little reassured, Ersa smiled softly and continued the explanation.

“In addition, Aios El Cloud’s Last Theorem, famous for saying ‘There is not enough space to write detailed proofs’, Isaac El Cloud’s law that formulates gravity, and Salute, a genius structural engineer who is known for participating in the design of the train we rode on El Cloud, etc… Many of the achievements of the ancestors of the El Cloud family are speculated to be related to Earth.”

“It’s just a guess.”

I responded a little stiffly to the unexpected suspicion.

Ersa nodded lightly and pulled out other materials from the bookshelf.

“Yeah. It’s just a suspicion, so you don’t need to worry too much about it, but besides that, is it because of your mood that there seems to be a lot of research on taboo summoning techniques… especially on forbidden dimensions?”

“The Taboo Summoning technique is for any family with a bit of history to study. It’s not that the field was taboo from the beginning.”

“That’s right. But El Cloud’s has a different depth. Collingwood, who is famous for the same reluctant field, is cute compared to your family. You know that he’s a lucky man who found a spiritstone mine, right?”

Should I kick Ersa out of the library right now?

As I was thinking about it, she waved her hand.

“Don’t be sarcastic. It’s just a joke. After all, it seems to have focused on a different dimension, not the Earth, after all… Well, this is also a forbidden dimension.”

“The Demon Realm has always been an attractive research subject.”

Recalling the research data of my ancestors, I made excuses with a weak voice.

Although it has been updated relatively recently, the Demon Realm is also a forbidden dimension.

Now that I see it, there are a lot of things I want to know about how this was studied.

Ersa, unable to see my face, sighed a little, stood up and went outside.

“Let’s get to this point for today. After all, summer vacation is just beginning…”

“You’ll have to visit Collingwood with me soon. You’re saying you need to get the highest quality spirit stone?”

“If you don’t just… Oh, no. I get it.”

Unfortunately, Ersa had lost her appetite and went back to the drawing room where the others were.

As head of state, I quickly followed her to serve the distinguished guests.