NOVEL NEXT chapter 141
141 – Another destination
“teacher.”
“OK.”
“teacher. “Are you in pain?”
“that’s right. it hurts.”
“You don’t look good.”
“I said it hurts.”
“Where does it hurt? Cecilia is right next to you.”
“You could say it’s more mental than physical. Even if it looks like this, it’s beneficial.”
“Do you want to touch your tail?”
“… Cecilia. “Do you think I want to indulge in your tail?”
“is not it?”
“You are planning to accuse me of being a pervert. “If there were other kids around, I would have been questioned already.”
“The fox’s tail is known to the world as a panacea.”
“When I ate that… … . hey. Even if it’s just a joke, you, a member of the fox family, don’t say things like that. “It’s scary.”
“… joke?”
“… … … … .”
“If you are a teacher, I will take off as much of my pretty tail as you want.”
“don’t do it.”
“However much… ”
“don’t do it.”
“… … “To the roots.”
Cecilia’s eyes sink. The expression on his face was so serious that my eyes inadvertently fell on his tail. I hope you will refrain from using explicit expressions such as ‘roots’.
The gently swaying tail is abundantly revealed under the long skirt. I know that I take good care of it with perfume every evening.
“… Tail bear… “
What did you just say? Cecilia’s body tilted. The cabin shakes with a sudden clattering noise, as if the tracks were slightly out of alignment. Fearing that she might fall, she grabbed Cecilia’s shoulders and straightened her up.
Finding a train ticket for the return trip after a four-day vacation was easier than I thought. It was probably a good thing that the holiday season wasn’t in full swing yet.
If I didn’t have a ticket, I was thinking of stopping by the academy. But if you don’t have to go through the academy…
As if to reassure me, who was conflicted in front of the ticket booth, it was none other than Freya who opened her mouth first. She tapped Cecilia’s shoulder and asked:
“Student Cecilia. “Can you go with Eugene?”
“Are you talking about me alone?”
“That guy needs a suppressor right now. “It would be more certain that it was Cecilia than me or Professor Aegis.”
“Hehe! Professor Freya, you are truly sincere~♪ It must be truly great love for you to be able to make such rational decisions even during estrus… town… ?!”
“Hehe, Professor Aegis? There’s still something we can talk about, right? Lina, Ran. “Come this way.”
“… … yes yes! sister! “Ran, be quiet, let’s go quietly!”
“… … yes… to… ”
Freya and Professor Aegis bought tickets to the academy that way.
In fact, I never directly told them that they should act separately, but Freya may have subconsciously sensed that I would do so.
I guess having Cecilia accompany her was an act of her own. If Freya or Professor Aegis had come forward, I would have refused first.
“So, as Professor Freya said, I followed you, but… Teacher, where is this train going? “Where is our destination?”
“There is a direction, but there is no specific destination. “With my capabilities, I have to travel by train to the point where the teleport can reach.”
“… … yes?”
Cecilia perked up her fox ears.
“I don’t know if it’s a space-time wizard like Ignis or Undine, but in most cases, teleportation is limited in the distance you can travel depending on your capabilities. I taught it once in the application part of a lecture on margin structures, right? “Do you remember?”
“yes. The stereotaxic triangle arrangement that forms the teleportation auxiliary group produces magic power close to 3 degrees of purity in two short bursts and five long strokes. In this process, the further away the magical purity is from 3 degrees, the more limited the range of movement becomes. The purity of magical power is the realm of pure talent… “You said something.”
“that’s right. The purity of magical power can be roughly adjusted by the caster, but it is common to be born with a purity of temperament that matches the magic to some extent.”
I yawned briefly and stood up.
“Space-time magic is especially greatly affected by purity. It is good practice to cast incomplete magic, but space-time magic is always an exception. If you see even one possibility of not succeeding, don’t try it.”
“yes.”
“So, you are saying that you will travel by train to an area where my space-time magic capabilities reach. It’s possible to cast a spell by breaking it, but you can’t waste magic power even if you waste time. … Hmm. This should be enough. Cecilia. Get ready. “Let’s get off here.”
I opened the window of the guest room. This was the reason why I paid extra money to get a cabin-type train where I didn’t have to see the faces of other passengers.
After five hours on the railroad, the wind near the area slowly reaches the freezing point. She only exposed her face a little, but the tip of her nose twitched and her breath came out in abundance every time she took a breath.
“Use magic and come down. “It hurts.”
I said that and jumped down first.
Cecilia hurriedly chanted and followed after me.
“… … ?!?”
Jumping off a moving train would be her first experience.
The moment I stepped foot on the window, I saw that the center of gravity was tilted, unable to overcome the speed and wind.
It was probably inevitable that the fox ears and tail would stiffen. The sudden change in Cecilia’s expression was also quite a new scene.
I immediately turned sharply and leapt to catch her body.
“… … thank you sir.”
“I need to learn how to move my body a little bit.”
“Do you teach me?”
“I saw it.”
***
The place we arrived at after teleporting was an extremely desolate canyon. We walked up the canyon along the road in silence for a while.
In the past, a deep river would have flowed through this land where ash is piled up and the sound of footsteps is very annoying. The moist stratum still retains its traces even after hundreds of years have passed.
Cecilia, who was looking around, happened to make eye contact with a wild dog that was prancing behind a rock. Cecilia, who was quietly watching her wild dog that seemed to be badly twisted somewhere, stretched out her hand and cast her signature sign.
Perhaps her intuition told her that it was a monster, so she didn’t take matters into her own hands. The monster couldn’t even resist and she was engulfed in flames.
Cecilia said expressionlessly, wagging her tail.
“teacher. “This is a snowy field.”
“that’s right. “I’m sorry, but it’s not a mistake.”
Cecilia looked around at a distance. I smiled and walked away.
“Do you have anything to see in the snowy field?”
“That’s the way it is.”
“… … … … .”
“Do you regret following me? It’s already late. I taught you that a long time ago. “Don’t follow any suspicious people.”
Cecilia smiled bitterly with a somewhat lonely expression. She intended to make a light joke, but her answer contained quite a bit of weight.
“… The days I spent in the snowy field must have been much longer than in the academy, but when I think back now, defeating monsters in the snowy field seems like a long dream. “It’s a dream I don’t want to remember.”
“It’s good. “If you’re happy with your academy life now, that’s fine.”
I ran my hand through the moist dust.
… by the way. The direction is this way, right?
I get confused every time I come here.
I don’t know. it will work out somehow. For now, let’s trust my intuition.
While thinking this over, I continued my conversation with Cecilia.
“Have you ever been this deep before?”
“I’m not sure where this is geographically. Still, when I was in the warrior party of the Sentai 6th Holy Sword, I had never gone deep into the snowy field. “The hero, Rebecca, myself, and the other party members were all weak.”
“It was like that when I went to practice in the snow field, and I also had dinner at Undine’s home when I was sick. “Even then, I’ve never gone this deep before.”
“… Was Undine’s original family also in the snowy field? “At that time, I didn’t even know it was a snowy field because I was moving through teleportation.”
“Most blood relatives live in snowy fields. Although some unusual people set foot on the Empire’s soil. “That means they are a different species.”
“Teacher, you also live in the empire… … ”
“Mixed-race people like me are an exception because they are treated like half-breeds everywhere. And if you look at it that way, your position isn’t that different.”
“… … yes?”
“I do not remember? You also absorbed a lot of blood from your blood relatives. I tried so hard to save you back then. “You probably drank three buckets of my blood.”
“I can’t forget…” .”
“Just because the blood of a blood relative is mixed does not change the racial characteristics, but in a broad sense, it can be considered a blood relative.”
“All right. I love you for saving my life, teacher. “I will love you forever.”
“Love that risks one’s life is a bit heavy.”
“It’s okay. Please trust Cecilia. … But, sir, more than that, I haven’t heard the answer yet. Why did we come out here? Does it have something to do with Undine breaking a hole in the villa and running away?”
“Half and half. If you look at it from a macro perspective, it wouldn’t be wrong. “See it as one of the paths you take.”
“… … “The path you take.”
“that’s right. If you head north, there is a huge canyon like now. A spot deep in the snowy field. And here… as soon as!”
“Voila! “It’s called a magic tower.”
“That’s right, this is the Magic Tower… … .”
Hearing a foreign voice, I stopped talking and turned around. The first thing that caught my eye was a sigh, but more than anything, I was just embarrassed by her appearance. I think I was staring at the full moon with an infinitely stupid expression.
“Hello~ Fox tribe girl! Is this your first time meeting me? I know you, but you don’t know me. right? Right?”
“… … … … .”
“Let’s see the name… Cecilia. I heard you’re close friends with Undine? Phew… ! Undine is your friend. She’ll live long and see. As expected, it was a good idea to enroll him in the academy. “I heard that Mrs. Dees’ judgment was right.”
Cecilia looked up at her blankly.
Manwol, who was smiling and giggling alone, floated leisurely in the air and slowly approached, taking one step and then another.
When she finally reached the distance where she could reach, she smiled briefly and said hello to Cecilia.
“Oh. Cecilia doesn’t know me. nice to meet you. My name is Manwol. He is the owner of the magic tower. “He is also a close friend of Eugene and Undine.”