“Mr. Samuel, you can protect Sijo, and Sijo can report its findings to me.”
“……Alright.”
As the saying goes, you can’t spit on a smiling face.
Samuel had a gloomy expression, but he clicked his tongue and nodded in agreement.
―Chirp!
Chirp, Chirp.
“Ugh!”
Anyway.
Now all that remained was to assign Fron’s role.
The other students would all be assigned to deal with the human students in the Secret Realm anyway.
Fron would have to command the students while I was away.
I couldn’t trust her enough to leave her in charge of the Class A students, but she could at least buy me some time while I was gone.
“Ms. Fron, I’d like you to command the students while I’m away. Your ability is ‘Charm,’ correct?”
“That is correct.”
Fron nodded obediently.
It seemed she had no intention of hiding it in the first place.
Fron had tried to cast Charm on me since the beginning of the semester, but for some reason, she had never succeeded.
I didn’t know it at the time, but I came to understand it naturally as time went on.
It was because there were several students who were fanatically devoted to Fron.
And if it was the ‘Lust’ family, nothing else came to mind.
“I can make my allies stronger for a while by charming them, but for some reason, it doesn’t work on you…….”
“Isn’t it because Ms. Fron’s charm is lacking?”
“Hmph! Me lacking charm? That’s impossible.”
“Of course, of course.”
I continued my expression of pity.
“Anyway, Ms. Fron, I want you to lead the students when I’m gone.”
“I understand. But why will you be gone?”
I opened my mouth to answer her question, my expression suddenly grim.
“When the students from the Imperial Academy come here, the instructors will come with them. I plan to deal with those instructors.”
“Is that possible? Even for you, a human instructor would be troublesome.”
Samuel knew the strength of a powerful human, so he showed signs of worry.
“Are you worried about me right now? I guess you’ve lived long enough to see everything.”
“……Just die.”
Samuel gave me a cold look at my ridiculous question.
I waved my hand and said,
“I was just kidding. Well, that’s if the instructor comes. If they don’t, I’ll just help you guys deal with the Imperial Academy students.”
In fact, he will definitely come.
No.
He has to come.
In order to increase the total amount of mana.
Anyway.
Our roles have all been decided.
“Mr. Samuel will do the reconnaissance, Ms. Fron will command the battle, and I’ll take care of the instructor.”
“Let’s do that.”
“Good.”
― Chirp!
Fron and Samuel nodded with determined expressions, and the Sijo flapped its wings.
“Then what should we do from now on?”
Fron asked, tilting her head.
I didn’t answer and thought for a moment.
I thought about finding the instructor’s secret location, but I quickly dismissed the idea.
‘It’s best to follow the instructor.’
Even if I find the secret location, it’s a place that only the instructor can enter.
It’s a place where light doesn’t reach, so I can’t use Spatial Exchange.
The device installed by the instructor could be activated to kill the intruder.
Then…….
“Let’s eat something.”
I said eat, but it’s all the unidentified black jelly that Idea gave me.
If we don’t eat even this, we’ll starve to death before the battle.
“Let’s do that.”
As Fron and I left our seats and headed towards the students, Samuel, who was behind us, shouted.
“Am I not going with you guys?”
“Huh?”
I looked back at Samuel with my eyes wide open.
Samuel hesitated as if he were taken aback by my reaction.
“Don’t you have something to do now, Mr. Samuel?”
“Something to do?”
Samuel tilted his head.
I said, sounding dumbfounded.
“Of course, you have to check if there are any classes coming to the outdoor training ground from the Imperial Academy, right?”
“…….”
“Then, good luck.”
I left after leaving words of encouragement.
Samuel was left alone like that.
― Chirp!
As if to comfort him, the Sijo chirped.
“Only you……”
Just as Samuel was about to wipe his teary eyes and pet Sijo,
Peck, peck.
Sijo started pecking at the top of the lonely Samuel’s head.
“…….”
Samuel realized that this was the feeling of despair.
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