Chapter 1109 – 1109. Magic School Shutra (7)
Luna, who was walking next to me, asked quietly.
“… “You didn’t really use magic, did you?”
“I said no…”
I don’t know how many times.
Luna probably doesn’t know for sure either.
She finally asked someone who could tell her exactly.
‘How many times?’
[This is the fourteenth time.]
Of course, Armonia.
But apart from her admiration for Armonia, she was starting to get bored with Luna’s continuous questions.
Although it was fun to see Luna’s surprise, I don’t want to have a conversation with just Luna and her questions and answers.
“No more questions.”
“Ah… Why!”
Luna shoved her dissatisfaction at me with her face filled.
I like Luna’s dissatisfied face, but I didn’t want to talk like this anymore.
‘Because time is not eternal.’
[…]
The mission was still far from over, but I didn’t want to waste time either.
I crossed my arms and snorted.
“Why, if you are a student, you should listen to your professor carefully.”
“Tsk… It’s disgusting…”
“Hmm? And your words are short, student Luna Stadtfeld… ?”
“Tooth… It’s shameful.”
Luna usually spoke politely to me, but she was dissatisfied with the politeness she used because it felt forced.
But rather than repeating questions and answers…
‘Ah, it’s fun~’
[…]
This conversation was much more enjoyable.
After talking to Luna, who was grumbling like that, we were able to reach a large field before we knew it.
It was the gathering place where we heard Sonya’s explanation of her practical exam earlier.
At the gathering place, which was just an empty plain…
“And… “I’ve already finished it.”
“I know…”
Countless tents were positioned as if they were rising from the ground.
Even if you can walk to and from the Liberty Mountain Range on foot, it is not a short distance.
It was a distance that could be reached by walking for about half a day.
That too, one way.
Even if there is no need to be comfortable with the practical exam, it would be unnecessary to travel here and back for four days.
That’s why tents for students were built at this gathering site and its use was changed to a campground.
For your information, it was not the professors’ responsibility to set up the tent.
“Eoyu, I’m done.”
“Assistant Professor Phils, it’s not that good.”
“Okay… For finding me… Thank you very much.”
It was the job of the teaching assistants.
However, neither Luna nor I had any impure thoughts while watching the assistant working busily.
Rather, he gave a polite greeting as he passed by.
“Hello.”
Although they lost their status as students and became employees of the school, they were definitely our seniors.
The teaching assistants smiled and accepted the greetings from Luna and me.
“Oh, you’re already here.”
“I never thought you would come so soon…”
However, the smile and greeting only lasted for a moment.
“… Did you catch that?”
“One… It’s not… ?”
Their eyes were suddenly focused on Liber, who was trapped by my binding magic.
I smiled humbly and nodded.
“Yes, I was lucky.”
“I was lucky…”
“Wow, you caught it already?”
“What? There… How many of those are there!?”
Before I knew it, the teaching assistants gathered around me and Luna and started paying a lot of attention.
“And… I heard it was tied for first place, but…”
“Didn’t you say this test was difficult?”
“Did you say that the first place winner in the last test caught twelve fish? ?”
“Yes, that was the number taken over four days.”
“And…”
Luna and I just looked at each other with embarrassed expressions, unable to easily shake off the assistants who suddenly showed interest.
I was stuck in the crowd of teaching assistants for 3 minutes.
“What’s going on, are you so crowded?”
A familiar voice was heard from outside the crowd.
And, perhaps because the voice was familiar to the teaching assistants, it began to part like the Red Sea with a surprised expression.
A woman walked between the teaching assistants divided on both sides.
The woman’s identity is Sonya.
She was a professor teaching a first-year morals class and was in charge of the test.
Sonya wasn’t as startled as her assistants, but she continued to approach with a slightly surprised expression.
“Surely you’ve caught him already…?” ?”
“Yes.”
He answered politely and presented Sonya with a ‘herd’ of Libers trapped under a binding spell.
Sonya, who was looking at her with a slightly surprised expression until she approached…
“All of this… Did you catch it alone? ?”
Only when she got right in front did she show a surprised expression, like the instructors did.
“There are five.”
“Five… ?”
Sonya wondered if she had made a mistake as she checked inside her binding spell again.
There were ten Libers in total.
I thought there might be some misunderstanding, so I explained it properly.
“There are ten in total, and the number I caught was five. The other five…”
I glanced at Luna standing next to her and answered.
“Luna caught it.”
“…”
Luna pursed her lips as she looked at me, but didn’t say anything.
I didn’t want to complicate the situation by saying unnecessary things, so I seemed to just let it go.
Sonya looked at me, Luna, and the ten Libers in turn with surprised eyes…
“Sung Su-ho and Luna Stadtfeld… Five.”
I took out the record book and entered the numbers captured by me and Luna.
After completing her entry, Sonya took over the ten livers I had and answered calmly.
“It’s a good start. But there is no law that guarantees good results. Please do your best until the end.”
After answering that, he turned indifferently and went towards the center of the camp.
She wasn’t the friendly Sonya I was used to seeing.
It was simply the appearance of a calm professor treating her students.
However, although she felt regretful about seeing Sonya like that, she was not dissatisfied.
‘I guess I can’t help it because it’s in front of teaching assistants.’
I entered the forest with Luna again, understanding Sonya’s appearance.
“Phew… It’s better now.”
I sighed, relieved that I had escaped the teaching assistants.
But unlike me, Luna grumbled at me with her pouty face.
“You caught it alone. Why did you do that?”
As Luna said, catching ten Libers was definitely my skill.
But I smiled and answered Luna’s words.
“If it weren’t for the bet, I wouldn’t have been able to do that, right?”
“But you caught it alone…”
I thought I knew why Luna was uncomfortable.
It may be because I feel like my performance has been stolen.
And I understood.
If my position had changed, I would have been just as uncomfortable as Luna.
And if that’s true…
“If you caught it on your own, it sounds like you obviously didn’t plan on giving it to me?”
“Well, that can’t be possible! Of course, like Suho…”
“That’s it.”
“…”
Luna would have shared her achievements as freely as I did.
That’s the relationship between me and Luna.
“Luna, if you were in my shoes, what would you want to hear?”
What we need between me and Luna right now is not discomfort filled with guilt.
As soon as…
“… Thank you.”
This is a thank you.
I carefully hugged Luna as she gave her correct answer, stroking her head.
“I got the answer right, so I should get a prize, right?”
“S-No way… Here… ?”
Luna was in my arms and I looked around her.
The place we were in was a dense forest, but it was broad daylight, so strong sunlight was penetrating through the leaves of the trees and brightening the surroundings.
Above all, since I had left the camp for less than 5 minutes, it was not strange to encounter not only students, but also teaching assistants and professors.
Considering the atmosphere that has suddenly started to boil, I don’t think Luna will reject my award.
But I suppressed my feverish sexual desire and came to my senses.
‘If we get caught, only Luna will be in trouble.’
My relationship with Luna was already well-known, so getting caught for skinship wasn’t a big problem.
Even if I got caught for having more than that relationship, ‘I’ didn’t have anything to worry about.
The problem is Luna.
Due to the nature of Shutra, which still has a medieval perspective, the power of this scandal will have a greater effect on Luna, a woman.
Luna not only won first place in school, but also reinstated Levin’s count title and territory.
A barely-built reputation can be ruined by a single scandal.
In fact, if she had Luna’s personality, she wouldn’t really care about her reputation being so inclined.
In fact, they might stick to me more to put a stamp of confirmation proving the scandal.
Still, the reason I care about scandals is…
‘It’s a bit weird for other bastards to gossip about Luna behind her back…’
It was because I was reluctant to have Luna’s relationship with me being used as entertainment for other people.
In fact, the relationship between me and Luna is already famous among the students, so they are probably guessing the progress of our relationship and exchanging various dirty words.
However, words spoken based on speculation and words spoken with certainty are on a different level.
I didn’t want Luna’s scandal to be easily talked about by people.
There…
‘You can’t criticize Luna…’
It was decided to proceed with her work assuming that Luna was left behind.
I said as I carefully dropped Luna from her arms.
“It’s been a while since I went for a walk, so shall we walk a little more?”
“Uh… ? Well, I like it, but… Are you okay?”
Seeing Luna looking flustered, it seemed like she thought I was going to attack her right here.
‘Armonia, I think Luna doesn’t know me very well yet… ?’
[When I look at it, I think I know it very well.]
‘…’
It wasn’t something I particularly wanted to defend, but hearing her answer like that makes my heart ache…
The woman who loves me and the woman who always watches over me denied my existence at the same time, but I promised to forgive them both.
‘We’ll see later.’
[…]
I forgave the two of them and took Luna’s hand and slowly led her into the forest.
Luna spoke in an embarrassed voice as I dragged her with fast steps.
“Suho, go slowly. Then I’ll fall.”
“We have to go far away from the camp, so let’s go quickly.”
“There’s no need to go too far away. Everyone will be busy with exams anyway, so if it’s a suitable place…”
Luna started scolding me like a child.
It was embarrassing, but my excited behavior seemed childish in Luna’s eyes.
But unfortunately, the reason I walked quickly wasn’t just to share my love with Luna.
“It’s not the right place. Get as far away as possible and find a place where no one can see you. “It’s a place so well hidden that even the professors couldn’t find it.”
“Yes… ?”
Luna seemed to have finally realized something strange in my tone.
The image of me in Luna’s eyes was not like a lover looking for a secret space to share her love…
“Mr. Suho… ? Why, why are you like that… ?”
It will look like a thief trying to kidnap a woman and imprison her in a dark place.
Luna was fidgeting with her voice and expression filled with slight fear.
But she’s funny…
‘Still, it follows along well.’
He didn’t shake off my hand or make any gestures to stop.
He was just following me obediently with an anxious expression on his face.
I felt refreshed(?) By seeing Luna like that and continued to drag her along without her answering.
As I continued to lead Luna in silence, I heard Armonia’s voice containing her questions.
[Like Luna Stadtfeld said, there doesn’t seem to be a need to go far.]
‘No, I must find it. If it’s not now, there will be no chance.’
[What is that… ?]
I dragged Luna and glanced at her face.
As I dragged her away in a more forceful manner than usual, a spoonful of fear appeared on her face.
I looked away from Luna’s gaze and smiled at her.
‘Whether Luna follows me or stays here…’
A period of four days.
To others, it is just the time left until the exam is over, but to me…
‘Promises must be kept properly and decisions made.’
It was the only time I could conclude my long, long promise with Luna.
