Graduated from Witchcraft Institute

I started flying back to my people, and then it was just a matter of time.

(Hmm...? That's...)

In the woods beneath my eyes, I saw a shadow of you.

It's not an oak.

The person was hiding in the shade of a tree just off the elf settlement I had just seen and peering into the settlement.

At first I wondered if it was an elf that had fled, but the person seemed, in the distance, like a silhouette I had seen somewhere.

Yeah, it's like...

(─ Irene? But she's in a place like this.)

Eileen, the princess and knight of this Gracelord kingdom, is also my childhood friend, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

But she should be working in Graysburg, the king's capital, as a princess, or as a knight.

That doesn't make sense to be in a place like this......

(… in any case, do you need to work close)

That's what I thought, and I decided to go down to the shadow.

Whatever that is Elf's survival, it's not good to be there.

We should retrieve it and rendezvous with the Finolas.

But I thought so, and I came up and I looked at it, and I...

(It's still Irene. Why are you in a place like this...?

That shortcut silver hair and the slightly girly adorable silhouette while dressed as a man was definitely my childhood favorite.

I'm finally getting down close to her.

"─ Huh!? What, eagle...?

Eileen notices this way and puts her hand on the hips sword.

I couldn't have been accidentally slashed, so I took a little distance from her and landed on the ground.

Then I unraveled the transformation (metamorphosis) and appeared before her.

"Irene, why are you here?"

"Heh...?

Eileen looks at me more and looks stunned with her hands on the sword on her hips.

Then he pointed at me and made me whip my mouth.

"Become... ahhh, Will...? Why...?

Eileen's gaze moves from my face, softly down.

And she dyed her face bright red, trying to spray hot air.

...... hmm?

Hi. Something's wrong.

But not if you care about such matters.

I approach Eileen, take her hand and direct her away from the scene.

"Huh...!? Ugh, Will, why are you holding hands? Where are you taking me in this darkness?

"Irene, I can't stop wondering why you're here, but we're leaving this place for one second. It's dangerous to be near that settlement."

"Hey, hey, wait a minute, Will! Oh, wait, wait, I don't know what it is anymore... uh, why? Why?"

"We'll talk about the details later. Follow me."

"Ugh. Okay, but... yeah, yeah..."

Eileen was following me very closely, but things are still going wrong somewhere.

Sometimes he throws his gaze slightly over my lower body, turning his face red again and shifting away from my face a lot.

It's a mysterious operation.

I was worried about her gaze and looked at her lower body.

And that's when I finally realized what was wrong with Eileen.

I see, is that what you mean?

I solved the metamorphosis, and I was completely naked.

I didn't notice the discomfort because it was what the eagle looked like and exposed my whole body to the outside air all the time without clothes on.

"... sorry, Eileen. I was oblivious about my outfit. This is happening for convenience using the Transformation (Metamorphose) spell, but no matter how cheap it is, you were also a woman. I'm sorry I showed you something ugly. But I don't have any clothes on hand right now, so give me a break."

"No, there's nothing about that ugly thing, or rather, let me see something precious... no, no, it's not... er... uh, yeah, okay. Give me a break..."

Irene, drawn to me, unlike her usual euphoric appearance, was grown up all the time.

But the next time she shook her head as if she remembered, she looked serious and asked me.

"More than that, why is Will here?

"That's this dialogue. Why is Eileen in a place like this?"

"When I tried to get to a nearby village on an oak exorcism mission, there was no oak in the cave where I was asked to crusade. So, apart from that, I heard about seeing a large army of oaks headed towards a nearby elf settlement, and so I came here to scout..."

"I see. We got a quest to get rid of the oak, get to know the elves in another settlement. Now he's hired by the elves, and he's here in the stream."

"Uh, the thing about 'us', are there Satsuki and the others?

"Oh. Not on this occasion, but with a bunch of elves nearby"

"Oh well. By the way, I'm putting a cavalry apprentice in a nearby village.... because I just heard the story, near a herd of oaks of that size, I didn't feel like taking the apprentices to see it for a bit. Whether you fight or run, I'm lighter alone."

That's what I said, Irene shuts up.

When I looked at how she was following me, the face had the look I regrettably came up with.

Then she snubs, pounding and twinkling.

"... those orcs, they are unforgivable.... but I can't deal with the number of them by myself. But if the apprentices are not to let their lives fall, they are only to keep their feet together, and even if they don't, they won't be strong enough to override my differences in power..."

That's what Eileen said, pulling my hand as she walked with her.

And then she looks up at me with her strong willed eyes.

"Hey Will, I need a favor. I want to defeat the Orcs and rescue those elves. But I'm not enough alone. - That's why I need your help, Will."

After saying that much, she lays her gaze down again casually.

"But this is my discretionary thought, not a request from the state. The only reward I can offer you is something I can personally give you. -But please! I want to save them from that hell, even now!

That was Irene's, sincere thoughts.

When I heard that...

But I didn't feel like listening to her wishes.

I turn to her and tell her what I think.

"Irene, I can't hear that wish of yours. ─ ─ The enemy is mighty. I think your thoughts are pure and beautiful, but strong thoughts twist and bend the circumstance decision. I don't think I'd risk my life for that."

"What...?

Eileen's eyes reflected the glassy brittleness that seemed to break now.

She probably put that wish in her mouth on the assumption that I would accept her wishes.

And Irene spins the words that go on like she fixes something.

"Ah... you're right... sorry, I think I was wrong... That's right...... Will is an adventurer, and if you're fighting with feelings, you don't have enough lives. Haha, I'm sorry. I didn't ask. I was wrong. hahaha......"

Eileen was still letting out her whole body and her gaze swim just before she cracked and smashed.

... um, apparently I failed in the way I said it.

It looks like my sincerity has been incorrectly conveyed.

"Irene."

"Uh, the... Sorry, I heard more than that, it's going to break. Will you do it again?"

That's what Eileen says, shakes my hand and tries to escape.

I don't mind, talking on her back trying to run away.

"It's not, Eileen. Let's work together."

"No, oh, oh..." Yes?

Eileen, with her ears blocked, turned to me.

"Uh... now what? 'Cause earlier, you said you couldn't hear my wish, right? Until you risk your life, you won't be able to help me get rid of the oak."

"No. I said I couldn't ride your thoughts themselves. At my discretion, I'll stand up against those orcs and rescue the elves. You have to move with your thoughts. I may draw a line somewhere, but until then, we should be able to work together."

Eileen looked at me with her eyes closed.

Then pompous, I said this.

"Ah... if you say so, Kimi, you were the kind of person who could easily be misunderstood. I forgot."

"Looks like you remembered. Above all. - So, do you mind if we fight together?

"─ Yeah."

Irene answered that and smiled with heartfelt joy.