The cultural festival was successfully concluded.

There was some minor trouble, but it's a daily sight at this Gildrea Adventurers School.

But Emilia, a magic discipline year in office, apparently took more mental damage than usual.

Plus, the other teachers said, "Aren't you going to dress like that anymore? It also sounded to Laura that she was being made fun of," etc.

Most importantly, Emilia is an A-rank adventurer. Top class strength among school teachers.

Therefore, the teacher who made the sexual harassment statement touched Emilia's scales and seems to fit her pretty painful eyes.

Early November like that.

Laura and the others were the usual members, eating a lunch of schoolfood.

The trees visible outside the window are completely stained with red and yellow.

When the red leaves are over, you can hear the winter footsteps.

"Next month's twenty-fifth is my birthday. I'm finally a double digit old, too. I mean, it's the same mound as anyone but the dean!

"Too forceful an argument. Hard to accept by boulders."

"I mean, Laura shouldn't get old. Keep it that way all the time!

"Don't be impotent! Even I'm getting a little bigger! Hey, Haku!

"Pi?

Huck, who was relaxing on the school-food table, made a strange voice as he looked at Laura's face.

"Is that it? Haku's reaction is thin..."

"Honestly, Laura hasn't grown much since she started school. I'm the one who holds Laura as a pillow every night, the chairman of the club who holds Laura, so no doubt about it."

"Please dissolve that weird meeting now. And I use it as a pillow every night, so you shouldn't notice any minor changes. It's a growing season, it should be growing!

"No. I eat omelettes all the time and my nutrition is biased, so my growth will inevitably be loose. Mr. Laura, please continue your bias at that rate!

"Hmmm...... I decide to eat something else at night"

And whining, Laura puts the omelet in her mouth.

The omelet is still delicious.

We'll have something else tomorrow, and we'll have an omelet this evening.

"Oh, speaking of which, when is Mr. Charlotte and Anna's birthday?

"I am February 2nd."

"Oh, you have eyes. Where's Anna?

"I'm November 16th"

"This month! Or less than two weeks! We have to celebrate!

"It's Anna's birthday. Wow."

"I don't have to exaggerate anything... thanks"

Anna polypolishes her cheeks with lightness.

"We need to discuss this with the church people now and get ready for a big party!

"With the financial strength of the Gazzard family, we will prepare a giant cake!

"So it's good to exaggerate... more than that, because I go to the guild after school for a while. I can't specialize with Laura."

That's what Anna said as she drank up her post-meal coffee.

"Through the guild......? Are you in debt again?!?"

Surprised Laura stuck the fork in the omelet and turned it into a gutter.

It's too late when you regret it.

Once broken, the omelet will never return to its beauty...

Well, it would be the same if I put it in my stomach.

"No. Make money to buy a birthday present for yourself"

Anna spoke with a true face.

Listen to that. Laura and Charlotte face each other.

"... Anna. I don't think you're buying your own birthday present."

"Ugh... Anna, you've been struggling..."

"No. Even when I was in the orphanage, everyone gave me a proper gift. Handmade mufflers? But this time, I want something, so I give it to myself."

"Ha ha, I see. That's the one called rewarding yourself for your hard work!

"Well, like that"

"If that's the case, we'll give it to you too! The three of us are working together to buy Anna's birthday present."

"No, you don't have to worry..."

"I want to be concerned!

"Yes! It's natural to give it to your best friend for his birthday! Instead, thank you for me and Mr. Charlotte's birthday!

"... if that's the case, I get it. Then we'll go to the guild together after school."

Anna finally nodded at me.

I haven't really moved my expression, but slightly, Zhu is stabbing me in the cheek.

He seems happy for me, above all.

Even if you think about skipping your birthday in the first place, it would be more efficient for everyone to do a quest, and most importantly, it must be fun.

Laura was excited now.

"By the way, Mr. Anna. What are you going to buy?

Anna has less appetite.

Until a while ago, I lived a very qualitative life, where I only had personal clothes for wearing gurumi pyjamas.

Laura was intrigued by what she wanted just for herself like that.

"Two daggers."

"Ah! Could you try duplicity?!?"

"Yes. Ever since that excursion, I've been thinking. It's a good opportunity, I'll buy it out of the blue"

The excursion, once conducted jointly by a year of magic and warrior disciplines, was a harsh one to overcome the numerous trials prepared by the Great Sage.

In that trial, Anna discovered the possibility of duplicity.

But the sword Anna has is as big as her height.

Even with her strength, it was too big to handle with one hand, and adding another was unrealistic.

But with a smaller sword, you can wield it with one hand.

"If you're going to buy it anyway, I'd love a cute sword that's cute, sturdy, and fits Anna"

Charlotte said something extravagant.

"... I don't have that money. After graduating from luxury products. First of all, they're selling it at the Guild store. It's cheap."

"Ma, right? Charlotte has a different sense of money, so it's not helpful."

"Hih, that's terrible! I just said the ideal!

"That ideal is too expensive!

"What do you say? Strongest if you want! The ideal should be high!

Charlotte talks her theories as she basically raises her golden hair.

"Even if that's the case, everything goes one step at a time. Don't lose yourself."

Anna said something realistic and told Charlotte.

"Wow, I know. I was just trying to get a little impetus."

"Charlotte is worried about doing what she has to do with her momentum."

"Chi, I'm going to settle down these days!

Charlotte seems to have remembered herself, and excuses herself blushing.

"Surely, Mr. Charlotte has been rounder than a semester, hasn't he? Back then, I sent letters of fulfillment to seniors, and fought on campus in To-Namento until I lost a thousand arms..."

Laura used to talk about it with the intention of making fun of her.

Charlotte, however, rather turned against her chest and became a good face.

"It was when I was most motivated in my life. I'll do it as many times as I have to!

They treated me like I was Takeshi.

"Mr. Charlotte is a troubled man."

"... I think Laura is something similar"

"Oh, is that right?

"Yes. Huck would agree, wouldn't he?

"Pi!"

"See. Haku also says, 'Yes, he is,'"

"Hehe, me and Laura are rivals in fate, so it's natural. Even Laura should fight until her arms are severed a thousand times if she has to!

"Mmmm... I just want to say that's not true, but it seems undeniable..."

The end of that first semester.

Finals of the on-campus tournament.

I really enjoyed a ride with Charlotte.

It was a time when all I could think about was bumping into each other's forces and competing for moves with the person in front of me.

Sure, I feel it was a tension that I wouldn't mind sacrificing one or two of my arms.

"We're both in trouble because we're going to run right through it. At least as long as I'm in this school, I want you to stay within my reach."

Anna said something with a heavier voice than usual.

Listen to that. Laura and Charlotte snap their necks at the same time.

"What are you talking about, Anna? I'm with you about graduating!

"That's right! When you graduate, the three of us have a party and it's a big adventure!

"... yeah. Good luck."

Those are casual words.

But why?

Laura sounded determined.

Even Anna has been working very hard.