Let's Manage The Tower

(7) Feeling uncomfortable

Surprised by Shreyne?) The day after showing the weakness.

The examiners were going home as usual.

Today, I watched the children, but I came to see the city again.

Because it is a small settlement, it is impossible to fix what you see.

"After all, it's a very normal sight to see again and again."

Kaiseki leans his neck against Shreyn's murmured words.

I looked at Shreyne's face and realized that it wasn't just that, but that something else was hidden.

"What do you mean?

"Hmm. To make it easier to understand, why don't you just put it on your head as long as it's not vampires?

"... oh. That sort of thing."

Shreyn answered with a sigh of relief.

What Shreyne is saying is the same thing that has been repeated many times before.

The vampires we know about in the future have never done anything "normal".

"I know that's a hint, but why is that normal gone?"

"Don't you have any idea?... No, really?

"Kowske...?"

Seeing a study aid that looked like something had come to mind, Shreyne leaned her neck.

At the same time, there is an intention to let you say it before you think about it.

Kaiseki has a habit of swallowing his words when he is not confident in them.

I don't know if it's really wrong, so I have Schlein's idea to tell me.

In response to such Schlein's intentions, Kaiseki began to use words to organize the thoughts that came to mind in his mind.

"Now we have a very normal life in front of us, don't we?

Hmm.

"But in our time, have these operations almost disappeared or shrunk?

That's not true.

"Then, at some point, these operations faded."

That's right.

Shreyn slammed his gavel at the words of Kaiseki.

So far, Schlein has already done this many times.

Listening to Kaiseki's words, Shreyn was thinking together, thinking about the history of vampires she knew.

"How long has that been going on? Did it just fade by chance, or did it happen for some reason..."

"Probably because of something."

"Why is that?

"Why, it's..."

When asked about the exam aid, Shreyn had a soft look.

"To know that, we flew in this era, right?

"Yeah, well, that's not all, but that's one of the keys."

This is what we learned from our recent correspondence with Clara.

That's why Kaosuke and Shreyne are bothering their heads as they look at the operation of the village.

However, I didn't bother talking about it so far, but I felt uncomfortable somewhere and tilted my neck.

From what I had in mind earlier, I felt that there was something off track.

"Kowske...?"

"Uh, no, yeah. I wonder what it is. It feels like something's sticking in my throat, and it's disgusting."

Shreyne also tilted her neck as she watched the study aid with her arms around her head twisted.

I had no idea what Schlein was feeling uncomfortable with.

Here, Mitsuki, who had listened to the two exchanges in silence until then, sandwiched his words.

Kaiseki-sama, did you feel uncomfortable with the key part? Or was it a time ago?

Even Mitsuki doesn't know what is caught up in the study.

That's why I dared to find out what it was.

"It's not the key... it's the time... ah! I see!!

Suddenly, Shreyn and Mitsuki looked at each other as they shouted their hands.

The examiner continued to ask further questions to both of them with strange faces.

"I was distracted and forgotten about the village, but it wasn't just this time that the cane chose to fly us. There's one more thing!

I felt so excited that I started talking to Mitsuki.

"In any case, this isn't the Central Continent."

"Yes! If you think about it, you'll know why. Rather than a place, why did you have to be in this town?"

In the words of the examiner, Shreyn looked somehow shocked.

"That's why I had to be in this town..."

Seeing Shreyne nodding convincingly by herself, Kaiseki laughed hard.

"Looks like you've got something."

"Oh, I'm sure..."

Shreyne's face, which she said with a sigh, was somewhere refreshed.

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The students came back from the city at Schlein's suggestion to go back to the monastery because they couldn't settle down standing still.

In the meantime, Shreyne remained silent to calm or convince herself.

I dared not ask anything in the meantime.

Because I thought I needed time to sort things out in Shrain.

Shortly after entering the temple and calming down, Shreyne began to talk about what she had put together up to now.

"Do you remember what I told the Elder when I first came here?

"Elder...? Hmm..."

In response to Shreyne's question, Kaiseki looked up at the ceiling to recall the time.

"... is it true that the Elder was doing the right thing, or was he saying something like that...?

I see. It fits. "

Shreyn nodded at the words of the examiner to confirm, and began to talk about the prost family's past.

In the first place, there is a good reason why the prost family is said to be the source of the vampires known to the Kaiseki.

Some of the clans called their ancestors, but more so, they broke up with the original vampires and created some basic rituals.

The ritual was meant to make crystal stones known to Kaiseki, and it is said that it was because of it that the prost family did not have to perform blood-sucking acts against other races.

Shreyn gave that advice to the elders because she knew it.

Of course, what Shreyne knew was one of the legends, and it was a bet that it was really right, but as far as the elders' reaction was concerned, she thought it was correct.

The color of understanding was spreading on Shreyn's face.

"... I see. Shreyne thinks it has something to do with this, doesn't she?

I see. I can't think of anything else. "

I hadn't thought about it at all until I came up with it, but once I was convinced, I thought it was the only way.

It's convenient, but it's no mistake that I can't think of anything else.

Above all, the historical fact was of paramount importance to vampires.

It was only natural, in a sense, for Shreyne to think so.