Shikkaku Kara Hajimeru Nariagari Madō Shidō

Episode 136: The Whereabouts of a Shooting Star

After the history lecture on the Gospel, Arkes was walking towards the empty classroom.

The vacant classroom is the gathering place used in the countermeasure meeting before.With the request of Suu, who secured the classroom, she brought in the necessary luggage and transformed it into a completely comfortable space.

It seems that it is not unusual for students to gather independently to study magic, and it is common for students to rent vacant classrooms.Of course, it seems that the call of the senior nobility is mostly made, and the instructor of the Shiqiu club gathers students and holds something like a seminar.

I narrowed my eyes to the glare of sunlight as it approached the corridor.

Recently, the sun is getting stronger and the temperature is also high.Thinking that the sun would become more resentful in the future, I stared at one end of the cause of the temperature rise like eight times.

When you make a shade with your palm and look up at the sky, you can see the birds swirling around in the sun.

Eagles or tumblers. It was quite a size.

At that time, I suddenly discover the familiarity.

A tall girl with pink hair.She's wearing a white uniform from the magic courtyard, pretending to have extra sleeves.As before, I had a weird hair ornament on my head that reminded me of chemo ears.

My eyes are half asleep, and I'm a little uneasy today.

Is something wrong?

"Miriam."

When she called, she slowly turned to her side.

"... not an arcus with an impoverished face"

"Hey, stop putting on characters like old stories."

Without too much goodbye, I slammed in.

But Miriam didn't look bad and didn't care.

...... it's been a while since I've known her, but this is how I've been calling out when I see her.

When I saw Milia, it was because she had already lost her way, as she had done every time.

You're always trying to go in the opposite direction to your destination, or you're stuck on your right.

It is as if there were a curse on the wicked children of that hand.

As expected, I couldn't just ignore it, but I baked it to take care of the guide.

It is strange that she and I have not had a lecture yet.

Anyway.

Are you lost again?

"I'm not always lost.I just don't like complex buildings. ”

"Same. Do you know where the training ground is?"

Over there.

Milia points to it with a confident attitude.

It's the other way around.

To her disappointment, Miriam turned back to us.

Then, I turned my face bright red and showed my puffy face.

"Terrible humiliation. There is no such humiliation. Even the shirokuma will still forgive me."

"If you think so, try to remember the characteristics of the place..."

It was true that the structure of the Magic Court was a complex monster, but it could be said that it had only one characteristic.It shouldn't be too difficult to set up a landmark on the way to the destination.

(After all, it's a difficult thing...)

It wasn't just Miriam that was lost in the magic courtyard.Sometimes I see other freshmen getting lost.At that time, I would like to speak up and tell you where to go.

... the "subway" in the man's country capital is much more complicated than here.The path to the exit is winding, and the staircase moves up and down, making it chunky.Moreover, the exit is a combination of numbers and alphabets, and it is not uncommon for the exit to go directly to a shopping mall rather than on the ground.Since the railway lines and so on converge there, they will become dungeons.

Suddenly, Milia sat down on the edge of the flowerbed.

"... it's hot"

"That's right, but you're still a good man."The summer of the kingdom is coming. "

"Is it still hot?" This is definitely weird.... "

Milia looked ugly.I still have a lot of room for myself to remember spending the summer in the concrete jungle with that man's rejuvenating experience, but depending on where I come from, it will take some time to get used to it.

Anyway, it was possible that I would fall as a result of heat stroke if I left it as it was.

"Is Millia going to lecture?"

“No, I don't have any lectures.”

"I see. Then will you come with me?"It's a cool place, and I have snacks. "

"Milia is not a child to be caught by food.Don't go with the Kawarabat. "

That's the kind of thing you're willing to follow.

"I'm interested in cool places."

Shall I shake your hand again?

Hmm. Looks like it's getting a little better.

As a result, I decided to take Milia to the gathering place.



As it stood, the only heaven in the Magic Court already had a customer.

A girl with dark blue hair and a medium bob, Cetula.The chest of a uniform that normally seems cramped is now loosened due to the heat, exposing the skin.

He was sitting at a large table in the middle of the room, drinking cold barley tea.

Ah, Arks-san, I'm sorry to bother you.

Cetula, are you interrupting me? Is the caretaker here Suu?

"There are many personal belongings of Mr. Arkes here, so the Lord here is like Mr. Arkes."Even so, was this "akon" good?This is good. I want to stay here all summer.This "barley tea" made by Mr. Arkes can't go well, and I'm not going to be able to leave for the time being. "

"Why don't you go to the lecture properly?"You should also study. "

Yes.

Cetula replied appropriately, placing her rich breasts on her desk, and was already in a state of ease.She pulls the chest of her uniform with her hand and exposes it to the wind coming out of the air conditioner.

You know, don't open it any more than before.

"Ah! Are you curious, Mr. Arks?"Do you still care about this? "

And Ceturah smiled with a furrowed smile, and made him look as if he were to emphasize the breast that had been lifted up.

I think you're going to play with it again by saying it's a coloring.However, it wasn't as good as it seemed.

It's a shame.

"Because if it's hot like this, you can't help it, can you?"I can't stand this heat from the northern plateau ”.

"Are you coming out of such a place?"

"Huh? Yeah, well, at least that's not the case..."

Cetula's eyes suddenly swam.What the hell was that?

"Absolutely no good, man."

What is a no-good human? No-good human.

There's a feeling of regret that somehow you can't wipe it down, right?

"It's terrible to catch a girl. In the first place, it was because of Arks who made this place such a comfortable room.Please take responsibility properly. "

"How many people do I have to hold responsible?"I have to resign. I don't even have a position. "

Saying that to Cezra, who was sitting on the desk, pulled Milia's sleeve.

"This room is so cool. Why?"

"Yeah, that's it."

Say that to Milia, and show her the air conditioner attached to the wall near the ceiling.

Of course, this was also made in the magic courtyard workshop.Unlike the rooms previously made for brewing somma sake, it simply carves "cold" and "breeze" on the engraving to cool the air, adding a form of heat exchange.By doing so, the cost of engraving is greatly reduced, and it is possible to make the engraving comfortable without having to prepare a large engraving.

... but the equipment itself, including the main unit and the outdoor unit, is quite large.

Recently, it was being developed using humans in the magician's guild's workshop, and the technology was also approaching the domain of mechanics to some extent.

When I installed this in the workshop, everyone was very pleased with it.A person who wants one or two units in a house is rushing to produce.

"Prepare for the royalty."

"I want to install it in the guild as soon as possible"

"There is an urgent need to set up a medical facility."

"The old bones can withstand the heat of summer."

"Why don't you put it in the room where the instructor is packed?"

"Send it to my mansion."

I'm your uncle, right?

... there should have been about one person who was resistant to heat and heat, but they took out their own connections.

The superiors told me that, and the workshop was doing its best to introduce air conditioning.

It goes without saying that the gratitude from the workshop staff turned into resentment.

Personally, I don't want to do it to Black, but I have no choice but to give it up.

After all, there is an urgent need for inventions that seek comfort and convenience rather than weapons.

In the meantime, Cetula peeks into us like she found something.

"Is that it? Did you catch the girl again?"It's really better for Mr. Arkes to be skeletal. "

"Don't do that to me on your own."

I got caught too, didn't I?

"You may have pushed yourself on your own, but you're a bad listener."

Miria shouted as she stood by Cetula.

"Hey, you got caught in the corner, so make sure you have a proper meal with Milia."

"Yes, yes, I understand..."

Escort Milia to her seat for a snack, then open the refrigerator and serve the barley tea.

The refrigerator is not meant to be for general household use, but a small, simple type for single use.Currently, we are reluctant to produce it at the prototype stage, but we will be urged to make it soon.

Meanwhile, Cetula and Milia begin to introduce themselves.After naming each other, "Summer in the Kingdom" and "It's definitely strange" seem to be bursting with grudges about the heat of the early summer.

"Here, let's get you hydrated first."

“Thank you. I never thought Arkes would be so generous.”

"Even though I walk you through the magic courtyard every time?"

I was able to get there without being guided by someone else.

Yeah, the next night.

As she did so, Milia turned her gaze to shoot him.Sleepy half-eyes are even narrower.

In spite of such a noisy gaze, I pushed my hand into the back of the refrigerator, and Cetula reacted to it.

"What is it? A snack?I want to have a feast, too. "

Sure, but be sure to thank your senior noble daughter for paying for the materials.

The pudding I took out while saying that was a feast for Suu in the Mansion before.

What is that?

"It's a pudding. Recently, I've been prompted by everyone."I made a lot of them. "

After reminders, the introduction of refrigerators, and so on, the opportunities have finally been explored.

Risha, who helped me make it, is a really good girl.

I'm going to give her something a little more extravagant with an image of pudding ala mode later on.

In any case, I also gave Cetula's portion along with Miriam's portion.

"This is the guy called" Purim "."Fufufu, ufufufufu... I was looking forward to it. "

Cetula's eyes sparkled. The figure looked like a wild animal when it found its prey, with a disturbing tongue squeal.

I put it in a ceramic cup and offered the pudding to the two of them, and I put it in my mouth with a spoon.

I was surprised when I opened my eyes.

Fuck your face.

"... delicious"

"Fuahhhhhhh!? What is this?!"What is this!? "

Cetula is too surprised to make a scene.

Apparently, the first impressions were good.

"It's sweet and mellow and delicious."Did Arks make this? "

“Yeah, except for the recipe maker.”

"That's pretty good. I looked sweet."

Miriam says that and starts working on the pudding again.

It's complicated to be reviewed with a pudding.

"Mr. Arkes, Mr. Arkes! This is amazing!Sugar confectionery is incomparably delicious! ”

Oh, I see. That's good.

"I want to eat this every day, no, ten a day!"

"How much do you want to eat!" I'm not allowed to do that financially! "

"That's right, Spirit Master, Fairy Master, Arks Master."Please bless me..... "

I shake off the pleading cetula with tears in my eyes.

"It's a lot of trouble over here."I don't have that much time to make it. "

Is that so?

Cetula's words were followed by Miriam's.

"Are you worried about something?"Could it be about your face? "

"My face is a pig above my eyes for a long time."

"The plaque above my eyes... an interesting rhetoric.It's hard for Arkes.It evolved from a monkey to a chimpanzee. "

"Thank you very much for that." It's something else I'm worried about. "

"What the hell? I'll just ask you."

"There's a lot of things. I don't know how to increase my magic power, or what I'm doing now."

"Is this about magic power?"It was mentioned at the last meeting, but it's Arkes's biggest crying spot. "

"... it's impossible to increase magic power"

Hmm?

Milia's mouth was close to assertion.

"You shouldn't do that.If you think about it like that, you'll definitely have terrible eyes. "

Milia's attitude is more of a foolishness than a foolishness.It feels like a warning or warning that you should stop without looking at it terribly.

But...

“Arks, it's like chasing a shooting star.”

"It's a shooting star..."

"Yes, you're looking for a shooting star."No matter how much you chase or look for, you're not falling anywhere. "

The word is like an idiom commonly used in this world.

Used when trying to challenge absurd or reckless things.

It is derived from the star chasing scholar Megas.

"Miriam advised."

"I'll do it anyway."

"It's a waste of effort." In time, it will be like a duckbill that washed its nest away by a flood of water. "

"I still don't know if that will happen."Look at this now. Eventually, I'll find a way to increase my magic power... it might be a pseudo thing, but I'll find it.Besides, not every shooting star burns up on the way down. ”

"... well, it doesn't matter to me."

In this case, I think I baked a lot of meddling.

"Hmm. Arks should be making sweets."That way, you can live in peace. "

Myrrh's mouth filled with a spoon of pudding has a melting sweetness in her mouth.

I think so.

"I think it's strange to go out of my way to take a hard road?"It's definitely better to relax. "

Is that what you're talking about when you come to the magic courtyard to study?

"I want to relax, but I want to do something else."

"Then I'll do the same." The study of magic is what I want to do. "

"It's weird. It's like a wolf trying to get close to a herd."

While Milia and I talked like that, the door of the garden opened forcefully.

Ahh, cool! I'm coming back to life!

It was Suu, the caretaker of the stadium, who appeared with a cheerful voice.

She must have escaped the heat.No matter how much you are born in the capital and are used to the summer in the capital, it is difficult to regulate your body temperature due to the sudden temperature difference.

"Huh? Arks, I'm here."

I just got here, too.

I see. How's the lecture going?

"I've digested my share of the day." What about Suu? "

"I was present when I needed it, so I don't have to worry about the rest."

"As usual..."

Cetula stands up as she holds the head of a disrespectful young lady.

Susia-sama, I'm sorry to bother you. Pudding, thank you. "

"No, it's okay. Ah, but don't eat too much, okay?It's a little bit unforgivable to run out of my share. "

“Yes, I understand.”

Cetula said that and thanked Suu with a smile.

Where did you go with the mouth that said you wanted to eat ten a day?

That was true, too.

"... come on, why are you being polite in front of Suu?"

"Susia-sama is a very well-known person."Besides, I'll give you a treat. "

"Hmm, I'm not convinced."

Suddenly, Suu finds Millia.

Huh? Who's there?

"Hmm. I know what I look like."

That way, Suu starts greeting Milia before we introduce her.

My name is Suu. Nice to meet you.

"Miriam says hello to Miriam.

Are you from a foreign country?

"Yes, I've been studying abroad from the north since this year."He brought me here because there was a cool place. "

I see.

"That's right, is that okay?"

"Isn't it okay?" The northern people can withstand the summer heat of the kingdom.Isn't that right? What the hell? What was that?That's what Arkes said.You brought me here because it was almost there, didn't you? "

Yeah.

Susia-sama, you're familiar with Arks-san, aren't you?

“Yes, I've been with Arks since I was a little girl.”

It's kind of long, isn't it?

”After all, you know what the other person is thinking?”

"Yeah. Arks will know what I want right now."Isn't that right? "

"Yes, yes, it's a pudding. You want to have a pudding?"You don't have to hang out for long. "

Open the refrigerator and serve the pudding.Since she has about 50% of the material cost, what is here is rather hers.

"Here, miss, the bigger pudding, as ordered."

"Hmm."

Is it the reply of the lady? While questioning the reply, which is more severe than elegance, Suu said with a pudding in her mouth, "Ah, yum!”He raised his voice.

After enjoying the taste of the pudding for a while,

"So, Arkes, how about putting this thing in a magic courtyard classroom?" Are you moving on? "

"That's why I've told you so many times that it's impossible!"

Eh!

"How obsessed that is from so many places!"First, defeat the familiar Mercrea in the Magic Courtyard before you come! "

"Hmm, that's right. Then, it would be good to provide a pleasant environment for the cultivation of renewal, if it were properly blown...."

Pussy, so stop trying to fight the National Mage!

As usual, I giggled and argued with Suu, and finally took out the calm folds, the paper and the pen, and began to follow up on the research of the example.

Any more research?

Yeah.

Instructor Joanna was mad at you for casting a spell that didn't make sense.

"I was alarmed." And that's not a spell, it's a formula. "

"You're very enthusiastic about studying, aren't you? Since you've already invented such things as" akon "and" akon ", don't you think it's okay to take a break?"

"That's right. Everyone admits that Mr. Arkes is a genius, right?"

"I see. This pudding is a great feat."

Somehow, I feel subtle when I get compliments from other places that don't matter.

"That's not how it works."

Is that so?

"I've been told to do it from above."I have to do my best. "

"... yes, Arks. Good luck after all." It's still not enough for the "akon" and the "noodles".

"Eek, palm back." I mean, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look

Suu looks awkward for some reason.

In the meantime, I noticed that Miriam was staring at the fountain pen.

"What's the matter? Are you worried about this?"

"Yes, I didn't put it on the ink."I wonder what's going on. "

I explained the fountain pen to Milia, who seemed to be intrigued.

Then she gave an impressed look.

"This is interesting. You can put some ink in it and replace it with a new one if you run out of ink, right?"

"If you like it, you can take one with you."I made lots of prototypes and spare parts, so I kept them everywhere. "

Is that okay? Then I won't hesitate to use it. Thank you.

I handed over a cartridge-type fountain pen thinking that it would be honest at such a time.

"... cartridges?"

The moment I said such a word, a pistol bullet came to my mind.

It's a mechanism in which the medicine jumps out of the medicine room with a drainage cup.

If the mechanism can be used, it is not necessary to touch the roll (scroll) directly.

And if it is well made, it will also solve the problem of portability.

"-That's it!"

Like when I made the magic meter before, the Book came down like a lightning bolt.

Su and Milia, who saw the situation, looked at us with their eyes wide open.