And the day of the ceremony.

After an opening ceremony like that, the faculty, invitees and some upper classmates dropped me off, and Amu and I went into the Rodney Forest with parchment (scrolling).

……

……

The two of us proceed silently.

The path to the ruins of the temple was consolidated and easy to follow. Looks like people get their hands on it regularly.

The forest here in Rodney is a school site, naturally within the walls of the fortified city of Rodney.

I can't believe it's a forest in the walls, it's just a city structure that I think is clearly insane. The dwelling area narrows, and the walls stretch, making it difficult to protect the enemy when he arrives.

However, I guess that was more inevitable than the beginning of Rodney was a learning building to be built by this forest.

Besides, I heard that this is a better place to live than a densely populated imperial capital.

Perhaps it would be nice if nature were nearby, as the nobles of the previous life had thus recreated the mountain landscape into the garden.

They say it takes about two minutes (* an hour) to get to and from the temple.

I can't bring much because I have to be back by the end of the ceremony.

"Hey."

Suddenly, Amu has spoken.

"What are you going to do?

"What?

"I don't know why I'm going to an event like this until I hit such a farce."

I smile and answer.

"I knew there had to be someone with an identity like this out there. No matter how meritocratic the school."

"Shh."

……

"You're lying because you smile. You only think of ceremonies as rubbish."

"... am I really that image?

Or I don't even think it's garbage.

"By and large, you didn't usually say that to your squire. She's a very deliberate girl."

"... were you looking at us unexpectedly?

"Because you two are always together. No, but you're gonna catch my eye. And the eyes are sticking."

"I don't think so..."

No, this really is.

"What did you want to do with such a farce and deliberately making evil stand out?

"Until now, it was all Amu and it was obvious, so I didn't think it was much. You stood up for us and fought for us."

"What? What's that. I'm nothing..."

"And then I guess it's because I wanted to talk to you slowly."

To me with a smile, Amu looks at the garbage.

"Don't you ever get tired of being a slave with big tits and trying to reach out to close classmates?

"Hey... it's a misunderstanding. And that's not how I relate to Efa."

"That's not the kind of relationship you have. You're a nasty cousin."

"He didn't."

Something suspicious.

That's what Amu says and snorts.

"I know. A lord has a first night right, doesn't he? You really think nobility sucks."

"That's like a real marriage tax because if you pay for it, you'll be exempt. I'd be in more trouble as a lord if they told me I didn't have to exempt you because I wouldn't pay you."

"Even so, you can do whatever you want with the women of the people."

"If you do that, the people will get away with it and your tax revenues will go down, so it's a dead end."

"Yeah."

"I don't know why I'm playing so much talk in my lower story."

"Oh, I don't know! You started it, didn't you?

"No, wasn't it from Amu...?

I say with a sigh.

"Um, like I said before, as far as I'm concerned, I just want you to be my friend."

"Why me?

"Because it was easy for the floating to speak to each other."

"Don't you think I'm being serious?

"So... because you're strong, so what?

"What good is it to be friends with you when I'm strong?"

"I'll do it there than you think."

"There?"

Amu pulls out the sword he raises on his hips.

I thought I casually waved that -,

With little or no spare motion, he released a ripped spike at me.

……

He blushed my ear and stabbed me in the back with a sword tip.

It captured exactly the nucleus of the flying slime.

I look sideways at the slime that breaks the nucleus and dissolves it.

"I'm not saying that's where we're going to be late for the grocery monster."

……

I shut the fuck up and fix the door crap.

I was trying to sneak up on you, but couldn't you?

I was more concerned about Amu's decorated sword than that.

"Is that sword, after all, a replacement for the wand?

"A wand sword. Don't you know?"

"It's just... a weapon for magic swordsmen."

My feeling is that being a magician and a swordsman doesn't make sense, but that's the kind of job I have in this world.

Use both swords and magic. Cane swords are such a weapon for warriors.

"I've been thinking about that for a long time, isn't that inconvenient for you to use? I mean, I used to bring that kind of noise into school."

"What are you talking about? Even canes are not noisy enough. I just want to use the tools I'm used to. Bad?"

"No, nothing."

The truth is, it's not a very good idea to stick to curse tools.

Tools are not of the essence. Neither the scepter nor the scepter sword are as good as spells, signs, or truths.

The essence of a curse is a word in consciousness. That's all.

Well, this kid would get there on his own.

"I don't care, I guess you didn't get your parchment dirty. I'm not here for your amulet."

Amu waves his sword and shakes off the body fluids of the slime, punishing him to the sheath.

And that body fluttered.

Do you have a headache, holding your head down?

"Huh..."

"Are you all right?

"... nothing"

"It doesn't look like much. Aren't you the one who should have quit?

"Hey... I'm just not feeling well. I don't have to worry about you."

Did the headache also heal after a little while or Amu walks out with a firm foothold.

Well, let's get this event done for now.

Often, the two of us walk silently.

In time, when I thought it was time to reach the temple.

I felt a slight flow of force, and I stopped.

"... what, that"

Apparently Amu felt something too.

Ahead of the gaze pointed at me by surprise.

Behind the tree, I saw a slight blue and white color.

"... I'll see. Wait there."

"Oh, hey!

Off the road, at the end of the division of the bushes, there was an uninterrupted flickering place of wood.

The large stump in the center depicts a magic formation with blue and white paint.

Close to what I saw during the daemon commotion.

The stump at the base is still new.

There were a lot of little white flowers blooming around the stump, but by the way, there was a place where it was broken like it had been trampled and vandalized.

Thank you. This space itself looks artificially made.

"What is that? Magic formation......?

Amu, who followed me from behind, looked at the magic formation and muttered.

Step out to the stump.

"Hey, it's nice to get close, but don't touch the magic team."

"I know, that's about it -"

An amu with a grumpy face stepped into the square.

At that time.

Throughout the square (...), a huge magic formation emerged (...).

"Hey, what the fuck!

Amu raises his upset voice to the magical formation that suddenly appears underfoot.

The flow of force becomes explosively greater.

Shit, this is... eh.

"Amu!!

I grabbed Amu's hand.

I can capture myself only for a moment.

And the next moment.

My vision has dimmed.