Chapter 14

Today was the morning after I measured the guardian deity love .

I woke up in the same bed as Saria, RunRun and Fluffy .

I wanted to sleep in a little more, but RunRun kept licking my face .

「Anicha! Good morning!」

「Woof, Woof!」

「Good morning, Saria . Thanks for waking me up, RunRun」

「Woof!」

RunRun turned around while stretching his belly and wagged his tail .

「Anicha, I am hungry!」

「Woof!」

「Pigi! Pigi!」

「So, Saria, RunRun and Fluffy are all hungry is it? Let’s go to the cafeteria then」

「Yup!」

「Woof!」

「Pigi!」

Saria seems to have taken a liking to the meals served at the cafeteria of Academy of Heroes .

It tastes delicious, full of nutrition and we can eat as much as we want .

It makes perfect sense for Saria to take a liking to it .

RunRun and Fluffy seemed to like the food for monster familiars that they ate yesterday .

「Even though it is so huge, there is no one here!」

「You’re right . All the students of the Academy of Heroes are supposedly outside on practical training」

「Oh that’s the reason」

「If I become a student of the Academy of Heroes…」

「Anicha will definitely succeed!」

「Thank you, Saria . But I would be away from the academy often」

To get real experience of fighting a monster, I will have to go outside the Academy .

Depending on the location, I might have to be away for more than one or two nights . In the meantime, Saria would be all alone in the Academy .

In fact, it would be nice if I could bring Saria along with me…

「… Saria will be alright! I can stay at home safely!」,said Saria .

「I see that’s great to hear」

「Ehehe!」

Saria smiled and hugged Fluffy .

「Pigi?」

I also kindly patted Fluffy, even if it looks like this, Fluffy is still a godkin of Slime God .

I am greatly thankful to both Dog God and Slime God, although they are not my masters .

「I guess I have to formally name my slime too」

「Pigi—」

Fluffy seems to be saying 「I’m happy」 .

I can somewhat understand what Fluffy was saying .

It might be because it is a godkin of the Slime God .

Saria calls it Fluffy, so I was also calling it Fluffy .

However, I want to formally name it .

I don’t want to make the same mistakes as I did when I was a child, when I named Luxcanis as RunRun .

However,

「Fluffy is Fluffy!」

「Saria, are you sure you want to name it Fluffy?」

「Yup!」

「Pigi!」

Fluffy seems to want to be named as such too . If the slime itself likes the name then everything is fine .

「Okay, you are officially ‘Fluffy’ from now on!」

「Pigi! Pigi–!」

We all went to the cafeteria and ate breakfast delightfully .

「Anicha! It was delicious!」

「Yeah」

It felt wonderful to give Saria a life where she can eat delicious food every day .

I have been eating nutritionally good food until now, but the taste was often lacking .

Naturally, the food given by the main family was always lacking in both taste and amount .

That was compensated for by the birds and wild plants, RunRun and I find, and the food that the retainers shared .

The food served by the retainers was often delicious .

However, the birds and wild plants were simply baked without using water or salt . It can’t even be called cooking .

「Saria, I have put you through a lot」

「Anicha, Saria is fine!」

I patted Saria’s head as she smiled as bright as the Sun .

At the same time, Arti came to meet us .

「Will Wolms, let’s head to the exam hall」

「Arti, thank you for meeting me but… aren’t you busy too?」

「No, I am free . I am totally free」said Arti .

Does she not have any work to do because she’s an apprentice?

Or maybe she is under house-arrest for something she did?

For the time being, it may be best not to touch on the subject of Arti’s work .

As I was thinking of certain concerns of mine, Arti plainly spoke .

「Will RunRun and slime be coming along?」

「Slime has officially been named Fluffy」

「I see, then, will RunRun and Fluffy be coming along?」

Arti politely restated .

「Since they are monster familiars, they can accompany me to the exam?」

「That’s right, if you have the ability to manipulate monster familiar, you can pass with that alone」

I looked at RunRun and Fluffy .

「Woof?」

「Pigi?」

「Anicha! Saria will be alright!」

I thought a little about how I didn’t want to make Saria feel lonely .

However, if I managed to enter the Academy, then there will surely be times when Saria will have to be alone .

It might be better to let her get used to it .

「Then, can you wait alone Saria?」

「Yup, I got it!」

After that, I left Saria at the nursery and headed towards the entrance examination hall .

The entrance exam hall was at a separate building from the main building and the dormitory .

「This is as far as I go」

「Thank you for everything, Arti」

「No, don’t worry about it」

It would seem that nobody else except the examinees and examiners are allowed to enter the hall .

「Good luck」

「Thank you」

I walked into the exam hall together with RunRun and Fluffy .

RunRun followed me closely by my side, while Fluffy rode on my right shoulder .

「Oi! Beast boy!」

「Aah, look at that crooked nose!」

As soon as I entered the hall, I was discovered by the two scions .