Chapter 28

The escorts must have waited behind so as not to interrupt our conversation .

The fact that an escort came to call Tina, it must be at the very last minute until their next plan .

I can’t stop her .

「Will-sama please excuse me, I have an appointment with Her Excellency, the President」

「Aah, sorry for holding you back」

「No, I’m glad I could meet you . I’m happy that I get to become friends with you in this academy」

「Aah, I’m happy too, please pass my regards to Her Excellency the President」

「Tina-neechan, see you soon!」

As Saria waves goodbye, Tina waves back in return .

Then, Tina slowly runs into the main building .

Tina’s escorts bow deeply to me; they remained in that position for a good while .

「Ah」

I finally notice it .

Tina’s escorts were the ones I applied healing magic on .

At that time, they should have been unconscious but I guess they had been listening to Tina’s conversation with me and with that, they understood that I was the one who applied healing magic .

I’m really glad they’re doing fine .

After continuing the walk with RunRun, I move on to the courtyard .

I play with Saria, RunRun and Fluffy there . I am glad when Saria enjoys herself .

In the middle of playing, Arti shows up and joins in to play with Saria, which is very helpful .

After playing for a while, Saria falls asleep in weariness .

It must be the time for a nap .

「Should we return back to the room… No, it’s fine . RunRun, Fluffy, take care of Saria」

「Gau」「Pigi」

I lean Saria on RunRun who is lying on his belly .

As I leaned her, Fluffy jumps over to her belly . It plans to be a pseudo-blanket it seems .

It seems that Fluffy can also be cold, but is often warm .

I decide to train nearby after setting up everything for Saria’s nap .

「I shall join too」

「If you’re sure, then please」

Arti would make a perfect partner so I decide to train together with her .

To Arti who is about ten meters away,

「Come at me seriously… is what I’d like to say but that wouldn’t work, would it?」 I say .

From Arti’s perspective, she can’t unleash her strength on an 8 year old child .

For the efficiency of future training, I have to begin by demonstrating my true strength .

「For the time being, just defend my attack」

「I am rea—」

I don’t wait for Arti to finish her line .

With a single leap from the ground, I close the ten meter distance and unleash a kick aimed at Arti’s temple .

「–!!」

Arti immediately blocks with her forearm imbued with magic .

Even though I took advantage of her unpreparedness, she completely warded off my attack .

Quite the remarkable reaction .

「Good response」

I unleash a series of kicks and punches without letting her catch her breath .

After a moment passes, I open up a gap and confront her again .

「Arti, use your sword」

「Understood」

Arti pulls out her sword without hesitation .

She seems to have understood that she doesn’t need to hold back against me .

Arti’s guardian deity is the Sword God and she is also the direct disciple of the Sword Saint Xenovia to boot .

The sword is the territory where her genius shines .

「Here I come」

「Anytime—」

Before I could finish my words, I receive a slash from Arti . I dodge it by jumping back .

Arti follows me with the speed at which I jumped back . It is a strategy that doesn’t allow me to gain distance .

In the battle with the scions, I used magic, so she must have judged that I am a mage .

While dodging the slashes, I counterattack with fists and kicks .

After attacking each other for tens of seconds, I kick Arti’s sword hand .

Arti drops her sword in vain .

「I concede」

「That was a good move . I also got some good training」

「Thank you . I understand why my master said to think of Will as my superior」

「Good to hear that」

At that time, Saria wakes up . We might have made a little too much noise .

「Anicha? What are you doing?」

「I was playing with Arti」

「Saria wants to play too!」

「Yes, let’s play」

Thus, Arti, RunRun, Fluffy and I play together with Saria happily .

While I was having fun playing with Saria and training in my spare time, the day of passing announcement finally arrives .

The announcement will be made in the form of putting out the full names of successful applicants in front of the main gate .

Although Xenovia told me that I had already passed, I decided to go take a look at least .

Arti, Saria, RunRun and Fluffy are following suite .

Saria is riding on RunRun’s back, and Fluffy is hiding within my clothes .

「Anicha! Is your name there?」

「Yes it is」

「Sugoi… sugoi!」「Woof Woof!」

「(…Pigi)」

Saria is celebrating merrily, while RunRun’s tail is rapidly swinging from side to side .

On the other hand, Fluffy who is hiding in my clothes, cries out with a small voice while jiggling around .

「Arti’s name is also present」

「Yes」

Well, it’s natural since Arti is playing the part of a student due to work .

However, Saria is merrily happy all the same .

「Arti-neechan, sugoi sugoi」

「Saria, thank you very much . 」

Arti bows sincerely .

The name Tina Armady is also there as if it is a given .

However, when I try to look for Tina, I couldn’t find her .

Tina may have not bothered to come and see the passing announcement .

And, needless to say, the scions’ names are not there .

On this day, I ate a lot of delicious food in celebration .