Huge Holy 85

85 - I don't understand women's hearts, and I don't want to

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Even at a boarding school, not every day is a study day.
In two in seven days... during the so-called two-day weekend system, students engage in club activities.
Unfortunately, there was a downpour on this day. So we had no choice but to stay cooped up in the dormitory.

In the midst of all this. I have continued researching [Cycle] again and again. It's a magic I don’t actively use much compared to others. I have to explore it from a different angle somehow.
After all, This magic called [Cycle]... is a new type of magic that is not mentioned in any light magic reference books.
No, most likely, it's a magic exclusive to magicians with the light element.

And then...

“All right, success.”

One. I discovered a method that only I can use.
That is... Using Herkovara wand flower, it takes another type of magic essence into my nerves and converts it into light magic.
Simply put, it converts magic essences of another element into light magic.
Most likely, this principle is originally used when being attacked by someone who has a darkness element, and then was even applied to other elements.
That's about it.

This is when I hear a knock on my room.
It was one of the servants, he brought a message from Ekaterina that an acquaintance of mine had come to visit.
During this downpour?
How ridiculous, I thought.
At the same time, when it comes to my acquaintances who are capable of visiting the academy... There are only a handful of people I can think of.

Since pondering any more is pointless, I went to confirm the acquaintance in question, and it turned out to be Midia who had been completely weakened from being hit by the downpour.
If she has a business, she should just write it in a letter and send it out... Why is this girl doing such a stupid thing?
Midia was in the infirmary being healed with Ekaterina’s wand flowers.

Ekaterina herself in the infirmary explains the situation.

“It seems she flew all the way here in this heavy rain using fire-element magic. Since she has a fire element, getting hit by the rain made her sick.”

Midia groaning on the bed.
On her behalf, I apologize to Ekaterina saying, “I apologize for the inconvenience.”
In the first place, this girl was supposed to be assigned to a school in a district that is a long way from here.
She inconvenienced them too... dealing with it is going to be troublesome.
Ekaterina said with an unusually serious tone.

“...Josiah-sensei. Did you say something to her?”

“...I have interacted with her as fellow adventurers, and while I was assigned to this academy, I have exchanged letters with her several times, but I didn’t say anything special. And I didn’t have any special relationship with her anyway.”

Because the big age difference between me and her doesn’t change.
It would be better if she stopped wearing that childish twintails, and I wish she’d refrain from doing other childish behavior.
Ekaterina let out a deep sigh before saying.

“Josiah-sensei, you lack... consideration towards women. No, I guess you’re just unable to understand a woman’s heart.”

“Yes?”

No, didn’t I explain to you that I wasn't in a romantic relationship with Midia?
Ekaterina leaves the infirmary without another comment, saying, “With this, I'll take my leave.”
...Aah. Right.
I use a magic circle on Midia. This will convert water magic essences seeped into her body into light magic essences using [Cycle]. After that, I activate [Heal]...

While the technique formula is currently working, Midia the problem child wakes up.
When I was about to blow up a complaint, Midia, who usually doesn't move a single facial expression, burst into tears.
She spoke in a messed-up voice.

“Is zenbai is going to die... Noo...”

“Haa?”

“But...! the letter...!!”

From there, she can't even talk because she keeps shedding tears down her face.
I tried to say to Midia, “Are you talking about my life span?” “We all die at some point, don't we?” but we can't even establish a conversation like before.

......

After a long silence, Midia finally seems to have calmed down.
Right when the magic that I cast just finished, and she should no longer feel any physical abnormality and fatigue.
For now, I'm going to check one by one.

“Did you actually come all this way from the school you were assigned to?”

“Yes...”

‘Isn’t that too stupid...’ I retorted in my mind, but Midia started to spin her words little by little.

“At first... I didn't really understand. But when I thought about Senpai dying...”

Then, she started almost crying again, so I stopped her and said “Oi.”
It’s not very Midia-like.
It's enough to make me wonder if she hit her head. It's more convincing to me that she ate something strange, causing her thinking to go haywire.
However, considering Ekaterina’s advice... no, is she an idiot? I guess I am too.

Since there’s nothing I can do, I say.

“In any case, it will take more than a day to get to the academy you are assigned to from here due to the distance. I’ll contact the academy.”

“...Yes.”

“Also... I'm also suffering from presbyopia and stuff. I'll look for ways to improve that. It might even extend my lifespan.”

“...Really......?”

“Rumor has it that if you take care of your health, you can extend your lifespan. It’s not like I’ve been mixing my own medicine just for show. I’ll make an effort.”

“Thank goodness... I’ll also...”

“You should take a break and reflect on yourself. I'm not the only one who you inconvenienced.”

Midia stares at the ceiling in a daze.
For the time being, in order to check Midia's physical condition, I left the wand flower behind and left the premises.
My long-awaited vacation was ruined by an unexpected disaster. Even the weather alone is already the worst... huh?
Did I hear a voice from over there?

Shit, first it’s presbyopia and now it’s hearing loss. This is no joke. It must have been hard to hear the voice because it was drowned out by the sound of rain. I feel like someone just yelled.
When I sent a wand flower forward and connected my vision through the wand flower――I saw the figure of Ekaterina.
She was, unusually, running away, leaving Basili behind.

...What the hell, is this?

Ekaterina came running towards me and almost hit me, so I quickly caught her with my softened [Shield].
She looked at the [Shield] with an uncharacteristically surprised look, took a breath, and said, “You’re very skillful, Josiah-sensei.”
Her tone of voice was clearly not calm.

“I'm sorry, if you’ll excuse me,” said Ekaterina, as she quickly leaves.
Basili came after her, looking distraught.
As soon as he ran into me, his face turned into the face of someone swallowing a bitter bug. I asked him, “Is something wrong?” stubbornly feigning ignorance.
Basili turned on his heel and said, “Nothing!”, looking terribly irritated.

...It doesn't make any sense at all. Those guys, aren't they dating?
Well, it doesn't matter.

I decided to start a new venture. It's the production of the so-called――rejuvenation medicine.
One of the world's seven great undertakings is [Immortality], and this may be a domain close to that.
However, I wasn't about to just lazily enjoy my school life either.
Since I have established a way to utilize [Cycle], I can now create new medicines.

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