Chapter 84 : Routine, Part 3

TL:SummerPeanut

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1 March 2030, 16:00.

We ‘Reimei’ members are looking at the abandoned quests as usual.

Our aim is to raise our fame as quickly as ‘Red Lotus’ so that we don't get entangled in weird troubles.

At first, I had no intention of raising my adventurer rank but after Sasha told me that harem parties like mine would often become embroiled with other adventurers thanks to the low rank, I decided to become a C-rank adventurer as soon as possible.

I was told that I, Clarice, and Ellie could become C-rank adventurers right away because of our achievements in the Almeria and Irgusia labyrinths but I felt like I would still receive some complaints one way or another so I decided to become a C-rank adventurer without those achievements.

However, there is no such thing as a labyrinth in this Regan Academy City, and the magic beasts outside had been defeated by the Duke of Regan's Knights of Regan, so there are no quests that would allow me to improve my rank instantly.

Incidentally, the Knights of Regan seem to be an elite order made up solely of graduates of the Regan Imperial School.

The conditions for enlistment are quite strict, with them being limited to D-rank adventurers and above who graduated from the Regan Imperial School but the treatment and compensation are said to be outstanding.

“There are no quests left unattended......”

When Karen said so, I responded.

“No, there's another quest of this type......”

Yup. There are quests left as usual.

They are slum-related quests.

This huge city of Regan is a very flamboyant city.

Every year, top children from all over the world come here and enjoy the first-class life in school.

But inevitably, where there is light, there is darkness.

School dropouts from this school, people who have committed crimes here in Regan, people who have been conniving something in this city......

These people settle in the slums in the south of the city.

The Duke of Regan is also making efforts to maintain security in the slums but the security is nevertheless still quite poor......

And quests from the slums have very low rewards.

That's why other adventurers don't like the quests from slums.

“This request is......to exterminate ghosts in a haunted house?”

When I said that, Misha suddenly got very excited.

“I want to do it! I want to! I want to see ghosts!"

Misha likes this kind of thing a lot, perhaps because she has overcome her old experiences.

On the other hand, there was one individual who was very bad at this kind of thing.

Yes, it’s Karen who pretended not to see this quest earlier.

“No! Let's leave these things to ‘Red Lotus’! Hey Clarice?!”

Karen knows that Clarice is not very good at this kind of thing either.

That is why she is trying to get Clarice on her side.

“I don't want to do it either if I can help it but...... this seems to be the only way so...... what do you think Ellie!?”

“I'll......do it if......Mars does. If not, I won't..."

As usual, Ellie doesn't speak for herself.

Everyone pays attention to me when I made the call.

“Well, then Karen. How about this? It's 16:00 now, right? It's still bright. How about we try it until 18:00 before the sun goes down? If it eases your fears, would you like me to hold your hand the whole time?”

“Okay. Then don't ever let go of my hand.”

Saying this, Karen started to hold hands with me.

‘Why do you need to hold hands now?’ is what I thought inside but since it’s cute, I didn't delve into it.

The ghost house was much larger than a normal house.

It was about the size of the house we rented in Almeria.

“It's a pretty nice house. If there wasn’t any incident, I'd want to live there.”

Before I could use Search, Misha and Ellie entered the mansion.

Apparently, Ellie also likes this kind of thing.

And when Karen clenched her left hand tightly, there was someone holding my right hand.

It's Clarice. As expected Clarice isn’t good at this either.

“Can I have this hand?”

I said ‘Of course’ and both my hands were blocked.

It was hard for Karen to make up her mind to go inside but soon Misha and Ellie came out and said ‘There’s nothing. It was boring’.

In the end, myself, Clarice, and Karen never went inside the mansion.

A male guild official is staring at us.

The reason for the guild official's presence was to prevent us from reporting that nothing had happened even though we had not entered the house.

That male guild official is looking at me uncomfortably.

(Why is this guy just holding hands with beautiful women? Are the women who entered the mansion disposable for him?)

I immediately knew what he was thinking.

The guild completely lost their good feeling toward me.

When I returned to the Adventurer's Guild, it was just after 17:00 and we decided to have dinner albeit a little earlier than usual.

Today is the day I eat with Karen and Misha.

As to why we didn't eat together, it was Clarice's suggestion.

Karen and Misha are apparently too shy to talk to me because of Clarice and Ellie.

I don't think that's true though......

They suggested that we split it into three days: one day to eat with Clarice and Ellie, one day to eat with Karen and Misha, and one day to eat together.

Clarice is a very attentive and reserved girl. Yup.

Karen and Misha also do not want to walk next to Clarice and Ellie outside. It's the issue of body shape.

Clarice and Ellie, appearance-wise, are already adults.

Misha, on the other hand, has the shape of a schoolchild with a chopping board, and Karen is shorter than Misha, although her breasts are a little fuller.

For all intents and purposes, they looked like older sisters with their younger sisters.

Karen and Misha jumped for joy when Clarice suggested the idea. They must have been quite concerned.

Clarice and Ellie went home first and had dinner in the dormitory canteen.

I, Karen, and Misha went into a restaurant with a stylish atmosphere and have a pleasant dinner. This is precisely why the adventurers around us gave us the cold shoulder but it can't be helped now...... We have to make up for this from other places......

Whenever the three of us eat together, we always go back by 20:00.

I'll feel bad for Clarice and Ellie if we reached back late after all.

When we all eat together, we have a curfew of 21:00.

After finishing the meal, we walked slowly through the streets of Regan towards the school.

And when we get near the female dormitory, I watched from a distance until they enter. The reason why I don't go closer is that Ellie had told me repeatedly not to come near the female dormitories.

Then I go back to my room, take a shower, and practice magic until 00:00. Currently, I’ve been stuck inside my room making swords.

I thought I ran out of things to make with Earth magic such as dumbbells, power ankles, and bench presses so I wondered if there was anything left to make before realizing that I don't have my own sword.

The Salamander Sword is of fire attribute so it's not exactly suitable for me. So I'm trying my best to see if maybe I can make a lightning attribute sword or something.

When I was looking outside while practicing my magic, I saw two shadows escaping from the dormitory.

I probed the shadows with Search and they were Joseph and Johan.

It's almost 00:00 and where are they planning to go?

I depleted my magic power as I pondered.

2 March 2030.

I woke up again at 03:00 as usual and started my morning routine.

Marathon and muscle training, followed by a morning shampoo and a morning bath.

I went to school after eating, and when I showed up at the student council, I found Ike, who was looking much better, already sitting in the student council president's seat.

“Brother Ike. Good morning. How are you feeling?"

“I’m fine, sorry for worrying you. I'm feeling much better now.”

Ike seemed to be in good health.

We had a quick chat and headed to our respective classrooms.

As soon as morning homeroom was over, I was summoned by Duke Regan to the headmaster's office, where Sasha is also present.

“Mars. You know why I called you here today, don't you?"

I bluffed with ‘I don't know’.

“You have the title of Wind King, don't you? And it was four years ago that you earned the title of Wind King right?”

What? I was wondering how she could even know the time of year, when Sasha, after reading my expression exclaimed.

“No way, it was you, Mars. That means you were already the Wind King when you first met me. Well, maybe I should have realized that when I saw your chantless Wind Cutter, Tornado and Firestorm.”

Sasha...please keep that to yourself...

“Why did you think it was four years ago?”

I asked, and Sasha replied.

“I'm actually a former Wind King...... 4 years ago when I thought my Wind magic’s power suddenly weakened, I lost my Wind King title...... the title of Wind King is almost exclusively held by elves so I didn't think it was you, Mars ……"

Oh, my Wind King title was Sasha's... if I remember correctly Sasha was level 8 in Wind magic when we first met...

“My apologies. You're right......"

I admitted honestly.

“Who else knows about this?”

“Only my family and my fiancées, I think.”

“Does that mean Karen and Misha too?”

“They don’t."

Sasha asked the next question.

“Yesterday you dropped Karen and Misha off at the female dormitory around 20:00, right?”

“Yes. I sent them off at that time...... is there anything wrong with that?"

“Why didn't you come to the front of the female dormitory? You seemed to be watching from a distance......"

Ah, maybe she's angry because I didn't properly escort her own daughter......

“Ellie told me never to go near the female dormitory. However, I always watch from a distance just to make sure they went inside the dormitory properly. I apologize for not escorting Misha home properly."

“So that’s the case. Thank you. It's not easy for you too, Mars."

Sasha winked and forgave me.

This mother's cuteness is also very destructive......

Duke of Regan heard this story and mumbled something.

“Living with Mars...... Ellie being jealous......and forbids him from going near the female dormitory.......”

She must be planning something no good.

She seemed to have come up with a good idea because she looked refreshed.

“Now, may I ask you one last question?”

I nodded to Duke of Regan.

“Do you think you could win in a real fight with Teacher Ryner?”

“I don't know. If I use my Wind magic, I should be able to manage.”

“......I see. I understand. You can go back now."

After saying that Duke of Regan turned around and continued talking to Sasha about something but I paid her no heed and left the principal's office.

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“Are you going to let Mars handle Ryner!? Duke."

After Mars left the headmaster's office, Sasha asked me in a slightly hoarse voice towards me.

“......I don't know......”

“But the two of them will surely clash with each other if you don't do anything! Shouldn't you at least tell him about Bram?”

“If I do that, then Ryner will lose......”

“So you want Mars to die!?”

Sasha is gradually getting hot-headed and is now baring her emotions.

“I am not saying that. It's just that...... Ryner is suffering too......perhaps even more than Ryner, Bram too suffered...... since they graduated from this Lister Imperial School. They have been suffering for a long time, for 18 long years now......"

“Then I wonder who exactly should break the curse on Ryner?”

Sasha's cold voice echoed in the classroom and tears spilled out involuntarily.

“I know. I know that I have to do it...... and that many lives have been lost because of this......"

In the middle of our conversation, the vice principal entered the room without knocking.

“One... part...of the body of Cyrus was found in the slum. He was skeletonized......no, burnt by someone!”

Later that day, Cyrus's death became known throughout the school.

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Author’s note:

I was only going to write about Mars's daily life but......

It was actually the Duke of Regan's decision to build the Reimei party room in the female dormitory.

That decision might have been made in this chapter’s time.

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