The Academy’s Weapon Replicator - Chapter 36

Academy’s Weapon Replicator Episode 36 Chapter

10 The Empress’s Eyes (2)

Ainen went on a crazy shopping spree at the department store.

Even after buying the clothes, cosmetics and accessories I always wanted, I still had gift certificate money left over.

It was a considerable amount of money for a gift certificate I received for answering the quiz questions correctly.

Lastly, I was going down to the basement to buy ingredients.

“?”

As I was turning a corner, someone walked next to me.

I thought she would pass me by because she was following me from behind, but I started going at the same speed as her.

“…???”

I glanced at him to see if he was someone I knew, but it was my first time seeing him.

I was wearing a suit and sunglasses so I couldn’t see my face clearly.

“Oh, there?”

“Shh.”

The man spoke quietly.

“There is someone waiting for Mr. Ainen. Come this way.”

The man slightly stuck to Ainen and guided him in the direction he was going.

The man’s guidance was polite and not stubborn.

If Ainen tries to shake it off, he can do it.

“Who is waiting?”

“You’ll find out when we get there.”

“How about listening here when no one is there?”

Hearing Ainen’s words, the man brought his face closer.

He whispered into Ainen’s ear.

“Fili Terst is looking for you.”

“Fili Te… No way, Your Majesty…!”

“Shh.”

As the man warned, Ainen kept his mouth shut.

I hiccuped because I closed it too quickly.

“Why me?”

Ainen asked in a hushed voice.

“I just received orders to bring Mr. Einen.”

The man spoke as if he had been prepared.

I probably won’t answer anything further than this.

Ainen shook his head as he walked along, led by the man.

‘Fili Terst is the Empress of the Empire!’

This is an opponent that is too high for Ainen to face.

She is not Constel’s combat teacher, she is just a librarian.

He couldn’t figure out why the Empress was looking for him.

‘Besides, why are you moving so secretly?’

If you were the empress, wouldn’t you be able to command it proudly?

Einen Float, come before me immediately and obey my orders!

With that one word, there would be no need to go through such a complicated process.

‘Either there’s an awkward reason why he can’t come forward to the Empress, or he doesn’t want the palace to know…’

Either way, from Ainen’s point of view, it feels like death.

While guiding Ainen, the man opened the ‘no entry permitted to unauthorized persons’ door, went inside, turned to the right, opened another door, went down the stairs, crossed over the ‘under construction’ sign, and opened the door.

And finally, I walked down the one-way escalator in reverse.

‘Old-fashioned…’

It seems like they’ve thoroughly prevented intrusions, but it also seems like they’re too salty.

And finally, when the man opened one of the iron gates.

“…Wow.”

The place we arrived was definitely not a department store.

There were gorgeous accessories and works of art that seemed to have been taken from the interior of the palace.

‘Come to think of it, I heard that Philly Terst likes warm colors.’

Perhaps reflecting that taste, the room was full of red, orange, and yellow.

After walking around the room a little, I saw a table.

There was a cup filled with tea on the table, as if it was already ready.

“Please sit down and wait.”

So the man left.

Ainen looked around the room blankly.

‘…Will it fly?’

I thought about it for a moment, but it was impossible.

No matter how suspicious it may be, I cannot disobey the Empress’s call.

And there was no time for that.

“Wow, you’re here, Mr. Ainen.”

A warm voice was heard.

Speech and tone that make people feel comfortable.

When Ainen quickly stood up and tried to kneel down, he said,

“Oh no. “You don’t have to do that.”

He waves his hand in a voice that is somewhat devoid of tension.

“Sit, sit.”

It was only then that Ainen saw her sit down on the chair while saying that.

White hair resembling snow.

A face so young that it’s hard to believe she’s the child’s mother. Red eyes that open slightly.

At some point, I feel like the atmosphere is becoming more rounded.

‘…the air is drowsy.’

Speaking of drowsy, Constell’s human sloth comes to mind.

He also always had a drowsy face. Should I call it a sleepy face?

But unlike Frontier, Philly has a bright atmosphere.

It is not a feeling of drowsiness caused by being sleepy or tired.

A sense of peace that seems to be imbued with its warmth and surroundings.

“You were very embarrassed, right? sorry. “I really want to meet you somehow.”

“Do you mean me?”

Ainen’s tone became strange.

You must have had a conversation with the royal family.

Fili laughed.

“Just speak comfortably. “Even the empress is nothing here.”

It should be easy.

Ainen sipped his tea, unable to find anything to say.

Fili asked.

“Did you use the department store gift certificate well?”

“Whoop?! “Knock, knock!”

I was startled and suddenly drank the tea.

Ainen coughed and tears came out.

“How did you do that?”

“Actually, we came up with that quiz.”

“The Empress…?”

Fili smiled and nodded.

“That’s why we found Mr. Ainen. “I never thought there would be someone who could give the correct answer.”

“Then the reason you’re looking for me is…”

“Yes. “It’s because of the quiz.”

Ainen nodded blankly at Fili’s cool answer.

Still, I felt like my thoughts were a little more organized.

I wondered why he was looking for someone who had no ties to the royal family.

It was because of the quiz.

‘You’ve found someone who gave the correct answer.’

wait.

Then, what the Empress wants to know now…

Fili approached her face with a subtle smile.

“So, Mr. Ainen.”

“Ne nehe?”

There was a beep.

Fili asked without concern.

“How did you know about Dragon Heart?”

* * *

I had a not very good dream.

Is it a dream or a memory?

I saw something that looked like remnants of Frondier’s knowledge.

It’s so fragmentary and blurry that I don’t know the exact details.

There was someone who secretly passed on information about the ancient language to Frondier.

But no matter how much I search through my memories, I don’t know who he is.

‘…This is probably something that even Frontier can’t remember properly. What did he say, what was his voice, what did he look like?’

However, judging from the fact that I said ‘that guy’ without realizing it, I think it was a man.

Anyway, in the past, Frondier heard a strange sound from someone and devoted himself to interpreting the ancient language.

It must have been a way to get rid of Elodie’s divine powers.

‘Judging from the fact that he was able to interpret the ancient language, Frontier is not stupid. Clearly, his words were persuasive.’

Or maybe he was possessed by magical hypnosis.

Either way, you need to be careful with that guy.

──So, where am I thinking about this right now?

“Ugh… hmm.”

I was thinking as I watched Cybel sleeping face down in the hospital bed.

For some reason, my stomach felt heavy while I was sleeping.

Cybel, who had been watching me since when, was sleeping without the world knowing.

He seemed so comfortable sleeping face down that I felt sorry to wake him up.

…The patient is me, but anyway.

Squeak –

At that time, the hospital room door opened.

“Oh, Frontier. woke up?”

“hot?!”

It was Cybel, not me, who reacted to the words of the nurse who came inside.

He suddenly opened his eyes and quickly raised his head and straightened his posture.

The nurse laughed at that sight.

“My girlfriend has been extremely sincere since yesterday.”

Saibel spoke without flinching from her upright sitting position as the nurse spoke.

“Aniwe, girl’s friend.”

“Saibel pronunciation.”

“Aww.”

At my point, Cybel raised both hands and pressed his cheek.

…Will my pronunciation improve if I do that?

“Hair on Cybel’s lips.”

“Oh, that’s right.”

“Spit on the chin.”

“hot?! That’s right.”

“snot.”

“lie!”

“huh. lie.”

Stop being fun.

I left Cybel looking at me with resentment and asked the nurse.

“How long have I been sleeping?”

“It’s been a day. “Miss Cybel and Miss Elodie here took turns providing nursing care.”

“…Was I that serious? To the extent that someone needs to be next to you?”

“Uh, I said it was okay, but I really wanted to nurse her.”

At the nurse’s words, I looked at Cybel again.

Cybel avoided looking at me.

He said to me like that.

“No, what is it? Because you look difficult. “I guess I couldn’t stay still.”

“…Well, it was hard for everyone in the cabin.”

“It’s not like that. “It seems like it’s been difficult for a very long time.”

“huh?”

What is this sound?

It’s been a long time.

Oh, maybe it’s because of the reputation of being a ‘human sloth’?

The reason why this incident occurred was because of my bad reputation.

But actually, that reputation isn’t that difficult.

People around me turn their eyes away from me or walk away, to that extent.

I have never suffered any visible harassment.

Well, I guess they were more scared of the Roach family than me.

I said.

“are you okay. “Because I’m used to it.”

“…are you familiar with it? “Something like that?”

“Well, whatever. “I never got hurt or anything like that.”

“That’s how it was until now!”

Cybel gave a rare shout.

The eyes look like they are scolding me or persuading me.

“I’ve done that over a hundred times…”

“…Huh?”

A hundred times?

What is it 100 times?

“No, it’s okay.”

Cybel closed his mouth.

I don’t know why at all.

I felt really strange because it felt like they were looking at me with pity.

“oh.”

And then another person came into the hospital room.

She came up to me and smiled.

…He also has a similar facial expression to Cybel.

“You’re awake, Frondier.”

“Uh oh. “Elodie.”

──After that.

I heard about the situation from both of them.

First, Serf was confirmed dead.

Instant death due to a penetrating wound to the forehead.

The weapon was not visible, but it was assumed to be Cybel’s magic arrow.

And another leader, Grobel.

When I asked why only Serph spoke when he was in the forest, I realized that Grobel had fainted due to Serph’s surprise attack earlier.

Because Serph was trying to control Rockbell.

In that case, Grobel must have judged it to be a hindrance.

Grobel was sent to the ‘Tavon Wall’.

Tayvon is the territory of the Urfa family, and is a borderland located completely opposite to our family’s territory, Yeranhes.

This area managed by Ridwi Urfa is more dangerous than Jeranhes.

Unlike Yeranhes, which prevented all invasions of monsters thanks to the excellent leadership and management of my father Ampere, this was not the case for Tayvon.

When winter comes, the monsters outside become hungrier, smell the food, and creep inside little by little.

For this reason, a terrible battle unfolds in Tavern every winter.

For that winter’s defense, Grobel would be honorably ‘used’ as one of the soldiers.

Grobel’s actions were much worse than his own mistakes.

Even if he was unconscious, the ostensible leader of ‘Aktober’ was Grobel.

He made his younger brother act and even committed arson, injury, and attempted murder.

Moreover, he even tried to harm the noble sons of two powerful families, me and Elodie.

Severe punishment was inevitable.

I asked.

“When will I be discharged from the hospital?”

“Right today. “The cause of fainting was not serious and there would be no aftereffects.”

“Well, what was the cause?”

“…Mana exhausted.”

When Elodie said those words, it was as if she had just been diagnosed with cancer.

What kind of feeling are you talking about?

Is mana exhaustion a big deal?

I nodded.

“As expected, it was like that.”

I said this again without thinking.

Elodie and Cybel bowed their heads as they took my words.

…What the hell is this atmosphere?

Then he spoke as if he remembered Elodie.

“That’s right, when you wake up, Teacher Ainen asked me to say thank you.”

“Mr. Ainen?”

“Yeah, what did you help me with? “I heard it’s a quiz?”

“…Aha that.”

You’re talking about the Dragon Heart problem.

“Thanks to that, I received a department store gift certificate. Terst Department Store.”

“…Terst Department Store?”

Terst Department Store.

The name is easy to understand, but it is a department store under the jurisdiction of the royal family.

‘The final question of the Adventurer’s Quiz that no one seems to know….’

I feel something ominous.

Tiring –

As if answering that thought.

My phone on the table beeped.

I received the phone from Cybel.

I checked and it was a text message.

[Hello, this is Philly Terst.]

…What?

Who?

While I was unable to keep up with my thoughts, another text message arrived.

[See you soon.]