Became the Academy’s Munchkin Power Priest

42 – As expected, Gran

Tessia wrote the performance report herself, even putting her seal on it.

“Are you lacking?”

“That is enough.”

The saintess lost herself in contemplation with her chin on her chin, as if she didn’t like the report she wrote herself. She worked as hard as if she were writing a report for herself to submit.

“I don’t like something. I had a hard time overcoming her death… Even if you write all night, it won’t be enough….”

“Heh heh, just the fact that you came to the front is enough for a report.”

The summer vacation performance report did not hope for such a grandiose outcome. All it took was for her to show up that she didn’t sit around while on vacation.

It is true that she has put a burden on many students as it is her outside activities, of course.

Anyway, Tessia painstakingly wrote our performance report.

Occasionally, there is a group that maliciously uses academy students who have come out of their activities to write performance reports, so I was grateful to the saintess.

“So…. When are you leaving?”

“I plan to leave as soon as Tessia finishes writing the report.”

Tesia stopped her pen from moving slowly.

“Suddenly I don’t know what to write….”

“It’s okay. As I said earlier, that amount is enough.”

“I want other people to know how much you suffered…. I just do it because I am grateful.”

I appreciated her hard work, but those who suffered more than us were the soldiers defending the front. Today, more than 20 soldiers left for the Pandemonium realm for reconnaissance early in the morning.

Since she was doing her best, she couldn’t stop it. The best I could do for her was to thank her for writing her report.

Tescia put her pen down on her desk and she looked at me intently.

“Gran. Can I ask just one question?”

I wanted to be honest and say no, but I couldn’t do that to the person who wrote the report wholeheartedly. The atmosphere seems awkward.

“Do you hate me?”

That was an awkward question for me.

The answer is simple. I didn’t hate her There was absolutely no reason to hate him. The fact that the saintess left me and followed the hero was hateful to Gran, but not to me.

But even if I didn’t hate her, she didn’t believe me. Of course, it would be hard to believe that I simply didn’t hate her, but I can’t say that my body has changed.

The reason her question bothered me was because I felt strangely guilty every time I saw the saintess’s sad face.

The Gran she knew was not me. I couldn’t tell you the exact reason, but I didn’t mean to lie.

“I do not hate the saintess. It is all in the past.”

“Gran, you can see it in her face. It is a lie. Can’t I hear your heart?”

I had the same face as usual. Her question was a little uncomfortable, but she also felt a little guilty, but her expression was the same as usual. It must have been.

I was embarrassed at the moment, but I also wanted to tie a knot in the story.

“Hmm…. Then why do you think the saintess would hate me?”

Her eyes twinkled as if she hadn’t thought that she would be asked the opposite question.

“My, I left….”

“Leaving is the saintess’ freedom and choice, isn’t it? I respect her choice.”

The swaying eyes of the saintess eventually lost her way. She bit her lip with a blank face. She lowered her head and said in a trembling voice.

“Gran…. If it’s really okay, I can’t treat you like I used to… ?”

Just like before….

I don’t remember her, but it was a long time ago for her too. Because it was 10 years ago. Even so, looking at what she kept in her heart, she seemed to be a precious memory even to the saintess.

Of course, I couldn’t go back to the way it was before. I had no memories of the saintess, and I did not know exactly what Gran’s personality was originally.

“It’s hard to go back to the way things used to be. I am not the child the saintess knows.”

I expressed my intention with an ambiguous expression. As the owner of her body changed, the Gran the saintess knew died. I couldn’t be the Gran she remembered as a child. She said she was sorry for her, but it was impossible to be with her past.

It was as if the world suddenly became quiet, as if my ears were deafened. I couldn’t even hear the faint breathing of the saintess.

The head of the saintess with her head bowed slightly trembled. Her shoulders also moved up and down her.

Then she grabbed her own head.

“No…. This is not…. It can’t be like this…. I just met you, isn’t it…. I can’t do it without….”

She muttered as if she were chanting her spell.

… Hmm? Where did you see it….

As far as I remember, it wasn’t a good reaction.

Tescia, who had grabbed her hair, raised her head. Her face was not the same as it was just a moment ago. It was an expressionless face, devoid of any emotion.

She jumped up from her desk and sat down next to me.

Tesia held my hand tightly with both of her hands.

“Gran, I hate warriors. No i hate him Did I have anything to do with him? It’s just that I literally belonged to the party. It was really nothing. When I was young, I was just a little curious and followed it. He is just a colleague.”

“Saintess, I mean….”

“Looking at you…. I knew my choice was wrong. I only have you.”

She got up from her seat and knelt down on her knees to me.

I had no choice but to stand up and restrain myself.

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“Holy Lady, it is embarrassing if you do this. If the saintess continues like this, I have no choice but to distance myself from the former saintess. What I mean is that I don’t mean to hate the saintess just because I can’t go back to the way I used to be.”

The saintess looked up at me with her teary eyes.

“I am not the Gran of the past. My body, personality, and mind all changed. Wouldn’t it be nice to start a new relationship from now on?”

It would be better to bury past Gran in her heart.

I reached out to her saintess to get up quickly. The moment she was about to get up, Chloe and Echinacea came inside.

“I’m sorry. Sleeping late…. Yes? What else is this….”

“Bur, buff addiction… ?”

The two people who came in later knelt down on her knees and looked at her weeping saintess.

“This is a misunderstanding….”

Just in time, tears flowed from the saintess’ pupils and down her cheeks.

“Standing, even the saintess is crying…. Also Gran….”

We had an awkward mealtime.

The saintess seemed to have relaxed a bit, and Chloe and Echina’s eyes were stinging like whips, but she said in her mouth that the saintess regretted her past choices and knelt down and begged. It was impossible to say.

After that, the saintess wrote all of her performance reports. The day has finally come for her to return to the academy.

She said she was also a saint and that she intends to step down from the front sooner or later. Temporarily she was only on the wire and she wanted to cool her head for a while, she said.

Fortunately, her complexion seemed to be better than the day we first met her.

“Then, let’s go.”

“Gran…. Gonna miss you.”

As much as her improved complexion, her expression also changed directly.

We left the front line and visited the temple. The ancient wolf could not be brought to the capital.

“You should go back to nature now. If there is a chance, we will meet again.”

The wolf was sullen. While I was on the front line, I didn’t want to let him go, but returning him to nature was a good option for everyone.

There were no major problems while returning to the capital. It was a long journey that took a little over a month. There were many dangerous things, but in the end they all came back safely.

After arriving in the capital, Chloe left for Pierre’s Temple to meet the Archbishop. Me and Echina went straight to the academy.

“Something just feels like coming home.”

“You worked hard. Come to think of it, you haven’t been asking for buffs lately. Have you had a change of heart?”

Echina blushed and shook her head in embarrassment. She sighed and opened her mouth.

“You couldn’t do anything after receiving the buff last time. I thought I could do anything with just the buff…. It’s just that you know how stupid I’ve been all this time. I will focus more on training from now on.”

“Hmm, this journey has helped me grow. Great. Then, simply unpack your luggage and meet me here.”

“Do you want to have dinner? Evening is still far away….”

“Heh heh, what are you talking about? Have you not been able to do strength training for a long time? I’m going crazy because my body itches.”

“I, I slept a little….”

“You can sleep after exercising. Come on, pack up your things and change your clothes.”

Me and Echina met again after briefly organizing our luggage. She was thin like someone who had a disease, but she was in perfect shape for growing up. Because the best growth is the best stress.

It’s been a while since I’ve had an exercise facility.

“What is that?”

Li Ke stood up from bench press and said,

“It’s been a while. Anyway, you look pretty good.”

Her skin, which looked soft, had hardened.

“Ah, yes…. Since I have nothing to do, I just exercise….”

Looking at the original version, she was doing a bench press of around 120 kilos.

Unknowingly, I touched her muscles, and Liae smiled and gave strength.

“This is a great improvement.”

“Is Echina also here?”

“It’s been a while.”

We had a brief conversation.

It is said that Nathan, who often came to the gym, also left because of the performance report. And he said that a man came to visit him from a week ago, but he said he couldn’t see his face properly because he was working out.

We started exercising, and the mysterious man Li-ae said came in.

“Huh? He said he would come right here. As expected.”

The man was a face I knew.

No, it was a face that many people knew.

He was the hero, Iares.