Incompetent Academy and Failed Heroines

57 – Cracks (6)⚝

Enboza Menci’s lecture continued until it was dark. If there was something I didn’t understand, I kept asking questions, and it got longer and longer. Leah had a hard time sleeping all night. She even fell off the couch, so she said she didn’t want to go back to the dormitory, and in the end she stayed in the lab.

“Do you have any more questions?”

“Yes, all the immediate questions have been resolved.”

Is it okay to ask questions outside of the lecture? I only allow one.

“I don’t know why Jaeron Yoo is nailing the truth.”

She read some books in the library, but theistic logic seemed to explain magic better, she said. If divine power is also based on spirit, then even if there is spirit, people without faith cannot use it, so isn’t faith more important than existence?

“Sounds stupid!”

I like drinking. When you give me beer, I refuse to drink like this.

“You said you went to church?”

“Yes.”

“Then did you believe in God and recover?”

─Aha!

“Do I really have to explain what kind of idiot you are talking about?”

“No, I understand.”

“If divine law and magic come from the same spirit, what miracles apply to non-believers?”

“I made a mistake, stop raising your voice. I’m going to wake Leah like this.”

“Because you’re telling me to wake up?”

You locusts, the work is over, so let’s go out and shove our backs. I looked out the window and saw that the sun had crossed the ridge. What time is it? The sundial and the bell tower are only in the central square, so I don’t know for sure, but it probably won’t be ten o’clock.

“Professor.”

I said, carrying Leah on my back.

“You are working very hard to prepare for the lecture. I was a bit surprised.”

“Since I choose the subject at will, isn’t it natural?”

Don’t talk to me because I’m choking. He said that his vocal chords would be damaged, so he handed over a bowl of cold water to him. He drank a lot while dripping down his neck. The clothes are all wet.

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“Are you going to change?”

“Okay, go out and wait.”

I didn’t have anything else to pack, so I opened the door after taking care of the papers scattered on the floor.

“Oh!?”

As soon as I opened the door, something caught on me and I fell to the side.

“Kite?”

How long have you been here? I stare at Leah riding on my back.

“I want to eat lunch, but I don’t have money…… I couldn’t help it.”

“Has it run out already?”

I was given pocket money every week, but I couldn’t even cover the cost of food. No. The kite I know would never be that kind of woman. Even though she’s immature and a bit stupid, there’s no way she wouldn’t be considerate of me. Considering that she endured without eating snacks for several days, she would not be without money.

“That…… I lost it. I’m afraid if I ask her roommate, she will misunderstand.”

“Mr. Parrot, who are you talking to?”

She was called by Enboja Mensi and said that her friend was with her and that she would have to eat separately. She came right to the door and looked down at Kite, who was sitting with her back against the wall.

“He lost money.”

Let me make an excuse instead.

“You.”

“Ah, yes…… Can I call you Professor?”

“That’s fine, but you said you weren’t dating my slave?”

“Who is my slave!”

“It’s Mr. Parrot.”

With Lia intervening, there is no mess.

“No…… It’s not like that.”

Let me deny it too, let’s en see Mensi extending her finger to Kite.

“We worked hot all night last night, didn’t we?”

“It must have been just spreading alcohol.”

“So, there is no reason to have lunch with Miss Kite, right?”

“Professor, I will take care of it. Kite, look at me for a second.”

“Don’t take sides. The slave keeps not listening to his master. Shall I cut it off?”

That’s right, she chuckles, saying she can’t tell the difference between joke and seriousness. However, it seems that he is serious about not wanting to dine with Kite. Why do other people sit in a place where people who work together eat together?

“Because you have to eat lunch alone.”

“I eat too!”

Lea, who was on my back, came down to the floor. She sticks close to Kite and touches her thighs, but her flesh is so soft that he seems to want to do it again and again. I took out two silver coins for my childhood friend whose complexion was getting darker.

“You know Poletio, right?”

“Yes.”

“It should be open today, so go get some pasta.”

Lea runs around excitedly, but Kite’s face gets darker. Eventually, when Enboja Menshi comes out dressed in her field dress, he swallows her spittle and asks:

“Are you busy in the afternoon?”

“I can go for a walk.”

“When?”

“I will send you a seal.”

If Lia knew, she would try to follow me. To go first, I trudge downstairs. Enboza Mensi looked at me curiously while watching such a kite.

“Does he like you?”

“Maybe.”

“That is absurd. Why would a pretty girl like that win a medal?”

As her gaze began to look downward, she asked what she was thinking.

“What to eat for lunch, but why?”

“I think the handling of gaze is a bit ambiguous.”

“You lecherous parrot. Isn’t there such a thing as clairvoyance magic?”

I took the lead in stopping delusion. When asked to pick out a menu for me today, he told me which one of the restaurants open on Sunday came to mind. It was a place called Baitsuri that sold hotpot.

“You, how can I say it? Hmm…… It’s very strange.”

“What is it?”

“A girl as pretty as me likes you, so why are you so calm?”

She also said that a talented and beautiful female professor like her would buy her lunch, but she was barely satisfied.

“It was cheap and tasted good.”

“No, the atmosphere is really bad.”

Is there any reason why it can’t be helped?

“Shall I take off my pants and show you for five minutes from now?”

As I let out a shrill scream, I set my headcart on fire. It’s a punishment for teasing the professor and guides you. He knows it anyway, but it’s because it’s nice to see a slave taking the lead for his master. Hee hee ing ── She jumps up and down with a laugh just as light as it is.

“Do you often hear that professors are immature?”

“I’m 18, so it’s only natural that I’m immature!”

“Didn’t you say Leah was 20 years old?”

“Yes, phile unni is immature. Why would a grown-up girl be like that?”

The dish we ordered was a meat stew. It was something workers liked to eat, but it was a good food to fill their stomachs. After the two of them shared, Enboza Mensi ordered another drink. This time, it was mother liquor boiled with herbs.

“Isn’t this the cheapest drink?”

“There is nothing quite like this as a laxative.”

We both drank two glasses in a row and got up. He said he would ask me next week, so I asked about the subject of the lecture.

“I don’t know, because I will do what I want to do. You know it should be then, right?”

“If you tell me in advance, I will study it for you.”

“Oh my God, I think I know a little bit now!”

“What?”

“It was the mother bird, not the parrot. Now, let’s hurry up and go for a walk.”

You say you’re free, and you tease me again. A parrot, I shouted. Enboza Mensi paid for all the food. I went there to see if there was still rolling pasta at Poletio, but neither was there. When I returned to the dorm, Trey-senpai was lying on my bed.

“Are you late?”

“I had lunch with the professor.”

“Which one?”

“It’s a meat stew, but I can’t remember the name.”

The senior nodded her head and told her to spend time in the library today, saying she will continue studying.

“It’s a bit difficult because I’m going to sleep early after taking a walk.”

“With whom?”

“No, senior.”

Why do you keep prying out so much?

“Where do men ever talk about all these things?”

I asked because they were roommates, but they argued over something trivial. She wonders if this is something to raise her voice on, so she stays silent. What would she do if she taught me to study? I talked to her, and when I saw her annoyed, she said that it was not good for me to become a good junior.

“Has hemorrhoids healed?”

“I told you to stop!”

“I hope everything gets better. I’m used to sleeping on the floor, so from now on, seniors will use all the beds.”

He said he didn’t need this and pushed him with his foot, but when I pushed him away, he whimpered——no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t be pushed out. I joked because he was very tight and throws a toe indiscriminately.

“This isn’t southern sorcery, is it an assassination tool?”

“This is really, making fun of senior!”

“We are the same age.”

“If you twist it, do you come in first?”

I laughed when he told me that he would not tell me anything from the student council in the future.

“Okay. What, are you arguing about something like this?”

After I apologized for the mistake, she said that I would take a walk with kite and eat it until dinner. She asked if I was the stupid kid I saw the other day, so I deliberately corrected myself with a frown.

“Can you tell me that you are a gentle-looking kid?”

—You said you wouldn’t want to hear it if you told me that you looked like a girl too.

“You mean you’re coming around dinnertime?”

“Yes, I am tired and I need to rest.”

This is the end of the report on my movement ship. I sat down at her desk and sent a letter to Kite. I wrote “Under the tree I always meet,” Without any particular content, and then wrote another page.

「Please wear comfortable shoes.」

I’m going to walk on a mountain path, but my heels get chapped with shoes. I’ve gained weight, so I wonder if the shoes are too small. My skin is so thin that it burns easily, so I have no choice but to pay attention to these things. I went downstairs and fell asleep with my back leaning against the trunk of a tree. I woke up to a familiar scent.

“Jam!”

“What about shoes?”

I was going to point it out because I was wearing shoes, but there is a sack in my hand.

“Walking a long time?”

“No.”

“I want to take a walk today.”

“Why?”

“The school uniform has gotten smaller.”

Walking might not make you lose weight, but only whets your appetite. It was annoying to explain it one by one, and there was no reason to discourage a child who would exercise anyway.

I headed towards the northern forest, where I usually went. Heoden doesn’t like it, but this great forest and trails are really beautiful. So many people live here leaning on it, so it must be the mother forest to them.

“Isn’t it hard?”

After walking for two hours, he must have been exhausted by now. I want to walk a little longer, but I still have my shoes on. I thought it was because I was able to walk, but suddenly I sat down under a tree.

“Demana, your heels are so sore.”

“Hey, that’s why I told you to wear espadrilles, right?”

“No…… I thought it would be okay.”

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When I get angry when I am in pain, I feel sad and want to cry. I was told to put my foot out. I took off my shoes, and my stockings were stained with blood. I asked if it hurt a lot to keep frowning. Nod.

“I can’t walk, what should I do?”

“I need to change my shoes and take a break.”

“Can’t you pick me up?”

I was dumbfounded and looked at it face to face, and muttered in a creeping voice.

“Lia did it too…… I thought it was longer, but it’s really petty.”

“Hey.”

─Don’t you think about your weight?

“No, no no…” … I’ll just rest for a bit and walk. It will bleed some more, it’s okay.”