The Only Male Student in the Academy

084. Eve (4)

In front of the entrance to the Catacombs dungeon.

Jayka was watching them walk away.

I follow them with my eyes, but various thoughts overflow in my head.

There are a lot of things to do, but the body is not healthy.

The burden on my shoulders is too heavy for me to enjoy this fact,

To my displeasure, Jayka was optimistic.

“Senior Jayka.”

There is one person who speaks to her as if she is worried about her.

This is Benit leading the maids.

“Why don’t you go back to the party. It looks like you guys are leaving soon.”

Jay Carr turned her gaze to those still standing.

It was a large-scale subjugation party of 64 people.

Too many people for the Catacombs dungeon to accommodate at once. That’s why the first party entered the dungeon in order, and the eighth party had to wait for the moment.

“That can’t be the case. Senior Jayka hasn’t fully healed, so please go back to the mansion.”

“I’m fine. The only thing I can do for you is this.”

Jay Carr shrugged her shoulders.

Benit let out a slight sigh.

Apparently, she too realized that Jayka would not back down.

“Okay. We’ll go into the dungeon soon, so senior Jayka must go back quickly.”

Having said that, Benit took only Nina and went to the 8th party.

Ariel is seen giving instructions as Bennett and Nina arrive. It is probably because there is a position that has been decided when moving.

Looking at her from a distance, Jay Carr thinks of a certain woman.

“Andy…”

That was the name of the current leader of the knights, and she was the name of a girl she hadn’t overcome yet.

Didn’t she come too?

Well, from the beginning, she was a person with a heavy hip.

She has been promoted to the position of captain of the knights, but she hates to come forward, preferring to be in a quiet place.

She may not be a good fit for the Student Knights. She was a character she didn’t like to fight.

Should we be glad she didn’t come?

… Perhaps, fortunately.

I don’t want to show her this ugly side of herself, she said.

“I will definitely save you.”

Jayka muttered quietly.

1-2-3-2.

This sentence, which looked like just four numbers lined up, was the marching method of this raid.

At the forefront, the first party led by Jin Kartix, the raid leader.

As if to support it, the 2nd and 3rd parties made up of student knights took charge of the left and right wings.

The 4th party, the 5th party, and the 6th party made up of regular students follow suit.

Lastly, the slightly special 7th and 8th parties follow, keeping a watchful eye on the rear.

“How is your first raid, junior Ariel Beheritt? Are you nervous?”

In other words, our 8th party moves with the 7th party.

Lapisca, the lieutenant of the 7th party, keeps talking to you from the side.

“…Is it okay to stay here?”

I glanced towards the 7th party.

I guess the party members of the 7th party don’t want to look this way on purpose. It shows that he doesn’t want to make eye contact.

Belairam, the leader of the 7th party who leads them, is looking at Lapisca with disapproval, but

Lapiska must be feeling that gaze, but she ignores it and walks next to me.

“Because it’s boring~. Anyway, the leading members are all clogged up and don’t feel like having a conversation.”

Saying that, Lapis Car subtly placed her shoulder on me.

The 7th party is made up of the leader except for one or two people.

Jay Carr said that she somehow gathered people from all over her place to form this raid, and as part of that, she also talked to the lead team.

So, Belairam, the vice-captain of the guidance department, led the guidance department members and came to support,

It seemed that Lapisca, who was an honorary leader, had also come with them.

‘If it’s at least the lead, it could have been placed a little further forward.’

Philea Academy’s three major organizations–Student Council, Leadership Club, and Student Knights.

Among them, the leader is an armed group as good as the Student Knights.

However, there is a difference.

The Student Knights are a group formed to subdue monsters. In particular, it specializes in defeating large monsters.

On the other hand, the leading group is a group that keeps the morals of the students.

In other words, it is a group that is far more advantageous in interpersonal combat than fighting against monsters.

If you compete with the student knights in monster subjugation speed, the student knights will have an advantage, but

If the student knights and the leading team collide, the winner is likely to be the leading team.

Placing such a combat group in the rear, not the front.

“I was wondering if you care about us.”

“Whoa.”

When I said that, Lapisca smiled intriguedly.

The 8th party is special in many ways.

The duke’s idiot, the daughter of the Marquis of Antirus, and the little owner of Count Findelnerca’s house. Although the characters of high importance are somewhat herpes.

Most of the party members are five freshmen who lack experience.

The fact that the other three are also in the second year must be because Jin Kartix took care of me.

I deliberately did not include a student who is older than me, the party leader.

That’s why I was able to lead the party smoothly, but instead, it became a party that led various uneasy factors.

So, I wonder if it was deliberately placed as the 7th party with strong anti-personnel skills.

In order to provide even a little assistance to the inexperienced 8th party,

At the same time, it was to prevent the duke’s madman from doing anything stupid.

“I think you’re misunderstanding something, but I’m interested in Ariel Beheritt junior.”

Saying that, Lapiska’s eyes were on the other side, not mine.

Let’s follow it closely, and there we see a girl carrying a shield on her back and walking ahead.

…… Maurice Aiva?

“My junior is quite concerned about that.”

“…You mean Lucius.”

“Well, how about it. There should be one or two juniors under me.”

Lapis Cara put on a smirk, but she didn’t show any particular emotion. I would say that she has a cool impression and doesn’t feel bad about it.

The only people around Lapisca are Lucius, Tia, Ron, and Rose.

Among them, I tend to interact with Ron and Rose. Tia must be feeling unlikable for me, she must be referring to Lucius after all.

Even though he treated me so coldly, does Lucius still care about me?

“It would be nice if you could forget about the past and be friendly with our juniors.”

“If you want to play house, go somewhere else. We can’t afford that.”

I deliberately speak a little louder. Because I know that Lapisca won’t get angry over things like this.

As expected, Lapis Car shrugged her shoulders as if it couldn’t be helped.

“Well, time will take care of this someday. Anyway, I’m glad you seem to be doing well.”

“……? I’m glad you seem to be doing well? What do you mean?”

“Well~?”

With a chuckle, Lapiska returned to the 7th party.

She is a person with a strong sense of her own pace.

After this raid, she thought, please don’t get entangled.

Meal time came after a long march.

I was having dinner with two people.

One is Marie.

The other is Maurice.

“…….”

“…….”

“………….”

What is this personnel composition….

Looking around, I can’t see the members of the 8th party other than the three of us.

Instead, you can see other members of the engineering team eating at a distance.

“It’s my first time eating combat rations, isn’t it better than I thought?”

“Isn’t that right? The Russell Company did a pretty good job on this.”

“Next time, I’ll have to use the Russell Company.”

Women who chatter. And the cheerful atmosphere and the raucous voices.

Looking at them out of the corner of my eye, I try to think of why this happened.

So…… It was Della who disappeared first.

-“Della, let’s eat together.”

-“You don’t have to stay here until mealtime, do you?”

-“Hey, the duke is crazy. I have something to say to our Della, so I’m borrowing it for a while~?”

-“I’m sorry, Ariel… Then I’ll leave for a while because I have something to do.”

As soon as the meal started, the student knights from the 3rd party came.

The way they looked at me was never pleasant,

He took Della as if he was trying to protect him from me.

To feel the world’s irrationality at being treated as a criminal even though you didn’t do anything,

Alex snugly grabbed Claire’s arm.

-“Claire-sama, how about having a meal with the student knights?”

-“What is it all of a sudden, Alex?”

-“You haven’t shown your face to the Knights lately, have you?”

-“Claire-sama may not know, but new faces have joined the Knights. How about saying hello?”

-“I am…”

As if it could not be helped, Claire crossed over to the first party with Alex,

-“Then, Ariel, I’ll stand up for a bit.”

-“There were a lot of people gathered for this raid, right? I’ll use this opportunity to talk to a lot of people.”

Benit also stopped talking to parties here and there to expand his network.

Of course, Nina, the attendant, also followed Benit.

So, there are only three people left in the 8th party—Me, Mari, and Maurice Aiba.

Only Assassins remained.

“…….”

Maurice Aiva took something of her own from her bag. It was a small pack.

Open the lid of the pack, insert a straw,

Lift the mask very slightly and insert only the straw into the mask.

– Chew woo woo woo woo.

There is a sucking sound.

Beverages… It didn’t seem like the same thing. Maybe it’s some kind of jelly.

I don’t know what kind of food it is, but it must be combat rations or something.

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Apparently, that was Maurice Aiba’s meal.

‘…… It’s f*cking awkward.’

I’m not the type of talker either, and Marie isn’t the type to talk well….

Neither of us are far from mood makers, even our Maurice Aiva…… Neither her face nor her voice was revealed.

There’s one person I don’t know very well, but he doesn’t take off his mask even when eating… It was downright uncomfortable.

If it was just me and Mari, she wouldn’t be awkward.

… But she can’t ask Maurice Aiva to go somewhere else.

“Uh, uh… Eh, Ariel…”

Couldn’t Marie overcome the awkwardness?

He talked to me as if to erase the strange air.

“Why?”

“Uh, uh, after defeating this boss… Are you going to go back…?”

“It will be like that.”

Saying that, I sneakily looked at the book on my lap.

Witch’s Book 6.

I haven’t read it yet.

Originally, the reason I came to Count Findelnerca was to obtain the 6th volume of this witch’s book.

Catacomb Dungeon 6th floor raid…… I guess it’s just secondary? Not the main purpose.

So, after this raid is over, there is nothing to see in County of Findelnerca for the time being.

“Eh, how will Ariel spend the rest of her vacation…?”

“Well, I guess I’ll just relax on the floating island.”

“You’re not going back to your hometown…?”

“I can’t go back.”

“I-I see… Me, me too… Boo, I plan to stay on the floating island…”

Marie said so.

Well, Marie is in a similar situation to me. In this situation where her body has become a monster, it must be quite uncomfortable to meet her family.

Now that Clerdo has obtained the brilliance of Andebarium, he will return to his hometown sooner or later.

Then, will you spend the rest of the vacation with Marie?

“Uh, over there… Er, Ariel…”

Marie looked at me with a slightly nervous expression.

And,

“I, during the rest of the vacation…Would you like to go somewhere just the two of us…?”

She said so.