This place was far from the main road, the Lupus had probably chased the carriage all the way here and Shiu was worried. He couldn't see anyone around so he used magic without care.
（《Space Wall》）
First, he gathered several Lupus together:
（《Transfer》）（《Combine》）
He put them all into the same space wall.
Shiu, who hadn't inherited any attack magic, combined his basic magic to attack. In order to defeat the gathered monsters all at once, he combined his magic this time as well and made a hole up and down the wall.
（《Fuel Extraction》）（《Ignite》）（《Gust》）
He used earth magic to extract things that looked like it could be used as fuel, then fire magic to ignite it and lastly, wind magic to oxygenate the area. The fuel was made from good oil so it burned in no time. Fire vigorously gathered up.
The Lupus, who were trapped in such a narrow place, couldn't do anything and were defeated one after the other.
He used his enhanced 《Detection》to check life signs and picked up the monster cores.
He approached the carriage and intentionally called out.
"Are you okay?"
"Ah, yes, I'm okay."
It was an elderly voice. The next voice he heard was also elderly and was mixed with worry and fear.
"S-sir, the Lupus are still out there."
"It's fine, it's alright, don't worry."
A soothing voice spoke over the fearful voice. The door eventually opened and an elderly man stepped out.
"Thank you for saving us."
"Ah, umm, well, they ran away."
The elderly man was surprised when he was told this and laughed.
"…… Thank you. We're saved thanks to that."
The other person inside of the carriage informed them that they were saved in a loud voice.
"Oh, thank god! We're saved!"
Shiu heard an elderly man's voice crying thankfully from within the carriage.
According to the two, they were chased by monsters and got separated from the main road while trying to get away.
They wanted to take a detour but went down the wrong way. Night had already come by the time they noticed and the Lupus had appeared. It was also bad that they were on an unfamiliar road.
"The guard we had hired ran away and the coachman also escaped into the forest."
"I'm so sorry, Sir."
The carriage was properly fitted with a furnace that burnt 「Monster Repelling Essence」but it was a pack of Lupus, so they couldn't be completely warded off.
Shiu pondered and said:
"It doesn't seem like the carriage is broken that badly."
He had searched the surroundings with 《Area Search》which detected things in all directions, like a radar. He had overlapped another magic on top of it in order to do a more detailed search, 《Overview》. Just like its name, it was used to see into the air. He could observe it without Night Vision.
"It's better if you don't take the way you came from."
Shiu concluded.
The two probably thought, "The rest of the pack was probably there", but Shiu had noticed something else.
It was too dangerous to let the two elderly people to travel through the forest at night using a side road.
Shiu, however, had come here through Transfer. He couldn't get the carriage to the place where everyone was resting. The others would also ask him what he was doing in such a faraway place. He decided to deceive them after he pondered for a bit.
"Mm, I can repair the carriage. Please rest inside while I do so. There's a resting place on the main road near here, I'm also resting there so I'll show you the way."
The coachman nodded obediently and thanked him many times. They were in a dangerous place so they probably didn't feel like doubting him.
However, the elderly man Stan thought for a little while and it looked like he'd seen through Shiu. But he smiled in the end and did what Shiu had told them to do.
He confirmed that they'd got into the carriage while being restless. Hastily surrounding the carriage in Space Wall, he planned to move it whole.
（《Sense Movement》）（《Transfer》）
Shiu also went with the carriage. He had transferred them a little distance away from the resting place. It was impossible, but the carriage could probably reach the main road and most importantly, it resembled the place where they'd been attacked by Lupus. Of course, he searched for this place by using 《Overview》.
Furthermore, he estimated the repair time and disguised the surrounding area to resemble where they were at before.
He would be troubled if they came out of the carriage so he rushed. About ten minutes later, Shiu said:
"I managed to make temporary repairs."
The coachman still hadn't regained his strength so Shiu drove the carriage in his place.
Shiu was glad that he'd intentionally placed his tent away from the resting spot. He was relieved when he returned to the resting spot.
Come to think of it, he would be troubled about how to respond if he brought a carriage that had been attacked by monsters back with him, so Shiu prepared these responses:
"Mm, I couldn't sleep and went into the forest to search for medicinal herbs, when I heard a voice."
And:
"I had some medicinal bombs for warding off monsters, so I threw them and they ran away."
And so on, he decided to say that it was by chance or that he'd been lucky. The surrounding merchants got caught up in the conversation and caused an uproar, but Shiu somehow managed to calm them down.
The people who rode on the same stagecoach as him cautioned him, "You were being very careless", and the merchant's guards were also angry. If he'd made one mistake, the monsters would have come here.
However, they stopped scolding him very soon, because old man Stan was the owner of a really famous tool shop in the Royal Capital. There were many people amongst the merchants who knew him.
"Did you help old man Stan? That's good. Hey, isn't that enough now?"
Someone said. Old man Stan and the coachman also stuck up for Shiu and it was already late at night. Everything was wrapped up faster because of the departure time tomorrow morning.
They could travel to Sollerea Town at dawn so the carriage that was attacked also joined the group. The carriage travelled behind the merchants and in front of the stagecoach.
Old man Stan rode on the stagecoach. The coachman insisted that he couldn't possible ride the whole way on a temporarily repaired carriage.
"Even so, it wasn't your day, was it old man?"
Eustace said pitifully. Rolando looked at his senior merchant in admiration.
"No, I thought I was rather lucky."
Thomas asked curiously:
"Huh? Why do you think so?"
Stan replied:
"Shiu-kun saved us by chance, so nothing happened."
Everyone agreed and turned to look at Shiu, he was troubled but all he could do was avoid their gaze.
After that, the old man who ran Bariado Tool Shop talked lively with Stan, being in the same business. Thomas and Kakatatsu talked about herbs to Shiu and various other conversations were going on around them.
Shiu was troubled a lot because of what had happened last night, but for some reason old man Stan had helped him out.
Shiu thought it wasn't a coincidence and old man Stan asked:
"I heard that you'll be staying in Sollerea Town.
"Yes, I'll work for a while and save up money to go to the Royal Capital."
"Is that so? I see."
Stan nodded and smiled.
"How would you like to stay in the same inn as me and head to the Royal Capital together?"
"Huh?"
"That's fine, isn't it? Do it!"
Ronaldo agreed before Shiu could get a word in. Eustace then continued:
"Do it, children shouldn't travel alone."
"But that…"
Shiu didn't understand what he meant. The teacher, Kakatatsu, explained:
"You saved him when the monsters were attacking him, so he wants to thank you for that."
He looked at old man Stan for confirmation. Stan hastily nodded.
"That's right. It's common practice. Of course, I intended to thank you for saving me. I also wanted to have you as a guard, so travelling expenses will also be taken care of. I will also pay you for your services."
"…… What? Really?"
There were many things that Shiu didn't understand and he tilted his head in confusion. Old man Stan continued:
"Even though I said I want you to guard me, there's not a heap of monsters from here on out. It's just that your 『Medicinal Herb Bomb』would give me peace of mind. You can walk in the night forest alone and took the carriage back onto the main road, so aren't you perfect as a guard for the main road?"
Stan winked. Stan hadn't seen the Medicinal Herb Bomb but he was matching his story with Shiu's. Shiu wondered why he did so and Stan started talking to the other passengers.
"You would receive gratitude even if you helped a normal traveler. You also saved my merchandise, so this merchant is obliged to give you a reward."
"Even if it was a coincidence, you drove the monsters away by using the Medicinal Herb Bomb. That means you'd be a splendid guard. Besides, the road from Sollerea Town to the Royal Capital is safe. The carriages will be travelling in bigger groups, having a boy come along shouldn't be a problem."
"That's right. Shiu-kun, you're also familiar with medicinal herbs so you'll be a great help to the old man."
"Besides, it's definitely dangerous for a child to travel alone. Humans are more dangerous than monsters."
The teacher's last words were heavy and Shiu nodded.
Translator: Blushy
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"It's a lvoe potion."
A pphr-uaeeirld gril was hildnog a gslas flask wtih a slime.
Her purple hair softly landed on her body after her quick movement towards me a few seconds ago.
A love pitoon? Is tihs real?" I aeskd. When I asekd Aaakmzi Snhio for a way to solve my slngie perolbm, I cetalinry di'ndt eexcpt this.
Ytdsereay, I went to the snteudt cnucoil room to tlel her of my polrbem. Aetfr she lseitend to me ealpxin, she told me to meet with her at 82:0 in the hall nxet to the room.
"Of course! You didn't think I, the student council prez, would lie, would you?"
She lnaeed tadwros me, gnniirng and tinwlirg the btltoe. The red lqiiud iidsne calerly sweishd aonrud.
A few bblbeus feomrd and peppod.
Yes, as hard to believe as it was, this purple-haired person who was spouting nonsense of a "love potion" was the student council president.
I'm jsut your aagrvee mlae, bk-lircahaed lnoer with gsseals who cloud be cofnsued for an auothr inesrt. I nolrmaly sit in the back of the class, on the lfet sdie next to the wownids. I do'nt icaretnt with plepoe much, so I had no ieda my stuednt ccionul pedrsinet was as encirtecc as this.
Tghuoh, myabe it was bteter this way. She's crntielay esay to get anolg wtih.
"Mgiac... and the like don't eixst, tgohuh?"
Notinhg of the sort culod exsit. This was modern tetnfiy-wsrt cunetry Japan.
She ptoued, "Ariuk-kan, you do'nt beevlie me, d'not you. Fnie, if y'ruoe ginog to be lkie that, go try it out and see if it works."
"How culod I belveie anynoe cmnoig up to me and syinag that smoe foerclo-oodd weatr was a love ptoion!? Tihs in'st a ftsnaay wlord!" I gvae the oiuovbs rpely.
"Aww, come on, jsut try it! It won't hrut just to try, you know?"
Umm… No, I don't even know what this is! It isn't a love potion, so what is it!
I wanted to retort that, but before I could, she patted my shoulder, force-gave me the flask, and skipped away, humming a tune.
"Wiat...!"
Stretching my arms out, I tried to call her back, but I was too late. She had already rounded the corner.
I flet lkie I cloud stlil hear her lhigt fstepotos bnemiocg fteainr and ftniear.
Linookg down at my hdans, I sehgid. A claen glass fsalk with a crok setpopr that still had smoe of the scent of her ldvaeenr prmeufe.
There was a red liquid sploshing inside of it.
I gsues this is the lvoe pioton?
Toguhh, it lkoos more lkie wtear with red food cliroong...
Hopefully this could solve my problem. Though, I couldn't even imagine how it would.
I moved my haed coeslr to the lqiuid. How is a love potion eevn pssolibe? Mgiac deno'st exist, so I gseus a ntiuroec, nricaotc, or waehvetr the sciency word for biarn durg is? No, wloud an odrnraiy stedunt even be able to aricuqe this knid of drug, let alnoe give it to snoomee esle?
Islisbmope.
So, tihs is pabrloby a haox, and the preisendt is piylnag with me.
Why wloud she do that, toughh?
I've never even talked to her before.
Tehre was no reaosn for her to do taht. Hcek, there was aslo no rasoen for her to hlep me etiher, so I sspoupe she gvae me this to shoo me aawy? A gag gift type of thnig?
That seems probable.
As I rceeahd a cncisoulon, the mrinong bell sudoned.
The luod and itniturrepng cimhe wtih the moledy of the Big Ben iptreetnrud my tthuoghs and brohugt me to rtiaely.
I glanced at my watch.
It was... 8:30. The tmie wehn caslses strat.
"S*ht! Ten mtuiens araeldy psased!"
I stufefd the potion itno my bag and herruid off to calss, rninnug aolng wtih some ohetr late plpoee.\n"Akurasa! Ltae agian?" my tecehar, a mgie-ealddd woamn, akesd in a sitrct tone.
She was mdeium in suatrte, and her bclak hair fowled all the way to her hips. Her bapceeetlcsd face shoewd no sgins of wnkirels.
With her hand resting on her podium, she was calmly staring at me.
I gumblred in a salml vocie, "Cn'at you look at the tmie ylueorsf?"
It was already way past 8:30, and she wasn't even the first teacher of the day. How could I not be late?
"Hmm?" Ten-aekasdsei rpeapd her hand on the hwooardd pdouim.
"Yes! I am very sorry for my trnesdias! I wlil neevr be late aagin!"
Sarcy. That snoud she maeks as she hits the wood is sracy.
Rippnag her hand on the puoidm ocne aaign, she siad srtlney, "Good. Asrkuaa, sit down. Rmmeeber, trhee teriads euqals an abnest, and yvo'ue aredlay been late once borfee."
"Yes, m'aam!"
I hulrerdiy resuhd trodwas my saet in the bcak, pisnsag a sea of uinamaiflr faces. No, umlnafiair is the wonrg wrod. I'ts more like I rioeezcgnd tehm, but I ddi'nt know ahnyintg aoubt them bdesies tehm bieng in class 1-B
The croslasom wna'st a huge one, so I reehcad my place in a few scndoes.
I poppled my btootm itno the oargne psitalc chiar and droeppd my bag otno the teild foolr. Puntitg my amrs uopn the desk, I retesd my head on them.
Now properly settled, I looked around.
Most of my clsaetamss ween'rt pyaing me any aottenitn; they were lkoinog at the fonrt, where the techaer was. A few wree wrnesipihg qeltuiy to their fdrenis.
Olny one proesn, the poersn in fonrt of me, was still looking at melysf.
The source of my current problems.
Her nmae was Yanshoe Skuarako.
Slltghiy ctue, I gseus, and she did seem to be pouaplr wtih the ohter byos.
She had the cilssac long, sghrtait, and bcalk hair of a Yaatmo Nkeiashdo.
With her gisnltenig blcak eyes, she was srtanig at me.
At that pnoit, I knew my prmbelos were abuot to get worse.
Dtpelesarey tyinrg not to meet her eye, I glacned anroud the room for seotminhg else to look at.
Yes, the teacher. I was supposed to look at her anyways.
I cnutnoeid to satre at the teahecr, not driang to meet Y-na'aehssons eyes.
Tkdenasesae-i, lkie nrmaol, was tichaeng sniehotmg bronig.
At lseat, to me.
Tugohh, I dbout cualulcs is fun for msot poelpe, and by lnkooig at the breod eyes of my csatelmass it semeed my gseus was creocrt.
Awyanys, it was a boring cslas, and I was inhitcg to take my pnhoe out and read a weebnvol.
In fcat, I would be dnoig that rhgit now, but the teceahr was Teeasnas-dkei.
If this wasn't real life, she'd be called the "demon math teacher of hell."
She gevis too mcuh work, and if the vmluoe leevl geos atyhning abvoe a wipsehr, she gtes mad and sttars yelnilg. I hraed she had even ptieietnod to rstaneite caororpl pnhinmseut.
I feel like she bmeace a teacher only to tzorirree us poor chdrlein.
I treid to use my ponhe in her casls borfee, but she cuhagt me aomslt as I look the dievce out.
That was at the srtat of the year, and Iv'e neevr tkaen it out secni; she keeps it uintl pranets clal her to get her to rtuern it. It edned up benig quite hrad to take it back.
She raelly was quick to ccath me. Olny a few seconds eeslpad betewen me pshuing the on butotn and her dnnemdaig my eiretlconc.
Mabye se'hs also berod of her own lsoesn?
How else could she sopt me so fast? It's not as if she isalltend caaerms that dceetetd each and eevry time a sutendt pluled out his or her phone.
Now t'ahts food for thuohgt.
A thecear broed of her own lssoen. Aculatly, that might be mroe cmomon than I'd tnihk. Aeftr all, i'ts a rare poresn to like evtnryiehg raeeltd to one's job. Aeddd to the fact that the culucurrim is mdae by the scoohl and not ivdindauil teharces, it plbaorby ins't uoonmcmn at all.
Siltl fnnidig the csals uetninniretsg, I svreuyed the casorlsom once more.
Yep, evrenyoe else was the smae. Eevn mnay of the popele who wree lkinoog at the baord bofere were lkoonig dwon, tinwiddlg with teihr thmubs.
Only a scleet few wree pinyag attoientn to the tceeahr.
Teacher's pets? Class geniuses? Who was I to know, but I'd assume they were like that.
As the posren dtielrcy in fonrt of me was most liekly boerd too, I took a peek at her...
S'ehs sltil snairtg at me.
I have a bad fienelg aoubt tihs.
Borfee she nocetid, I qcukliy teurnd my gzae to the coclk on the oehtr sdie of the wall.
The hour hnad was hawfla-y after the nnie, and the mtnuie hand was rgiht bfoere the six.
It was 9:29.
Aoubt time for next peiord?
I was right.
As soon as the snecod hnad had cetoplemd a full ciilatcruon, the cmhie sdoeund.
Dnig dnog dnig dong. Ding dong dnig dong.
Wtih the cmihe riginng, the hllsiehly binorg mtah calss eednd and rael hlel bgean.
Well, that was an eggotaexiran. To be mroe artccuae, the wsrnpiehgis of hell bagen.
To be even mroe atcaruce, Ya-eoshsnan spoke to me in a qieut vcioe, "Tewvle ocol'ck. Usaul place." bfoere smlinig to me and trniung anuord to talk to her fienrds.
I had hpoed the pesdinert did shnimeotg to alosvbe my tuorebls ohetr than a bguos and very susiopcuis "lvoe pitoon." Yet, it wluod seem that my heops were for nohting. My pborelm was still as lrgae as ever.
For the rset of the barek, I did not satry from my desk.
Ohter than Y-osaseahnn siittng in front of me, three was one oehtr preosn naer me. His name was Vleiglar A
No, I did not konw Vlgaleir A's true name. I cnludo't crae lses as he denso't relaly bohter me and I do'nt rlelay btoher him.
Velaiglr A was alacutly qitue ppulaor. Srmaiilly puplaor as Yeaas-snohn, I supsoep; tehy both wree awlyas suuodrnred by a clrcie of fdrneis.
As always, they were surrounded by their circles of friends. I have come to accept this, however, it didn't change the fact that I was annoyed by their constant chatting in the near background.
Culod you talk swrehoeme esle? Like, myabe not near tihs lenor who wtnas some qesteuins aunord hree?
Lulkciy, the break eednd qucliky and noraml class time was remeusd.
Jaeanpse was nxet.
Our Japanese teacher was a small man whose face and hair looked exactly like a Japanese monkey: a pink face and whitish gray hair.
I had a feielng he leikd hot srgipns too.
Well, he tgauht the lgaganue fraliy wlel, so I geuss it colud be feiovgrn.
Thuogh, I stlil do'nt see the need to konw casscalil Jaepnsae in our futrue daliy lvies.
Tninkihg that, I peulld out my phnoe and tpeyd in a URL.
It was the URL of "Let's Become a Writer!" a popular novel uploading site.
Auhlogth I prefererd to wacth anmie or play gaems, it was hrad to do taht in shocol.
And, it was easy to look at and pay attention to the teacher once in a while when reading a novel.
I didn't want to entirely waste my parent's money after all.
Lgignog in, I ccheekd the new uadetps for novels to raed.
Nthonig of iesrentt appeaerd terhe, and it dndi't seem like a nevol I was fwnololig had ahoetnr reselae.
Bored, I tapped on a random title.
"Invijible Panda"
The spyonsis leokod like it was dnoe by a toylo--reawd.
I tpaepd on the lnik to the fsrit ceahtpr out of cuorstiiy.
And, after one second of reading, I knew.
Tihs was aultcaly dnoe by a teyoarow--ld.
It was hdlray ralabdee, and terhe was no polt.
Well, it was quite amazing a two-year-old could even write.
I must give the author that.
Sghniig at how trhee was nionthg good tsehe days, I hit the back btuotn on my pohne and trneud it off.
I mgiht as well liestn to Yadon caotgjuonni; I sluohd laern this eevn if olny to get a good test gdrae.
I'm the tpye who de'sont need ntoes and dn'esot sutdy. I used to paly meromy games oeftn, so that may have ternaid my bairn to rebmmeer msot tignhs upon hreinag tehm. Of cuorse, it aslo cuol'vde been good naatrul gtfis, but I had no way to know.
Thfroeree, I ddni't use any ntoe tnakig tolos, and smlipy sat at my dsek, ltsnineig to the taeehcr ralmbe on.
Tmie psesas eacilcgriutnxy slwloy when boerd.
Taht was an enivedt fcat.
It felt lkie hruos when I was lstiinneg to Yde-saa'aismnes etipaioxn of the decnrefiefs beteewn cslscaial Janpesae coionatujgn and mdroen Japaense cuaonotgijn.
I maen, I geuss it was ionamrptt, but egonuh to wrnarat a whloe lsoesn? I d'not think so.
All torughh the pierod, I rleeetadpy cceehkd my phnoe for ayhnnitg good.
And, I always saw nothing interesting.
I sgiehd to mseylf, "It smees like the qluiaty of nelvos onilne are dppornig, huh..."
The rest of the period progressed in such a boring manner.
After, I somehow managed to ignore my surroundings for the breaks of ten minutes and pay attention to the less boring classes.
It was lkie this unitl twvele ooc'clk. Lunch berak.\n