After the incident with the forbidden magic that stopped time, the tournament proceeded without incident.
The capture targets defeated their seniors as a matter of course and advanced to the point where they were very excellent as first-year students.
In this tournament, there were important people who came to scout, and everyone was eager for them to become third-years soon.
Carne also elegantly wielded a whip of thorns made with ice magic, defeating her opponent without getting close to herself at all. Raze and Folia were surprised by Carne’s cold and dignified appearance, and she said, “It’s only natural to be able to do this to be by His Highness’s side.”
She seemed more confident than before, probably because her heart had become lighter.
Ruben and Carne communicated with each other, and although the degree of flirting increased rapidly, Raze still seemed to want to throw up sugar, but it was good to see the two of them happy.
Raze had been paying close attention to Folia’s events, but nothing seemed to happen.
Raze felt strange and realized that her injury might have been the substitute event.
Although she denied the coercion of the game, she couldn’t do anything about the occurrence of the substitute event.
(…Should I be the substitute? Or should I find someone else to bear the event instead?)
She begins to seriously consider the possibility of finding someone from somewhere to do the event instead.
Raze, alone, pondered seriously while having lunch in the spectator seats.
Why was she alone?
Everyone else was having lunch with their parents and families, so Raze had a bento box by herself.
Desks and chairs were quickly set up in the field where the matches had just taken place, and each family sat around one table. As a result, groups of students gathered in the vacant spectator seats, chatting with each other or with their families.
Today, everyone’s families were here to watch, so Raze naturally ended up alone.
Although she was invited to eat together, she thought her family might want to talk privately, so she declined.
“Raze~!!”
“Huh!?”
A person ran in, calling her name.
“Kyaa! Cute!! Not in uniform! What is it? An angel? My sweet angel!”
Although she managed to protect her lunch box, Raze couldn’t stop the girl who came rushing in and turned blue.
“Julia-san, w-why are you here?”
Panting, she was pressed for answers, and Raze’s face twisted in embarrassment.
“Why? You’ve come to seek my healing, haven’t you? The school uniform is just too perfect.”
Julius Harley, 28 years old this year.
His body is male, but his heart is that of an otome. Like Raze, he belongs to the subjugation department of the Cyan Empire’s army.
They are almost always together as members of the special forces unit “Eyes of Shadows.”
With neutral facial features, his appearance could easily be mistaken for that of a woman at first glance. I heard he trains his body, but adjusts to ensure he doesn’t bulk up too much. He usually wears casual attire that accentuates his long legs with pants or long skirts. Today, he was wearing the military uniform for a mission.
By the way, he gets angry if you don’t call him “Julia.”
“So, what’s the truth?”
“The truth? That’s cruel. Of course, meeting you is my main reason for coming here, right? And on the way, guarding Their Majesties. — Things got troublesome earlier. Is your body okay?”
As a side task to guarding Their Majesties……
Well, the knights are always close to Their Majesties. Julius is skilled in wide-range detection, so he was probably stationed at the venue.
“As you can see. I’m doing just fine. What about that matter?”
“It’s quite a mess. Reinforcement of the knights. In a hurry, the ‘Eyes of Shadows’ are also mobilized. Any suspicious characters are being thoroughly interrogated.”
Julius looks bewildered.
“You don’t need to worry about that. But more importantly, are you eating properly? You scold those kids so sternly, yet I was worried you’d forget to eat because you’re so busy.”
“I’m eating properly. Being here forces me into a regular routine.”
“Is that so? Well, that’s good. Oh, here’s a treat.”
Julius brings out a treat without fail.
“What’s inside?”
“It’s jelly. I brought a lot, so you can share with your friends.”
“Thank you!”
Raze takes the paper bag and thanks Julius with a smile.
Julius is a comrade-in-arms who tackles difficult missions together with Raze in the special forces, and they get along well off-duty as well.
He’s good at cooking, takes care of his appearance, and does various things every time they meet, so he’s like an older sister figure to her.
“By the way, Professor Yor is going wild because she wants to see you.”
“Ugh. Really?”
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Since the new species in Zone XV is different from before, I thought Professor Yor would be interested. These new specimens exhibit more intellectual behavior similar to humans.
As Raze makes a puzzled face and tries to eat the bento box she had brought from the cafeteria, Julius swiftly takes it away from her.
In exchange, she hands him the homemade bento box she made herself.
“It’s homemade. I made it for you, so eat this.”
“I want to marry you!”
Raze blurts out.
There’s no one else Raze knows who seems more capable of being a wife than him. It’s a shame that he’s interested in men.
“Bon appétit. So, will Professor Yor manage?”
While munching on Julius’s colorful bento box, Raze replies.
Frey-kun is Professor Yor’s assistant.
He always takes care of Professor Yor like a mother, so I think I’ll leave it to him this time too.
“How was it? The new territory?”
“It’s reasonably tough. They’ve evolved over a long period, so they seem more intelligent than before.”
“Is that so? Well, that makes them worth defeating.”
“Yeah. We might need to reassess the level of magic stones. At this rate, we’ll end up stacking several S-ranks.”
Raze touches her own pierced ears.
While Julius eats the bento box he took from Raze in her place, he observes her.
“Isn’t school boring?”
“Huh, why? It’s obviously fun.”
Raze’s eyes widen at Julius’s question.
“Yeah. Well, that’s good then. Make sure to visit me properly during the next break, okay?”
“Yeah. Sorry about last time. I was busy.”
“I know. It’s just that Cross-kun was worried about you working too hard. Don’t overdo it. It’s bad for your skin!”
“Okay.”
It’s a typical scolding from Julius.
Until Raze gets busy with work, she enjoys a meal with Julius.
“See you later, Raze.”
“Yeah. Thanks for the bento box and treat.”
“You’re welcome. Don’t forget to study moderately, okay?”
“Haha. Got it.”
Not many people would give advice like that.
As Raze waves to Julius as he leaves towards the headquarters from the audience seats, Folia, who had returned immediately after eating, asks her with curiosity.
“Hey, Raze-chan. Who was that just now?”
Folia, returning from the opposite side with something in her arms, asked Julia with a curious expression.
“An acquaintance. He always treats me well, and he knew I enrolled here and gave me a bento.”
“Oh, really! That’s great!”
“Yeah.”
Knowing that Folia would leave Raze alone, it seemed she came back right after finishing her meal.
Her kindness warms Raze’s heart.
“Zel-sama told us to eat this together!”
“I also got some jelly. Let’s eat together.”
“Yeah!”
As they spread out what they had received, Raze froze when she saw the sweets Folia had brought.
“Relev-striess,” a traditional sweet from Cyan’s west.
It’s a candy that comes from a tale where a man, hindered by love due to differences in social status, receives poison from a witch to make him immune to the poison and is finally able to be with the one he loves after eating the treated sweets. Of course, there’s really no poison in it.
Raze thought she had heard this story somewhere before, perhaps from her past life’s knowledge.
She suddenly thought that this sweet might also appear in a game.
(More like obsessive than romantic… Raze really loves Folia, Lord Moldir…)
Raze prayed that she wouldn’t be poisoned as she nibbled on the Relev-striess.
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Thanks for the chapter
BTW, “Addis seems to still want to throw up sugar”, shouldn’t it be Raze here?
thanks, fixed