Heil Kuwait High School of Magic.
　A carriage arrived in front of its gates.

''Hey, we're here.''

I heard Toa's voice in my dream, and I gently opened my eyes.
Then I saw sunlight shining through the curtains of the carriage.

'What is it?'　Are you at the academy already?

Yes, they've arrived.

Then Leonardo, who was holding the horse's reins, turned and said.

"Mm, no, thank you, that's fine, that's fine, that's no bother.

I got out of the carriage, sleepily and jokingly.

'What are you talking about?'

The Toa said to me, "What's wrong with your head?"　He looked at them with a look of surprise.

He dismounted from the carriage in turn and bathed his whole body in the sunlight.

'For now, shall we go to Patrick's place and see what happens afterwards?　And maybe Sierra's back.

I asked, standing taller.

'Yes. 'Let's do that,'

I'm feeling refreshed, probably because I've been sleeping the whole time.
It's probably past noon now.

So, Mister Nito, I'll see you again at some point!

Hmm?　Are you going to come by?　You see the Prince of Rathhausen here, too?

'No, I'll take my leave now. Besides, I don't take the liberty of making contact with Razhuisen's, or the Prince for that matter.

...Is that how it works?

"Yes, I need to finish the interstate process...

I don't know much about that kind of thing.

'Hmmm ... see you then?　I'll get to Dames Aldan one of these days. In the meantime, I asked you to take care of Khalifa-san. I'm sure he'll probably come to see you from the other side, following a wave of magical power.

Okay. I'm going back to the bayonet.

Oh, why not?

No, no, no, no.

Then he bailed lightly and Leonardo left.
What a good-natured fellow!
I just arrived and now you're going back the way you came....
Well, that's how much you want me to cooperate with you, isn't it?



We walked through the school gates.
Let's see how Patrick is doing for now, and then we'll go back to that room tonight to fish out the forbidden books.


And that's when we walked a while from the gate and reached the entrance of the academy.
There was a bulletin board placed there, and I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it, so much so that I had to look twice.


-- "No. 1!　S-ranked adventurer Nito, conquer the dungeon!"


There were so many posters on the board that the words "Demonic News Agency" were pasted over the edge of the board.
The words "Magical News Agency" were written on the edge of the poster.
It's probably Francesca's doing.
He said he was going to return first.

'My master is full!

Nem approached the board with a huff.

'You'll do it at all, won't you?　Francesca too.

When I looked at him, Toa looked dumbfounded and laughed too.

''But I have conquered the dungeon. I think I'm still a bit light on this level, don't I?

Hmm?

I asked the Sufiria.

''Perhaps.　When it comes to conquering dungeons, it's like you've already been endorsed, so you won't be able to fool me anymore like you did with Raz Hausen.

I don't remember misrepresenting it, but........

''Most importantly, since Nito-sama will be participating in a match against the school, I believe that inspections will also come on that day. What's more, I'm sure that in the future, aristocrats and scouts from various countries will be visiting this academy.

Scout?　What is that?　Where the hell do you think you're going to scout me?

'Perhaps anything is possible, if Master Nito wishes it?　For example, I suppose it could be the king's entourage, a court mage, or a leader who trains knights and mages.

Hmmm... none of this is very good... Well, I don't want to.

"You could take your aristocratic position and live the rest of your life playing. You could live in your mansion with all the women you want and do with them as you please.

'Honestly, I'm not interested in a harem. I'm more interested in driving people who are happy to have all that kind of stuff to the brink of despair and then torturing and killing them... that's the one...

You're in another world and you're going to stay in one place forever?
........But when you think about it, it's not a title that you can't afford to have.

'What? ...What did you just say?

Apparently, Sufilia didn't hear the last one.
Well, it was half as loud as my mind's voice.
It came out more unintentionally, but I'm glad Toa didn't hear it.
The next thing I knew, Toa and Nem were looking at the poster, which had my picture on it.

'Hey Nito?'　Why don't we take this back to our room and hang it up as a souvenir?

Then Toa said that with an innocent look on her face, as if she was thinking of a prank.

'Don't do that................ Besides, if it's a poster, Francesca's got a new one, right?　He's probably still at the academy anyway, so I'll take it later.

I wasn't particularly keen on the idea, but Toa wanted to, so I didn't say no.

'Yes!　I will.

Then Toa smiled at him.
Well if Toa wants to do that, I'll do it too.

Just then, I saw something stirring from the depths of the school building.
It was in the shade, so I couldn't see it clearly.
But gradually the figure becomes clearer and clearer.

'Hey, hey, hey!　That........isn't it good?!

It was a group of female students.
And there were men in it, too.
The evil spirits of rivers and mountains are coming toward us, regardless of gender and race.

''Monsters!　It's a monster!

Nem clawed and alerted the crowd.

'It's not a monster, Nem. That was a snob who forgot himself!　Let's get out of here!

I held Nem.
Then I walked away quickly from the scene.
Then Toa and Sufilia smiled at my unfamiliar example and ran after me.

''It's nice to do this kind of thing occasionally, isn't it?

What?

Tor smiles and breathes hard, asking.

'No, it's nothing,'

'Master Nito!' from behind me.　Master Nito! And I hear a voice calling out to me.

'I'm sorry, but I'm not Nito!

I lied about the mask I'm wearing now, saying I bought it from a street vendor.
But I didn't listen to them.
And it seems that Toa and Nem have been recognized to some extent.
I can also hear their voices calling their names.
You don't think they are friends, do you?
This party is becoming more and more famous.
Should we think of a name for this party?

We ran around the campus of the academy where we came back.



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Patrick's magical surge continued to the training grounds.
And as they entered the training grounds, they found Patrick training with Sarah.
They waved at each other and met again for the first time in a long time.

'What, Nito, are you still wearing that mask?'

It's getting harder and harder to get.

But it's quintessential.

Patrick already knows that I've conquered the dungeon, too, apparently.

'Well, that was easy. It was trickier than I thought it would be.

'I didn't know Nito was so nasty.... It must have been quite something, huh?

Well.

Looking back on the past was mentally much more bearable.

''By the way, what happened to the spirit magic?　Is everything all right?

'More so than before. But I have to admit, I've found this to be more magic than I can tolerate, lightly.

"More than acceptable?

Nem and Toa were talking about something with Sarah.
They were laughing happily.

'Yeah, I told you before, didn't I?　They say that spirits appear according to the summoner's magic level.

Did I say that?

I told you. That means Sarah is following Nito's magic.

I see.

'Yeah, so there's no way I could handle it. To begin with.

I'm sorry about that.
But he's the one who asked me to subpoena him.

'And then?　What are you going to do?

In case you were wondering, I've been waiting until Nito gets here, but Sarah says she's going to put another spirit on me.

'Another genie?　What do you mean?

Isn't Sarah the Spirit King?

Yeah.

I mean, he's the king of Salamanda.

Yeah, I know.

'So I have all the spirits lower than me to follow. Though, I don't have any spirits higher than Sarah.

Hmm.

Apparently, Patrick is out of contract with Sarah.

'So?　When are you going to do it?

'Do it now. That's what I've been waiting for.

You been waiting for me?　Why were you waiting for me?　Why don't you do what you want?

That's not going to happen.

Patrick says that if you break the contract, Sarah will automatically return to the spirit world.
That's why we need to make a temporary contract with someone.
In other words, they're going to make a tentative contract with me, and then they're going to ask me to choose a genie that's right for Patrick.
By the way, it seems that a tentative contract is not as complicated a ceremony as the main contract.

I understand. Then shall we get on with it?　It's all about the national championship game.

Yeah, I'll do that.

And then Sarah came to us.

'Are you done talking?'

Yeah.

Patrick and Sarah are having a normal conversation.
Apparently, unbeknownst to me, they've grown closer.

'Better than that?　Why would you sign a contract with me?

It's okay. I'm not doing it for you, and besides, it's just a temporary contract, so I'm terminating it immediately.

Oh, well...

Well, I don't know how the contract works, but Sarah says it's good.
Let's just do it.

Then give me your hand.

Hmmm... is that all right?

I put out my right hand.
Then Sarah grabbed my right hand.

'Sarah?　What are you doing?

Toa asked.

'Cancel your contract and sign a temporary contract with him. Don't worry, I won't take him away from you.

Then Toa's cheeks flushed for a moment.
And then he said nothing more.

'So?　What's next?

Then Sarah bit the index finger of her left hand.
Then blood dripped from it.

'Patrick, take this,'

Then Sarah stuck her index finger out to Patrick.

'Do you want me to lick it?'

Yeah, so make it quick.

Okay.

After a number of worrisome words popped up, like lick, hurry up, etc., Patrick licked Sarah's finger.
It was that moment.

'Whoa!　What?!

A red-burning magic circle appeared at our feet.
And then it was gone in an instant.

'That's it.'

Is it over?

Yes, I'm your genie now.

Apparently, Sarah has become my spirit.

'So?　And after this?

I'll measure Patrick's magic and sort out the appropriate spirits.

Sarah then continued and put her hand on Patrick's shoulder.
At that moment, another burning magic circle appeared.
It surrounded Patrick.

''........Hmm?''

Then I realized.

"Huh?　Are you using my magic without permission?

What?　What are you talking about? Of course you're using it.　That's why I signed up with you once, you know?

I see.
Apparently, this method consumes so much magic power that Sarah's magic power can't compensate for it.

'On top of that, are you any different from before?　It was more of a disasterous magical power before...

Yeah, you know. I think I was being swallowed up by the abyss. So I brought it back a bit.

'Well then you've met. You're........

Hmm?　You've met him?
How do you know all this stuff?

'More importantly, I still don't like your magical powers. It's supposed to be massive, but it's not, it's unstable, it gets smaller and bigger, and it's very distorted.

You okay?　It's an abyss, after all.

'It's okay, the mana itself shouldn't have anything to do with the abyss. And this has nothing to do with the abyss. It's your psychological problem.

'Mental problems? ...What's that?　No ... come to think of it, I think Vel said something like that too...

The abyss belongs to the mind, so the mana is only a source of sustenance. So you don't have to worry about it.

Hmmm, so that's how it goes...

How does this guy know so much about the abyss?
I've been wondering about that for a while.

'It's done ... it's going to be this girl.

Oh!

I winced.

'Then Patrick, summon me like I said.

Okay.

Then Patrick touched Sarah's left shoulder with his opposite right arm, not the left shoulder being touched by Sarah.
Then they came to touch each other's shoulders and put their magic power into each other's shoulders.
At that moment, the magic circle rose to scan the two of them in triplicate, and a mass of fire appeared between them.
And that was when the fire created a small-scale explosion.

Then a pale girl with short brown hair and dressed in an Arabian outfit, like Sarah, appeared.
And the girl snapped!　His eyes widened.

'Huh?　Your Royal Highness?　Why are you here?

Apparently Sarah is a princess, not a queen.
No, I don't care about that here.

Why is it a female genie again?

I was lightly jealous of Patrick.