''Sage Luciel-sama, I want you to marry Cresia-san, that I do.
　Huh~ I don't remember him living in this kind of setting.......
　But still, marriage........I call out to Cresia for now.

It's been a long time since I've seen you, Cresia. How have you been?
'Yes, thanks to Luciel-sama, they call me teacher now.
　Cressia was all smiles, a change from when she ran away.

''It's good, that it is. I can't get enough of that smile, that I can't get enough of it.''
　I get annoyed when people say what I'm thinking.

"Kefin, Ketty, get this guy.
　The two of them instantly secured Hattori.

'Huh?　I'm going to stop you, that I am.
'Cressia, how do you feel about Hattori anyway?'

'Well, Dr. Hattori is very good at ninjutsu, and the kids love him, but his words and actions are just plain creepy.
Oh, I'm a big fan of verbal abuse........ This is not a joke, that it is. No, Sage, please have mercy...
　I made Hattori drink the object X. Hattori dared to pass out in front of the object X, just as he did a year ago.


''Now you've calmed down a bit. As I recall, wasn't Hattori a slave of Mr. Druster's?
　I remembered that Mr. Dorster, who was the face of the slum, had taken in Hattori, as I recall, to expand the activities of the slum's half-beast people.

'Yes. Although I am a slave of Mr. Dorster's, I am good at teaching arithmetic and martial arts, and I am a conditional teacher. But.....
　What kind of conditions are you putting in place, and what kind of conditions are you putting in place for Cresia to be pursued?　But still, I didn't expect Hattori to become a teacher before I knew it.
　Since he's a reincarnated person, he can at least do the four rules of calculation, and since he taught ninjutsu in the slum city, maybe he's good at teaching.......

''Since you're a slave to Mr. Dorstar, shouldn't you have consulted him?
It's... well...
'Master Luciel, I'll tell you about it.
　Nahlia said and explained the current situation.

''Cresia is a half-elf, so she has a good appearance. And since she is the strongest and most reserved of those staying in Yenis, she is quite well-liked by those who are not trapped by the concept of half.
'I see. And from Mr. Dorchester.....
Yes.
　Cressia nodded apologetically.

'Hmm. I know that Cressia is popular. So how does that make Cressia feel?
'Well, I still have school stuff to deal with, and I can't think of anything like that.
　Does that mean you're going to say no to anyone who confesses to you now?　

Can't you just say no outright?
'Yes. Mr. Hutley could say no, but two days later he'd be back again like he was today...
　
　But it comes with the assumption that the other party doesn't mind it, but........

'Do you want to make some kind of penalty?　Do you think the person who persistently confesses to you will be made to drink object X?　Or if you can find a refusal that they'll agree to, I'm not familiar with that kind of thing, so I can't help you.
No, I'm honored that Luciel-sama, who has the blessing of the spirits, has thought so much about it.
　Sorry about Cressia, but I'm not an expert on things like anti-stalking.

　That's when Lumina spoke up.
''If she's strong, why not give the opportunity to whoever wins one-on-one with her?''
What do you mean?
'We have something similar at church headquarters. Once a year, a tournament is held to determine who gets to share their thoughts. And the winner gets to share his or her thoughts.
'You've been doing that too, haven't you?
　Still, the fact that none of the sides here have hung up on them means that there must be a way to say no.

''Of course, the person who has expressed their feelings also has the right to say no. If you still can't give up, you have to drink the conditions the other party gives you to achieve it. For example, if you defeat the entire War Maiden Holy Knight Squad by yourself.
　

''But does that prevent the participants from confessing, harassing or otherwise annoying you?
'We bound all the participants with a pledge not to do so for a year,'
　Do you use a pledge in such a place?
　No, it's an oath, so can't it be wrong?

'Good. Well, then, I'll let the one who can mug object X have the right to participate, and if I beat some of them, including Cressia, I'll be the judge of my employer.
　Drinking object X wouldn't be a half-hearted thing to do.

'Luciel-sama, I'll be there for you then.
　I think Lionel just wants to fight a strong opponent.

Are you sure?
Yeah, it's the chairman's job to protect his valuable employees but then again, it's not easy being popular either.
　That's what I was thinking about.


　Afterwards, we had finished our inspection of the school, and we had added Cresia and Hattori to the factory tour.

　Milfine, the elf in charge of the factory, gave us a tour of the factory.
　She was low to me and Lydia, the priestess, whose spirit blessing was stronger, but she was very grateful for the fact that I put her in charge of the factory.
　It was very rewarding and he enjoyed every day.

　As soon as the tour of the factory began, Master, Mr. Bazak, and the War Maiden Holy Knight Squad completely froze.

　There was a pseudo-sun in the basement, waterways, flower and vegetable gardens and orchards.

　Mr. Bazak was so impressed that his eyes turned to look at me with a truly respectful look.

　And then there's the War Maiden Holy Knights, the moment I met with the Hatch tribe and was given the finest honey candy, I kind of got chills, but I decided not to think too much about it.

　While I was being shown around the factory by Follens-san and Milfine, I went further underground to find Doran and the others' workshop, where they had already started repairing the armor of the War Maiden Holy Knights.
　I realized my failure when I reached the fourth basement floor, the lowest level of the building, as it was bad enough to interfere.

　After all, there was a magnificent arena.

　It was easy to imagine what was to come next.