The next day.
　I came to the principal's office with Silvia and Eco.

"I would like to request that Eco be expelled from school today and be allowed to enroll in Class A as my companion.
I will.

　When I said that, Eco joined me in asking for help.

　Principal Paula was stunned.

　I was aware that I was saying something outrageous, but I was also confident that this story would pass.
　Because so many people had witnessed yesterday's "eco-mudgy incident".

Could you give me a few minutes of your time at ......?
No problem. How long do you want me to wait?

　I'm going to be high-handed.
　I push my anger forward.

'There will be an emergency board meeting at noon. Then we'll come to a conclusion.

　Good. Perhaps my request will be answered.

Then we're all looking forward to hearing the results. We will be absent in the morning. Now, if you'll excuse me.

　With that, we leave the principal's office.


"Lord Second. Why did you do that?

　Sylvia asked.

'We're foreign students. We're foreign students," she said, "and we're exotic aristocrats. And it was right under our noses that we were being bullied. And we've been bullied by beastmen.
...... I see. If Zipangu is a country that treats beastmen politely.
'You'd think it would be awkward. And even if it wasn't, the impression is soooo bad. On top of that, it's a situation where the teachers here could be said to have turned a blind eye to the bullying. You don't want to cause any more problems. I'm sure they'll try to keep it as quiet as possible. Hence, my request should be granted.
I'm fine!
Well, you're the best in the world.



　I was in the library watching Sylvia study her magic, and in no time at all it was noon.

　When I went to the school cafeteria to have a meal, Mine noticed and came over to me.

''Mr. Second!　I heard that. I hear you're bringing Eco-san along?

　Hey how do you know.
　Doesn't this school have a compliance code?

He's an excellent recovery sorcerer. If you can't see that, then you don't know the extent of this school.

　I got annoyed and said something like that.
　Then Mine started laughing, "Haha.

What's up?
'Oh no, Mr. Second, you're still the same!　I really like it.
...... you're right.
The Second Lord!

　Sylvia pokes me. When I say, "What?" she snaps at me, "You almost called me a faggot again. I was taken aback and said, "Moho! Eco, who would say, "Stop! I scold him. I'm kind of like a mother.

'Silvia-san is still the same as always. I'm glad that Eco-san seems to be getting along well with you.

　Mine looked at us like that, smiling but somewhat envious.



'Oh, there you are,'

　I had just finished my beef bowl when Kevin appeared.

'Yeah, how did it go?'

　When he asked that, Kevin nodded and replied.

''It was accepted without a problem. Eco-san is going to be your companion, Second, and will be spending time with you in Class A from today.
Well, that's good.

　I smiled back at him and Kevin smiled too and left.
'Why are you accompanying me?' Why are you in Class A? He was smart enough not to ask questions such as, "What's the point? If he had asked me, I could have said sarcastically, "It's so you don't get bullied again, sir.

"Second-dono. By the way, why did you put Eco in Class A?

　...... Oh, by the way, we had a pompous female knight in our house.

Why?

　I'm going to ask Eco about it, too.

　I'm at a loss for words.

　I don't want to be bullied again. It's easy to say that, but it's not true.

　At one point, I thought about getting revenge on those who were bullying Eco.
　On the other hand, he could have gone around showing them how far Eco has come, how useful he is.
　But he didn't want to do that.

　Just one word, she said, she wanted to be with him. That was all there was to it.

'It's because we're ...... buddies,'

　So I just muttered yes, and sat up.

　At any rate, it's the library.
　My remaining study abroad period is limited. I have to make Sylvia learn magic as soon as possible. And I also have to figure out how to get the grimoire of the Sanno type.

　Now, it's going to be busy.
　I walked quickly to the library to cool my heated face.





　A week had passed since then.

　Perhaps my painstakingly detailed lecture was successful, Sylvia finally mastered the [Attack Magic] [Fire Attribute, Type 2].

　When I told Mine, "I learned this guy in a little over a week," she said, "You're a genius! He was surprised. Normally it would take two weeks to learn, no matter how short it was. By the way, the shortest time is the time it took Mein to learn it. This guy is a genius too.

　Moreover, Sylvia may have gotten the hang of it, "I have a feeling that I can go to the Sanno type as well," she said, and told the librarian about it.

　Then the head librarian, Silk, came slowly over and said, "Sylvia-san, you have a wonderful talent!　I would love to borrow it! And it was quite easy to get permission to do so. I want to say, "What was it like for me? Is it "I won't lend it to someone who has no possibility of remembering it"?

　But, well, that gave me a chance to learn. Silk liked me (?). I asked Sylvia, who is there, to borrow the four attributes and glance at them from the side. As a result, I was able to get all four attributes of the Sanno type. It's a pile of crap on the shelf.

　Sylvia seems to be doing quite well, and for a while now, she has been biting into her desk and holed up in the library as if possessed by something, saying, "Almost there, almost there, almost there.

　I had already taught Sylvia everything I needed to teach her, so I had very little time for that.

　Eco and I lounged around in the courtyard, and the three of us, along with Mine, played simple games and games of catch.

　Mine seemed to be particularly fond of Koshitori, and would challenge me to play it whenever he could. The other day, he wrote "Cotton" on a piece of notebook during class. When I wrote "Turkmenistan" on it, he stared at me like he didn't know me and said it wasn't fair, so I held up my middle finger and smiled at him. Mine puffed up his cheeks and turned away, "Hmmm," but then again, when it was time for the next class, he handed me a note paper for "tambourine". He's a pretty cute guy, but he doesn't have a hint of princely character, so I wonder if he's okay.

　During a break between classes, I saw Mein reading something quietly, so I sneaked a peek from behind, and he was pulling out words ending in "hmm" from the dictionary. That was not fair, so I told him at the start of the next training session, "From now on, it's a word that ends with an "uh". He got down on all fours and got depressed when I told him that the last word was "soccer". What are you doing, Second Prince .......


　Well, it's been a mellow day like this.

　At first glance, it seems to be stagnant, but in fact, I had a purpose.

　It's to get Mine to like me.

　I've already achieved my goal ...... or perhaps I don't have to do anything special to make her like me, but I think she's still weak.

　Why do you want to be liked by Mine? It's the grimoire of the four-knocker type.

　The four-room type is in the royal palace. Mine had indeed said so.

　The A grade dungeon 'Argin' - it's the easiest dungeon in the A grade. The grimoires of all four types of attributes will drop from the boss here at a rate of about 10% each.

　I'm sure you'll find it hard to get around the Arguin Dungeon for me, Silvia and Eco. However, even if we didn't, getting around the dungeon is a pain in the ass, so there's nothing better than not getting around it if possible.

　After thinking about it, I'm trying to get along with Mine until we have a "relationship that's so close that he'll take me to the palace if I ask him".


"Sendo, what is this?

　While I was lying in the courtyard thinking about this, Eco showed me some fliers she had picked up and asked me about it.　

　I later realized that Eco couldn't read very well.
　In other words, she could not read Japanese, the common language of this world.

　Why? I soon figured out why. Come to think of it, during Mevion, all the beastmen except for the main NPCs spoke 'beast language'.

　In other words, Eco must have bothered to learn Japanese to come to this school. And to my surprise, he's already memorized Attack Magic Type 2 by reading the grimoire as hard as he can, though his INT is so low it's completely useless.

　This guy looks like an idiot, but he might actually be extremely smart.
　I'm sure that if you go to a church, they should have a grimoire for "recovery magic" and "small". If you can learn it on your own, it's a good thing you're going to take them to learn it as soon as possible.

...... ho?

　...... No, you don't look very smart with this gaping, open-mouthed idiot face. I could be wrong.

"Let me see that.
Yeah!

　When I said that, Eco handed me a flyer in her hand.
　The content of the flyer was '51st magic tournament is now open for participants'.
　Apparently, it's going to be held on the ridiculously large grounds of this Royal School of Witchcraft. The date and time is ...... the last day of my study abroad program.

It's the last day of my study abroad. It's like an annual event. I hear there's a prize for the winner.
Wow. What do I get?

Hmm?　Err, ......--!

　I couldn't believe my eyes.

　The winner's prize is marked 'The Ring of Pursuit'.


' ...... eco. We'll be in a witchcraft competition.

　I instantly decided to join.