Chapter 149

Chapter 149

[Stick! I want to fetch the stick!]

Bell fluttered his wings, looking incredibly excited as he urged Roan.

Shriek—!

Unlike her usual gentle personality, Charlotte also had her eyes sparkling with expectation this time.

“Alright, alright.”

Roan first threw Bell’s stick toward the training ground where the other students’ spiritual beasts were playing.

Swoosh—

The stick flew far away.

Bell’s golden pupils, which particularly stood out on his black body, flashed.

[Here I go!]

Ruuuuuumble───!!!!

“?”

— ???!?!!?!?

At the same time as Bell’s energetic shout, something incredibly amazing happened.

Bell was so excited that he didn’t just fly with his wings; he even used the flight black magic, Black Wings, and the movement speed enhancement, ‘Black Flame Jet’.

Thanks to that, accompanied by a tearing sound that usually only occurred when a fighter jet flew, he succeeded in snatching the stick before it even reached the peak of its parabola.

Rumble—!

Shriek—!!

The flying spiritual beasts in that path even faltered in midair because of it.

Whoosh—

[I brought it! Again! Again!]

Having successfully completed a magnificent sharp turn, Bell returned and fluttered his tail like a puppy, handing the stick over to Roan.

‘……I told you to avoid using black magic as much as possible.’

To think he would use his power for just fetching a wooden stick, not even fighting an enemy!

At Roan’s pointing out, Bell made an excuse in an oops voice.

[Well…… we have to train like it’s a real battle…….]

But that wasn’t all.

‘And what did you do to make the stick look like this?’

Roan held up the stick Bell had brought with a dumbfounded expression.

He had bitten it so hard that even though it was made sturdy for spiritual beasts, it was practically on the verge of breaking in the middle.

‘We can’t use this anymore, so go rest in the back.’

Bell became sulky, bowing his head and crouching behind Roan.

Next was Charlotte.

“Let’s practice moving quickly using Crimson Sword. ……Don’t break the stick.”

Roan instructed like this and threw the stick.

Swoosh—

Shriek—!

Fortunately, Charlotte moved quickly, picked up the stick, and returned.

Although she wasn’t as fast as Bell, to others’ eyes, only a faint red figure was barely visible.

[Hmph! If she had gone first, she would have broken the stick and brought it back too!]

Looking at the intact stick, Bell grumbled in jealousy.

At that moment, Alphard, who had been watching the students from afar, moved.

Hiss— Clank— Clank—

The students kept their distance from the violent noise, whispering with envious expressions.

— He’s definitely going to praise Darc again.

— Because he is an amazing fellow when it comes to Sacred Combat…… Jura.

‘No way.’

In the first place, he had broken the teaching aid, so it was strange to be praised.

Right now, Alphard had yellow eyes.

Roan knew why Alphard was coming this way.

Creak— Clack—

Finally, Alphard stood in front of Roan.

Slide—

With a serious face, Roan reached his hand toward his pocket.

— ……Is that bastard pulling out a knife?

— Wouldn’t a hammer be more effective against a golem?

— Isn’t that similar for humans too?

Contrary to the students’ expectations, what Roan pulled out of his pocket was the 100-talent bill he had received from Alphard earlier.

Alphard said.

“Damage to teaching aid confirmed. Please pay a fine of 18 talents for damaging the teaching aid.”

— ????

— He wasn’t trying to praise him?

— But does that Professor know how to use polite speech?

Moreover, his voice was far softer and lighter than usual.

Zzzt—

At the same time, the storage compartment in his chest containing bills opened.

When Roan handed over the 100-talent bill, Alphard returned 82 talents in change to Roan.

‘Yellow eyes indicate collection mode.’

In addition to his regular artificial intelligence, Alphard had an artificial intelligence for collecting money.

……The trace of being a golem created by Uli remained in places like this.

Moreover, because it was an algorithm created by Uli, it collected roughly 20% more than the actual amount due.

After paying the fine, Roan said to Bell.

“You’re only eating half of dinner.”

Of course, it was half a joke and he had no intention of doing so.

Roar—!

At the shocking news, Bell let out a startled cry.

— What a heartless bastard.

— Holding a grudge over a fine he paid because his own divine beast broke it…….

Roan turned to the students with dumbfounded eyes.

‘No, in the first place, because the divine beast broke it, of course I’d complain to the divine beast!’

— Argh! It’s the Archdemon of grudges!

However, the students were intimidated by Roan’s ominous gaze and began to run away.

“Ack! Roan says he will fine us!”

Roan looked at Demona, who was mixed among them, and clicked his tongue in disbelief.

***

After Professor Alphard’s class ended.

Roan and his friends were returning to the dormitory after having dinner.

“Professor Alphard’s class was really fun. Right?”

Raphia asked with a truly satisfied face, stroking Saengsaeng.

“Right. At the end, when I told Noeul to sit, he really sat.”

“I think you and Noeul really match well~”

“Matches well.”

“Riel, you also match well with Kiki!”

The three female students were getting along increasingly well.

“But I don’t think they listen as well as they did earlier, Darc.”

Then, Sion spoke with regret, looking at Noeul.

Noeul had been hopping around in front of them for a while to catch the flying Pallangi.

Even though Sion had stopped him several times out of worry that he might get hurt, Noeul had not shown the same focus as earlier.

Roan nodded and said.

“Of course. The effect of short-term communion is only short-term. This is not a world inside a game. You must always look at it with a long-term perspective.”

“Indeed!”

“As expected, there’s a lot to learn from Roan.”

Hearing Roan’s words, Sion, Raphia, and Riel each nodded, having felt a lot.

‘Well…… it is similar, but.’

On the other hand, Roan felt a bit guilty.

Whether this place was really inside God and Devil or just a completely different world that looked exactly like it, it was still a game’s worldbuilding, after all.

“Still, if we keep taking Professor Alphard’s class, we’ll gradually improve, right?”

“Probably.”

“Professor Alphard gave us care supplies, he seems like a really good person!”

As Raphia said, near the end of the class, Alphard had provided the students with shampoo, combs, and simple, sturdy handmade toys.

The reason was that they should always maintain cleanliness and play joyfully with their spiritual beasts.

……Human professors rarely gave this many gifts to students, but instead, the golem Alphard treated the students the most warmly.

Roan fell into thought as he listened to his friends’ conversation.

‘Well, if Uli gave a holy relic crafting kit or Kaina gave a basic interrogation kit, that would be a problem in its own way.’

Then he concluded that it was rather better for some professors to give nothing at all.

Particularly, if one received something from Uli, they had to be prepared to vomit out several times its worth.

‘I might receive a crafting kit from Uli sometime soon though…….’

He would rather receive a gift without reason from Harden than receive anything from Uli.

For example, it was something like this.

— Demona, Demona Wicronon!

“Huh? Who is calling me?”

At the voice calling Demona from afar, Roan and his friends turned around simultaneously.

Clank— Clank— Clank—

There, a senior wearing some bizarre holy relic suit was moving diligently toward them.

Demona asked in a puzzled voice.

“Is he a relative of Professor Alphard?”

……Looking at him showing only a part of his face and school uniform, it was not unreasonable to make such a misunderstanding.

“How could a golem have relatives?”

Hector scolded Demona as if she were saying something strange.

“Did you ask Professor Alphard?”

“W-Well, no, but……”

“Professor Uli could have made another golem, right? That is golem discrimination.”

“Uh…… uh……?”

Hector quickly looked around.

However, his friends stealthily avoided his gaze, not wanting to get involved with Demona for no reason.

Roan couldn’t bear to watch and added a word.

“He is a normal senior.”

“Aha~”

Demona nodded as if the misunderstanding was cleared.

“Roan……!”

Hector, with a touched expression, tried to approach Roan but stopped, fearing he might be hit by a paralysis spell again.

It was a wise decision.

Anyway, the senior who looked similar to a golem approached and said:

“Are you Demona Wicronon? Professor Uli is calling for you. Ah, by the way, I am Uldein Willenberg, the second-year class representative.”

“Pardon? Me?”

“Yes. I heard you are the first-year class representative? Aren’t you?”

“I am though?”

Demona tilted her head.

What did being the first-year class representative have to do with Professor Uli calling for her?

“Since you are the class representative, you have to go prepare for tomorrow’s class.”

“Why?”

“……?”

At Demona’s repeated question, this time Uldein tilted his head.

‘Is she crazy?’

Fortunately, Roan intervened before Uldein could launch an attack on Demona.

“Demona. The class representative of Professor Uli’s class must help prepare for class instead of receiving talents.”

“Ah, is that how it was? Then I don’t want to be class representative.”

Demona tried to lay down the class representative position too easily.

Seeing this, Uldein let out a sigh of relief.

‘She was indeed crazy.’

At first, he thought she was an impudent junior who dared to rebel against a senior, but if she was just crazy, the story was different.

Since it was not very strange for a crazy professor to choose a crazy student as class representative.

For reference, the reason Uldein became class representative was simply because his name started with ‘Ul’ like Professor Uli’s…….

“Junior, since you seem to know a thing or two, explain it to her.”

“Once decided, the class representative usually continues until the fourth year.”

“What? Where is such a law?”

Demona asked in disbelief.

Certainly, there was no law that she couldn’t quit being class representative midway.

“Once you receive talents, the contract is established, and there is a law that if you wish to unilaterally terminate it, you must pay ten times the down payment. Also, you can only hand it over if you bring in a successor class representative.”

Hearing Roan’s explanation, Demona’s attitude instantly changed 180 degrees.

No matter how stubborn Demona was, she realized this wouldn’t do.

“Senior Uldein? Let’s go.”

“Uh? Uh. But one more person is needed for class preparation.”

“Fanatic junior, let’s go.”

“What?! Why me!”

Hector jumped up and argued.

Preparing for Professor Uli’s class was bound to be tedious and hard work, no matter how one looked at it.

“Then who should I take?”

“That is……?”

Hector tried to say, ‘There are plenty of other kids!’, but he looked around and was rendered speechless.

The female students and their sacred spirit beasts had already used stealth holy magic to escape far away.

“Wow, Sion, you really seem good at stealth holy magic! I want to learn too.”

“Amazing!”

“Quiet down and just run for now! I’ll teach you later.”

……For some reason, as she hung out with Roan, the only skills Sion excelled at were stealth holy magic and running away.

Mew—

Flutter-flutter—

‘At that level, they would be able to use it quite well in actual combat.’

‘To think they could use even Noeul’s and Pallangi’s abilities to the fullest to escape; the movements of the baby sacred spirit beasts are admirable.’

It was certain they could deceive the eyes of an ordinary black mage.