Chapter 25 Ibro School

The school in Ibro is a majestic stone building, different from the terakoya-style school in the village of Azca.

The morning after we went to the guild bar, Zeor and I escorted the village chief and his party to school.

Olivier's entrance exam had already been discussed, but Miguel's transfer exam came so suddenly that it seemed like we needed some time to prepare.

When Olivier and Miguel were taking exams, the village chiefs would come to the church to discuss the departure ceremony.

"There are security guards in the school, I think it should be fine, but just in case, Hua Wuming, please protect the two of us."

"Yes, I'll do my best."

Mr. Zeor would accompany the village chief to the church, so I was the only one here.

Until now, I thought being one's escort was too much of a burden, but last night I hosted an adventurer at the guild's bar and that gave me confidence.

"Listen to Hua Wuming, if you are attacked, don't force yourself to defeat your opponent. First, run away and keep yourself safe. ”

"Understood, Mr. Zeor."

I was supposed to be an escort, but I was not allowed to enter the room during the exam, so I had to wait in the hallway with Miguel until they were ready for the transfer exam.

Miguel and I sat down at one end of a bench in the hallway that could accommodate about five people.

"Hmph, do you want to be a guard?"

"If you think so, please don't act selfishly."

The entrance exams for the children of Ibro seem to have a fixed date, but for applicants from the surrounding villages, the exams are held at any time as they are today.

Unlike Huaxia School, there are two semesters in a year, and there are two long holidays around the spring and autumn equinoxes.

The reason why there is no New Year's Day holiday is because there are children who come to school from areas that have been closed by snow, and if they don't go home well, they can't come back.

In other words, with two weeks left until the spring equinox this year, the abominable Miguel will disappear from the village of Azca.

"Hey Hua Wuming"

"What?"

"Don't mess with Olivier."

“?”

"You and Olivier are not in the same status, you can't get married."

"Don't worry, I'm not interested"

"I'm a little confused about how love feels in this world."

In this world of mixed races, it is not uncommon for people of different races to fall in love and get married.

Of course, mestizos also exist, but children are born either by the father's race or the mother's race.

For example, even if a tiger man marries a lion man, he will not give birth to a lion tiger.

As for the half-breed, it's fine, but my aesthetics and ethics about the opposite sex are the same as in my previous life.

Last night, my lion-man sister who approached me at the guild tavern wanted to go up the adult stairs together in the cosplay style of a lion-eared lion-tail, and see the same catwoman without stimulating sexual desire.

Other than that, I wonder if this is bestiality or morality for a race that looks like a human and can only see me as an upright walker.

"It's a normal thing in this world, in the final analysis, lust will triumph over reason, but even so, normal love is unlikely to go well."

"Hexadecimal! Hexadecimal! ”

As I was immersed in sublime thoughts, Miguel continued to sneeze, breaking the silence.

When I turned my head, Miguel was shaking.

The school was once a military fortress, the air was cold, and there were only sporadic windows in the stone corridors.

I'm wearing a winter coat made of celestial magic, and I have my own fur, so it's not cold, but Miguel, who left his coat in the carriage, looks quite cold.

"Miguel from Azca, the preparations for the transfer exam are ready, please come into the classroom."

Miguel, who couldn't stand the cold, wandered down the hallway when the goat woman who seemed to be his teacher stopped him.

"Good luck, Miguel"

"Noisy"

"Why are you so noisy when people are doing everything they can to support you?"

I was saddened to think that such a child, who couldn't even speak well, would become the head of Azka Village in the future.

Not long after Miguel entered the classroom, Olivier finished his entrance exam and walked out of the classroom.

When you leave the classroom, you can see the good upbringing of the area where you greet firmly.

"Miguel's exam has just begun, can you wait here?"

"Yes, excuse me?"

I thought Olivier would sit in the middle of the couch, but he sat next to me and gave me a puzzled look.

"What's wrong?"

"Uh, what is this?"

Olivier curiously touched the Celestial Magical Winter Coat I was wearing.

"Ah, this is the winter set of celestial magic."

When I explained that the cold was preventing the spread of the cold by forming a layer of air around his body, Olivier nodded several times.

"Uh, Mr. Hua Wuming. Can't you make one around me? It's a bit chilly here."

Olivier was wearing an overcoat, but the cold began to rise from his feet as he stood in the unheated hallway.

"It's hard to make something that fits your body perfectly, so I'm going to wrap it up with something like an air blanket"

"Yes, please"

"Okay, so can you stand up now?"

I felt that if I made a winter coat that fit my body and then wrapped Olivier in a sheet, the magic would run out, so I prepared a large sheet and wrapped it up.

"Wow, wow, wow, it's so fluffy."

"Uh, hey, hey, okay."

I said I was going to sit next to her and wrap her up, but she hugged me and rubbed my cheeks.

For Olivier, I guess he wanted to confuse me like a clothed cat.

"Wow, it's so warm, it's so warm."

"yes, that"

"I don't know what to say, but I feel like I understand how that cat in my previous life made an angry face."

"For now, I hope Miguel's transfer exam is over as soon as possible."

"Even if you do it seriously, you're likely to be a new student rather than a transfer student."

Olivier, who was holding me and mofumofu, began to doze off as his body warmed.

"Today is the entrance exam, and I was probably too nervous to sleep last night."

The silence in the hallways of the school, combined with the heat of the others, made me a little sleepy.

Last night, Zeor stayed late with me, so I had a bit of insomnia.

When I fell asleep, the celestial attribute futon disappeared, so while I was desperately battling sleepiness, Miguel came out of the classroom after the exam, broke the silence, and shouted.

"What are you doing, Hua Wuming!"

"Look closely.

"Noisy! Hurry up and stay away from Olivier, what should you do if the fleas move! ”

"I'm sorry, I take a bath every day, I don't keep fleas."

With Miguel's call, Olivier woke up from his nap.

I heard that the exam is over and I can go home, but I can't go home until the village chief returns.

"Excuse me, can you find a place to wait? It's a bit chilly here."

"Wouldn't that be nice at the café in front of the school?" You can see the school gate from the window, so the person picking you up will be clear.

The corridor was too cold for the time being, so I decided to move to the café that the examiner told me.

"I'll also ask for a message by the way, so as not to be misunderstood."

The café recommended by the teacher is a small trendy shop with a large glass window in front of the school.

The transparent flat glass seems to be made using the properties of the earth, and it is expensive, so it makes me feel that the city is different.

"What's wrong? You two. ”

"Uh, I don't have any money"

"Oh, it's okay, I'll take it out."

"You're Naruto Katake, why are you rich?"

"I work hard every day and have enough money to open a café."

"It looks like Miguel and Olivier are out of money."

In the village of Azca, there are only Grandma Carissa's pharmacy and Victor's grocery store.

She spent most of her life bartering, and her children had nowhere to spend their money.

I dragged the hesitant two into the café, explained the situation, and asked them to sit by the window.

Miguel and Olivier sat at a four-person table, and I sat in front of Miguel.

The clerk brought us the menu, but the two of us just rolled their eyes.

When he goes into town with the mayor or his parents, sometimes he goes to restaurants to eat, but he doesn't know what to do because he leaves it to him to order and pay.

"Speaking of which, I don't know much about the store system in this world."

"I mean, I don't know the name of the dish, so I have no choice but to order it."

"Uh, which menu is the most popular with school students?"

"And then there's this Potue. Sweets made from eggs and milk. ”

"So, please give me three cups of tea that are easy to drink."

"I got it"

As the staff walked to the kitchen, Miguel took a deep breath and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.

"Why are you so calm?"

"Because I have my own money, as long as I can afford what I order, no matter how old I am, I'm a customer."

"It's amazing, adventurers are different after all."

"It looks like Olivier's rank has risen again, but are you trying to confuse me with that hand?"

"Hmph, even if you're an adventurer, you're just picking grass and catching mice."

"True, but it's probably better than riding on your parents or grandpa."

"What is this guy!"

"If you're feeling depressed, go to school and think about what you can do to make life easier in the village. That's what you do as the future village chief. ”

"Hmph, I know without you telling me."

The dim sum I ordered is called "Potue", which is very similar to what we call "pudding" in Huaxia.

Although it lacks the smoothness and elasticity of Chinese pudding, it has a rich flavor.

"Umiya, Umiya, this."

"Fu, Huh, this level is not uncommon."

"It's delicious, it's the first time I've eaten it."

"A child should be like a child and say it's delicious, but Miguel is really twisted."

In contrast, Olivier is so delicious to eat that it's no wonder Miguel fell in love with it.

"Even so, the pot is delicious, probably because the milk they use is of good quality."

The milk served at the Guild Tavern last night was also fresher and richer than I had imagined.

"If this milk is available on the market, the cheese will be delicious."

"If Mr. Zeor is going to the bar tonight, let's order a dish made with dairy products."

Five days before the departure ceremony, I walked into the mountains where the snow had remained the day before.

The village chief asked me to accompany him to the departure ceremony and asked Miguel if he was qualified or not, so this time I came to see how the mushrooms were cloned so that I could earn some pocket money.

Last time, there were three big ones, but this time they can be sold in only one size, and they are small.

There is still a day before departure, but I don't know how big it will be in four days, but I don't think I can look forward to it.

"It's not going to be two big silver coins, is it?"

Last time I went to Ibro, tried the food in the café and bar and found the food in this world to be even more delicious than I thought.

In the village of Azca, they only do simple cooking, such as boiling or baking, so the dishes are poor, but the town seems to have a wide variety of dishes.

"In any case, if I go to the city, I want to enjoy a variety of dishes, and before that I need something."

I've been saving money on a regular basis, and there's money left over from last year's cloned mushroom sale, but that money will eventually be used to fund my activities as an urban adventurer.

"I want to know how much it costs to live in the city, and I should go to the bar and ask."

The last time I went into town, I thought I would be able to go to the bar the next night, but I don't know why Olivier liked me, and I ended up having dinner with him and drinking tea after dinner.

Probably trying to amuse the big cat, but Miguel intervened, and it was really troublesome.

Starting this spring, Miguel will also go to Ibro to go to school, so the village will be quiet.

I want Mr. Zeor to train me for another year or so, to improve my skills by participating in the Autumn Raid again, and next spring I want to enter the city and start the life of an adventurer.

"In order to do this, I have to increase my bankroll, and I have to improve my stick and magic skills."

After confirming the growth of the cloned mushrooms, we pretended to have a real battle in the forest and went down the mountain.

Recently, while imagining a melee battle with an enemy, I realized being able to grasp the situation around me from a distance.

In my case, I was blind in my left eye, so I tried to expand the field of view of my remaining right eye as much as possible, but things didn't go as planned.

After all, Mr. Zeor should be an opponent in close combat, so even if it is only an imaginary opponent, he can't let his guard down.

Since Mr. Zeor's tough attitude, the strength he has shown has been incredible, and it can be said that it is extraordinary.

The ever-changing, free-releasing sticks make you wonder how many arms you have, how many sticks you have.

Even if I had poured all my strength, including my eyesight, energy, physical strength, and intellect into him, my stick would not have bitten Mr. Zeor.