◈ Episode 131 Iona Ovalley
Leo didn’t intervene because he was worried about the girl in front of him.
In terms of reasons, it was rather the opposite.
“how did you know?”
“You are openly trying to live, but how do you not know that? Of course, those idiots just didn’t know that the blade was in front of their throats.”
“I didn’t mean to kill you. I just wanted to set an example.”
“Oh, is that so? But you mean you meant to kill at least half of them?”
“… … so. What are you going to do now?”
Leo frowned at Iona’s wary question.
She didn’t seem to be aware of it, but before she knew it, her golden pupils were split vertically.
like a beast
“hey. don’t stare like that Do you think I was trying to blackmail you?”
“no?”
“no.”
“Then why did you dry me?”
“Whoa. Anyway, don’t talk If you’re going to do it, at least I said it in the sense that you shouldn’t do it in broad daylight in front of people. why.”
“… … .”
Iona’s pupils returned to normal.
She looked curiously at the little boy, who spoke angrily even in front of her.
Leo was furious at that gaze.
“What, why?”
“Aren’t you afraid of me?”
“Are you scared?”
Leo suddenly understood what she was talking about, but immediately understood why she was asking this question.
“Did you think I would discriminate against you for being a beastman?”
“Most of the people here either hate me or are afraid of me.”
“That’s what they say because they don’t know anything.”
Then, Leo gave a gruff but sincere answer to the silent gaze asking if you were different.
Originally, I wasn’t like that, but after hanging out with Aidan, I tried to justify myself.
“Fear comes from ignorance. Conversely, if you know something, you needn’t be afraid. You said your name was Iona Ovalley, right?”
“huh.”
“It’s a beast race, but since it has a last name, it must be from a fairly powerful family. Considering that the Beasts are usually hostile to humans, the reason you came here must not have been the will of the entire tribe.”
“that’s right.”
“Nevertheless, coming to Seorn… … .”
Iona listened silently to what Leo had to say.
There was even a slight anticipation of what the little boy was talking about.
“Did you come to know? about humans. And about the wider world.”
“… … .”
Iona was silent at Leo’s words.
Not all of his words were absurd and wrong, but all of them were correct.
“that’s right. How did you know?”
“joy. That’s about as easy as it gets. I’ve heard of how beastmen live.”
“Interesting. Ordinary people look down on us as barbaric.”
“That’s because information about the different races is still less known. Right now, the anti-racial discrimination law is about to be proposed, but all the filthy nobles are desperately blocking it.”
Leo clicked his tongue with a tsk, as if his teeth were grinding just at the thought of nobles.
As he hated nobles, it was natural for him to take a stand against the racial discrimination that nobles hated the most.
“Then I only did it because I hated them, so don’t get me wrong.”
“Pequinya Solda. You are a good person.”
“what?”
“You are a good person… … .”
“no. Not that. what you said before. Peckie, what?”
“Pequinya Solda. It’s our tribal language. In your language, it means a small and brave warrior.”
“What dude?”
At Iona’s candid words, tendons rose from Leo’s forehead.
Iona was just giving the compliment in a purely good way, but what she said touched Leo’s wrath.
“hey. I’m warning you, don’t tell me I’m small or anything.”
“why?”
“Why?”
Are you asking because you really don’t know?
Leo tried to say, look at me, but stopped. There is nothing more miserable than having to explain it with your own mouth.
Leo has always been shorter than his peers.
This is because of the lack of proper nutrition from an early age.
Due to his naturally small size and inability to eat much food, he had no choice but to have a small body, which was no different from Leo’s complex.
“Are you saying that even after looking at my condition?”
“ah.”
Iona also noticed the meaning behind Leo’s words.
“I do not understand. Why do you obsess over such trivial things?”
“Is it trivial?”
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Leo sneered at those words, curling up one side of his mouth.
“That must be because you are a beast race. Beast races are all naturally tall and have superior physical abilities. Do you know the heart of a small person?”
“It doesn’t matter if you’re short or tall. What matters is the strength of the heart.”
It’s the strength of the mind. What kind of fairy tale story are you talking about?
Leo glared at Iona with suspicious eyes, but her expression was rather serious than before.
Those unwavering eyes were telling Iona that she was serious.
“Pequinya Solda. you just helped me Even though it was a dangerous situation where you could fight with other students.”
“Because if I hadn’t left it alone, something bigger would have happened. Besides, they just did it because they hated them.”
“If you were a really bad person, you would have left me alone. Rather, I could have encouraged them to harm those nobles.”
“… … .”
Every word Iona said penetrated Leo’s lungs.
Leo felt something tickle his skin. It seemed unpleasant, but somehow pleasant, it was quite a familiar feeling.
okay. This was similar to the sensation I often felt after being close with Aidan. That stupid guy who only likes people unnecessarily and is full of ramblings.
“So you don’t have to worry too much about being small.”
“… … it’s okay. That kind of advice is just words.”
Seeing Iona immediately shut up when he said it was okay, Leo sighed in anger.
“Just call me Leo.”
“what?”
“That’s my name. I’m not Pequina Solda. If you’re going to call me in the future, call me by my full name. Because that is my name.”
“from now on?”
“Is that what you mean by reacting at best? It’s done. Anyway, since I’ve done my business, I’m sorry.”
Leo waved his hand moderately and tried to part with Iona. She was with her for nothing and seeing her made her feel weirder.
Does it matter if you’re short? What matters is the strength of the heart?
He sent a sneer at those words, but ironically, those words were the ones that penetrated the essence of Leo the most and comforted him.
The fact that he was comforted by this beastman girl who came alone in a faraway country touched Leo’s long-suffering pride.
So I acted coldly as if I had a thorn in it.
‘Although he doesn’t seem to care about that.’
I didn’t intend to pretend to know much after that anyway, so it was enough to pretend that I didn’t exist.
Leo’s footsteps, which had been moving with that thought in mind, stopped at the approaching shout of welcome when he recognized it from afar.
“oh! Leo! You were here!”
Aidan was approaching me with a smile on his face like a big dog.
Next to Aidan was Tacey with a shabby expression.
“Aidan.”
“I’m on my way to get the framework with Tacey. Oh, of course, not me, but Tacey. But when I heard that you got it first, I followed you right away because I thought you might be nearby… … .”
As Aidan spoke, he spotted Iona standing behind Leo.
“Uh, come to think of it, your name is… … Did you say Iona?”
“Iona Ovalley.”
“ah. I see. huh. Nice to meet you. Iona.”
“Hey. Aidan. What are you doing?”
“uh? no. But we are friends who are in the same class.”
Leo’s face distorted at the word friend.
“What about friends? Just a classmate in the same class.”
“Isn’t that your friend?”
“What is that… … .”
“ah! If it’s okay with Iona, would you like to go with me? We just decided to have lunch together. Wouldn’t it be better if we all ate together?”
I already knew that Aidan was far-fetched, but I never thought he would say such a thing in a situation like this.
Leo looked back at Iona with a slightly uneasy look.
“Now, wait a minute, Aidan. do you want to go together? Isn’t that right?”
Tacy tried to dissuade Aidan, perhaps because she thought this was not the case.
“huh? why?”
“uh? With someone I’m just not familiar with… … If you suddenly eat rice, it’s a bit like that. Inconvenient?”
Looking at Aidan’s innocent face, Taish said, “He’s a beastman!” He shoved the words down her throat.
It wasn’t that he was afraid of or hated beastmen. It was just because I didn’t like Aidan inviting another girl to eat so casually.
‘for a moment. Why do you hate me?’
Aidan waited for Iona’s answer as Tacey was at a loss, not understanding why he was irritated.
Iona nodded at Aidan’s suggestion.
“good.”
“really? thank god! Come with me! It will definitely be more fun if there are more people.”
“oh!”
“this.”
Teishi and Leo, who couldn’t find the timing to stop Aidan, let out exclamations of sadness to each other. But it was already spilled water.
It was the moment when a new member was added to the usual trio.
* * *
Elisha Willow was constantly busy dealing with paperwork that filled the office of the chancellor.
The papers floating around with magic spun around Elisa.
His golden eyes moved quickly, skimming through the contents of the documents passing by.
The several bags of pens that came to mind through telekinetic power wrote their signatures on the documents.
If it was normal, it would have been done with leisure, but recently, the amount of documents coming up to her, the president, has more than tripled, and the work would not be finished if she did not do this.
The work in the morning was over when the floating papers piled up on one side and reached the high ceiling of the president’s office.
“Whoops!”
Elisha vigorously stretched her arms upward and stretched them out.
Wilford, who had been waiting patiently, approached.
“Are you done with work?”
“Not yet. I’m only half done now. I’m just trying to get some rest now.”
“You are suffering a lot.”
“Because I was prepared since I sat in the chair of the president. However, it cannot be denied that it is particularly difficult because of the recent events.”
Elisa grumbled and grabbed a few papers that she had sorted out with her fingertips and shook them flutteringly.
“Really. I don’t know why they’re asking for help with a case they have to deal with.”
It was a request made directly to Ceorn from Laedderbelk.
“Isn’t that how serious the situation is?”
“It’s obviously a big deal that the monster of the report party has appeared, but that doesn’t mean we’re asking for support. And to send not students, but graduates and teachers with whom you have come in contact.”
No matter how much this is, Elisa let out an annoyed sigh as she wrinkled her forehead, which was rare.
“That is a bit harsh. The market seems to be that urgent.”
“You must be in a hurry. Wouldn’t it be shocking to be lazy as always and then suddenly an incident happened and then move on in a hurry? Even so, trying to take someone from this side is over the line.”
The city of Laderbelk has been quite chaotic since the monster of the Jebodang appeared.
Citizens feared that the nightmare of blood would suddenly return, and as a result, the vitality of the city itself was reduced.
“Aren’t you feeling better now?”
“It was. I couldn’t believe it because I didn’t expect to bring support from the Bretus Holy Kingdom.”
After asking for help from the capital, a group appeared in Ledervelk.
Composed of those in pure white robes, they were not from the Exilion Empire, but from an island nation farther away than that.
The Holy Knights of Bretus Castle.
White and warm, they immediately roamed the city, reassuring citizens and invigorating them.
“Then isn’t it fortunate?”
“It will be fine for now. But the problem comes next. It’s because it’s very unsettling that the Bretus Kingdom, that clogged nation, has been locked up until now, and now it’s starting to move.”
“That too.”
In the case of the Bretus Holy Kingdom, the image would normally be pious and beautiful, but in reality it was not.
An outdated country. Emphasizing doctrine and making even the same person reluctant because of excessive fanaticism is their real look.
That’s why the first emotion I felt when I heard that the Bretus Holy Kingdom was supporting me was not relief, but anxiety.
“If the atmosphere in the city is bad, this side will be affected too. No matter how Seorn is recognized as a separate administrative district, it cannot be completely separated from neighboring cities.”
“Students and employees were quite upset. That’s why the amount of paperwork increased a lot.”
“Yes. Because there are so many things to do at once. That too is almost over now.”
“hmm. Then, since he is currently resting, would you like to see this?”
“what is that?”
Seeing the paper Wilford handed over, Elisa’s eyes lit up.
“oh. Are these materials for today’s teacher Ludger’s class?”
“yes.”
“Thank you for taking care of me. Wilford.”
Elisa smiled bashfully and checked Ludger’s class materials that Wilford handed over.
Recently, Elisa has a hobby to relieve her work stress and take a break.
Just like now, I was checking Rudger Celisi’s class materials myself.
It was her favorite of all possible under the chancellor’s authority.
“and. A magic circle like this.”
Elisa, who had been organizing documents with a frown on her face until just a moment ago, was delighted like a child who received candy and began to read the magic square data.
