“Huh… A student? Just… a regular one?”
“Yeah, that’s right. Everything I said before was a lie.”
“Hmph… well, whatever. It doesn’t really matter.”
Though she seemed a bit confused by Shion’s response, she quickly brushed it off with a “If you say so, then I guess that’s how it is.”
“Well then, Shion. Thanks for today. I guess I’ll give you a little bit of my gratitude.”
With those words, the girl quickly turned on her heel and walked away into the street without looking back.
After watching her meet up with someone who seemed to be an acquaintance, Shion also began walking toward the station in the capital.
After parting ways with the girl, Shion boarded the magic train and returned to the dormitory at the Magic Academy, where he had a slightly late dinner.
Once he finished eating and cleaned up his dishes, he gathered some magic books and potions from his room and headed to the academy’s practical training grounds.
His purpose was simple: to train in magic.
As if the events earlier had never happened, he focused entirely on his training.
The thought of “I’m tired, I’ll take it easy today” never crossed his mind. Even if his body was exhausted, he knew it would move if he poured a potion down his throat.
“Hah… hah…”
With both hands on the ground, Shion panted heavily, his face strained.
His veins bulged abnormally all over his body, and sweat poured onto the ground in copious amounts.
After returning home around 8 PM, he trained in magic until 2 AM. Only when his body was so drained that he could barely stand did he finally stop his night’s training.
After washing off the sweat in the bath, he cast the “Recovery Promotion” spell on himself and went to sleep.
And then, just an hour later, he woke up and began his magic training again.
Like an arrow shot from a bow, he dedicated everything to relentless training and fantasies of becoming the strongest… This was the daily routine of Ichinose Shion.
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…In a town a bit removed from the capital’s center, there was a maid who seemed extremely frustrated.
She was there at the request of her master, who had insisted they go to a local shiatsu massage parlor together.
As a maid, she had declined, saying that receiving a massage would interfere with her duties, but her master was so persistent that she eventually gave in and ended up getting a massage herself.
This turned out to be her grave mistake.
Her master never actually intended to get a shiatsu massage in the first place.
The true purpose of her master was to sneak out of the massage parlor while the maid was lying face down, receiving her massage, and explore the town.
…By the time she realized this, it was already too late.
When the maid finally finished her 45-minute shiatsu session and lifted her upper body from the bed, the figure of her master, who should have been on the neighboring bed, was nowhere to be seen.
“That little brat!!!”
The maid rushed out of the massage parlor and frantically searched the town for her master. If something happened to her master while she was getting a massage, her head could literally be on the line.
This wasn’t just a metaphor; it meant her head could actually roll off her shoulders.
The maid searched desperately.
She scoured the market, where stalls were lined up, and thoroughly searched every place her master might have taken an interest in.
But no matter how hard she searched, she couldn’t find her master.
“Damn it!! This is really bad!!”
“Could she have gone farther than the market? If so, where? And what if that little fool is in danger…!!”
Her mind raced with anxiety and intense tension.
“Damn it!! Where the hell did that stupid girl go!!”
She cursed aloud, not caring about the people passing by in the busy market street.
…Just then, someone approached her and spoke.
“Who exactly are you calling a ‘stupid girl’? Hey, you.”
The maid turned towards the voice and saw a woman standing there with a hood pulled so low it hid her eyes.
“My Lady!!”
The woman who had called out to the maid was none other than the master she had been frantically searching for.
“I swear, I’m going to knock you out…”
“I was worried about you!! Where did you go!?”
“Where? I was obviously exploring the town.”
The girl answered as if it were the most natural thing in the world, completely unbothered by the maid’s frantic worry.
“Exploring the town? What if you get into danger! “
“If it’s danger, I already experienced it.”
“You’ve faced danger!?”
The maid’s eyes widened in shock at the outrageous statement made by the girl, who was proudly boasting with a smug expression.
“but I was rescued by a strange person, so you don’t need to worry.”
“You were rescued by a strange person, and you think I shouldn’t worry!?”
“How rude. If he hadn’t been there, you’d have been beheaded, you know? You should be grateful to him.”
“…Well, that may be true, but…”
“(Then maybe you shouldn’t be calling your benefactor a ‘strange person’…)” the maid thought, but she didn’t dare say it out loud. She knew too well that trying to apply logic to her master was futile.
“See? I’m right,” the girl said, satisfied after out-arguing the maid.
She had snuck away from the maid and wandered around the town, yet now she was acting all high and mighty.
…But the truth was, this girl’s position was so high that she could get away with such behavior.
Her name was Luna-Lindeza-Gilbert, the third princess of the Gilbert Kingdom.
With her bright reddish hair, Princess Luna-Lindeza-Gilbert was often praised as an unparalleled beauty by dignitaries from around the world.
But in reality, she was a tomboy princess who, fed up with the stifling life in the royal palace, forced her maid to sneak out with her and roamed the streets to observe the lives of the common people.
“Come on, Irene, let’s head back already.”
“…Understood, My Lady.”
The maid, called Irene, hurried after Princess Luna, who had already started walking back to the palace.
“Honestly, it’s because you weren’t properly by my side that I got into such trouble today.”
“You were the one who snuck out of the shiatsu parlor!!”
“I don’t know anything about that. You’re just useless.”
“Sigh… Yes, I’m useless. I deeply apologize.”
Irene responded in a monotone voice, almost like a machine. She knew that there was no point in taking the princess’s words seriously.
“Well, I’ll forgive you this time. But make sure you’re more careful next time.”
“Yes, thank you for your boundless generosity, My Lady.”
Irene’s reply was so robotic it almost sounded like a script. But in truth, she did feel remorse for losing sight of her master, and she swore to herself, “I will never take my eyes off this girl again.”
“Good. Glad you understand,”
“…?”
As she watched the princess smile contentedly, Irene felt something was off.
Usually, this unreasonable scolding would go on and on until they returned to the palace, but today it was strangely brief.
“My Lady, aren’t you in an unusually good mood today?”
“No, no such thing.”
There was a long pause before Princess Luna, turning away, replied rather awkwardly.
“…?”
Irene found her reaction odd, but quickly brushed it off, thinking, “Well, this airhead princess’s emotions are always all over the place.”
…Meanwhile, back at the Magic Academy, Ichinose Shion had no idea that he had just saved the life of a princess from another kingdom.
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