While giving advice, he taught me more specifically how to look like a weirdo.

When I asked him to give the impression that he was plotting something by focusing on keywords such as ‘plan’ and ‘timing’ while holding a crystal ball for communication, Alexios said.

“As expected, the guy who did it is different.”

I’ve never really done anything

More than that, if you do something like that, it’s perfect to be suspected of being a second grader.

It is only when the usual image, social status, and power are added to it that it sees the light.

Immediately after the rough signing of the two people like that. I headed for my original destination, the academy principal’s office.

“Academy head. Are you inside?”

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Knock and after a while.

“… … yes. Come in.”

As always, I heard Tia’s displeased voice.

Fortunately, this time it didn’t go anywhere and stuck properly.

Also, I lived because I didn’t have to go around the academy to find it like last time.

“This is another great sight. Don’t you think that the degree of arm failure is too severe?”

The furniture arrangement in the academy principal’s office changed in one day. No, rather than changing, it feels like everything except for the really necessary furniture has been removed.

So if it’s empty, that’s not it again. It was because the furniture of the head of the academy had been removed and the place was filled with things for Spina.

Watching this, the anxiety creeps up that it will be difficult to convince again.

“Coming to think of it, this is the only thing I could do for Spina. We only have one family, so wouldn’t this be enough?”

“It’s ‘outside of this’… … . Are you willing to give me the whole world?”

There are so many baby items raked from all over the world.

There are the Empire and the Federation, the kingdoms of Neris and Spellage, as well as items that can only be found in the Pandemonium.

“Spina, do you not want the world to have it?”

“Um… … . I do not need.”

“Is that so?”

If so, what were you thinking? Was he thinking of conquering the world for Spina?

I can’t help but laugh when I think about how much power an individual has.

Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Tia apart from her since Spina was born.

Wasn’t it enough to be together even during faculty meetings?

From my point of view, Spina will not be able to become independent from Tia.

“therefore? what else is going on today? Have you finally had an accident?”

Are you expecting me to have an accident now? If you’re upset, I’m thinking of giving you something big.

What would be difficult if not to resort to violence?

Of course, the first thing to do is to calm the fever that is engulfing ＜Skientia＞.

“I came here to continue yesterday’s continuation.”

Break through head-on without saying anything. That stage has already passed.

It is a real feeling that the weather is getting hotter day by day, but I can’t drag the time sluggishly.

Seeing my serious expression, Tia wanted to pause for a while, but then spoke to Spina, who was reading a book alone on the carpeted floor.

“Spina, it’s a bit early, but what do you want for snack today?”

“Petit petit.”

“Petit petit gather, animal friends in the forest. You mean parfait chocolate? I guess you liked that.”

“It was cute.”

“yes? I’ll buy it right away, so why don’t you wait here?”

“yes.”

Tia stood up from her seat at the same time. She tapped me as I was staring at her blankly, and immediately gave her notice as if to follow me.

“hang on.”

As soon as Tia left the academy director’s office, she immediately started drawing a spell.

It is to set up a barrier to the extent of freezing space itself. It will be a day for one in a million.

After waiting for that task to finish. Tia headed towards the restaurant, and I followed her and opened my mouth.

“Is that parfait popular these days?”

“I never thought that the word would come out first… … .”

No, but I still remember that Discre was eating it.

Isn’t it curious that you can even find a guy who seems to have drawn such coldness and composure in a picture?

“I don’t know if it’s fashionable, but it tastes pretty good. Topped with crispy textured cookies and the right amount of sweet ice cream… … .”

“Are you also the head of the academy?”

“why? Do you pick it?”

“No, it suits you.”

Just looking at the exterior, it goes well with the cute parfait. If you look inside, it’s not at all… … .

“What did you think?”

“… … I’m still thinking about it.”

Well, I thought so.

If it was a problem that could be concluded so quickly, it wouldn’t even be the main story.

“Then let me help you a little with that idea.”

“how? Are you going to give a speech? you? under! It’s not even funny.”

“Actually, I asked Arietta for some advice.”

“… … My confidence goes up a little bit.”

Arrieta’s name value is different.

When I said I was persuading him, he snorted, but when he said that he had received advice from Arrieta, he nodded with a serious face.

Honestly, it’s discrimination, but comparing the things I’ve been through and the things Arrieta has contributed to the academy, there’s nothing particularly unfair about it.

“therefore? What did Arrieta say?”

“Emotions are not something that can be expressed in words. Oh, and I also tried to think from the other person’s point of view as much as possible.”

“It’s basic.”

“Yes, it is basic.”

Arrieta gave me only basic advice.

Because I am the persuasive subject. This is probably because the person trying to persuade should not rely on the opinions of others rather than their own subjectivity.

Even if you listen to advice, it is only persuasive if you use the words I came up with.

“So I also thought about it from the situation of the head of the academy.”

“You think… … .”

“So I want to meet Salem.”

“What?”

What I will do from now on is persuasion, appeal, and questioning.

“Even though I had a chance, I avoided it. I had plenty of time during the last final exam. Salem was staying in Schientia for a few days, but I didn’t even visit him.”

I, who is in a similar situation to her, uses me to explain what to do.

“You know? I didn’t get along well with Salem at first either.”

“I guess so. Regardless of your qualifications as an heir, you were Salem’s disciple.”

“Like a family… … . No, in the yard of persuasion, stop lying. The Sorcerer King Salem is my biological father.”

“… … .”

Tia, who was constantly moving her feet, stopped for the first time.

She was staring at me with her eyes wide open in amazement.

You probably know.

The words I’m spitting out now are words I couldn’t bear to say in the past.

“I was once abandoned by Salem. You must know that I am from a monastery, right?”

“… … So, does that madman bring you back after he abandoned you once? Was it because you were talented?”

“Nope.”

I still don’t know why you abandoned me.

But now I know why they accepted me.

“I couldn’t bear to look away twice… … I decided to think.”

“But in the end, he threw you out.”

“Yeah, I got kicked out.”

And Salem finally threw me out again. I threw it away and picked it up. There are no very busy noblemen.

“I still remember. The Salem assassins who pursued me when I fled the border. I hid myself in a pile of cold earth and escaped the chaos to get here.”

how can i forget

From the moment I was possessed, I felt the threat to my life almost non-stop.

I also resented it a lot. Oz, who does not know what he did, and Salem, who still throws out his successor, Oz.

“I hate Salem. For whatever reason, they sent assassins to take my life.”

There can be no resentment.

And that resentment became my driving force. It became the driving force to survive somehow and whipped me.

“But lately I’ve been thinking about this. I wonder if it wasn’t for me.”

I devoted myself to the study of divinity. Even though Janus was threatening my life in real time, I was foolishly hanging myself in one place.

If he had stayed, he might have been killed by Janus.

Because he’s stronger than me

He was probably stronger than the original Oz as well as the current me.

“I couldn’t do it the way it was, but I kept insisting. That’s why I think Salem might have taken a hard line too.”

“that’s… … .”

Yes, the situation is similar to Tia now. I still hate Salem, but lately I’ve started to wonder if he was acting for me.

“Actually, nothing is certain. It’s just speculation anyway. Aren’t the principals like that too? vague guesses. I thought it might have been.”

And the fact that such a speculation came up meant that my heart was getting ready to forgive him.

I think so.

“… … No, I’m better than you. At least my guess is close to certainty.”

“The weight of emotions does not depend on the gravity of the situation. Acceptance is different for each person.”

Tia started listening to me. Originally, I would have intended to hear it in one ear and let it out in the other.

But in the end it came this far.

She must have needed someone’s advice too.

I can’t help but listen to what she has to say, feeling a sense of identification with her.

I saw the sights in my dreams, the horrors of crossing the borders of ＜Spellage＞.

I said it with heart.

“Actually, I still don’t know. Can I forgive Salem? No, it might not be a problem to forgive in the first place. Could I have done something wrong to him in the first place?”

yeah, i don’t know

As Arrieta said, the emotions I am feeling right now cannot be expressed in simple words.

but… … .

“If you don’t talk, you can’t properly understand the other person’s feelings or even your own feelings.”

Even if we cannot express it in words, we express it.

Love, friendship, hate, anger, jealousy.

Words that describe emotion are just one aspect of it, but we are constantly trying to put it into words. Why?

because we talk

It expresses emotions that are difficult to express simply in words through sentences, voices, actions, and eyes.

“So I’m thinking of talking to Salem. Of course, it will be difficult right now. There are still many things to be done.”

But that too soon.

As soon as I’m ready, I’ll make a decision with ＜Spellage＞.

“Academy head. Please go see Harbart. This is not just for Skientia, but for the head of the academy.”

After those words, I parted with Tia through a fork in the road.

I have said everything I have to say. All emotions that could be expressed were expressed.

With words, sentences, voices, actions, and looks.

I conveyed the feelings I felt to Tia with the conclusion.

Now it’s up to her to do it.

* * *

Parting with Oz at the crossroads.

Tia bought two parfaits for her purpose and returned to the dean’s office.

“Come on, Aang.”

“Yum.”

Tia pondered while scooping Parfait to Spina.

It was different from usual.

Oz’s words contained so much emotion that it was hard to think of them with his usual flirtatious attitude.

Seeing such emotional persuasion, Tia thought of one thing.

‘He’s so arrogant.’

be impertinent.

Oz said he would face the problem that even she was still ignoring.

I couldn’t forget the expression on Oz’s face I saw during the final exam before to understand that the situation was different from hers.

Oz was suffering then. He was too careful to even express himself in words.

And yet it has changed. I made up my mind.

“Is it delicious?”

“yes!”

Tia smiled lightly as she saw Spina eating the parfait with a happy expression.

She must be different too. We need to shake off old emotions and renew them.

That was for the sake of her sister who was looking at her right in front of her eyes.

“Spinna.”

“yes?”

“If I leave for a while… … . So, what do you think it would be like if you vacated for a few days instead of just a short while?”

“I feel lonely.”

Spina was honest.

She can express her feelings as they are.

Even that was a fragmentary expression of feelings that even she herself did not know well, but that was enough.

“Still, I can tolerate it if I can get my sister’s expression okay.”

“uh… … uh?”

“Because you’ve been looking down lately. is not it? lonely? Are you angry? I don’t know, but I didn’t like it anyway.”

“Right? Our spinners are good too. She is also my sister.”

“Is it because of me?”

“… … .”

At the end of this, Tia couldn’t help but stiffen as well. I tried to be as unobtrusive as possible. Not just her, but everyone around her.

Still, Spina noticed.

It’s a child, but no, rather, it’s because it’s a child, so it’s sensitive to emotions.

“So be patient. I knew before I was born that my sister was working hard for me.”

The dragon feels lonely.

And Spina was no exception. Even when she was inside her egg, she felt the world.

He knew that she was lying there all alone.

It was fine though.

Because her older sister used to come and talk to her from time to time.

“Families work hard for each other and take care of each other, right?”

At least she felt Tia did it for her.

Tia made up her mind at those words.

“While I’m gone, Arietta… … So, do you remember the white-haired sister?”

“Yes, he was a warm person.”

“Okay, can you wait by his side for a moment?”

To Tia’s question, Spina answered with a bright smile.

“yes!”

* * *

Neris Kingdom.

This kingdom, which is also the hometown of Olivia Blue, is a country on the coast, and it was a country that grew up with ingredients and resources that can only be found by the sea.

Tia had arrived in the Neris Kingdom.

“As expected, I still can’t get used to the smell of the sea… … .”

It’s not the first time I’ve been to the Neris Kingdom itself. I often stopped by to find work or food.

But this time, as the purpose is the purpose, Tia felt uncomfortable as if something was stuck in her throat.

“Whoa… … .”

If you fly along the coast of the Kingdom of Neris, you will find the coldest place in the world, the ＜Borderline Sea＞.

Harbart is there.

“… … what is this doing?”

Tia sat on the coast of Neris Kingdom and stared at the beach for hours.

Even though I had come this far, I couldn’t move as if there was still hesitation.

“ha… … .”

The spina’s heat won’t cause any problems just yet.

Yes, I’m hesitating like this because I can afford it.

Tia shook her head and let out a deep sigh as if feeling sorry for herself.

“Little boy, what are you doing there alone?”

“yes… … ?”

Tia, who was repeating such meaningless actions, suddenly turned her head to the benevolent old man’s voice talking to her.

He was an old man who looked more like a sage than a boatman.

“It looks like you’re going to the beach. How far are you planning to go?”

The old man frowned as if his eyesight was bad and said urgently.

Tia responded with her usual displeased expression, as if she had no intention of clearing up the misunderstanding.

“… … Just a little further.”

“Go away… … . That’s good too. Where, would you like to board a shabby boat?”

“I see. What.”

As Tia climbed into the boatman’s boat, the boat began to slowly advance through the sea. I had no idea it would move like this.

Tia thought about that and stared blankly at the beach.

“What are you looking for in the sea?”

“You’ll know what to look for when you go.”

“You’ll know when you go… … ? chuckle You’ve come to say something quite plausible.”

Tia turned her head and said with a displeased look at the old man’s attitude as if he knew everything.

“Should I be like you, old Harbart. what the hell kind of game is this? what else does it look like? Were you not interested in human affairs?”

[Sea Dragon] Harbart.

He, who should have been in the ＜Boundary Sea＞, was on shore.

“That was also 300 years ago. so? What are you here for? Are you trying to warm up the border sea again like last time?”

At that time, Tia poured her breath into Harbart’s words.

Of course, the ＜Borderline Sea＞, also called the end of the world, did not heat up, let alone evaporate.

Recalling that time, Tia shook her head as if it were a dark history.

Now I had more to say than that.

“… … My little brother was born.”

“Oh, that’s a nice slope.”

Harbart nodded his head as if it was a good thing, then asked with a slightly serious expression.

“Then who died?”

“Grandpa Jinsun… … .”

“Were you a merchant?”

“It was a merchant.”

“Then it is also a ramp.”

Harbart nodded again as if it was a good thing.

“I thought a lot about what to say when I saw you… … .”

“Isn’t it okay if I say nice to you? It’s been almost 500 years.”

“… … yes. Nice to meet you.”

Tia was able to face Harbart without any special emotions than she thought, with all of her mental preparations in disarray.

After peeling away one layer of resentment and hatred, there was only one old man who had transcended himself as if he had lived the whole world.