128 – Turns out engineering genius (2)

“Ah, it was you guys? Did everyone come earlier than expected?”

When I opened the door and went inside, Eltman greeted me with a friendly face. However, our eyes were not on him, but on the two people sitting across from him, and unfortunately, all the people sitting there were familiar with us.

Although it was not a good meeting.

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Michelle Franck and Rebecca Rose.

It was a completely unexpected combination, so I also thought that it was out of the blue.

No, if you only look at the background, isn’t it so out of the blue?

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Michelle was the daughter of the Frankish upper house, the largest in the South, and Rebecca was the daughter of the Rose family, the leader of the central political world. If you’re trying to weave, it’s a relationship that has enough potential.

However, due to Michelle’s personality, who is calculating in everything as a self-restraint of the shopping district, she would not want to keep Elena and Rebecca close to each other, but I just thought it was surprising that the two of them were together. It wasn’t something I couldn’t understand if I said that they had a relationship before coming to the academy. After all, she wasn’t such a tough person.

“Oh, it’s been a while since both Prince Damian and Miss Elena. Is this the first time you’ve seen each other since the hunting competition? We entered the same undergraduate school after a long time, but we didn’t have a chance to meet because our classes were different, so it’s really nice to meet you like this.”

Since both of them had unexpected appearances, it was Michelle who spoke first while the atmosphere stiffened slightly.

Is it because she doesn’t have anything particularly stingy about rhyming in a soft tone? Rebecca, who was sitting next to Michelle, still had her eyes twitching at Elena, but she didn’t react too violently. Elena lightly responded to Michelle’s greeting.

“That’s right, Miss Michelle.”

Seeing the two of them, Elena’s expression hardened slightly.

After all, Elena wouldn’t have been so happy to see Rebecca like this. Is it because we were dating just a while ago? Rebecca’s appearance made it immediately apparent that her mood, which had been at its peak just a moment ago, had gone down a bit.

Elena is a bit behind the scenes.

However, it wasn’t obvious enough for others to notice, so the atmosphere of the conversation flowed smoothly. Although Rebecca was treated as a rare person. It is unavoidable. If he even interfered in the conversation, the atmosphere would go to the other world. Rebecca knows that fact, so she’s keeping her mouth shut.

“I don’t think I’ve seen her face in the dormitory. Miss Michelle, are you living in a different building in the school district?”

“Ah, did Miss Elena live in the dormitory? Yes. That’s right. It’s impossible to live at the same time as living in the Shinsera dormitory, where she takes on some of the upper management’s work. If you do, I’ll save you anything.”

“hehehe. I’ll remember. Ah, the reason why you’re here right now.”

“That’s right. Professor Eltman said that he had something he wanted to find. We’ve had a relationship with him since he was in the Mage Tower. Until recently, he was just estimating, but this time he ordered a very large order.”

“…Let’s just stop talking about that, Miss Michelle.”

“Well, the editorial was a bit long.”

At Eltman’s words, Michelle smiled and ended the conversation.

Aside from that, Michelle kept pretending to know Elena and when Elena accepted it, Eltman looked at the two with curious eyes.

Eltman remembered that she wasn’t very social. Perhaps this is the first time you’ve seen something like this.

“Still, this is a bit unexpected. Michelle and Elena. I couldn’t believe they knew each other.”

“Yes. During the Southern Hunting Tournament. Well, things broke down in the middle so we couldn’t talk for a long time. By the way, Prince Damian is really nice too. It’s fine, but don’t lock yourself in too much.”

While talking with Eltman, he suddenly changed the subject to me, and his eyes looking at me were full of affection, as if he had just met an old friend after a long absence.

Seeing them talk about the time they’ve known each other, which doesn’t even need to be brought up right now, means they want to show off that they’re close to me. Since there were only my acquaintances in the room now, I couldn’t understand Michelle’s behavior for a moment.

I wondered why this woman was suddenly saying this, but after a while I remembered that Elena was sitting next to me.

When I realized this, my heart sank at the sight of Michelle talking to me in a friendly way. I didn’t do anything wrong, but why are my feet numb like this? Apparently, Elena was very sensitive to this side, so I naturally became cautious.

Even if it wasn’t so, Rebecca, who had touched my teeth recently, was right in front of my eyes, so I didn’t know how to react to such a trivial stimulus, so I held onto my nerves.

But maybe my worries were too much? Elena didn’t respond to Michelle’s bait. I don’t know if she noticed that it was Michelle’s prank, but Elena was waiting for my answer with a gentle smile as before.

Something like this is embarrassing.

“If that’s the case, then you should have written a letter first. I remember that the only letter from the Frank family was the use of the guild.”

“Well… I don’t have anything to say about that. I’ll try to use it more often from now on. Of course, I’m sending it to Elena-san, so you should be good at replying?”

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Michelle readily acknowledged my answer. The reason why he didn’t hold on to it was probably because Elena reacted indifferently to this. Our conversation naturally ended here when Michelle lost the will to continue the conversation.

The conversation with Eltman didn’t take too long, probably because it was already at the end when we arrived.

“You should expect to receive the items you ordered by the end of this month at least. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to purchase more or arrange other items.”

“Yes, I’m always indebted to you, Ms. Michel. Ah, but the amount to be paid seems to have decreased a little compared to before. This is…?”

To Eltman’s question, Michelle glanced at me and replied with a foxy smile.

“It’s like a chance to get to know you. You’re one of our top-class customers in the Krause family. Aside from that, Prince Damian owes a lot to Prince Damian, so it’s a benefit given in the hope that Prince Damian and Professor Eltman can get closer. .”

While doing so, she winks at me, but this time, even if Elena stays still, Eltman starts looking at me with strange eyes.

this woman is really…

***

After talking with Eltman, Michelle and Rebecca immediately left the lab. Instead, it wasn’t just the two of them that left the lab, for they left, and Elena, who was sitting in the chair, followed them out.

They say it’s because I have something to talk about for a while, but I can’t help but feel anxious as I remember what happened last time. Rebecca might not know it, but Michelle has a bit of a bad side, but it’s a person she considers a friend, so she’s uncomfortable with it.

Well, Elena will take care of it.

She wouldn’t bother to stir up trouble with Michelle, seeing as she had been so calm a moment ago.

Anyway, as a result, only me and Eltman were left in the lab. Considering that I had originally intended to come alone, it was a coincidence.

“hahahaha. I’m sorry. I forgot to call Miss Michel today for conference work. Did you wait a little longer?”

“No. Not really…”

“Is it because you’re worried about Elena leaving? If that’s the case, you don’t have to worry too much. Come to think of it, a lot has changed since I haven’t even seen Elena. I’m sure I’ve cut off contact with other people too much.”

“It’s okay to do well from now on. Brother and I will be here for the next few years, and nothing will be like before. If you fall into research too much, I’ll shake my fist and bring you to your senses. Don’t worry.”

“Uh, um…thank you.”

Elena’s falling out didn’t make things awkward between me and Eltman. At first, the question of what kind of relationship he had with Michelle came straight up, but the misunderstanding was quickly cleared up. To be honest, it wasn’t really anything to hide that I was close to her, so I just honestly told her everything.

That I saved her from a monster once when she was little, and I’ve known her ever since. It’s really no big deal.

After I told him, Eltman looked at me with eyes filled with sadness and sadness for some reason, but I didn’t know why. Eltman shook his head a few times before talking to me again.

“As expected, Krauss is different, isn’t it? Thirteen years old? You’ve been defeating monsters since you were young. What did I do when I was that age? I think I read a lot about the librarian in the Mage Tower.”

“We’re a warrior family. For wizards, military power isn’t absolutely important. It’s just a difference in field.”

I replied and looked around Eltman’s lab.

Because the department was a department, there were many things that looked like mechanical devices at a glance. There were many things that could only be seen in the middle and modern times, but perhaps because it was a magician’s laboratory, there were a few things that were comparable to the modern times I lived in.

As I looked around the lab curiously, it was only then that Eltman seemed to realize that our conversation had strayed far from the topic we were talking about last night.

He reached for the pile of junk and said to me with a mischievous smile. But after all, are siblings siblings? The smiling faces of Elena and Eltman are very similar.

“Look closely.”

The pile of junk started to shake as Eltman reached out and moved his arms in a strangely strained manner. He wondered if he had used telekinesis at the moment, but the discharge of power felt by Eltman was very insignificant to say so.

However, it wasn’t that the mana didn’t move at all, it was just that a tiny mana the size of a rat’s tail moved as if radio waves were being transmitted and received. And I realized after a while that this feeling I had was not just a feeling.

From the mountain of clutter, which had been bobbing up and down several times, an object flew quickly toward Eltman. I thought for a moment that I should cut it off, but since Eltman had such a confident face, I waited for it to come closer. I mean, I’m ready to kick it out if I have to.

When the distance between Eltman and the flying object was only a few centimeters, I could see what was flying towards him.

it was a glove

I wasn’t sure what the main material was, whether it was steel or some other special alloy, but at first glance it looked like a glove made of metal. Its appearance was something that could only be used by knights wearing full plate armor, but what mattered now was not its shape or material.

A glove that was gently put on Eltman’s hand without an exact error.

When I first saw it, the glove was larger than the size of Eltman’s hand, but the glove that flew over and put on Eltman’s hand didn’t look like that at all. It seemed to fit the size of his hand, as if it had been custom-made for Eltman.

no, this is…

“how?”

Clap clap clap clap clap-!!!!

I responded to Eltman’s question with a baptism of applause instead.