An explorer belonging to Conrad’s hunting party. Lulu Lila.

Even though a new semester had begun and warm spring days had begun, she was in deep trouble right now.

Because of her relationship with none other than her friend and party leader Conrad Perdalos.

“Um… .”

I was sure that he would be the closest person to him in the academy until he and he were in the first year.

Because of Conrad’s growing connections each year, the conviction that he would now be closest to him had quickly disappeared.

Above all, the fact that many of his increased connections were attracted to him, just like himself, was one of the biggest problems that Lulu was worried about these days.

One of the things she always felt in her heart was that of all those who had affection for Conrad, her status was the lowest.

The end of the trouble was always thinking about this problem, and it ended lonely.

She wasn’t born in a noble family, nor was she a mysterious race like an elf, or a noble class like a saint.

I don’t know if it’s just at the level of a love relationship. One day he would choose his own mate, and this would be a shortcoming that could not be easily ignored.

Naturally, she was impatient at the thought that the starting point was a little behind that of the other colleagues in the party.

Of course, since she was from a commoner, she never imagined that she would be able to become the original wife from the start.

At least she felt that she needed her own weapon in order to remain by his side, even in a form other than her original wife.

Ruru’s true intention was that she wanted to develop a closer relationship than a classmate at the academy or a colleague at the hunting party.

It was embarrassing to express outright sympathy for him, but at least he became brazen enough not to reject the affectionate response he showed towards himself.

The problem was that he couldn’t give Conrad a different impression than usual.

From Lulu’s point of view, she witnessed several times that other hunting party colleagues, or even other women, were sending him feelings beyond simple friendship.

Out of so many affections, the only thing he noticed was, at best, the blatant expression expressed by a young lady from a margrave’s family.

In addition, I saw Conrad’s reaction, who calmly responded as if he was not interested in even such an active offensive of affection.

There was also a feeling of anxiety that if I expressed too much affection to him hastily, I might rather distance myself.

I want to get to know him a little more, but I don’t want to find out about his burdensome feelings that would cause him to distance himself.

Still, I wish the size of his interest in himself would grow a little bigger.

Lulu groaned while holding such a contradictory idea and having troubles that could not be resolved.

Although not fully resolved, she has come to her own conclusions.

If it’s an emotion that you wouldn’t notice anyway, wouldn’t it be okay to express it a little more.

Up until now, I had been very careful with every single action toward him, but I also found out that he doesn’t notice the slightest amount of emotion anyway.

On top of that, he knew that even on the day when he had made a big mistake with him not long ago, he still cherished him enough to tell him that he couldn’t be without him.

All of that gave Lulu a chance to take a very small step.

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One day, about a week after the start of the new semester.

It was the time when the warm sunlight that made people lazy came to the academy.

Especially, I don’t know if it’s because three elves who will change the atmosphere of the whole academy have entered the academy as soon as the new semester begins.

A few days after the start of the new semester, the academy seemed to see more men and women sticking together for one reason or another than in previous years.

This was the same for Luis, the first junior in the same division.

Because of Louise’s androgynous appearance and the characteristics of an elf, there were always people by his side, regardless of whether it was male or female.

I had to spend quite a bit of time just to make sure that other disquieting guys wouldn’t get entangled with such a junior elf from the Ministry of Magic.

“It’s time for the next class to start soon, so I’ll stop talking about this.”

“It’s okay, you won’t die just by skipping one or two classes, so you can just play around today.”

“At the beginning of the semester, there are hardly any professors who insist on attending anyway.”

It was only natural that such a troublesome group would come to Luis, saying that a day, no, a period was far away.

“I entered the academy to achieve my studies and gain the knowledge I lacked. Not to annoy others at leisure, like you guys.”

“… what? what did you just say?”

“Wow, this is a funny kid. When did we bother you, huh?”

“I felt that it was annoying, so it’s annoying, but does your intention matter?”

Luis was also an elf from the Forest of the World Tree, so he was a person with a strong self-consciousness like senior Xian.

It wasn’t once or twice that I witnessed him arguing with other students in this way whenever I faced him.

“Is a freshman who only opened 1 circle so bold?”

“I’m afraid who’s not an elf, so I’m going to go to the middle of the day… Ah, aaa!!”

“If there is someone other than this bastard who wants to be hit by the caustic pain magic more, come out.”

As soon as I came out, I immediately changed my attitude and left the crowd running away, and I walked with Louis to the classroom where he was taking his next class.

In any case, even with empty words, he would have no face seeing senior Xian if he had neglected to see such a low-quality group entangled in Louise’s side.

It would have been dozens of times if it wasn’t as good as the burning barrel magic I used in a week.

“Thank you, Hyun… Senior Conrad.”

“Luis, you should learn wind magic before anything else. It would be best to get out of the seat quickly rather than dealing with these guys one by one.”

“Can’t we just destroy it with fire magic? Those who are short-lived anyway… ah.”

“… … .”

“… Ah, no, sin, sorry, wise man! I didn’t mean to insult the wise man, but the wise man is different from the short-lived species… Oh no, that’s not what I meant… !”

“It doesn’t matter if you’re short-lived or anything, but please stop spitting out the title of wise man.”

“I’m sorry, Senior Conrad!”

Before the start of the semester, he must have started sorting out the titles and entered the school, but considering that within a few days after the start of the new semester, rumors of ‘Who is the wise man’ started to circulate.

It’s probably because the other two elves besides Ruis have been talking about it from time to time.

I could only hope that this rumor would die down as I remained in speculation that it might be one of the professors.

After escorting Louise, who had made a mistake that day too, to the classroom for the last class, and after all the classes for this week were over, I took a leisurely breath in the central square of the academy.

“Haaa… .”

I’ve never been so careful with my network management.

I never thought I would have to go through so much trouble managing the personal connections of a junior elf who appeared out of nowhere.

He just hoped that Louis would quickly become capable enough to take care of himself.

The good thing is that now was the right time to take care of at least one junior.

If Louis and the other three elves had entered last year instead of this year, it would have been difficult for them to pay attention to them like they do now.

It was the year that the younger sister, Delphina, and the saint, Claire, entered school together.

It must have been a bit tricky to keep an eye on Luis while paying attention to the Professor Hemes case and Delfina’s student council president election.

On the other hand, there won’t be such a busy schedule this year, so there was relatively more time to pay attention to.

Of course, I’m still not sure what type of future the past I’ve changed will come back to.

First of all, I think I made the best possible future, so I can only hope that the rest will work in a good way.

By the time I was dozing off in the warm sunlight beating down on the bench with such thoughts.

“… Conrad?”

Every time I hear it, a familiar voice rings in my ears.

“Lulu?”

“It seems like you’re not in the Ministry of Magic’s dormitory. Were you sitting here dozing?”

“Why, do you have something to say?”

“No, what… . I’m just curious about something… ?”

I don’t know why, but Lulu, who was a little awkwardly avoiding her gaze, naturally put her butt on the seat next to me.

“Conrad, what were you doing? Just take a nap?”

“I was resting outside to catch my breath. If I stay in the stuffy academy dormitory every day, my head freezes.”

“Hmm, that’s right.”

Lulu, who seemed oddly confident, sat next to my bench and made eye contact with me.

“If you’re going to take a breather, why don’t we go somewhere this weekend?”

“yes?”

“It won’t be troublesome to go anywhere later during the period before the mid-semester evaluation. It’s better to go play when you have a little more time.”

“… … .”

“No, what. Conrad, I can’t help it if you’re busy… .”

It wasn’t a bad suggestion.

I’m sure I’ve been running so busy lately that I didn’t even have time to catch my breath.

If I don’t rest when I need to rest, stress might build up before I know it.

In addition, it was an issue worth considering even more in that it was Lulu who had made this proposal first.

Lulu also has a personality that doesn’t make unpleasant noises unless she’s quite tired.

The fact that she suggested taking a break first was the same as telling Lulu that she wanted to take a proper rest, whether it was more or less.

I would surely be disappointed if I refused her offer here.

“Good idea.”

“That, huh?!”

“I’ll ask Stella and Saint Clare if they have time.”

“… Yes?”

“Weekends are the busiest times for the saintess, so it seems difficult, but surprisingly, since it is the beginning of the semester, there may be less work to do.

You ask Xian-senpai, Lulu. The archery department building is a little closer to the engineering department dormitory.”

The coming weekend started tomorrow, so I had to start now to schedule a break.

That way, everyone will be able to go on a picnic on a convenient day, whether it’s Saturday or Sunday.

Thinking so, the moment I got up from the bench to hurriedly move my steps, Lulu grabbed my left sleeve and looked up at me.

“Uh, don’t do that… !”

“yes?”

“That, of course it’s good to go out together, but this time, can’t we just go together… ?”

“The two of you?”

“Co-Conrad, if you say you really want to go together, that’s fine too… .”

Maybe it’s because it’s been a long time since we’ve been together as a 5-member party with Stella, Xian-senpai, and Saint Claire.

Naturally, in my head, I was imagining a situation where the five of us would go out together.

Well, when I think about it, the years I acted as a party of 5 in my previous life were quite long.

The period when I and Lulu were promoting as a duo was not that short either.

Maybe there won’t be many opportunities to be alone with her for a while, so it wouldn’t be too bad to take this opportunity to feel the nostalgia of that time again.

“Okay, then let’s go out to play together.”

“Gee, really?!”

“Do you have any plans in mind? Let’s go for a walk somewhere, or eat at a famous restaurant.”

“Oh, that’s not really… .”

Ruru’s expression changed to a slightly embarrassed look, perhaps because she only thought of the proposal to go out and didn’t think about the plans after that.

I suggested a good place that just came to my mind to her in reverse.

“If you don’t have a specific place, do you want to go where I want to go?”

“yes? Do you have Conrad?”

“There was a place I wanted to go with you, Lulu. Let’s go on a picnic to a place with a nice view.”

“… Uh, that, huh?! Well, then let’s do it!”

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Judging by the way Lulu wiggled her tail, it seemed that she was quite happy with my proposal.

Or maybe just the two of us going out to play might be fun.

“See you tomorrow morning at 9:00 at the main gate of the academy.”

“yes!”

It was a good opportunity.

I knew one of the best places for a weekend getaway.