Annihilated Lilith

Chapter 28 28. A Little Holiday

The first year of school ended successfully after a series of tests.Vice President Passy announced a ten-day holiday, and then everyone will officially become second-year apprentices, and soon become "senior sisters".

Although the apprentices still have to study according to the timetable until the fourth year, the girls are still a little excited to finish the first year of school.They filled out applications one after another, and were going to go out to play for a few days.

Jenny's house was in Carrilia, and she had already caught up with the first round of Nid Hogg's delivery and left, making up her mind to go home and stay for ten days without getting out of bed.And Emma is still hesitating whether to leave the academy, because there is only ten days of vacation, and it is absolutely not enough to go home, and going out to play requires a lot of money, and she is a bit cash-strapped recently.

"I told you I'll pay for the trip, and we'll head north. I haven't been to any further north since I grew up."

Hayward pestered Emma for a long time, but Emma still refused to let go, because the friendship between the two was built on an equal relationship from the beginning.She doesn't want to take advantage of Hayward's money too much, and the usual gifts and small "blackmail" must be back and forth, even if she doesn't care.

While hesitating, "Miss Wen" thumped and landed on the window sill, gently tapping the glass with her toenails.

Emma hurried forward to open the window, let her in, and removed the envelope that was biting in her beak.

The envelope is a little heavier than usual.As soon as it was opened, five silver coins fell out.That is naturally the pocket money specially given by grandma.

[This money has been prepared long ago for you to use during the holidays. 】

Grandma wrote in the letter that she knew the rules of the college well.He also stated that this was an extra part, and that Emma's needs such as buying books on weekdays would still be delivered on time.

Emma was a little moved immediately, and gently pressed the letter paper to her chest, as if hugging Grandma O'Hara's shoulder.

"Look, even Grandma O'Hara encourages you to go out for a walk, don't get moldy in the college. Hurry up, we'll apply right away, and we can start in the afternoon."

"Wait a minute, I haven't finished reading the letter yet."

Emma waved her hand in disgust.Hayward clicked his tongue, decided to fill in the report for her, and then ran out of the room.

The rest of the letter was still trivial, and the picture of the village in Emma's memory slowly unfolded in Emma's mind.Whoever is injured comes to grandma to buy medicine, whoever loses their livestock asks grandma to count...

But this time there was no letter from Dani.Emma confirmed it from the beginning, because the letter paper he used was different from grandma's, and she could find it by touching it.

[Mrs. Bradley is ill, not very serious, but it is difficult to cure.I boiled her medicine for seven days each time, and then let Dani supervise her to drink it on time every day. 】

Emma's heart tightened. Dani and her mother depended on each other for life. She knew how strong the bond was.How anxious he should be.

【Dani originally wanted to concentrate on going home to take care of her for a while, but his mother disagreed.So now he still goes out early and returns late every day to be his apprentice merchant, and he has to stay by his mother's bedside when he comes back.When I came to get the medicine last time, I saw that he lost weight again. 】

That guy was already thin enough... Emma became a little worried.She hurriedly took up a pen and wrote a separate letter to Dani, which took two pages longer than usual, telling him to eat more, and if it didn't work, she would pay someone to take care of it for her.Finally, I added two more sentences to the letter I prepared for my grandma, asking her to take care of me.Although she knew in her heart that even if she didn't say anything, Grandma O'Hara would take extra care of the Dani family.

When Hayward came back with two stamped approval slips, he happened to see Emma watching Miss Wen fly away.

"Why haven't you packed it yet?! Didn't I say to leave immediately after lunch?"

"There is nothing to clean up. I learned the cleaning spell when I first entered school, so I don't need to bring a change of clothes."

Emma doesn't have many private servers, but now she occasionally goes to Calilia to wear a plain blue dress with a black hood, which is simple and low-key.Although it was barely a trip this time, she still planned to proceed as usual.

"Are you a woman?"

"Do you... have the qualifications to speak of me?"

……

On Nidhogg's ferry, he happened to meet Katarina and Meili.Katarina came up and had a chat with Emma.Their current relationship has eased a lot. Although there is still a subtle embarrassment, they are not considered friends, but they can still talk and laugh normally.

Unlike Emma and Hayward, Katarina was originally from the north. This holiday, she wanted to go to the south to see the sea.After hearing that the two of them were going north, she generously untied a spice ball from her waist and handed it to Emma, ​​saying that almost every city in the north has a hotel run by her family, with her family's logo engraved on it. With the family emblem, you can stay for free.

"Usually near the busiest commercial street, there will be a very conspicuous flag at the door."

"Then you're welcome, I'll return it to you when I come back."

Emma accepted it happily, knowing that it was just a favor for Catalina, providing two vacant rooms in the hostel, and she would not lose half of her hair.Why not do it if you can save the biggest expense in travel expenses.

This kind of spice ball has a unique name - "pomander", which means "amber apple".Originally, it refers to a ball rounded with various spices, such as ambergris and musk.But later it became popular among the nobles, using exquisite hollowed out silver spice balls and spice boxes, inside which were placed various spices wrapped in gauze, strung on chains and hung around the waist, and the family emblem was added on it.It can also be used as a token when necessary, and it can be used for two purposes.

Emma took the spice ball closer and smelled it, carefully identifying the materials inside.This is also the "sequelae" caused to them after the one-year pharmacy class. Ms. Jones, the teacher in charge of the class, asked them to smell this and that, and then wrote out the materials one by one.

"Coriander, ginger, cardamom... vetiver, citrus zest..."

"Okay, don't show off, I know that your pharmacy class is good." Katarina smiled, "and pepper. This is the exclusive scent I chose for myself. It is said that after becoming a sorceress, I will choose a specific scent. Fragrance is your own identity, and you can think about it when you have nothing to do."

Being a sorceress is so troublesome, Emma frowned.But it does seem that every female teacher has a nice smell, and each one is very different.Sometimes you can tell which teacher passed the corridor first just by smelling it.

The most beautiful lady, Alessia, who was suspected by the apprentices to be a half-elf, had a mixed scent of pear, magnolia and rosemary, which was very refreshing.

"Haha, think about it slowly, anyway, there are still a few years before we become sorceresses."

After Katarina finished speaking, she returned to Meili and the other girls.

"You don't really think about such boring things, do you?" Hayward complained, "The smell on your body should be as little as possible, and it's better not to smell anything, so that it's convenient to walk in the field without being caught Beasts or monsters noticed."

"Hayward... You haven't been dreaming that after graduation... I will be a witcher with you?"

"Isn't this agreed from the beginning?"

Hayward's eyes widened.

"When did you make such an agreement! I'm not interested in hunting monsters, you should lie to Jenny!"

(End of this chapter)