Academy’s Second Seat

While Rudy and Lie looked around, Luna and Locke were preparing to stay at our place.

He gathered the twigs around him to prepare a bonfire, Luna for fruit and Locke for prey.

Luna brought some fruits from around and put them together.

When I was young, I remember picking fruits from nearby trees, so it was easy to choose edible fruits.

“Is this enough?”

Luna smiled happily looking at the fruits she had gathered.

“When is Rudy coming? … .”

Luna was a little awkward except for Rudy in this group.

In the case of Princess Li, it was difficult to get close to her because she had a high status and felt uncomfortable.

It seemed that the atmosphere was different now than when I was at the academy, but it was not easy to approach me first.

Also, it was too awkward for Locke to be in the same room because of the last fight.

I looked blankly at the side where Rudy had disappeared, and suddenly I thought of Ena and Rika.

“I wonder if Ena and Rika are doing well… … ?”

Luna was worried about Ena and Rika.

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Their group was a little uncomfortable, but they were definitely talented.

It was almost enough to think that there was little chance of being dropped out.

To be honest, even if one of the three, including Rudy, Rie, and herself, is in a group, there is almost no chance that the group will fall.

Ena and Rika should have met Joe well… … .

“By the way, was it made like this on purpose? … ?”

Luna tilted her head.

I wondered if the idea was to deliberately place students with high grades in a group and compare them only with students with low grades.

In fact, even if there was only one outstanding student, the probability of surviving for about a week was much higher, so it was difficult for a student with low grades to be properly evaluated.

So, I wanted to collect only the outstanding students and form a group with only other students.

In terms of s*x, it was good for Luna to be woven like this.

It was inconvenient to have an awkward person, but considering that I would have been in a group with someone I didn’t know anyway, this group was better.

“Still, it’s nice to have Rudy… … .”

He was similar to Rika and Ena, or in a way, he was a more comfortable person.

Luna smiled softly and looked at the fruit she had brought.

“There is nothing I can do… … .”

After waiting for a while, I heard various voices.

“Are you doing that?!”

“They all have to be killed anyway, so how about that?”

Looking towards the side where the voice was heard, I saw Lie and Rudy approaching, arguing.

Luna was about to greet Rudy, but when she saw it, she stopped moving.

‘uh… … .’

Then Rudy found Luna first and greeted her.

“Oh, I’ve been to Luna.”

“Yes! Good work!”

Luna responded with a smile to Rudy’s greeting.

“What are these fruits?”

Lie was first interested in the fruit behind Luna.

“Ah, I picked it up because there are a few fruit trees I know around.”

“Oh? Do you even know this?”

Rie asked Luna friendly.

“yes… … ! These are the fruits I picked from a tree and ate when I was little.”

“Have you ever picked fruit from a tree and eaten it?”

Rie looked at Luna with a surprised face.

“uh… … .”

When I looked at her with such a surprised face, it was a little awkward.

After all, Rie and I must have lived in a different world.

There is no way that the imperial princess has ever eaten fruit from a tree.

“There are many fruits that I have never seen before.”

Lie looked at the fruit with curious eyes and said.

Rudy looked at the fruits from behind as if curious too.

They were fruits that grew on trees in the forest, so they weren’t such high-end fruits.

So, Rie must be the first fruit I see.

These are fruits that he never ate other than the ones he ate when he was young.

“haha… … .”

Luna smiled awkwardly, realizing that Li and herself were different people.

but… … It’s no wonder that Rudy and I became so close.

The world Rudy also lives in—.

“Wow, I haven’t seen this in a long time.”

“Do you know any fruit?”

Rudy then leaned over and picked up a tiny piece of fruit.

“Is this a cherry?”

Luna’s eyes widened when she saw that.

“Rudy, how did you know?”

“yes? Just when I was little, there was a tree nearby… … ah.”

Rudy stopped talking abruptly.

Then, after thinking for a moment, he opened his mouth.

“… … I saw it in a book.”

Rudy said so, then suddenly changed her words.

“… … You suddenly saw it in a book?”

Lie looked at Rudy with a puzzled expression.

“Anyway, I saw it in a book.”

Rudy said so and took the cherry straight to her mouth.

“uh… … ? Rudy, wash and eat… … . And the seed will be big… … !”

If you’re a first-time cherry eater, you may injure your teeth by chewing the seeds.

So, Luna tried to tell this fact.

“Well?”

However, Rudy skillfully picked the seeds and spit them on the floor.

“… … The first time I ate it.”

Rie said to Rudy.

Rudy thought for a moment if she realized this too.

“I wondered if that’s what I was eating? So I just ate it, didn’t I?”

“Is this your first time eating?”

When Lie asked that question, Rudy gave a sly expression.

“Aren’t the human senses so amazing?”

Rudy smiled softly as she said that, and Rie sighed as if she had done it.

“By the way, where did Locke go?”

Rie looked around and asked Luna.

“uh… … I’m going hunting… … .”

“hunt?”

As I was afraid to speak, I heard the sound of something dragging in the distance.

Locke was walking by with a little blood on his face.

“What else… … .”

Only Li only spoke to herself, but Rudy and Luna were also thinking the same thing.

A bloodstained sword was in one of Locke’s hands and a dead boar was being dragged in the other.

“It’s dinner.”

With that said, Locke put the sword into the scabbard on his waist.

“Did you just catch a wild boar with a sword?”

Rudy’s absurd expression.

Even when Luna thought about it, it was ridiculous.

How on earth would an ordinary person catch a wild boar with a sword?

When Luna and Rudy were making such expressions, Rie smiled and opened her mouth.

“You can have a party tonight. Would you like to eat better than at the academy?”

Luna couldn’t continue to speak as she looked at it.

I really felt like I was eating better than I did at the academy.

Originally, they were all nobles, so it was easy to survive, but I thought there would be a problem with this kind of survival.

“I will not groom the wild boar.”

Locke picked up the boar again and carried it to the back of the tree.

“Then let’s light a fire and get ready to burn that.”

“okay!”

When Rudy and Luna were about to move like that, Rie noticed a little and fell back.

“I’ve caught the demons, so I want to take a break.”

After Lie said that, as they went into the forest, Rudy grabbed Lie’s robe by the nape of her neck.

“You haven’t done much. I’m making a place to store those fruits.”

“eww… … .”

Rie stared at Rudy while holding her neck.

“Okay?”

“Ugh… … .”

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Rie said to Rudy while biting her molars tightly.

It was the first time I had ever seen Rie react like that.

She was a princess who was confident and assertive everywhere, but it was so strange to see her so immobile in front of Rudy.

“Luna, let’s prepare a fire and prepare food.”

Luna listened to Rudy’s words and smiled broadly.

“okay!”

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dark night.

Now that summer is approaching, the weather is on the warm side, but since it is a forest, it feels a little chilly.

Still, it was not cold enough to catch a cold, and there was no discomfort.

Just in case you don’t know, I’ve also made a bonfire, so it shouldn’t be a problem.

We cleaned up our surroundings for a while and sat around the bonfire.

“Today is the first day and I am tired. Go to bed early.”

“okay. Wake me up later.”

Lie and Locke said that and sat down.

We decided to take turns keeping the watch.

If everyone slept, it would not be possible to respond when a monster suddenly attacked, so a vigilante was essential.

It would have been more convenient if I had learned something like an alarm magic that sounds when a monster approaches, but since no one has been able to use the alarm magic yet, I have no choice but to stay vigilant.

First of all, today is the first day, and I don’t know what the surrounding conditions are, so I decided to stand by two people at a time.

Standing alone on the watchdog would be boring, and if we all fell asleep while standing on the watchdog alone, we could all be in danger.

So, at first, me and Luna would stay vigilant, and when they were tired, Locke and Li would wake up and take turns.

Lie and Locke lay down where they were sitting.

Rie tossed and turned over in an uncomfortable seat.

“eww… … stiff How do you sleep in a place like this?”

I grumbled so alone… … .

“Ummm… … .”

In less than 10 minutes, I tossed and turned and fell asleep.

It was less than a day, but he seemed to be tired from long rides in the wagon, and from all kinds of work to prepare for the base camp.

Tak-tak-.

I stared at the blazing fire.

As I said when I went to search with Lie, coming here felt a little out of breath.

I’ve only been studying at the academy, so I’ve never felt so comfortable… … .

The tension was relieved, and the warm bonfire was in front of me, so I felt exhausted both physically and mentally.

I was relieved earlier, so I talked about cherry blossoms.

When I was young, there was a cherry tree near my house, so I just picked it and ate it, so I just acted naturally.

Rudy Astria thought that she could never have eaten cherry, so she made an excuse, but she didn’t care about that, so she passed it on naturally.

I kept in mind that when the tension is relieved, such a loophole will occur.

However, I couldn’t stay so tense for how long.

At the academy, I keep getting nervous, but at least once in a while, I have to relax like this.

Of course, after a few days, you will have to relax properly, but for this moment, I wanted to relax and enjoy.

While thinking about it like that, Luna opened her mouth.

“I think they are better people than I thought… … .”

“yes?”

Luna clasped her legs in her arms and smiled at me.

“Lie and Locke, I think they are both good people. Even though he is of high status, he is kind… … .”

That was correct.

Of course, Rie did it because I asked her to do it, but in the case of Locke, even if no one said anything, she moved first and got the job done.

Also, Locke told me about his experiences as to whether he was familiar with this kind of life, and summarized the things he had to do.

As a result, there was nothing I had to do, and I was able to relax.

“ah… … Of course, I think Rudy is the nicest!”

“haha… … thank you.”

I smiled softly and said to Luna.

“When I first came to the academy, I thought high-status people would be different from me.”

“okay?”

“Yeah, but it seems like everyone is just like me. Hehe… … .”

Luna tilted her head and laid her face on her arm.

I smiled softly as I looked at Luna like that.

“What, all living things are the same.”

There was no reason to be much different from being a high-ranking nobleman.

Of course, there may be differences in small ways, but in a big way, they will all be similar.

A sense of sympathy, a story from when I was young.

“Come to think of it, it looks like there are some cherry leftovers. Shall we eat it together?”

“good.”

Luna brought the cherry and sat down next to me.

And we took each cherry to our mouth and groaned.

“Sour and sweet… … Hehe.”

Luna continued to take the cherry to her mouth while saying that.

Seeing Luna like that, I smiled softly, reached out to the bonfire and spit out a self-talk.

Then, Luna also reached out towards the bonfire.

“It’s warm… … .”

“Yes… … .”

Relying on the warmth and light of the bonfire, the night grew deeper.