Monogatari no Naka no Hito

“Hey, don’t get ahead of us!”

“That’s right!”

“Good grief, by the way, how about the health committee?”

Due to the remark of a single discipline committee classmate, the students begin to make a noise in no time.

Kyrie, who is taken aback momentarily because the students’ attitudes towards Riheed are too different to how they were on the first day, raises his voice soon after.

“Okay now! Please settle down. Riheed-kun should fundamentally enter a committee which is lacking in members, and there are many committees he’s able to enter into.”

With Kyrie’s voice, the noisy students become silent at once.

During the first semester, along with their own parents, it was instilled in them to not anger Kyrie.

“And now then, related to events there’s the school festival action committee and magic festival committee, for permanent committees there’s the magic tool management committee, practice ground management committee, and also the books management committee. An explanation of the activities can be gotten from the students of each…”

“Books management committee.”

As Kyrie was going to get the students to explain, Riheed interrupts with that remark.

A firm and determined light is dwelling in Riheed’s eyes.

“Yes?”

“Books management committee!.”

When Kyrie asks again, Riheed’s remark doesn’t change.

“…Is an explanation not needed?”

“Books management committee!!.”

“…Understood. Then let’s accept Riheed-kun into the books management committee. Litris-san, please teach him the contents of the activities.”

“G-got it.”

Kyrie asking to make sure is compelled by Riheed’s vigor to accept it; he leaves it up to another books committee member, Litris, who is on friendly terms with Riheed.

Although Litris was confused by Riheed and Kyrie’s back and forth, she gave a reply.

Thus, Riheed’s committee was immediately decided by the person himself based on his strong aspiration.

“The main work is the lending management and book arranging. I think you’re aware of this, but the library is very vast, and because many people use it there’s a librarian present. It’ll be alright if you act in accordance with that person’s instructions. The basics are that you’ll have a day of the week you’ll be in charge where activities will be in the library, and once a month there’s a meeting in library’s committee room. There are also things like spring cleaning. That’s the general feeling of it, are there any questions?”

After school, Riheed who is receiving an explanation of the committee’s work from Litris in the classroom has a truly delighted looking face.

“M-my day in charge is!?”

“Stay calm please, Riheed-san. The day you’re in charge of will be decided during tomorrow’s meeting.”

When Riheed questions her in an impatient manner, Litris who has grown accustomed to handling him answers calmly.

“Nuu, okay.”

“By the way, Riheed, what about your appointment?

“Oops, that’s bad. Litris, Mikene, thanks! Best regards for tomorrow as well. I’ll be going earlier today. See you in a bit then!”

When Mikene points out the arrangement with Mari from the morning, Riheed hurriedly gives his gratitude and exits the classroom.

“It’s good he turned back, Mikene.”

“Err, yeah.”

While seeing off Riheed’s appearance from behind as he quickly goes away, Litris talks with Mikene.

Mikene hesitates when hearing those words, confusing Litris.

“Are you being shy?”

“N-no I’m not, it’s just that I was going to persuade him to turn back, so it was a bit anticlimactic.

“Good grief, Riheed is truly self-centered.”

“Really.”

The remaining two with matching opinions look at each other and laughed together.

“I seemed to have kept you waiting, excuse me!”

“N-no, I just came here.”

In reality, she wanted to confirm about the summoning during the exam as soon as possible, after the end of homeroom, Mari who had come rushing was putting her breath in order.

“Let’s talk on the bench behind the library.”

“Yes, no problem. Did you come from the library?”

Having finished regaining her breath, Mari, who was feeling uneasy due to Riheed’s tame appearance, asks him.

“Yep, I went often during the holidays! There’s a considerable book collection! So I became a books committee member, I plan to go there plenty from now on!”

“Books committee member is it.”

“Yep! Magic books are pleasant, pleasant indeed. I can live as I like with just that! Therefore being a books committee member is supreme!!”

Riheed’s tension is high with the merits of books and takes the opportunity to speak joyfully about becoming a books committee member.

Mari is astonished at the difference from how Riheed was during the morning.

If Riheed during the exam was his normal state, Mari judged that his attitude from the morning is for when he encounters strangers and thought about how to get along well with him.

In that case, it can be said his current state is already unrestrained.

“Here, here.”

Riheed sits on the bench he often used during the holiday, the space next to him his beaten to guide Mari.

Mari sits on the advised spot.

“So then, is there something you want to talk about?”

“Yes, however, I also want to confirm something which mother said though.”

“Eh?”

Sitting side-by-side on the bench, Riheed urges on the conversation with Mari.

“This morning’s attitude and the attitude now are completely different so I was surprised. The Riheed-sama which I heard about from mother is how you are now. To tell you the truth, that bombastic attitude when I talked with you this morning made me a bit disappointed.”

“Oh, sorry about that. It’s because I was told I wasn’t composed! I used a little suggestion magic to produce that adult’s composure.”

Even if you change the personality with magic, Riheed hadn’t noticed that that it fundamentally isn’t a solution.

Hearing that story, Mari chuckled elegantly.

“So that’s how it is. But I’m relieved, it’s as I’d heard from mother.”

“Hoho, I want to hear, but I’m also afraid!”

“Fufu, it’s only that you’re noisy but also gentle. Also that you’re without discrimination no matter who you come in contact with.”

Mari recalls the things her mother said about Riheed.

Her mother’s beautiful face when speaking about the human before her eyes, was the face she liked the most.

All the matters that he mother spoke of have been true, so Mari is relieved that that mother’s face hadn’t been a lie.

Riheed’s behavior in the morning was only a part of his boisterous true nature.

“Oou, that’s a high evaluation!”

“And more is that he is a person who doesn’t understand reasoning, was said.”

“That’s a harsh ending!”

Mari continues to recall, Riheed who was elated, drops down when retorting.

“However, I’m relieved. That I can contact normally. In the forest as well, even after coming here everyone is slightly distant.”

“Hmm, well, you are the forest’s princess. Alright, next time I’ll introduce my friends.”

“Really!? I’m glad!”

Mari can’t help but be happy to be able to converse with the same Riheed who came up in her mother’s stories.

And if it’s a friend of Riheed, she may be able to have normal contact, she anticipates.

“And there’s more! I’ll announce you as a friend. How’s that, princess-sama?”

“Maa! I’m delighted, but quickly stop with that princess-sama.”

Riheed makes a proposal in a somewhat theatrical manner; however Mari, who can sense that familiarity that wasn’t there in the morning, has a truly delighted looking smile.

“So it’ll be Mari then, my best regards then.”

“That’s what I should say, please treat me well!”

Mari takes the hand which Riheed presented, sitting on the bench, the two shake hands for a short time while looking at one another.

Eventually, the peculiar feeling which was welling up makes Riheed and Mari burst out laughing, laughter which sounded like they’d gotten along well for quite a time.

“This reminds me, I forgot what I wanted to hear the most.”

“Hmm?”

When recovering from the spasm of laughter, Mari recalls what she wanted to hear from Riheed.

“Some time ago, wasn’t what you summoned during the exam the water spirit’s king!?”

“Oh, that’s right. Woops, I informed cause you’re a friend, it’s a secret!”

Remembering the conversation with Kyrie, Riheed didn’t forget to stop her from speaking of it.

Mari throbbed a little with the words “friend” and “secret”, but came back to her senses at once.

“Is it like that? I understand, but for that to be the king of water…”

“You aware of it?”

“Yeah, I heard it many times from mother. The story of a human magician and the king of water who healed the people of the forest who were exhausted from their fight with monsters.”

That’s the fairy tale which Mari liked.

Her beloved mother’s eyes brighten when narrating it, it’s natural when Mari thinks about it.

“Hmm, it’s not such an outrageous story like that.”

“Maa! Then please inform me of the true story.”

“Hahhahha, in that case, why not, it’ll be a little talk about the old days.”

Riheed begins to speak while recalling the old days.

Mari quietly heard the story.

Riheed’s profile stacks with her mother’s profile.

And thus, Riheed’s second day at magic school came to an end.