Desperate
The Pietra Grass search mission under the pretext of an『excusion』, had already progressed for 10 hours. Most of the 36 students whom Mira leads are concentrating with undivided attention. Without talking secretly, they promptly get a grasp of the surroundings. They’re dead serious.
The words『will not be able to return until you find it』that the competent butler said, reverberated deeply within the students’ hearts. If it’s that worst teacher, he might actually do it……no, he’ll definitely do it. It may be a short relationship of several months, but the students understood extraordinarily well, his sadistic characteristic.
“Ah……thiss!”
At that moment, the sheltered princess-type cutesy girl, Sasha, holds a single Magic Grass up high. The eyes gather at her altogether, and a sense of nervousness is aloft.
“Aah, this is Sakironi Grass. Pietra Grass’s colour is blue, and the size is also about half of this Magic Grass”
Mira glances, judges, and answers.
In conclusion, it’s completely wrong.
“……tehe, oopーsy”
She conks her own head. What was tossed at the young girl, who loves such a careless side of herself, was hostility and contempt. And then, the ruthless clicking of the tongue.
You bitchー, do you understand the situation. The colour is totally different, right. It aiーn’t cute, it aiーn’t suit you. You bitchー. I’m gonna beat you up if you do it again. All kinds of thoughts pierce her aggressively altogether.
“……runrurun♪ I made a mistakeー, I made a mistakeー”
However, she doesn’t waver at all. She doesn’t flinch. In her life until now, there had been tons of such situations, but this is her. This here is precisely the way she lives. That duck face is the proof of her self-confidence. I’m clumsy, but help me, alright. Her cute fluttery western dress hasn’t a speck of dirt. In other words, she has no intention of searching. This is, the young girl called Sasha.
Lily who leaves such theatrics of the students aside and performs the search with all her strength. There’s no end to the countless wounds on her white skin, and there are countless mud and leaves on her shirt. She’s so focused, that she doesn’t even realise the sweat that’s dripping from her forehead, that she doesn’t even realise the countless bugs attached to her shirt.
“Lily-sama, will you not rest for a bit”
“……Sakironi Grass……Rusanarl Grass……and, Krassa wood. Based on the distribution, it’s slightly north of here……no, north-west”
Looking like she didn’t hear Mira’s question, she searches as she mutters to herself.
At that moment, there’s a sound from the bushes.
Mira instantly reacts to that, gets close, andーー
“Hey, how is it going?”
a face she was used to seeing for decades. The owner of an exceptionally perverse personality, hidden by a suave expression. Regrettably, her owner, Asch, was standing over there. The ones tagging along behind him are Cis and the other three.
“What is the matter? If I am not wrong, the meeting location is a little more to the front……”
“Well, there were crooks who attacked us. Because of that, I got worried about you guys”
“……I think that is probably 300% a lie, but thank you for your concern”
The competent butler who bows deeply.
“So……did the guinea……the enemies come?”
“They came. About 5 people”
“Hoo……so, how was it? The super excellent Magician known as me was not around. Furthermore, you have to protect the students as well……it must have been tough, right?”
“I buried them”
“……eh?”
“Since their presences were clear as day from tens of meters ahead. I buried them ahead of time, so that the students could conduct their search without bothering about it. The time required was, probably about 5 seconds”
“……good work”
The Dark Magician, he was making an extraordinarily complicated expression.
“I have a grasp of their location, so I will make arrangements if they are to be made into guinea pigs”
“Fuu……as expected of my butler. You get it even without me saying it huh”
“Asch-sama, spewed about 80 per cent of it by yourself just now though”
“……by the way, how goes the search for the Pietra Grass?”
“We have not found it yet, but everybody is doing their best”
“Well, even I probably can’t find it in a day after all. There’s no reason that they can find it……”
While saying, the Dark Magician moves closer to the students.
“Ahー! Sensei. Sasha, is already exhausted. Sasha, found a whoーle lot of it you knoww”
She squeezes Asch’s arm and swings it.
“Well, well……good work. Looks like you worked quite hard huh”
An ero loli Magician who’s not at all dissatisfied. No, rather, that upward-looking eyes, that duck face, that squishiness that presses on his elbow are exceptionally unbearable. Secretly, he gave this sheltered princess-type cutesy girl 5 points.
And then, due to that extreme narrowness of his vision, he doesn’t even notice the stares of the female students. Secretly, the girls gave Asch, minus 30 points.
“Now, where is Lily-kun?”
Like he’s searching for his favourite toy, he searches for her. What, you still haven’t found it huh. Isn’t that, because your capability is lacking. The ill-natured Magician who wants to batter her in such a manner and see her beautiful face twist in humiliation.
He discovers her back and moves closer with a blissed expression.
“How is it going?”
“……”
“Kuku……if you don’t say anything, I won’t know rigーー”
The moment Asch went around to the front of Lily, he, stopped his words.
Her desperate expression. Her mud-covered body. Her sweat-drenched forehead. There are countless wounds on her skin, her clothes are torn all over the place. All of that, made his jests stop.
“……Conary Flower……and, Banji……not here huh……more to the west……”
While surveying the surroundings mutteringly, Lily walks around the area.
“Fuu……you didn’t study enough huh”
“……and, Madaradake……Aleren wood……more to the north……”
“Did you check the temperature?”
With those words, Lily’s feet come to a sudden halt. She turns around towards the direction of the voice and notices the Dark Magician’s presence for the first time.
“Asch-sensei……what is the matter?”
The golden-haired beautiful girl, she opens those eyes of hers widely and stares at him.
“Sirisasa Mountain, has a characteristic where the temperature greatly differ based on the location. Walking around, did you not realise it?”
“……no, I did not realise it”
“Don’t just use your eyes and ears, feel all kinds of things with your five senses. Scent, taste. And then, be sharp to even the things you feel with your skin”
“……yes”
“And……”
Asch gently wiped Lily’s face with his handkerchief.
“……”
“……here we go, done”
Saying that, the Dark Magician gently pat her head.
