Healing at the Academy Convenience Store - Chapter 764
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764. Overlapping promises
After the dance, Rudica chats with those wearing robes.
Now that I think about it, who are these people wearing black robes?
“Who are they?”
“These are the Gasols of the Shadow family. At least he has the same status as me. That is, at least the elders.”
Cecil is a genius who succeeds Rudica in the Shadow family.
Those of equal status to her would be people who are older or have contributed to the family, but even those people do not dare to look at Rudica.
On the contrary, Rudica’s expression is nothing but calm. When he pats Gasol on the shoulder with a benevolent smile, he sits down and begins to sob.
“What about those tears?”
“Because even daring to face Shadow is a collateral measure that requires permission to be asked. “If he heard Hassan’s words, let alone Shadow’s, he would be sobbing with emotion.”
“Is it that much?”
“The law of the desert is a completely hierarchical society above the center, so it is a society of perfect inequality.”
Cecile giggled as she said that.
“Because it is a barren desert, we will need strict laws accordingly. Above all, aren’t they people who always live with death by their side?”
“Thank you for your understanding. Hehehe. Usually, people at the central government think things like, ‘You can’t believe you’re playing class games with the dust-smelling desert guys.’”
That might be so.
“Was there anyone who spoke out loud?”
“Isn’t life precious to everyone?”
Wow I’m scared.
By the way, there are a lot of interesting things about the law of the desert.
“Is the world this wide? “There’s a lot of culture I don’t know about. It’s worth learning about.”
“Really. A person with broad arms.”
“Me?”
“Yes. The prince… If I say this from my perspective, it is because you are of a higher rank than Ludika. You probably have no reason to learn culture. Still, you are eager to learn. “I admire your passion for learning.”
“Well, that may be the case.”
“yes?”
I glanced at Rudica.
The guy was smiling brightly and encouraging and smiling at Gasol, who was wearing a robe. Some people sob and others bow their heads again and again.
However, Rudica never felt burdened by it.
Who is Ludika Hassan Shadow in that resoluteness? He realized once again what weight he had.
The strongest dagger of all time in fighting. Not the dagger of the empire… He strongly realized that he was leading a family.
The head of a clan with 300 years of history.
A warmth that cannot be found in his usual bright appearance.
I also learned anew that she was truly the head of a family, and at the same time, a young woman from a prestigious family.
“Ludica is a party member. So, getting to know southern culture is like getting to know Rudika at the same time. So there is no reason to hesitate in learning. “I would rather actively learn.”
“oh···. Hehehe. Well then, shall I teach you? “I can set up a room with just the two of you and teach you in depth for three days and two nights.”
I glanced at Cecil. The guy’s eyes were shining brightly.
“That’s an attractive offer.”
“Oh my, then…”
“But I decided to celebrate this festival with Rudica. “If you get a chance later, please ask.”
Cecile’s eyes widened at my words, but then she pouted. and laughed out loud.
“yes. All right. ruler. “The other Gasols have also returned, so let’s go see Rudica.”
***
As I got closer to Rudica, the guy walked towards me at a slow pace.
Then he looked around and looked up with a red face.
“Wolfram. “Ho, were you watching?”
“I saw it well. “It was a beautiful dance.”
“Ah, it’s beautiful…”
“Have you not noticed what you are seeing? The magic didn’t distort the wavelength, so it wouldn’t be at a distance that couldn’t be detected.”
“ah···. You have to concentrate a lot to create sand waves. Ugh, um. I don’t think there were any mistakes… how was it?”
“It was beautiful.”
“Thank goodness.”
The guy put his hand on his chest and sighed deeply.
Would you say your skin is glowing more than usual…? I don’t know, but it’s different. It also has a nice scent.
“Did you put on makeup?”
“huh? ah···. I did it. “I also sprayed perfume.”
Rudica laughed and said, “Hehehe,” but it was a bit of a novelty for the guy who usually lives completely at a distance from such things.
Isn’t the assassin’s perfume the same as advertising that I am here?
“Because now I am not the assassin Rudica, but the matriarch Rudica. “I spray perfume and put on makeup.”
what. Did you read my mind?
“Did Gasol do that makeup for you?”
“huh? What are you talking about. “I know how to at least do makeup.”
“······.”
Wajangchang.
The image of Ludica inside me is completely shattered.
“You mean you knew how to put on makeup?”
“Should I say that I know how to do everything that is necessary for the family tradition? Since the head of the family does not sing directly, singing is impossible, but dancing is okay. ancestral rites. I know how to officiate, I know how to put on makeup, and I know how to sit in a chair and just smile all day. There···”
Rudica began to fold her spread fingers one by one, and my stereotypes were chipped away that much.
After everything was broken like that.
The newly seen ‘Ludika Hassan Shadow’ had a slightly different appearance.
He is not just a youthful or the pinnacle of an assassin living with a concept, but a guy who can carry a family on his shoulders and smile while bearing the weight.
“Ludica. “Can I ask you one thing?”
“Can I ask you anything?”
“Is it difficult?”
“no.”
The question had many implications, but he answered immediately without a moment’s hesitation.
“That’s it.”
“good. “Now that the boring time is over, let’s look back on the festival again.”
“It wasn’t a fun time?”
“Well, what fun is there in putting on makeup and dancing? “Originally, I tried to run away, but Cecil told me to go ahead and hold a ancestral rite if I had already come to the festival, so I was caught.”
······.
Is there a sense of responsibility or not?
what. It might be convenient to think of Ludika Hassan Shadow as this kind of guy.
***
And the next day.
Rudica took my hand and led me, saying that from today onwards she would watch the festival without stopping.
“hello! “Please give me two servings of desert strawberries!”
We clasped our hands together and walked around the street stalls, ordering dishes.
“Is business going well?”
“then! “This festival will be even better!”
As Rudica walked around the stalls, she made sure to ask about the current situation, and was greatly satisfied to see smiles on most of the merchants’ faces.
of course.
“How are you going to eat all of this?”
“Ahaha…”
As we walked around the street stalls and ordered two servings, the problem was that we ended up buying too much for the two of us to eat.
Eventually, we sat down nearby and started eating. We laid out a mat and food we bought at a street vendor.
“Wolfram. These are called desert strawberries, because they grow on cacti, right? “It’s juicy and sweet, so if you’re shipwrecked in the desert, just look for desert strawberries!”
“is it. “You are very knowledgeable about the desert.”
Rudica skewered a strawberry and held it out to me. what. Is she telling me to take it?
Well, isn’t this kind of prank okay at a festival? I just took the strawberry he offered and ate it. The imperial lineage did not judge this as unbecoming of the imperial grandson. Is this okay?
“Ah, ah…uh.”
“Why are you doing that?”
“Oh, no. I know that if something is handed to me, I will receive it with my hand and eat it… “Well, that is…”
Is this something I should have thought about even if the imperial bloodline did not stop it?
“I’m sorry.”
“no. “No, you don’t have to be sorry!”
“Was it rude enough to use an honorific term?”
“Oh, no. therefore. “That’s not it.”
Rudica says ugh! She perked up and held out the desert strawberry to me again.
“ruler···! “If I do this, you’ll believe it’s not rude, right?”
“under···.”
How can you be considerate of me, even avoiding eye contact with a bright red face?
Is this the dignity of a family head?
Not eating here would also damage Rudica’s face. I trembled as I took the desert strawberry that was offered to me and ate it. There’s no way the world’s greatest assassin would shake his hand, and that’s how shameful it is.
“W-was it delicious?”
“hmm. “It was a desert strawberry, so I clearly remembered the variety.”
“Well, then where… This time camel milk sugar jelly… ah. Ah… do it.”
“hmm.”
Are you planning to eat here again?
But it was I who brought shame.
This game.
We have no choice but to accept it until Rudica’s shame is relieved.
“hmm. Is camel milk hardened like candy? “The flavor is unique, but it’s okay.”
“Yeah, right? Now then, next time…”
Rudica’s ordeal does not stop.
And I never gave up either.
From now on, you must not do anything that will discredit matriarch Rudica.
***
A 3-day, 2-night festival.
I have to go back to Zephyrlin tomorrow, so today is actually the last day of the festival.
After wandering around the street stalls between breakfast and lunch, and receiving Rudica’s wrath all over my body. I watched a production in the afternoon.
That production is…
“Guardian of the desert and evil spirit of sand dust.”
“Uh, umm….”
The story goes like this.
An evil shaman called the Demon of Sand Dust attacks a desert village.
All the residents died overnight, and when the child, who had gone out to play without his parents’ knowledge, returned home, a miserable scene was left behind.
The child runs away from his pursuers, wanders through the desert, and soon arrives at a remote village.
The village was actually a village where the guardians of the desert lived, and the story was that when he cried and asked for revenge, the guardians stepped forward and took revenge on his behalf.
And no matter how you look at it…
“Is this true?”
“huh. Something that happened about a hundred years ago. They say there was an idiot who tried to summon a demon by sacrificing a desert village. Hassan of the time stepped forward and dealt with the shaman. “Hassan of the time is my ancestor.”
“I see.”
I knew it.
Was it the story of the Shadow family and Hassan?
“There is a story that the survivor child entrusted himself to the shadow village in gratitude to Hassan, and thoroughly refined himself to become Hassan’s right-hand man. And that is Cecil’s ancestor.”
“Hoo. “So, is Cecil still repaying the favor?”
It is quite interesting that the play is not just a play, but is related to actual history.
“In my generation… “We must prevent such tragedies from happening.”
However.
It seems like it’s never ending interest for Rudica.
Suddenly, I remembered what Cecile said yesterday.
This most prosperous village, Bafar, is said to be the first village to fall if the south is invaded.
There’s no way the imperial family will suddenly trample on the dagger, and as long as Eve and I protect Rudica, the south will remain peaceful in the future, but that only applies to the interior of Middle-earth.
What if there is an unexpected gate to the demon world in the southern part of the empire?
Our party has been in frequent battles with demons recently.
What was Rudica thinking during that battle?
Now I felt like I could finally get to know the true nature of the human Rudica.
“do not worry.”
“Wolfram?”
I reached out my hand and grabbed his small hand.
“Everything will be as you wish. “Throughout your lifetime, the South will continue to prosper, and the scale of the festival will only grow.”
“······.”
“Not a single dirty demon will set foot on the southern land. “I swear by the name of Wolfram von Lohengrin.”
“Oh oh. You even took an oath? “Then you have to come see this festival grow every year?”
Rudica giggled.
Is this something to laugh at?
“I guess I can come see it,”
“huh···?”
“Isn’t it a fun festival? “You can come and see this festival that grows little by little every year.”
“really? Continue together?”
“Of course.”
What could be difficult?
A future was envisioned where a train would be built nearby and party members would come and enjoy it together.
“that’s good. Let’s do that. Let’s make sure that happens.”
I made a promise on top of my hands that were just touching, and it continued warmly even though I didn’t apply any force.