Black Iron Magician

Chapter 348 Lecture in Formal Attire

――――The 63rd day of training.

I healed yesterday’s fatigue by going to bed. Show your power, my Pleasant Sleep Skill! If you don’t show that power now, when will you!?

「Shishō ~, it’s morning~. It’s time for a delicious and enjoyable breakfast~」

「… Is it morning already?」

Well, I was able to wake up on my own recently, but this morning, I overslept because I was so tired from yesterday’s beach volleyball. Unfortunately, it seems that my body is still tired.

「Ugh, my joints hurt….」

「Jeez, that’s because you didn’t do your warming up and cool down properly, you know? Look, I did it properly, so I’m completely fine now! I feel energetic!」

「Yeah, well… if you aren’t energetic, it would be the end of the world or something….」

「Ah, Shishō, don’t sleep again! Nell-san is already awake, you know? Please wake up!」

Haru uses her aiki, and I float in the air with the blanket I embraced. Wow, she finally uses her technique even just to wake me up. It seems that my life going to be even more unpredictable.

「Landing.」

I was flying at a high altitude and I got a good amount of flight time, so I had no choice but to wake up. Then, I landed splendidly.

「Ooh, that’s a perfect ten-point landing!」

「…… Haru, did you make me float like that so that my head would fall to the floor first? If I hadn’t woken up, it would have been a disaster, you know?」

「Yes! But it’s okay. After all, you’re quick to act if I take you out of the bed and make you give up!」

What the hell is this girl saying with that innocent smile? It’s scary that she can say that with such a face.

「I’m going to get changed now. I’ll go after this, so you should go ahead, Haru.」

「Okay! Please hurry up!」

「Yeah, yeah. …… Ah, that’s right. Haru, tell everyone to gather in the meeting room after breakfast. Don’t worry, I’ve rented the room from Zex.」

「Eh? Meeting room?」

「Yeah, meeting room. I’ll give you a little lecture since it’s a good opportunity that you’ve reached level 8.」

「L-Lecture….」

Haru’s face gradually lost its energy. The word lecture probably changed into study in her head.

「Well, let’s do our best today as well!」

「Shishō, you look so refreshing, huh….」

Yeah, I just got some energy from you after all.

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After breakfast, we moved to the meeting room as planned. This room is also very modern, with a whiteboard and table chairs that are on par with modern ones. Nell looked curiously at the marker used on the whiteboard, but she soon lost interest. For Nell, everything is the same as long as you can write.

「Well then, I’m going to start the special lecture prepared for everyone who has reached level 8.」

「Let’s begin. Listen carefully.」

「…… Excuse me.」

Chinatsu, who sits in the front seat, raised her hand. As expected Goddess Chinatsu, it seems that she’s so motivated that she took the front seat. But well, all of the seats are placed at the front, so it’s the same no matter which seat she takes.

「What’s wrong, Chinatsu?」

「Err, why are you wearing glasses and suits? Also, why are we wearing the uniform of the Magic Academy…?」

「Hmm, for the mood?」

「Ehh….」

As Chinatsu pointed out, I and Nell are dressed like teachers with glasses and suits. Also, the student side, Chinatsu, Haru, Touko, and Hund-kun as an extra, are wearing the uniform of the Magic Academy. As for Hund-kun, the size didn’t fit his physique, so I asked him to shrink his body to the size of a human. Hund-kun is a nice guy that he still wears it even though he protested that he didn’t understand the meaning of this.

「We prepared the uniforms for the graduation festival before, right? As for our costumes, we borrowed the costumes that Lily has for cospla――disguise. I mean, there’s a saying that we have to start from our appearance, right?」

「Hou, humans have such a culture, huh? I guess there are still many things I don’t know on the land.」

「Hund-san, that’s wrong knowledge. Well, it’s correct in a sense, but I don’t think that’s the case here.」

Chinatsu’s retort is alive and well, huh. Yeah, Chinatsu should be like that.

「This uniform is cute, I don’t mind about it!」

「Well, I don’t mind if Deris-danna has that kind of hobby. Besides, Lily-shishō often used me as a dress-up doll.」

「Eh, Deris, you have that kind of hobby?」

「Touko, please don’t say something that can cause misunderstanding.」

Otherwise, I will die.

「Setting the joke aside, now that you’ve reached level 8, there’s something I want you to remember. First of all, Haru and Chinatsu. Unlike Touko and Hund-kun, you didn’t have any Unique Skills until now, right?」

「Yes! I don’t have any Unique Skill!」

「Haru, it’s not don’t, but didn’t.」

「Fueh?」

「…… Eh?」

The reaction was different from what I expected, so I looked at Nell.

(Nell, didn’t you check it with her before?)

(We didn’t. We only checked the level.)

Communication through eye contact, completed. Haru hasn’t noticed her new power yet.

「If you reach level 8, you will get a new Unique Skill. Haruna, did you check it properly?」

「Eh!? I got a Unique Skill!?」

「It seems that you haven’t checked it…. It’s not on the status screen you usually see, but you should do this――」

It seems that Chinatsu has noticed it, and she took the initiative to teach Haru how to check it. Well, let’s leave her for a while until he checked it herself.

「By the way, those who have a Unique Skill from the start won’t get a new one at this point. Touko, there’s nothing even if you check it.」

「Eh, I won’t get a new one!?」

After listening to Chinatsu’s words, Touko started to see her status screen, so I told her that. It seems that Lily hasn’t told Touko anything about that. Well, she worked hard yesterday, so it can’t be helped. I’m sure she’s sleeping now.

「Shishō, I’ve checked it! It’s 『Little Peerless』!」

「I see, you’ve checked it, huh. But don’t talk about it more than that, okay?」

「Yes! I’m sorry!」

I had expected that she would be so happy that she would say it to some extent. Well, up to the name of the Unique Skill is still acceptable.

「Little Peerless…. I don’t know if it’s amazing or little.」

「About that! You see, this ski――hmph…!」

I covered Haru’s mouth before she said something unnecessary.

「Deris, should I step outside?」

「No, you don’t have to worry about it. Hund-kun, I want you to do your best as the Great Eight Demons. We’re like neighbors on the continent of Jiba, aren’t we?」

「I don’t think that’s something a human would say….」

Hey, you can use connections in many ways, you know? Hund-kun is a rare capable person with exceptional decentness among the Great Eight Demons. I definitely want us to get along. And in the future, I want you to help me when I’m in a pinch.

「Hmm, hmm hmmh….」

「If you’re sorry, then be careful. At least, wait until this lecture is over, okay?」

「Hmm!」

「Okay, I will release you!」

「Phew….」

Haru returned to her seat.

「Danna, I’m surprised that you could understand what she said in that state….」

「Is that so? It’s a lot easier to understand than the goblin language, you know?」

Alright, let’s check everyone’s status first.