<h4>Chapter 71 – ckmailing the Professor</h4>
Trantor: Kell | Editor: Weasalopes
ckmailing the Professor
The next day, Hikaru arrived at building C to find it locked, even though it was already time for sses to start. He tried using Mana Detection, but no one was inside.
「She bailed, huh? Isn’t the student supposed to be the one cutting sses?」
Left without anything to do, Hikaru started jogging.
The next day, Mille still wasn’t around. He trained alone.
The day after, same thing.
And the day after...
「Still not here...」
Hikaru stood in front of building C.
「I see. So that’s how you wanna y. Hahaha. You thought if you kept doing this, I would eventually stoping. Hmm, yes.」
Hikaru smirked.
「I will find you.」
He went back home and waited till dusk. Fully armed, Hikaru headed out to town.
「Whoo! Ale is so good! This is what I live for!」
「Quite the drinker as always, Mille-chan.」
The manager smiled from behind the counter. They were in an establishment located three streets down the business district that only a select few in Schrzard knew about. Small, with only more or less thirty seats, it was always full. Customers lined up the counter like birds on a power cable.
「If you keep on chugging them down like that, no guy will buy you a drink.」the man said.
「There’s no one crazy enough to even think about doing that in the first ce.」another chimed in.
「Damn right.」
Middle-aged men, who looked to be regrs, burst intoughter. Each one shouted over the noise in the tavern whenever they spoke.
「What did you say? If I tried, I’m sure I can get a few men. You old coots better be grateful I even talk to you.」
「Yeah, right! You always cry when you’re dead drunk, saying “I want a boyfriend.”」
「I don’t cry! Idiot!」
「Can you even stay outte? You mentioned something about not being able to return to the academy’s dorm right now.」
「Ah, yes. They’re remodeling it at the moment. I’m staying at a friend’s ce.」
「Wow! You have friends?!」
「Why does that surprise you?! I’ll beat you up!」
Sounds ofmotion and men’sughter rolled in the tavern.
「The night’s still young! I’m gonna drink all night!」
「You look incredibly lively.」
A voice came from behind.
「Of course I am! I woke up in the evening!」
「What about today’s ss?」
「I didn’t even n on going! Ahahaha!」
Milleughed, waving her hand, before noticing the voice didn’te from the older men.
「That is very interesting, Professor Mille Crepes van Quad.」
It came from the boy she met a few days ago. Mille trembled, being on the receiving end of someone’s wrath from point-nk range.
「You taught me how to carry a short sword the other day. Now I have a question for you. Am I carrying one right now? If I am, for what purpose? 」
Mille let out a shriek as she fell from her chair, her face frozen in fear. Oops, I didn’t mean to scare her that much, Hikaru thought.
「H-How’d you get here?! There’s no way you followed me without me noticing!」
Oh, so that’s what surprised her. If he hadn’t activated his Stealth, she would’ve noticed the moment he stepped into the tavern with her Instinct.
「Hey, kid. If you’re looking to start trouble, we won’t just sit here quietly.」
「Yeah.」
「Well said, men! Throw this boy out!」Mille said.
She felt revitalized with the older men backing her up. Incidentally, her legs were spread open, and her underwear was in in sight. Hikaru didn’t even feel a tinge of sexual urge.
「Please, gentlemen. I’m a student of the academy. It seems the professor has been piling up debts from all her drinking and she has to pay them back. She’ll receive her sry by teaching me, but should you wish to shoulder her debts, you may do so. What do you say?」
「.........」
「.........」
The men exchanged nces.
「All right. Let’s drink some more!」
「Oh, right. Something funny happened today...」
「Oh...」
「They left me for dead! What happened to our bond?!」Mille eximed.
Hikaru smiled at her as she stood up, ring at him.
「You reap what you sow.」
「I’m never going to teach you ever again!」
「Okay. I’m actually meeting the principal tomorrow...」
Mille quickly prostrated herself.
「I’m deeply sorry. I’ll teach you starting tomorrow.」
「I see. Then I’ll cancel my appointment with the principal.」
「Y-You’re bluffing, right? You don’t have any connection to the principal, do you?」
Hikaru smiled.
「Your smile is much scarier!」
Mille screamed, but not one person in the noisy tavern cared. From that day onwards, she showed up in the tavern less often.
「Mille’s tab was piling up. Doesn’t really make any difference to my sales.」the manager told his regrs.
She was apparently causing trouble everywhere.
One attack was not enough to bring Mille down. She devised a n to deceive Hikaru and go drinking, but Hikaru was quick to counter it. First he found out where she lived and the taverns she frequented.
「I’ll make her work hard so she can pay her debt. Please tell me if she drops by to drink.」he told them and he was warmly received.
Lastly he went to wake her up every morning. And so Hikaru managed to put the short sword lectures sses back on track.
「Oh, Hikaru!」
One day, he happened upon Mikhail Jarazack, the great sword instructor. Hailing from thend of hairy men, he was the one who let Hikaru in the academy as a schrship student.
「So you’re already attending sses. Since when? Today?」
「No. I started about ten days ago.」
「What?! Why didn’t youe see me?!」
「Why would I? I told you I’m here to learn about short swords.」
「Ah, short sword. The instructor is quite something, huh? Mille barely even teaches. Just forget about her ande attend my lectures.」
「Actually...」
Hikaru gave a smile.
「She’s actually doing her job. I’m heading to her ss right now. See ya!」
「Wait, what? For real?」
Hikaru started walking, leaving the puzzled Mikhail behind.