Preparing for their Education

  Milka’s eyes shone as she stood in the laboratory.

  “Oh, you’re going to teach us?”


  “Exactly. You can call me teacher from now on.”


  “Okay! Thank you, teacher!”


  “Good. I expect you to study hard.”


  After that, I told Milka to bring the other apprentices to the laboratory.

  Nia and Luchila came quickly.

  Luchila was carrying Lord Gerberga.

  “Mister Locke, what is it?”


  “Is something the matter?”


  And so I told them that Philly would be teaching them as a private tutor from now on.

  “Since you were both raised in tribes, I am sure you have been educated already, but there are things that you should know about the kingdom of Mendilibar.”


  “Yes. Thank you.”


  “Do you mean it?”


  “Well, it’s basically my duty to offer apprentices an education.”


  “Thank you.”


  “So you must call Philly your teacher from now on.”


  “Yes!”


  “Understood.”


  “Cluck-cluck!”


  Lord Gerberga answered as well.

  “That being said, Nia is also an Adventurer, so she may not be able to join classes every day……”


  “Yes, but I will try hard to learn as much as I can in the time I have!”


  My apprentices were quite eager, it seemed. That was very promising.

  Suddenly, I realized that it was nearly evening. And so we headed for the dining hall.

  The laboratory was connected to the secret passage.

  And you entered it through the mansion’s library.

  And while we passed through it, I got the idea of using the library as a classroom.

  “Perhaps I could have some desks prepared so that you could study in the library.”


  “Oh yes, that seems like a good idea.”


  Philly agreed.

  Most of the furniture here was brought on the assumption that only one person would be using the room.

  But it was rather large and had plenty of space for desks.

  “If you need any stationery supplies, just tell me.”


  “Hmm. I will make a list then.”


  “And let me know if you require any books.”


  I was now able to withdraw my funds from my Adventurer days.

  And I had received ample reward money as well. So there was a decent fortune sitting there.

  Philly thought about it for a while.

  “Oh. I would like to bring some of the books from my house……”


  “I can help you carry them!”


  Milka said eagerly.

  “No, you should start preparing for dinner, Milka.”


  “Oh, yes. It’s nearly time! Alright.”


  Milka dashed away to the kitchen.

  “Since Milka is busy, I could go with you to the Marquis’s house and help you carry them?”


  “Would you?”


  “It’s only two buildings away.”


  “Oh, yes. We were neighbors, now that I think about it.”


  But then again, it was two houses, but these were the mansions of nobles.

  So it took about three minutes to walk.

  “Let’s go then.”


  “Yes.”


  “I think you might want to hide your face, Philly.”


  “You’re probably right.”


  She wasn’t like Lord Gerberga, who looked like an average chicken at a glance.

  It would be very troublesome if any of the vampires’ servants saw her.

  And so Philly pulled a hood over her face before we left.

  Nia and Luchila accompanied us as we went to Marquis Mastafon’s mansion.

  Grulf, Tama and Lord Gerbera as well.

  “Grulf. We’re not going for a walk. Stop running.”


  “Grr?”


  He tilted his head to the side as he panted.

  A guard was standing in front of the house.

  He was probably sent from the royal palace.

  Philly addressed him first.

  “Good evening.”


  “Eh?”


  The guard looked at the hooded girl with confusion and without recognition.

  But then he quickly saw me and bowed silently.

  I guess he knew all about me then.

  He might have been sent from the privy council.

  We then entered the mansion and headed for Philly’s room.

  It was almost empty. Most of her stuff was gone.

  “It would have been dangerous to leave books and records related to alchemy. And so they were taken to the palace.”


  “I see. Then what are we supposed to carry?”


  “Hmm. I was thinking about the books on the shelf over here.”


  So saying, Philly went to the next room.

  Here, there were a lot of normal books that had nothing to do with alchemy.

  “Teacher. Do you want us to carry these?”


  “Yes, Luchila. Thank you.”


  “I will help too.”


  Luchila and Nia were very eager.

  “Well, books are quite heavy. I think we better put them in my magic bag.”


  “Understood.”


  And so I held the bag open as Luchila and Nia brought the books over and put them inside.

  “There are more over here.”


  They also carried books from the Marquis’s study. There were several dozen in all.

  “Hmm, how about this desk? It looks perfect for the library.”


  “Are you sure?”


  “Yes. Father and mother intend on buying new furniture when they return.”


  “I see.”


  I guess it was because the dark ones had lived here. It probably felt like bad luck now.

  But I didn’t care about such things as long as they weren’t actually cursed, and so I was grateful for this idea.

  And so we picked up a few desks and chairs that looked like they would fit nicely into the library, and threw them into the magic bag.

  “Now we have plenty of teaching materials. And since we have desks and chairs, we can start studying immediately.”


  Philly said with much satisfaction.

  And then we returned home.

  Grulf tried to start running again, and I had to hold him back.

  “Grulf, you ran so much this morning already. And yet you still want to run?”


  “Grr.”


  Not only had he been running, but he had gotten quite tired after it all.

  But he seemed to be able to recover very quickly.

  I thought about this as we reached the mansion and noticed that there were two people waiting for us in front of the gate.