Shir Looks like you have gotten stronger recently.

Not just his level, even his titles Just what is going on with these titles, huh? What are all these? No matter how I see him, hes an over-the-top existence, isnt he?

But it seems he isnt aware of it

Eh, really? I did make some improvements, but I cant compare to Fir at all. Your battle earlier was just too cool! Please teach me!

Umm But I dont know Wind Magic, you know. Ah, youre right.

He smiled embarrassingly.

Its fine. Lets see, Fir, join my squad as well. You might be able to get pointers for things other than magic from other the other squad members if you do.

Eh, really? Un.

Thank you very much~

Haah. This guy has always been this weird, if I were to leave him alone, he will definitely land himself in some trouble. It seems Princess Michelle knows a couple of things about him, I will have to seek her help later.

Umm Are you male or female?

Suddenly, Pryn, who had just arrived, suddenly asked. Umm Im male probably.

Hey hey, whats with this response of yours? Why did you add a probably at the end?

But you look exactly like a girl, you know. If you were to grow out your hair~ After saying that, Pryn grabbed onto Shirs shoulders, and took a closer look.

As I thought, your face looks so refined its as though its artificial~ Artificial

Wait a minute, his race is actually an android?

Not a homunculus, but an android?

Oh my god, why isnt there anyone thats normal around me? I dont really mind about it, but

Then Where are we going next?

Ah, of course, were going to reel in more people

Ah whatever, its not really a problem. Lets just leave it at that. Eh?

Noticing my pause, Shir and Pryn looked towards the front.

At the corner of the Alchemy School, the small building used by Lanya was being guarded by six knights. Although it was within my predictions, the situation doesnt seem optimistic.

Theyre actually LV 30 Knights, Dual-swordsmen, and Broadsword Wielders. If it was only one of them, I would still be able to manage somehow. But there are six of them

And no matter how I see it, theres something wrong here. They do not have any crests belonging to the Doge Military School. These six are probably the guards of some nobles, and were sent here to find Lanya.

And outside Lanyas door were signs like Access Restricted and Knights, Back Away. Looks like there are many people fighting over her, huh Wait a minute, then, this morning, how did she

With this thought in mind, I carefully looked at her laboratorys location in the building, and Lanyas name and titles were not there at all.

Looks like shes not in, huh?

Alright, looks like we have to look for our next target for now. This place

Pa.

Suddenly, a grenade dropped right beside us. Ehhhhhh!? Grenade!!

But the attack warning While I was still in a fluster, the grenade cracked open, and a paper slip dropped out of it.

This thing I silently picked the slip up. As expected, it was something Lanya threw over.

I looked around my surroundings. I dont see her name anywhere though I opened the slip, and there was only a simple instruction inside.

Return to your squads base. This girl

So she had already known about this? Where did she get the intel from? Looks like she had already ran away. Lets proceed to our next stop. Theres still something written behind.

Hah?

I turned the slip to the other side, and just as Shir said, there was something written behind as well

Were all waiting for you there, so go straight back.

These girls are really scary, just how did they know about my plans? Did the three of you obtain a prediction ability!?

Alright! It seems our mission has been completed! Lets retreat! Ah?

The two of them made weird sounds at the same time. Well, thats totally understandable.

After all, its only been less than an hour since we left.

Were returning this quickly? Arent you going to bring me for a stroll around the campus

Pryn who was beside me gave a very unhappy expression.

Its not a good idea to stroll around the campus now, right? Theres knights who are causing unnecessary troubles everywhere.

Eh~ It doesnt matter, right? Didnt you successfully get rid of them earlier?

My earlier assault was indeed very successful, but it will be troublesome if more of them were to come. And if its an open area, I wont be able to take on a disguise, right?

Speaking of which, ever since earlier, I had been wearing a knight armor. Although its only a cheap product I bought from a shop, its still an actual knight armor.

And since I dont think theres actually a Knight who would use dual blades, I changed to the Connect Weapon, Break, which was the combination of a long sword and a dagger.

But because the helmet was too annoying, I threw it straight into my ring. Otherwise, I would feel like Im wearing a motorcycle helmet, and its really annoying.

After all, wearing a pair of glasses was already annoying enough, by adding a helmet, I dont feel the least bit comfortable at all.

Anyhow Lets hurry and head back, so that we can meet up with the three of them. It wouldnt be wise to keep the three of them waiting.

Eh How can you do this But

I looked at the time, and laughed.

We can still take a short stroll, and buy some dinner on our back. There shouldnt be a problem with that, right?

Pryn stared at me for a long while, and then, she revealed a very happy smile. Yay~ Woooo~

You dont have to be this excited, really We have to get back before sunset,

alright?

Alright, alright~

Shir, youre coming as well, right?

No umm Tell me the address of your squads base. I will head over first to give my greetings!

Un. Alright then. Then that settles it.

After writing down the address on the paper slip I got earlier, I passed it to Shir.

I dont believe giving verbal directions will work. I will be more at ease if I write it on a piece of paper.

Then we will be taking a stroll. I believe after the two schools merger, there are bound to be several new things to be seen.

The new things are naturally different types of armors, swords, and related equipment.

Back then, the shops only dealt with products like robes and magic staves. The consumables on sale were not as varied as the consumables made by Lanya.

In other words, the types of potions, robes, and magic staves in the shops could be counted with a single hand. That could not be counted as having a small variety, rather, it was a completely monotonous selection of goods.

Of course, there are various types of goods in the alchemy shops, but they are basically pointless goods to me. There were things like Fast Mana Absorbing Devices, storage rings with varied levels They were probably goods created by the students in the academy.

Those actual high-quality goods could only be bought in the auctions which are patronized by the nobles. As for people like me No, now that Im a State Magician, there shouldnt be a problem with me entering those sorts of places, right?

After all, I did obtain quite a big sum of money from the Royal Treasury. Well, I can always visit those places in the future.

Right now, I should first buy a couple of knight equipment and weapon, and

obtain a few skill books for myself. Since Im going to disguise myself as a knight, then I should give it my hundred percent.

What are you thinking about, Fir? Were almost there.

Pryns words pulled me out of my thoughts. After looking around the business district, I immediately found the place I wanted to go.

Un, lets go.