Please Do Not Abandon the Adopted Heroine

117 – Where is the hero of the 6th Holy Sword?

Recently, Rin has been smiling more often.

Rin is a girl who always smiles brightly, so you might ask if this is something that happens all the time, but I wasn’t the type of person who couldn’t tell the difference between the lively smile she usually showed and the deep smile that lingered from ear to ear.

If we go back, it would have started from the very day we danced together on Harvest Festival. As I declared to Anastasia, I held the hands of the women one by one and danced one by one with an iron plate on my face. In particular, there was no reason to hesitate since I had made a promise with Lin on the morning of the day to ‘get together when I have time.’

“Lin, have you practiced dancing?”

Sapun, Sapun, with a slightly nervous expression. It may be said that I am a little clumsy, but I may have been lucky enough to be able to watch those clumsy steps from the closest place with joy.

“Oh, no! I didn’t practice! Really!”

Rin shakes her head in shock.

Her face turned red and she just looked at the floor the entire time she was dancing and kept her mouth shut until the music stopped and I let go.

It’s already been a week since the eventful harvest festival ended.

It was quite a busy time.

Whatever the process, in the end, the academy ended up allowing the blood relatives to invade even though they had prepared for it.

As soon as the harvest festival was over, the chairman had no choice but to be dragged around to the education committee, hearings, and press conferences. Thanks to this, he wasn’t even given a chance to discuss with the chairman what Manwol had mentioned.

And finally today. It was at this point that the academy quickly extinguished the fire and brought the incident under control. Personally, I also had time to take a breather because the high-ranking officials had roughly finished cleaning up after the Harvest Festival.

In the lab, Freya and Anastasia, whose work routines overlapped, each took a break with blank expressions. Last week must have been like a nightmare for them, who hold the titles of professor and princess respectively.

While drinking tea and chatting with the girls about various things, I suddenly remembered Rin from the day we danced, and lightly asked her about my thoughts as above.

“But isn’t Lin’s mood a little strange these days?”

Freya, who was a little worried about my words, also nodded.

“I know. He laughed a lot. “Has anything pleasant happened these days?”

“Hmm, if the teacher and professor felt that way, I guess there really is something there. Let’s see, it feels good. Did you even get a date request from Cecilia? ?”

Hey Anastasia… What if I think about it by your standards?

Just then, a loud knocking sound rings out.

Who is this time?

When I opened the door, I saw Rin with her hair tied up with a cute ribbon and her eyes wide open.

They say even tigers appear when you tell them to. Who would have thought that a baby angel, not a tiger, would come to visit.

At first, I thought he had come to have fun, but Ran wasn’t there. She made way for him to come in, but Rin shook her head.

Instead, the child handed me a cardboard box that he was holding tightly in his arms.

“hello! Oh brother! These are the cookies I baked this time! “La, I baked it with Ran!”

“uh? cookie? Wow, that’s amazing. It smells good too. thanks. “I will eat well.”

“yes! bon appetite. good bye!”

“… hmm? Huh? Are you just leaving? let’s eat together.”

“Oh, no! “I left something to eat with Ran.”

I was about to ask Ran if she could come with me, but Rin had already disappeared across the hallway.

I couldn’t help but fiddling with the cardboard box awkwardly, wondering what was going on.

Anastasia, who was watching from the side, slowly opened her mouth with a suspicious expression.

“… “You seem so restless, but you really believe me, don’t you?”

“What?”

“I mean the legend, Master.”

“Legend?”

“Those who dance together during the harvest festival will form lifelong relationships.”

I stared at Anastasia with an angry expression.

“… … “I’m not ready for a lifelong relationship with you.”

“I don’t want to die either, so don’t say things like that, even if it’s just a joke.”

Anastasia speaks with a straight face.

Anyway, I can’t tell jokes.

“Anyway, be careful. “Because at that age, we are most sensitive to such things.”

“are you okay. “Lin is smart, and like anyone else, she doesn’t believe things like that.”

“… … Ugh. “If you can’t even talk.”

There is nothing I cannot say to my heavenly teacher.

“Freyja, what do you think?”

“… … … ..”

“Freya?”

“Uh, huh? “What did you say?”

“Oh, no? The legend is… … … ”

“aha… sorry. “I heard you like children again.”

How did you hear that?!

It seems that misunderstandings about the previous events have not yet been dispelled. It was at that time that I decided that sooner or later I would have to make it more clear to my children that they could not harbor evil thoughts.

Two popular people.

Crying, the hallway echoes, and the sound of light footsteps continues beyond the sporadic running. There is no need to explain the identity of those students who are flouting the school rule against running in the hallways.

thud! Then the door opened and they appeared.

“teacher!”

“teacher.”

Undine and Cecilia burst into the room at once. Undine with her eyes sparkling and Cecilia with her tail flicking and her head poking out.

It feels like these two have been hanging out together a lot more often lately, and it seemed like the same thing happened today.

If we become friends, it’s something I wouldn’t mind welcoming with open arms, but unfortunately, the problem is that there are people who can’t look kindly at this kind of friendship.

“… … … … “Ugh!”

The sound of teeth grinding together comes from Anastasia’s closed mouth.

Anastasia was careful not to cause friction with Undine, who especially hated the royal family, so Anastasia rarely opened her mouth when she was with Undine. Even now, I’m probably just letting go of my anger inside.

I advised her to talk to Cecilia on a regular basis if she wanted to become close to her, but she seemed to be busy spoiling the praise with her ‘princess mode’ every time.

When I was suffering from severe inflammation, I held Cecilia, carried her on my back, and it wasn’t too much of a fuss.

“Cecilia, Undine. what’s the matter. … … Oh, do you want to eat cookies first? It’s freshly baked now. Lin and Ran brought it to me. “When we meet later, I’ll say hello and say I had a good time.”

“Wow! They say the Vanir gods are very dexterous, and they baked it beautifully. “Try eating one.”

“It’s still warm. “It looks like it was packaged right after it was baked.”

As Cecilia said, the cookie still had some warmth left in it.

“ah! “I didn’t come here to eat!”

“It’s Undine. “You have to wipe the powder from your mouth before speaking.”

Undine wiped her mouth with her sleeve and then pulled my wrist firmly.

“teacher teacher! Anyway, come out and see us! “It’s urgent!”

“Why again? Is something wrong?”

“The Sixth Holy Sword has arrived!”

***

Yuseong Kim. A foolish man who was the hero of the 6th Holy Sword.

It is the name of a friend who, while intoxicated with his role, took a wrong turn and ultimately brought about his own death.

After his death, the 6th Holy Sword was still managed internally by the Academy, but I recently heard that the Chairman returned the Holy Sword to the imperial family by order of the Emperor.

Summoning the new 6th Holy Sword.

I already know that the empire has been following a consistent trend since the monster incident.

It wouldn’t be surprising if the 6th Holy Sword was summoned and began to function.

The appearance of a new hero becomes a big news story for the empire.

But before that, an important fact is that I had no intention of paying any attention to that rookie warrior.

“… … But what do I do when I see the hero of the 6th Holy Sword? “I just want to rest here.”

“I heard you came to retrieve the holy sword. In that case, teachers are also not irrelevant.”

Cecilia how do you know that? When I asked, the answer came back that Undine had told me about it.

It doesn’t really matter to me, but is it something that can be talked about so easily? At best, Manwol even used the water to prevent the story from getting out…

I took a quick look at Undine and saw that she was whistling awkwardly.

What should I do if my mouth is too light, Undine?

“Then I will go out first, Master?”

“Anastasia? you are? why?”

Anastasia blinked and said as if it was obvious.

“Because she’s the princess. “You have an obligation to at least show your face.”

… right. She was a princess.

These days, the princess mode is often in a power-saving state, so I don’t feel anything, majesty or anything.

After sending Anastasia off first, the other party members began to seriously criticize my lazy actions and reactions.

Freya spoke first with a voice filled with concern.

“Eujin, since Manwol even gave such a warning, shouldn’t we take a look? Even if something doesn’t happen right away, I want to be prepared.”

“The young guy who was summoned not long ago is going to retrieve the Second Holy Sword from me? “That sounds absurd.”

“Eugene.”

In the end, I had no choice but to raise my heavy body at Freya’s stinging call.

… … I thought I was finally getting a break today… … .

… … Anyway, so.

“… cold.”

I was playing hide-and-seek on the roof of a building, shivering in the cool late-autumn wind. I looked down into the clear view below and sniffled.

“Let’s see… That person has it. 6th Holy Sword. “Is the 6th Holy Sword this time a woman?”

“How can the gender be the first thing to check! What else are you going to try! Are you setting your sights on a woman you meet for the first time? the opposite! the opposite! “With such a lovely wife, Undine!”

“What do you mean? I hate it, even as a joke. Regardless of whether you are a man or a woman, you get involved with warriors.”

“Are you sure? teacher.”

Undine and Freyja stared at me as if they couldn’t believe me, so I turned my head away to pretend not to see them.

It would have been quite embarrassing if Cecilia had not brought up the topic.

“Teacher, come to think of it, does the princess know about the recovery of the holy sword?”

“no… I haven’t told Anastasia what Manwol said yet. Her older brother is the first holy sword… . “The fact that there was no mention of the Holy Sword being recovered means that the Crown Prince also ran away against the Emperor’s will, so wouldn’t Anastasia be worried?”

“Ah, is that so?”

“Tch… Heungheung! fool. “Teacher and Buddha, why are you both worried about that princess?”

“Shh. Everyone be quiet. Eugene needs to focus too. “Here he comes.”

The conversation came to an end with Undine’s complaints and Freyja’s quiet remarks.

The arrival of the 6th Holy Sword was already planned.

Professors at the level of department heads, including the school president. And even the princess gathered in one place to welcome the visit of the 6th Holy Sword Party.

The three young men and women who got off the carriage were each fully armed. To put it in a good way, they appeared in a natural way, but in a bad way, they appeared with facial expressions and actions that had already become accustomed to this kind of gaze.

The black-haired woman who got off first. She could subconsciously smell the scent of her holy sword on her.

“Nice to meet you, Princess. “My name is Lee Min-ah, who has become the hero of the 6th Holy Sword~”

“hello. nice to meet you. My name is Anastasia. I heard that the 6th Holy Sword has chosen a new owner. congratulations.”

“Thank you.”

“… … By the way, what happened to the new hero at the academy so suddenly?”

Anastasia was not embarrassed at all despite the trailing sentences and playful tone, and asked softly while putting on the mask of a princess.

Minah Lee responded with a small yawn.

“His Majesty the Emperor has given an imperial command.”

Be that as it may, maybe the fact that the other person was a princess didn’t mean much.

The rookie warrior of the 6th Holy Sword, who introduced herself as Lee Min-ah, frowned, tapped her foot a couple of times, and suddenly declared, sobbing.

“I have come to retrieve the Holy Sword by order of His Majesty.”