CH 8

Seeing my expression, Suradel immediately reached out to me.

“What?”

“Teleport.”

“I have feet to walk with.”

“Don’t you want to quickly go and see?”

I quietly placed my index finger on Suradel’s outstretched palm.

Tak.

If making contact was necessary, I wanted it to be minimal.

Suradel looked helpless as he gazed down at the finger that touched him.

“Oh, my God. I thought only the hands were cute, but even this…”

Dissatisfied, I glared at him.

Perhaps because of the difference in physique, the difference in size was certainly significant.

“Shut up and teleport.”

“Lia. Please ensure I have the right to express my personal feelings.”

“Denied.”

“How heartless.”

Suradel’s eyebrows gathered together as if he was sad, but then he flicked his fingers lightly.

Then, a magic circle appeared at our feet, and in an instant, a swarm of lights filled the room.

As I tried to close my eyes tightly, I heard a low laugh.

“Lia, you can open your eyes. We have arrived.”

I blinked a few times when I heard that we had arrived and I began to see clearly.

The first thing I saw in my field of vision were the knights, both men and women, sweating and training.

Maybe it’s because the Weils hire demibeasts of other species without discrimination as long as they have excellent abilities.

Despite being a family specializing in magic, the spirits of the knights never seemed to fall behind other families’.

While I was in the middle of analyzing the knights. Suradel whispered softly into my ear.

“Cleaning magic is given as a service. Remember that humans wash their face first when they wake up in the morning, Lia.”

“Huh. What, when did you use such magic?”

Then I realized that I had come out without washing, and I quickly touched my face.

“Was I a little ugly before the cleaning magic?”

“Lia is pretty even if she’s dirty.”

…He was not saying it wasn’t ugly.

I brazenly raised my head although this disgraceful thing happened. Since I am pretty.

“That’s right.”

‘A beauty is pretty even when it’s scruffy. Wasn’t there any humiliation for Suradel as well when he woke up?’

By the way, seeing the knights freak out and creep away as soon as they noticed Suradel…

Apparently, it wasn’t the first or second time he came here and messed around.

“Suradel. You really practiced disturbing the staff. How much damage have you done? Look at the knights avoiding you.”

“Haha, are they avoiding me? No way.”

“Don’t you know when you see it?”

“Please take a picture of one specific person. Who shall it be?”

“…….”

I rolled my eyes. There would be big trouble if I say something wrong here.

Contrary to the initial impression, it was not that he was harassing or bullying. Rather, he was teasing with pranks.

‘It’s just…’

It was trivial enough not to ruin the other person’s entire day; he just wanted a simple pleasure that was definite to come at the moment of mischief.

“Lia?”

Under Suradel’s pressure, I closed my eyes tightly and pointed at someone with my index finger.

“Th-There!”

“Aha. Did that demibeast try to avoid it?”

Cold sweat sprang up my back. I shook my head and began to think quickly about what to say.

The knight I was pointing to had strong upper body muscles that seemed like he wouldn’t be able to scratch his back by himself.

‘…This is it!’

“Oh, no. I just have a question. M-Maybe that demibeast is a flying squirrel demibeast?”

“Yes. How did you know?”

Suradel blinked in wonder.

“Everyone didn’t think that demibeast is a rodent because he’s so big. Is it because there are no preconceived notions?”

“What? Is he really a flying squirrel demibeast?”

“Why are you surprised? Didn’t you know something?”

“No, I just asked because I thought he could fly like a flying squirrel if he stretched out those huge back muscles.”

“…….”

A heavy silence fell between the two of us.

“…Hmm? Those back muscles must look very cool in your eyes.”

Suradel’s voice was more gloomy than ever.

It came to mind. I think I made a big mistake with my mouth.

When a suffocating silence flows. Suradel turned the mood around and widened his lips, bursting into laughter.

“Lia, you know what?”

“I-I don’t know.”

‘Actually, I don’t even want to know. Can’t you just leave me alone?’

“I am a wizard. The muscles you thought were cool, I have them too.”

“…What?”

“So don’t look at the other males. I’m jealous.”

‘You can use magic freely, and you’re even good with a sword?’

‘Isn’t this like a hidden black screen in the original novel? It’s such a scam.’

I didn’t know how Suradel interpreted my expression, but he laughed softly.

“If you don’t believe it, do you want me to show you how I fight with the knights?”

…Ah.

I didn’t doubt his swordsmanship skills, but seeing him smile, his credibility sharply dropped.

“How can the knights attack you, who is their superior?”

“That’s right. Strangely enough, everyone gets stiff whenever they compete with me.”

He knew that.

With that broken personality, there was no way it would have been a proper matchup.

It wouldn’t have been surprising if he had blown his magic into the swordsmanship match.

“Well, anyway. I understand Lia’s tastes well, so I’ll refer to it in the future.”

Hearing those words, I grabbed Suradel’s sleeve. Then I shook my head with a serious expression.

I couldn’t stand the fact that my taste was misunderstood, even though I didn’t know anything else.

“Listen. Muscles are always great. But not sloppy muscles. It should be solid muscles that look good in a suit.”

Suradel tilted his head.

“Who, for example?”

Without realizing it, I moved my eyes to the knights for a second and then hurriedly looked straight ahead.

I almost created another victim after the flying squirrel demibeast.

As I struggled to stare straight ahead, I saw Suradel’s handsome face.

He was wearing a large robe now, so it was hard to judge, but it seemed he also had a well-balanced body.

Straight shoulders, wide chest, and a moderately indented waist.

I thought he would look really good if he wore a tight-fitting white shirt.

If he dressed up in a uniform…

“Wow…”

“Lia?”

My whispers that were like a perverted middle-aged man made Suradel look at me with a questioning expression, but I couldn’t stop the thoughts that were running.

Come to think of it… 

When I was a penguin, I once hit Suradel in the stomach with the crown of my head when he tried to pat me.

Since he was a wizard, I thought he would be soft, but I was surprised that he was firmer than I thought.

I didn’t know how skilled he is, but it might not be a lie that he is a magic swordsman.

Face, body, ability.

…It’s perfect, except for a little bit of personality?

Having reached my conclusion, I pointed at Suradel with my index finger.

“I think you’re exactly my type.”

“…Uh?”

I had to admit what I had to admit.

‘Honesty is important so I won’t have to suffer later because of clumsy lies.’

‘…Like how I have to suddenly pretend to be a killer whale.’

Then Suradel put his hand on his chest with a blank expression like he was in disbelief.

“Lia, why are you suddenly coming onto me like this? My heart is beating wildly right now.”

“It’s normal for it to beat, so I’ll tell again.”

I told him the truth again, but he continued as if he didn’t hear me.

“I’m happy that I’m to Lia’s taste, but it’s even better to see the sincerity in your shady eyes that are looking at me.”

I shrugged lightly. It was a funny thing to hear from him.

“No matter how shady I am, it can’t be more than you.”

“Right. You still have a long way to go to follow me. I can’t wait for you to get tired of this dirty world.”

“…Is that a curse?”

“No, it’s just my sincerity.”

‘Haha, it’s normal for this guy.’

As I was dealing with him relaxedly, I suddenly felt a multitude of eyes on me. They were from the knights in training.

Suradel glanced at the knights and looked down at me.

“Lia. I’ll go to the leader’s office for a bit. I have something to say to the knight commander.”

“What about me?”

“Why don’t you hang out with the knights for a while?”

—The knights aren’t kindergarten teachers, so why would they play with me?

Those words came all the way up to my chin, but I roughly waved my hands because I didn’t want to have a long meaningless conversation.

“Go.”

“Sorry. It won’t take long.”

And so, Suradel left.

As soon as Suradel disappeared from sight, the knights who had been looking at us rushed to me as a group.

‘…Why are all of you coming to me?’

I took a step back, but then straightened my back confidently, thinking I didn’t need to avoid them.

“Do you have something you want to ask me?”

“Are you the young killer whale lady that came in yesterday?”

I couldn’t bear to say, ‘Yes, I’m the killer whale’ and so I answered vaguely, avoiding their gazes.

“Uh… Maybe?”

Then, after exchanging glances, one of the knights spoke up.

“If Sir Suradel is bothering you…”

“No. He doesn’t bother me.”

If they included excessive flirting like breathing, I might have nodded my head.

“Is that true?”

“Yes?”

I blinked quickly in awkwardness.

It was because the faces of the knights who asked if it was true seemed terrified.

“But he couldn’t stop smiling even once while talking to you!”

“That’s right. I thought I was going to faint when I saw his eyes curve!”

“If you’re being threatened, please feel free to tell us.”

“Of course, even if you tell us, there is nothing we can do for you, but if it’s deep consolation…”

I was dumbfounded. Wasn’t Suradel a man who naturally smiles and laughs a lot?