Chapter 028 (1/2)

Volume 1

The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 1 Chapter 27

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The eastern courtyard at lunch time was a popular gathering spot for the students of the Edius Adventurer School.

It had a verdant carpet of grass, and was dotted with many trees.

They would have lunch or take a nap in the shade of those trees.

Compared to the western courtyard where there would be frequent uproars about duels, it was truly a tranquil and peaceful space.

Even to Quelia Lewistale, who held a sweetly bundled bento, and her friends, that wasn’t an exception……but, Quelia noticed a strangeness at that place, and stopped her feet.

For some reason, it was noisier than usual……That was her first impression.

When she tried surveying the courtyard, people were gathered at one place, and she could tell that they were murmuring.

「Could it be……Is it, a duel?」

At the friend that looked up at her with a worried look, Quelia showed a slightly hesitant look, but she shook her head sideways and denied it.

「It doesn’t have that sort of impression……」

There wasn’t an aspect of wild enthusiasm characteristic of duels, and the ambiance itself was calm.

Despite all that, it was a fact that an atmosphere that wasn’t normal was wafting about for some reason.

That’s right, for example.

It was similar to the gaze that the friend next to Quelia always sent to Quelia.

It was a gaze due to her being the daughter of the Head Priest of the Great Altlis Temple.

It was an ambiance where feelings of something like having vague admiration, and something like finding it hard to approach, and yet wanting to be friendly despite all that were all mixed together.

Quelia had become sensitive to that air of mixed self-interest.

And then, right now, she could sense something similar to that.

「Could it be, a new student?」

Quelia remembered that a lecturer said a rumor that this year’s new students were excellent across the board.

The problem child of the Albania Duke House, and the Spear Princess of the Necros Duke House, and furthermore, the prided prodigy of the Stagius Baron House, truly a variety of great members were gathered.

Thinking that it was already about time that for the school entrance ceremony to have ended, Quelia guessed that one of those rumored person was there.

Gaining a bit of interest, Quelia approached that crowd of people.

Leading her friends……the ones that other Humans would call her followers, when the people gathered noticed that Quelia was approaching, together with a stir, they expressed smiles that could be seen as being servile, and opened up a path.

While lamenting over that aspect, Quelia turned her eyes towards the heart of the disturbance.

It was, underneath a single tree.

There, what was sleeping as if rolled into a ball, was a single young girl.

She had light green, very short hair, a maid outfit that had a deep green like that of a deep forest as the basic tone, and then, armor that covered her chest.

Without a doubt, that was a feature of the Maid Knights that she had heard about in stories.

「Come to think of it, if I remember correctly, there was a rumor of a Maid Knight among the new students. Could it be, this girl?」

A young girl among the followers muttered that, and Quelia thought about it.

Called the best attendants, it is said that although Maid Knights are desired by numerous powerful or influential people, they are not swayed by that sort of power or authority itself.

It is said that those who are chosen by those women who chose their own master usually possess some sort of talent.

To be chosen by a Maid Knight just like the stories left behind about how the former Hero Ryuuya and other great men were chosen by Maid Knights was a great honor, and nobles and knights with a lot of pride desperately wanted information on Maid Knights.

For these reasons, she was surprised by the young Maid Knight woman that was before her eyes.

「Mu……muu……」

The young Maid Knight woman was sound asleep looking very comfortable.

An appearance that looked like she was full of openings at first glance.

However, Quelia was immediately able to understand that that was in fact not the case.