Since When Did You Have The Illusion That You Don’t Have Magical Powers?! - CH 25

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Sapphiras Perfectio, 2nd son of the Earl of Aldridge

Percival Belisario, 3rd son of Margrave of Vanderwall on the Eastern Frontier

Aurora Steinfeld, daughter of the Duke of Bloomfield

Gilliam Anderson, son of the Marquess of Spencer

Someone is knocking on my room door.

I feel like I need to go out early, but my head feels like it’s wrapped in something, and it’s a bit heavy. And this pillow, it’s kind of hard and faintly warm.

But when did I bring a pillow with me when I was supposed to be sleeping on the floor? It also smells of fresh lemon and mint. It’s a nice smell, so I pressed my nose against it and sniffed it.

Hmmm, did I have a pillow like this in my room?

……Such a pillow? Pillow?

When I open my eyes and realise it’s not a pillow, petrified with terror1, I crawl out of it in a panic.

I was so close to the face of the Knight of the Sun that I could see him! Thanks to that, my heart is pounding.

“Uwah…uwahh……this, what’s this situation?”

The thing I thought was a pillow was, to my surprise, Percival’s arm. I was asleep on his arm, using it as a pillow.

I don’t know what the hell happened, but was I the one who used Percival’s arm as a pillow?　That’s certainly too impudent!

As I’m confused with the situation, the banging on the door gets stronger, perhaps because they were impatient with the lack of response.

“Sapphiras-san, a letter has arrived for you. Are you not there?”

“Ah! Yes, yes! I’m here, I’m here! I’m coming! I’m coming now!”

I shouted so loudly that Percival must have woken up too. I caught him slowly getting up from the corner of my eye and when I hurriedly opened the door, a man from the academy office was standing there with a letter on a tray.

“A letter from the Duke of Bloomfield.”

“Ah, thank you.”

“……Is it a summon?”

Percival had a worried look on his face when he had heard that it was a letter from His Excellency the Duke.

Ugh……what a mess. The slightly languid air of sleepiness gives the impression that he is not a 14-year-old student. Dishevelled hair, somehow…somehow it’s cunning.

“Ah……I think it probably is.”

I opened the letter to cover my blushing face. In summary, the contents said, `I will prepare delicious confectionery, so please come to the ducal house to report on the field trip tomorrow.’ I see. Field trip. Did you tell the academy that way.

Since there is also the case of Aurora, I thought I had to meet the Duke even without confectionery. His Excellency the Duke must naturally have heard about the matter of the Second Prince. I don’t think he’s the kind of person who keeps quiet when his beloved daughter is insulted. The Duke must be thinking of something, but even if he wants to make him say “gyafun”, he’s dealing with royalty. For the time being, we need to confirm how far we are willing to go with this.

Thanks to the letter from His Excellency the Duke, the shock of waking up calmed down and I suddenly felt hungry.

I looked outside and saw that it was already dark outside.

“……Percival, are you hungry?”

“Oh, that’s right. There aren’t many menus to choose from, but the cafeteria will still be open at this time. Let’s go.”

“I hope there’s some meat left……”

I always choose meat. Fish isn’t bad either, but it’s still light compared to meat. That’s why I feel that fish is a little bit insufficient for me.

When I went to the cafeteria, it was deserted because everyone seemed to have already finished dinner. Most of the menu was already finished, but the waiters served us leftovers. Thank goodness!

“Sapphiras, is your magical power okay?”

When I was mindlessly bringing the food to my mouth, Percival showed some concern.

Indeed, I used so much magic that if I was a normal magician, I would have run out of magical power. The distance transferred in one day to Fortis’s hometown and the village where Urla grew up is considerable. In addition, summoning magic was also used. However, it wasn’t magic that ran out, it was physical strength. I was exhausted, but I recovered a lot after sleeping. I really don’t have any physical strength.

“I’m totally fine. I don’t run out of magic. I’m more out of energy than out of magic.”

“I see. The only way to recover your physical strength is to sleep.”

When Percival said that, his mouth loosened a little, and I almost remembered the pillow I had just woken up with. I desperately suppress the heat that gradually gathers on my face.

No, no, that’s not what I’m remembering now. I’m more mature than Percival. I can’t be shocked over something like that. Get a grip.

“……So you didn’t get the trump card, what are you going to do? You won’t be Sapphiras if you keep quiet about this, right?”

Percival, who had quickly switched his expression, said in a hushed voice.

“Of course. If it can’t be proven with a sceptre, all you have to do is show Aurora’s healing powers in front of the foolish prince’s eyes.”

“……In front of his eyes?”

“Yes, in front of his eyes.”

The next day, after finishing my afternoon classes, I headed to the Duke’s house.

“We have been expecting you, Sapphiras-sama.

For some reason, the housekeeper who greeted me smiled as soon as he saw my face. Even though he usually never breaks his serious face. On the way to the reception room, servants passing by saw my face and smiled for some reason. What the hell? Feeling strangely uncomfortable, I was led to the reception room where His Excellency the Duke was already sitting and waiting for me.

“Master, I have brought Sapphiras-sama with me.”

When I entered the reception room, the maid by the wall also smiled.

What is it? The heck?

I entered the drawing room and saw that the lady-in-waiting by the wall was also smiling. Sit down.

“Thank you for coming, Sapphiras kun. Well, sit down.”

“Excuse me, Your Excellency……Cait Sith!?

His Excellency the Duke is sitting on the sofa, and on his lap, Cait Sith, appearing as a black cat, is lounging. Eh? What’s going on? Didn’t you go back to the Phantom Realm? It can’t be that it’s a black cat just like him, right?

“It seems he’s taken a liking to our house. He’s been here since the day before yesterday.”

“Yes!”

Cait Sith looks satisfied with being stroked by His Excellency the Duke, as if he deserves it. He was even making a purring noise in his throat.

Eh? You’re a phantom beast, aren’t you? You’re not a cat right?

The summoned beast continues to use the magic of the sorcerer in order to stay in our world. The fact that Cait Sith is still here means that he and I are still connected by magic. I didn’t realise that until just now.

“……Didn’t you say relaying messages is boring?”

“This place is special……the confectionery and food are good, the beds are soft and fluffy, and the people are nice. It’s paradise nya. I want to stay here forever nya.”

……That’s a very complicated feeling.

“Right. Then why don’t you become His Excellency’s son?”

“That’s right nya. If it’s here, you can ask me to relay a message again.”

After saying that, Cait Sith stretched out and disappeared. He seems to have finally returned to the phantom beast world.

“He’s quite an interesting summoned beast. Everyone in the mansion seemed to like him. He is very doted on. They’ll be very disappointed when they find out he’s gone.

“Th-that, thank you very much for your hospitality……”

I’m ashamed to stay here, but it doesn’t mean I’m not educated. Summoned beasts are only connected by magic. If I don’t ask for anything, the summoned beast will act according to it’s own will.

I didn’t think Cait Sith would be so thick-skinned.

“Now, before I ask you what you think of the field trip, let’s talk about the second son of the Marquess of Spencer’s family who kidnapped you.

Come to think of it, I’d forgotten all about Gilliam. I haven’t forgotten the bitterness of a sore fist, though.

“The Marquess of Spencer’s family has decided to take responsibility for this incident and hand over his family estate to his eldest son. The engagement of his daughter has also been annulled.”

“I see.”

The daughter of the Marquess of Spencer is not to blame, but the higher the rank of the nobility, the more they will want to avoid a relationship with a flawed family. From the daughter’s point of view, she was caught up in it.

“Hence, the madam was so furious about it that she sent her second son to a distant relative. But the second son was stabbed to death on the way, by a demon scorpion that had been hiding in the cabin.

“Ha?”

I replied, dumbfounded by his unexpected ending.

Gilliam is dead? I had nothing but loathing for the man, so when I heard he was dead, I didn’t think anything of it. To put it bluntly, nothing. But a demon scorpion in the cabin? It’s true that accidents involving such things entering the cabin are rare. I’ve been on long journeys in the wilderness and in the mountains, staying in carriages. Even so, I sensed someone’s intention behind the accident. It is impossible to guess who that intention belongs to though.

“Well, that’s enough about the Marquess of Spencer’s family. Next, let’s hear about Sapphiras-kun’s field trip.’

A smile showed on His Excellency the Duke’s face.

melon: Arm pillow! And he sniffed Percy!!!

Also the asshole is dead. Heh.

腰を抜かし this actually literally means to pull one’s back but I think the author is using it in a more figurative meaning