Title: I Won’t Let Him Say “Who’re You?” Or The Like
Characters: Sebek, Riddle, Leona, Malleus, Silver, Lilia, Magift Club members, Equestrian Club members
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Part 1
Main Street
Morning, a few days before Vargas Camp
Sebek
Young Master, do allow me to escort you to your classroom today as well.
Malleus
Very well, do as you please.
Lilia
You’re as overprotective as always, Sebek~
Silver
Lord Malleus, I suggest you tell him straight out if he’s being a bother.
Sebek
What are you talking about, Silver! There’s obviously no way I would cause any inconvenience to the Young Master.
Leona
Yo, horned bastard1.
Sebek
You scoundrel! How dare you speak to the Young Master with such uncouth words!
Correct that disrespectful attitude of yours! Otherwise, let it be known that you won’t be able to have an audience with the Young Master!
Leona
Why do I hear a wall talking?
Malleus, are you incapable of holding a conversation without hiding behind someone?
Malleus
…Sebek, step back.
Sebek
But, Young Master…!
Malleus
I’m not repeating myself.
Sebek
…! Yes.
Malleus
…Now tell me. What is this about, Kingscholar?
Surely you aren’t going to say that you called out for me for no reason?
Lilia
Even at the Headmaster’s request, it’s unusual for Leona to approach us himself.
For contacting others, he would usually get Ruggie to do it, wouldn’t he?
Silver
That’s because Ruggie seems to be afraid of Lord Malleus. He must have refused.
Lilia
Good grief, there isn’t even a need to fear Malleus. I wish his peers would be more friendly with him.
Malleus
…Sebek.
The next time you meet Kingscholar, apologise to him for what happened just now.
Sebek
Eh!!!!????
U-us fae… bowing our heads in concession to members of other species…!?
But, Young Master! If I were to do that, your dignity will…!!
Lilia
It seems you did not take it into consideration, but Leona is still a prince of another kingdom.
Your conduct earlier could have possibly sparked unwanted conflict between our countries.
Therefore, it is imperative that you follow Malleus’s orders.
Sebek
Sigh…… YES SIR!
I sincerely apologise for tarnishing the dignity of the fae with my earlier conduct!
Malleus
Sebek, aren’t you apologising to the wrong person?
Sebek
U-understood. Within the next few days, I will apologise to Leona… Kingscholar.
Dwarfs' Mine - Campsite
-First day of Camp
Sebek
……Mm! That person over there is……
Silver
Leona, yeah.
Sebek
………………… ……Silver, I’m leaving the group for a bit.
Sebek
Oi, you… no. L-Leona…!
Leona
Ah?
Sebek
I SINCERELY APOLOGISE FOR WHAT I DID A FEW DAYS EARLIER!!!!!!
Leona
Pipe down, willya? Don’t suddenly yell out loud like that.
Anyway, who’re you?
Sebek
What!? Didn’t we talk at the Mirror Chamber before coming here!!
We also met a few days ago at the Main Street on campus! I am Lord Malleus’s escort……
Leona
I don’t give a damn who you are. If that’s all you have to say, then I’m leaving.
Sebek
W-w-wh….
WHAT’S UP WITH THAT GUY–––––!!!!
Even though we had met face to face recently, how could he not have remembered me!?
Is he insinuating that anyone apart from the Young Master isn’t even worth acknowledging?!
Well, the Young Master certainly is a great individual. I do believe it is natural that in his presence, everyone else fades to the background but……
But that doesn’t help quell my rage!
Leona Kingscholar…… I will definitely make sure that you acknowledge my existence!!
Part 2
Dwarfs’ Mine – Forest Road
2nd day of Vargas Camp
Sebek
Just where……
IS THAT LAMP BLOSSOM!!
Silver
In order to acquire a Vargas Badge, we need to gather the Lamp Blossom, which is an ingredient for the needed potion, but……
We can’t find it at all. It’s also been quite a long time since we set off to look for it.
Riddle
As we might expect of the very rare Lamp Blossom, finding one is harder than we thought.
The other clubs seem to be struggling with this task too, not just our Equestrian Club.
Sebek
……Hmm? That is……
Oi, I’ve finally found the Lamp Blossom this time!!
It’s up on the cliff to your left.
Silver
……You’re right. There’s a single flower growing about 10 metres above us.
Well done, Sebek.
Sebek
I am the Young Master’s escort. This is nothing special!
Riddle
I think finding it and being an escort are unrelated though……
Leona
–– If it isn’t Riddle. Which means that the team here belongs to the Equestrian Club.
Sebek
(……! Leona Kingscholar!!)
Riddle
Leona, is there a reason you’re taking the Magift Club members along with you?
Leona
It’s cus these bunch were yapping about being unable to find the Lamp Blossom.
Wanted to quickly find it and silence them since they were disturbing my nap.
Magift Club Member A
Ahhhhh!! Leona, there’s a Lamp Blossom here! Please take a look up the cliff!
Riddle
Wait, you guys! The Equestrian Club spotted that flower first, so……
Magift Club Member B
Ah? So what if you spotted it first? In this case, obviously it should be the first one to grab it who gets to keep it, right?
Magift Club Member A
Let’s hurry and climb up the cliff to grab it before the Equestrian Club does!
Leona
––Don’t bother.
Magift Club Member B
What? But why?
Leona
The Lamp Blossom is a kind of plant that converts any kind of nourishment into magic power and stores it……
In other words, you can search for it in other nutrient-rich places without going through all the trouble of climbing up that cliff.
Searching for one in forests abundant in leaf mould or well-lit lake shores instead of climbing up a cliff saves you energy.
Only fools get lured by the bait that’s dangled before them. Let’s move on.
Magift Club Members A & B
Yessir. If the leader says so, then we’ll follow suit!
Equestrian Club Member A
……It does look dangerous. Should we find the flower in other places like the Magift Club’s group did?
Sebek
No, I will pluck that flower!
I will prove Leona Kingscholar wrong by scaling up the cliff he gave up on!
Riddle
Hah? What are you spouting…… Wait, he’s already started climbing!?
Sebek, will you get down here this instant!
Silver
Riddle, it’ll be alright. Take a good look at Sebek.
Riddle
…………Hmm? Huh……?
Magift Club Member A
We couldn’t catch a glimpse of the Lamp Blossom in the forest, huh……
Leona
Tch, even though I wanted to return to my nap as soon as possible…… Oi, you guys. We’re heading to the lake next.
???
WHOAAAAA!!!
Leona
Hmm? What was that cheer?
Magift Club Member B
It seems to be coming from where the Equestrian Club was at earlier. Since we have to go through that path to reach the lake anyway, why don’t we take a look what’s up?
Sebek
……Huff……Huff……It was steeper than I expected, and I struggled through the climb, but there’s just 1 more metre before I reach the flower.
Equestrian Club Member A
It’s dangerous, Sebek! Listen to us and come down already!
Sebek
Don’t treat me like a frail human!
As an escort to the Young Master, if I don’t easily overcome a hardship of this level…… Whoa!
Sebek
––Alright, I got the Lamp Blossom!
Equestrian Club Member A
Whooooa! To think he would really climb up the cliff and get the flower!
Equestrian Club Member B
It’s unbelievable seeing him climb up to that height……! That’s amazing, Sebek!
Leona
That guy is……
Sebek
Silver! Riddle! I got the Lamp Blossom!
This means we can create the potion as required, right?
Riddle
Yes. Thank you, Sebek.
Still, you truly grabbed the flower from the cliff. I must say, you amazed me by pulling that off.
Sebek
As the escort to the Young Master, being able to achieve this much is a given!
Riddle
That again? Well, that aside……
I’m not familiar with climbing cliffs, but I could tell based on your movements that you were skilled.
Could it be that you have such experience prior to this?
Sebek
Yes. It was part of my training routine under Master Lilia in the past.
For 3 months, I climbed up and down the precipices 10 times per day……
I could only achieve what I did today because of Master Lilia’s strict training!
Riddle
Y-you seem to have completed some unbelievable training right there…… Anyway, it makes sense now.
Silver, you stopped me when I commanded him to get down because you knew this, right?
Silver
Yeah.
Magift Club Member A
You…… I never would have thought you’d grab a flower that high up through brute strength alone…!
Sebek
Mm? You guys were the Magift Club members from earlier, which means……
Oi, Leona Kingscholar!
Leona
Ah?
Sebek
I am Sebek Zigvolt, the escort to the Young Master, Malleus!
I am the guy who retrieved the flower you gave up on. Remember that!
Leona
Hah! You sure took great pains by choosing the exhausting approach, huh. Eccentric fools sure amaze me.
Oi, Magift Club members. Let’s go.
Sebek
Ah, wait, you! I’m not done talk–……
Leona
Later, Sebek.
Sebek
!!!
H-he just…… Did he just call me by my name!?
Riddle
Yes, he did as he was leaving…… Is there something wrong with that?
Sebek
……Hmph. So that insolent fellow has finally acknowledged my presence!
From now on, I won’t let him say “Who’re you” or the like to me again!
I will keep this up…… And one day make him realise that he is no match for us fae!
HAAAAAHAHAHAHA!!
Notes
- Here, Leona calls Malleus ツノ野郎 (tsuno yarou) which looks like an obvious dig at the nickname MC/Yuu gives him (ツノ太郎 tsuno tarou) (Return to text)