Chapter 8: An Extra’s Daily Life

The entrance ceremony was ruined, and all the students were sent home.

And shortly after, I received a notice that the admission might be postponed for the time being until the investigation into the incident is completely over.

I don’t have to go to the academy?

That’s good for me.

Fortunately, no one who attended the entrance ceremony was injured, but.

The key figures of the academy will probably be looking at this incident with a serious eye.

It seems that there are a lot of unusually fierce people in this class.

Like the princess of the empire or the prince of a country.

So, by now, shouldn’t the academy be turned upside down?

Then what happens to the Luminary, the culprit of all this?

I don’t know.

There is no particular epilogue about her in the comic.

But I think she will probably be disciplined after going through a disciplinary committee.

One thing is certain, she’s done being a professor.

Oh dear….

Two days have passed since the entrance ceremony.

I’m lying in bed, feeling a long-awaited sense of leisure, and spending time leisurely.

Unlike in the comic, where several days passed immediately after the episode ended, there was quite a bit of time in reality.

And that was so sweet to me.

Yeah, this is life.

Life is about enjoying peace and leisure.

So, I want to quickly graduate from the academy and adventure in this fantasy world.

Of course, three years is not such a small number.

“I have nothing to do, should I go there?”

While rolling around on the bed, I suddenly remembered something.

Since I have time.

It might be a good idea to go there in advance before entering the academy.

After thinking, I got up from the bed.

If I’ve made up my mind, I’ll go right away.

“I’m going out for a bit.”

“Where are you going?”

“I’m just going for a walk in front. Don’t follow me, I’m going alone.”

I urgently gestured to Verno, who was getting up to follow me, and hurriedly closed the door.

In the room where Louis left.

Verno, who was left alone, let out a puzzled voice.

“But why did he wear his uniform to go for a walk…?”

I left the accommodation and walked aimlessly down the street.

I came out without a plan, but I have no idea where that place is.

In the comic, it was found by chance without any special effort, but.

Thinking about it, the capital of the empire was really unnecessarily wide for me, who had just come up from the countryside, to find it by chance.

Ah, what should I do?

Should I come back later?

It was good that I boldly left the accommodation, but.

I met an unexpected wall.

I was thinking that it would be better to come back later after figuring out the location more accurately, and was about to turn around.

“Hmm?”

A familiar silhouette in the distance.

I found a familiar face on a street where many people were passing by, and I walked over there.

What is this guy doing?

A boy staring at something without even knowing I was behind him.

“What are you doing?”

“Eek…! B-brother??”

Evan, looking back with a surprised face at my sudden voice.

The identity of the face that turned around was the kid who stole my wallet a few days ago.

No, more than that.

Who’s your brother?

“Where did the other kids go?”

I searched for the two kids who were hanging out with Evan.

“Th-that, well? I don’t know??”

Why is he stuttering so much?

Suspicious.

Sam and Toby.

It’s suspicious that the two are not visible.

Could these guys…?

“You guys aren’t trying to commit another crime, are you?”

“Ouch. It’s not like that! It hurts! It hurts…!!”

Tsk, you’re exaggerating.

When I pressed his head with a little force, he started to pretend to be in pain, exaggerating.

I erased the playful expression from my face and approached him closely, whispering.

“What did I say would happen if I caught you next time?”

Evan swallowed hard, looking nervous at my words.

“If I catch you, it won’t end with words….”

“Yeah, so.”

Don’t get caught by me.

I won’t go easy on you just because you’re young.

The quick-witted kid nodded his head vigorously, reading my unspoken gaze.

“By the way, Evan, do you know where this is?”

Since it doesn’t seem like he’s committed a crime yet, I decided to let it go and took out a picture from my pocket and showed it to Evan.

“…What did you draw this?”

“Don’t you know when you see it? It’s a building. Look carefully.”

“You’re really bad at drawing….”

“What, you brat?”

“It’s nothing!!”

What’s wrong with my drawing?

It’s so perfect that you might mistake it for a photograph.

Evan looked at my drawing for a long time.

He finally tilted his head as if he remembered something.

“Huh…? Here. Isn’t it there? The store where that grumpy old man with a bad temper lives?”

What a way for a kid to talk.

There were many parts to criticize, but that’s not important right now.

I took out several gold coins from my pocket and handed them to Evan, saying.

“Guide me here.”

A secluded alley away from the street.

After going further in there for a long time, we were finally able to reach our destination.

“Brother! It’s here!”

When I handed him the gold coins, his attitude changed instantly, and he began to serve me very politely.

Evan, who found the store in an instant with a very kind attitude, said to me with a proud face.

“Here?”

“Yes!”

A location hidden between buildings.

The store I was looking for was in a place that could never be found unless you were someone who knew the geography of the capital very well.

That’s why I can’t find it.

Unlike the mention in the comic that it was simply in a difficult place to find.

This is to the point of deliberately hiding it.

Considering the store owner’s intention, that’s right, but….

By the way, how did Ed, this guy, find this place?

Admiring the luck of the main character again, I approached the door of the store.

“Then I’ll be going now! Hehe.”

Evan, who saw me, spoke to me.

“Yeah. Don’t cause any trouble.”

“Yes!”

Evan, who saluted me with a clumsy gesture, ran away somewhere.

I watched him for a moment, then turned around and opened the door of the store.

Creak.

A thick wooden door opened with the sound of old hinges, as it was not properly maintained.

“Cough…! Who are you.”

“Ah, is this a general store?”

“You came to the wrong place. I’m not doing business.”

The store owner, speaking bluntly and curtly.

I took another step inside the store to persuade him.

“…An academy student?”

“Yes. I’m a freshman who just entered this time.”

Seeing the academy uniform I was wearing, the store owner’s attitude became somewhat milder.

And the store owner, who seemed to be lost in thought for a long time, finally allowed me to look around the store.

“…Take a look. I don’t know if there’s anything you’ll like.”

The reason I wore my uniform on the way here.

It’s because he had a story related to the academy.

It was the same in the comic.

The main character who accidentally found this general store.

When the main character first set foot here, the store owner, who was showing a blunt attitude, changed his attitude when he saw the uniform the main character was wearing.

It came out later when I was passing by.

It seems that his granddaughter attended the academy.

Of course, the detailed story did not appear after that.

But judging from his attitude, I can only guess that something bad happened.

As soon as his permission was granted, I began to scan the items closest to the entrance.

From things that are extremely suitable for a general store, such as notebooks and ballpoint pens.

To things that make you wonder why they are in a general store.

I leisurely checked them one by one with my eyes.

But most of them are literally miscellaneous items with nothing special.

But with patience, I was soon able to find what I wanted.

A thin, long piece of paper that looks like a talisman.

One of the things I was looking for is this.

Magic Paper.

A special paper that contains a very small amount of man(magical energy) .

It can be used in a variety of ways, but as versatile as it is, its limitations are also clear.

But that’s only for wizards.

For swordsmen like me who can’t use magic, it’s a very useful item.

It can be made into a scroll that stores magic and used in emergencies.

It can be used usefully in some episodes.

Of course, the main character is full of good fortune, so he wouldn’t even notice this kind of item, but.

It’s a pretty useful item for an extra like me.

Let’s buy it first.

Unless you buy Magic Paper expensively from the Magic Tower, it’s not an item that civilians can easily obtain.

I don’t know how such an item is displayed in a general store, but.

I grabbed a lot of Magic Paper and put it in the basket.

After that, I picked up various items, thinking about future episodes.

A water bottle coated with mana.

A cloak that keeps body temperature, etc.

It can’t be said to be fraudulent, but.

They are all items that ordinary academy students cannot easily obtain.

When I took the basket full of items to the counter, the store owner looked at me with a dumbfounded look.

“Are you going to buy all of this?”

“Yes. They are all things I need.”

“You’re planning to clean me out.”

The display stand is empty as if a swarm of locusts has passed by.

Seeing that, I smiled proudly.

Very satisfying.

I’m already starting to get excited about using these things a lot.

“It’s all 123 gold. Just give me 120 gold.”

You’re discounting it by 3 gold…!

His wrinkled face seems to be becoming more and more lovely.

…Or not.

“You look like a student. Can you afford to pay?”

The general store owner looks at me with suspicious eyes, as if he’s very suspicious.

Come on, what do you take a son of a Count family for?

I immediately took out the brilliant gold coins from my pocket.

Oh, right.

If it’s here, wouldn’t they sell accessories like bracelets that can store the Orb of Dreams?

The Orb of Dreams was more uncomfortable to carry around in my pocket than I thought.

It would be a big deal if I lost it.

“Do you have any accessories like bracelets that fit this?”

“This is…. the Orb of Dreams?”

What, how do you know this?

When I took out the bead, the old man suddenly opened his eyes wide and was surprised.

“Where did you get this…!”

“Th…. It’s a family heirloom. Kind of.”

I couldn’t say that I brought it from Arcana, so I made an excuse in a hurry.

The general store owner grabbed both of my hands and said to me in an earnest voice.

“Please do me a favor…!”

It seems,

It’s already time to use the Orb of Dreams.