Chapter 7
"I am revived!" (Soma)
Soma, who let out such words, stood up on the bed.
Counting from that day, it was indeed seven days.
A week pa.s.sed, and he was finally liberated from the muscle pain.
Well, strictly speaking, the pain still continued, but it wasn’t at the degree which made him unable to move.
Since that was the case, it was alright to say that he was liberated.
In fact, Soma planned to start moving from today, so there would be no problem.
"Well…" (Soma)
Nonetheless, rather than saying he could move, if it was about what Soma could do now, and someone probably would ask that.
There was nothing else Soma could do because he already read available books that could be viewed in this mansion.
And that someone, it couldn’t be helped because there was only a person who was qualified to ask him. However, when considering that the morning sun was still rising, the time for lesson was still ahead.
And–
"For the time being, before that time of lesson, I wonder if I should do the daily routine." (Soma)
Given that he was bedridden for a week, he considerably grew dull, so it would be just right to confirm the present condition.
As Soma said so, he quietly left his own room.
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The morning sun light was out and Camilla was walking alone.
The place was the backyard. It was a place where people rarely went there, but she wasn’t do anything in particular.
She was trying to change the mood because she had finished with her training.
Camilla’s main occupation was a skill appraiser. She had the job because she possessed a very rare skill called Skill Appraisal.
Because it was very useful, those who possessed it were forced to be skill appraisers by the country.
Well, there was no such things like complaints on the treatment, so even if they could refuse, there were none who refused.
As for Camilla, she had some reasons, but… anyway, Camilla was originally from a melee faction.
She also learn ax skills and others. Speaking of spending her leisure time, she frequently moved her body leaning to the melee skills.
It was like that when it came to training.
And, to change the mood that Camilla was currently in was caused by another job–
"…Oh?" (Soma)
"…Haa?" (Camilla)
At the moment Camilla stepped into the forest as it was, she suddenly encountered a figure of a person, and she unintentionally let out a surprised voice.
As mentioned earlier, these places were places where people rarely came by, and even though she herself was surprised… more importantly, that person should not be in this place.
"Oh, it’s you, Sensei. What a coincidence." (Soma)
"…No, although it is certainly unexpected… why are you here?" (Camilla)
A strange words coming from a body which was a head-sized smaller than her.
There was also no mistake that she was seeing him now.
It could also be said that the another reason why she was suffering from conflicting feelings was Soma.
"Whatever it is, this is my daily routine, you know? Well, it’s been a while to be here because I
"Daily routine you say… Could it be that you have been here before? I heard that Sofia told you not to come here…" (Camilla)
"Hmmm, she certainly told me that. Well, I don’t remember nodding, and it doesn’t matter to me anyway." (Soma)
"You…" (Camilla)
That was a frivolous answer, but it was strange when she was obviously told that kind of answer.
Of course, there was no such a thing, and it was Sofia’s role to say this much to him.
Did this concern Camilla? Maybe it was?
At present, the one who carried the duty of telling Soma about such things was only Camilla.
"…Hmm, there’s nothing in particular, you know. I’m not saying this is not a dangerous place." (Soma)
Camilla was occasionally making rounds as a training, but no monster had been found in the last few years.
It wasn’t necessary for her to worry about it.
In the first place, there was no safe place in this world.
Sofia seemed to prohibit him from going out because of various reasons–
"Come to think of it, didn’t I told you not to go here before, right?" (Camilla)
"Hmm, you certainly said so, but–" (Soma)
"And you didn’t nod, was it? Goodness… it looks like you are a problematic child more than I heard." (Camilla)
However, Camilla didn’t intend to say too much.
Sofia had her own consideration, and same could be said to Sofia.
And since everything was thrown to Camilla at present, it was possible to inform him about her thought.
While thinking so, Camilla just shrugged her shoulders.
She didn’t care about trivial things because it was tiresome.
"Anyway, I don’t think the people in the mansion are as careless as me, but… how did you come out?" (Camilla)
"I’m just hiding like normal?" (Soma)
"The guards are certainly not that strict, but…" (Camilla)
Even a six-years-old child was hiding normally, it shouldn’t be loose enough for him to be able to go out.
It seemed that it was necessary to rethink her evaluation on Soma.
"Anyway, since I found you, will you tell me anything?" (Camilla)
"Well, you are my Sensei. Besides… if it is Sensei, I won’t get problems if I tell you, right?" (Soma)
"…Well, certainly." (Camilla)
That was the way it was.
However, as Camilla knew little about Soma, Soma also knew little about Camilla.
At least, to the point that any conclusion couldn’t be made easily.
Camilla was thinking whether she would judge the boy’s shallow wit, but no, she refused to do so.
Without a doubt, she had some kind of basis.
Although he was a child, she understood to certain extent when she looked at his eyes.
Apparently, it really seemed necessary to reevaluate him.
"By the way, I am planning to do a bit of training from now… will you also come with me?" (Camilla)
The reason Camilla invited Soma to do so was because she thought that she wanted to observe Soma, but her eyes stopped at the stick held in Soma’s right hand.
She noticed by instinct and experience that he wasn’t playing with it.
Perhaps, she would think so if it was a while ago, but… the present Camilla won’t do such a mistake.
"Hmm… will that be alright?" (Soma)
"Well, I am also interested in your daily routine." (Camilla)
Camilla lifted the edge of her mouth a little without hesitation due to Soma’s replies.
The words she said just now were real.
Every time they exchanged words, this boy stimulated Camilla’s curiosity.
Was she having an illusion where the boy showed omnipotent characteristics… or was it something different?
As various things overlapping, she was starting to regret taking a job of private tutor, but.. it seemed going to be fun beyond what her had thought.
As Camilla thought so… and about thirty minutes later…
Camilla was staring out, looking up at the blue sky.
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TLN: As Bravo commented in the previous chapter, I will try to balance between adding words to maintain the meaning and the direct translation. If it is too much, please let me know.
I may make mistake on who is speaking because Camilla is using ‘Omae’ for you, instead of calling name. Maybe I am not aware but as far as I know, girls shouldn’t say that lol. Again, please let me know.
Other than that, it seems that I can release this novel one chapter every two days (if I’m not busy in RL).