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Not long after Jean-niisama's social debut, John-niisama departed for the Notos United Kingdom.
"Jean-niisama, are you lonely?"
One person disappeared from the tea parties that we had been having with the three of us.
In the south garden, under that large shining tree, which is the same as the thousand-year tree in the elven village in the capital of the Notos United Kingdom, Jean-niisama and I drink tea.
Beneath the bark, light pulsed tokuri tokuri and spread throughout the tree. I gazed blankly at the sight.
"Hmm. I've been with John all along, so it feels strange, but I'm not as lonely as I thought."
"Eh, that's unexpected. John-niisama will cry."
When I said that, Jean-niisama chuckled amusingly.
"Those words will shock John even more! John is surprisingly pretentious. Especially in front of Lai. Didn't you know?"
"That's the first I've heard. John-niisama is certainly cool, but he's even cuter than that."
"Fuha! John would be so depressed if he heard that!"
Jean-niisama finally burst out laughing, holding his stomach at my words.
After laughing for a while, Jean-niisama's eyes were slightly tearful.
"Was it that funny?"
"Yeah, very. ...I'm just disappointed that John isn't here!"
A gentle atmosphere flows around us again.
When I stare intently at Jean-niisama, who is still chuckling quietly, he pokes my forehead with his finger.
And I thought I'd surprise Jean-niisama, who was laughing softly again.
"So, where are you going, Jean-niisama?"
When I asked that, Jean-niisama stopped the hand holding the cup and pouted his lips as if he was bored.
"You can't hide it, can you? Jean-niisama is also planning to leave the royal palace, right?"
"Moou... Why do you find out, Lai. Am I that easy to understand?"
"Because I was watching Jean-niisama the most among the brothers. I can't beat John-niisama, but I think I know Jean-niisama pretty well? So, where are you going?"
When I asked that, he frowned unhappily, then sighed as if he had given up before opening his mouth.
"Anywhere! You were talking about whether or not Lai would live among the commoners, right? I'm imitating that."
"...Huh!?"
I inadvertently raised my voice at those unexpected words.
"Hehe! Surprised?"
"Of course I am! Eh, what...!? Without even going to the academy!?"
It's reckless to the point of being absurd.
Moreover, judging from the way Jean-niisama said it, it seemed that he didn't intend to rely on John-niisama in the southern country or Orlando-niisama in the western country.
Jean-niisama only knows basic magic and only learned swordsmanship in theory from Cyrillus-sensei when he was young.
Moreover, he just turned twelve the other day.
"I'm planning to wait until Lai makes his social debut, of course, right?"
"Even then, you'll be seventeen."
"I can't wait any longer than that. You know that, right?"
Jean-niisama isn't stupid either.
He understands that he is protected by the existence of me, his younger brother, and he vaguely senses how his existence will affect him in the future.
".........What are you going to do about your eye color?"
Jean-niisama will probably not listen no matter who stops him.
Rather than having him suddenly disappear, I want to send him off after having him make thorough preparations.
Jean-niisama's face brightened at my words that came from that thought.
"You know what! I'm thinking of becoming a blind painter!"
"Reckless!! Jean-niisama's reckless!! There's no way you can travel alone for the first time with your eyes closed!!"
"I know! That's why I wanted Lai and Bertrand-aniue's help! Please, please! Think of a magic that allows me to see around me even if I hide my eyes!!"
"Unreasonable!! But I like Jean-niisama, so I'll do my best to think!"
"You're the best, Lai! Thank you!"
I hate my brother complex that I don't mind a little trouble as long as I can see Jean-niisama's smile!
"Hey, Lai."
".........What is it?"
Jean-niisama calls out to me as I hold my head, wondering how to fulfill Jean-niisama's unreasonable request.
"You're going to enter the knight's course at the academy, right?"
"Yes, that's what I plan to do. But what's wrong?"
"Well, you can form a party with the students at the academy, right?"
I'm not very familiar with the academy, but it seems that there is indeed a party system at the academy.
When you become an upperclassman, you create a party of five or six people as a practical test in class, and test how much you can use what you have learned in practice.
Of course, depending on the department and course, there is no practice, and some only do theoretical research.
Well, I'm planning to take a course with practice aiming for Cyrillus-sensei, of course.
Many adventurers aim to get quests from each academy or branch office with the party they formed during their student days.
Well, it's like you can think of the academy as playing the role of a guild.
More than 90% of the world's adventurers are from the academy, and the scale, quality, and credibility are impeccable.
For fields such as commercial guilds and magic guilds, think of them as clubs that academy OBs and OGs have applied to the academy to create.
It's okay to join or not join, but if you join, you'll have benefits such as being able to enter a club room like a guild tower, learning techniques from seniors, and being able to use equipment freely, although you have to pay club fees.
On the other hand, a party is a group of people who get along well and want to do it together.
Well, most adventurers join some kind of guild because the benefits of joining a guild that continues for a long time are attractive, so there are few who continue to adventure with the party they formed during their student days.
"I'm not suited for fighting at all, right? So, when I travel alone, I'm planning to travel by requesting escorts at the branch offices of each academy. So, when Lai forms a party someday, won't you take on my escort mission?"
"Of course, I don't mind, but why?"
".........Don't you want to see John's surprised face?"
I also returned a smile to Jean-niisama's expression, who smiled mischievously.
"The best!"
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