Has 1 hour passed since the chairman entered the mansion?
Since the full-time guards were standing guard in the premises, we received orders to be alert without disturbing them.
“How should I say this……….We feel out of place here”
While looking around the surroundings; the reason why I brought that topic to Tora, was not because of the gorgeous scenery.
After seeing the people visible in the premises, I compared them to myself.
Including the many guards standing guard, there were female and male Ethnarch members wearing personal security clothes. On top of that, a bodyguard probably brought by a guest invited to the banquet-----(what’s more a foreigner with a scary face), was wearing black clothes like it was normal.
Compared to them, we were clearly feeling out of place since we were in our usual Kouryou uniforms.
“We feel like students on a field trip, here to observe society………”
“Fuun, I don’t care. Looks and skills aren’t related anyway”
“I think so too but-----wait, Julie…….?”
After looking around one more time, I saw a silver hair girl surrounded by several people in black clothes at the fountain in front of the mansion.
“I’ll go take a look!”
“Ah Tooru!........seriously, you’re over protective”
Tora’s tired voice could be heard behind me when I ran towards Julie.
Worrying about an who has abilities beyond normal humans----
(It’s true that I' am overprotective…….)
Nevertheless, inside her was a normal---- (She’s a little blank but)-----girl so, it was only normal for me to worry.
“Tooru”
It seems Julie noticed me getting close and after receiving something from a man in black clothes, she took a bow before running over to me.
“Are you okay, Julie. Did they make you do something weird?”
“Nai. They were surprised that I was an Ethnarch-trainee…………they thought I was a child that got lost here”
I was about to laugh out loud at the latter half of her sentence, but I managed to suppress the urge.
“Ah, now that I think about it, you received something from them?”
“Ja--. They gave me candy, encouraging me to work hard for this training.”