An Old Country Bumpkin Goes Out to Eat

“Well, I’ll be going, then.”

“All right. See you.”

After signing the contract the Academy had prepared and savoring the tea Lucy had brewed for a while,

I exchanged farewells with Lucy and left the headmistress’s office.

It was just about lunchtime.

Thanks to Allucia’s arrangements, on days when I taught at the Mage Academy, I had no training with the Knights. More precisely, I was allowed to take the day off. In other words, I could stop by the headquarters now, or simply wander around town and head home.

“Honestly, I’ve gotten myself into quite a position...”

I muttered that after closing the headmistress’s office door with a soft click.

I couldn’t go so far as to think the world was showing me special consideration, but even so, the recent turn of events had been more than I could have asked for.

Until just recently, I’d been spending peaceful days with my students at a dojo in the countryside...