Chapter 47: CHAPTER 47 HELPING HAND

After feeding blondie and reddie with a recovery potion, I tuck the two of them in spare a sleeping bag. Since they are just kids, I didn’t bother to wake up Mereoleona and Jack. “To think that the first time I will be using these potions is here. Thankfully, I still have lots of ‘em.”

Mereoleona wakes up right on the dot after four hours of sleep. “Let’s rotate.” She tells me that it is now her turn to do the night watch. She halts her steps immediately after she sees the two sleeping brats.

I briefly explain to her. “They are both injured, I fed some potions to them. I think the little girl is a witch, that’s what my hunch tells me. She can help us find the Witches’ forest.” At the word ‘hunch’, Mereoleona is a bit doubtful.

It is not really a hunch, I think. More of a wild guess. Back when this world was an anime, there was a certain husband and wife with respectively blonde hair and red hair.

I move to the tent, and with tiredness catching up to me, I fall asleep.

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I wake up at the sound of laughter and the smell of good food. Leaving my tent, I see Jack playing with blondie and reddie. It is not that bad considering the gap between their ages is just two years.

From the sidelines, I see Mereoleona cooking food. Such a reliable big sister, well, she is the eldest among us here at the age of 19 years old. “Mereo~” I call to her using the nickname I am most comfortable with. “Your name is so long, so I’ll just call you Mereo. Anyways, I have a question.”

Mereoleona just looks at me dully. She is doing her best not to show it, but she must be sleepy. The hardest part of the night watch is always the middle. I see some eye boogers in Mereoleona’s eyes. Should I wipe it? Nah… I’ll let it be.

I take Mereoleona’s silence as a yes, so I fire away my question. “Mereo, you are just 19 years old, right? Doesn’t that make you the youngest Magic Knight Captain? And the youngest Grand Magic Knight to ever exist in the Kingdom?”

Mereoleona yawns for some time. Using her fire magic, she energizes herself to wake up. I see her eye boogers burning along the dirt and sweat covering her face.

Standing up, Mereoleona shares with me another dark side of the kingdom. “I am neither the youngest Magic Knight Captain nor the youngest Grand Magic Knight. My age in the registry has been marked as 20 years old. The politics of the kingdom are very focused on decentralization. As a part of the royal bloodline, many radicals have vetoed recognizing my talents. I am not really the captain of Crimson Lion. I am more of an acting captain. Moreover, I am a woman, and a young woman at that.”

Listening to her makes me remember that the Clover Kingdom’s system is not as nice as it sounds in the anime. I recall teacher Drouot who confesses to me the hidden functions of the tower.

Blondie approaches me, I gather my wits so that I don’t make a fool of myself. “Thank you,” The lass bows her head in gratitude. “My name is Dominante Code, and again... Thank you!”

“Dominante Code.” The name rolls out of my tongue naturally. “So, that must be…” Hanging by my words, I look at the red-haired lad. I think his name must be Fanzell Kruger.

Not betraying my thoughts, the red-haired lad approaches me to introduce himself. “Fanzell Kruger, thank you for saving us!”

It looks like I was on point. Dominante Code is a witch and future magic tool craftsman from the Diamond Kingdom. She is the future wife of Fanzell Kruger. “Domi, can I call you that? Oh, calling you Domina is also cute.” Lately, I have had this habit of shortening people’s names especially if they are long.

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Dominante meekly nods at my request.

I look then at Fanzell. “And you, Fanz, is it okay to call you that?” Fanzell Kruger will be the future Commander of the Diamond Kingdom's army. So, I think it is not that bad if I form connections with him.

At my request of calling him ‘Fanz’, Fanzell similarly nods just like Dominante did.

“Okay,” Nice, what comes next is information gathering. “Domi, Fanz, what are you doing here in the Grand Magic Zone? This place is very scary and dangerous.

“Gathering materials.” Dominante proudly proclaims.
“T-training…” Fanz shyly whispers.

Dominante’s answer is within expectations considering her witch background. Even Jack and Mereoleona judging by their reactions think that it is within expectation.

However, Fanzell is a different matter.

“Are you crazy? You got guts!” Mereoleona smirks at Fanzell.
“Kekekeke… Not bad.” Jack snickers.

I’d love to tease Fanzell, but this is a serious matter. “Let me guess. Domi, you were gathering stuff, right? Maybe with the help of a magic item, you are able to traverse back and forth to places here in the Grand Magic Zone. While in this errand of yours, you found a certain idiot picking a fight on something he cannot chew.”

At the phrase ‘picking a fight’, I derisively glance at Fanzell.

Fanzell raises his arms gesturing his defense. “N-no. I didn’t pick a fight. It picked the fight. I was just eating my fill with the eggs I found at that time.”

Dominante kicks the back of Fanzell’s shin. “Just admit to your fault, you doofus. It was an ostrich egg you ate, and the beast that attacked you looked exactly like an ostrich to me. Apologize to the mother, you doofus!” Showing no mercy, Dominante follows up with another kick.

“Hehehe…” Fanzell, dodges Dominante’s second kick by lightly jumping, and then he sprints off like the wind. “I can’t, the ostrich is already dead anyway!”

It looks like it is not just Yami’s and Jack’s dynamic that has long been set in stone before birth.

I smile at the bickering Domi and Fanz. The sight of the two of them makes my heart flutter. So, this is how the two initially met, huh? What an eye-opener.

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