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Chapter 202: Chapter 202
"That idiot! What was she thinking, doing something like this right before graduation? Did she decide to bring shame upon her unni?"
Dolores, who arrived at the principal's office, was irritated.
She didn't have a single drop of blood mixed with Yuria, but her speech was so similar that it almost made her burst into laughter.
"Technically, aren’t you her stepmother?"
"She calls me unni all the time, so I call her sister. And if I say stepmother, it sounds like I'm a wicked mother."
"It does look like that right now."
Dolores glared at Reed.
She threw the note she was holding at Reed.
"Do you think I'm doing this for nothing? Read this. I can't believe it!"
"Let's see... 'Something came up, so I'll go first. I'll visit home occasionally since it's close. From the lovely Rosaria.' ..."
"How do you feel?"
Reed pursed his lips.
"Her handwriting isn't lovely. She still has terrible handwriting."
"Are you laughing now?"
"Am I not allowed to laugh?"
"How dare you laugh in front of Escolleia's dean? Fine. Whatever."
Dolores crossed her arms and turned her head sharply.
Even as a principal, her behavior was still childish.
'Thirty-year-old acting like a sulky kid.'
But who is she?
She is my wife who is like Sky to me.
Reed knew what he had to do.
"Why is my wife so cute? Come here."
He sneaked up beside her and kissed her.
After the short kiss, Dolores looked up at Reed with a smile as if she had never been angry.
"Ah, it's good to have a husband. My oppa nutrients have been running low these days, so it's time to recharge..."
"Rosen and Anna are watching."
"Oh, my."
Dolores, who had been approaching stickily, turned her head with an "oops" expression.
Fortunately, Rosen and Anna were preoccupied with drawing pictures on the entrance exam papers.
"Then I'll have to postpone it. My little princesses, how was today?"
"It was boring!"
"We just sat there! We didn't even see any magic!"
"You can see magic when you grow up a bit more. You know you can't do it without a home tutor, right?"
"Tsk."
"Mom, you're petty."
Dolores hugged Rosen and Anna with a smile.
"Can we go home today?"
"Yes. I'm done with all the busy work."
"Then let's go home together. I'll prepare a feast for tonight."
"Shall we try our homemade meal for the first time in a while? My princesses, mom is also going home!"
"Wow!"
"Mom is coming home!"
Rosen and Anna were excited, running around like young children.
Although it was a family gathering for dinner after a long time, Reed felt empty.
It was inevitable since Rosaria, who could be considered the central axis of the family, was absent.
'At least she should have said goodbye before leaving...'
His gaze couldn't leave the note with her terrible handwriting.
He thought she might have made the decision too hastily, but it wasn't too late.
However, they all must have had their own reasons.@@@@
Rosaria was that kind of girl.
'If she has something to do... she must be going to see that man, right?'
Although the idea of a man bothered him, Reed wasn't too worried.
That man was someone Reed had seen dozens of times already.
Knowing how much “Disaster 7” pursued wholesomeness with a rating of 12 years and older, he wasn't worried.
***
-We always solve the tasks we take on.
That phrase was the motto of Felnis Mercenary Corps.
However, today, because of that motto, the mercenary corps was on the verge of annihilation.
"Damn it! Where the hell did those things come from?!"
The leader, who took cover behind a stone wall, shouted.
What they were facing was a monster they had never seen before.
It had hard scales and fired spikes from its tail for ranged attacks.
It was different from any monster they had encountered before.
"Are you crazy, seriously? Hey, have you ever seen those things before?!"
"If I had seen them, would I have been so stupid to get hit by the spikes?"
"Don't speak, you bastard. The poison is spreading."
"There's poison in the spikes, too? They're really full of surprises."
Pew pew thud!
The spikes fiercely struck the stone wall.
It was fortunate that they were keeping their distance, and the opponent was cautious; otherwise, they would have been in big trouble.
'And now it seems to be thinking of charging.'
The monster seemed to realize it had the upper hand.
The leader gritted his teeth.
Where did things go wrong?
The excited girl grabbed Kyle's hand.
Bewildered, Kyle's eyes grew even wider.
"I heard from my father. You're going to be the one to save this world."
"Excuse me? What are you talking about?"
Kyle tilted his head with a baffled expression.
The leader, who was listening, also looked back and forth between Kyle and the girl.
Not bothering to explain to anyone, the girl continued with what she wanted to say.
"I'll get straight to the point! Are you not interested in adventuring with me?!"
"With... with you, the magician?"
"Yes. We'll travel this vast continent on foot and fight disasters together! You and me! Just the two of us! What do you say?"
Listening, the leader was at a loss for words.
He could tolerate her recruiting their rookie, but he thought she might be mistaken about the person.
Kyle Dijestra.
A probationary recruit, a rookie.
And the young man who was more afraid than anyone else during the monster extermination.
"Excuse me, magician. I'm sorry, but this guy is our rookie..."
"I understand."
The leader wore a dumbfounded expression, and the girl's face flushed.
"You, what do you mean by that? Are you planning to give up on joining?"
"Since I'm still on probation, it should be okay to find my own path, right?"
"Fine."
There was nothing more to say in this unbelievable situation.
The magician who saved their lives wanted to take him, and he agreed, so the leader had nothing more to say.
Kyle then gathered his belongings.
"Shall we go, magician?"
The girl who had been watching Kyle's actions tilted her head.
"Wow, you're really obedient, aren't you?"
"Am I?"
"I was prepared to persuade you for about three days."
The girl showed four fingers as she spoke.
"Three days is 3, you know"
"Ah, was it 3? My mistake..."
-Meow, Meow.
The dragon made a cute sound and comforted the dispirited girl.
'Is she really just a child?'
He thought that an old great mage who had cast wide-area healing and detoxification magic was pretending to be a child.
Kyle looked at the dragon standing next to the girl and asked.
"Are you going to travel around riding this dragon?"
"No! I only ride this little one when I'm in a hurry. Otherwise, like this!"
Pong!
"It shrinks."
The dragon, which was the size of two bulls, shrank in an instant to the size of one that could sit on the girl's shoulder.
-Meow. Meow.
The only thing that didn't change was its cry.
"And this little one's name is Meowmeow."
"Meowmeow?"
"Yes."
"That... the ‘Meowmeow’ we use to call a cat?"
"Yes!"
"......"
What kind of naming sense was that?
Kyle thought seriously.
However, the dragon called Meowmeow seemed quite satisfied with its name.
After introducing Woof's name, the girl remembered something she had forgotten.
"Oh, I just realized! I haven't introduced myself yet."
"That's right."
"Really, why did you agree to come with me?"
The girl's face showed genuine curiosity.
"Well..."
Kyle couldn't tell either.
Although he was known for going with the flow, it was the first time he had agreed to such a sudden proposal without even thinking.
Kyle felt strength in her words that seemed so overbearing.
Kyle honestly answered his feelings.
"I just thought that if I went with you, something would change."
"Change?"
"Yes. Something... like an intuition. I'm not sure, but at least being with you seemed to make the purpose of my life clearer than when I was with the mercenary corps."
"Then your intuition is right."
The girl smiled brightly.
"I am a mage who wanders this continent to plant hope."
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and her robe was swept away.
Her white hair and red eyes.
A smile imbued with purity.
She confidently revealed her name.
"I am Rosaria Adeleheights, the Mage of Hope!"
《Adopting a Disaster》 is now complete.