Allen and his little bones [Western Fantasy]

Even though the road leading to Kalby had undergone a lot of changes due to the forest's early deformation, it was completely different from the last route, but Allen and Eli successfully arrived at the border gate of Kalby before the evening of the next day —with a Grady.

Allen glanced at Geridy who was stuck to his leg. The sizeable underage monster was trying to compress itself smaller. It crawled all over the ground and sprawled out a " Grady Pit".

【It will follow us into Karbi? 】Eli touched Grady's body, which was still more than half his height after lying down.

The monster flicked its tail like a giant dog, and purred twice like a big cat, its golden-green eyes narrowed to show that it was very satisfied with the petting.

The early transformation of the abyss forest also affected these magical beasts inhabiting the forest. Little Grady had been successfully lured back to dormancy by Allen's potion, but was forcibly awakened again during this transformation, and it was everywhere in the forest. While wandering, I happened to meet Alan and Eli who were heading to Kalby.

When he recognized the black-haired humans and undead skeletons in front of him as the ones who helped him re-enter the dormant period that day, little Grady's golden-green eyes lit up, and he pounced on them with joy—completely forgetting that he was still trapped by these two people that day. People are frightened and cry.

He didn't expect that the abyss forest would be deformed in advance, and Alan naturally didn't have any potion on hand to help the beast fall asleep. Who would have thought that Greddy, who couldn't sleep, would rely on him and Eli, and he couldn't be coaxed away.

[This is already out of the border area of ​​the abyss forest. ] Eli was a little worried for Grady, 【It just left the forest, is it okay? 】

As a creature that only lives in the abyss forest, running out of its habitat is certainly not a good thing for it.

But Allen pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said it was okay.

He patted Greddy on the head: "Anyway, it can't be driven away, and it can't go back to sleep for a short time. Instead of leaving it awake in the abyss forest, it's better to take it to Kalby. I should be able to get it in Kalby Find a place to put it."

Even if Allen had a dormancy agent on hand, he couldn't guarantee that the agent would make Geridy fall asleep for the second time smoothly.

For the monster that is forcibly interrupted for the second time during the dormancy period, firstly, the efficacy of the medicine will be greatly reduced. Secondly, it is not good for an underage Greddy to take the catalyzer continuously in a short period of time. The Black Academy was built in In Hismelo Valley, there is a large mountainous area behind the main teaching building of the college. Alan thinks that he should be able to temporarily foster the little monster there.

Except for things related to words such as "experiment" and "pharmaceutical", usually as long as Allen said it didn't matter, Eli was basically at ease.

He didn't ask any more questions, but turned his attention to Karbi's border city gate.

Unlike Angelo and Theodore, who had soldiers guarding the frontier city gates, Karbi's frontier city gates were open all day long, never closed, and never fortified.

Mottled scars can be seen everywhere on its black stone gate, and those are the traces caused by elemental magic and cold weapon strikes. Although this city gate is full of scars, it still stands here firmly, and greets everyone who arrives here. The visitors showed Kelby's fearlessness.

The hometown of the undead and demons, the place where dark creatures gather to show the world - we are never afraid of the arrival of any crusaders, but we are afraid that you are not brave enough to step here.

When Allen came to Kalby last time, he had already looked up at this city gate seriously, and he naturally walked a few steps in, only to find that Eli was still standing there.

The undead was looking at the city gate in a daze.

[Fate is really wonderful. ] Eli muttered to himself.

"What do you mean?" Allen took two steps back and walked back to Eli.

Eli didn't expect Alan's ears to be so good. He was a little embarrassed, but he still responded to Alan: [It's just a little incredible that I will come to Kalby one day. 】

Allen stood under the city gate with Eli, and quietly looked at the black stone gate for a while: "If fate is something that can be predicted at will, astrologers don't have to study hard."

【you're right. 】Eli laughed in the spiritual connection, as if thinking of something good again.

It was dusk now, and the night would officially fall in less than an hour, so it was not suitable for them to stay at the city gate for a long time.

Eli withdrew his gaze from the stone gate, and was about to tell Allen that they could move on, but his mental perception suddenly moved, bringing him information that strong dark elements were gathering nearby.

On the originally empty ground behind the stone gate, a young boy appeared out of nowhere.

The boy was dressed in a black robe with a hood.

At first glance, this shape looks somewhat similar to that of an undead skeleton, but the boy's hood is not as wide as Eli's, which just rightly reveals part of his facial features, and a few strands of silver hair hanging down in curls.

The silver-haired boy's lips were slightly pursed, and his expression was cold beyond his age. He stood behind the gate and looked at Alan and Eli, with unpredictable emotions in his eyes that were faintly glowing red in the evening light.

Also being a dark creature, Eli can clearly feel the difference between the boy and himself.

This is a demon.

"Herbert." Allen seemed to know the boy and called out his name.

The demon boy turned his head for this call, and the coldness that had surrounded him just now receded a lot in an instant.

The action of "tilting his head" made him reveal a bit of childishness unique to minors.

Eli asked Allen: [This is? 】

"Students in the fifth grade at Black Academy." Allen replied. "His name is Val, and I took his pharmacy class."

After briefly explaining the identity of the person who came, Allen motioned for Eli and him to step forward.

Only then did the boy named Herbert speak: "The Undead Elders notified the school of your coming back. The instructor calculated the time and asked me to come pick you up. They have a special banquet for you tonight."

Allen paused: "A banquet?"

"Yes, when you left Karbi, the mentors were reluctant to let you go, and now they are very happy when you come back."

Herbert routinely recounted the words of the teachers who invited Allen to a banquet at night. If the content of the words was not enough to feel the enthusiasm of the original speaker, Eli almost thought that the teachers of Black Academy were actually Allen is not welcome back to Kalby.

Couldn't help but wonder if this demon boy had any objections to Alan. Eli was thinking to himself, but Alan was not surprised by this, so he nodded after listening: "I see."

After finishing speaking, Alan glanced at Greddy who was still stuck to his leg: "After arriving at the school, I need to trouble the administrator at the back of the college. There is a 'little trouble' here, and I need to ask him to take care of it for a while." .”

"Mr. Jonas will be very happy. Not everyone can let Grady leave the abyss forest." Herbert followed Allen to look at Grady, who was as docile as a giant dog, and then turned his gaze to Eli. "It's like not everyone can suddenly become an undead."