CHAPTER 100.

The organization of the hunt, which had been kept in the room for several days and kept through the butler, was finished. The part of the fur for making leather was entrusted to a designer specializing in men’s clothing. It was made to be a gift for Ikris.

But it is said that it takes a long time to make clothes. I had to decide to start gifting from the ones that are relatively quick to make.

After receiving the notice from the butler, I immediately started preparing for the outing.

It’s probably 67%.

Wanting to confirm the rise in favorability of Ikris, who I haven’t seen for a long time, I was anxious. But after the preparations were over, when I stepped out of the room, the weather was bad.

“Do you have to go out for a walk in this weather?”

Emily looked out the window and handed me the umbrella with a worried face. Although it was early morning, the cloudy sky was as dark as evening.

Clang – a dismal wind sound leaked between the window frames. Want to go again next time ……

Following Emily’s gaze out the window, there was a moment of hesitation.

But it had been nearly two weeks since returning from the hunting tournament, under the pretext of making gifts, without seeing Ikris.

Would they be ostracized and bullied again during that time, and hopefully the goodwill wouldn’t drop.

No way! Hurry back before it rains!

I hastily took the umbrella and left the room.

“I’ll be right back.”

But the hectic pace is useless. As soon as I entered the forest of the martial arts field, the rain started to fall. Scrambling to open my umbrella, I raised my troubled face and looked at the dark sky.

“Ha…… what bad luck.”

But since I came out, I couldn’t just go back without doing anything. Instead, I quickened my pace. Already asked the butler about the time to rest in between training, there was only one morning break, so it was best to hurry.

But the martial arts training ground that I arrived at was empty.

“…… What happened, where did they all go?”

I looked around, moving through the open space. So it looks like the training ended early the time I stumbled upon Ikris on a rainy walk earlier.

An early break from the rain?

I took a slow walk along the grass at the edge of the practice field. It was to avoid facing the knights who might stay behind. It’s about a half-circle walk.

Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Suddenly came the sound of splitting wind. A corner of the martial arts training ground. In the hazy fog, someone was continuously striking the scarecrow in the practice field.

“…… Ikris?”

I recognized him and widened my eyes. Last time, too, he stayed behind to train alone in the rain. This time was no different.

Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Every time he swung the wooden sword in his hand, Inuyasha’s body would be popped with a “pop-pop-pop-pop-!” The sound of.

The bundles of straw were disassembled and rolled on the ground.

‘It’s still the same.’

I now know that in order to move on to the next part of the training, I have to add sword energy to my wooden sword to cleanly slice through the scarecrow. Not use strength to break the scarecrow.

It had been a long time since I last peeked in, but Ikris had made little progress. Even wizards couldn’t reach a high level without a mentor to teach them.

Pah-!

This time a loud explosion rang out, and the wooden sword Ikris was wielding broke into two. Plop- The pieces of the broken wooden sword flew violently into the distance and landed on the ground.

Ikris stopped moving, shrugged, and took a rough breath. Heat rose from his naked upper body. The way he picked up the remains of the wooden sword was too dangerous, and unease grew.

Didn’t want to show up again until training was over.

Just wanted to quickly deliver the gift and head back. But changed his attention to not approaching hastily.

Ikris who paused for a moment then took out another wooden sword from a nearby box.

My eyes widened. The case was blurrily engraved with a familiar pattern. It was the trademark of the weapons dealer I had purchased over 600 wooden swords from earlier.

It looks like it’s being used pretty well!

The way the wooden sword was skillfully pulled out caused some uneasiness. I wanted to confirm the good feeling, but I couldn’t really see it because of the distance.

I had to wait for his training to finish. Ikris also spent a long time cutting scarecrows after that.

Hiding in the woods and peeking at him for a long time.

Pfft…

Breaking his wooden sword for the third time, he finally threw it out of his hand with an annoyed grip. He didn’t mind the damp dirt and fell headfirst to the ground.

Brush pull– Icy cold rain sprinkled on his naked body, that will catch a cold ……

I looked around him carefully before standing out. Because I didn’t want to go through the thrilling experience of almost breaking my neck once I was touched by his swinging wooden sword.

Only after reconfirming that there were no other dangerous elements around him did I gently move my feet.

Was it because the pouring rain drowned out the sound of my light footsteps? The distance was getting closer and closer, and Ikris didn’t move.

Moment. Finally approaching him, I tilted the umbrella I was holding slightly forward.

“Hello.”

Hearing the voice, the man opened his closed eyes. Long, wet lashes flickered for a moment, and the gray eyes that showed between them slowly grew larger and looked clear.

“…… Master?”

Ikris stiffened and blinked a few times. Estimating whether the sudden appearance of me was real.

Seeing that appearance, a smile vaguely appeared.

“It’s been a long time.”

[Favorability 69%]

At that moment, the top of his head flickered. Luckily, the favorability didn’t drop when I wasn’t at the mansion.

The small increase in favorability reassured me substantially.

In the meantime, Ikris slowly stood up, and the overlooking sight rose for a moment.

“When …… have you returned?”

“Well, back for a long time.”

At my answer, the corner of Ikris’ eyes drooped a bit. It seems that no one passed the news to the slaves who were forcibly inserted into the Knights. He looked at me with eyes that contained weak emotion.

“Why did you come back without even saying hello?”

“Were you waiting?”

“Didn’t I say I was going to give you a reward?”

I laughed, repeating that sentence with a titanic smile. That guy’s abominable look was a sight to behold.

“Here.”

I handed him the fancy box I was holding.

“It’s a gift, made a little late.”

Ikris’ eyes flashed like a puppy’s. He hesitated to accept it, hesitating.

“What didn’t you do soon afterward?”

“Because of the rain ……”

He moved his mouth to give the reason for not accepting my urging.

“How dare I touch my master …… with wet hands.”

“Never mind.”

Don’t say strange things. I narrowed my eyes and smiled.

“I want to see you carrying my gift. I ran here despite even the rain, won’t you take it?”

Shaking the box, I said softly in a sad tone. The gray pupils dilated.

Ikris was silent for a moment and quickly took it.

“This is ……”

Confirming the contents, Ikris’ eyes seemed to widen to their fullest extent.

“Mermaid’s ivory and the white tiger’s teeth.”

Watching his reaction, I smiled with satisfaction. Explained the gift. What he was given was a necklace compiled with ivory carvings and tiger’s teeth.

If it were continuously white it would look cold, so the center was inlaid with the highest grade of onyx. The round black beads went well with the unevenly layered teeth and pieces of ivory.

It was a treasure that no amount of money could buy. Though it would be late to know through the butler, there was a reason Callisto and Winter were in second and third place.

For, the mammoths and white tigers they had captured were rare animals that could not be seen if they were not part of an event as vast in scale as a hunting convention.

Of course, the decorations they made were precious. Ivory and tiger tusks, the decorations compiled from both were even more so. Ikris knew that one as well, and deadpanned into the box.

”If it’s a male lead should know this.”

I raised my head triumphantly.

“Do you like it?”

“Master.”

Ikris looked up with difficulty.

“This is too much for me.”

“In the second generation of Kafria, only the most distinguished warriors are allowed to wear ivory around their necks.”

Interrupting Ikris, the expected words were spoken. This is what I read in the book.

Ikris probably knows more about it than I do. The continent of Caveria has his home country of Delman. Now the entire continent has become a vassal state of the Inca Empire.

“That short necklace, it’s time to take it off now.”

I glanced at the leather and yellow beads still strangling his neck. Arrogantly, I said.

“Like I said, I came back with first place.”

“So the queen of this hunting contest is me.”

“So, like I said, all that’s left is the job of strengthening my one and only warrior.”

Ikris lowered his head again, staring blankly at the necklace. The only pupil that showed his feelings was gone, and I became anxious. Because now I don’t know if his reaction is positive or negative.

‘Did it give you too much of a burden?’

I just want to ask if you like it or not. Finally, Ikris raised his head and looked at me.

At that moment, my heart lifted. In the gray pupils, the passion I saw for the first time was rolling over.

“Master.”

Ikris looked at me with beastly pupils burning. Slowly, he took the necklace from the case. Then took the hand holding it and put it to his mouth.

[Favorability 77%]

He kissed the necklace and his favorability skyrocketed. At the same time, white boxes appeared before his eyes.

[System] Gained the favorability of one of the targets [Over 70%]

[System] No favorability numbers will be provided from now on.