I Surrendered My Sword for a New Life as a Mage: Volume 7 [Parts 1 to 2] by Shin Kouduki

Author:Shin Kouduki
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Her honest opinion would be that she hadn’t expected this. But it would have been hard for her to explain exactly what it was that she felt that way about, because it was several things at once.

Number one, the fact that she’d looked for a shady spot at random and found one in the first place she looked; number two, the fact that she’d considered giving up out of concern that people would be suspicious of her but been left alone to do as she pleased; and number three, that D-Day was the very next day. None of it had gone the way she’d expected.

And the scene before her was much the same.

A crowd, she thought to herself with a sigh. Maybe it would be better described as a disorderly mob... Either way, it was more than expected—that was to say, the situation was more hopeless than she’d expected.

The sheer number of people had exceeded her expectations as well, though. At a glance, she saw over a hundred. She was impressed that so many had gathered here...but she also couldn’t hide her dismay. The absolute conviction each one of them displayed was a large factor in that.

“————!”

The crowd erupted in cheers. Someone had probably said something rousing. She hadn’t been listening, but she could make a guess as to what had been said, judging by how all of their eyes were instantly on her. She didn’t even have the spirit to smile back anymore, so she simply shrugged in response, but that got them going again. Apparently it didn’t really matter what she did anymore. They would just interpret it as they pleased.

Well, she probably bore some responsibility for that. She’d been completely honest about her own status because she couldn’t be bothered to hide it, and she’d shown a bit of her power to save her the trouble of being looked down on, but that had only worsened the situation.

They’d thought it would be all right, but now they were sure it would be—so said their eyes, which were still on her. And inside them, she sensed something dark and murky. She let out a small sigh. It was hard on her to be treated as one of them, even if, from an outside perspective, she was no different from them.

“Good grief,” Stina murmured underneath the wild enthusiasm. But maybe this was fitting in a sense, she thought with a sigh.

†

After the row with Iori, Soma’s group headed for the dining hall. Now that they were done talking, it was the perfect time to eat.

The dining hall had been created by modifying part of the castle; it hadn’t been there originally. It was physically inaccessible from anywhere around it, which meant that only Iori and family could enter. It must have been part of the living quarters that Aina had mentioned.

Regardless, when Soma arrived, he was honestly surprised to see the room. He’d been picturing something larger, but it wasn’t actually all that big. It was hardly bigger than the dining room at Glass Stop North, the inn they’d stayed at in the last town.

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