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The emperor said that since we had to kill the Demon King, we had to focus on getting stronger while they bought us as much time as possible, and the empire would provide maximum support.
It was a very ironic situation, but what could I do about it? I couldn’t exactly say, “Actually, the Demon King? That’s me.”
We had our audience with the emperor, and the break had started.
Soon enough, the last day of the year approached.
On New Year’s Eve, some like-minded folks from Class A gathered in the dormitory for a small party.
Everyone except Vertus was there. Even the hopeless trio and Cliffman joined the party in the dining hall.
I cooked the food with Ellen’s help.
“Whoa, no way… Reinhart, you did all this?”
“What’s so hard about it?”
The hopeless trio were wide-eyed, since it was their first time tasting my cooking. Cliffman, who occasionally joined in for meals, wasn’t particularly surprised.
It was a day of eating and having fun.
Of course, our true blockhead, Riana de Granz, pulled a stunt by bringing alcohol from her ducal house.
“Pour it up, ahhhh!”
“Drink it up, ahhhh!”
Of course, no one else touched it, and only Riana and I drank, getting quite drunk before Ellen and Harriet subdued us.
Thankfully, because of that, we avoided getting caught by the dorm supervisors.
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The New Year dawned.
Since Sarkegar was trying to get in contact with the Revolutionary Forces and Eleris could update me on the Vampire Council issue at any time, I decided to stay in the capital.
I wanted to follow Ellen to her hometown, but circumstances didn’t allow it, which was a little disappointing.
“I can go alone,” Ellen said.
“Obviously. Who doesn’t know that?”
I was walking beside Ellen, who was dragging a large suitcase.
I didn’t know when Ellen would return from her hometown, but she would be gone for at least a few weeks.
We had already left the Temple, and Ellen just needed to enter the mega warp gate in front of the Temple.
With the imperial emblem at her disposal, she could get priority access, so there was no need to wait.
It was good that she could leave...
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