Tensei Shoujo no Rirekisho - Volume 3 - Chapter 83

83. Student Activities 11 – Uproar at the Mana Drain, Part 2

With the threat of the bear gone and the thread of tension temporarily broken for everyone, I heard a sigh of relief from those around me. I also took a little breath and waited to see what Alan would do. I-is he still angry?

Alan cast another spell, banishing his sword. Then he glanced sideways at me.

He’s still angry.

“U-um, Alan, thank you so much! But… I’m actually an experienced hunter, and this isn’t the first time I’ve gone up against a bear, so you don’t need to worry.”

“But, Ryou, you’re a girl. What would I do if you got hurt!”

My argument was blocked by Alan’s chivalry. “Ryou, you’re a girl,” what! No way, when did my henchman become so chivalrous?! Where was the bratty kid Alan who doused me in muddy water when we first met?!

And calling me a girl… Certainly, I am a girl, but… Alan… You can’t beat me at dodgeball, right? Are you honestly saying your physical ability is higher than mine? No, well, I’m not sure whether dodgeball can really determine who’s better… Since the dodgeball hustle, there are also boys who give me the “lady” treatment as the reigning strongest dodgeball player at school…

What thorough chivalry. This may be the result of his father Cardine’s upbringing. …But it’s a little awkward. Alan’s always going to be worried about something or other.

“Yeah, sorry to trouble you, Alan.”

At my words, Alan said, “As long as you understand,” and turned away. Relieved that I had somehow escaped Alan’s eruption, I heard frustrated voices from the students gathered at the cliff to rescue the teacher.

Huh? Haven’t they been able to rescue the teacher yet? Well, the cliff is pretty high, but… These are magician students, and in fact there are adult magicians and teachers…

However, given the urgency of the scene, I went over to the lake and saw the teacher treading water just like when I first saw him. The rope made by the magician student had been tied to a tree and the end of it thrown into the lake, where it was magically conveyed to the teacher. But the teacher was too concerned with desperately treading water to reach for it.

He’s completely lost his composure. He might not have even noticed that they threw in a rope. Moreover, the rope was pushed away by the ripples with his every stroke. One of the senior magicians was saying, “It’s no use, I can’t control the water if I can’t touch it!” Something like that.

T-teacher… You’re a wizard, so why don’t you do something with your mysterious powers yourself. Or maybe… that teacher can’t swim… No, in fact, it’s not just the teacher, very few people in this country can swim. They don’t have physical education, after all…

I called out to the senior who was magically manipulating the rope.

“Can you magically separate the water of the lake?”

You know, in my past life, there was a legend that Moses walked across a sea.

“That’s impossible. There aren’t any students who could do something that big, the lake is deep and we don’t have any spiritualists who are good at water magic. Even if we could, it would be difficult without touching the lake directly.”

Seriously. Our group went to a lake, shouldn’t we have brought students who are good at water magic?! Come on!

“Then, is it possible to make a stream of water? Then you can maneuver the stream up the cliff.”

“I’m trying to make a stream of water, but the teacher is making waves and it’s not working,” replied the oldest of the senior magicians.

While we were doing that, the teacher, who had been treading for a long time, finally ran out of power and slowly sank into the lake. Oh, great!

I took off my accessories and uniform and dressed only in my thin underwear, I jumped off the cliff. I can swim, so with this happening, I have no choice but to pull him up! As I jumped in with that firm determination, I heard Alan’s voice yell, “You didn’t understand after all!” But with the teacher sinking, since I can swim, I have to do something! For now, I just apologized in my heart, “I’m sorry, henchman, for making you worry,” and dived straight into the lake to find the teacher.

I found the slowly sinking teacher, got an elbow hold on his neck, and swam upward. The teacher had fainted, so he didn’t struggle, which was good, but he was heavy. Even so, I managed to get to the surface by following the rope I’d grabbed when I dived in. It would have been bad if I didn’t have a rope.

“Excuse me! Please control the flow of the water as best you can so we can get to the cliff easily. Also, please make some scaffolding so we can climb the cliff easily!”

When I called to the students after catching my breath at the surface, they immediately activated their magic, and it was easier to swim with the flowing water to the bottom of the cliff while dragging the teacher. Below the cliffs was a kind of square rock formation. Perhaps it was the magical scaffolding I had asked for. Once I crawl up there, I guess they’ll make it rise. I wanted them to make something like a staircase…

“Ryou, don’t move, I’m going to move it now!”

I heard Alan’s voice from above. Then, like the library elevator, the rock formation rose and quickly reached the top of the cliff. Ooh, that’s magic for you! When we reached the top of the cliff, seniors from the medical department hoisted the teacher off to a bed. Thinking about it carefully, even if they’d made a staircase I couldn’t carry the teacher out, so I have to thank Alan for his elevator.

When I tried to thank Alan for magically lifting us up the cliff, he gave me a very tired look.

“W-wow, it’s amazing you can make such big rocks at such a distance… and even water flows.” I heard the voices of the senior magicians.

Apparently what Alan did was pretty amazing. Alan is out of breath, too. I’m sorry I made you do all that work. Tired from his work, Mr. Alan caught his breath and came stomping over to me. Ah, this is bad, he’s really angry. My henchman is furious.

Alan stared at me and then quickly took off his robe and draped it over me, saying, “Ryou! Clothes!” Ah… come to think of it, I was only wearing a single layer of underwear.

“Th-thank you. But if I put this on right now, your clothes will get wet.”

“It’s fine, put it on, now!”

My henchman is scary. This must be his rebellious phase. Still, my figure hasn’t matured enough for him to be so nervous. While I was thanking Alan and putting on his robe so as not to provoke his anger, I heard strange voices from the medical department seniors nursing the teacher.

“T-teacher! He’s not breathing,” said a medical department senior with a pale face, putting an ear to his chest and a hand to his mouth.

The teacher isn’t breathing… seriously. Is it time for what’s called artificial respiration…? However, the medical department seniors only wrinkled their brows and looked sad, giving no sign of doing heart compressions… Is there no concept of artificial respiration in this world…!

I rushed up to the teacher, pushed back his jaw, and secured his airway. First, heart compressions! I put my hands on his chest and pressed it several times with all my might. He still wasn’t breathing. …When this happens, you have to give artificial respiration.

Yeah, that artificial respiration.

This is for medical purposes, it’s not a kiss or anything, it’s artificial respiration! Dammit, I can’t believe Parted-Hair will be my first kiss! No, it’s not my first, because it’s not actually a kiss! Thinking like that, I pinch Parted-Hair’s nose, open his mouth, and put my mouth on it to breathe…

“No, wait, Ryou! What are you doing?!” Alan put his hand on my shoulder and stopped me.

“It’s artificial respiration. I’m breathing for him to get him to start breathing…”

“Are you really going to put your mouth on his?!”

“Well, you’re right, but… it’s artificial respiration!”

It’s true, but this isn’t my first kiss, it’s artificial respiration! As I tried to reassure myself that it was artificial respiration, Alan panicked and grabbed my shoulders even more firmly. It hurts.

“Th-then I’ll do it!”

Saying that, Alan flew at Parted-Hair’s face and without a pause, whooosh-! Came the sound of breathing…! A-Alan…! Could it be you can’t stand to watch your boss do something she hates? What a captain of the suicide squad! Best wishes to your lips! While I marveled at Alan’s brave figure, I kept doing heart compressions while keeping time, and the parted-hair professor suddenly coughed and expelled all the water he’d swallowed.

Ooh, great, his breathing returned! I turned from the gasping teacher, relieved, to see Alan scrubbing his mouth with his arm and looking with amazement at the now-breathing teacher. Alan, I’m sorry about your lips. But it doesn’t count, so don’t worry too much, okay. If Alan ever gets a girlfriend and gets big-headed about his first kiss, I might tease him, saying, “Wasn’t your first kiss Mr. Parted-Hair!” But please forgive me, it’s just teasing.

The medical department students helping the revived teacher up also have surprised expressions.

“…I …was rescued… by her?”

The teacher looked at me incredulously with tears still in his eyes. He had an arrogant expression, or should I say one as if he’d smelled something bad… A typical aristocratic look. Somehow I don’t like this teacher much, and I’m sad I had to sacrifice my poor henchman.

“Teacher, can’t you swim? Not only that, can’t you take care of yourself with magic?”

I gave in to my annoyance and spoke in a slightly strong tone, and Parted-Hair opened his mouth after a little hesitation.

“I’m not a fisherman. Why would I be able to swim… Besides, I have to be able to cast spells to use magic. There’s no way I could cast a spell in the water!”

I got even more frustrated as Parted-Hair answered me sullenly…

“If you can’t use your magic in water, it’s stupid that you can’t swim! As soon as you get into water, it’s all over! It’s absolutely worthwhile to provide swimming lessons instead of magic history classes, hands down!”

When I spoke so roughly to him, Parted-Hair looked away with pursed lips. Even if you make such a face, it’s not cute at all!