Volume 1 Chapter 7 Telekinesis
"Sir Elk... I found out. The Duke Kinesis family is plotting against you. And as your maid, I wasn't told anything... I was told by the duchess, 'Your last job is to dispose of the body,' and I got fired... But, Sir Elk, you're alive, and I... treated you and brought you to my home."
Emma's story was the same as what I heard from Pipina.
I can't thank her enough.
Thanks to Emma, Elk was able to live.
Elk stood up and bowed his head.
"Thank you so much. Because of you, I'm alive... really, thank you."
"Not at all. I just did what I could... Sir Elk."
"Wait. Can you stop calling me that? I'm not a noble anymore. I should be erased from the Duke Kinesis family."
"Y-yes. Then... Mr. Elk."
"You don't need the 'Mr.' either."
"B-but... ugh."
"Ahaha. Then, just call me by my name."
Elk laughed.
Emma smiled a little too, but her expression was still sad.
"Um, Elk... what will you do from now on?"
"What will I do?"
"Yes. Elk... you're not a noble anymore, and if you have nowhere to go, you can stay at my house."
"Thank you. But I have things to do."
"Eh...?"
"I need to repay my debt to the Duke family. Emma, when you turn 16, you can qualify for the Galatine Royal Academy, right?"
"Eh... repay your debt? You don't mean..."
"I'm going to pay for what they did to me. Rosho, Sarissa... and also, Duke and his wife."
"Th-That's impossible!! Plus, to get into Galatine Royal Academy, you need admission fees. My family doesn't have that kind of money... I'm really sorry."
"I have the money."
With that, Elk took out the platinum coins he got from Pipina.
One platinum coin could cover 3 years of admission fees.
Elk placed 2 coins on the table and handed one more to Emma.
"This is for your and my admission fees. And this one is for 6 years of rent."
"Whaaaat!? H-Hold on, platinum coins!? And I'm going to school too...?"
"Galatine Royal Academy. I want you to come with me... Emma, you said you wanted to study, right? Your sewing skills have improved a lot, haven't they? I think the academy has a design department... Alright, here's another platinum coin. This will be for starting a shop to sell the clothes you design after graduation."
"Ughhh..."
Emma fainted.
* * *
Emma woke up a few minutes later.
She started to sort out the conversation.
"Sir Elk, going to Galatine Royal Academy means..."
"Yeah. I'm going to the 'Skill Department'."
The Skill Department is a program that trains kids with combat skills.
Almost all the students here have combat skills.
"You should study design in the 'Skill Commerce Department.' There will be other kids with sewing skills like yours, so I think you'll have fun."
"Sir Elk..."
"I'll also send living expenses to your mother. Actually, I need to greet her. Plus, we have to take care of the admission process and check your skills... Hehe, it's going to get busy."
"Um, Sir Elk..."
"Hm?"
"Sir Elk's skill is 'Telekinesis', right?"
"Yeah. Oh, I see."
Elk had forgotten.
Telekinesis. It's just a 'useless skill' that pulls nearby objects. That's how people in this world see it.
But Elk knows.
Telekinesis is a bundle of possibilities.
Elk's Telekinesis (level MAX) is a terrifying combat skill.
"Well then. I'll show you. The true power of Telekinesis."
"Uh, um..."
"But first... I need to greet your mother for taking care of me."
By the way, this 'greeting' led to a lot of teasing. Things like 'groom' and 'boyfriend' made Emma blush for a while.
* * *
Elk stepped into Emma's backyard and noticed something.
"Hmm, what's this?"
"Oh, that..."
In the back of the house, there was a large tree stump.
It looked like someone had tried to dig it up but gave up.
"Well, I thought I'd take care of the garden and had it cut down, but they said it would cost extra to remove the stump... I tried to dig it up myself."
"I see."
Elk pointed his right hand at the stump and focused his mental energy.
"Move."
Then, the stump lifted out of the ground and flew to Elk.
Furthermore, Elk started to play with the lifted stump using his index finger.
"Yeah, the power is fine."
"Wh-what!? The stump just came out!"
"This is just the beginning."
"H-how did you...?"
"I just pulled it out with Telekinesis. This is nothing yet──."
As he floated the stump in the air, a scream was heard.
"Th-This is bad!! An orc has entered the village!! Everyone, hide inside your houses!!"
The village was small, so the voice echoed clearly.
Emma turned pale and said to Elk.
"Uh, Mr. Elk!! Inside the house!"
"Perfect timing. I'm going to hunt it."
"Huh?"
"Here I go."
As Elk placed both hands on the ground, his body floated gently.
"Eh..."
"An orc, huh? Alright, let's go for my first hunt."
Elk flew into the sky using Telekinesis, rising higher and higher.
He soared up high enough to see the whole village and looked around.
"Oh, there it is. The militia is fighting... alright!"
Elk dove down quickly.
"Don't back down!! Protect the village!!"
"Whoa!!"
"Haahhh!!"
The militia fought with their spears.
Elk landed right between the orc and the militia, surprising both of them.
Elk pointed his right hand at the orc.
───Thunk!!
'!?'
The orc's movements stopped.
Its body was restrained by Telekinesis.
Elk then pointed his left hand at the orc and opened his fingers.
"Alright, it's over."
As he tightly clenched his left fingers───the orc fell, spewing a lot of blood.
At first glance, it wouldn't be obvious that he crushed its heart with Telekinesis.
The militia had no idea what just happened.
Elk spoke to the militia.
"This one is taken care of, but are there any others?"
"...Uh, yeah. I only confirmed one."
"Then there might be more. Alright, I'll check the nearby area."
Saying that, Elk flew into the sky with Telekinesis and disappeared into the forest near the village.
"...What was that?"
The leader of the village militia group muttered, not understanding what it meant.
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