Chapter 466

Hiring one more catgirl as a bodyguard isn't a problem; as long as Roxy agrees to become a bodyguard, Broly doesn't mind spending extra money to hire an unrelated person.

In the early morning, Broly got up very early; without Orsted by his side, over two months had passed unknowingly.

After washing up, in the spacious courtyard, he practiced a set of self-summarized third-rate fist techniques, then went back inside to make breakfast.

Fried eggs, bacon, ham, cheese — after all these ingredients were prepared, the front door outside just happened to be knocked on.

Opening the door, the demon girl and the beast race girl arrived here, each holding freshly baked bread and fresh milk.

Sandwiching the rich ingredients with bread to form a sandwich burger, paired with a cup of fresh milk with added sugar — this is a breakfast that can bring a sense of happiness.

"Broly, what's that pile of gray ash in the courtyard? Did you play with fire there last night?"

While helping wash the plates and utensils, Roxy asked this.

"I didn't play with fire; that was left behind by some people I don't recognize either."

Broly told the truth; as someone who had shown off wealth in this city, the place he lived always had thieves coming to visit.

Occasionally meeting him, those who weren't forceful, Broly would only make them leave the money and scram; the forceful ones, only gray ash remained.

"Geez, I'll help you clean it up later then."

After rinsing the ashes in the courtyard, Roxy then brought Broly and Rene along, escorting the latter to Ranoa Magic Academy.

It's called escorting, but actually, on this Sharia side, no one would attack children early in the morning.

The whole process was more like a kindergarten teacher taking kids to school; the white catgirl Rene walked ahead with a swagger.

After entering the academy, many beast race students encountered on the road would actively greet her, calling her Boss.

The white catgirl seemed to be a Clan Chief figure among the beast race group at the academy, and when she first acted as Broly's bodyguard, she would tell everyone "Broly Little Brother is my protected person."

But now, everyone knows Broly is Catgirl Rene's Number Two Little Brother, paying 1 Ranoa Gold Coin protection money monthly to the important figures of Rene's clan.

To the extent that Broly's safety issues at the Magic University were guaranteed as they should be under the efforts of Rene's clan beastmen.

At least, ordinary students rarely dared approach Broly, while those wealthy, status-holding students looked down a bit on the boy always hanging out with beastmen and demons.

During this period, some did have crooked thoughts, wanting to collect protection money from Broly, but the result was the white catgirl bringing her subordinates to find the person and giving the crooked-thinking guy a fat beating.

In terms of protection, Rene was serious, and this matter also let some students at Ranoa Magic Academy who were usually bullied see a way to solve being bullied.

Rene's clan gained some students who weren't beastmen; those people obtained the clan's protection by paying membership fees.

Of course, this matter had nothing much to do with Broly anymore; after entering Ranoa Magic University, he was always by Roxy's side.

Accompanying the demon girl to classes together, reading together, going to Teacher Ginas's research lab, acting as a Water Magic researcher.

The Free Student identity let Broly enter and exit many places in Ranoa Magic University; as long as he didn't openly disrupt teaching in class, almost no teacher would mind him.

Roxy went from being uncomfortable with the boy following her at the start, to now being used to always having Broly this one child by her side.

Although Broly followed her, he didn't disturb her studies; on the contrary, during class he would help her take notes together, and when reading he would stay to one side reading on his own.

When going to Teacher Ginas's research lab, he would also help do the cleaning chores that should have been hers to do, letting her stay at her desk with peace of mind researching Water Saint level magic materials.

Even other students in the same research lab, some couldn't stand her demon identity, and even more couldn't stand a rich little brat always circling her; when they spoke mockingly to her, Broly would counterattack for her.

"I just love circling around Roxy; if you have the ability, go find someone like me who can circle around you and also give you money."

The words were a bit shameful, but very satisfying; Roxy could still recall a month ago, that guy who mocked her at the exit, being topped by the boy until his face flushed red.

"You're a self-degrading guy, actually willingly lowering yourself for a demon, just like a servant; don't you feel shame?"

"Roxy, should I feel shame?"

At that time, Broly didn't answer the other's question, but refuted back to her, making her give this answer.

"The one who should truly feel shame is me; I almost took the things you silently did for me as a matter of course."

Somewhat heated, she leaned her face over, not knowing what she was thinking then, right in front of that guy who mocked her, cupped the boy's face, and actively kissed him once.

Although afterwards she said not to misunderstand, explained this was a thank-you kiss, whenever she recalled it, Roxy felt like ants were crawling on her body, the toes in her shoes would subconsciously curl up, and her cheeks would involuntarily flush with some red.

Fortunately, after that, the boy had no other reaction, still getting along with her like before, which instead let Roxy breathe a sigh of relief.

After easing for this long, Roxy recovered too, only feeling Broly was just a child, and kissing a child once wasn't anything major.

【It was my first kiss...】

Thinking of this, the demon girl's face reddened; seeing the boy take her things, not wanting to be discovered blushing, Roxy requested the boy to go get a book from that bookshelf for her.

【Don't overthink this!】

She silently told herself in her heart, and Roxy's thoughts continued drifting to the previous events.

The guy who got publicly shown up by the kiss broke down, directly saying some nasty words.

"Are you looking down on Roxy's demon identity?"

"I just look down on her, so what, damn demon!"

"Looking down is fine, but tomorrow Rene Boss will know this, know that you look down on her Number One Little Brother, Roxy Migurdia.

I think, at that time, Rene Boss will probably bring a group of burly beastmen, block you in a deserted alley, or in your single-occupancy dorm room, and then listen well to your explanation of how you look down on her."

"Ah, Rene..."

The boy spoke fox-borrowing-tiger-might words, directly making the mocking guy pale with fright.

"I didn't look down on that cat person, don't you spout nonsense!"

"This you can go explain to Rene Boss yourself, but you know what beastmen are like, unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Unless, you apologize to Roxy right now for your words just now."

"Sorry."

"Didn't hear it, didn't you eat? Speaking with such a small voice?"

"Sorry."

"Louder!"

Forcing the guy who looked down on her to apologize to her, the somewhat posturing Class Representative-like Broly, makes Roxy even now unconsciously curl her mouth corners up when she recalls it.

「Roxy, I brought the books for you. 」

At this time, Broly brought the books.

「Hey, what are you thinking about? Why do you look so happy? 」

Seeing the magic race girl's smiling expression, Broly asked curiously.

「I'm just thinking about some happy things. 」

Roxy replied.

「Can you share them with me? 」

「Uh, for me, this is something that makes me happy, but for you, it might not be, so I won't share it with you after all. 」

As she said this, the magic race girl's ears turned a little red.

「Alright then. 」

Broly did not insist.

Roxy only needed to be happy every day.

And as for himself, just watching the other person's Happiness Value grow day by day was enough to keep him in a pleasant mood.

Holding the books, looking at the bright sunlight outside the window, he said 【This is another wonderful day】, then began flipping through the books in his hands.

This was the behavior he would do while Roxy was reading—reading books together with her—because it could also make the girl across from him happy.

The quietly reading Broly did not notice that the magic race girl hiding behind the books was a bit off today.

。。。。

And there was a follow-up to what happened that day; the guy who was forced to apologize and spoke rudely to Roxy even used his final move.

「Teacher Ginas, that magic race person and that little brat named Broly aren't here to research magic at all; they're lovey-dovey every day, simply affecting other people's research mindset. I request that you kick those two bad apples out of our research team. 」

That's right; the final move was telling on them to the teacher—he was tattling to Ginas, slandering Roxy and Broly for disturbing them.

「If you can give me 5 Ranoa Gold Coins every quarter, I can consider letting you use my office for research.

But if you can't give the money, then please don't target Broly; he has made huge contributions to my magic research project. 」

「Teacher Ginas, what contribution can a little brat make? Can he read papers? Can he understand those profound magic knowledge? He……」

「He gave money—about 50 Ranoa Gold Coins, and some rare Magic Stones. If you want me to choose between you and him, I hope you don't disgrace yourself. 」

The gold content of the Sponsor—the tattling student understood this well, and immediately turned the muzzle: 「Then what about that magic race person Roxy? Teacher Ginas, you're also human; don't you hate magic race people? 」

「Whether one is of the magic race is not important here. You attacking Roxy's magic race identity isn't because she's of the magic race, but because you realize her talent is above your own.

Valen Kos, you are also a talented child, but you've used your mind in the wrong place. Facing an outstanding Junior/Underclassman, what you should think about is making yourself work harder, not attacking your classmates out of jealousy.

If you cannot realize this, I can only ask you to leave my research project. 」

From that day on, the Senior Brother named Valen Kos never bothered Roxy again.

It's just that Roxy and Broly's relationship with the other Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters in Ginas's office became that of strangers who don't invade each other's space.

No one would think of offending the magic race girl backed by a Sponsor and a Catgirl big sister, but wanting to get close was basically impossible.

。。。。

It turns out that although money isn't omnipotent, having money really lets you do as you please in most things.

Broly applied to join Ginas's research project group in order to get along better with Roxy.

Water Saint-Class Magician Ginas refused at first, but Broly gave too much.

And because Broly was there, Roxy didn't encounter too many setbacks and smoothly came into contact with various Water Saint-Class magic knowledge here.

The girl's level as a Mage kept improving during her studies, and as her knowledge increased, Roxy gradually realized some problems.

「Roxy, what's wrong? Why do you look so sighing? 」

One evening half a year later, after Roxy closed her book and sighed, Broly, who had already noticed that the girl's Happiness Value had stagnated, came over to ask about her situation.

And after more than half a year of unremitting effort, the Happiness Value of the magic race girl named Roxy Migurdia had reached 258 points.

「Broly, the more I study, the more clearly I realize my own limit as a Mage. 」

「What do you want to say? 」

「What I want to say is, my magic power as a magic race person has a limit. Even though I already know how to cast Water Saint-Class magic, I will fail to cast Water Saint-Class magic because my own magic power is insufficient. My wish is to become a Water God-Class Magician, but now I can't even cross the threshold of Water Saint-Class, I can't even become a Water Saint-Class Magician……」

Roxy sighed; in the days of being spoiled by Broly, she had already gotten used to sharing her emotions with the boy, and now she would even confide her troubles to him.

「Not enough magic power, can't become a Water Saint-Class Magician? 」

Broly scratched his head.

He, this kind of value monster, was destined not to understand the troubles of those whose values were not enough.

However, he also had a way.

「Roxy, if this matter troubles you, why not go ask Teacher Ginas? He might be able to give you good advice. 」

A word awakens the person studying alone; Roxy blinked, raised her hand and slapped her own forehead: 「I really am an idiot. When encountering problems, I don't go ask the ready-made teacher, but instead rack my brains here alone, and when I can't think of a solution, I still trouble myself on my own……」

」Thank you, Broly. If it weren't for your reminder, I might have remained such an idiot for a long time! 」

Roxy was a girl who was easily satisfied; just in a little while, her Happiness Value increased by two points, reaching two hundred and sixty.

「When casting magic, if you feel insufficient magic power, what do you do? 」

When Ginas was sought out and learned of Roxy's problem, his expression was quite subtle.

「Teacher Ginas, you can't do anything either? 」

Roxy looked at him somewhat nervously.

「Rather than saying there's no way, it's better to say the way to solve this problem is really too simple, making it hard for me to believe this is a question you would ask. 」

(Chapter End)