Reincarnated as a Farmer Gamer: Rising to the Top with the Evolution of the Weakest Job that Only I Know About!? - 59.1

Before heading to Lord Evanes’s place, I lay in bed thinking about the young lady.

The contract with the knight princess lasts until her graduation. Moreover, it is a contract with her father, the lord, not with her.

A special contract cannot be canceled midway, and if it is to be, either I or the young lady must die. If the young lady dies outside the mansion, I will die with her.

I haven’t told Lisa, but I feel that Lord Evanes has somehow sensed it.

After all, his manner of speaking seemed to indicate he knew a lot about the human race in this world… especially the nobility.

At that moment, my shadow wavered, and Pochi appeared.

Pochi emerged from my shadow of his own will… or rather, could he do that? Until now, he had never moved a claw from the shadow without my orders.

“Pochi? What’s up?”

“Woof.”

“……I see. So you’ve finally moved.”

“Woof.”

“Thanks for letting me know.”

I patted Pochi.

Pochi, still with his face showing, once again came out of the room of his own will.

Then Pochi’s whole body wavered in a mysterious manner――――and he sank into the ground, becoming a shadow. It was as if he was moving like my [Shadow Movement].

“Pochi… have you… evolved?”

“Woof.”

I see. He can talk in that shadow state.

“So this state is different from the one when he’s always inside me?”

“Woof!”

“I see… Understood. How long can you maintain this state?”

“Woof.”

“Seriously… So if you don’t move or possess someone’s shadow, you can stay like this indefinitely… Haha… I’m finally beginning to understand what Lord Evanes meant when he said Pochi was a big hit.”

Lisa’s familiar also seems like quite a hit. Despite its massive body exceeding even Pochi’s in sheer force, it can fly and, contrary to its appearance, is very durable. It’s so tough that it’s questionable if it can even be pierced by my Black Days.

While it has advantages over Pochi in strength, Pochi surpasses it completely in speed. Considering this, our Pochi is a familiar specialized in speed and attack. It’s performance is just like my [Reaper] series skills.

“Pochi. Sorry, but… could you protect the young lady?”

“Woof.”

“Ah. Don’t worry.”

I patted Pochi, who had shown his face from the shadow again, and he left as a shadow.

I then left the men’s dormitory and walked slowly outside the royal capital.

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In fact, it’s been a while since I walked alone at night.

The blue light of the moon from the sky illuminated the darkness, and the forest wrapped in silence was filled only with the distant sound of swaying trees and moving leaves.

I arrived at a place quite far from the castle walls surrounding the royal capital, close to the eastern forest.

“How about coming out soon?”

In response to my voice, a woman appeared from the shadows of the trees ahead.

“You noticed after all.”

“Yeah. It’s kind of nostalgic, isn’t it?――――Rin.”

“Yes. We were together every day in Emblam, but now I hardly have any time with you.”

“Sorry about that. Did you sulk because of it?”

“…………”

She slowly drew two black daggers.

“Is that your real weapon?”

“Yes. I’ve never shown it before.”

“That’s a pity. I thought of you as a comrade, Rin.”

“…………Beryl-kun. I have never thought of you as a comrade!”

Under the slightly chilly night sky, her murderous intent, which grew colder as the temperature dropped, was genuine.

The two short daggers resembling demon swords with black auras rose up, mercilessly slashing at me.

With Durandeis in my right hand and Black Days in my left, I blocked her daggers.

“Too bad. This is the true form I haven’t shown!”

Skill [Executioner].

It’s like an old friend or companion who has supported me for many years in my previous life.

“…!”