Teacher Tinch gulped when he saw the yellow glowing Potion inside Taisetsuna’s pot, and he slowly nodded. Before he had time to check the ingredients that were still wet and laying over the stove, she threw them inside the bottom compartment to let the brazing coal eliminate all evidence.
She then went to Nozomu’s pot, and cooled it off in an instant, while he was also throwing his used ingredients into the coal, leaving the Potions Teacher almost dying of curiosity.
As he approached, Nozomu poured his Potion into the vials, and when he handed him a small vial full of the Potion, Teacher Tinch almost fainted. “Here’s a gift for you. I think you can sell it and get a nice profit. I have a few other vials for you to judge at the end of this try-out, but this one is all yours.”
When the five people that failed exited with a gloom look on their faces, the Principal got up and spoke, “As I said in my initial speech, the next and last try-out will be the capture of a Monster or a Magical Being. Choose your Party, six members maximum. The forest is to the west, after the targets, and the mountains are in the opposite direction. In the forest, there are some Fairies, ‘Scaraar’s, Ants and ‘Ergy’. Fairies are extremely territorial and aggressive, and Ants are always hungry. The ‘Ergy’ are not dangerous alone, but they are never alone. Many people have already died from the encounter with a swarm of ‘Ergy’. ‘Scaraars’ are plain dumb but very difficult to catch because of their absurd speed and their jumps. In the Mountains, there are Orcs, Goblins, Harpies, Lamias, and last week, we saw two Drakes landing, but I am not sure if they are still there.”
Tresuria noticed the sad look on Chujitsuna’s face and said, “This one feels sorry for your pain, but you don’t know this one well enough to see her as a love interest, and perhaps you are mistakenly taking attraction for love.”“Yeah, it could be it. That is why we should start as friends and see what happens. Despite the fact I know for sure I am not mistaken, because what I know about you, I already like, and I bet the more I find out, the more I will like!”Tresuria gulped and faced forward again, trying not to look into those deep brown eyes and hypnotising smile.She focused her attention on Nozomu’s back, concentrating on his movem
When Taisetsuna and the others joined Chujitsuna Hito and Tresuria on the other side of the tree, they all saw Chujitsuna looking up at the mountain and frowning.She elbowed Tresuria and asked, “Do you see anything up there? Because the stench is making my nose want to leave my face!”“Yes, it is indeed strong. Smells like… rotten flesh? Or is it death? But it doesn’t seem to come from up there, or else the smell wouldn’t be here. It is lower, maybe…”Her eyes stopped on two big rocks that were leaning against the mountain. There was a small space between them, near the soil.
Tresuria nodded, and with a slow movement of her hands, the vines opened a passage, and they went to the corridor that led to the big open clearing.She walked carefully to the curve, with Chujitsuna Hito right behind her. With a last glance back to check if the now serious Snake-kind girl had her arrows ready, Tresuria poked her head into the clearing. She carefully aimed her green flower at one Goblin that was on the path on the plateau. The small seed hit him on the leg, and he almost fell.The other Goblins behind him grunted, annoyed by the sudden stop, and while he was rubbing his leg and wondering what that weird pain was, Chujitsuna pointed an arrow at the piece of bloody meat he was carrying over his head.Five arrows hit the meat that f
While everyone was smiling, Nozomu scratched his head. “That will be so tiring… carrying all these bodies? They are not heavy. I guess I can carry two at a time, but they are so many!”Tresuria timidly raised her hand and said, “This one can make the waggons… And… what about if Chuji made the floor slippery, and we threw the Goblins on the floor at each other? We could make a line on the intersections we crossed to get here and slide the Goblins out…”Chuji vigorously nodded. “I can do that easily! Way to go, Tresuria! We can use that with the scales and the claws as well! Let’s carry a few Goblins and each of us stops in an intersection while the others continue to the outside.
Taisetsuna raised her hand and asked, “Principal, when are the Dragons supposed to arrive?”“They normally appear by this time on that field where the targets were. Are you sure you and your Party want to face them? You are all covered in blood, and you seem too tired and almost ready to faint from tiredness.”She took a few vials of Healing Potion from her bag, distributed them among her friends, and gulped down half a vial, feeling her body full of energy and Magic again.While the others were also drinking their Potions, she smiled at the Principal and said, “We are not tired. Those Goblins were just a nice warm-up. We just need a few minutes to put the waggons somewhere, and we will be good to go.” Nozomu poked the big, hard nose in front of him and said, “The problem is, you can’t kill me like that, because we are here to fight you. According to your old promise, you and your blue friend over there like to come to this Academy every year to put fear in the hearts of the new students. And if a student or a Party of students defeated you, you would both forever be their loyal servants.”The big Dragon made a weird grimace with his big, enormous mouth and answered, “As if! You and your friends will be lucky enough to survive for ten minutes to get the points to enter the Academy! If you want to fight us, it means this is your last chance to enter, because you failed all the tests.”“That is where you are wrong, you stupid, bad-smelling lizard! We already have the three points needed. We just want to The Amazing Sidekick Chapter 61.1 – Fighting the Dragons – part 2
Hinotsume had a slight frown on his massive forehead when he asked, “That means you don’t want to fly with me? Well, it seems it is just your friends, then.”“Hey! I didn’t say that! I just… Holy moly, put your mouth away, man! I am about to throw up! What the heck did you eat? Go eat some fruits or vegetables!”“Stop talking about my breath, will you? I ate one Drake this morning that was attacking a village to the north of here! It is not my fault that Drake’s meat has a weird smell! You should thank me for eating that Drake, you know? I helped a bunch of meat sacs like you that live in that village!”Nozomu crossed his arms over his chest and spoke, “Again with the meat sac? You lack manners, lizard. Maybe I shoul