Chapter 138: Vacation!
"Vacation!"
No one disliked vacations, and naturally, Noble Academy's students were no exception.
Especially Haruka, who had accidentally let Ash see her mock exam papers, then received his unsolicited tutoring and successfully passed her final exams with excellent grades. She had practically shed tears of gratitude.
He had gone on about how, as a Princess, she had to achieve grades worthy of her reputation, then rushed over to become her tutor—but heaven knew Ash had absolutely no talent for teaching! And Haruka truly did not miss his pure cramming-style education at all! No matter how effective it was, she did not like it!
"Puff~ It's been so long! Let me hug you~"
Even the fairies had been forbidden from daily fumo-ing and contact on the grounds that she needed to focus on studying. Heaven knew it! She had not suffered this much even when fighting Fortress of Despair!
"I missed Haruka too! Hahaha! That tickles, Puff~"
So, after being forced to chew through exam papers with no time at all to play with the fairies, she could finally indulge herself in their fluffy fur now that it was over.
"As expected of royal fairies, they're so soothing to hold!"
"Puff, you can't be so rude—ah, why are you holding me too, Aroma?!"
Since both Haruka and the arriving Ash were rather fond of the fairies' fluffiness, each of them "grabbed" a fairy and started petting them.
Holding the immobile Aroma in his hand, Ash had nothing better to do and even began counting his feathers.
"Most fairies are beloved by the world. It's only natural that they feel like this to the touch."
Unfortunately, by the time he had arrived in his own world, its fairies had already been wiped out completely, literally all dead from some