The Blue-Haired Girl, Roxy, Was a Mature Adult

Today was the once-every-seven-days private tutor meeting held for Alice.

As the teacher responsible for arithmetic and literacy, Cui Ciyou attended alongside swordsmanship instructor Ghislaine Dedoldia and etiquette teacher Edna Latkia.

The three of them gathered in the reception room of the Boreas estate to carefully analyze Alice's academic progress over the past week, changes in her interest in learning, and her overall learning condition.

Based on that, they would jointly plan and adjust the direction and specific content of her lessons for the coming week and beyond.

Since Cui Ciyou had transmigrated into this world, this had become a rather important fixed part of his daily routine.

The morning sun streamed through the carved window frames, casting mottled patterns of light and shadow across the polished floor.

Cui Ciyou carefully straightened the black outfit he wore, one suited to the style of this other world.

He had decided to store away his old black hoodie, just like Kazuma from the world of KonoSuba, and stop washing and wearing it, keeping it as a memento instead.

Cui Ciyou reached out and grasped the doorknob.

He gently pushed open the grand oak door to the reception room.

However, the moment the door swung inward—

The expected sight of an empty reception room, or one occupied only by busy maids, did not appear.

Instead, the petite back of a completely unfamiliar blue-haired figure dressed in a mage's robe unexpectedly entered Cui Ciyou's view.

The blue-haired mage sat with her back to the door on an elegant sofa covered with red velvet cushions.

She seemed to be completely ignoring the cup of red tea on the low table before her, steam still curling from it.

Her head was slightly lowered, as though she were carefully studying the intricate, luxurious vintage patterns on the sofa's armrest.

At the soft sound of the heavy oak door opening, the petite blue-haired figure jolted like a startled deer in the forest.

She hurriedly rose from the sofa and swiftly turned around.

The blue-haired mage immediately gave the doorway a deep bow, looking so nervous that she did not know what to do with herself.

Her movements were so rushed that she nearly tripped and fell.

"H-Hello, n-nice to meet you!"

Her voice carried barely concealed nervousness, and she stumbled slightly over her words.

"I-I'm Roxy Migurdia."

"I-I'm here to apply for the position of private tutor to Lady Alice, the daughter of the lord of Fittoa!"

As the blue-haired mage awkwardly introduced herself, she instinctively straightened her slightly disheveled mage's robe.

Her water-blue eyes, as clear as a lake, swiftly glanced at Cui Ciyou.

Then, like a startled fawn, she immediately lowered her gaze shyly, looking down at her dainty little leather boots.

"I-I graduated from the renowned Ranoa Magic University. I majored in offensive water magic, and I've already reached Saint-level... I'm a Water Saint-level mage."

"At the same time, my earth, fire, and wind magic have also reached advanced level."

"And my healing magic is at intermediate level as well."

Roxy introduced herself eagerly. She slightly puffed out her small chest, and her voice rose a little.

But she quickly seemed to remember something and hastily added:

"Um... p-please don't judge me by how I look... I'm really not a child!"

"I-I'm a mature adult! It's just because... well, of my race."

"Our Migurdia race stops growing in appearance after the age of fourteen..."

Cui Ciyou quietly watched the blue-haired girl who called herself Roxy.

She introduced herself in such a clumsy yet utterly earnest manner.

The faint light of dawn filtered through the window and softly fell over Roxy.

Roxy's long water-blue hair had been carefully braided into two delicate plaits that hung obediently over her chest.

Under the light, her hair gave off a soft, captivating sheen, a dreamlike color that was neither quite blue nor quite green.

Roxy's skin possessed the pale whiteness of someone who had lived indoors for a long time and rarely seen sunlight, so delicate that the thin bluish veins beneath it could be clearly seen.

She wore a pair of fitted long boots, while her body was clad in an elegantly old-fashioned mage's robe.

The edges of the robe were adorned with simple yet mysterious magic patterns.

A broad wizard's hat, large enough to cover most of her face, made her already petite figure appear even more delicate.

Most distinctive of all were Roxy's eyes.

They were water-blue, yet they habitually narrowed slightly, making her look somewhat aloof.

That gave her already fair and exquisite little face an additional air of coolness and inaccessibility.

A loli, half-lidded eyes, aloof... just like Rudeus described.

Cui Ciyou's heart seemed to skip a beat at that moment.

The image of the blue-haired girl before him overlapped with the figure on his shattered phone screen when he had transmigrated.

Roxy Migurdia, Cui Ciyou murmured inwardly.

Teacher Roxy?

In the original story of Jobless Reincarnation, it was this very Teacher Roxy who dispelled the trauma of the protagonist Rudeus Greyrat's past-life bullying.

It was also Roxy who personally taught Rudeus the mysteries of magic.

She opened the door to a whole new world for Rudeus and was the most important teacher to enlighten him in his life.

A mage who appeared aloof on the outside, yet was incomparably gentle inside and filled with an endless thirst for knowledge.

Yet she often felt inferior because of her race and petite appearance.

It really was Roxy.

A living, breathing Roxy stood before him just like that, without any warning, vividly and truly.

Although this was not the first time Cui Ciyou had encountered an important character from the original work in this world.

Because the person before him was her—Roxy.

Cui Ciyou truly felt an indescribable, fantastical impact, as if fantasy and reality had completely intertwined.

Cui Ciyou could clearly feel his mind going slightly numb at that moment, and even his breathing seemed to grow heavier.

A mature adult? Cui Ciyou silently repeated Roxy's somewhat stubborn defense in his heart.

Still, with that slightly oversized mage's robe and your overly petite little body—you really look like a middle schooler.

That line about being a 'mature adult' sounds particularly unconvincing.

How should I put it? You give me the feeling of a daughter secretly wearing her mother's clothes.

Thinking that, Cui Ciyou laughed silently to himself.

His gaze could not help but linger quietly over Roxy.