[Tensura] I Was a Doctor, But Reincarnated as a Dragon? Chapter 61 61: Field Trip

"Hahaha, you kids are as lively as ever. Here, a present."

"Woooow, you're the best!!!"

I already had plenty of advance training in how to handle children thanks to Milim. Kids generally had strong preferences for fun things and tasty things.

"Vertis? What about work today?"

"Luckily, there weren't any seriously injured patients, so I finished quickly."

Vertis smiled as she answered Shizu, who was calling her by a nickna. Thanks to the existence of potions, the monster ranking system introduced by Yuuki, and the way monsters were being kept under control in Tempest, Rimuru's country, the number of injured people had dropped a lot. Most of the people who ca in only had minor injuries at worst, like scraped knees from tripping while walking.

That day, instead of their usual lessons inside the Free Academy, they decided to go around Ingrasia. In other words, it was a field trip.

"Places with lots of people are where it's easiest to get lost, so stay in line and follow properly. And if so strange person offers you candy, don't go with them..."

"Co on~ Do you think we're little kids?"

"You are little kids. And just so you know, the ones who listen to will get this!!"

Speaking nothing but the truth, Vertis marshaled the children with the efficiency of a kindergarten teacher leading a class. What she pulled out was none other than the pie that shared affection.

As they went around various parts of Ingrasia while keeping the children in order, they happened to run into knights from the Western Holy Church.

Seeing the knights in their splendid armor and capes, Kenya's eyes sparkled with dreams of becoming a strong, cool knight. Chloe also owned a picture book with the captain of the holy knights in it.

"You are... from this country's branch, I think... but where is the teacher leading them?"

"Ah, right here..."

"Hm?! Could you possibly be Izawa Shizue, the Ruler of Scorching Fla?!"

One of the soldiers recognized Shizu. As expected, soone who had made a na for herself as an adventurer really was different. Ah, of course, the knights knew Rimuru too. The only difference was...

"Isn't that the kid who was on the lost child announcent a few days ago?"

"No, he was the one leading that suspicious group of four..."

"Y-you've got the wrong person."

Rimuru couldn't even raise his head from embarrassnt. That suspicious group of four probably ant Kaval, Gido, and Eren, right? Just where had those idiots been going and what had they been doing?

Leaving behind a eting that was awkward for so and humiliating for others, they were just about to move on to the next place when—

"Huh...? Where are Chloe and Ryota?"

When they looked around, Chloe and Ryota had slipped out of the line. For a mont, it seed possible they had gotten lost, but they had definitely been moving with them until just a little while ago. If that was the case, then...

"Co to think of it... it's close by, isn't it?"

As if she had thought of a likely place, Vertis started walking down the opposite street, and the place they arrived at was a bakery. It was a famous pastry shop run by an otherworlder.

"Excuse . Have you happened to see a black-haired boy and a girl carrying a book?"

When she carefully opened the door, Chloe and Ryota were inside, both looking a little dazed. From what they said, they had followed the sll of bread from the shop all the way to the bakery, then gotten startled when Mr. Yoshida absentmindedly ca out holding a kitchen knife. In contrast to his gentle face, he had a very well-trained body and a shaved head, so to soone who didn't know him, he definitely looked frightening enough.

"I thought I was gonna pee myself!"

"...I kind of did."

Ignoring Chloe's words with deliberate effort, Vertis started talking with Mr. Yoshida. Apparently, it was a business discussion about whether she could buy flour and sugar for making bread at a sowhat cheaper price. Just as Rimuru was trying to do business with potions, Vertis was also selling spices and similar goods made in her own country to various nations for the highest price possible.

As history had shown with spices like pepper and sugar once being symbols of wealth and power, spices were traded at extrely high prices. Thanks to the extravagant spending of royalty and nobles, our country had been able to easily amass great wealth through the spice trade, along with its casinos.

"You're the one who makes cream puffs, right?"

"Oh? You know about them? That makes happy. But unfortunately, today is my regular day off, so I don't have any cream puffs."

"Ehhhhhh~~"

The children couldn't hide their disappointnt at Mr. Yoshida's words.

"Well, since you've co all this way, would you like to try so experintal cake instead? It's a chiffon cake made from rice. The texture is quite nice..."

"Yay!!!"

Maybe because it was made from rice, it had a texture that felt a bit like chewing rice cake.

Ti passed, and after leaving Mr. Yoshida's shop, the children returned to the Free Academy by way of a street lined with display windows. It seed they had enjoyed the day quite a lot, because they fell asleep almost imdiately. Shizu and Rimuru sent each of them off to their rooms.

"Looking after kids isn't easy, is it?"

"Tell about it. Everyone treats like a child, and sure, I really am short, but at heart I'm thirty..."

After sending all the children back to their rooms, Vertis chatted with Rimuru in his room after he had returned to sli form.

"Still, I think you're cute like that too."

At Vertis's casual words, Rimuru's face turned bright red. Rimuru had all kinds of immunities, but since he'd never had any romantic experience in his previous life, he had absolutely no resistance in that area.

"W-what are you saying...? Still, it's rewarding work."

"Right? I think so too."

After that, she told him about Tempest while he had been away. At present, there were no problems in Tempest due to Rimuru's absence. According to what my parallel existence said after hearing reports from the subordinates, a suspicious trio had brought along a suspicious rchant, Youm had stopped by Tempest and then left right away while Rimuru was gone, and Spear, one of the Three Beastketeers, had co to visit Tempest without saying a word. Oh, and Gabiru had nearly died too.

"Wait, that last one sounds really dangerous, doesn't it?!"

"Don't worry. Gabiru was doing a life-risking demonstration sale."

After chatting a little longer, Vertis went back to my clinic.

"Ah... co to think of it, I should've told him that the Western Holy Church's recent movents have been unusual..."

According to a spy's report, that Hinata Sakaguchi had started making moves within the Western Holy Church. If the one called the right hand of the absolute god Luminas was on the move, there was no way that could be good news for monsters.

Well... if it cos down to it, I can handle it myself... For now, maybe later I'll take the kids and go visit Ramiris...

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