I Became The Academy Necromancer
Chapter 371: Side Story - Findenai’s Dominance

“Ugh, why is it so noisy?”

Findenai, who had apparently been sleeping until now, came out scratching her messy hair.

Having woken up around lunchtime after drinking heavily yesterday, she glared at us with a frown.

[Don’t you dare to pick a fight with me! I’m feeling down right now!]

[Should I counsel you, senior?]

[No!]

Despite her outburst, she clung to Stella and acted spoiled, making me think their senior-junior relationship had reversed.

Well, I would leave the Dark Spiritualist to Stella for now.

“Ah, I’m hungry.”

Findenai, who had only washed her face roughly, started rummaging through the kitchen, complaining about being hungry.

She probably thought today would be another ordinary day, but unfortunately, I had something to say to Findenai.

“Findenai, listen while you eat.”

Chewing on a stale piece of bread with a disgusted expression, Findenai glanced at me.

Sensing something serious in my tone, she listened attentively, still holding the bread in her mouth.

“You drank more than half of the alcohol we bought yesterday by yourself.”

“You’re not going to scold me for that, are you? You have a lot of money, don’t you?”

“It’s not about the money.”

I could buy her as much as she wanted, but the problem was that she had turned to alcohol as a substitute after I told her not to smoke.

“Be honest. How many cigarettes have you been smoking a day lately?”

I hadn’t been managing the supplies myself, so I hadn’t noticed, but it was clear that the number of times Findenai smokes has increased.

Perhaps she was feeling it herself, as she hesitated to answer. But then, Stella spoke up from behind.

[The cigarettes we bought from Iceburn are almost gone. They should’ve lasted two weeks.]

“Sigh.”

That only meant Findenai’s cigarette consumption had skyrocketed. Since I told her not to smoke, she had turned to alcohol instead.

In the past, she could quit for a while without issue.

But not now. The difference between then and now was…

“It’s too peaceful.”

She flinched and gave a bitter smile.

“For someone like you, who has lived a life of constant struggle, this peaceful life feels almost unnatural. That’s why you naturally reach for things like cigarettes.”

She had nothing to do. Tending to the garden was nothing to Findenai now.

To pass the time, her hands naturally reached for cigarettes, and since that was forbidden, it was only natural that she turned to alcohol instead.

Although to resist something, you need to forget it, Findenai had too much free time. Hence, Findenai couldn’t help but think about it every now and then.

“But don’t worry too much, Master Bastard. My body’s still tough as hell.”

Findenai forced a smile and pointed at herself with her thumb.

Sure, Findenai has hosted the Mountain Lord in her body, so it was no longer a human body, but…

“You know that’s not what I’m worried about.”

Instead of her body, I was worried more about her mind, like an alcoholic or a chain smoker.

Smoking or drinking occasionally was fine. But now, it was too much.

“I don’t want to see you ruin yourself depending on alcohol or cigarettes.”

I gently caress her hand, which lies on the dining table. Perhaps my sincerity reached her, as she lowered her head, realizing the gravity of the situation.

However, there was no immediate solution.

“But I can’t just go back to a life of constant struggle, right? Honestly, isn’t a life reliant on cigarettes or alcohol better than one soaked in the stench of blood?”

“If I had to choose, I guess so. But neither is great.”

It seemed this discussion would take a while, so I thought we should have some coffee to clear our heads.

“Should I make some?”

“You’re not serious, are you?”

“Sometimes I feel like splitting your head open, Master Bastard.”

Leaving Findenai clenched her fist and gave a chilling smile behind me, I started making coffee.

Then, a strange sound came from the living room.

[So, his fingers just went in and started moving around.]

[Hieek!]

[At first, it hurt a lot. But as time went on…]

What were they talking about?

Stella was carefully explaining what had happened yesterday while the Dark Spiritualist sat on the sofa, attentively listening with Fluffy IV in her arms.

I thought about stopping them but decided to pretend I didn’t hear and handed Findenai the coffee.

“Mine’s not that different.”

Findenai muttered incredulously as she sipped her coffee. We continued the conversation we had paused earlier.

While making the coffee, I had thought of something.

“In my world, there were ways to quit. One of them was immersing yourself in other things.”

There were plenty of options like exercising, snacking, or picking up a hobby.

“Why don’t you try picking up a hobby?”

Tending the garden wasn’t something Findenai did because she enjoyed it but because she was helping me, given my physical limitations.

Now that I already had a mental body, I could do it myself, leaving Findenai with even more free time.

“A hobby? Hah, a hobby.”

Seeing her struggle to grasp the idea, I elaborated.

“You can pick something you enjoy or find fun as a hobby.”

“Then smashing people’s heads was my hobby, I guess? I was pretty good at it, too.”

“…”

I just stared at her, and feeling the weight of my gaze, she waved her hand and replied.

“Oh, do you think I had time for that? I was fighting like hell as a resistance member, then ended up as your maid, swinging my axe around like crazy to save the continent again. When would I have had time for hobbies?”

“That’s true.”

“Sports? Where would I find opponents? Even if I did, could they keep up with me?”

“…”

I imagined Findenai playing soccer or basketball, but it was easy to picture her plowing through opponents like a tank.

“Should I read books? Me? Are you serious?”

Findenai reading books? It didn’t suit her at all, and I couldn’t even imagine it.

I heard she had read some novels before, but they were adult novels.

“Gardening is so fucking boring. Hunting? Even if I tried, I’d finish it in three minutes, even if the animals were on the other side of the mountain.”

Hunting?

“What if you put restrictions on hunting?”

“Restrictions?”

“Hunt animals using only magic guns like Deia does. That way, it’ll take you more time, too.”

“…That’s true.”

She should be able to handle a gun since she was from the Clark Republic. Findenai seemed to think it wasn’t a bad idea and started pondering.

After all, getting a gun would be easy here in the Clark Republic. Compared to charging in with an axe, using a gun would require more caution, calculating range, and staying hidden, which would demand more focus.

“Why bother when I can just grab my axe and finish it quickly?”

“If you set your own rules, you’ll feel a sense of accomplishment.”

“Really?”

Findenai was too strong right now. She was so strong that whatever she did ended too easily.

It was necessary to engage in active behavior while imposing restrictions on oneself.

A silence fell As Findenai rested her chin on her hand and seriously considered my words.

[So something this big went inside!]

Stella was still going on in the living room, using her hands to illustrate the size of my thing.

[Hyaaa!]

The Dark Spiritualist shook her head in amazement. Encouraged by her reaction, Stella continued.

[It moves around here and there, taps up and down, and even moves as if it’s scratching, you know?]

[Hieeeek!]

[But in the end, no matter what, it gets completely filled up, so at first, it hurts so, so, so much! But who am I? I’m the Saintess who even endured the torture of demons!]

[Ooooh!]

[It was no problem for me. But then, he started moving his hips…!]

Stella was gesturing dramatically, telling her story like an epic tale, while the Dark Spiritualist and Fluffy IV listened intently.

Fluffy IV didn’t understand but seemed entertained by Stella’s exaggerated gestures.

As a Saintess, Stella must have been used to telling stories to children, but Seeing her use that talent to recount her first experience gave me… a strange feeling.

Should I stop them?

Just as I was about to intervene, Findenai grabbed my wrist.

At some point, she had also been listening to Stella’s story, her gaze fixed in that direction.

“Ah, right.”

She slowly turned her head, a look of realization on her face as she stared at me.

“If I can immerse myself in something, that’ll work. Instead of alcohol and cigarettes…”

A bad feeling crept over me, and of course, it became a reality.

“It will be fine if we have sex, right?”

“Are you insane?”

I cursed at her without thinking, but Findenai was dead serious.

“Why not? We’re practically married. We did it just the other day.”

“No, it’s not that… You’re saying you’ll have sex with me whenever you feel like smoking or drinking.”

“What’s the problem with that?”

“Sigh, I’ll get dragged into it. Every time you feel like it, I’ll have to go along.”

“Oh, come on.”

Findenai crossed her arms and smiled. For some reason, she seemed particularly strong today.

“Why am I quitting cigarettes? Because you told me to.”

“…”

“Why am I not drinking? Because you told me not to.”

“I did that for your sake.”

“Exactly. So I’m quitting. And since I want to quit, help me out.”

I wanted to argue, but I had no counter. Everything she said was true.

Since I was the one who made her quit, I had a responsibility to help her.

Did she sense that from my expression?

She smirked and approached me.

“Ah, I really want a cigarette.”

“…”

“But I can’t smoke.”

Suddenly, Findenai grabbed my lower half and whispered with a smile.

“Take off your pants, you bastard.”

And that…

Was the beginning of Findenai’s three-day dominance.

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