Chapter 39: Summoned
"Your first beast?"
Lady, I’m not a—
Before he could say anything, the girl chucked her staff to the side and leapt at Kalon as though she were hugging a dog.
He fell over, and the girl landed on top of him.
Her breasts, which were surprisingly soft for something made of ice, pressed against him.
He could feel the cold radiating from her body as her face hovered inches from his.
Up close, he could see that her icy skin genuinely sparkled. Her icicle-blue eyes stared deeply into his.
"Sifa, doesn’t he look similar to us?" one of the other students said.
"He does... fuck, he must be an A-rank summon at least!" the other replied.
Sifa didn’t respond at first. She was too busy staring at Kalon with her wide, curious eyes.
She reached up and touched his face.
Then she pinched his cheeks.
"No, this is S-Rank. I can feel it!"
After making that declaration, Sifa climbed off Kalon and dusted off her light-blue uniform.
Tiny shards of ice fell from it and landed on the grass.
Kalon remained on the ground, deep in thought.
He had been thrown into a situation, and now he knew he had to make the right decisions if he wanted to make the most of it.
He looked into the distance behind the three students.
There, looming in the background, stood a grand building made entirely of ice. From its design, and the circumstances, it was clearly an academy.
「Not just any academy, Host, but the Academy of Summoning. One of the five academies on Planet Cryos, whose aim is to develop students until they are strong enough to fight against the Ice Horde.」
Ice Horde?
...
「I have already said enough.」
Just as Kalon was about to curse the system, another notification appeared before him.
[New Mission: Have a look at Sifa’s naked body.]
﹂Reward: SSS-Rank Passive Skill
...
As he read the quest, Kalon’s mind was thrust into action.
There was no time to act clueless and nervous. That was too similar to his old self.
If he wanted to make an impact on this planet and earn these skills, he needed to be confident.
Or at least pretend to be.
Kalon pushed himself to his feet and dusted off his clothes.
As he did, the three academy students watched him.
It was as though they were waiting for him to do something.
The problem was, Kalon didn’t know what.
「Space Seducer System Tip!」
Summoners expect their summons to swear fealty upon arrival. The method used determines the nature of the summon.
...
I see.
At that moment, Kalon came up with an idea.
He walked over to the one known as Sifa, making sure not to slip on the ice.
The girl looked nervous, and even her friends watched anxiously, waiting to see what this summon would do.
When Kalon stopped in front of her, he realised they were the same height.
Her icy eyes stared directly into his as she clutched her staff tightly against her chest, holding it between her breasts.
Kalon reached forwards...
And gently took one of her hands in his.
It was translucent, with a pale blue-white colour much like her hair.
It was also cold.
Kalon lifted her hand to his lips and gently kissed the back of it.
A gasp escaped the lips of the other two students, as though they couldn’t believe what they were seeing.
Please don’t hit me... Please don’t hit me...
When Kalon looked back up at Sifa, he didn’t know what expression she would be wearing.
What he saw made him relax.
Her face had begun to blush. Tiny droplets of sparkling water trickled down her cheeks before dripping from her chin onto her academy uniform.
The staff in her other hand was clutched even tighter against her chest.
Her icy eyes struggled to meet his.
"Oh my god, Sifa. Are summons meant to be so..."
"Gentlemanly," the other student finished.
"I... I don’t know," Sifa replied as her summon finally let go of her hand.
Before anyone could speak again, a great bell rang out from the academy three times.
"Shit! Curfew," one of the students cursed. "Just when things were starting to get good."
"Now Sifa gets to bring him back to her room," the other said with a cheeky grin. "Meanwhile, all I have is a stupid Frost Wolf."
Sifa blushed again, causing even more sparkling droplets to melt from her face.
"G-guys..."
"I’ll see you later, Sifa!" the two students called in unison before running across the field towards the academy.
That left Kalon standing alone with Sifa.
The girl nervously twirled a strand of her icy-blue hair around her finger.
Kalon didn’t say anything.
If he was a summon, he would act like a summon.
Waiting until he was spoken to was probably the safest decision.
"W-we should head back to my dormitory and acquaint ourselves properly. It will give me a chance to figure out how strong you are... Is that okay with you?"
A question.
Kalon was finally able to speak.
"That is fine with me."
Sifa’s eyes widened, and her lips parted.
"You can talk?!"
It seemed that it was common for summons to understand their summoner’s speech, but uncommon for them to speak it themselves.
Well, the act’s up now.
Kalon nodded.
"Yes, I can."
He kept his words simple for now.
Sifa scratched her head, clearly surprised and confused.
Just what was this beast that she had summoned?
"Well then... This will be interesting. Okay, let’s go."
...
Sifa led Kalon across the frozen field and eventually towards the academy castle.
It was bustling with activity from aliens with icy skin.
Since it was curfew, everyone seemed to be hurrying towards the dormitory section of the castle, which meant he mostly went unnoticed.
Those who did notice him probably mistook him for one of their own, as it was now growing dark.
What threw Kalon off the most, however, were the summons walking behind their summoners.
At one point, he even spotted what looked to be a miniature frost dragon, just like the creatures spoken of in myths.
...
Eventually, they arrived at a door made of dark-blue wood in a corridor lined with identical doors.
Sifa took out a key, unlocked the door, and stepped inside, whilst Kalon remained outside.
Only when the girl turned back and gestured for him to enter did he nervously follow her inside.