69 – 69. Festival (8)
Today is the day Tembris is recognized as an official team.
The formation of the team was approved as the three members’ participation in the subjugation and sweeping of Canola Island and the remaining two members’ defense of Osoptera made a great contribution.
Goden, standing in the position of team leader, gathers all the members and informs them of the fact, and all members celebrate with a toast.
Even coincidentally, even the festival overlaps.
It was as if they were going to bless their team formation.
But who would have predicted that?
On this fine day, the time to drink a toast and laugh would only last for a few minutes.
Yes. Instead of enjoying the current festival, the atmosphere was clouded by a clash of opinions.
‘Oh… How did this happen?’
The atmosphere wasn’t too bad until I said that I had been promoted to the official team.
The turning point of this rapid air flow was a suggestion that the team leader, Goden, brought up soon after.
“I’m sorry. I guess I should have said it more carefully. I just made the kids feel bad on a good day.”
That suggestion was not wrong.
Seeing the team leader handing him an apology as if it was his fault, Michelle couldn’t help but listen.
“No. Goden, actually…!”
“Michelle, go there.”
“…Senia.”
Senia shakes her head, saying that she is sorry for Michelle.
It’s a fact that only the two of them should know, and a fact that must be hidden for him as well.
It was to deny Goden’s self-reproach and hide the true identity of someone Michelle was trying to bring out.
With a mixed heart, respecting Senia’s words, Michelle swallowed the words she wanted to say.
Actually, Senia doesn’t want to stop Michelle either. However, she is only enduring it because this side is the right decision when judged rationally.
In a way, Senia herself was the first to know about that fact, so she endured her itchy mouth more than anyone else.
Charlotte also seemed frustrated, not sure why.
Her youngest member, who maintained the closest relationship among her members, left for the first time, saying that she was tired during the middle like today.
This alone is very unusual.
Although she looks mature on the outside and is a grown-up child, Charlotte is still a child who will receive plenty of affection from the other team members.
The fact that the maknae, who was happy for every second of the time she spent with the other members, told her that she wanted to go back a bit earlier today meant that there was some sort of emotional change.
Then, for those who have just been promoted to the official team, why the hell did such a cloudy atmosphere form from the first day, on the day of the festival?
That’s because of one person.
It wasn’t until everyone heard his name that Goden had noticed and wanted to recruit him.
“Is Junon such a troublesome kid…? Hmmm…”
Goden, who had an ignorant face, said that and touched his chin.
The three who knew what kind of person Junon was and voted in favor of him were people who knew that there was nothing wrong with him.
On the other hand, Erica felt like she was going to explode when she protested the team leader’s comments about Junon’s offer to join.
‘It’s him again.’
A failing student who was pointed at as the weakest avant-garde and the idiot of class E not too long ago because he couldn’t use even a mediocre magic.
The only thing he has is blocking magic, but even that is ambiguous, so that avant-garde is only a nuisance here and there.
The most incompetent and repulsive man in Thembris, who eventually lost even his strength completely and became a burden, holding on to the ankles of others.
This time again, Junon is plotting to set foot in Thembris somehow.
‘That must have been all acting. Now you’re revealing your true colors, Junon.’
Not too long ago, he stopped her from entering the party without knowing what he was breathing into Michelle.
At this point, I only thought he would have given up on his thoughts when he saw his reaction.
He didn’t seem to want to come to Thembris whether he knew the subject or he felt guilty and didn’t care.
But what? As soon as the name Junon popped up today, I immediately raised my voice.
To bring the guy who incited the death of a party member back to Thembris, the hope of this duchy. That is nonsense.
Junon. If they knew what the damn bastard was going to do in the future, no one else, let alone Goden, would have kept their mouth shut.
Erica lamented that, of all things, she was the only person in Thembris who knew this.
‘Ha. If at least one person knew, I would have cut off the conversation rather than delaying it.’
Today, it seemed that some of the members were taking Junon’s side.
To accept an outsider as a team member without thinking. At least the trash man could have come into Thembris once again.
I kicked off the table, raised my voice, and recited the principles of the team, emphasizing my opposition, but there were too many votes in favor. Three ignorant people agreed.
‘Still, I’m glad Aris bought me some time.’
The three people who agreed to join Junon on the team might have had their breath, but fortunately, it didn’t look like Aris.
Aris laid the grounds that Junon had not yet been clearly verified in terms of his ability, and that he was a person with insufficient information.
Moreover, the crucial thing is that Tembris is a team that accepts people who have a certain goal and need to achieve it.
Unless you don’t know what Junon’s purpose is, it’s difficult to accept it right away, and the crucial thing is to ask if the person concerned will come in.
If Aris hadn’t intervened in this way, she would have suffered a disaster due to the trio not being neutral today.
In the end, it was fortunate that everyone decided to disband, saying we’ll talk about it later today.
Anyway, there is still time.
“…? What’s up, Erica?”
“I have something to tell you, Aris.”
It wouldn’t be unreasonable if Aris, who was standing in neutral, told the truth and somehow got her to vote against it.
***
Even her colleagues rarely come to her dormitory, except for Charlotte, who has become sullen that others have gone without leaving her alone.
Then there must be a reason why Erica came all the way here.
For example, how do you feel about accepting Junon as the new member we talked about today? Whether
‘I need to be more careful about this part.’
Because if you’re not careful, Junon might leak in a direction you don’t want.
Now that Erica has been brought into her room, she intends to control the sparks for no reason.
“Erika, I only have green tea and black tea. Which one would you like?”
“Just give me cold water. It kind of heats up inside.”
“Okay.”
I could hear the rattling sound of the cups, the drinks were ready, and the refreshments were also placed.
Of course, Erica didn’t care about that. She said that she was on fire. As soon as she received the cold water, she just gulped.
Her voice was loud and uncharacteristic of a schoolgirl, and Erica, who had taken the heat from her body, opened her mouth.
“Aris. What do you think of this incident?”
“What happened?”
“Today, Goden suddenly accepts a new team member.”
Seeing that Erica came all the way here, I wondered if she might have wanted to have a conversation like that… It was the correct answer.
Seeing herself delaying her reply, Erica started shooting her words out in frustration.
“Don’t you think it’s strange? Since when did our team accept new members so easily?! Aris, you’re the newest member, so you know it well!”
“…”
“It was like that when you faced Goden directly to prove your skills, and don’t you remember how Senia tackled you when you joined? What kind of skepticism do you feel about the reality of the principality? Ignoring you as a commoner without a status You had to confirm it by talking about it until the time you were victimized!”
“Erika.”
“Don’t try to go over like that, as if you were telling me to stop. Aris. You’re not the only one, and I had to answer the question of my past and purpose clearly, except for Michelle.”
After Erica said that, she poured her cold water again and gulped it down. It’s probably not because of my mood that the heat has gotten worse than before.
However, the source of this enthusiasm that Erica exudes will never be limited to joining the team.
“I understand your claim that you need to know the person clearly. So why did you come to me?”
Knowing everything, Aris asked that question.
Erika asked this question in a good way.
“You may not believe it… But I know what kind of person Junon is. That’s enough to make my teeth tremble.”
“…Really?”
“He abandoned his comrades to survive and sacrificed everyone else. This is a guy you should never accept!”
At first, she thought so too.
The human named Junon is a vicious man who tried to survive alone at the cost of everyone else.
However, after she met him in person, and after she contained some of his past and state of mind at that time, not even a hint of ill feeling remained.
The only thing left is the guilt for him and the regret that came from his embarrassing behavior.
Within that, only one method of redemption blossomed in the heart of Aris.
So it was.
Isn’t Erica cursing Junon the same as cursing the benefactor who saved her life?
She knew better than anyone that she had to keep quiet about everything for him, but she was certain that he wasn’t the one to be blamed for.
Feeling angry about her, Aris finally opened her mouth.
“Do you have any physical evidence?”
***
Wrong. I wondered if Arisman would get a negative vote because he was neutral, but he didn’t.
-‘Abandoning colleagues and sacrificing others. You have to have physical evidence to prove it to the other kids.’
-‘How did the evidence come about? It’s a team that has already happened and disappeared!’
-‘Usually when you talk about a promising team, there are names you’ve probably heard of at least once. Or, was there a record? No?’
-‘That, that’s…’
-‘If there is no evidence, it’s not certain, so I don’t think there’s any need to drive one person to the point of being at fault. Obviously, there was a problem inside, so that must have happened.’
It’s embarrassing, but the words themselves were straight forward.
Just because there is no evidence, saying that Junon acted like that would be a contradiction in itself.
However, as the conversation progressed little by little, Aris, like the other members, secretly gave off a nuance of siding with Junon.
In the end, Aris is the same.
Except for Erica herself, all the members of Thembris either allowed Junon to join or put it off, saying let’s wait and see.
“That bastard… What the hell did you breathe on them?”
If this continues, Junon will bring disaster again like it did back then.
No. Maybe something worse could happen.
“So don’t give up just yet.”
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It hasn’t become a bundle yet, but it will become a bundle in the future and hold back the Thambris party.
The festival isn’t over yet.
The atmosphere was quite bad, but the team members must be going through a meeting talking about various things.
If you haven’t disbanded, there is still room for discussion.
“I’ll have to convince the kids one more time.”
Why not stop it by lying?
Erica moved her steps back to the place where her members gathered.
Then Erica’s steps suddenly stop in one place.
If it was a place where the team members gathered, it wasn’t. If so, was it because I met the team members along the way? It wasn’t even that.
“… Ha.”
Erica let out a sigh and gnashed her teeth as she approached someone sitting on a bench to one side of her.
And then.
– Jjaak!
At the sound that makes you feel alert, your eyes meet with the other person.
“Hey, what the f*ck is this…”
“Don’t you know that it’s not all worth it?”
“…!”
The man’s cheeks were rubbing against his palms and burning red, but when he checked Erica’s face, he was rather bewildered.