75 – The Last Baggage
After the followers briefly passed, only chaos remained.
The ball event, which had been delayed for a while due to the explosion that occurred in the main building, came to an end, and Olberus immediately ended up completely closing the entrance to the academy.
It will only be opened after the remaining followers are confirmed by the pursuit party and the investigation team.
With that, today’s exchange meeting ended with this, and all the cadets headed to their dormitories.
When they said that if the investigation results came out safely tomorrow, only the Moon Festival would be held later, I just wished that the exchange meeting would end like this.
Because of the confidence I received from Professor Seras, going out to dance as a class representative was still difficult, but I think it went well.
‘Giwell, it would be nice if that bastard could take this opportunity to get rid of it too.’
My stomach is still upset because of the mean face I saw earlier.
Although it’s regrettable that I missed Phantom, I can pass it on as expected, but it’s my wish that Giwell should receive a true education.
Does it make sense that a bastard called a professor was so eager to discriminate against cadets that he missed such dangerous news?
I don’t know if I will be expelled, but I hope that at least I won’t have to see my face while I’m gone.
“Now, cadets moving to Aslet Hall, please gather!”
The moment I was so alone in contemplation.
A male professor approached at the head of the crowd and spoke in a loud voice, drawing attention.
It was decided that all the people living in each dormitory would move under the direction of the professor, just in case, but that professor was probably in charge of us.
When all the people living in Aslet Hall, regardless of grade, gathered together, it was literally a swarm of ants.
Among them, I found Aden and Tina, who shared the same dormitory, and moved to the Aslet Hall together.
As expected, as soon as Tina met me, she was busy making all sorts of fuss.
“Bell! I heard the story. You said you worked hard this time too?”
He stamped his feet with astonished eyes as when he heard the story in the Wizard’s Forest.
I don’t know if it’s okay to use this expression, but it looks like a puppy listening to the master’s performance.
Anyway, since I was the only one listening to such a story with the guy right next to me who was really rolling, I frowned and corrected the content.
“What is active? I didn’t do anything in the first place It’s all because of the hard work of the chairman and the rest.”
When I pointed at Aden next to me with a sad face, he just smiled awkwardly.
Since I dealt with professors at the academy, I can’t say that I didn’t do much, no matter how well I say it.
There would have been no separate high school students.
I didn’t mean that to Tina either, she hurriedly tried to correct her words.
Even if you just look at the bandage left on Aden’s cheek right now, you’ll be able to see that he rolled hard.
Nevertheless, it seemed that he felt sorry for mentioning only me, leaving out the story.
“Yeah, I heard about Arden and the others too. But I heard Bell was the first to notice their existence?”
“… Well, that’s right.”
However, in the end, it was only possible thanks to the power of Aden.
If you hadn’t noticed the eye-rolling protest at Igrexia, you wouldn’t have known that Phantom was involved in this incident.
Then I wouldn’t have been able to ask Lizerote for help.
Lizerote’s lack of power means that he has no restraint against the phantom, so I can’t get a sense of how he came out.
After all, it’s a butterfly effect, so there’s no point in talking about who was more active.
Well, it’s true that I used my knowledge of the original work to know that they would sneak into the exchange meeting, so it’s true that I played a significant part, so there’s no reason to deny Tina’s words.
“But aren’t you going to be investigated separately? When that incident happened in the Wizard’s Forest before, people even came to the hospital.”
Tina asked a question as if it were the last time in front of Aslet’s coffin.
It was quite sharp.
Usually, when something like this happens, the people involved in the incident will be investigated as related people, whether they like it or not.
For example, by asking about the situation at the time of the encounter with the enemy or finding out the details.
I expected that today would be hectic, but the investigation team that came unexpectedly left after hearing only a brief story from people involved in the case, such as Aden, Marie, and Lone.
“They said it was postponed until tomorrow. Maybe I should get up early in the morning with Aden and go.”
“Really? It will be cumbersome.”
“Not at all. I think she should have done better.”
In my mind, the academy officials will want to quickly get information from us and end the case quickly.
But for now, except for me and Lizerote, the other three are injured, so they must have decided to give them at least a day off.
If you don’t even think about the position of the benefactors who prevented a major accident that almost exploded at the academy and push forward at their own tempo, it will be perfect to hear a voice later.
This side is moving to the leisurely dormitory, but the other side is probably on fire.
It must be frustrating to talk to each other without the biggest people involved in the case.
But what can I do? You should think of it as karma.
“Anyway, it’s fortunate that nothing big happened. Then see you tomorrow at the Moon Festival.”
As Tina waved her hand and was about to move toward the women’s building, she said something that sent chills down her spine.
Someone earnestly hopes that the Moon Festival will not be held, but they are talking like that.
I was afraid that it would be true, so I replied nervously.
“Dude, don’t be scary.”
“Uhhh, but I really want to see Belle dance as class representative.”
“I want to see that, Bell.”
Even Aden, who had been silent by the side, agreed, and the wind made my temples numb.
They say that there is no one to trust in the world, so they’re going to kill you like this.
Or, since he taught me how to dance, I want to see the result. What is it?
“Go away. I will worship in the east tomorrow morning and today before going to bed, and pray that the moonlight festival will not be held tomorrow.”
Show your middle finger and turn your back coldly on them.
Apparently, one of the rules of the Lucretia Church, the largest religious group in the country, is to make a wish for a day and bow to the goddess Lucretia they enshrine in the morning and before bed.
Even though I’ve never believed in God, as long as I can stop dancing with that bastard, I’ll do as much as I can.
She believes that if the goddess Lucretia is a true god, she will manage to save even non-believers.
Really please.
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As soon as Aden returned to her room, she threw herself into bed.
Because she had been through so much work, her tense body was relieved at once, and she seemed to be able to breathe properly now.
“Whoa.”
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After spitting out a handful of the air that had accumulated in her lungs, Arden turned around and looked up at the shabby ceiling.
With this, she felt as if she had washed away a bit of her dark past and avenged her father.
Of course, we still have a long way to go.
After all, he didn’t even kill the existence of Sirius himself, and as long as his followers rise up in earnest, the true peace of the empire that Dillard wished for is still far away.
I wonder if it’s just at the level where the first button is finally put on.
Still, I couldn’t deny that my heart felt lighter than before.
“Ha ha.”
Nevertheless, the reason why a sigh full of worry came out was because of one last burden that I still carried in my heart.
Aden opened and closed her hand repeatedly, pictured Bell’s face he had just seen.
Bell seemed to want the Moon Festival not to be held tomorrow, but Aden was against it.
Perhaps it was because he wanted to see Bell’s outstanding skills, which he taught himself, but the real reason was something else.
It’s just a pity that I had to turn my back and not be able to bring that fact into my mouth.
“Should I change my clothes first?”
Sensing that he has been talking to himself a lot these days, Aden stood up.
Then, after paying close attention to the presence of people walking around the outside, when he realized that no one would be able to break into the room, he took off the ring.
The ring, which was worn even when going to the shower, and which others asked for as a talisman, disappeared.
Change came at that moment.
“As expected, the gap is severe.”
Taking off her ring, Aden’s voice changed from a somewhat androgynous male voice to that of a fairly thin female.
She wasn’t the only one
Even the lines of her body, which seemed a bit thin for a man, became more curved, and her hair, which felt a bit long for a man, became long enough to pass around her neck.
Yes.
It’s not like a hallucination, it’s actually a subtle change in the body that made up the body.
In particular, her breasts, which were not very large but rose moderately, were claiming to belong to a woman enough to recognize the outline even from her clothes.
If you look at each individual change, it may not be very big, but when all of that is added together, it was a moment when the existence that was considered a rather frail man was transformed into a woman.
This is the truth he or she had to keep a secret from her Belle.
And it was the last burden that I promised to put down until tomorrow.