86 – Busy Life
It’s been a while since the classroom was buzzing with the topic of Arden Feltner.
If it was the same as before, Professor Seras’s evil command should have fallen just at the right time.
She just shook her head and didn’t pay any attention, guessing that the class wouldn’t listen to her today.
Thanks to you, my ears are only going to explode.
“You have been hiding your gender until now, is there any reason?”
“Is it difficult to tell us?”
Behind me staring out the window with my chin resting, the time for questions is still going on.
Except for a few guys who looked down on commoners, most of them were attached to Aden, so it was only natural.
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To the point where even Tina gave up on approaching me now and stuck to my side.
It’s hotter than that, so can’t we fall a bit?
The guy who stands next to me and sneaks up on me is very annoying to the point that I wish he’d rather sit at my desk.
If you’re going to do this, bring a chair or one of your own and sit next to it.
“Not that much. It’s just a heavy story, so I thought it would ruin the atmosphere for no reason.”
At the same time, Aden was asked to bite her tail, but she couldn’t erase his hospitality smile.
In case someone isn’t the main character of the original who heard the Hogu sound, is that kind of thing the same even if the gender changes?
If it’s annoying, just cut it off and say it’s annoying.
“Actually, my father, who was a member of the Order, died at the hands of his followers. After that, I lived hiding my identity to escape from their pursuit.”
“What? Father in the hands of followers?”
“What is your name? If it’s a death squad, it’s definitely the organization we know, right?”
Soon after, the story related to her father flowed out of Aden’s mouth, and her classroom was buzzing again.
The only ones who remain calm are me and Tina.
Of course, he and I heard from Aden in advance that he would reveal all the facts today.
I’ve already kissed Olberus and Professor Seras.
‘It seems to be far from the original work.’
I was going to the mountain because I couldn’t go wrong from the beginning, but listening to that conversation, I realized it all over again.
I’ve already come too far to think that this world will go the way I think it will.
By the way, Arden in the original story finally gets her revenge on her father at this point, but she doesn’t reveal her identity.
At the same time, there are only three people who know more about his identity: Lorne, Marie, and Olberus.
With that said, she will no longer be regarded as an ordinary powerless character, but as the daughter of a member of the Order and one of the people who saved the academy.
That alone will make a big difference to the development.
As I have to keep in mind the future, it’s a painful story, but I think it’s right.
Unlike the original work, in this world there was a witness called Phantom, so Arden’s existence would surely become known to his followers, and then there would be no point in hiding her identity.
In that case, it would be better for me to continue my life at the academy without revealing my identity.
At least, like before, the number of people who despised people just because they were commoners will decrease.
She is the daughter of an official of the death squad who tried to destroy the followers until the end, but even if she is a commoner in Amman, there is no way she could do anything recklessly.
That would be the same as disparaging the achievements of the five heroes.
“Your father was a great man.”
“You must have gone to a good place. He did such a wonderful job, but there’s no way Goddess Lucretia would have left him alone.”
As Aden briefly recited the circumstances, some of the female students who were listening to him gave words of encouragement to him.
It was to the point that even those who were busy cutting down the cadets who were mentioned as commoners such as Aden and Tina came out of the class and threw a word at me.
From my point of view, it looked like it was belatedly trying to wash the image, so it was very embarrassing.
“Thank you everyone. The situation is complicated in many ways, but I will ask you to take good care of me in the future.”
“Leave it to me. Speaking of which, shall we all have a meeting today?”
“Oh, good. Feltner, you are hanging out with us now, not a dull kid like Dinauer.”
Guys who openly criticize me for wanting to hang out with the same girls, saying that men who don’t know the atmosphere aren’t fun.
Judging by the smile on his lips, it was obvious that the words were meant as a joke, so I didn’t bother paying attention.
It’s obvious that he’ll tease you like it’s more fun if you tease him by telling him not to say useless things here.
Jump up.
“Oh no! What a nice person Belle is!”
“…… ?”
However, an unexpected reaction came out of nowhere.
That was none other than Aden, who had been smiling kindly just a moment ago, surrounded by women.
Even I, who had been watching her in the back seat with her chin resting on her chin, looked at him dumbfounded in surprise at the action.
What’s wrong with that guy?
Anyone can see that he said it as a joke, but he reacted so sensitively.
“… Ohh?”
“Dinauer cadets? What happened?”
“… ….”
It is easy to become the target of gossip.
When you feel the love flow, the images of the girls in the same class from the previous life who rushed at you like crazy are painted on your face.
As the guys approached me with dark arcs and sinister smiles, I felt that something was very wrong.
By then it was already too late.
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“… You really shouldn’t even come close to me for a while.”
At the restaurant, I nervously ate the soup while threatening the Arden guy sitting next to me.
So why are you trying to run a water ghost operation because you’re attracted to an aggro that won’t work if you die alone?
I wanted to knock over the desk when the female classmates who found their prey rushed over and asked what kind of relationship they had with Aden like a 10-year-old boy.
Thanks to that, my appetite has completely disappeared. Damn.
“Sorry, Bell. I never thought things would turn out like that….”
“Why? Did something happen?”
While Aden was handing me an apple, Lorne, who had approached me with a plate of food more luxurious than our lunch, naturally asked what was going on.
My mouth hurts from talking, so I didn’t reply and just ate the soup, and Tina took the place of me and explained the hellish situation of the morning.
At that moment, Lorne’s eyes changed mysteriously.
“It must have been nice? I get entangled with a beautiful woman like Aden.”
His tone was more like a teasing than a playful one.
Actually, no matter what the tone was, the content was already at a level that was not worth answering, so I answered without even looking at it.
“It’s good. You’ve never been through that situation, so you can say that.”
You should have had the experience of being half an official toy for half a day.
On the way, I had to go to meet Professor Seras with Aden, so when I left the classroom, cheers poured from the back, and my face felt hot.
How sincere are you in making fun of others? Those guys.
As if it wasn’t worth answering, he cut off Lorne’s words and moved the spoon.
The guy who would have given up at this point, if it was usual, added another word at the moment when the contents of the spoon were about to enter his mouth.
“Hey, don’t you deny that Aden is a beauty?”
“… Eat something, dude.”
I chose to change the topic at the sharp point that was not like a guy.
Unless my eyes are gnarled and my aesthetic sense isn’t warped, there’s no way I can look at that face and say something ugly.
Since the original work also came out with the setting of being quite handsome, Aden’s face, which only changed gender, belongs to the axis of being quite beautiful.
But I just don’t want to get involved with a girl she doesn’t even care about, let alone that she’s a beauty.
Conversely, if I have a crush on someone, even if it’s an ugly girl, I’ll be grateful.
That’s how the human heart is.
“Beauty, beauty… ? I… ?”
I hear Aden muttering something in front of me, but I try to ignore it.
Somehow, it was because my intuition, forged by my experience, sent me a warning that the moment I spoke to you, I was sure to get caught up in something more troublesome.
While dipping the crumbly bread into the soup and munching it.
Suddenly, I remembered what I heard from Tina this morning, and I became curious.
The target is Lorne.
“By the way, did you set a goal for the class relocation test this time?”
For some reason, the guy shook his shoulders at my question, but he looked so confused that I could hear his eyeballs rolling from here.
Keep watching me closely for a long time.
After a while, he returned to his usual relaxed attitude and shook her head.
“I haven’t really thought about it. Perhaps maintaining the status quo is best?”
“Really? I think you can aim a little higher.”
I haven’t experienced the awakening event that happened thanks to Aden in the original work, but Lone is basically a guy full of talent.
An example of this would be that she showed superior magic skills to the female students in class C during the Wizard’s Forest incident.
You don’t have to stop at class C. If you put in a bit more effort, you should be aiming for the top spot in class B.
I don’t know why you’re so scared.
“Where is Bell talking like that?”
“Am I class B? In terms of swordsmanship, I would like to aim for class A, but realistically it would be impossible.”
She tells Lorne what she’s been thinking on her own and silently sips the soup from the tray.
He drool in deep contemplation at my words, wondering what he was thinking so much about.
“Then should I also aim for Class B? It would be even better if I took this opportunity to be in the same class as Belle.”
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Then, as if he had made up his mind, he suddenly tried to set a high goal, which he said would stop at the level of maintaining the status quo.
My motives are somewhat ambiguous, but I thought it would be a good thing to have a sense of improvement, so I just nodded my head without saying anything.
At that moment, the contents of the report I had seen in the student council room a while ago flashed through my mind for no apparent reason.