203 – Pills (2)
I came out of the therapist guild [The Hilte] With Amy and Irene.
‘Gee, I can feel my physical condition right now after walking around.’
I can barely move, but my body is still suffering from muscle pain due to [Overrun].
Resting well is part of training. If you rush your mind for no reason and your body is further damaged, nothing will work.
Taylor also recommended stopping training, so this week I will focus on recovering my body.
Anyway, I’m a little hungry. I haven’t eaten anything since lunch yesterday.
The current time is 7:30 AM.
“If you don’t mind, let’s have a meal and go.”
“Okay, boy.”
“Yes, Theo.”
Amy and Irene nodded.
We sat down at an outdoor table at a brunch shop near the Faculty of Engineering.
Since it is early, there are no people and the sky is clear without a single cloud.
The cool morning wind hits my cheek.
The mind settles comfortably.
······Is this healing?
While I was enjoying the scenery around me, I felt Irene’s gaze staring at me.
“What can I say, Rin?”
“······Uh, um, no. No.”
Irene hurriedly put her gaze elsewhere.
But I keep glancing – I feel it staring at me.
“······Just say it”
“······Wow, uh, um…”
Irene rolled her eyes for a moment, then she said.
“Your move with 20 seconds left in the final.”
She said her words with her serious eyes.
“・・・・・・Nike-san won’t be able to see such movements. I had never heard or seen such a technology. Could you possibly tell me how you got it?”
“Rather than gaining it, she was able to write something that she only vaguely understood in the past. I learned about it from the Balderc family.”
I quickly turned my head and gave a plausible answer.
There is nothing good about telling others about the existence of Hidden Peace.
Irene was startled.
“Balderke Street… Ramen. You mean the family name?”
“Yes.”
“I see.”
Irene smiled bitterly and lowered her head.
······Hmm? What have I missed? It’s something you don’t know
──Anyway, as we were talking, I suddenly remembered a dream I had earlier.
A dream in which Theo was laughing grotesquely in the backyard of the castle of the Balderc family.
At that time, strange letters engraved on stones near Theo.
She might have known if it was Irene, her fiancé.
“Amy, get me a pen and paper.”
“Here you are, young master.”
She took out her pen and notebook from Amy’s clutch bag and handed them to me.
I immediately wrote the strange text I saw in my dream on the notebook and pushed it to Irene.
“Have you ever seen a text message like this?”
“No, I don’t know. But why is this?”
“When I was talking about my family’s last name, it suddenly came to my mind. I saw it in the backyard of the castle, but I haven’t been able to figure out what it means or where it is written.”
“·······.”
Irene didn’t answer.
Instead, she looked back and forth between the text I wrote in the notebook and me.
Before long, she opened her mouth with a heavy expression. As if a big decision had been made.
“······I will look into it separately.”
“Thank you for doing that.”
Well, I don’t have high expectations because I don’t know, but I don’t think it will matter. If Irene finds out, that’s welcome too.
I tore off the note page with strange characters and handed it to Irene.
Irene carefully folded the paper and placed it in her bosom.
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After breakfast, I went straight back to the dormitory, washed up, and lay down on the bed.
Of course, I didn’t forget to ask Amy to wake me up in the afternoon.
Today is Friday.
At 5:00 PM, we decided to meet Alps at the training ground of the Faculty of Bravery.
Let’s go to sleep and recover a little more.
“Kuh… Uh.”
After I drank a bottle of general fatigue reliever, I put the fist still sleeping as if it were dead by my bedside.
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Even though I slept for 12 hours, I fell asleep as soon as I lay down.
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At 3:55 pm, in front of the Circular Wagon stop at the Faculty of Bravery.
‘Uh, uhhh…’
Alps, wearing the uniform of the Faculty of Knights, got off the cycle carriage hesitantly.
I look around with anxious eyes.
Fortunately, there were no people nearby.
“······Huh. Whoop, whoop, whoop…”
Breathing out the breath I had been holding back in the circular carriage.
Now that there are no people around, I feel like I can breathe.
“I thought it was a training ground for the Faculty of Bravery…”
The location is roughly known.
At the beginning of the semester, I looked at the road during the evaluation of the practical skills training at the Department of Warriors.
When I checked the time, it was 4:00 PM. I still have an hour left for my appointment with Theo.
But in case…
“Let’s move, let’s move…”
Alps thought as he walked diligently toward the training ground.
I don’t know what Theo will say to me, but it won’t be a bad thing.
In my heart, I am waiting for an offer to recruit Aid. The priest at the confessional told me that it would be the same.
But in his head, he just tried to hope it wasn’t a bad thing.
Because the bigger the expectation, the bigger the disappointment. As long as he lived, he never remembered having his wish come true.
“Ah… I shouldn’t think badly of it.”
The priest at the confessional also said that if you think good thoughts, good things will follow.
But to her, her self-deprecation was an unconscious habit.
As if nervously chewing on his lower lip, Alps arrived in front of the training ground of the College of Bravery.
The time is 4:05. There are still 55 minutes left.
‘Whew, it’s good though. I arrived on time…!’
Feeling proud of herself, she decided to wait in silence.
1 Minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes… 10 Minutes. Time goes by.
Maybe it’s the festival period. There was no one passing by.
Did 30 to 40 minutes pass like that?
‘Uh, that person is…’
A woman was walking towards the training ground, staring at the ground.
I saw her in Ikgo Gohaehwa, and she was the Piel I saw in the arena of the [Martial Arts Tournament].
‘Especially during the [Martial Arts Contest] Final, when I cheered for Theo… It was really cool.’
She is 3 years younger than herself, but the fact that she can be so confident in front of so many people was admirable.
Even if she was treated unfairly, she was different from herself who couldn’t even speak.
Turbuck, turbuck.
Piel, who was walking towards the training ground, stopped her.
“Uh.”
She looked at the Alps.
Alps’ eyes shook.
‘Uh, uhhh— did I do something wrong…? Why all of a sudden?’
She found it very difficult to make eye contact with another person for more than 3 seconds. Even more so, Piel whom the target longs for.
‘What should I do? How??’
Piel stood in front of the mouth-opening Alps and said.
“Are you Alps?”
“·······! Oh yes yes No, let’s go!”
Alps hurriedly replied. Then he lowered his eyes. Because he just couldn’t keep his eyes open.
Piel tilted her head.
“Eh, what honorifics? You say too Aren’t they the same first graders?”
“That, but… how dare I go? P, dear Piel…”
Alps protested in a crawling voice.
Piel looked at the Alps with an expression of disapproval.
“Well, don’t hate it. By the way, as I’ve heard, her hair is really white. I recognized it at once.”
“Me, me? Uh, how…”
“Huh? Of course you know. Theo, he offered you to recruit Ade. Everyone is talking about that.”
Piel spoke indifferently.
“······Uh, uh, uh…”
However, Alps’ whole body was trembling.
‘Can I really trust you?’
His heart and head were fighting.
Trust me, even Piel, whom I yearn for, says that.
Don’t expect anything, has one of the expectations come true?
Piel spoke to the Alps, who were broken as they were standing with such thoughts.
“Well, thank you anyway.”
With those words, Piel entered the training ground.
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5 P.M.
Theo arrived in front of the training ground of the College of Bravery without a single second of error.
‘By the way, what is he doing?’
In front of his eyes, he could see the back of the Alps standing motionless.
The distance between him and her was about 10 steps.
At this distance, you could even hear her footsteps, so you might want to turn around, but she still maintained her immobile posture.
‘Well, I might have something to think about.’
Theo is also often daydreaming. Then, I often come up with ideas about swordsmanship and future plans.
So instead of pretending to know her, Theo sat on the bench behind her.
“Whew woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo.”
About 3 minutes passed.
As he stood, Alps took a deep breath.
“Yeah, probably not. I bet it wasn’t! No, no… Piel-sama also said it, it might be right!”
Alps said to himself, clenching his fists. For some reason, there is a sense of liveliness in the voice.
Theo looked at her weakly at her like that.
‘Is the condition serious or good…’
Because I couldn’t make up my mind.
Swoop.
He stood up with his arms crossed.
“!”
The Alps, hurriedly startled by the sound, turned around.
“Uh, uh, uh… Theo?”
“Nice to meet you.”
Theo greeted her calmly, her face flushed red.