Elemental (3)
If you don’t breathe the air of the training ground at dawn, you don’t even feel like you’ve started your day properly.
Crena, who has been living in the same pattern for three years after entering the academy, was accustomed to the air of the year that had not yet risen.
As you run through the training ground, the gently rising sunlight, the chirping of sparrows welcoming the light, and the sound of grasshoppers howling from somewhere calmly permeate.
It is still early in the morning, but there are other people besides Crena standing at the training ground.
“why.”
After sweating once according to a set routine, Crena approaches her.
As if waiting, she handed Crena a towel.
“Why, today is the day we decided to go.”
“… Do you have to go there?”
“Yes, you must go.”
A sigh escaped Crena’s mouth.
I feel like I want to run away right now. If the girl in front of her had not been in the same club, she would have escaped.
“Bell, shopping is no fun.”
“That’s because you don’t know.”
“I’ve been there before… … .”
“It will be different this time.”
Bell frowned as he said that.
Bel Cardia.
The daughter of the Marquess of Cardia, famous for being the owner of the winter castle in the north.
Cardia, who would not normally have anything to do with Crena, a commoner, cut off Crena’s words with a smile.
No matter how many times she went shopping with her already, Crena sighed inwardly.
From the moment she first entered the school and spoke to her, she showed interest in Crena.
You dress too wrinkly for your looks or something.
To be honest, I can’t even remember, but Crena nodded her head.
It was then that Bell opened a slightly pinched expression on his face.
Crena was in class B, but Bell was in class A.
So, if you run away as soon as class is over, you can survive today.
But Crena didn’t.
No, it didn’t exactly.
“Crena, you can never run away this time.”
It was because she was standing in front of the door from the moment she was about to leave after class.
with a creepy smile.
“let’s go.”
Crena frowned and nodded.
“By the way, you said that you were a new member of our club?”
“yes.”
“who?”
“Deron Phylasia.”
“Pylasia? Maybe the Duke of Philasia?”
Bell made a fuss even though he knew that there was only one family named Philasia in the Empire.
Crena nodded as if she was familiar with it.
“Recently, he said he had also caught demons, but he received help from the professor.”
“yes.”
“Why did such a promising youngster come to our club? There must be a lot of people who don’t even know we have a club.”
“I heard you came here because you didn’t want to join the club.”
“okay? You must have heard rumors that spread like that. Or maybe the Duke of Philasia informed me.”
While muttering, Bell opened the door to the clothing store.
It was a well-known shop in the Yellow Capital that looked luxurious even at a glance.
And it was also the place where Crena would temporarily become a human mannequin.
“How about this?”
“It’s too expensive.”
“This?”
“… Do I have to wear it?”
Bell inflated her cheeks, but Crena avoided her gaze.
For her, a commoner, the prices at such clothing stores were too high.
From a few dozen silver to a maximum of 10 gold per outfit.
Some of the more expensive ones went up to 40 to 50 gold.
It’s more comfortable to wear simple activewear for a few silvers than those luxurious outfits.
With that in mind, Crena desperately avoided Bell’s recommendation.
with daughter.
The door opened and the bell rang. It seemed like someone was coming.
Crena naturally turned her gaze towards it.
‘… Junior?’
A promising youngster who talked about before coming to the clothing store, the son of the Duke of Philasia.
Deron Phylasia was entering the clothing store.
In his hand was a slender woman’s hand.
“Hey, are you an elf?”
Bell also looked towards the entrance to see if his attention was drawn to him.
The appearance of the elf that Deron is holding seems to attract attention.
As an elf praised for his looks, he shone as soon as he entered the clothing store.
“Is that Deron Phylasia?”
“yes.”
“Is he also a Southern noble? Even after entering the academy, you are still an elf slave.”
I didn’t mean to point out Bell’s prejudices caused by living in the North, but Crena had a feeling it wasn’t.
The ability to frequently read people’s minds with synchronization.
She naturally approached Deron.
**
“Seniors?”
“yes.”
“Are you here too?”
“Oh, I was kidnapped.”
“yes?”
he’s a little bit weird
I thought so. I’m too carefree to be kidnapped.
“Why are you going that way all of a sudden, Crena!”
Another girl comes out from behind her.
He never appeared in the original, but he is the one I remember.
“You are Bel Cardia-senpai. Nice to meet you.”
“uh… Is that Deron Phylasia?”
“Please feel free to call me Deron.”
He bowed his head lightly. Bel Cardia. Before coming to the academy, I had memorized all the faces of the noble children who were quite important.
‘The eldest daughter of the frontier.’
As soon as I saw her, I thought it was fine.
Wouldn’t it be more convenient for a woman like me to dress her up than a man like me?
“I am a bunch.”
“Do you want me to pick some clothes?”
Crena shook her head, and Bell’s eyes twinkled.
Glad I got at least one… should i say
“Restrictions?”
“There is not. Please take care of it and bring it to me.”
“Is it because he is the eldest son of a duke? It’s hot! OK!”
The amount he has in his hand is about 100 gold.
Even if the costumes here are expensive, at most they will be around 30 gold… .
“You’ll regret it.”
“yes?”
I looked at Crena in surprise. She was looking up at me as if she were looking at a slightly pitiful person.
She kept muttering to me that she would regret it.
In the atmosphere of something cheap, I got a creepy feeling.
ah please
Crena had already taken Medea into the changing room.
Looking at her expression, I thought that somehow it wasn’t going to end properly.
“Junior.”
“yes?”
I was checking the gold that I could use in my hand, and Crena spoke to me.
“Why did you join our club?”
What do you mean?
“If you join another club, you have to attend classes regularly. This club doesn’t seem to see anything like that… .”
“Is that really all?”
From Crena’s eyes, a cold gaze that had never been seen before came out.
limiting me to the limit.
“Yes, that’s all.”
Fully receiving that gaze, I nod my head.
nothing to be afraid of
Obviously, I came here knowing that ‘Shelter for those who are taking a break’ is not affiliated with other clubs as it is guaranteed club hours.
“Okay then.”
As soon as she heard my answer, she lifted her vigilant gaze.
Even though it is a little bit suspicious, she doesn’t have any hesitation.
As if certain of something.
“Like rumors, it doesn’t matter if our club doesn’t have to come out.”
“… .”
“However, on the designated day, everyone must be present. Except in unavoidable circumstances.”
“A designated day?”
“yes.”
It’s not in the plan, but it’s possible.
During the time when I am not attending the club, I can buy time to occupy the Kiyeon near the academy.
The question is, how long is that designated day?
“Is today the 12th?”
“yes. It is June 12.”
Crena nodded and muttered.
“Then it’s the appointed day soon.”
“When exactly is the designation date?”
“We don’t know that either.”
“yes?”
“It changes from time to time.”
So can you call it a designated date?
When I made a puzzled expression, she smiled and opened her mouth.
“Our manager is a little special.”
“You are talking about the Crown Prince.”
“yes. And, inside the academy, you should call me the manager. Because status in the academy has no meaning.”
After that, Crena added that the manager himself said so.
I frowned, wondering if he was serious.
No one else and the Crown Prince said that?
The Iliad Academy is said to be a place where people of all ranks can listen to, but that is also to a certain extent.
It is impossible to say that the son of a count and the daughter of a commoner are of the same rank.
Nobles would never tolerate that situation.
But the Crown Prince with the noblest blood in the academy speaks like that.
I don’t know if that’ll have a bit of an impact.
‘First of all, you will know when you go to the designated date.’
“A lot of managers… You are special.”
“right?”
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Just by looking at the restraint of the border guard and the free speech of the common people, it seems to be understood that they are being protected to some extent.
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Just in time, Medea and Bell picked out all their clothes and came out, so we stopped talking.
**
“I got 68 gold.”
At the calm voice of the customer, I felt like my head was being split.
Behind me, Bell’s eyes twinkled and she put her clothes into Medea’s hands.
With a puzzled expression on her face, she meekly picked up the bag of clothes.
That million is 4 gold.
400 million won in Korean Won.
I feel dizzy.
I thought it would be around 30 gold at most, but how the heck do I get 68 gold?
‘How the heck are these expensive clothes? !’
The moment I turned my head to check Medea’s clothes, I had no choice but to acknowledge Bell’s eyes.
She was wearing a school uniform, and I couldn’t find anything that matched her.
“Yes, I got money.”
In the end, all I can do is pay for the clothes, desperately ignoring Bell’s smile.
The words Crena said she would regret echoed through her mind.
Womens