161 – East (1)
It was a very different landscape from the empire.
Architecture style, people’s clothing, food type.
‘I’m not used to it…’ ….’
Eve had once visited a city in the far south, but she had never visited the East before.
As far as she knows, not a single member of her current royal family has set foot in this closed area.
If you think about it, isn’t this the first time her visit has been recognized?
It wasn’t an official visit, though.
With her silver hair, red eyes, and striking appearance, she couldn’t help but attract attention in many ways in the empire, but it was different here.
No one recognizes that she is the princess.
If someone glances at hair of an unusual color, it only lasts for a moment.
Unexpectedly, people from the empire were occasionally seen in the East.
‘Official exchanges between the Empire and the East ceased several years ago, so of course I thought it would be very noticeable… ….’
After stepping on Eve Guy’s land, the part that surprised her the most was, of course, that part.
Is it true that people in the empire are called colorless people here?
There was definitely a time when I was a little concerned that there might be some kind of discrimination inside, when the travel club’s first schedule was set for the East.
Rather surprisingly, they do not show much interest.
It’s not that I don’t really care, but it feels like I’m overlooking it because I think there won’t be any problems.
In fact, other members of this travel club were enjoying various aspects of their trip to the East.
Eve took the food called dumplings (饅頭) sold on her street, and after paying for the goods she received from Miss Jibril, a first-year student, she carefully brought them to her lips.
“Ah, pop.”
I couldn’t easily put it in my mouth because it was quite hot, but I still mustered up the courage to take a bite.
It was a while to enjoy the taste of exotic food while biting my lip.
“Um…… !”
More edible than expected, no. Eve blinked her eyes and moved her lips faster at the taste that could be said to be quite amazing.
It could be worse than the luxurious cuisine of the imperial family.
However, Eve was not picky about what to eat in the first place.
There is no reason why you cannot enjoy street food.
Eve, riding on the momentum, stood in front of another stall at a brisk pace.
Because dumplings seem to be a food that easily chokes.
After a short period of deliberation, Eve purchased a drink called Bamboo Leaf Blueberry and drank the liquid without much hesitation.
The strangely scented water flowed down her throat, filling her with a somewhat warm sensation.
“… ….”
It was when she had emptied about half of her bottle that Eve began to shake her body.
She froze awkwardly and stopped her movements and looked down at her bamboo leaf.
As I said, there was a feeling that her body was getting hot.
She seems to be feeling better somehow.
Conclusively, I noticed the intoxication starting to rise, albeit slightly, half a beat later.
Eve’s expression became blurred with a subtle glow.
‘It was alcohol.’
At the fact that the princess of a country had been drinking in broad daylight, Eve felt bitter along with a slight sense of shame on her part.
She tried to put down the half of the bamboo leaf extract that was still left.
“…… Hmm.”
Suddenly I thought about it, and I wondered if there was any need to waste anything, no matter how much alcohol it was.
Besides, isn’t this an empire?
Eve, who had strong vampire blood and whose ability to control blood energy had now reached a truly advanced level, was not prone to getting drunk in the first place.
If you feel like your intoxication is getting worse, go ahead and force yourself to detox.
Eve took a quick look at the surroundings, and when she saw that there were no other club members in sight, she put her mouth to the bottle again.
The time it took to empty a bottle of bamboo leaf syrup.
“…… Phew.”
A little over 2 minutes at most.
Eve’s face began to turn a very slight shade of red.
Of course, since it was intentional, the person concerned did not mind.
Do you feel like trying to enjoy small deviations?
Eve secretly cleaned up the neatly emptied bottle and began to quickly move to another place without anyone watching.
Anyway, now is the time to enjoy sightseeing.
‘Well, I was very embarrassed at first and I also had some regrets…….’
What comes to mind is about a month ago, when she couldn’t bear to refuse and accepted a request from Dante, her younger cousin and her dearest junior.
At that time, she never reflected that she did not accept the childish mania.
Leaving the swordsmanship club may have been disrespectful to the manager, and to be honest, it was quite difficult to get permission to establish this travel club.
Even though it was a request from her one and only younger sister, it was too much.
Why is she so incapable of dealing with that boy? Isn’t her relationship with her cousin really filled with insidious selfish intentions?
There was a time when she couldn’t help but feel self-destructive due to such thoughts.
Nevertheless, the purpose of touring the mysterious region of the East was successfully achieved, so perhaps this was a proper club activity.
Considering Dante’s treacherous intentions when he first openly declared that he would eat up her club activity time.
The astrologer Jibril, who was famous even in the Empire, was able to return to his hometown after a long time, and the three natural warriors Nick, Grisha, and Aria were wandering around to compete with the spirits and warriors of the East.
In addition, in an unexpected development, wasn’t Tsumei, the gold dragon, following along as a leading teacher?
In fact, there is probably no other first club activity that is this stable.
Eve smiled, feeling relief and satisfaction inside her.
No matter how complicated it may be with many thoughts, isn’t it basically that he took on the role of Manager Lee, who wasn’t even there, to make his younger brother’s wish come true?
He was faithful to his pure purpose of seeing the East, so there is nothing better.
Eve walked along the busy Oriental Avenue with a light gait and continued to think about her personal thoughts.
‘It’s a little unfortunate that junior Beatrice didn’t come with us.’
The face that came to mind this time was that of a girl who was probably one of the most famous among first-year academy students.
Beatrice Louise.
She belongs to the Holy Order and is a saint, called the daughter of the goddess.
In fact, she was not someone who could be easily talked to using her status as a ‘senior’.
Just like Eve, for example, who entered the academy as the first princess of the empire about a year ago.
She had thought like that someday when she heard that she would be entering her academy.
-I don’t want to spend a lonely school life.
So to speak, it was just pure concern and worry with no other intention.
She was in a somewhat similar situation, so it was okay to sympathize with her.
That’s what Eve’s first year was like.
A time when I had no classmates I could call friends.
Now, about two years have passed since admission. Of course, there were people I managed to become close friends with, but that wasn’t the case at the time.
I was concerned that the saints of the religious order might also end up spending their school days like that.
Well, as a result, Beatrice seemed to have a fairly close relationship with Dante, so it could be said to be fortunate.
Anyway, it meant that I had made a friend.
Nevertheless, the desire to get to know each other a little did not go away, so Eve was secretly looking forward to this trip in that way.
Unfortunately, Beatrice did not accompany us.
At that point, Eve stopped her aimless walking for a moment.
This is because there was one hypothesis that suddenly came to mind.
‘…… ‘Did you two fight?’
She had that thought in her mind without even realizing it.
The subjects were Dante and Beatrice.
It’s a relationship that Eve can’t help but know.
At some point, she naturally noticed.
The junior she felt closer to than anyone else, and the girl she wanted to become closer to, was probably not her normal friend.
There is no doubt. It’s okay to say I’m sure.
Their attitudes towards each other were truly flawless, and even a third party would probably be able to easily recognize that the relationship between the two boys and girls was unusual even if they saw it for the first time.
It was a difficult relationship, not even something that could be explained with those words.
Eve is not one to trust her feminine sense, but even so, she could not deny its existence this time.
There is something between the two juniors.
Eve swallowed dryly without realizing it as she thought of such thoughts.
Could the identity of the emotions rising up be tension?
‘Probably, in all likelihood, it has something to do with the relationship between men and women.’
Perhaps Beatrice is a quite dangerous enemy for her.
If I were to give it a name, it would be a love enemy.
Eve Romania el Pale shamelessly, truly obscenely, sees her cousin as the opposite s*x.
She nodded her head with a really unnecessarily serious expression.
She really felt sorry for that pretty junior, but when it came to this, she couldn’t give up easily.
I don’t know the details, but if a rift appears between the two, he will definitely use it as his opportunity!
“…… Huh?”
It was around the time when Eve was harboring a girlish promise that was truly meaningless and useless, and could even be said to be insignificant.
An alien sight came into her field of vision, which had been widened by the power of her fierce eyes.
There was a boy.
There was also a girl.
Both of them were people Eve knew well.
The boy has silver hair.
It was a familiar back view.
The girl’s blonde hair was dazzling beyond average.
So to speak, it would be an impressive hair color.
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The owner of such an extremely powerful image that you cannot forget once you see it.
The one with Dante was Tsumei, the academy’s dean.
“Hey, what is that…” … ?”
Stuttering, Eve could not help but trail off her words.
Just because Dante and Tsumei were together?
Although it was a fairly refreshing combination, there was no reason to do so.
So her astonishment clearly had another cause.
Tsumei, a small and cute girl with a body that does not match the years she has lived.
She was now riding on Dante’s back with a very red face.
I don’t know the reason. The cause is unknown.
What on earth was the cause and effect?
That’s why there was only one thing that was clear.
…… That was a very enviable sight.
At least for Eve.
It was definitely worth it.
Gulp!
Swallowing dry saliva mixed with impatience, Eve cried out inwardly with a look of sorrow.
‘…… Give me a piggyback ride too! Be kind!’
Her last bit of self-control as her older sister and her senior helped her not to spit out her voice.
It was truly a natural progression for Eve to follow in the footsteps of two people whose behavior(?) Was suspicious.