107 – You like it (3)
The night sky with the moon is bright.
The sounds of the grasses swaying in the occasional cool breeze brushing each other and the chirping of grass insects are peaceful.
The time that used to go slow like a snail while waiting for the promised day quickly ran like a dart on the day of the date, and it became night before I knew it.
I just walked around the streets of my usual academy, but it’s already time to go back to the dormitory…… No, there was not a lot of regret.
‘It was fun, though.”
Lucy smiled bashfully as she fidgeted with the paper box in her bag.
She was walking around the mall today and it was a brooch Adele gave her as a gift.
The reason why there were two paper boxes was because Adele took care of Lucy’s share in the future.
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“… ….”
The way back to the dormitory was quiet.
It was because most of the students were resting at home since there was no particular festival being held.
In other words, the only way she was walking was Lucy and Adele walking alongside her.
“Hey, Adele.”
Adele stopped at Lucy’s call.
Lucy rummaged through her bag and, with a smirk, mischievously pulled out a small firecracker she had bought at the mall the day before.
“Do you want to wait a little longer?”
She had seen firecrackers go off with Adele before, but she hadn’t enjoyed them together.
I still don’t want to break up with you…… Lucy felt her face heat up at the line that gave such a feeling, but since it was night, she wouldn’t be able to see her very well.
Fortunately, Adele accepted her firecracker as if she had a similar feeling.
“When did you buy this?”
“Hey, I bought it without your knowledge.”
That’s all, Lucy wiped the embarrassment from her face and puffed out her chest triumphantly.
“Originally, if you do this in front of the dormitory, the headmaster will scold you, but now it seems like no one is there, so let’s hide somewhere.”
And while holding Adele’s hand, Lucy heads for a dark place behind the dormitory building.
Like that, the two squatted between the dormitory building and the fence facing the mountain and lit the sparklers in their hands.
With a crackling sound, like a fuse burning, the flames splattered like miniature firecrackers I had seen before.
In a dark place, a bright light was emitted centering around the firecrackers.
“… ….”
Lucy glanced at Adele, who was quietly watching the firecrackers burn, her eyes wide open.
It’s the first time I’ve seen firecrackers like this, but I was amazed at how good it looked, and it looked so cute that it didn’t match his size, and laughter leaked out.
“Hey, but I have a question.”
Lucy opened her mouth and Adele raised her head.
“Why did you ask me out on a date? Come to think of it, I think I was just as picky as you.”
Adele answered, lowering her head again, keeping her eyes on the burning fireworks.
“It must be for a reason similar to how you asked me out on a date even though I was harassing you.”
What is the reason for that?
Lucy tilted her head for a moment, but then she understood that what she said made me like you too.
Seeing that she expressed herself while quietly avoiding her gaze, it seemed that she was embarrassed.
“hehehe, is it?”
The corner of Lucy’s mouth went up slightly.
“Then when did you start? Where in me did you feel okay?”
Tadadak…….
The firecrackers burned out before I knew it, and the flames that made a loud noise died out.
That coincided with the moment when Lucy had finished her speech, and the silence created was awkward for no reason.
Just like that, 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds…… After a pause, Adele answered slowly.
“From the beginning.”
“Huh?”
It was from the beginning.
Because Lucy was the heroine that Adele constantly supported.
That’s why she wanted to be happy with the main character, Kyle.
Whether it’s watching from a place out of reach, or when it becomes a reality, always, always.
“And everything.”
Lucy, who only heard Adele’s voice as the firecrackers stopped burning, blushed at his low-pitched reply.
It was fortunate that the flames went out.
I wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight because I’d be ashamed to see you like this.
“What, what.”
Lucy covered her lower crown with one hand and tapped Adele’s shoulder with her other hand to hide her embarrassment.
“Ugh, what is really embarrassing, that is… ….”
I felt that the answer was a bit exaggerated, but I liked it so much that I let out an idiotic laugh and slapped Adele on the shoulder for a long time.
* * *
The fist keeps pounding.
Climbing.
“I, I really can’t live!”
It was quite a heartfelt punch.
To be honest, it hurts enough to want to stop it.
However, the reason they didn’t stop was that the person who hit them was Charlotte.
Yes.
When I returned to the mansion late at night after parting with Lucy, I saw Charlotte in her nightgown standing on the main porch with her arms crossed.
“It’s a day! It’s only been a day since you received Tina! She can’t stand it and asks if it’s okay to bring in another girl?!”
It was Charlotte’s short words that she wasn’t used to.
There were occasional occasions where he spat out words in a joking manner, but he never said anything so sincere, especially so.
“Shah, calm down Charlotte… ….”
It was Tina who tried to stop it with a worried expression, as if a murder might happen next to her.
But the moment Tina ran her hands over her body to dry her Charlotte, she immediately backed off with a hiss at the violent eyes that seemed to be possessed by some kind of Sura.
“Tina, I don’t think this is the time to stop.”
It’s Ravielle hugging her withdrawn Tina from behind her.
She looked at me with contempt as I was being beaten like her dog’s wings, as if she could sympathize with her heart a hundred times.
“It’s a little like that from my point of view, who asked me to accept Tina. One day.”
“It certainly doesn’t sound like something Raviel would say… ….”
She managed to control her breath, which kept exploding from her lungs.
Charlotte seemed to feel that the power of her fists was not enough for me to reflect on that, so I increased the intensity of her punch and slapped her on the back.
“Anastasia, how are you? Doesn’t the young master think anything about increasing women to ignorance like this?”
I don’t know why, but Anastasia, who was called at this late hour, yawned loudly and answered with her teary face.
“It is good to have a growing family.”
Charlotte seemed very shocked by the answer, as she had no doubt that she would take her side.
“Ah…… Is it so. Even in this situation, I have to take the side of the young master…… I’m the only bad person and narrow-minded person, right?”
Charlotte, who had beaten me to dust, grabbed her by the back of her neck and staggered.
She tore out her hair, lamenting with a vain expression on her face, like someone who had been betrayed by everything in the world.
She put her hands on Charlotte’s back, which was about to collapse, and she glared at Charlotte with her narrowed eyes.
“… ….”
In response to that response, I thought I should say something no matter what I said, so I spit out the words I had repeated over and over again like a tape recorder in the morning.
“I-I’m sorry, Charlotte…… I feel sorry and grateful to you every time…….”
“Can someone like that do this to me?”
“…… I have no face.”
“Haa, that’s all right.”
Charlotte stood alone, pushing her hand against my chest.
“Show me your face. Because I don’t want to be embarrassed.”
“Yes.”
I held out my cheek to Charlotte, which was still burning and probably had a clear handprint on it.
When I touched it, a little bit of her blood came out.
“…… I guess you had a lot of fun? Seeing you come in so late.”
To what extent she had regained her sanity now, Charlotte asked, smearing her medicine on her cheek.
She couldn’t answer right away because she was deeply worried about what to answer here.
I rolled my eyeballs here and there as much as I could and urged my brain to come up with the right answer quickly.
Option 1: Be honest and say you enjoyed it.
I think he’ll get slapped enough to bleed out the other cheek, which is fine, so dismiss it.
Option 2: Respond falsely that you weren’t happy because you weren’t.
Although Lucy isn’t here, she’ll be hurt if she hears it, so this is also dismissed.
Then, the remaining options are…….
Option 3: Just keep your mouth shut without saying anything.
Even though Charlotte’s annoyance rises a bit again, she doesnt have the option to compromise.
After deciding on a direction, I shut my mouth tight as if a padlock had been put on it.
I didn’t say anything.
“…… Why no answer? What. You must have enjoyed it so much that you couldn’t lie and say that it was worse than you thought?”
A chill shuddered down my back at the words he said expressionlessly.
It seems that this option was also included in the wrong answer category.
Maybe Charlotte wanted to hear the answer that no one else could replace her.
“Before, I made them wait for years…… I’m playing with a girl today, so I’m making her wait until late at night…… Bocchan is a really bad man.”
Charlotte used a gibulgi that she hadn’t even put in her mouth before.
While I was away, she was the one who could tell what trouble Charlotte had been through.
All I can do is make an apologetic face with the corners of her eyes and mouth stretched out as much as they can, like a cat soaked in the rain.
“How is it? Do you feel a little sorry now?”
I nodded twice.
Then Charlotte seemed to have calmed down a bit, and she smiled.
“Wow…… Tina is the first time I’ve seen the boy make that expression…….”
“…… Oops…….”
Looking at my expression and seeing how Tina and Anastasia covered their mouths with their hands and hid their faces, it seemed that my appearance was quite funny.
But what can I do?
As of today, the situation has become a master-servant reversal.
I said I’d come back and made Charlotte wait for years, what can I do…….