EP10. Witch Hunt (2)
Sean was as hard as a stone statue.
She couldn’t understand why Levy was asking such a question.
He knew it was a pointless question, but he had no choice but to ask.
“What do you think? . . . What does that mean?”
Levy’s blush was still thick. The girl just stared at the boy with slightly blurry eyes.
Levy’s answer, which came a little late, was at odds with Sean’s question.
“····It is. Did you find out why I am adventuring?”
Shaun’s eyebrows twitched slightly. The topic that Levy brought up may be the fuse that the relationship between the two began to change like this.
To be honest, Shawn still doesn’t know why Levy asked that question.
“What if I haven’t found it yet?”
“I see.”
Levy’s reaction was rather flat. She just said a word and then looked at the boy again without saying anything.
“Do you remember the past?”
“What was the old one?”
“You told me that you like Epinel unnie.”
Sean frowned at him even more clearly than before.
Before Epinel became the village chief, Sean and Levy called Epinel her older sister and followed her well.
She, too, considers them both like her own sisters and treats them very kindly.
Her words that her Sean likes her are never her rational crushes.
In the first place, that story was just something Sean threw out in passing, even before Levy used magic.
I don’t know why he suddenly brought up this, but the boy answered with a sigh.
“You know that liking doesn’t mean that, right? You made fun of it too.”
“hehehe. I just said…”
Contrary to what he said, Levy seemed to have some meaning. Levi poured the wine once again and drank it in one gulp. She got up so quickly that she didn’t even have time to stop Sean, who was watching.
With her eyes wide open and her tongue twisting and staggering, Levy looked as if she was drunk.
“Shawn… I am I wanted to be like Epinel unnie…”
“Suddenly, what are you talking about?”
Is it the power of alcohol? Levy began to bring out her words one by one, which she hadn’t revealed to Shawn.
Sean looked at Levy anxiously, but she didn’t hold back her words.
What kind of outcome awaits ahead of him?
“My sister is always relaxed, trustworthy, and again…. She always does her best for the village…”
“·······.”
“It’s cool…. Enough I would admit when Sean said he liked her sister…”
Listening to Levy’s words, Sean took a sip and then raised the glass he had left and drank.
The sharp drunkenness makes my head a little dizzy. Just drinking one drink is enough, how drunk Levy must be…
Sean poured her wine into her own glass to keep Levi from drinking her more. So, the bottle that was already full of it was exposed to the bottom.
I stare blankly at the mysterious grape color in the glass. Sean didn’t drink, just looked at him and opened his mouth.
“Hmm. What am i I don’t think you need to copy your sister.”
“Why?”
“Because Epinel and Levy are different. …I want you to be Levi. A childhood friend I know. You who are Levi without imitating others… Because it is better.”
Listening to Sean’s answer, Levy stood in a daze. Was it because she was drunk? Or was there another reason? Sean didn’t know. Maybe even Levi himself doesn’t know.
Levy suddenly lifted her butt from her seat and thrust her face into Sean. The girl’s face stopped right in front of the boy’s nose.
The first thing Shawn felt was the sweet smell of alcohol mixed with Levi’s body odor.
Then the girl’s sparkling emerald eyes. Shawn couldn’t take his eyes off those eyes.
“Shaun.”
“… Uh.”
“Answer me. . . . What do you think of me?”
“What do you think…? That····.”
Shaun looked at Levy. Her closest friend. The girl she’s been with for longer than anyone else.
But she suddenly feels strange.
You.
“Do you like that we are childhood friends?”
Is it good that you and I are childhood friends?
It was good.
It was nice to be with you.
There were sad days, and there were also many difficult times.
But she was happier than that.
To your comfort.
Because you are together.
I was happy.
So I answered without hesitation.
“Yes. Good.”
But you are different.
You said to me with a complicated expression.
“····I hate it sometimes.”
What does that mean?
Does this mean that the time spent with me is not happy for you?
If that’s not the case…
Intense desire was revealed in Levi’s eyes.
She hesitated for a long time before asking a soft question.
“If. ····If I had a guy I like. What do you think…?”
Sean imagined.
Levi looks at someone and smiles, and she crosses arms with someone.
Whispering I love you to someone. If you spend your whole life with someone.
If that someone is a man other than yourself.
Sean closed his eyes.
The boy’s answer came after a long time.
“I hate it.”
“·······.”
“I will be sad if you like someone else.”
“·······.”
“If you love someone else, I will get sick.”
“·······.”
“I want you to be together for the rest of your life. Like now.”
“Just like the promise we made back then.”
“Because I like it.”
From the moment I met your smile.
All along.
Because I’ve been liking you.
Sean opened his eyes and looked right in front of him.
Levy had been asleep for some time. Maybe it was because she was too drunk.
The boy looked at Levy, who was still asleep for a while. The girl with her eyes closed was asleep with a carefree expression on her face as if she had no worries.
I turn her gaze to the glass in her hand. Just like Levy, Shawn drank the wine in one gulp.
I drank too much.
But inside, there was a handful of sweetness.
***
Morning.
Levy woke up.
The girl who barely opened her eyes, looking disheveled, felt a throbbing pain in her head.
The hangover she experienced for the first time in her life was really terrible.
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After barely washing her face, Levi simply dressed her and opened her door. Directly opposite, the room at the inn where the boy was staying was tightly closed.
Seeing that it’s not even on the first floor, it’s probably still sleeping. Levy pondered for a moment whether to wake Sean.
In the end, after much thought, Django decided not to disturb the boy’s sleep.
It’s not like we have to face each other in the morning, we’ll be separated soon anyway.
Levy couldn’t overcome her bloated stomach and she settled her morning with less than half of her usual meal.
Of course, compared to other girls my age, that would be a lot.
After breakfast at her inn, Levi headed to the tower as usual.
When she arrived at the main gate of the tower, she was greeted by Viola’s maid, Sophie, as usual.
“Welcome.”
“Yes. How have you been?”
“Of course. But standing up to Levi, she doesn’t look very good.”
“hehehe.”
When Sophie asked that question, perhaps because she noticed that her complexion was not so good due to her hangover, Levy only answered with a embarrassed smile.
Entering her front door, Levi was guided by Sophie and she headed for the tower.
As she entered the tower, the viola, which was preparing for her lesson, greeted her Levi.
“Are you here? Are you a little late today?”
“Ah, that happened a little late…”
“Why? Did you have a hard night with her boyfriend the night before?”
Levi reacted violently to Viola’s sudden obscenity, her face flushed with embarrassment.
“What are you talking about!? Working hard at night… That····!”
“Oops. What are you thinking? I was just asking if you played chess hard.”
“Caisa… Who does it alone at night…”
Really acknowledging that mentioning Kai’Sa, a game for nobles, is a far-fetched excuse no matter who sees it, so Levi muttered.
“Then did you have any other thoughts? What are you curious about?”
“Because there is no such thing!”
Looking at the girl who returned the reaction she expected, Viola thought for a moment that she also had a taste for teasing.
“Hmm. But it looks a bit bad. For a moment. It smells because it’s close…”
“·······.”
“Aha. Were you drunk? Then you really had a crazy time last night…”
“Because it’s not!”
“Okay. I’ll give it a special mention.”
Viola, looking at Levi and putting her chin on her chin, pondered for a while and proposed to her girl.
“Hmm. It looks tough, but come along for a while before class.”
“・・・・Yes? Where?”
“To the annex. I’ll pour you a cup of tea that’s good for a hangover.”
Levy did not decline her favor. As she walked out of the tower to her annex, Levi looked around her garden. Then she questioned Viola.
“The child I saw last time is gone today.”
“A child…? Oh, are you talking about Wiz?”
“Your name is Wiz? That’s a pretty name. Are you my teacher’s brother?”
At Levi’s question, Viola shook her head in denial.
“No. Is she a daughter?”
“・・・・Yes? Daughter?”
“Yes. Why? What’s wrong?”
“Uh, um, I didn’t know you had a daughter.”
Viola smiled and replied to the girl’s answer, embarrassed by Ti.
“If you get married, you have children, isn’t it natural? If you marry him too, it will be sooner or later.”
“Hey, stop saying that!”
“Why is that? I didn’t say anything wrong.”
“·······.”
In the end, Levy just kept her head down without denying it.
After that, they didn’t talk in particular, and the two quietly headed to the annex.
After Viola took the cup she handed her, Levy lowered her head and sipped her tea.
While drinking her tea, Levy, who was looking at the flowers in the garden outside the window, suddenly remembered and asked Viola a question.
“Is Wiz in the annex right now?”
“Huh? Why is that all of a sudden?”
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen it except the first time I saw it.”
At Levy’s question, Viola’s expression changed slightly to become more complex. She felt as if it would be okay if she said this.
“Um… He is a bit peculiar.”
“Unique?”
“I don’t like going out of the tower.”
“Isn’t that because the teacher doesn’t go out?”
Levy’s comments were reasonable. Because, after going in and out of this tower for several days, she realized that Viola really didn’t add a single exaggeration, she only went to and from the tower and the annex, and she didn’t go outside at all.
“Hmm. To say that, she follows her Sophie better than I do.”
Viola added as she sipped her tea.
“It’s understandable because it’s Sophie, not me, who raised Wiz from a young age in the first place.”
“Is there any particular reason?”
At Levy’s question, Viola touched the bandages around her eyes and said,
“As you know, detecting through magic is not easy. In particular, it is really difficult to activate it all the time.”
“Yes. I guess so.”
“It was only a few years ago that I became so skilled that my life was not hindered. Before that, I was really blind.”
Everyone will admit that Viola’s words are unreasonable and understandable.
How important are the eyes to humans? The reality is that if you cannot see, it is difficult to even take care of yourself properly.
But is it possible to go beyond that level and raise young children who require constant protection and observation?
If ten, all ten would shake their heads.
That’s why Levy was rather puzzled. Because such a perfect assertion that would not cause doubts only amplified her doubts even more for Levy. Levi thought of her for a moment and called her.
“Teacher.”
“Huh? Do you still have any questions left?”
Levy asked Viola, who was looking at herself curiously.
“Do you know about witches?”