122 – Guardian Tree Ghost (1)
Xenia slapped the underwear on her bed with her annoyed face.
“What, what did I miss? We had the key. So who are you?”
Haley said pouting her mouth.
“If you didn’t come secretly… Did your junior bring you here yourself?”
After Xenia took those words to herself, she muttered as if she had been betrayed.
“I thought you were naive… …. I’m pissed off.”
Xenia tucked her hand into her skirt and slipped her underwear down to her feet.
She then tossed her underwear on top of her pillow.
With a clicking sound, her underwear clung to the white bedding.
Haley shouted.
“Hey you crazy b*tch! What if I throw what I was wearing!!”
“Somehow, I thought it was strange to pretend to be innocent. I can’t because I’m not good at it.”
“But it is. Are you going to take classes like that?”
“Uh. How is it that there are other b*tches like this other than me?”
“….”
“You should leave one too.”
Haley narrowed her eyebrows for a moment and struggled internally.
Since she was a descendant of a noble family in the Empire, she could have been placed under house arrest if she was caught doing this.
“Ah… Seed… I do not know.”
Eventually she also took off her underwear and threw it on her bed in her huddled position.
When Xenia saw the vulgar deviant behavior of the head of the art department, she raised one corner of her mouth.
“I think this year… I think our rookie will collect the most.”
For her, not all freshmen are equally welcomed. For better or for worse, the one who stands out the most, and who gets talked about the most, understandably gets more attention.
Haley moderately nodded to Xenia’s words.
“… Like Hubert or Jordi, our rookies are the best.”
And as her direct senior, it was desirable to increase the value of her juniors. Even if they don’t seem to care, who gets a lot of attention is also a factor in comparison between classmates.
“Let’s go. It’s class time.”
After finishing their errands, they left room 31F.
Leave the door wide open.
***
Everyone arrived at the Eternia dock and got on the wagon for the campus that was waiting in advance.
Me and Trisha changed our destination and headed for Silverine’s mansion.
My body sagged, probably from all the accumulated fatigue.
Me and Luna, unlike the others, went to the end of the practice and fought a more intense battle than the others. Because of that, I have no choice but to be more tired than others.
Molgol is not a horse. I couldn’t even wash properly for a week, so the smell of soil and sweat was vibrating.
In the wagon, Tricia dozed off and threw herself into the seat.
After arriving at the mansion, I carried the sleeping Trisha on my back and went inside her.
For Trisha, staying at this mansion is the last time. Well, one day, when the opportunity came, she could come again.
She was in better condition than I was, but it seemed that her face was a mess. I couldn’t put her on the bed, so I laid her down in front of the fireplace in my room for a while and lit a fire.
Then I took the bath of my dreams.
While soaking in the steaming water and peeling off the old grime, I noticed teeth marks on my shoulder.
It’s been a few days, but it was clear as if it had just been bitten.
Even if I tried to massage it by pressing it with my hand, the traces could not be erased. Could Trisha actually be a vampire?
When she returned to her room after her bath, Trisha caught her eye on the clothes she had thrown off like her skin.
The shell led from the fireplace to the bed.
When I lifted the covers, I saw the top of Tricia’s head curled up under the covers on my bed. Pure white hair. Even the artifacts were all taken off.
“Wash and lie down.”
She babbles in a semi-sleep state.
“Ugh, I don’t know… I want to sleep.”
You’re just writing that it’s not a bed. Because the clothes she was wearing were thrown off at random, she couldn’t even lift the blanket.
I sighed and sat down at my desk.
Then I took out the letter from Zion that I had forgotten for a while.
This is a very hesitant letter to read.
‘Dear Candy’
It was definitely right to send it to me.
I prepared my heart and broke the seal. Then he opened the letter that was inside.
“As expected… ….”
That wasn’t a letter from Shion. As I expected, it contained a message from her mentor, Geshin Grieg.
A sword master who is said to be one of the top 10 on the continent is interested in me.
When I was living in an orphanage, I couldn’t even speak to a noble, but the day comes when I receive a letter from a sword master who I thought I would never have a relationship with.
I held my breath for a while and checked the contents.
[…] I heard from Shion about the battle at the top of Mount Grace. Shion said that you are the real head of the whole team. I heard that she uses a unique sword and sword techniques that have never been seen before.]
[…] … I’ll invite you to dinner. I don’t mind wearing a mask, so I hope you feel free to come.]
A home address in Riggbed, date and time are written on it. Looking at the date… This is the day after tomorrow, two days after the circulatory system practice. There was hardly any time to even think about it. I was going to ask Sylverine for advice, but this got me into trouble.
In addition, it contained bills that could be exchanged for gold coins. It was a considerable amount of money, equivalent to three or four months’ salary when I was working as a craftsman.
What is this? I don’t know what the intention was. Is it to be used for carriage expenses? There are too many for that kind of thing.
I was told to come without hesitation, but I can’t help but feel the pressure. What can I do, it was an invitation from the Sword Master, but I couldn’t even withdraw my foot.
… I will have to go
***
The next day, I waited at the end of the classroom for the last class on circulatory system. I felt like I was about to die because the travel poison accumulated during practice had not completely resolved. Students began to enter and fill the seats.
At that time, a group of five or six female students began to climb up the row above me.
Then, looking in my direction, some of the crowd greeted me.
“Hello~”
They are kids with no one-on-one relationship with me. I watched it with soulless eyes, wondering if it was something I would do to someone else.
So I complained in a half-joking way.
“Why don’t you say hello~”
Then they patted each other, laughed, and sat down in the lower row.
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Did you do it to me? If so, that’s an ominous sign. How do things know me and say hello?
Soon after, an unknown female student with her thick book hugged to her chest came up to me and greeted me in the same way.
“Oh, hello.”
“… ….”
Looking at you with a wary look, he said, half-covering his face with a book as if he was a little embarrassed.
“Oh, sorry.”
Then he sprinted down.
I had to take seriously the situation of strangers pretending to be close. As far as I remember, it wasn’t like this until practice.
Because I had a double status. For better or for worse, something must have happened to me.
The most likely is a problem related to the circulatory system. I didn’t know if it was known that Luna and I were in the same group, or if the person who brought the horn was revealed as it was due to a mistake on the part of the school.
And some students looked in my direction, giggling and whispering in my ear.
I feel strange. It was as if there had been an accident or something had gone wrong.
Just in time, Luna entered the classroom. She didn’t even look at me and took her seat in the middle of the row.
The gaze towards Luna is not that severe compared to mine. What is it? Luna wants to know something.
Then Professor Candinella came and stepped onto the podium, and the cluttered atmosphere was cleared.
She took one look at her pocket watch and waited patiently for her late students. She didn’t nag at the late students.
Candinella finally opened her mouth as she glanced around the fully occupied classroom.
“The reason I am here is to announce the schedule for the 2nd round of Soderton Circulation.”
The atmosphere in the classroom is terribly sinking.
“This is a joke, just to show you how grades are calculated. Let go of your face.”
She put everyone’s heart down and began to explain the criteria for adding and subtracting points for this exercise.
There was a plain talk about how many points you get in and how many points you don’t get in.
Everyone had their faces hardened as they tried to calculate their scores in their heads while recalling their memories from the practice.
When the explanation was over and it was time for questions, about 30 students raised their hands in unison.
Candinella said.
“If it is related to your grades, take it down. Come see me after class.”
Five lowered their arms, and the others stiffened them.
As she pointed out one, a male student asked loudly.
“Has anyone brought horns of phantom beasts to this practice?”
Including the seniors, only two people brought horns.
This topic has been the biggest topic of discussion among first-year students. Thanks to the leap of love, those who have nothing to do with the chief could not take their attention.
Candinella looks around her classroom with a light smile.
“Hands down if you were going to ask the same question.”
Then everyone lowered their hands.
The classroom suddenly becomes quiet.
“First of all, I won’t tell you who it is. It’s obvious that he covets the potion and harasses the chief by chasing him. There is also the risk of theft.”
She paused for a moment before continuing her words.
“And… There is a student who brought horns. The student was smart, brave, and performed the task in a unique way. It’s a pity that I couldn’t explain the process to you guys.”
No one dared to say anything.
“Even if I can’t tell you who the senior is, the Elixir of Love is a drug that affects the mental system, so if you want to think that I took the medicine for some reason, please come personally. I’ll help you detox. Now, any other questions?”
Everyone kept silent. I couldn’t even come up with a name to guess who had done the difficult task.
She announced the end of her class and called several students by name.
“Ah, Hubert, Shion, and Damian have something to discuss about the dormitory, so come to me!”
Then some of the girls turned around and looked up at me, giggling.
“… ?”
Soon after, the students rose from their seats and rushed out of the classroom.
And those who were called stood in front of Candinella standing in the church.
She took a careful look at the faces of the three, including mine, and said.
“Once you look at it, it doesn’t seem like it was filmed because it was hateful. I guess I’m lucky out of misfortune. Uhh, even if you tell me to do a moderate welcome ceremony, I’ll always have an accident like this. The two of you, Hubert and Shion, will move to a temporary dormitory due to the extent of damage to the dormitory. Go see the Whitdruff maid or the housekeeper.”
A guy named Hubert lowered his head in moderation and answered.
“Yes, thank you.”
About the level of damage, what strange thing happened to the dormitory that had been away for a while?
Candinella looked at me, who hadn’t grasped the situation yet, then said.
“Damian you…… It looks like you haven’t checked the dorms yet. Right?”