4. Before the Storm – (24)
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The 3rd floor of Glaad Mansion, Chersha’s room.
The food served by the attendant on the simple table was quite fancy.
A feast of splendid food as if they had forgotten that they were in a second-class crisis.
Ed, who has lived in the Glaeard family for eight years, now knows what this means.
More than most of her famous families who have ever visited Glead, the Glead family treats her with great hospitality.
And the food served inside the room was not for two, but for three now.
Actually, the number of food items seemed to be enough for more people to eat, but the number of people in Chersha’s room right now was actually three.
A small girl with green hair.
Plea, she knocked on Chersha’s room just in time for lunch, so she changed to a group of three.
“Isn’t Chersha really doing too much!?”
Pleaa, seated on one side of a table set up, opens her mouth in a way that she is deliberately sad and looks at Chersha with a sullen expression.
“What?”
“The lunch you ordered from the first employee is for two people… It must be this driver’s, not me, right?”
“Yes. Is that right?”
Chersha answered with a very calm expression. It was a confident expression as if something was wrong.
“No… Well, then she’s saying Chersha completely forgot about me. No, how could you…? I really don’t know a single person here, so I’m not asking you to eat lunch alone! Do too much really!”
A girl named Plea, who wiggled her hand with an expression of regret at Chersha’s appearance, looked back at herself after saying that, and looked as if she wanted to say something to herself.
“But… Wouldn’t it be better if we ate together?”
She laughed lightly at Plea’s appearance, and she had no choice but to answer like that herself.
She said that the atmosphere that existed in this room was also the atmosphere, and to be honest, she was also distracted right now.
“Ugh! I can fully understand that the two of you want to enjoy a sweet atmosphere while eating!! Oh no I don’t understand!! No matter how much it is, I hate it so much to solve a meal alone in a place where I don’t know a single person. So, you must call me when you eat. I can’t give up on this either!”
While doing so, Plea took turns holding Chersha and Ed in my eyes. It was as if he wanted them to respond to his words.
And in the end, Ed nodded her head first at Plea’s sad eyes.
“It’s nice to have a meal together. The more people you have together, the better.”
I heard that the girl named Plea was 17 years old, the same age as Chersha and herself, but her personality was unexpected.
I could say that each and every action looks cute, to put it mildly, I even felt that my mood brightened just by being together.
She’s a sister I’ve never had, but if she did, I wondered if she would feel like this.
On the contrary, with a subtle expression, Chersha nodded her head and slowly opened her mouth.
“For not paying attention… I feel sorry too. But hey Plea, why don’t you just take this opportunity to get to know the rest of the Glaad family? I’ll stay until the crisis is over, so finding someone from the Glaad family to be friendly with…”
“Chersha!!”
“Oh, no, I just made a suggestion.”
“Really! I was just so very sad! How could you say that to me!!”
When Pleaa, who spoke in a small voice, looked at Chersha with the eyes of an animal abandoned by her owner, her tears welled up. .
Chersha I thought that there was such a kind person by her side, and at the same time, I felt very strange to see a girl named Plea.
Actually, I wondered if the appearance of a 17-year-old girl might be the same as that of a girl named Plea.
“Oh, no Plea, I don’t mean that…”
“Chersha-nim is too much. Really… Are you saying that the years of knowing me mean nothing in front of a man!?”
“Muh, what are you talking about! Plea.”
Saying that, Chersha, who blushed slightly, gave me a small wink, but I just winked at the girl named Plea.
Her now just means to comfort her.
Then Chersha narrowed her eyes slightly.
He looked like he was probably expecting a meal time just the two of him, but he felt too sorry for the girl named Plea to accept that.
“…Okay. Pleaa Then, from now on, I’ll make mealtimes together unconditionally. How could it be like this?”
A girl nodding her head as Chersha spoke reluctantly.
The fact that the two women are the same age was so unusual that it felt strange.
It looked like some kind of animal had been acknowledged by its owner, so I shook my head with a small smile involuntarily.
‘Even if they are wizards, humans are humans after all.’
Plea She must have been a 4th tier, I heard that she was a pretty high level magician, but she seemed to be the same person after all.
And maybe the blonde girl in front of me right now.
Perhaps she was rather too dignified, she thought.
At the age of 17, she came to see herself across the long distance from East to North.
She was definitely a wizard who had reached the incredible heights of the 5th tier, but Chersha was definitely just another 17-year-old girl.
At an age where no one will say anything, even if you behave emotionally or complain a little.
A woman who read my emotions and didn’t get angry, but only looked at herself.
`…`
She tries to distract my mind, which seems to be in confusion again, and opens her mouth.
“All the food carefully prepared by the Glaad family cooks will cool down.”
It didn’t last very long, but it did take some time since the food was served.
“That’s right, it’s right to eat first.”
As if agreeing with what I said, Chersha lifts up her tableware.
“Steak!”
And Pleaa can tell anyone what kind of food she likes.
Looking at them like that, he also lifts the tableware.
To the extent that I couldn’t feel the level 2 crisis, I even felt carefree in a way.
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“Ha.”
Asera let out a cold sneer and slowly put down her tableware.
The vassals who confirmed Ashera’s appearance began to carefully prepare to leave.
Asera treats everyone equally without any selfishness. When she showed her such a cold side, if she caught even a trivial book, it would soon turn into a big problem for her, so everyone was careful.
Originally, the moment when a person who is not usually angry is more scary, and if that person is a person with power and power now, it is a much more scary law.
Asera, not paying attention to the appearance of her retainers leaving one by one, suddenly bit her lip.
Ed, he was relieved that he wasn’t sending him out of the Glade Mansion, and as if the image he had just before was a lie, his heart continues to sink.
Chersha Kalua. For her to stay in Glaad Mansion.
Obviously, it wasn’t unusual at all.
To support each other.
Since it was a level 2 crisis, it was definitely a good thing to cooperate.
And in fact, more than anything else, the fact that Ed, who will stand as Chersha’s escort, will not leave Glead.
I was confident that I was lucky with that alone.
So, Chersha welcomed her choice and told the servants to greet her guests with the utmost courtesy, as if they were treating the royal family at first.
But for some reason, it wasn’t easy to see Ed’s face while in the same mansion.
No, come to think of it, I’ve never run into Ed.
In addition, the third floor is away from his office.
For whatever reason, it was safe to say that Chersha rarely reached her room.
So, I wondered if I would see her face at least for a moment during lunch.
‘I will solve it in my room until lunch….’
I was really dumbfounded when I called an attendant to confirm the fact that Chersha and Ed didn’t appear during lunch.
Chersha Kalua The series of actions that she is doing right now makes it feel as if she is acting like that to keep her Ed away from herself.
Ashera, who had calmed my heart coldly, licked her lips.
“…Aileen, is there anything wrong with the condition of the knights on the front line?”
“Yes. Everything has been checked.”
Eileen, who was standing behind Ashera, calmly replied while checking Ashera’s appearance.
“Then, postpone the afternoon schedule a little. Because I think I need to meet the ‘guest’ for a while.”
“Okay.”
Asera slowly rose from her seat. She moves her steps