61 – Light Green Dream (7)
Although Eugenia is the main character in the original work, it will be a long time since she was properly established as a heroine.
Yujin and her have been childhood friends since they were very young.
She also entered the academy together, but up to that point, although they were close friends, they were not romantically attracted to each other.
After Eugene entered the academy, she also dated Patricia and Claudia, but Eugenia was his best friend and always stayed by his side.
But after Eugene joins her student council, trials come to her as well.
As if the other two weren’t enough, I also became close with Iris there, so I was able to spend relatively less time on Eugenia.
Eugenia, who has an introverted personality, has not been able to make any other friends, so from then on, she experiences extreme loneliness and nervousness for some reason.
In that state, she goes through several more events and gradually becomes aware of her feelings for him, and eventually confesses those feelings at the prom at the end of her second semester, which is the original that I remember. It was a progression of.
But right now, Eugene has not yet joined the student council. This is even though events are progressing at a much faster pace.
“…I want to ask you one thing.”
“Uh, huh? Yeah! What are you curious about? You can ask everything! What is it? What is it?”
When I spoke up, Eugenia took it with great joy.
Even though she said that earlier, she seems to be very sad that the conversation is ending.
The fact that he kept looking sideways at me while I was talking…
“The people your friend has become close with recently. Do you know who they are?”
“What…? I was about to ask you something else, but…No, no. I’ll tell you…”
Eugenia showed her disappointment for a moment, but then changed her mind and answered my questions very sincerely.
“It was definitely senior Patricia from second year, Claudia from first year A, Iris from also A, and Leta from B…?”
“Wait a minute, Leta?”
“Yeah…I guess she was the daughter of a merchant…I think so…”
The name of a completely unexpected person suddenly came out of Eugenia’s mouth. As if she didn’t see my surprised expression, Eugenia continues her story.
“…They all look pretty and elegant…They have elegance…They’re all from good families…But isn’t that too much…? So far, I’m the best friend…”
Once Eugenia became speechless, she let out all of her dissatisfaction and resentment as if she wanted to do it.
‘Whoa… ‘
When I first heard her words, I roughly guessed that the change in my behavior had returned in this way.
If I hadn’t had that conversation with Iris on campus that day, the two wouldn’t have met so quickly.
The principal said that Eugene is being taught her culture by Iris, so of course she will have to spend less time with Eugenia.
The rest of the time, Patricia Dunn will be meeting Claudia Dunn and continuing to do what she did.
That was my guess, but here it is Leta…
Leta is the daughter of the grand prize society, and in the original work, she was something of a sub-heroine and treasure goblin.
Even though her assigned portion was not large, the various information and items she provided were always of great help to her main character and group.
But I’ve already met Leta, right… The heroine I met in my second year was already…
So, it’s not that she spends less time on Eugenia, it’s that she can’t spend it on Eugenia at all.
I feel like the changes in my actions are now shaping the future, even in places I can’t see.
As I was silently lost in thought with a serious expression on my face, Eugenia saw that and stopped talking.
Then, with an unconfident expression on her face again, her shoulders slump.
… It’s said that I’m naturally an introvert, but I was still driven to this point. She’s only had Eugene as a friend the entire time, and it seems like she might be like that if they were to suddenly become separated from each other.
Suddenly I have that thought. It must have been a very big challenge for her to talk to me.
Normally, she wouldn’t have even thought of doing that, but given the circumstances and the sense of kinship with her as a spiritist, she must have mustered up the courage for once.
But she was rejected outright, so…
‘What should I do…’ ‘
Because of the amplification that occurs when assimilating with spirits, spiritists inevitably have no choice but to live with emotional ups and downs.
And because of that characteristic, there must be someone around you who you can trust and rely on.
That was the reason why, when her principal helped her, he always focused on teaching her how to maintain peace of mind.
In the original work, the loneliness incident occurred a long time later, and by that time, people had mastered controlling their emotions to a certain degree and the large-scale sympathy that exists now did not occur.
At most, there was a description of several of her spirits turning pale due to her sad and depressed emotions.
And in the first place, the only two times in the original that she went berserk were when she first encountered a demon in her external training, and later, when her war with demons reached its extreme.
However, I think this situation may have arisen due to a combination of the fact that I am not yet used to the new environment, I have become distant from Eugene, who I used to be close to, and I am not yet good at controlling my emotions.
I don’t know what will happen later, but right now there is no one around her that she can rely on.
But that doesn’t mean I can tell him to take care of your friend…
“I’ll ask you one more thing. What is the maximum number of spirits that can be ministered to right now? You don’t have to answer if you don’t want to. It may be a sensitive question…”
“That’s it… With something like that… This kid is the only one here right now. Isn’t he cute…? hehehe…”
Eugenia smiled weakly and pointed with her finger at the ball of cotton sticking out of her head.
One… Write it down. Too little.
If you think about the flow, I think there should be at least three or four of them working right now to be roughly at the right level.
It was having such a negative impact on her growth…
As my silence became longer, Eugenia spoke again in a voice without any energy.
“… Anyway, that’s all I have to say. Thank you for listening… It’s a pity, but I have to keep my promise… Like I said before, I won’t approach you again…”
“Wait a minute.”
“…Why? If you still want to ask…”
“Do it.”
“Huh…?”
“Let’s do it, buddy.”
Eugenia’s eyes widen as if she had heard an unbelievable lie.
***
This is something I thought about last time too, but despite all my efforts and determination, the flow I already knew was clearly distorted.
The same goes for the idea of living while guaranteeing my own safety while not being involved with the main characters of the original work.
Isn’t there a person standing right in front of me who I shouldn’t have gotten involved with?
Anyway, with Walter’s matter, it was already clear that not everything would go as I wanted.
But shouldn’t we at least not be dragged around by the situation?
Even if the flow is distorted, growth must occur properly.
Just for Eugenia, there is an event during her vacation where she has to extinguish her corrupted spirit and grow, but if her basic abilities are not supported in the first place, it would be considered an impossible task.
The Spiritualist can fight using elemental magic even in places where there is no mana in the atmosphere, and later on, there are times when she can only fight with elementals, so her growth is a process that can never be missed.
But it’s not like you have to help out with anything particularly huge. Since I’ve already discovered her ability to control spirits, wouldn’t it be a good idea to stay by her side and help her manage her emotional ups and downs?
Just to prevent a runaway like before from happening again.
“Really? Really? Really, really, really?”
Eugenia was dazed for a moment, but then she came to her senses and poured out her words to me in rapid fire.
“Yes. Instead, there is a condition. Listen to it and then decide…”
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“What is it? Just say the word! I’ll listen to everything! Oh, I’ll set it up so that I’m attracted to you too…”
“No, no! That’s not possible!”
I urgently cut off what Eugenia was saying. Even just Ellie is too much, so adding more people here is ridiculous.
And if he finds out I did that to my friend… I really don’t want to imagine the commotion that will happen after that.
“To begin with, we are in different classes now. We can’t go together.”
“Oh, that’s right…Then what are the conditions…?”
Eugenia looked a little disappointed, but she was convinced anyway and asked me back. And I explained my conditions to her.
“First of all, even if you encounter me in the academy, you must never pretend to know me. And you must never reveal your relationship with me to others, especially your friends. Instead, after the schedule is over, on nights like tonight, 3~3 times a week. “Let’s meet for about four days. The location will be here.”
When I told her not to pretend to know anything at the academy, Eugenia made a look of regret. However, after listening to what I said next, she immediately smiled and said that it didn’t seem that bad.
“Hey…Friend…”
Eugenia jumped in place with a big smile, and the light green cotton ball that matched her mood continued to bounce and jump into the sky above her head.
And in my head as I was looking at Eugenia, the scene of her first day after regaining her memories somehow overlapped.
I wish I knew it would end up like this.
Today, the things that happened on the first day become even more painful.
Fauq….. Good bye
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