54 – Lisa (1)
Nel is preparing to go to the academy as usual.
She slowly brushed her shiny golden hair with her comb.
Then, she remembered a man she had met by chance a few days ago.
‘You probably didn’t get caught, right?’
The man who was dragged by Ellie at the academy.
He was none other than Van von Lionel, known in the world as the second prince.
The chairman told me to stay somewhere else because he came.
So he deliberately did not go to the exam room.
I’m afraid something might happen.
But, even though the exam wasn’t even over, I never imagined that I would come out of the exam room like Ellie.
‘If you get caught, you could cause harm to others.’
And, it could possibly cause harm to Kael.
As soon as she thought about that, her expression suddenly became depressed.
I haven’t been able to think about it much lately, but sometimes it occurred to me that she had abandoned him.
As a result, sometimes I felt a prick of guilt.
“Whoa.”
She took a shallow breath and thought about it, and before she knew it, it was almost time to go to work.
After quickly getting ready, Nell quietly looked out her window.
-Roaring!
There are quite a few dark clouds today.
It seemed like rain might come later.
‘I’ll have to take my own umbrella too.’
It was a moment when I thought that today’s weather was the same as the day I broke up with Kael.
***
A few days have passed since I heard the information from Sariel.
I quietly looked at the pendant in my hand.
A pendant sparkling in golden color.
It looks luxurious to anyone.
And this is not the end.
As Sariel said, the pendant displayed a crest consisting of a crown unique to the imperial family.
‘Is it really related to the imperial family?’
Thinking like that, I briefly remembered the story I had with Sariel.
***
An unexpected word came out of Sariel’s mouth.
I listened to her and asked back without realizing it.
“Is it the imperial emblem?”
“Uh. “Look here, you can see it.”
She says this while pointing at her pendant.
I kept my mouth shut at her words.
As I said, the real royal family emblem was on the pendant.
‘I guess I couldn’t see it because it was covered in dust.’
Anyway, that’s not the important thing.
Rather than that, there was the royal family emblem in the pendant she hid.
I looked at Sariel and opened her mouth.
“I’m asking just in case, but I guess someone just drew a sentence on their own, right?”
“What kind of crazy person would do such an insane thing? “If you do something wrong, the death penalty is guaranteed.”
As she says that, she pretends to slit her throat with her thumb.
There is nothing more foolish than impersonating the imperial family.
I asked, looking at the pendant.
“So does that mean it’s real?”
“Well, the magic power contained in the pendant is not at an ordinary level. “This is the real thing.”
“······.”
Sariel, who is no one else, is so sure that it is a pendant related to the imperial family.
Why on earth does Lisa have something like that?
The girl I knew was just a kid I lived with in her rural neighborhood.
‘When I think about it.’
She often looked at the royal capital.
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Furthermore, her appearance at the time had a somewhat aristocratic aura.
At the time, she just thought that her appearance was a bit special…
‘Is it really related to the imperial family?”
In order to investigate, you must go to the imperial palace.
However, it is not a place where the imperial family can come and go as they please, like taking a walk around the neighborhood.
‘Should I ask Ellie for a special favor?’
Or should I just sneak in?
That time when I was stroking my chin and thinking like that.
“I’ll give it back to you right away. Ruler.”
Sariel hands you her pendant.
I received the pendant she gave me.
Then, Sariel asks a question.
“What are you going to do?”
“What are you talking about?”
“No, that investigation. Are you going to end it here? “Can you continue?”
“Hmm?”
I looked somewhat surprised at her unexpected suggestion.
The next moment, she tilts her head.
“What? “Why are you making that face?”
“That’s because I didn’t know that you would say that you would do it again.”
“Profit! “What are you looking at me for?”
-Pow!
As if she was dumbfounded, she naturally kicked my shin with her foot.
But.
“Ugh! Why is it so hard!”
Unfortunately for her, it was she who was in pain.
She stuck out her tongue as she rubbed her own feet.
“How much training have you been doing?”
“We do it together every day.”
“At that point, it’s an addiction. A guy who doesn’t even appear on the front lines doesn’t even have enough magic research, so what kind of training is he doing? “Are you a pervert?”
“Perverts don’t know what’s going on in the world. So there’s no harm in being prepared.”
“Ha. “That guy’s stubbornness… That’s why I like him.”
I pretended not to hear what she was saying and changed the subject.
“So why are you suddenly helping me?”
“Because you had that look on your face.”
“That kind of expression?”
“The expression on your face when you first met me.”
“······.”
I don’t know what my expression looked like at the time.
However, judging from the way she smiles bitterly, it doesn’t seem like she has a very good expression.
“Anyway, if you need anything, let me know. “I’ll do this for free.”
“Thank you. “Then let’s just go.”
“Oh, yes. “Thank you for your hard work… Oh, no.”
“?”
She suddenly changes her words.
Then, she corrects her words with an alluring smile.
“That air conditioner magic ball you mentioned earlier? Please install that one. “I’ll beat you up with that.”
It was a moment when I felt like I was asking for her.
***
I shook off my thoughts again and quietly looked at the pendant.
That time when I was thinking deeply about Lisa.
-Drur!
Suddenly the teacher’s room door opened.
The next moment, without realizing it, I quickly put the pendant into my subspace pocket.
At the same time.
“You came quickly?”
Nell approaches here and looks somewhat surprised.
I quietly shrugged at that question.
“I just woke up earlier than usual and went to work early.”
“Hmm, something is unexpected. “I thought you would live according to the schedule.”
In the past, I would have ignored those words.
However, when Nell, who looked exactly like Lisa, said those words, she felt an indescribable feeling.
‘If you think about it, Lisa also knew my lifestyle pattern.’
I looked at Nell quietly.
Then, Nell scratches her cheek with a somewhat embarrassed expression.
“That Mr. Kael. “If you look at it that way, it’s too burdensome, right?”
“Oh, I’m sorry.”
It seems like I was staring at it too openly.
Before I got embarrassed for no reason, I looked at the mana umbrella in one of her hands.
“Is it raining outside?”
“That’s not true. “The weather was a little gloomy, so I brought it just in case.”
“I see.”
The more she talks to her, the more she can’t get Lisa out of her head.
‘Phew.’
I looked at her once again.
No matter how you look at her, she looks just like Lisa.
It almost makes me think that if Lisa grows up, she will be like Nell now.
‘Shall I ask you a question?’
Thinking like that, I was about to ask a straightforward question.
-Drur.
“What are you two doing?”
Veron, an old professor, makes a puzzled expression as he enters the staff room.
The next moment, Nell answers with her businesslike smile.
“We were just having a conversation about the weather.”
“Oh, it looks like it’s going to rain outside now, right? Did everyone take their umbrellas?”
“I took care of it.”
“I didn’t take it.”
“Uh huh. Professor Kael. “I’m saying this with the professor in mind…”
-♬♩♪
In an instant, the sound of an alarm ringing as the horse’s waist is cut.
After hearing the notification sound, Nell and I got up from our seats.
“I’m sorry. “I guess the lecture has just started.”
“No. Let’s go quickly. “The students will be waiting.”
“Yes, I understand.”
With those words, Nell and I naturally left the teacher’s office.
The moment when each person was about to go to the classroom.
“Mr. Nell.”
“Yes?”
I quickly called her over.
Then, she spoke in a serious voice.
“Do you have any plans for this evening?”
“Uh, no.”
“Then is it possible for the two of us to eat alone?”
“Is this a date request?”
In response to that question, I closed my eyes and kept my mouth shut.
Soon, I slowly opened my eyes.
“Yes, this is a date request.”
-Hwaaak.
Her face turns red for a moment, as if she didn’t know she would say it so openly.
“Oh, I understand. Then, I’ll see you later this afternoon after the lecture.”
“Yes. “Let’s do that.”
She leisurely leaves with a stiff gait, like a golem.
I was left alone in the hallway.
‘I’m sorry about something.’
Actually, I didn’t ask her out.
There is only one reason why I asked to talk in the evening.
To see if she is her Liza.
‘I can’t help it.’
I feel like I want to ask this question right now, but I don’t think I’ll be able to get an easy answer if I ask it so tightly.
Couldn’t she have pretended not to notice before that?
‘After dinner, I’ll have to ask you something.’
With that thought in mind, I headed to the classroom.