86 – An Invitation to Crossing
I never thought a moment like this would come. Although I was half nervous, I pretended to be calm and rang the doorbell. The gate opens on both sides by itself. The kids who came with me were amazed and made a fuss.
Whether or not, take the lead and go inside.
What you see before your eyes is Shiraishi’s garden.
“Wow… ….”
It was much more decorated than before. Before that, it felt spacious and pretty, but now we were greeted by a beautiful garden decorated with colorful flowers.
“Kyaaa!”
“After all, rich people are different!”
The female students who followed made a fuss and cheered.
A red butterfly gently flies into the back of the garden. At the end
“Everyone! “Welcome to my home!”
Shiraishi extended her hand toward us with her confident expression. There were maids lined up on either side of her, centered around her.
“Guest… No, it is Shiraishi’s duty to treat her friends with all his heart and sincerity… No, my principles!”
And next to Shiraishi was Elena, who quietly lowered her head.
“Please don’t feel pressured and have a free and enjoyable time here today!”
Those who followed Shiraishi confidently shouted, spreading her arms outstretched as if she were the host of a party, and looked at her with longing eyes.
Well, this is probably the first time these kids have come to Shiraishi.
The students of Class 2-A were invited to her mansion today.
Preparing for a cultural festival or holding an acting camp. There was a nominal reason for that, but it seemed like the kids who followed today wanted to have the special experience of being invited to a wealthy family’s mansion more than that.
“The house is really big… ! That’s right, Miss Kato!”
“Yes… “I see.”
I and Haruna were the only ones who had ever been to this house.
I didn’t think it would be a good idea to show that I had been there before, so I pretended not to know.
Everything else is for the first time. Several male and female students, including Yuuki. And
“…… “Blue rose.”
The senior looked at the flowers in the garden with an interesting expression.
“Do you like flowers?”
“No, I wouldn’t go so far as to say that I like it…. “I just saw it.”
Takase-senpai smiled at me.
She spoke lightly and was always a senior, but the female students behind her cheered loudly and whispered among themselves.
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It seems like he was in our class too. Members of the senior’s fan club.
A member of our class, as well as a senior, came here after receiving an invitation from Shiraishi.
There are students watching their senior’s every move from behind and overdoing it, as well as people looking around the large garden. And even me and Haruna. In the yard of the mansion, where many people gathered and became noisy, she looked satisfied.
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The young lady was smiling as hard as she could.
I tried my best to lead the conversation and join in on their topic, but it seemed like even that wasn’t easy, and I was sweating profusely and raising the corner of my mouth awkwardly.
That night too, the invited VIPs and their children gathered to enjoy a luxurious party. Dragging her long dress, she was trying her best not to be left out of the group.
“…… “I would say it has no dignity.”
“From what I heard, you always go to Seishin Girls’ Academy alone.”
“Your father must be very worried because Shiraishi’s daughter looks like that.”
The noble ladies who were watching this were whispering and mocking expressions on their lips.
The young lady, who quickly became alone, found her classmates from the girls’ academy gathered together and approached them, shouting out joyfully.
She was able to exchange one or two words of greeting, but she quickly shut her mouth and became a mere listener.
Even among them, her existence was forgotten and the young lady was already alone and sat in an empty seat.
The young lady’s eyes were blurry as she watched the fireworks festival that was the finale of the party while sipping a cocktail in her glass.
She still remembered those blurry eyes.
When she saw the young lady leading her friends to her parlor with her bright eyes now, she remembered what she looked like back then.
“Feel free to explore! “And we’ll be having a screening here a little later, so please gather around!”
“What are you looking at?”
“Of course it is Romeo and Juliet. “It will definitely be a great help to the play I’m doing now!”
Compared to her then, her current appearance resembled her when she was younger.
The sight of a young lady inviting her friends and happily leading them was something she could not have imagined before coming here.
As if she was running away, the place she ended up leaving was the mansion where she lived briefly as a child.
Memories are just memories.
She clearly expected that she wouldn’t be able to fit in here either.
She felt unfamiliar as she watched the girl talking to her male student.
Come to think of it, he was with her when she got off at this house.
I didn’t believe him when he said that he had picked her up personally because he was late for her after-school meeting, but she didn’t think much about it at the time.
Anyway, she was planning to take the young lady back to her home.
However, things have changed a bit now.
As she looked into her life that had changed while living here, she wanted to know a little more about him.
Except for the young lady’s love for him, their relationship did not appear to be that of simple friends.
“Minsu. “Aren’t you going together?”
“Ah… Go out with your senior first. I need a bathroom….”
“Yes, okay~”
After Ms. Kato and Ms. Takase left, following the young lady who offered to take them on a tour of the garden. He left the living room with a somewhat suspicious-looking gesture.
“……… “I will guide you.”
“Ugh!”
When he suddenly popped out next to the entrance to the living room, he was particularly startled and jumped up.
“What, what…?” Ah… “Mr. Elena.”
“I will guide you to the bathroom.”
“No… are you okay. Even by myself….”
I quietly look at him.
When I looked into his eyes, he was embarrassed.
“This mansion is quite large, so if you walk alone, you might get lost.”
“……… “I see.”
I lead him to the bathroom as he nods.
It was like that when I first came through the front door, and the gait seemed quite familiar.
Unlike others, I didn’t even look around to see.
After going to the bathroom, he stopped in shock when he saw me right in front of him.
“Oh… “You’re still there.”
“……… Let’s go.”
“Yes….”
Walk down the hallway. I could feel his eyes watching me behind my back.
“But….”
I walked slowly and asked.
“Why did you come to this mansion?”
“Yes? That’s right… In preparation for the play… We all promised to get together and have a screening….”
“No.”
She turned her body and looked at him.
“…… “I’m not talking about today.”
“Yes?”
“Before I came to this house. “What brought you here?”
“……… ….”
I spoke to him who was embarrassed and couldn’t even open his mouth.
“It’s no use lying. Even if it’s not true, you can just ask another employee.”
“Well, that’s…” ….”
Outside the window, I can hear the chatter of students chatting noisily while looking at the garden.
“… Actually, I came here once.”
“…… Once?”
“………… W, many times….”
When I asked him while glaring at him, he begged and confessed.
“Well, that…” Like today… I received an invitation from Shiraishi. Yes.”
“……… ….”
“Just like Haruna. “We became quite close.”
Excuses become longer.
I said to him who was rolling his eyes and trying to find a way out.
“Young lady is not the kind of person who casually invites others.”
“So… You’re a friend. Not just me, but Haruna too….”
“You.”
I stopped talking and took a step closer to him.
“It looked quite familiar to this mansion.”
“…………….”
“Unlike Ms. Kato, she didn’t look around even once on the way to the parlor and sat down to drink tea as if she was used to it.”
“Oh, that’s… ….”
“I can tell by the way you walk, the way you act, and the way you speak.”
This boy and girl are bound by something different.
It was different from a simple friendship.
“I will ask you directly.”
“K, keuh…” ….”
I need to know about this boy.
“What is your relationship with the young lady?”
Bowing his head, he barely protested.
“……… Well, don’t get me wrong. Like dating… “It’s not like that.”
“I know how to do that.”
Then it was even more unknown.
The reason why this man protects the young lady so much.
“……… No see.”
He was extremely embarrassed and barely opened his mouth.
However, I couldn’t hear the very first part well.
“Yes? “What did you say?”
He flinched, took a step back, sighed, and then looked up at me.
“Exclusive…… “I am a deacon.”
For a moment his head did not turn.
I understood the meaning of the word, but why did this boy become the young lady’s butler? I stood still for a while, unable to figure out the connection at all.
“Ah… eww….”
When he actually spoke, he was scratching his cheek regretfully and feeling embarrassed.