wish you were lesb (7)
Verdaum is a trading city about an hour away from the academy.
As befits an area with a large floating population, commerce and catering were developed, and most of the famous restaurants in the empire were located here.
Among them, the most popular oriental restaurant, Baek Jong Il’s.
Narsha entered the store, which required reservations in advance, and entered the store. Because it is a foreign restaurant, the atmosphere was quite unfamiliar.
“Our restaurant operates on a reservation basis. Have you made a reservation?”
A counter clerk came up and asked. Narsha nodded awkwardly.
“yes. That’s the party…”
“daughter! Here!”
It was then.
Someone at the table inside waved an arm in welcome.
It was Narsha’s biological father, Harold.
Narsha pointed there.
“There it is.”
“All right. Sit down and we will help you set it up.”
The waitress bowed her head and greeted the next customer. Narsha headed to Harold’s table.
“Oh, are you here, daughter?”
Harold greeted Narsha with a bright smile.
Dad I met after 8 months.
Living separately and being busy with research work, it was not easy to meet. And… while I couldn’t see him, he became old.
It was nice to see her after a long time, but Narsha was annoyed for nothing because she was upset at her decrepit appearance.
“What did you reserve for lunch?
“yes? Ah… I did it because I wanted to feed my daughter something delicious.”
Harold just laughed.
The daughter I met after a long time was just glad to see her.
“How have you been? Is your job as a researcher okay?”
“Just okay.”
“Are you eating well? How come you seem to have lost more weight, my daughter.”
“It’s the same.”
A one-way conversation.
Narsha also wanted to be kind, but strangely, her mouth was heavy in front of her father.
Meanwhile, the food we ordered came out.
“This is the ‘The Six’ you ordered. have a good meal.”
The waiter put down a plate of red pork. Baek Jong Il’s most popular menu, ‘The Six’.
Harold put it on a plate in front of him and handed it to Narsha.
“ruler! Eat it all, don’t leave anything behind.”
“Ah, there are too many…”
Narsha complained and ate the meat. The sweet and spicy taste was better than expected.
“What do you think? Is it worth eating?”
“Not bad.”
“thank god. Why is this restaurant so busy, it took a long time to make a reservation.”
Chow haha-! Harold laughed heartily.
Another one-sided conversation. It bothered me the entire time I ate, so Narsha spoke first this time.
“But why the sudden rice? What’s going on?”
“·····I just want to see my daughter after a long time. Didn’t your daughter miss you?”
“Ask me something like that.”
He lowered his head and concentrated on his meal.
I definitely wanted to see you, but it’s just a word, I really wanted to do it today, but as expected, I couldn’t answer. The resolution I made a few days ago was in vain.
In the end, the meal ended today with only an ugly appearance.
“Heh heh, I ate well.”
“thank you. good bye.”
Narsha followed Harold out of the store. The bright sunlight shone across the blue sea. The hotter sunlight signaled the passage of time.
just as expected.
The clock was approaching two o’clock.
Conference paper submissions are due at 4:00 p.m.
Considering the travel time, I had to go back slowly. Narsha said to Harold who was walking along the beach.
“I will go now.”
“Are you going already?”
A line repeated every time we parted ways.
Whether it was 30 minutes or 10 hours, his voice was always filled with regret. Even so, he silently sent me off. Because he knew that Narsha was busy, he couldn’t bear to hold on to it.
“Just a little longer.”
But for some reason, today was different.
I looked at him with slightly sad eyes.
“Let’s have a cup of coffee.”
“…only 30 minutes.”
Narsha nodded curtly.
If it was like usual, I would have rejected it with a single knife. But today I agreed. I’m not sure why. Somehow it didn’t seem right.
“Aw thank you.”
Harold smiled benignly and guided us to the cafe. A shabby two-story building in a corner.
When I opened the door and entered, the owner of the cafe welcomed me.
“Are you here? How was Baek Jong Il?”
“Did it taste good? I can see why it’s popular. But today I’m free.”
Harold clicked his tongue and looked around. As he said, the only guests were Narsha and Harold.
The cafe owner pointed upstairs.
“There is an attack magic training center up there, right? The offensive magic professor from the Imperial Academy came to visit today. Maybe that’s why the circle has gone up.”
“Imperial Academy? My daughter also works there. You are a very capable researcher. His achievements are outstanding, and he’s number one among researchers-”
Harold proudly introduced his daughter. Narsha stabbed her side and stopped.
“stop it·····”
“Haha, no. I’ve heard a lot about your daughter. My father was very proud of me.”
The cafe owner accepted it as if he was used to it. How did that look more embarrassing and embarrassing?
After a while, he gave me two cups of coffee and went out. With the words to have a good time.
“This is a shop run by my father’s friend’s son, and the taste is good.”
“Yes.”
“I came because this building was being demolished in two months. I wanted to see my daughter before she disappeared.”
“·······”
sniffling-
Narsha drank her coffee without speaking. While listening to the talk, all I could think of was the conference.
If I had known it would be like this, I would have submitted it before it came out.
“Is it worth living abroad?
“Anyway, what…”
“Dad is worried because his business isn’t working these days. The newly revised trade law is annoying.”
I’ve been listening to Harold’s tmi for a while, and an annoying subject comes out of his mouth.
“Do you keep meeting the guy you said you would meet then?”
It was about Leonard.
I said I liked it when we were dating, but after we broke up, I missed the timing to talk.
But if you said that you broke up now, you would be bombarded with questions like why did you break up, how long have you been together, and who was at fault?
I had no choice but to lie.
“Yeah what… that’s right.”
Narsha forced a smile. I’m still annoying because of Leonard, but I have to lie like this in front of my dad.
It was at that time that I clenched my fists in shame.
Dorreuk-
Small pieces of powder fell from the ceiling.
Scattered on the table were pieces of stone.
what? Did I unwittingly release my mana?
It couldn’t have been…
Narsha’s head turned upward. There was a cobweb-like incontinence on the ceiling of the cafe.
The stone fragments came from that crack.
“ah······”
The moment Narsha let out a short moan
Ku-gu-gu-gu-gu-gung
With a terrifying roar, the ceiling collapsed.
A thick wall descended in a rumble. A thick layer of dust covered the area, turning it into a mess in an instant.
Geeing-
At the same time, Narsha manifested two barriers.
Thanks to checking the ceiling in advance, it was not too late.
“Ugh…”
I looked up at the translucent barrier. The huge second-floor ground was pressing down on the barrier.
The same goes for Harold.
“Dad are you okay?”
“Okay, that’s fine.”
Fortunately, the two were not hurt. Just in time, the cafe owner, who had been walking leisurely, jumped out in surprise.
The relatively intact second-floor training center was supported by two small barriers.
“Hey, what is this! Are you okay?”
“yes. Hurry help-”
“Ah, I see! Please wait!”
The cafe owner ran fast.
Even in the midst of this, Narsha’s magic power was rapidly being consumed.
“Keuuu”
The one holding down the barrier is the magic condensation stone.
Its weight was dozens of times that of ordinary cement.
Furthermore, Narsha was a pharmaceutical student.
[Basic magic] such as barriers could be manifested even in other classes, but naturally, their capabilities were inferior to those of the main class.
Moreover, there was not one barrier that was manifested, but two.
That’s why Narsha’s limit came faster than expected.
Kwajik-
The barrier started to crack.
The incontinence, which had only been a single stroke, branched out into several branches with a sharp sound.
Kwazijik-
Narsha’s barrier gradually cracks.
Harold’s barrier was more serious than that. It wouldn’t be strange if it was destroyed right away. It was because he was away from the presenter.
“no······”
Narsha bit her teeth.
If it collapses now, Dad will die. I had to hold on somehow.
Jureuk-
Blood pooled at the corners of his mouth, and both eyes were bloodshot red.
His mana was exhausted and his complexion turned pale.
However, despite all efforts, the situation did not improve.
Harold’s barrier is on the verge of collapse.
Quajit- Quazizigit-!
“·······”
He looked at the condition of the barrier.
Looking at Narsha, he smiled brightly.
“Dad is fine.”
It was the most benign face I had ever seen.
“You can stop now.”
A voice that might be the last.
Narsha couldn’t help but smile even while listening to that vague tone. She looked at him with sharp yet sad eyes.
“Don’t talk nonsense…”
“Daughter.”
“It’s okay, what’s okay…
“Daughter.”
“I’m not okay-
“Narsha!!”
Harold’s yelling, the first time he’d heard it in his life.
“They both die.”
never seen before.
Narsha froze at the sharp eyes that resembled her.
“I love you, daughter. I’m very sorry Dad.”
Harold began to dismantle the half-destroyed barrier.
Even after graduating from the Royal Academy, it had been decades since he hadn’t used magic, but he was able to dispel magic that had been damaged to this extent.
“Forgive me for being a bad dad.”
After saying that, Harold disarmed the barrier. The cutting of magical power that can be felt vividly.
Narsha closed her eyes. A single tear flowed from his puffy eyes.
“Oh, no… no…”
fleeting moment.
I regretted every scene that passed like a kaleidoscope.
Not even saying a warm word to you.
The fact that I couldn’t listen to you wholeheartedly.
Even he couldn’t refuse to come here with a single knife.
By the way······
Obviously the barrier is broken.
“·······”
There was no sound in the cafe. There was no impact of falling debris.
It was as if time had stopped.
Silence that does not match the situation.
When I lifted my tear-soaked eyelids.
What was reflected in Narsha’s retina was not a collapsed wreckage.
“ah······”
Her own figure was reflected in the [Barrier], which was extremely sophisticated.
A solidity that nothing in the world can penetrate.
Perfection with no visible flaws.
The “excellent magical quality” that is the basis for all of that.
As I turned my head along the source of magic, I saw a familiar face.
The best defensive magician of the empire and the best chew of my life.
“·······”
Narsha stared blankly at Leonard.
Next to Leonard on the roadside, the cafe owner was stamping his feet.
“Quickly, what about that daughter? It looks very difficult.”
“Do not worry.”
Leonard was as self-reliant as last night.
Even at the little finger swearing, even in an emergency like now, not even a word of shaking was visible.
“I tend to do my job to the end.”
Then, when he casts his magic
Susut-
The second-floor training center, which looked like a mountain, disappeared in an instant. As if it was a one-story building from the beginning.
ugh-
The magic condensation stone that was holding down the barrier rose lightly into the air.
Like lifting a sheet of paper.
Even at that miraculous moment of magic, Leonard’s expression did not change.
He just quietly left his seat after finishing his work. As if he had completely read Narsha’s mind.
jerk- jerk-
Narsha, who had been looking at it in awe, came to her senses belatedly. He turned his head with a face that looked like he was about to cry.
“Dad······”
Thanks to Leonard’s help, Harold is safe.
Narsha hugged him, whom she would probably never see again, with tears in her eyes.
······Meanwhile.
Leaning back on the corner of the alley, Leonard waited for the situation to end.
The father-daughter reunion ended a long time ago.
Rescue workers who were dispatched were looking at the condition of the father and daughter.
Narsha has weak magical exhaustion.
Harold suffered minor bruises.
The damage was remarkably small compared to the scale of the incident.
A disaster that occurred when the old building could not withstand the visiting professor’s attack magic.
If it had been the original story, Harold would have been crushed to death, and Narsha would have become a handshake to resent the Imperial Academy.
Fortunately, I was able to remove it beforehand.
Tuck- Tuck-
It was then.
I heard the sound of exhausted footsteps from behind the alley. Leonard showed up just in time.
Seeing him, Harold stopped walking, and Narsha averted his gaze.
“·······”
This was Narsha’s unique setting.
Inability to express unfamiliar emotions such as affection, praise, gratitude, etc.
“I lived thanks to the professor. How should I repay this favor…”
Instead, Harold thanked him. He shook his head and didn’t know what to do. Leonard warmly stopped Harold, who was politely polite.
“no. It’s definitely something you have to do.”
Then he handed over a mysterious box.
“And this.”
“Yes? What is this····?”
Harold carefully opened the box. Inside the luxurious box was a cake.
“Happy Birthday. This is a cake prepared by Narsha.”
Harold’s eyes widened. Narsha, who was standing next to him, shook her shoulders.
He had completely forgotten his father’s birthday.
Narsha, who came to her senses belatedly, realized one by one the things she had forgotten.
Also, today is my father’s birthday.
At the same time, it was also the day of the paper submission at the Imperial Conference.
“daughter? When did this…”
“Uh, huh? That’s- Seriously, it was a surprise gift.”
Narsha, who was vaguely confused, grabbed Leonard’s wrist.
“What time is it now?”
“4:05.”
“ah······”
A handful of despair crept onto her face. It was past the submission deadline.
It was the only way researchers could participate.
“why.”
Leonard asked calmly.
“Are you going to support the Imperial Conference?”
“I was going to do that… but it failed.”
uhh-
Narsha brushed away her lingering feelings with a light sigh. I had to be content with not being seriously injured.
I was going to
I had to.
“don’t worry.”
I felt an unknown hope in Leonard’s confident face.
“yes····?”
“Because I’ve done everything.”
＊＊＊
Calibration of the Imperial Academy.
“When are you coming…”
Sitting on the bench, Yerina looked up at the blue sky. I watched the cumulus clouds floating leisurely.
Freedom more boring than you think.
By the time this boring deviation slowly bites
Tadadat-!
Jake and Colton ran from afar. It seemed that he had just found it.
asked Jake, panting.
“Ha ha… ha… where have you been?”
“Me? I went to the bathroom.”
Erina answered skillfully.
“You were waiting in front, did you miss it?”
30 minutes ago.
Yerina entered the women’s bathroom and drank the potion hidden in her bosom.
A disguise potion prepared in Leonard’s office yesterday.
As a big hand in the illegal potion world, the effect was enormous.
Her face and body shape changed in an instant.
The impression became sharper, the body became a little more glamorous, and the blue straight hair was transformed into gray bobbed hair.
As Leonard had requested, he had disguised himself as Narsha.
Since he’s completely changed into a different person, it’s only natural that he doesn’t recognize him.
After evading the agents, Yerina went into Narsha’s lab and submitted papers for the conference.
To be honest, I was a little scared when I submitted it to the planning department, but I thought everyone would be like that when I casually threw it away.
It’s comfortable not to be cheap.
Should I change my personality at this point?
“·······”
Jake thrust a blue stone in front of Yerina’s eyes, who were lost in thoughts. It was a mana stone corresponding to the location tracking map.
“Why did you leave this in the bathroom?”
“Oops, I must have dropped it by mistake.”
“You know that not bringing a magic stone is a punishment, right?”
“Everyone knows~”
Yerina didn’t care.
I didn’t blink an eye because it was only one year added.
40 or 41 years, there and there.
“Okay, please step out of the way. My vision is blocked.”
At Yerina’s gesture, the bodyguards lined up behind them. The narrow vision was then opened.
A bench where the cool spring breeze blows.
In the place where the academy can be seen at a glance, Yerina thought of Leonard with a calmer mind.
I recalled the emotional turmoil of yesterday.
The day I was sure would become good friends.
An evening in which feelings that were dismissed as friendship were shaken.
A night where we shared each other’s warmth.
Until the dawn that came after everything was over.
At the end of that series of processes, only subtle regrets remained.
Booong-······
Just in time, his sedan came into the academy.
Leonard, as always, headed for the office. All in all, it was a beautiful appearance.
However, Yerina did not approach.
I just saw off Leonard, who was getting farther away, with a vague look.
“·······”
If you were a woman, if you were a lesbian like me.
I would have loved you unreservedly.
That’s too bad.
I don’t think this is my life.
Next time, let’s meet in a relationship where we can love each other .