102. Escape
Sarak-
The sound of books turning over.
The moonlight at dawn softly illuminated the entire rooftop, but it was slightly insufficient for reading a book.
However, the bookshelf kept falling over.
Because the owner of the hand turning the pages was the author of the book.
Rather than voraciously reading information,
Just looking back on faded memories.
Sarak-
The day I met that child.
Phrase of atonement for that child.
It was a relationship that started with a terrible memory,
The memories contained in the diary become increasingly sweeter.
A phrase about how my fingertips touched my cheek while helping with his care and my cheeks turned bright red, or a slightly creepy sentiment that I wish the days of happily talking with him would last forever.
And, it looks as if it was cut with a knife.
The diary, which was filled with happiness, ended with me resenting the last day that came so suddenly.
I read it out loud.
“…My brother is not coming back.”
A sleepless morning.
Even if it is just an act to appease that emptiness.
“I waited, but it didn’t come back. I’ve been wondering all day if I did something wrong.”
Her voice reciting,
It’s getting boring.
“I miss you, brother.”
I miss you.
From the day that child disappeared until now, she has always kept that feeling.
“Now…”
Last sentence.
I have lived with that one sentence as a guidepost.
“It’s time for me to find out.”
Tak-
The diary was covered,
Adela raised her head.
She couldn’t sleep even in the darkest dawn, when even the mana lights on the street were turned off.
The fact that the instructor was not that child was extremely painful.
After coming to this point,
It was Adela facing the emotions she had been putting off.
“I feel stupid…”
Why on earth?
Even though the instructor knew that it was not that child.
Doesn’t she want to leave him?
Adela entered Russell with the intention of finding the boy.
She had the goal of proving herself and inheriting the top spot, but it was only secondary.
And, she just confirmed.
The truth that the instructor is not that boy.
“Ha.”
When I cool my head and think about her,
She is right to leave him.
The driving force that enabled him to undergo the training that came from his murderous passion for education was the belief that he was a boy.
Will she be able to hold out in the future? Even if she holds on, she doesn’t know how long it will last.
Graduation at the top of the class.
That goal seemed so far away.
However, the only emotion that is keeping her from sleeping right now is.
It was a feeling of guilt toward the boy.
I don’t know why. I can’t explain why.
But…
“I’m annoyed…”
Even though I knew all the truth,
I don’t know what to do.
It was Adela who continued to suffer such agony,
She then sighed and put her hands into her inner pockets.
She connects the mana thread to the heavenly flower within it.
He said he would be a little nervous this early in the morning, but I don’t know if it would be such a bad thing.
I felt a hint of popularity behind my back.
Wow-
So naturally, a flower of heaven came out tied to her mana thread, and she turned the petal back.
She said without even looking back.
“If you don’t enjoy making holes in your head, you’d better stop.”
“…Wow, you have good intuition.”
A female voice with a gentle tone returned.
At least, it was a tone that did not exist among the people in the upper management she managed.
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Adela glances back.
At the place where I took aim with the Cheonhwa early on,
A nun was standing there.
“Ehe…”
She is a woman who appears to be around the same age as herself.
She is wearing the robe of a nun of the order, and is even holding a Bible in one hand.
She was so blatant that I wondered if she would be very disappointed if someone did not recognize her as a nun.
Rooftop of the main building at the top of the cache.
This is not a place where an out-of-pocket person would come to visit at this late hour, and there is no reason to do so.
However, she did not fire her Heavenly Fire.
“Um, can you please take that away? I’m really scared.”
The nun in front of me,
It was because she was raising her hands.
It seemed like he had no intention of fighting at all.
That made it even more suspicious.
Enough to take out one more cloth.
Although not as many as the instructors who directly guard the main auditorium, there are definitely owls at the top of the cache who guard the night.
That nun in front of me,
It would mean that he would at least be powerful enough to subdue them or sneak in.
“Your words must be appropriate for the time and situation to be persuasive. Now, shall we take two more steps back?”
“Yes, yes. I really didn’t come to harm you. Please believe me.”
“If you get down on your knees, I’ll think about it.”
Then the nun said,
She sat down really hard.
“……”
“Um… You don’t like it? Should I just lie down?”
“No, it’s okay.”
At last, it was Adella who slightly turned the ejection port of Cheonhwa aimed at the opponent.
“It’s not polite to come to me this early in the morning, and it wouldn’t mean anything if I tried. I just want to hear what the business is.”
“Aha, so let me introduce myself-“
The nun raises her head slightly, almost touching the ground, and smiles brightly.
“Ruschel’s summer vacation. She is a nun of the order who was sent to bless her well-being.”
“……”
“Yes. You won’t believe it. Actually, a blessing is a blessing, but I came to preach. You can call me an evangelist.”
Preacher. A person from the church.
Then you’ll be walking around on the streets during the day, spreading promotional paper, so why are you here?
“Yes, Mr. Evangelist. So why did you come to visit me?”
“…Actually, I didn’t come here to preach at will. The saint who came a long time ago is doing a good job.”
The nun introduced herself as an evangelist,
She pointed to Adela with her polite hand.
“Miss Adela Cathy. Do you have any intention of offering her noble soul and her body to Lord Arca?”
“Are you sure?”
I burst out laughing.
As a merchant, there is a line that she must follow.
You must follow the minimum necessary manners, called business ethics, so that you do not fall into the trap of becoming a businessman or petty merchant.
According to her values,
The nun in front of me deserved to be treated with contempt.
In slightly more profane terms,
You can’t do business properly even once.
“There is no reason, will, or need to have religion. Please go back now.”
“…Heh.”
He expressed his clear refusal, but
The nun was shaking and laughing.
“Miss Adela, I have no intention of arbitrarily ignoring your background as a merchant.”
“If you don’t do it right, they’ll really shoot you. It’s like a joke, right?”
“So, shall we make a deal?”
Transaction. A word that is like a symbol of a merchant.
The moment she heard that, she was furious at the feeling that her family business was being ignored.
Let’s listen to the evangelist’s next words,
Her body suddenly stopped.
“You’re looking for someone, right?”
“…….”
I really tried to shoot,
Even if you kill someone, it is still self-defense.
However, she failed to fire.
“…How do you know?”
“Because the denomination is huge.”
The evangelist’s next words were, She made Adela completely lose her fortune.
“The boy you met… No, I guess I could call him a young man now.”
She took a gulp and swallowed her dry saliva.
The nun in front of you. She was even more nervous because she knew that her cult was a group that could actually find the boy.
Soon, Adela answered.
“Now… where are you?”
—
“Sister Adela is late…”
“Don’t change your mind, try again.”
“Yes, yes!”
Ruschel running towards the end of vacation
The academy is peaceful again today.
However, my private room was quite messy.
“20 Seconds. If you can’t solve it within that time, just think you’re going to see Arca and rush in. Understood?”
“According to the doctrine, failing to unlock the mana lock within 20 seconds is not particularly a crime-“
“It’s loud. I’m the doctrine here.”
Two heroines who showed up a little earlier than the time I set and are working hard on self-development.
No, rather than mutual development…
Is it appropriate to describe Scarlett holding Paula like a mouse?
Extremely strict mana circuit training.
I know that this is Scarlett’s own sign of consideration and interest, but I wonder if those feelings will truly reach the saint.
However, I didn’t have time to worry about such trivial things.
Because I was sitting at the table waiting for Adela and thinking about the exquisite meal.
I was thinking about Adela.
To be exact, Adela’s thoughts about the ‘boy’ who appears in her story.
Last night. I thought about this as I returned to the dormitory, soaking wet.
That boy.
The meaning of that boy to Adela is far beyond my imagination.
In other words, it is not a problem that can be overlooked and remembered as ‘that happened.’
Life’s goal. A person who is not at all worthy of such grand words.
If so, then.
‘Isn’t that Adam…?’
A being who can have such a direct influence on the heroine. Even if it is a positive influence, no matter how much I think about it, the only thing that comes to mind is the main character of the game.
Even given the setting, Adam was older than Adella. Well, he’s only about one or two years old.
It also meets the criteria for ‘oppa’ written in the diary.
However, if my guess is correct.
If it’s really Adam, then honestly, I’m in trouble.
It’s not there now.
The guy who was supposed to be at the academy disappeared, so I took on the role of the main character instead.
“Seup…”
No, no.
If you think positively, this also leads to proving the existence of Adam.
If that boy is Adam,
This is not a ‘world line in which a human named Adam does not even exist.’
Just as Arachne became abnormally strong, this must also have been an unreasonable decision that the world made by inviting me.
In that case, Adam would be alive somewhere in the empire, doing farming or something.
You will be able to find it.
Of course, after the ending.
I can only think of two organizations that can search the entire empire to find one person.
Imperial family and religious order.
All you have to do is report the ending and get help from the former.
So. The promise I made to Adela.
It’s not an empty check.
Well… If I were Adam, things would have been so easy.
Why couldn’t I be possessed by the main character?
Thinking like that,
A knock was heard.
I walked over and opened the door.
Squeak-
“…”
The owner of the knock was, of course, Adela,
Her head was lowered.
There is also a height difference, so you can’t see their facial expressions at all.
“Adela, I know you’re tired, but is she even dozing off while standing? If that’s the case, just take a day off-“
“…Instructor.”
I was surprised for a moment.
Because the tone of voice was ridiculously low.
Why is he like this? Why do you act like a sinner?
Soon, she offers me something.
What is this?
“……”
Too thin to be a letter,
A neatly folded sheet of paper.
I took the paper and unfolded it.
And I read for a while.
“Adela.”
“…I’m sorry.”
“Are you serious?”
I am today,
To the main heroine who will go until the end.
I received a letter of resignation.