Chapter 294. Short and concise (2)
“Whoa, whoa…”
A shaky, shaky mess of breaths came out.
Erica tried to calm herself down, placing her hand on her chest and taking a deep breath.
Of course, it wasn’t easy to calm her excitement.
‘I came too early.’
Looking at the clock tower, the time was 2:30.
An hour and a half before the appointment time.
I wondered if she came out too early, but when I saw her body trembling with tension like this, I also thought it was good that she came out early.
She had plenty of time to calm her tremors.
‘But is this the right clothes?’
Looking down, Erica tilted her head and tilted her head.
She had to try on all the clothes in the house because her mother put on an exciting fashion show in the morning.
As soon as she brought out her words that she was going out with Schluss, she suddenly changed her eyes and put makeup on her clothes.
She would never have given her relationship advice to her mother if she had known this.
“Lightweight solid color dress······.”
This outfit was decided upon by her mother’s strong recommendation (read compulsion).
Some say this kind of clothes are perfect for a spring day like this.
Erica’s comment that she might as well wear an evening dress since she’s going out is completely ignored.
She still couldn’t understand the bewildered look on her mother’s face when she brought up the story.
“Hmm. Hmm.”
As she twirled the ends of her pigtails through her fingers, Erica felt her gradually calm down.
I’ve calmed down a lot.
The thought that today’s outing alone would not be able to erase the gap she had with others made her calm down on its own.
‘Maybe Schluss doesn’t even think of it as a date.’
From Schluse’s point of view, she is stressed here and there because of her work, and then she just comes out to play for a little while.
I won’t put anything important on this outing.
She forgot that too, and she was excited to be alone, almost dreaming in vain.
Erica gave a wry smile and dropped her head.
Her deep sense of defeat was already filling her.
“What is it? Why did you come so early?”
“What?”
The feeling of something being placed on top of her head made Erica shrink.
Looking back at her, Schluss was smiling and looking down.
Shortly surprised by her lack of preparation, Erica raised her hand above her head and listened to what she was holding.
It was a headband decorated with flowers.
“A gift. I picked it up as it came.”
“What are you saying… How do you pick up something like this?”
“It’s true. There was a spring flower festival on the way home, so I was looking around and got one.”
“That’s right?”
Spring Flower Festival.
Come to think of it, the old town side was doing something like that.
Erica smelled the flowers on her headband and opened her eyes wide.
They were all live flowers.
The flowers are supplied with water and nutrients through the magic formula inside the headband, and the fragrance is designed to last for a long time.
There was no way that such an expensive thing would have been given away for free by a money-making merchant.
Erika looked up at the still unconcerned Schluse and smiled.
When I put it on her head, it felt like a schluss was stroking it, and she felt good.
“Uh, how does it look?”
“It’s much better. Using that seems to neutralize the harsh impression, hey.”
“Someone has a rough impression. More than that, there’s still some time left before the opening of the special museum-“
“Then let’s go flower viewing. Next week they’re all gone.”
“Eh?!”
Before I knew it, Erica was being led by Schluss by the hand.
The flower viewing was not planned at all.
Shortly after the feeling of uneasiness overcame the line of movement, Erica felt her heart race.
‘I wasn’t the only one who was excited.’
I was afraid Schluss would be dry.
I gathered all the courage I had without courage, but I was most afraid that Schlust would think that he was bothering me while he was busy.
But when I saw Schluse’s bright smile, those worries disappeared like snow.
Maybe I can hope.
I began to see hope with the thought that I might have been scared.
.
.
.
“Keuuu…”
In front of City Hall.
Watching Schluss and Erica disappear towards the old town, Emilia gnashed her teeth.
When she told me she was going out with Erica, she pretended not to care, but when the day came, she couldn’t stand it and chased after her.
“This will break, Ms. Emilia.”
“Okay. Is there anything special?”
Hearing her calm, weak voice, Emilia turned her head away.
Saint Iris and Trier.
The two looked relaxed, still not understanding the seriousness of the situation.
“If you’re careless, you’ll be in big trouble in an instant.”
“Ah. Erica hates Schluse? That’s never going to happen between the two of you.”
“·······.”
The three clearly shared common interests and cooperated.
There is nothing you can do about an engagement that has already been made, but you have to stop it from happening any more.
With that commitment, the three of them met regularly and were struggling to prevent the birth of their fourth fiancé.
When Emilia first met her, she suggested that we start with a cup of black tea, and the name of this meeting became solid.
‘But they’re both too naive…’
However, Emilia only clicked her tongue as she looked at the two people who still did not understand the seriousness of her situation.
You guys are the fiancées who got two fiancées in an instant after thinking such a comfortable thing.
Emilia couldn’t bear to say ······ and just tapped her on the forehead.
Everyone will regret it later.
After the 4th and 5th episodes, my heart would understand.
“I’ll miss it. Let’s go after it.”
“Puheh…”
“Why are you laughing, saintess?”
“No. I think it’s cute.”
“Suddenly?”
“With the power of the Schluss, they would have known we were tailing them long ago. But it’s so cute to sneak around like this.”
“You’re doing this on purpose? Of course you know we’re following you. We’re following you on purpose to pressure you so you don’t do anything stupid. At least you wouldn’t think of dragging Erica into the dark.”
“Ah…”
Iris’s mouth, which had been laughing while covering her mouth, gradually opened.
Emilia wasn’t just an innocent girl who couldn’t sit still for fear of losing her Schluss.
In order to carry out her own purpose, there was only one beast that did not choose any means and methods, and its sharp eyes were shining.
“Let’s go. Before we have any regrets.”
“That’s right.”
“Yes…”
Emilia took her steps with her cold face.
Iris and Trier followed Emilia as if possessed.
***
“Actually, this is the first time I’ve been to an art museum. I was very surprised to see the paintings.”
“Really? He often stops in front of unknown works…”
She wasn’t lying when she said she was surprised by the painting.
After looking around the art gallery, she found some paintings that caught her eye.
There were many paintings of the real world that even people with little education could recognize, such as Gogh, Picasso, and Da Vinci.
Perhaps it came along with the flow of real books.
‘Did you want to show off like that?’
It was a bit bitter to think that all of this was scattered by him to let me know about his presence.
In the world he created, I now have to live without him.
They lost even the child who resembled him endlessly. Forever.
“Schlus?”
“Oh, uh. Sorry. I was thinking about something else for a while. Shall we move?”
“Where are you going now?”
“Sure.”
Time was a little ambiguous.
Should we go ahead of schedule?
“That, Schluss. If you don’t have anything special to do…”
“Huh?”
“Do you want a drink?”
“On an empty stomach? I should eat first.”
“Ah, yes. That’s right… That’s right…”
“Maybe with wine. I know a good shop.”
There was one shop I absolutely had to go to.
Recently, the intelligence service was slowly retiring the agents whose faces were stamped on me, and bringing in new recruits.
And then, without my knowledge, I set up a base, and the place I was going to go to was the restaurant I was using as my base.
It started out very small at first, but strangely, it prospered like crazy and became so popular that even nobles from the new town came to visit it.
I didn’t go there to put pressure on them to demolish it, I went purely because I was curious about the taste of the food.
“Hello. Did you make a reservation…”
“Yes. I reserved a seat by the window.”
“Oh, let me guide you.”
As soon as I entered, I could see the staff’s faces turning white.
These are the new agents of the Secret Service.
I need to remember everything.
Me and Erica were ushered to a window seat deep inside by a nervous waiter (the original spy).
It was moderately dark and quiet, so it was the perfect place to have a serious talk.
“Wow… I was worried because it’s in an alley, but it’s fine when I go in. Have you been here?”
“No. It’s my first time too. I came here because it was rumored to be so delicious.”
“Huh…”
Erica looked around and she smiled.
Entering the calm atmosphere of the restaurant, it seemed that the tension had eased.
You’ve been fidgeting throughout today’s date.
It must be because there is something important to say to me at the end.
We decided to arrange a good timing to bring up the story.
We ordered grilled cod and wine for our meal.
It’s better to eat cleanly without a strong smell.
The dining atmosphere was comfortable.
Is it because of the alcohol?
Erika, who had been creaking like a robot all day, was talking casually as usual.
“hehehe. I think I can graduate early.”
“Wow… I still have a lot to retake. I’ve been going in and out of the lab a lot lately. What are you doing there?”
“I’m writing a thesis. It’s about a dimensional rift… I haven’t really made much progress. Ehehehehe.”
“Shall I lend you Durandal? Even if it’s very weak, you’ll still have the power to split the dimensional rift. Wouldn’t that be helpful?”
“Huh? Really? Thank you so much!”
The only flaw was that most of the stories were about studies or research.
Erica gets so excited whenever she talks about her studies.
Erica couldn’t look so pretty as she spoke more happily than ever.
How nice it is to see a frowning expression and then smile heartily like this.
“hehehe… I’m empty, Schluss.”
“It’s the last drink.”
“Huh? Really?”
She ate while talking slowly, and soon both the plate and the wine bottle were empty.
It was completely dark outside and it was nighttime.
Only the light from a small candle lighted Erika’s face softly.
As the waiter poured Erica a glass, an awkward silence came.
Erica, who had been chattering with excitement until just now, silently glared at the glass of golden wine, then came out and met her eyes.
“Chullus… You know-“
Now was the right time.
Boom!
At that moment, Erika’s face was flooded with a bright light and an explosion erupted.
A startled Erica turned her head.
It was none other than the sky above that the explosion was heard.
Above the sky where colorful lights are spreading.
Boom! Phuong…!
Soon the next fireworks were shot up and began to flood the sky with bright light.
Fireworks.
I made it by imitating the example I saw in the desert. It is known as
······, But of course that was just camouflage.
No matter how much I tried to keep the fact that I was developing gunpowder and making guns a secret, there was bound to be a limit to keeping it confidential.
In the end, the intelligence that Schluss Heinkel is making something using saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur must have already reached the enemy.
So it was necessary to disguise that I was developing a spectacle called fireworks, not a weapon.
The first fireworks show was set for today even though it was slightly underprepared.
Because I wanted to surprise Erica.
“How does it look? I invented it. I adjusted everything from the color combination to the order of the flames.”
“Pretty······. Very······.”
“It’s pretty, but a bit noisy.”
“Yes…”
As soon as the barrier was opened, the resounding sound as if it would tear the eardrums suddenly died down.
Still, it wasn’t that I couldn’t hear it at all.
Erika’s eyes turned to me again as she watched the fireworks in awe.
Her eyes seemed to have something to say.
Colorful sparks reflected in Erica’s pupils and then disappeared, repeating.
“Chullus. You know me…”
Erica’s hand holding her wine glass was shaking.