216 – 216 – A Nail Named You #17
216 – A Nail Named You #17
Even if there are problems, everyday life has to go back.
I resumed the business I had put off for a while.
“Victor! Tteokbokki in No. 5, three cups of slush in No. 6, and two bowls of ramen in No. 7… !”
It was always busy with people coming in during lunch time.
No matter how much it was me, there were times when orders were delayed or embarrassed in many ways.
My body was as light as a feather now.
I wonder if my hands that stir-fry the rice cakes and seasonings are really flying.
“Everything came out. Bring it.”
“Ah, okay!”
Nike busily brought the plate to the table.
Next to it, Imp Puipu or Poipoi said, “Poipoi, I’m going to wash the dishes quickly…” !” or “The distance to wash dishes is increasing… !”
“This Arnoi, we are thoroughly monitoring whether or not there are any guests who run away without calculating… ! It’s just that I’m not playing… !”
“Viktor-kun, I finished making the slush. What about the next order?”
Arnoi, who guards the table, and Enio, the sous chef.
Watching everyone take on their own roles and go back and forth, it felt like looking into a part of a well-finished machine.
There is a lot of stability.
With that feeling, the afternoon after the busiest peak time has ended.
To be precise, around three in the afternoon.
“After that, it was hard… !”
Nike slumped down on his butt on the floor.
Other female students would hate having dirt or dust on their skirts, and would hate having their skirts wrinkled.
“I’m sorry, I have to stretch… !”
Nike just stretched as if he didn’t care too much.
Probably because Nike is from the forest and is used to sitting on the dirt floor.
pod.
Soon after, Nike got up from his seat and patted his butt with the palm of his hand.
I was surprised to hear that the sound was more elastic than I thought, but someone pokes my side.
“Didn’t I warn you, Viktor-kun, that you shouldn’t look at a woman for more than three seconds?”
“It was true.”
Unknowingly, I was watching Nike bust his ass.
Soon, Enio crosses his arms and inflates one cheek, then groans, “I really can’t take my eyes off you for a moment.”
I’m not really angry
It just felt a little tingling.
In fact, in this way, Enio has been following my gaze all day and correcting it.
If I think I’m going to give in to my own ‘desire’, stab my side or grab my ears.
“Chef Victor, hurry up and give Arnoi this week’s wages… !”
Then Arnoi shouted.
Looking down, I saw Arnoy, a little boy who seemed to be about a head to one and a half shorter than me, with his arms raised.
“Has today already been a weekly wage day?”
“That’s it… ! This Arnoi, I’ve been waiting for this day… .”
Arnoi’s eyes were bright.
Would it feel like this if you had children bowing down in front of you to receive your new year’s money?
“… … .”
Even so, seeing Arnoi doesn’t make my blood run hot.
rather the opposite.
“This Ariole, this is the first time I have received such a large weekly wage… ! No nymph would ever earn half a million renae a week… !”
“hehehehe… ! It’s Puipu… ! The money package of the weekly wage is thick and heavy… !”
“You can buy lots of delicious snacks this week… !”
Looking at the nymphs and imps, I felt something calming my heart.
I don’t usually feel it, but these guys have a knack for making people’s hearts peaceful than I thought.
“This Arnoi… , Hurry up and ask for a weekly wage… ! The money package is a 9th grade level, and it is said that heavy is good… !”
Of course, there were also nymphs whose blood would boil in a different way when looking at them.
Guy Arnoy, for some reason I want to hit a honey chestnut.
But if you hit honey chestnut, your head will go bad.
Then you won’t be able to graduate.
Then it’s a loss because you’ll see this funny scene for the rest of your life.
* * *
“Victor-kun, how are you feeling? You’ve been busy today.”
Now, in the afternoon, the sun is slowly going down.
At Enio’s question, I clench my fist and repeat.
“The condition is excellent.”
Despite a lot of work, he never got tired.
No, rather, I could feel the energy boiling from the bottom of a quiet place like a preheated engine.
How should I express this?
this energetic state.
To express this, there is only ‘youth’.
Yeah, I really feel like I’m back in those days.
A quirk planted by Therese, Boiling Blood.
If you know how to control it properly, wouldn’t it be a really powerful force?
The saying that a crisis is rather an opportunity is just the current situation.
phone scam.
It’s like there’s a gold nugget where you tripped on a rock.
“Then, is this the end for today?”
Enio stretched out.
A wind blows from somewhere and gently shakes her black hair.
That caught my eye for a moment.
Were Enio’s lips originally this red?
I hadn’t noticed it before, so I only found out about it now.
“Wait, Viktor-kun, you’re looking at my face too much.”
Enio scolded me with a single word, with her slender eyes open and her head sticking out towards me.
Thanks to that, I came to my senses.
“I didn’t do that on purpose.”
If you let go of your mind for a second, it will look like this.
I thought I was getting used to Boiling Blood, but I think I’m still far from it.
Do you always have to be mentally tense?
My body is in the best condition, but I must say that my mind is a little tired.
If you lose your mind even a little, you will see ears that are white through black hair, or eyelashes that still feel long.
Or, look at the profile, as delicate and thin as glasswork, and lose your gaze.
“Victor-kun, you’re watching again.”
“I didn’t do that on purpose.”
look.
‘Cause it’s always like this
“Really. Victor-kun too.”
“… … .”
“But, is your heart not going your way? That feeling, somehow I think I know a little bit. great!”
I was slightly surprised by Enio who shouted, “Okay.”
Originally, Enio wasn’t a person who made such a loud noise.
“Well, there is still time until evening. Viktor-kun, would you like to go somewhere with me for a second?”
“Where do you want to go?”
Shuk.
Before I could say anything, Enio grabbed my hand.
And he started dragging me somewhere energetically. There were many things I wanted to say in many ways, but the warmth of the small palms made me feel better than I thought.
I was told not to look at the face for more than 3 seconds.
Can I hold your hand?
But I didn’t ask about that.
I thought Enio would let go.
It’s an embarrassing confession.
The time holding this hand was pretty good.
It was something I felt yesterday at Victorica too, but I seemed to really like the act of ‘holding hands with someone’.
I’ve never done it, so I just didn’t know.
All I ask is this.
“Where are you going?”
“Wonderful place to go at this time.”
It’s a wonderful place to go at this time.
It must be like a secret dungeon that you can enter at a special time.
If there is a secret dungeon that can be entered in the evening, is it something like [Twilight Forest]?
While thinking about that, Enio headed for an outskirts hill near the old school.
“This way, there will be nothing.”
I also knew this road.
There was no map in D&A that I hadn’t been to, so it’s only natural.
That’s what I’m saying, but this place is a place where there is nothing.
To evaluate it, it felt like a map made just because it had to be.
However, Enio continued walking forward without stopping.
“This road used to be a walking trail. Of course, the old school itself is being used as a warehouse now, so few people know about it.”
“Was it a promenade?”
As Enio said, it was a quiet place.
There are old benches and uphill roads at least.
No, I’d like to correct it.
It’s not just an uphill road, it’s a very high uphill road.
“Whoa, whoa… .”
To some extent, the slope was so steep that it would be difficult for Enio to climb.
I didn’t know it when I moved through the arrow keys in the game, but it seemed like a completely new place.
Thanks to that, Enio, who was ahead of me, was in a higher position than I was, and because of that, whenever the wind blew and the skirt swayed, I could see the dark inside of it.
If you lower your head slightly, you’ll be able to see it completely.
“Almost, almost there. I was out of breath every time I went up. after… . But, really, we’re almost there. Soon, now, you will see it soon.”
Enio’s attitude becomes brighter and brighter.
Was it when you climbed uphill for a while?
“Now, look.”
Enio pointed forward with her hand, and what stretched out at the tips of her fingers as delicate as white porcelain was a landscape in which everything seemed small.
“Everything at school looks small. Is our club room over there?”
The figure of Ludens going down in the sunset… It was a scenery that I had never seen before even in CG. No other CG can follow.
“how? Isn’t it beautiful?”
Shaa-.
It was a hill with frequent winds even in the summer, perhaps because the altitude was quite high.
Because of that, the image of Enio holding onto his swaying hair seemed to melt into this world full of sunsets.
“Yes, it is beautiful.”
I was genuinely amazed.
“I never thought there would be a scene like this.”
“Is not it? I thought Viktor-kun would know. When I get unbearably bored, I always come here to see this scenery.”
Seruk.
Enio turned to face the small Ludens.
“Then, even a little bit of boredom subsides. So how is it? Would Viktor-kun have calmed down a bit?”
I lifted my palm and placed it on my chest.
There were many things I wanted to say, but I decided to just nod my head.
“It seem to be like that.”
“right? I think I know a little bit about Viktor-kun’s feelings. So, I thought I would definitely like it if I came here. Victoria, couldn’t you do something like this?”
“It is, but… .”
“So it is. There’s no way that Victoria, who grew up only under the sun, could understand the huge shadow that crouched in people’s hearts.”
“… … .”
“But I know. That there is something like a big beast in Viktor-kun’s heart right now. Do you think if you relax even a little, it will jump out and tear everything apart with its sharp claws?”
I was silent for a moment at Enio’s explanation.
To put it bluntly, Enio’s explanation fit very well.
“Me too. I always felt like a fox hiding among the ducks. Among the noisy ducks who quack, quack, laugh at boring stories. Pretend you’re not bored.”
“… … .”
“But sometimes, I wonder if I should frown. I wonder what would happen to the ducks if I showed my sharp side. Would you like food? Are you going to run away in surprise?”
Of course, he had endured well until now——but Enio laughed huhu.
I just say “Okay.”
Seruk.
Enio turns around and makes eye contact with me.
“Isn’t that more surprising? I made a confession with a big heart in my own way. Are you disappointed that I am such a mean person?”
“no.”
Yes, I already knew that Enio was a double-faced person.
That’s why I couldn’t be surprised when Enio talked about himself.
“Well, Viktor-kun has never been surprised. So that’s it. What I want to say is that Viktor-kun is similar to me now. No, in Viktor-kun’s case, he must be a wolf hiding among the sheep.”
Enio approached me with the sunset behind her.
Because of that, a strange shade was cast on her white face, making her feel cold.
Shuk.
Enio’s hand touches my chest.
To be precise, sharp nails touched my chest.
It looks like it’s trying to rip out a heart.
However, I thought that it would be good for now.
It seemed like it would be okay if Enio put his hand in my chest and stole my heart.
Do men who are possessed by the fox monster in the story feel exactly like this?
“Victor-kun is like me. alike. In that sense, why don’t you do naughty things with your own kind? In other words, bad things you can’t tell others about.”
Is it because the sun is setting?
Or maybe there was another reason, the shadow on Enio’s face grew thicker.