132. Final exam selection (1)
I walked around the academy campus, which was dyed in the glow of the sunset.
Young men and women mingle in groups.
The scenery of the academy ahead of the final exam selection match was like the night streets of Korea where men and women are wandering in search of love.
Their purpose, of course, is to find a match for a bracelet with the same identification code.
However, taking advantage of this opportunity, the atmosphere of really looking for a love mate was also openly spreading.
In a place full of men and women who want to fall in love, it is only natural that there is a good reason to find a bracelet.
The main characters of ＜Warriors Kingdom＞ must be busy.
Ackerman is no longer with Bell, so he must keep an eye on which cadets he will meet.
Judging from my experience, quite a few variables happen either to me or to Ackerman.
The rest of the week, there are no major changes to the supporting characters.
If so, Cain will be partnered with Lorli, a senior in the third year of magic, Ponte will compete with Anastina, a sophomore priest, and Hoya will compete with Luke, a priest.
‘They’ll have no problem.’
In the case of Siana, she becomes a partner with Mash, who is a third-year combat student, but Siana is not interested in the grand festival, so she roughly competes in the selection match and is eliminated.
Of course, he participated in the 4th act, but that was the case.
The rest of my friends would most likely go on without any change, so the person I should be concerned about was Bell.
It is because Bell, who has escaped from Ackerman, must somehow participate in the great festival.
It’s been 30 minutes since I’ve been looking for a place where Bell might be.
Normally, there is no guy who would walk around the food store with his mouth watering.
‘Where are you?’
Check Bell’s haunting place again.
Jungang-dong Cafe Street, behind the combat gym, on the bench in front of the dormitory, at the priest’s chapel… … .
I’ve been to every possible place, but I haven’t seen a peep.
Unpleasantly itchy around the horns.
I want to quickly find the bell and see if the itching subsides, but it rarely goes away on my own.
‘… … Unless it’s somewhere I usually go.’
There was just one more place Bell went to. But that’s where Belle goes only when she’s in a bad mood.
‘Oh, come to think of it.’
bring back memories
‘It’s already that time.’
I was sure Bell would be sitting there crying.
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‘Also… … .’
The destination is the ‘Fish Park’ with a small pond where you can see the fish.
It is a park located 3 minutes away from the priesthood building, and it is quiet enough to be used as a secret meeting place for priestly cadets who are prohibited from dating.
Belle visits this place when she’s in a bad mood.
He cautiously approached Bell. She pretended to be there, but she didn’t even move her eyes.
It was supposed to be a chance meeting, so I acted as naturally as possible.
“Candidate Saint. See you in a place like this.”
It was awkward. I guess learning is not my way.
“… … .”
Bell looks up at me with calm eyes. The eyes were swollen. I wondered how many times I cried that it was like that.
I asked cautiously.
“What’s wrong?”
Bell turned her head back to the fish.
“… … No.”
The fox-like guy who can stifle a single lie was very obvious today.
Losing a loved one is hard for her to bear.
“May I sit down for a moment?”
“… … .”
There is no answer. In fact, now Belle would want to be alone. If it were Bell, it would be.
Since Ackerman is not by Belle’s side, I have no choice but to take the role of comforting her.
I quietly sat down by the bell.
Originally, when you are having a hard time, just having someone by your side silently will relieve the stress.
“… … .”
“… … .”
I followed the fish with my eyes. It moves around busily.
We just sat there for about 10 minutes without saying a word.
“I don’t know what’s going on, but if you’re having a hard time, tell me.”
It is the existence of a saintess candidate who should always be an example to others.
Weakness is not to be shown.
When it’s hard, it’s a church member who prays to God to ease her mind, but she doesn’t believe in God.
She needed more human help.
“Aren.”
“yes. Please tell me.”
“I’m fine, let’s go.”
It seemed that Bell’s heart had been hurt far more than I thought.
If I were Ackerman, I would try to make a funny drip with his unique stupidity and almighty skill called Luck 7.
I didn’t have the courage, luck, or sense to do that.
‘If I did, it would have the opposite effect.’
Ackerman is Ackerman and I am me.
You have to approach it in a slightly different way. operational retreat.
“… … I want to be alone.”
“All right.”
You say you want to be alone, but if you stay there, it will only backfire.
Calming Bell is more important than anything else.
Without hesitation, I got up and left the fish park.
* * *
“Are you really going when you say you’re going… … .”
Aren is gone. It’s a really cold, terribly heartless step.
Belle herself said she wanted to be alone, but she wanted her to tell her that she would stay for once.
It sounds like you have no conscience, but when you are weak like today, you become more selfish.
Bell was alone.
She has no parents, and Sister Olivia, who cared for her like a parent, has now passed away.
There is no place to turn to, no friends to complain about.
… … At least, the man who had just stayed with me for a while was someone I had a little bit of a relationship with. In fact, that person also left mercilessly.
What were you expecting?
Tears fall and cause waves in the fish pond.
“Me too… … It’s stupid.”
Bell hugged her knees and buried her face. she sobbed silently. My shoulders trembled slightly.
how long has it been As I cried for so long that even my tear ducts dried up, I heard the sound of footsteps.
Are you a couple? no, it’s one person
I was about to get up, because I would be too innocent if I stayed like this.
Took.
My heart sank. Just as she was about to leave, a hand landed on her shoulder.
‘What, how can I explain?’
It would be really embarrassing to find out that the saintess candidate was crying alone here.
At that moment, I smelled a sweet scent that tickled my nose.
“… … ?”
Bell raised her head at the irresistible smell.
Tears and runny nose covered her, and she looked unsuitable for a saintess candidate.
“Candidate Saint.”
Before he had time to hide his embarrassing appearance, someone called out.
“Ah, Aren?”
It was Aren, the man who left heartlessly.
“This… … ?”
It’s strange that he came back, but what’s even more strange is the apple pie in his hand.
“When I’m depressed, I like sweets.”
At the same time, Aren indifferently puts an apple pie in front of her nose.
The sweet scent comes up and stimulates the appetite that was not there. Bell was ashamed of the fact that she had an appetite while she was sad, and wanted to run away right away.
“Muh-muh… … .”
He was so flustered that his pronunciation began to falter.
“Please eat. I don’t think you even had dinner.”
Aren calmly sat down next to Bell again and took out an apple pie and asked.
He wasn’t usually such an active person, but he seemed to be acting exaggeratedly and funny to lighten Bell’s mood.
‘this person… … .’
Bell is quicker than others. There was no way he was unaware of Aren’s efforts.
It feels like the lump on my chest has lightened slightly.
Long words were not necessary. There was no need to listen to the inside story.
Just having someone by my side made me feel better, and my breath was freed.
“thanks… … .”
Belle took a piece of sweet apple pie and took a bite.
‘It’s what I like.’
Belle gobbled up the apple pie with her saggy shoulders.
It’s sad, but I shouldn’t be like this, but it was so delicious that I cried.
“Huh.”
Belle swallowed the apple pie, holding back a cry.
choking ‘It’s because of the stiff apple pie.’ I ate and ate and ate.
“Ouk, kkeuhheung.”
The tears didn’t stop.
Even so, now there was someone who silently stood by her side.
Maybe that’s why, more than before… … My heart ached less.
I am reminded of the words of Sister Olivia.
-take care. don’t get sick Don’t be too sad. Always bright and smiling. I beg you.
‘… … Sister.’
Bell laughed while crying.
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“uh? Come to think of it, Aren. the bracelet… … !”
After Belle, who had been crying for a long time, finally calmed down, she was able to start a proper conversation.
Maybe by luck, before I could say anything, Bell noticed my bracelet and pulled out her own to compare.
“It’s like me!?”
naturally.
“uh. Really.”
I opened my eyes as if in amazement. It is very difficult to keep the ambiguous balance that seems to be quite surprising while maintaining the appearance of an aristocrat.
“Final Examination Competition… … Are you going to do it together?”
“Yes?”
Bell looked at my bracelet and her own with swollen eyes.
“How amazing… … . Such a coincidence.”
“Iknow, right.”
“Could it be that Aren-nim manipulated it?”
The sound he said was like this, a heartbreaking sound.
“yes?”
“Ahaha. just joke. I’m really curious.”
Bell smiles with eyes that have returned to life. It was a benevolent smile befitting a saintess candidate.
Seeing him joking again seemed to relieve his mood. thank god.
“Good luck, we.”
Belle asks for a handshake.
It seems that things worked out well.
I took Bell’s hand.
It was only after holding her hand that I found out belatedly, but while I was by Bell, I didn’t feel the tickle of the horns.
It seems that her specialty, [Magic Suppression], is working!
* * *
“Lady Cain. Have you ever heard of that?”
“… … which one?”
Cain Abella is consistent with a casual attitude.
Lorley, who has been wagging her tail since earlier, doesn’t seem to like it very much.
A person who wants to impress her family is a truck, but being on the same team like this is a nuisance even for Cain.
It’s something Cain hates when everyone, regardless of age or gender, farts.
That’s why his attitude towards Lorley was very cold.
“The person who is said to have partnered with the saintess candidate is Aren Blackfire.”
Cain, who had never met his eyes at the unexpected story, stuck his head out like Zara.
“uh? Yeah? How do you know?”
“Everyone who already knows knows! Rumors spread around the academy. I-I was the first to know… … !”
Having a good knowledge of spirit magic, she was one of the first to hear the news through the spirits.
The candidate’s final exam partner, who was everyone’s concern, was known to the academy in less than half a day.
The ripple power of the saintess candidate was great.
“that word. Is it true?”
“Uh, um. Yes. Right… … !”
Cain’s expression hardened.
“Aren… … .”
“Lady Cain?”
Lorley called Cain. Cain leaned back in his chair, thinking hard about something.
‘Umm, why are you doing that all of a sudden?’
Even if it wasn’t so, Lorli was heartbroken because the daughter of the Abella family was rarely cold-hearted.
But I was worried that I had just made a mistake. Cain’s expression grew worse and worse.
‘Didn’t I really do something wrong?’
The neck becomes stiff. If something was wrong with the Abella family, it is safe to say that the path to success has now gone over the water.
“Did you say Laurie? Arista family.”
“four? Yes Yes!”
Lorley answered, tensed. Maybe it’s telling me to turn it off?
“like. Please help me.”
“Sorry, sorry… … yes?”
I wonder if I’ve heard something wrong, Lorli watches Cain carefully.
‘What, what!’
A fire was burning in Cain’s eyes. very lively.
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‘I won… … !’
Mashu, a 3rd year combat student, sang for joy in his heart.
The corners of his lips did not come down from his cheekbones.
‘Ji, is this really Siana Plaen? The senior of the second year!?’
The reason was because I became a partner for the preliminary round with Siana.
Who is Sianna Plaen?
She is the head of the second year, the representative, and a genius magical girl coveted by prestigious institutions such as the royal family and the Magic Association.
If you flick your fingers, lightning will fall, and if you close and open your eyes, the area will become a sea of fire.
Among the current Warriors cadets, there is absolutely no one who can fight her and defeat her.
‘It’s an unconditional victory.’
Mash hummed with a smile at the thought of getting on the bus properly.
“Do I have to win?”
However, that expectation was shattered as if to show off.
“yes? Yeah? What are you talking about?”
“I don’t really want to fight with my friends… … .”
It was because Shiana said something strange.
“Wow. Flowers are pretty~”
Then, suddenly, a magical girl squatting down and admiring the flowers by the roadside.
The eyes were so lovely, and the smile was so refreshing.
Ahh.
Seriously, it was such a beautiful appearance that didn’t match ‘Battle’. It’s like a picture, like a picture where even the same woman sees and sees it, the fighting spirit melts away.
‘Oh, no!’
Mashu hurriedly shook his head. I almost fell for that lithe attitude. You have to calm down.
You have to pass the preliminary round and go to the Great Festival to raise the ransom and enter the famous knights!
“Chi, Siana? Still, since we are cadets, wouldn’t it be right to aim for the championship?”
Mashu gulped and watched Siana’s reaction.
Siana didn’t answer.
‘Why are you like that?’
Instead, I watched the angelic face harden in real time.
“… … Is it really?”
Who are you talking to? Now I even talk to myself. It’s really not normal.
As soon as I saw her, I noticed that she was an unusual girl, but the more I saw her, the more difficult it was for me to adapt.
I don’t feel like I’m talking to her at all.
“You know. Senior Mashu.”
“uh? Uh uh.”
Shiana suddenly speaks up. Where did the soft smile go?
It’s like you’re determined to do something.
“I will work hard.”
“Yes? really?”
“yes! Let’s do our best together!”
Mash suddenly replied, ‘Of course not.’
Siana clenched her fists.
Why do I want to be like this all of a sudden? I wondered if he was the same person who had just been looking at wild flowers and saying hehe.
‘What… … .’
I don’t know why, but I’m glad it worked out.
When is the horn will gone?