118 – Aquaman – 1
Have you ever apologized in front of a lot of people? If you simply think about it, it is refreshing and it seems like a so-called ‘cider’ situation, but the person being apologized seemed a little different.
On Monday morning, the academy woke up from a weekend break and started putting on that huge stretch again. And the entrance of the main building was the most lively place among them. Numerous students, employees, and professors come and go. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was the heart of a giant called the academy. And the four of us continued to search for a short girl in that heart. Actually, Cordelia doesn’t have to come. She kept insisting that she would go too, so she came along. She didn’t seem to have any intention of making an apology, but once she did, she continued to stick by her side.
After a while, we found the one we were looking for. It wasn’t too difficult. It was because nothing approached her as if a barrier had been placed around her. It wasn’t that she was bullied, it was because her status as a member of the royal family and her lofty demeanor were building an invisible wall. Of course, we were one of the few humans unaffected by that wall.
I walked up to her with her stride.
“Your Highness the Princess?”
“Ugh…. What happened?”
I spoke to her as her representative. She turned her head to check my face and gave a visibly uncomfortable look. Before she heard about her past, she would have felt bad again, but now it’s different. This time, I was definitely wrong, so I have to accept this much. In fact, I think I made that expression before I collapsed from malingering yesterday, but let’s put that fact aside for a moment.
“Sorry.”
“Uh, huh? What the hell is this…. Wait!”
Just before I bent her back at the perfect angle, the princess pushed my shoulders away. Since she was much shorter than me, it was as if she was pushing and supporting my upper body. My upper body stood still. She clenched her teeth and whispered in a low voice that only I could hear.
“What are you doing anyway?”
“I was going to apologize.”
“No, ha…. Okay, so follow me.”
The princess showed a rare look of bewilderment at our sudden action. Looking back, I think it’s the first time I’ve seen such a flustered look. Whether it was when she was acting as the perfect princess in front of others or when she was a bit relaxed in front of us, she was always relaxed.
“But….”
“That’s okay! Just follow me!”
She made her way through her hurrying crowd in short but quick strides. Her spirit was so great that the crowd split left and right like the Red Sea before her Moses. We chased after her. At first, the number of students who felt like they were splitting up gradually decreased and finally came to a place where people could be said to be rare. The princess looked around her a few times and then opened the door to the empty classroom. Not a single ant cub was seen in the classroom.
“This should be fine.”
There were quite a few empty classrooms like this because it was before the class started. Originally, it should have been locked, but perhaps because it was cumbersome to come and go, professors or teaching assistants in charge of each class often left it open in advance in the process of going to school. It wasn’t a particularly serious rule violation, so no one pointed it out.
Thanks to that, I heard that there are quite a few students who use empty classrooms as meeting places. We could also call it a meeting place in a broad sense.
Right after everyone entered the classroom, the princess locked her door. Cordelia flirted as the door closed with a click and was completely cut off from the outside world.
“My heart is pounding as if I am doing something bad.”
“Shh.”
It’s funny that he doesn’t get caught. I put my index finger to my lips and made a gesture to be quiet. Cordelia soon became quiet. And as soon as she shut her mouth, her princess’s mouth spewed fire as if she had waited.
“Do you have any other ideas? In a place with so many eyes, suddenly… ! If you wanted to mess with me, that’s great.”
She put her hand on her waist, lit a double wick in her eye, and fired off a series of nags like a machine gun. Where the hell does such a voice come from such a small body?
“Did you not hear the other students talking next to you? If everyone bowed down to me there, what would the other people think?”
“Isn’t Her Highness’s charisma amazing?”
“There must have been a feud between us, you would think!”
I thumped her chest as if she was frustrated at my boring joke. I didn’t understand her, she didn’t understand me properly, so her conversation ran endlessly in parallel. Since they are parallel lines, I think mine was a bit short and hers were very, very long, but anyway.
“Why are you trying to expose the fact that we fought?!”
“I didn’t mean to expose it.”
“It’s not the intention, it’s the result!”
In the end, it was Cordelia who acted as our mediator. When she said that she was pounding, she had such a bad night, but I thought it was good that she came with me.
“Wait a minute. Let’s calm down a little. First of all, I am here to sincerely apologize.”
Hearing Cordelia’s words, the princess hesitated for a moment. She put her hand on her chest and inhaled and exhaled her breath once loudly. After a few deep breaths, she returned to her normal calm state. The steam in her head had cooled a little, she said in a calm tone.
“Whoa. Is it so. Sorry. I guess I was too excited. However, from now on, I would like you to refrain from revealing such personal things in front of others.”
To be honest, I was a little perplexed. She thinks it can be embarrassing enough on her part. But was there anything that would cause a game like this?
After thinking that far, I shook my head. No, no. Is it something to be so angry about right now? What kind of attitude is this without reflection on the topic that I came to apologize like this after pretending to collapse without thinking. If there are 100 people, there are way over 100 seizure buttons. Everyone has at least one or two vices. I can’t repeat the same mistake again. I promise to have a little more open mind, and to answer that I will understand….
“But was this such a surprise?”
Cordelia-! I screamed inside. When she asked that question, her expression was rather innocent enough to be dumbfounded by the viewer. A question that comes from pure curiosity, without any malice. But if you ask me like that, what will be the promise I just made in my heart?
I looked at the princess’s lips with her nervous heart. However, contrary to my expectations, she responded in a nonchalant manner.
“Don’t say something big. I don’t even want to think about getting involved with people who need to wear masks with people who don’t need to wear them.”
“A mask?”
“This story ends here. You don’t have much time. I heard you came to apologize.”
She dismissed our question. When I checked the clock, it was a very close time. We quickly agreed because she didn’t make any of her ridiculous demands, and it was very close to the truth.
And finally, it’s time to achieve our original goal. Why is it so hard to apologize once? I bowed my head slightly and bowed.
“Then… , I’m really sorry about what happened yesterday.”
“Yes. I guess I was a bit sensitive too. Keep your head up.”
She smiled as she seemed to have loosened her heart a little. And in the atmosphere of her warm ending, Seol-ah carefully raised her hand.
Seola threw a bomb while receiving everyone’s attention.
“I apologized, and the atmosphere has calmed down a bit, so is it okay if I ask you a question?”
“Question?”
“So after all, why do you hate Mikhail so much?”
“Lily!”
Everyone’s smiles stopped instantly. I’d be lying if I said I honestly didn’t care, but I never thought I’d ask about it so bluntly in this atmosphere. A panicked Cordelia tried to restrain her, but her seed was not eaten.
“I know the atmosphere is good, but in the end, that was the root cause.”
“That….”
Cordelia also shut her mouth, as if she couldn’t deny that fact. Well, unless she’s an idiot, there’s no way she doesn’t know that she hates me outright. It is a story that denying that she never hated her in the first place does not work.
Say what you say, Sulca Cola! To be honest, her face was a little hot. If you’re going to ask me that, I’ll do it in a place where I’m not around.
I waited for the princess’s mouth to open with her anxious heart. It’s the first time I’ve ever experienced hearing why someone hates me face to face.
“Should I tell you?”
“I can’t help it if it’s difficult to say….”
“Anyway, we will continue to care.”
Hestia took over Seol-Ah’s words as if she was a runner in a running race. As if Hestia’s eyes carried through her firm will, she did not waver an inch. No, I mean, don’t burn your will like that while asking these things in front of the person concerned.
“After….”
The princess let out a deep sigh at the atmosphere she couldn’t resist. Then, as if discussing today’s weather, she spat out in a very calm tone.
“Okay, what. I say It wasn’t for such a great reason. Playboy is not my taste.”
“… Who are you talking about?”
“Then where is Playboy here but you? If you have a hard time understanding, there are many other expressions. Playboy, playboy. You choose what you want.”
I raised my finger and pointed at myself with a stupid face. The princess nodded and shot at her, as if inserting a wedge into it. It feels like being hit by her hammer. I?
“Why am I a playboy?!”
“Then isn’t it? Ha, that’s why I didn’t want to say it in a place where everyone was, but it’s not like the other two other than your fiancé over there don’t know that they have a crush on you, right?”
“Yuria?!”
Sparks flew in Cordelia’s eyes, where only her feet were stomping at the princess’s sudden rash. She shouted, glancing back at her princess. Seol-ah didn’t expect this answer either, so she had a very troubled face.
It’s a complete mess. As the princess said, it wasn’t that I didn’t know Seol-ah and Cordelia’s feelings. I didn’t notice and sleep, but I just openly expressed that I liked me, but I don’t know how. However, I still haven’t figured out how to treat them.
It doesn’t make sense to deliberately keep a distance from you now, and you can’t accept that. No matter how much I think about it, no answer comes out, so I just put it away and don’t bother thinking about it. It’s a problem that needs to be solved at any time. Thinking about it like this, it seems that the princess was right. No matter how much it is, it’s a bit too much to say that he’s a playboy or a playboy, but it’s clear that he’s not a very good guy.
“I have a fiancée who is fine, but she casually puts her hand on the body of other girls who say she likes her, and if this is not a playboy, then what?”
“Raising your hand, that expression…”
When you say that, you really sound like garbage. It must have been said in the very literal sense of contact, but it sounds too radical when you hear it like this.
“Rather than that, how the hell did you know?!”
“Do you think I am an idiot? If you want to hide it, what do you do with those eyes? Miss Lily, though, did hide it well. She noticed it when she used the same cologne.”
Cordelia, who was trying to figure something out, sank in one blow. Seol-ah also shut her mouth. There is absolutely no equipment of the Jangpanpa.
“Anyway, this is the end of my dislike. After talking about it, I feel refreshed inside. I’ll tell you sooner Don’t worry though. I don’t like people, I don’t like people, I don’t like them, but I don’t think I’m a bad person. At least it’s real that I consider her a comfortable opponent.”
“I guess so. You’re not the kind of person who would say such abusive language to an uncomfortable person.”
“Ahahahahaha!”
The princess laughed coolly, as if she liked my self-deprecating joke. I don’t know anything else, but I think I’m really cool inside.
With her laughter, the bell announcing the start of class rang.
“It must be late. Let’s get out quickly.”
The princess opened the locked door again.
In the end, I couldn’t bear to see Hestia’s face until the end.