126 – Easy come, Easy go – 6
The aftermath of the case was unexpectedly bland. I didn’t even leave a trace in the first place, and the guards chasing me couldn’t catch me either. There is no technology that can catch criminals by hair or fingerprints. That means that if only I had an iron plate on my face, it would be a perfect crime. It’s a bit funny to say that it’s a perfect crime after wearing only a crappy mask and shouting loudly, but in the end, wouldn’t it be great if you don’t get caught?
Of course, rumors could not be avoided. There were quite a few people who doubted that the mysterious man was me, based on his physique, skin color, or voice. I think it’s the first time I’ve attracted so many people’s attention and attention in my short academy life. However, even rumors need something plausible to spread widely. Rumors that I had broken into the girls’ dormitory, caused a commotion, and then jumped from the third floor and escaped were quickly dismissed as nonsense. Honestly, even if it were me, I think I would have told them not to say nonsense.
I was rather fortunate that I had no friends. No one knew much about me, so rumors had no momentum. It’s not fun, it’s not interesting, it’s not realistic, it’s a story that there was no fool who was picking at beehive.
I vomited to Hestia and Seol-ah from beginning to end about this incident. They avoided mentioning the rumors surrounding me as much as possible, but in fact, as soon as they heard that the rumors were true, they put on expressions that were difficult to describe. At the end, he looked at me with the same face as if he were a worm.
“I have a lot to say, but I won’t.”
“Mikhail, you really….”
Especially Hestia, as if she was going to vomit everything she had accumulated at this point, she poured out a lot of nagging.
“Where are you going? Sit here for a minute.”
“Hestia, wait. It was too late today.”
“Sit down!”
“Yes.”
Usually, Hestia is gentle, but there are times when she pours out cold anger like frost in the middle of winter. And at such times, it’s best to just lie still. Besides, to be honest, I think I would have been angry….
She may not be able to respond completely one-on-one, but when Hestia hides her troubles from me and she does something on her own, she thinks that she broke into the boys’ dorm…. After thinking that far, I shook my head. I can’t stand the fact that something tantrum rises in my heart just by assuming this.
Hestia’s arrow soon returned to Cordelia as well. She sat her Cordelia down this time and continued her rant.
“So is Cordelia. Weren’t we friends? Aren’t they both too much?”
“No, that… , I don’t like it when you guys get involved….”
“I am not asking you to tell me everything about Cordelia and Mikhail. However, in the end, the two of you couldn’t handle it and had an accident like this.”
As she said, if she was going to expose everything about her in the end, it seems that telling her the truth beforehand might have brought about better results. Tears welled up in Hestia’s eyes after pouring out her emotions for a long time alone. Could it be that the tantrum that has accumulated over the years has exploded?
If you ask me if I’m crying for no reason at a time like this, I’ll just get more emotional. So I didn’t bother to point out her tears….
“Hestia, are you crying?”
“Don’t cry… , Kheup. I don’t cry.”
As usual, Cordelia has another job. Hestia said that she didn’t cry with her voice, but her eyes were already dripping with water droplets that were about to run down her cheeks. I did a dry face wash once.
Furthermore, what puzzled me even more was that I could see the water in Cordelia’s eyes before I knew it. Even Cordelia’s, like Hestia, was ruthlessly growing in size without any modesty or restraint. In other words, it is a story that Cordelia was shedding tears like chicken droppings in that moment. She hugged Hestia as she almost cried out loud. Hestia’s shoulders were wet with Cordelia’s tears.
By the way, tears are contagious. Seeing Cordelia crying more sorrowfully than herself, Hestia soon couldn’t hold it in anymore and started crying likewise. Seeing each other’s tears, they were saddened and cried even louder. Well, this isn’t about putting a speaker on a microphone.
“Huh. Sorry. I’m sorry dear.”
“No, I was angry, I was angry, sorry.”
The two shed tears to the point that conversation was almost impossible. To be honest, it was a sight that was a little difficult for me to sympathize with. It’s never because I’m emotionally dry. It’s just that girls’ sensibilities are sensitive for a long time. As proof of that, isn’t Seol-ah standing next to me not shedding a single tear?
“Didn’t you just think of something very rude?”
“I didn’t.”
Seola stabbed me in the side. Tell me what to do Unlike Hestia or Cordelia, who still have the fresh sensibilities of their teens, isn’t Seol-ah already an adult who has lost her innocence at that time? Although she vehemently denies it. Instead of her tears, Seol-ah looked at them with melancholy eyes.
“Kuhm. You don’t understand at all, do you?”
“I didn’t say anything.”
“Hestia and Cordelia must have suffered a lot in their own way. Hestia, everyone avoids her for no reason, so it goes without saying, and Cordelia too…. A secret that cannot be told to anyone makes people tired just by its very existence.”
As if Seol-Ah was stung for nothing, she started telling stories. Her expression looked somewhat hazy. I was like that back then, too, that kind of expression. At most, a few years difference.
“It would be very rude to say that.”
“If you know, don’t do it.”
“You are so much now, I was like that back then… , a look like an old man….”
Once again, her elbow pricked my side. No, this time it wasn’t a stab, it was an elbow blow. I let out a dry breath. It hurt a lot more than I thought, probably because I didn’t get caught in the attack.
“It earns a lot.”
“Ah. It hurts.”
I stroked my side. Seol-ah glanced at me one more time, but she didn’t stab me once more.
And in that moment, Hestia and Cordelia’s confession filled with tears and snot ended. From the middle, I couldn’t understand what they were saying, so I left it as it was, but it seems that communication between them went well again.
Both of them had swollen red eyes and runny noses, they were definitely children. It was hard for me to just watch that scene, so I took her handkerchief from her bosom and held it to Hestia’s nose. She didn’t particularly reject my touch.
“Sniff, do it.”
She sniffed silently, and blew her nose. I wiped the water from her eyes with my thumb. After her bout of crying, she hugged me as if she wanted to pamper me. Ugh, who would think this is the usual Hestia? I patted her on the shoulder without saying anything. Hestia whined.
“Mikhail is also very good. You could have told me Cordelia suddenly avoids me, and Mikhail always has a serious expression.”
“I’m sorry. Sorry.”
“Answer only once.”
“I’m sorry.”
At the same time, I say what I have to say. To be honest, I wondered if this was the case with three answers, but Hestia looked satisfied. Then, something stabbed me in the back.
“Me too.”
I turned around to see Cordelia looking up at me with a sad expression. I feel like a father raising two kids. I wiped her tears and blew her nose, just as I had done to her Hestia. She looked very satisfied. Of course, he didn’t hug Hestia like he did.
Looking at it like this, I felt like I knew a little bit about how the two became friends. Normally, it’s a combination that I can’t figure out how they became close, but if you take off one layer like this, it seems that the two are quite alike.
I decided to give them some time to calm down. A few minutes later, when the sound of the two of them whimpering had subsided little by little, and the swollen red eyes had subsided a little, Hestia, who had finally returned to her original form, opened her mouth.
“So, what are you going to do now?”
It was as if there hadn’t been any ugliness before, and it was a womanly expression and way of speaking. Sometimes, even Hestia has a shameless side. But I didn’t bother to point that out. It just makes me feel ashamed of each other, and I think I would have been a little embarrassed if I had messed around like that in front of everyone. Of course, Cordelia still sniffed her nose, as if she wasn’t particularly ashamed.
“I think this drug is similar to the one that those who attacked us before took?”
Seola’s expression became serious. If you trace the events of that time and go up to the end, in the end, Wilhelm will be at the top. Whether this was his order, or just coincidental, it’s a really disgusting bad relationship.
“I have to hand it over to the guards first.”
At my words, Hestia nodded her head. On the surface, it will.
Of course, I don’t intend to sit still after giving it up like that. The guards are definitely a competent group, and they do a good job solving cases that are not related to me, but they are suspiciously late or show incompetence in cases where I am involved. Who would like Colombo’s captain to solve all the cases before Conan arrives? After all, this too is a kind of destiny. When something bad happens around us, in nine out of ten, it’s as if everything is OK by cursing Wilhelm first and looking at it.
In the end, it is a story that you need to run with your own feet. Of course, it was a secret from Hestia and Cordelia. She feels sorry for Hestia, who cried just before, asking her to confide in her when she had a problem. However, no matter how much I think about it, wandering around her back alleys with them is too risky. I don’t know what could happen to them.
That said, things got a little too much for me to just skip around. I didn’t know that I would end up doing drug investigations in my life. Anyway, this time, the crime is bad. Cordelia says that taking her medicine once will make her head spin slightly, but she does that in front of a school where the kids are. In the past, I didn’t even allow junk food to be sold.
Whether this was Wilhelm’s order, the rattle’s unilateral action, or neither, it was necessary to root it out. I will.