58 – Operations Meeting – 3
“Stop it…. Water….”
Hestia grabbed her fragile head and opened her eyes. Almost instinctively she sought water. Her head was pounding. That’s all, her throat is burning and her stomach is aching.
I can never get used to this hangover. I don’t drink in the first place, so I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve suffered from a hangover. She barely lifted her upper body and looked around her.
‘Dormitory?’
Familiar ceiling. It was her own dorm room. When did she come back? Hestia recalled her memories of her last night. So, at Cordelia’s suggestion, she went for a drink and took a sip of the drink that came out in front of me….
‘I can’t remember a thing.’
I don’t remember anything after that. Oh my god. What the hell happened while you lost your memory?
She buried her face in her bed and tried to scream at her but couldn’t even do it from her terrible headache and just limp. This is why she didn’t want to drink.
Hestia was a person who was classified as intoxicated by the smell of alcohol, not in a figurative sense, but literally. She had once been sick with a bottle of alcohol on a trip to the family brewery.
If she was the same as usual, she would make an excuse and not even drink, and if she had no choice, she would pretend to eat and spill it, but yesterday she couldn’t bear to do that.
Although she denies it herself, it was a combination of childish pride, jealousy, and her desire for recognition to appear mature.
Pride that I can’t stop drinking out of the 4 of them, strange jealousy toward other girls who will share something in common with Mikhail, excluding myself, and a grown-up look at my fiancé who is still smiling well at other girls. A desire for recognition to show After all, it’s because of Mikhail.
If Mikhail had known, she would have told him not to say anything stupid and not to drink, but unfortunately, she did not have the ability to read Hestia’s thoughts. In the end, Hestia attended her drinking party without saying anything about her newborn’s dose, and completely lost her mind at her lethal dose of half a drink.
“I need to wash up first.”
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My whole body feels uncomfortable, it seems that I didn’t wash properly yesterday. She doesn’t remember anything after taking a sip of alcohol, so it’s clear that she lost her mind there. Then who brought her here?
Then, her Hestia’s eyes saw a note placed on her bedside. She reached out and took her note. She read her note as she made her voice sound.
“Dear Hestia. If you were watching this, you would have woken up? I carried you all the way to the dormitory because you couldn’t come to your senses. Do you have to do something for me later? And let’s postpone today’s meeting until tomorrow. Have a good rest today and see you tomorrow. Mikhail.”
After reading all of her notes, Hestia laughed like a ball. A neat yet stiff font. It’s Mikhail’s.
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Mikhail. My fiancé. The person I love? I’m not sure about this yet. She’s been having a hard time controlling her feelings for Mikhail lately.
‘Is this love?’
I didn’t know the day would come when I would have such a strange worry. Hestia wrapped her hands around her two cheeks and twisted her body with a moan.
I get excited when I see Mikhail. When she is with him, she feels good and smiles for nothing. But is this love? Hestia wasn’t sure.
That’s also true, the only love she knows is the hot love that appears in novels and plays that seems to burn everything in the world. Sweet and fresh love that slowly opens each other’s hearts is not in her dictionary. One thing is certain, however, that he doesn’t want to imagine leaving himself or showing more interest in something else.
You don’t have to worry about questions that don’t come out no matter how much you think about them. Hestia just gave up and decided to read the note left by Mikhail one more time. Doesn’t she feel a bit like a love letter? Shall we try to send and receive letters later? I think you will probably like it very much.
Hestia read her note again, humming her happy imagination. What does she want to do later? She feels like she’d do anything, as long as it wasn’t an outrageous request. She doesn’t think Mikhail would ask me outrageous favors in the first place. What we decided to meet today is postponed until tomorrow…
“Wait, tomorrow?!”
Hestia jumped up from her seat and checked the time. Originally, she was supposed to meet today at 10 o’clock, now it’s 10:30. She collapsed and landed on her bed. She and she expressed her annoyance as she struggled all over her body on the bed.
“Ugh, it’s ruined.”
Hestia glared at her letter saying that she postponed the appointment until tomorrow for no reason. She herself predicted correctly that she wouldn’t wake up on time tomorrow, so she was grateful for the consideration, but the thought that she couldn’t meet Mikhail today made her feel drained of strength.
‘Then I’ll wash up first and go to Cordelia.’
I was late for my appointment anyway. She just needs to finish her work and get some rest today. I was distracted by Mikhail’s note for no reason, but the most important thing now is what the hell happened after yesterday’s memory loss. She decided to trust Hestia and Cordelia, who, though she was a dog, had a slightly better drinking capacity than herself. She and her culture and etiquette she has built up throughout her life as well.
‘It must’ve been a big accident, right?’
Judging from the story that she carried her on her back, she must have been sleeping peacefully. I’ll have to say thank you to Mikhail later. Hestia didn’t even guess at the ugliness she had shown her last night, and she went into the bathroom.
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“Miss Cordelia, did I get into an accident at a drinking party yesterday?”
“Ugh, I don’t remember either. Water, some water….”
Cordelia, who had been trying so hard to find her, was in a much worse situation than Hestia. She sighed when she saw her holding her head and whimpering, still unable to get out of bed.
Hestia passed her water glass to her Cordelia.
“Even if I drink water in a hurry, I feel sick. Drink slowly, slowly.”
“Thank you…. Ugh, my head hurts. Sorry. I don’t even remember a single thing. Ask Lily. He looked perfectly fine.”
“No. Rest in peace.”
Hestia closed the door and went out into the hallway. She put her hand on her chest and let out a deep sigh. If so, should she ask Miss Lily? She tried to tip her toe towards her Lily’s dorm.
“Oh, did you wake up well?”
Hestia stopped for a second at the sound of her voice coming from somewhere. She turned her head and looked at the owner of her voice. These are the maids who work in the dormitory. Hestia once quietly nodded her head.
“Oh, yes.”
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Maids? Hestia recalled the contents of her note. When she thought about it, there was no way that Mikhail had entered the girls’ dormitory room, so the maids must have moved her from the entrance of the dormitory. Hestia felt both sorry and grateful at the same time. Although there are not one or two students who are being carried away like that, it does not mean that it is natural for maids to move students who have become obsolete.
“I’m sorry about yesterday.”
“No. Yesterday, Lady Gracia was carried by Grand Duke Mikhail, so I was very worried.”
She is a Hestia who is always friendly and considerate of her servants. From maids to various janitors. It wasn’t that long, but it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that among the staff at the academy, no one hated Hestia.
Such Hestia was carried to her dormitory on the back of her fiancé, in a state of intoxication that did not match her usual appearance at all. She naturally became a hot topic among her maids. Since it was a weekend morning, the maids who had nothing to do in particular gathered around Hestia.
“Have you ever had a hangover? Even if we are honey water….”
“No. Are you okay. Please ride Miss Cordelia, not me.”
“I was really worried because he completely lost his mind yesterday.”
“Really? Oh, can you explain to me how I got back yesterday?”
It’s unsightly to be drunk and pass out, but what if I cause trouble to other people? Hestia didn’t know what to do with her sorry.
“I just calmly came on the back of Grand Duke Mikhail.”
“Did Mikhail carry me on his back?”
Of course, I knew about it through the note, but I wanted to hear it one more time from someone else’s mouth. The other maids nodded in affirmation and added word by word.
“Yes. He took off his coat and put it on top to keep me from getting cold.”
Hestia had to hold the corner of her mouth as she tried to go up to her temple. Did you take off her coat and cover it too? It’s too bad that I forgot all the memories of yesterday because I was drunk. Wouldn’t it be okay if I asked for it just once? But her good mood didn’t last long.
“Right, right. It was so cool. The first time I saw her, I was a bit scared, but after seeing her yesterday, she seems to have a kind side….”
The maid who opened her mouth couldn’t finish her words. This is because she found Hestia looking at her with her murderous eyes. Although she didn’t notice Hestia herself. The maid hastily picked up her own words. Her quick-witted maids had already added a caution to their connections, not to mention Mikhail in front of Hestia.
“Still, I think it’s a bit scary!”
“Mikhail? No. She’s a nice, kind person.”
Hestia finally relaxed her expression and smiled. Maid, other than Mikhail, she couldn’t say that Hestia was afraid of you.
“Oh, come to think of it, do you know where Miss Lily is? You should have come with me yesterday.”
In an instant, the atmosphere among the maids froze. Of course, they moved around the dormitory non-stop from dawn, and naturally, the maids who saw the two of them going out together were not alone. She asks about the whereabouts of Hestia, who she knew of course, with an expression that she has never heard of. There is no such thing as an emergency.
“Where were you going with Grand Duke Mikhail? Weren’t you going with me?”
However, wherever you go, there is always one person who doesn’t notice. Despite the stinging glares around her, a maid popped out and informed them of their whereabouts.
“Two people?”
Hestia’s eyes twitched. Mikhail and Miss Lily? You two without talking to me? Why? Even if the three of us just asked to go, I was fine.
Her head started spinning tight. The promise postponed until tomorrow, Cordelia’s testimony that Lily was fine. Her delusional circuitry started booting up.
‘What Hestia did?’
‘Don’t mind him. The only thing I can see right now is you.’
‘Mikhail!’
‘Lily!’
And the passion of the two people…
It’s a typical, obvious, and now boring story.
“Quaaa!”
Hell’s cries came out of Hestia’s mouth. Can not be done. It can’t be. Cordelia wasn’t the problem now.
It was a delusion that was far from reality, but in Hestia’s brain, the affair between the two had long since become a fait accompli.
I don’t know anything else, but I have to stop two people from kissing.
‘Me too, I haven’t tried it yet!’
Hestia, unaware of the fact that the history between the two was made while she was distracted, ran out.
‘But where are you two going to find them?’
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