70 – Summer Vacation – 3
A week after final exams. The grades came out in all subjects except for the ‘Understanding of Married Couple’ class, which was said to be graded through counseling later. Of course I got all A+’s. Even if I didn’t have a genealogy in the first place, I would have gotten decent grades if I had studied this much, but since I knew all the problems that would arise, I couldn’t get bad grades. Still, it feels a little strange to think that I got an A+ here, something I never got when I was on Earth.
Hestia and Seolah were the same as me. Even if Hestia was like that, I didn’t expect Seol-ah to get that kind of grades.
“It’s because Lily likes her brain. Besides, I was originally good at studying too, right? Do you think it’s easy to get into a decent company right after graduation?”
It was Seol-ah’s claim. She said that her studies to this extent were a piece of cake for her self-proclaimed overachiever. I answered in moderation while laughing.
And what surprised me the most was Cordelia. I didn’t get an overwhelming grade like the three of us, but I got a decent grade to see if it was worth studying with us. To be honest, I thought it would hit the bottom, but I was surprised.
“Oh my God! Mikhail! Hestia! See?! I’m A! Nonsense!”
After checking the grades, Cordelia jumped up and down. A good score is of course a good thing, but is it to the point of liking it like winning a lottery like that?
“Is this something you will like?”
Hestia whispered an answer as if she had heard my muttering.
“Well, to be honest, the Duke and Duchess were very worried. All the tutors who came before said a word and went away.”
“Ah.”
According to Hestia, she ran away after all of Cordelia’s tutors had failed at her intellectual level. Of course, Cordelia is a bit stupid. However, that stupidity was only close to the clumsiness of everyday life, and her intelligence itself was by no means low.
“What are all those people?”
“I’m sure. Anyway, the two of us were very worried that maybe that’s why we’re failing the exam. But that’s because we got such good grades.”
I was convinced. If you prove that you are not an idiot and think that your parents are less worried, you might be a bit happy.
So I just let Cordelia run amok, and started talking to Hestia instead.
“When did the couple’s understanding score come out?”
“Because you said you were grading while consulting. Maybe after the consultation is over, can you teach me?”
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Me and Hestia’s consultation had already ended last week. I’m thinking that maybe this week, the counseling of the students behind us will all end.
I remembered last week’s consultation.
“Come and sit down.”
“Yes….”
The professor rented another lecture room and used it as a counseling room. No matter when it was prepared, a simple refreshment was also prepared.
Hestia and I sat down in a somewhat burdensome atmosphere. To be honest, of course I knew they would do it one-on-one, but I never thought that Hestia would come along like this. Didn’t he also say that writing about each other was a test, and based on that, counseling was conducted. So, are you saying you’re reading everything I’ve written about Hestia?
I already felt my face heat up. Before, I teased Hestia by saying that she could do it all day, but that’s it, and hearing her from a third person is a bit embarrassing. Hestia’s pupils trembled wildly, perhaps the same.
“Don’t worry. I have no intention of reciting every single detail in front of the two of you.”
As if reading our minds, the professor spoke as if to reassure us.
“You don’t have to be so rigid. For today, I feel at ease thinking of me not as a professor, but as an older sister and an older sister.”
Actually, I thought that she had no conscience to say that she was an older sister or older sister, but I didn’t bother to say it. Wouldn’t her aunt be suitable?
“Well, I was actually kind of surprised. Let’s look at your exam papers.”
After a moment of silence, the professor broke his rhyme.
“It’s because the two of them usually show a good relationship. Actually, I wondered if I needed to take this class. I even thought about whether I applied because I just wanted to spend time with the two of us.”
At her words, the two of us laughed awkwardly. In the eyes of those who don’t know the situation well, the two of us must have looked like that.
“That’s why I was even more surprised. I’ve never seen such an extreme test paper.”
The professor took out our prepared test papers and put them on his desk.
“As I said before, I have no intention of reciting the contents in front of the two of you. Can you still see it with your own eyes? The difference between the two test papers.”
As if it were written even though it was dark, the paper was black because it was dense with letters, and in contrast, the paper that was empty and close to white. Of course, the black one is mine and the white one is Hestia’s.
I glanced sideways. Hestia, unable to lift her head, was wringing the skirt of her school uniform that she was wearing. She knew that her answer would be meager anyway, so she didn’t have to beat herself up like that.
I reached out to her side and cupped her hand.
“First of all, what I felt after seeing this is that the two of you need to talk a little more.”
“A story?”
“Of course, I am still doing a lot. It’s not just a simple everyday story, it’s a little deeper story.”
She gave an example to us who were making faces of not understanding.
“Although this is merely an example…. Well, for example, there are stories about careers, right?”
Where is our career path? After graduating from the academy, I will go back to the estate and receive succession lessons. Then, someday, I will inherit the grand duke’s position, and Hestia will marry me.
The professor added an additional explanation to us who still had a look of incomprehension.
“No. What’s going to be, no problem. It’s a matter of what you want to do. It’s not a dream, it’s a dream.”
A dream? Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever said anything like that. It’s not really a very secret story. After listening to the professor’s words, I felt that I had a little sense of what he meant.
“Ms. Hestia’s answer… We’ll talk about it again later, and it’s the same if you look at Mikhail-kun’s answer right away.”
The professor listened to the answer sheet and read a little part of my answer sheet.
“There are things I said earlier, so I won’t read them all. I was told to write in detail, but this is not a detailed description of Miss Hestia, it’s just a love letter. She’s wise, she does her best in everything, she’s cute when she’s flimsy sometimes, and lovable when she’s jealous….”
“That, stop….”
I wrote it myself, but I have no spectacle to listen to someone else reading it. Hestia, who was listening to her, was also fiddling with her hand with her face blushing, as if she was ashamed.
“It’s good to be deeply in love. You don’t have to be so shy.”
No, he also looked at my answer sheet at first and looked at it with a strangely thick expression asking what this is.
“Still, I’m shy, so I’ll just read this far. You know what I want to say, right? Miss Hestia has nothing written, so there is no basis for judgment, but looking at Mikhail-kun’s answer, I can feel that the depth is a little thin. Do you feel like a lover you just met?”
Well, it’s safe to say that they’re really just lovers. I was rather admiring it. Certainly, an expert was an expert, and he knew exactly the relationship between me and Hestia. She thinks we’re her fiancée, whom she’s known for ten years already, but we’ve only been together for half a year.
It is definitely as the professor said. If you think about it, the conversations I’ve had with Hestia so far have been pretty superficial. Something happened today, the restaurant I went to last time was fine, the class was not fun, such stories.
Of course, such a story is not a bad thing, but a relationship without a deep understanding between each other will break down someday. Because I used to get farther away from my friend on the obscure street who always came and went to ask my regards.
“I wish the two of you could have a little deeper discussion. You’re going to be a couple after all, aren’t you?”
After that, Hestia’s answers ended after a few times. He said that there is a problem with things that cannot be expressed in writing.
After the consultation, I tried to talk about something serious and honest according to the professor’s advice, but it didn’t work out. Do I have to say that I am speechless about something? In the end, I had to hide the most important fact about my identity, so I was speechless.
I gave up my thoughts and called Hestia. Cordelia was still happy beside her rubbing her face on her report card.
“Hestia, where are you today…. Hestia?”
Hestia was lost in thought. After that consultation, Hestia would show this kind of side from time to time. You look like you’re troubled by something.
As if she had made up her mind, she clenched her fists and pulled something out of her arms and handed it to me.
What is this? Envelope?
“Mikhail. We were supposed to write a letter last time. Here you go.”
“Ah.”
“Actually, I wrote it quite a while ago, but I was a bit shy about giving it to you. I kept thinking about it and finally gave it to you.”
That’s why you’ve been in a daze for the past few days. I saw the envelope in my hand. The bright red sealing wax is engraved with the shining angel of the halo, the symbol of the Gracia family.
“I forgot… ?”
“No! I didn’t forget.”
Hestia asked cautiously if she saw my dumbfounded expression. She didn’t particularly forget, but since she didn’t say anything, she just flickered away. Of course, I waved my hand and denied it. It’s not because I forgot it once.
“Then can I expect a letter?”
Hestia’s expression brightened at my answer. I should immediately rush out, put everything aside, and start writing a letter.
“Huh? Uh. Of course! But I don’t know how to get it first, so I should just delete everything and start over? Reply….”
“No. I didn’t write it expecting a reply. I just wrote down the things I wanted to say…. Regardless of the content of my letter, I want to see that Mikhail just wrote down what he wanted to say to me.”
The trick to increase the deadline also failed.
“That, is it? Then I’ll bring it tomorrow. When did I tell you?”
In the end, he couldn’t win over Hestia’s eyes full of anticipation. They say her mouth is the door to disaster, and that’s just right. But if you stay up all night, whatever comes out will come out. I was prepared to stay up all night.
After making up my mind to stay up all night, I became curious about the contents of the letter she wrote.
“Oh, is it okay if I read this now?”
“No! Go to your room and read it.”
“I’m curious.”
“Never! Never read outside.”
At my question, Hestia literally jumped up and made her fuss.
“If you read this in front of other people, you won’t have to think about seeing me face to face for a while.”
“Okay. Okay.”
It comes out like that, but I don’t have enough manners to tear open the letter.
“If you could give me a little hint of what you wrote….”
“Go and see for yourself.”
Hestia’s will was strong. I can’t even get into it.
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