1. The First Letter (22)
When I came to my senses, it was a temple.
I remember saying hello to Professor Derek, but I don’t remember anything after that. It looked faint.
It wasn’t strange when I lost my mind. In fact, I had already passed out once before Professor Derek came, and I managed to wake up.
There wasn’t a lot of blood loss, but his body was in a state of bruises. There was no corner that didn’t hurt. At least a serious injury, at that point, it was dangerous if I didn’t hold on to my spirit.
So I staggered to my feet and laid down on the body of the wolf I had killed. It was nice that the hair was thick and soft. The warmth was moderately left, so it was a car that made me fall asleep easily.
It was then. The long-awaited Professor Derek arrives. And many other classmates besides that.
I was finally able to feel relieved, and I just lost my mind.
When I opened my eyes, my head hurt. While attending the academy, I had never been taken care of in an intensive care unit at a temple, but only recently did I come back for the second time.
I looked up at the white ceiling and recited lines that I wanted to try at least once.
“… … It is an unfamiliar ceiling.”
“It’s strange, you’re a place where you came a while ago.”
I looked away, frowning at the swear words that were immediately spit out. Perhaps because the retina had not yet adapted to the light, the opponent could only see blurry.
But I knew who it was. Because I’ve been seeing you for so long.
“I’m sorry, Leto, but I’m a patient… Could you please take care not to stress?”
Then I groaned and let out the moan I had been holding back. Leto, who was reading a book sitting on a chair next to the bed, closed the book with his tongue clicking.
His green eyes turned to me. It was a pitiful eye.
“Well, since he risked his life to improve his form in front of women, he must be a patient… Instead, rather than the body, it must be the head.”
“No, then what? Let it die?”
I pressed my temples to soothe the headache that hadn’t gone away, and protested. Isn’t that the right word?
At that time, Seria was in a situation where she lost her mobility. Since my ankle was injured, I don’t know, but it was good to see that I lost half of my strength. Again, although it is a consequential story, the opponent is a four-legged beast with particularly superior mobility.
It was better for me to stay. Otherwise, Seria would not have been able to last less than an hour. There were things even a senior in the second year could do and there were things he couldn’t do.
But despite my protests, Leto just clicked his tongue. The look of youthful mischief deepened in his eyes.
“Are you stupid? You said you had the potion Emma gave you back then. Feed it to Seria, put it on top of a tree somewhere, and then run.”
“ah.”
I exclaimed as if I finally realized what Leto said.
Looking back, it was like that. The potion to erase the presence worked for anyone, even if it wasn’t for me. What would happen if you gave Seria a potion?
It’s enough for me to keep running, and since Seria’s presence will be erased, I can naturally act as a bait.
There was no need to risk one’s life, and it was an operation with a higher probability of success.
why didn’t i think of that? I looked at Leto with admiration. He was shaking his head, rubbing his forehead. The voice mixed with a sigh was a bonus.
“This is why guys from the fencing department who only use their bodies can’t… huh? From now on, you and Celine should ask me before doing anything.”
“… … No, it was such a sudden situation at the time that I didn’t think about it.”
“How are you? Thanks to that, Celine went to the dorm exhausted after crying profusely until yesterday.”
Despite Leto’s sarcastic tone, I had nothing to say, so I kept my mouth shut.
In fact, he had just come back to his senses from a serious injury, and even though he thought it was too much, Leto’s words always pointed to the point.
Maybe because I was so confused at the time, I couldn’t choose the best option. It’s a shame I’m alive now, otherwise it would have been a terrible experience for my family and friends.
In addition, Seria must have suffered from guilt for a while. To be honest, it didn’t bother me even now.
Wouldn’t Leto be guarding my hospital bed right now? Celine stayed by my side all day yesterday, so I had nothing to say even with ten mouths.
I groaned with my arms folded, then raised my hands as if I couldn’t help it. It meant surrender.
“Yes, it is my fault… I didn’t expect you to be a madman who only wields a sword every day, okay?”
Then Leto said, “Huh,” with a victor’s smile and a conceited face. It was a face that made me want to hit it with a fist every time I saw it.
I can’t do that now because my muscles are screaming, but it was a pity.
“I’m glad you realized… And what. I will praise you.”
“… … compliment?”
It was quite abrupt for Leto, who was always bruised after coming to his senses. A compliment, did I ever get a compliment?
When my curious gaze turned to him, Leto giggled. It was the expression he made when something interesting happened.
“That ‘Yurdina’s slut,’ it went really well, right?”
“What do you mean… Oh, come to think of it, how is Seria doing?”
I was trying to find out the basis of Leto’s unfounded remarks, but I suddenly thought of Seria and asked that.
She had never been left behind by anyone in her life with only her sword talent.
She seemed to have a strong inferiority complex towards her half-sister and the bloodline of the Yurdina family, but perhaps because of that, she was even more afraid to admit defeat.
I was worried that the day she had to leave me and run away might hurt her pride. It was just an accidental mistake.
However, instead of answering my question right away, Leto only gave a knowing smile.
“Should I say I’m doing well, or should I say I’m not doing well… … .”
“Don’t be intimidated.”
As soon as a faint hint of annoyance came out of my voice, Leto shrugged as if he couldn’t help it.
“You seem to be stamping your feet in front of the temple with a worried face, but I saw you yesterday, and I see you today… I heard that twelve times a day.”
At those words, my hand was automatically placed on my forehead. My head hurt. It seemed that the sociable young lady was hesitating whether it was okay to visit her in the hospital.
It will come, what a big deal it is between friends.
I looked at Leto with slightly resentful eyes. If he had seen it, he would have stopped telling me to come in.
“No, can I ask you to come in?”
“That means you don’t know a woman’s heart yet.”
But Leto dismissed my complaint as such. It was a bonus to say tsk and click the tongue once.
“That ‘Yurdina’s bastard’ had such sorrowful eyes? The child will wear out, because even that ice statue lady is a woman. A senior who fell seriously injured while trying to protect himself… And he dedicates his whole body to defeat the beasts… … .”
“… … Aren’t you exaggerating too much?”
“Originally, women tend to exaggerate trivial things. Especially if it happened with a guy with a smooth face.”
I don’t think so, but my suspicious gaze turned to Leto, but he continued talking as if nothing had happened. It was a confident attitude as if he were a prophet himself being stoned.
“Anyway, what you need to keep in mind is that this emotional tug-of-war is very important in setting the initiative going forward. When the child is worn out, he secretly shows his face, and when he thinks it’s worth forgetting, he talks to him once more… Okay?”
Leto said that as if he were revealing a great secret, but my reaction was withered. Rather, I shook my head and even showed a negative reaction.
I looked at Leto with disappointed eyes. A voice came out of my mouth along with a sigh.
“That’s just a flirt.”
“No, this bastard asked me to teach him how to seduce a girl… … !”
Leto looked stunned, but as if he had given up, he let go and leaned against the back of the chair. He looked at me with ‘yes’ eyes.
Then, he averted his gaze. Uncharacteristically, he seemed a bit hesitant. My questioning gaze turned to him.
Leto swallowed his saliva as if in agony, and finally opened his mouth in a low voice, as if he had made up his mind.
“… … Ian.”
“Why, again. Hold all the form like that… … .”
I had no choice but to return a bewildered response to the sudden change of atmosphere. After staring at Leto for a long time with incomprehensible eyes, a sigh escaped from Leto’s mouth.
He said to me with slightly serious eyes.
“You mean, have you been nice to Celine lately?”
It was an unexpected question. I thought it was a lesser problem than I thought and smiled.
They were both acting like dogs and cats. I heard that they grew up like siblings, so it was understandable. Then he brought up Celine’s story first.
It was rare. I answered without even thinking about it.
“What is there to do other than be nice to you? You’re doing as usual.”
“You’d better be nice to me.”
However, contrary to my plain reaction, Leto gave me advice in a more serious voice.
“The world of women is much more shady than you think. If you plan to be friendly with that Yurdina bastard in the future, you’d better take care of Celine as well.”
“… … ?”
Normally, Leto would say something puzzling, but I couldn’t understand this at all.
why the hell What is the relationship between Celine and Seria?
However, looking at Leto’s complexion, it seemed that if I inquired further, he would not tell me the details, and his voice was so sincere that I
“Uh, uh… Yes, what.”
I had no choice but to answer that. At least Leto wasn’t the one to say anything hurtful to me.
Come to think of it, I should have cared more about those words then.
Leto giving solid advice so MC wont gon get stabbed.