4.5 Interlude: Between a lover and a dog (7)
The battle didn’t last very long.
It was because the opponent did not even show any intention to fight against me in the first place.
As soon as I appeared, some people screamed and ran away, while others hesitated and then sat down on their knees.
It was a sign of surrender.
I wanted to catch those who ran away, but I gave up soon.
Anyway, there was only one person who directly harmed Elsie.
There was no reason to hold on to the rest and assault them.
If it had attacked me, it would have been a different story.
Thanks to you, I was able to solve the problem peacefully for the first time in a long time.
It was the moment when the nickname of the past came to mind.
A pacifist from the House of Percus.
What a wonderful name.
In the end, the truth was bound to come through someday.
Consider my peace-loving heart and see how everyone sits quietly.
It was time to say goodbye to the bloody and violent academy life.
A delightful smile formed on my lips.
Of course, that didn’t mean everyone was hostile.
For example, a female student who seemed to be the leader of the group was like that.
She was chewing her lips and glaring at me, and a faint moan escaped her teeth. The wound from the ax was quite deep.
When I met her eyes, I couldn’t help but think for a moment.
i’ve seen it somewhere It meant a familiar figure.
After patting my chin for a while, I remembered her name.
“… … Senior Ludmilla?”
The academy was both spacious and narrow.
I couldn’t get along with all the faces of the students, but there was a person I came to know automatically after working together for several years.
They were the so-called ‘celebrities’ of the academy.
Delphine senior and Elsie senior, as well as Celine and Seria belonged to this category. Besides that, Yuren, the saintess, Neris senior, and the princess were the same.
Living in the academy, I had no choice but to know their names.
It was because of the speed at which rumors circulated in the academy.
Wasn’t even Celine famous for the two flowers in the 2nd year swordsmanship department?
If you look at it, you will come to know even the bullies who are a little short of being called ‘celebrities’, and Ludmilla senior was like that.
I remembered that he was a person who had a notoriety within the academy. Although at some point it became quiet.
If not as much as Elsie-senpai, he was a senior who was feared in his lower grades.
But now, in front of me, you are trembling.
The flow of time was free.
I was also sad inside.
It was because I wanted to know what the difference would be between me and Ludmilla senior, who used strength to dominate others in the distant past.
I just got lucky and got a little bit stronger.
Thinking that way made me regret it, but now was not the time to show it off.
A subdued voice came out of my mouth.
“So, what is it?”
“That, that… that, so… … .”
When talking about the ‘disciplinary committee’, it was Ludmilla senior who was so energetic.
However, when I asked again, it seemed that he had lost his temper.
Her pupils were trembling violently. There was a fear that could not be hidden from the way he glanced at me.
My calm and weak attitude might have driven her even more into fear.
Confidence invites persuasion.
I was sincerely thinking that it didn’t matter if Ludmilla-senpai reported me. It was an undeniable fact that there was no need to act.
Then, the person who should be worried now was Ludmilla senior.
What the hell do I believe in
I don’t know what it is, but it must have belonged to a category beyond what she could have imagined.
Or he might have thought that he could kill him like this.
Amidst such successive doubts and fears, her spirit would have collapsed.
If Ludmilla-senpai had hardened his will, the result would have been slightly different.
But she was just a typical opportunist, weak to the strong and strong to the weak. In the first place, there was no spirit to be seen in the face of an irresistible force.
In the end, what Ludmilla senior chose was an excuse.
“… … that, yes! Me, I was just trying to get an apology!”
My eyes quietly turned to senior Elsie.
Senior Elsie hesitated and avoided my eyes.
Is it because he is ashamed of himself for being bullied by Ludmilla senior, or is it that he does not have the courage to face me yet?
Either way, it was Ludmilla senior who led the conversation.
She spoke even more excitedly when Elsie-senpai kept her mouth shut.
A hideous scar was visible on her arm with her sleeves rolled up.
“I-I was beaten by this bitch a long time ago! It was school violence… That’s why you were trying to get an apology, you said you’re going to apologize these days anyway?”
Hmm, a moan leaked out of my mouth.
Then there was no room for me to intervene.
It could be said that the problem was that she drove senior Elsie into a corner and threatened her, but it was violence enough to leave scars like that.
No matter how much I cared for Elsie-senpai, it was hard to stand by her.
“I am self-defense! Rather, this bitch tried to assault me when I demanded an apology… … !”
“Senior Elsie.”
I called the girl by her first name.
When I looked down, Elsie’s body trembled.
To be honest, it was hard to believe all of Ludmilla senior’s testimony.
Until now, most of the people Elsie had unilaterally assaulted were commoners or lower-class nobles.
However, I couldn’t help but wonder that he had accidentally touched Ludmilla, a high-ranking aristocrat.
It was a simple question that came out of my mouth.
“Really?”
Elsie sunbaenim silently scratched the ground with his toe.
It was a habit that came out when I was at a loss for something to say or when I was hesitating.
I patiently waited for Elsie’s reply.
Then, it was Ludmilla senior who became desperate.
She groaned and tried to raise her voice.
“Of course really… … !”
“… … What if not?”
If it hadn’t been for Elsie-senpai carefully questioning her before that.
I silently looked at Elsie-senpai.
She asked the question again in a timid tone, still not making eye contact with me.
“If not, what are you going to do?”
Unlike Elsie-senpai, she looked downcast.
She must have suffered all kinds of humiliation while going around handing out apologies to the victims for several days.
For the first time in my life, I must have experienced my self-esteem being cut to the floor.
it would have been painful
It wasn’t even that the victims accepted an apology. And it’s not even possible to fathom the pain the victims suffered.
So it wasn’t strange that he let go of his confident attitude.
At the voice of subtle anxiety, my eyes quietly turned to Ludmilla.
she cried desperately.
“You, you can trust him… … ? Now I have scars… … !”
“Yeah.”
And then, my kicking got stuck in Ludmilla-senpai’s stomach.
Ludmilla sunbaenim collapsed on the floor, suffocated. A trembling hand tapped my chest.
Before the eyes of disbelief were directed at me.
I gently stepped on Ludmilla’s hand, who was touching the ground.
“Keuh, ugh… aaagh!”
Hearing that sound, I threw out a careless word.
“I believe.”
At least Elsie-senpai had never lied to me.
Needless to say, if the speaker of the displaced testimony was a bully.
I decided to take Elsie’s side.
As promised before.
**
Ludmilla senior had to confess the truth of the day shortly after.
To summarize, it was as follows.
Elsie-senpai and Ludmilla-senpai’s gang had frequent clashes from before.
It was good to say that it was a common power struggle.
In particular, it seemed that Ludmilla-senpai, unlike Elsie-senpai, continuously managed the victims.
And at the same time, they call me an easy-to-use worker.
Elsie senior said that she did not like Ludmilla senior who was trying to play the role of queen on a topic she couldn’t even understand, and said that she constantly quarreled with her.
It was mainly a method of threatening the victims called by Ludmilla senior and sending them back.
If Ludmilla said anything to the victim about this, Elsie would step in.
Then, one day, the conflict exploded as a result of this.
As a result, Ludmilla-senior was defeated by Elsie-senior, and in the words of Elsie-senior, she got a ‘glorious scar’ on her arm.
By analogy, it was.
“… … Was it just a thug fight?”
“Oh, it’s not just like that… … .”
Embarrassed, senior Elsie blushed and averted her gaze.
Ludmilla’s gang sent them away.
The degree of violence was not too severe, and it did not suit my taste to harass the non-resistance opponent more than necessary.
If I don’t touch Elsie-senpai in the future, I won’t see her again.
Instead, I felt a little grateful to Ludmilla senior.
It was still a bit awkward, but it gave me a chance to be alone with Elsie-senpai.
I was wrapping a bandage on Elsie-senpai’s shoulder.
It was over clothes, but this should have been enough to temporarily seal the fractured wound.
After thinking about it for a while, I burst into laughter.
“Then strike back. What were you doing? It ended well because they weren’t innocent people anyway, and there wouldn’t be any more victims.”
Despite my question, Elsie-senpai only hesitated for a while.
But even that was short-lived, and the girl eventually let out a voice full of hesitation.
“Lord, because the master hates it… … .”
I stopped the hand that was wrapping the bandage.
And I looked at Elsie-senpai’s face.
The red-hot earlobes stood out even more.
“Master, you don’t like it… Who are you hitting?”
“… … So you went to apologize?”
A sigh escaped from my mouth.
The words she said with the intention of making any excuse eventually pushed senior Elsie to this point.
In fact, it was also a problem that had to be solved someday.
Because Elsie-senpai had no choice but to pay the price for her sins.
If they hadn’t robbed them now, the victims would have lived with their scars forever without even receiving an apology.
So I had to point out senior Elsie’s mistake with all my heart.
“Elsie-senpai, did you apologize because you thought that was really wrong?”
There was no reply from senior Elsie.
I hoped it would be a lie, but after Elsie heard me say ‘I believe’, it seemed that she had a sense of debt.
He didn’t even try to lie to me.
He just flinched and averted his gaze from me.
I sighed again and let out a heated sigh.
“Elsie-senpai, that is not an apology. It’s just Elsie-senpai’s self-consolation. By necessity, using the other person… Victims would tremble just by looking at Elsie, but what should I do if I go without a sincere apology?”
It was another violence.
At least I thought so.
But despite my bruises, Elsie-senpai didn’t say anything for a long time.
Her body shuddered, and only a single tear fell from her eyes.
All the humiliation and contempt he had suffered so far fell as dew.
“Well, then what should I do… … ?”
Elsie-senpai’s voice was particularly weak.
It was because I was forced to cry.
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