1. The First Letter (32)
A heavy silence fell in the hospital room. It was cold silence.
The air pulled tight as if it would explode at any moment. Neither I nor Celine were angry, but it might have been better.
Being angry meant showing my feelings.
The more you do, the easier it is to detect deception. Or when there is a fact that they do not want to hide from their partner, people tend to become more emotional.
But Celine wasn’t angry. With silence, without saying anything, he just stared at me with tan eyes.
Celine leaned her back against the wall with her arms crossed. Her gaze evaded me for a moment and scanned the air.
It is a story about when a little more time has passed that sound was born again in the stillness.
Celine smiled and asked me.
“… … What are you saying all of a sudden?”
It was a blurry smile. His expression seemed like he was asking about everything, but I knew.
Celine tends to react that way when there is something she wants to hide. A lump of young doubt grew in my heart.
I washed my face dry with a sigh. God, please.
“Bad rumors about Seria spread around 2nd grade girls.”
“Is there one or two girls in the second grade?”
Celine’s sullen reaction was a sign that she did not want to continue the conversation.
She now took a small knife out of her bosom and started trimming her nails. Like it or not, my reasoning continued.
“As I heard, the 2nd grade girls only bullied Seria with words. I wondered why, so I found out that they were all lower-class nobles.”
Celine made a strange sound and turned her tan eyes to me. A cold light lingered in his eyes. It was an unimaginable look from Celine, who was always lively.
Come to think of it, there were so many hints.
First of all, it was like that with Leto. He even explicitly mentioned Celine. I had to take good care of her, even now I couldn’t figure out why that would bother Seria.
Still, as the pieces came together one by one, there was more room for suspicion of Celine.
Of course, there was no conclusive evidence. But seeing Celine’s reaction now, I was half convinced.
At least, if Celine wasn’t the instigator, they were related. There was no way she was hiding anything from me otherwise.
Because the bond between the two of us wasn’t that thin and fragile.
Although Celine’s cold expression had a strong sense of difference from usual, it was not that he was unaware of such a side of her.
It was a few years ago. There was a time when I stayed in the Hastur family estate for a while and shot around with Leto and Celine.
At that time, with Baron Hastur’s consideration, I once hunted at the family’s hunting ground. It was only a small forest, but a hunting ground was still a hunting ground.
He caught a deer there and served Baron Hastur and his wife at the lord’s castle that night. At that time, me, Celine, and Leto were all boys and girls capable enough to aspire to the academy, so it was possible.
However, the most memorable scenes of the day were neither the moment when the hunt was successful nor when the dinner was served with plenty of venison.
Celine’s merciless and merciless attitude when she started chasing her prey.
Even then, Celine had such a cold expression on her face. Pretending to be indifferent to anything, but she looked at the situation with cold eyes before anyone else.
The portrait painting I saw a few years ago has now been reproduced here.
Not as a young and weak girl, but as a lovely girl with a youthful charm.
“And it is strange. Usually, rumors share evaluations of the parties to the case, so why do I publicize it and Seria curses?”
At my question, Celine snorted. A cold smile crept across her lips.
“Because that’s an objective fact? Oh, and brother Ian is also the new idol of our lower nobles.”
“That’s not true, you know.”
It is true that Seria ran away that day, but it was because of an accidental injury to her ankle.
Even if it wasn’t so, Seria would have gone out with me to intercept the Witchbeast that day. Rather, wasn’t it me who asked her to tear her up and run away?
Celine had no chin to know that fact. And the status that Celine occupied among the second-year lower nobility, especially among women, was not negligible. It was because her connections were thin and widely distributed.
Still, the spread of these rumors meant at least one fact.
At least she was helping the rumors spread. So I stared at Celine without saying anything.
She had been looking away from me as if she wasn’t interested, but then she turned her eyes to me.
There was anger and dissatisfaction in his eyes. Her brow narrowed slightly.
“To me, it’s an objective fact.”
“Celine… … .”
Whoa, a sigh came out of my mouth. At my pitiful voice, Celine was moved to tears.
“Then no?!”
“Of course not, Seria just made a mistake… … .”
“No, it was before that.”
“Ahhhh,” Celine heard a grinding sound. Blue sparks flew from her eyes. like a fire being lit.
Her temper turned fierce. Like a cat and a beast in front of an enemy, she trembled and expressed her anger.
“Aren’t you going to start a fight with brother Ian out of the blue, and after that, don’t you go crazy enough to be in the temple for a few days!”
“That’s all the same… … .”
“His ejaculation, ejaculation, ejaculation! No matter what you say, there are circumstances, Ian oppa is premature ejaculation?! You bastard brother!”
I put my hand on my chin and forehead.
What is the old woman saying now? I realized that after a long time it was time to scold Celine.
“Hey you… No matter what, what is the daughter of an imperial aristocrat who needs to keep her dignity talking about… … .”
“Hey, it’s okay. I don’t want to hear such outdated s*xist comments.”
She shook her head and trembled in disgust. I wanted to make a long speech saying that no matter how the times change, there are lines that must be followed, but Celine’s sharp voice continued, so I kept my mouth shut.
Now she was confessing her feelings. There was no reason not to listen.
“Ian oppa gets weird when he gets entangled with that woman. Aren’t you just hanging out with that bastard these days, isn’t it because of that bastard that Ian oppa had to catch the witch?”
“… … I was also responsible for my misjudgment.”
In a low voice, I made an excuse on behalf of Seria. Like Leto said, it would have been over if Seria had been given a potion to hide her presence. I was just stupid and took the risk.
Of course, I didn’t expect those words to work on Celine, who was just as excited as she is now.
“anyway!”
As I expected, Celine growled and jumped up with her fists clenched.
He was like a cat who was angry all the way. It’s such a bloody atmosphere, but it feels so cute, the evil of lookism is serious.
“I don’t like that bitch, no matter what Ian oppa says. And I just got it back as I did. Is it my fault?”
Now it was my turn to cry.
My impression was crumpled. I was about to shout something, but I violently dropped the arm I was holding. “Whoa,” he exclaimed, exhaling annoyance.
As my atmosphere cooled, Celine’s body, which had been screaming, trembled. It was around this time that her momentum waned.
She bit her lip, avoiding my cold gaze. A heavy voice came out of my mouth.
“Then it is wrong. no?”
Celine turned a dissatisfied look at me, as if she was moved by those words again, but when she saw my infinitely serious expression, she finally had to shut up.
Her gaze turned to the floor. She kicked the ugly marble floor with her foot.
“What did Seria do? Even if Seria was at fault, in the end it was my will to listen to it all and settle it. Why is that Seria’s fault?”
Celine’s ferocious gaze returned to me. In her tawny eyes, heat and cold coexisted. Enmity like frost and anger like fire.
“… … Also, would you like to take that year’s side?”
“I’m not taking sides, you crossed the line first!”
In the end, I couldn’t stand it and screamed out loud. I don’t know if it’s been years since I’ve yelled at Celine.
At my shouting, Celine flinched as if she was surprised, but soon tears began to form in her eyes as if she was resentful.
It was a heartbreaking sight, but since I cared for Celine, I thought I should take this opportunity to speak harshly.
I spoke to Celine softly, but with certain emotions.
“No matter how you do it, do you curse at someone else’s unhappy family life? Do you know how much that hurt Seria?!”
A low, growling voice.
Seeing my voice containing clear threats, Celine took a picture of my eyes with the sleeve of her uniform as if she was even more saddened. She gritted her teeth once again.
I felt even more absurd and absurd. After committing such an obvious mistake, are you still feeling unfair?
Memories of Celine flashed through my mind. Is it because I was so childishly accepted that I became crooked? Then it was clear that I was also responsible for Celine’s spiritual fall.
At that time, he was looking at Celine with such a gloomy look, saying that he might have to consult with Professor Andrei of the Theology Department or the saint.
“… … That’s not me, you stupid brother!”
Celine groaned as if she was truly unfair.
“Oh,” I said, tilting my head. You said it wasn’t Celine? It can’t be.
However, Celine’s reddened eyes testified to me.
she didn’t lie Then there was only one conclusion.
Apparently, there was a bit of a misunderstanding.
How dense can you be?