#7
“… That is all. Well, I’ll take the question here… … ”
you should have done this
While I was reading the script aloud with my handwritten script in hand, I stopped wandering around the dorm room and stood tall.
I wrote the script, but I can’t see it when it’s released anyway. As a pre-rehearsal concept, I held a thesis and gave a virtual presentation imagining that the professor was in front of me.
There is no blockage in the flow of progress.
The tip of the tongue doesn’t even tremble.
I’m not a big fan of appearing in front of others, but I like the presentation itself. What I’ve been working hard on. It’s up to you to preach it.
‘… I can’t ruin it because I’m wrong.’
I was the one who put all the hard work of the members together and finished it. I don’t know if there will be a question-and-answer period after the presentation, but you have to prepare. Therefore, I had to be fully aware of the contents of the presentation.
However, simple memorization is one of my specialties. Right now, I’m holding the script for convenience, but I’m confident that I can recite it straight without making a single mistake even if I tell you to put it down and try it from the beginning.
My head was pounding when I took my eyes off the script full of dense letters. How focused were you? After finishing all the work, I kept preparing for the presentation.
The sky beyond the terrace is dyed black. The stars were twinkling in the dark background.
‘It’s a star… … ‘
When I look at the stars these days, I think of Stella.
Maybe it’s because I’ve had a fantastic experience lately. The scenery of the starry sky that Stella showed me is good in my mind. I also liked the original star, but I couldn’t look up at it often because of various things. Stella seemed to constantly go outside and admire the stars.
Just like right now.
I opened the door to the terrace and went outside, and for a moment while stroking my arm in the cold air, I could see my hair with medium and medium hair shining like the Milky Way.
Stella looks around, then walks to the stairs that I had taken with me the other day.
Stella’s back figure disappeared up the stairs.
My eyes naturally turned upwards.
A sky full of bright stars. Stella climbed up the hill. Were you thinking of enjoying the luck on your own?
I didn’t want to disturb you, but at some point I was putting on my shoes in the hallway.
‘… Because rest is also important.’
Stella, unknowingly and unknowingly, was my energizer. A relationship that can be approached closely as pure goodwill and close friends. Stella is kind, gentle, and kind, but I really like the playfulness of Alphren, which she shows occasionally.
Turns out, it was still a huge shock to me that she was a woman… … Now that I see it, I’m used to it. In fact, I don’t know if it’s classified as a separate entity in the brain. This is the so-called denial of reality. My Alphren can’t be like this… … same.
… Well, aren’t they both good?
Alphren or Stella.
It won’t change that everyone is my friend.
The door opened, and I walked forward without hesitation.
#8
The spring night air is cold.
I put on a proper coat and went out. A cardigan that I always use. My neck is sore because I have my head bowed while reading the script. puffy-. I turned around and walked slowly down the alley late at night.
Are they all diligent, or are they studying or training indoors? Originally, around this time, I would have been sweating and exercising in the gym or reviewing lectures. Not now. I followed the trail of Stella who disappeared to the other side and entered the dark staircase entrance.
It was nice to hear the stinging grass bugs. Eco-friendly smell of a mixture of soil and grass. If you live in a remote country for a long time, these are the elements of olfactory hearing that you get tired of hearing.
I put my feet on the stairs with the sounds so vivid that I could even miss them at first glance. And then it took one step at a time. bum bum, bum bum. The leaves fluttered in the slight breeze.
‘… … Oh, there it is.’
After a while, I stopped walking for a moment.
I was wondering what to do if I went the other way. Still, there weren’t many problems. It was a calming place where you could calm your mind. It would have been okay to spend time alone here and heal. I was holding that thought to one side, and I could see my usual shiny hair over there.
Stella, sitting on the dirt floor, folded her hands like a priest in an auspicious temple, and closed her eyes as if praying.
It blends with the starlight pouring from the night sky, and an aura that feels even divine at first glance.
Admiring the shining visual like a saint, I swallow that voice inside.
“… … Who are you there?”
Stella slowly opened her eyes and looked around.
I don’t seem to have made any progress, but I hesitated for a moment, wondering how they knew I was there.
“… Ezio? Why… … ”
He looked at me with wary eyes and noticed that it was me, so I covered my mouth with my hand, so I waved my hand with a clumsy smile.
#9
late night. dormitory vacant lot.
“I can’t eat all of this. I’m sure you’ll get fat.”
“Isn’t it okay if I exercise as much as I eat?”
“It’s not like that, Rubia… … ”
After finishing the day’s work, Rubia and Yuri, who had decided to have a brief meeting in Rubia’s room as promised before, were each returning to the dormitory with a snack bag in their hand.
“Oh right. Rubia.”
“yes?”
“Didn’t you say you have something tomorrow?”
“tomorrow… … ?”
As Yuri nodded, Rubia seemed to ponder for a moment, then opened her mouth with an ah- sound.
“If that’s the case, then everything is already ready.”
“Uh, okay? really?”
“yes. I hate procrastinating on homework… … And sometimes I have to show it to the crew members in advance. Because the professor might ask questions other than me as the presenter. In case you didn’t know, I made a copy and gave it to you… … ”
“… … You are only living with suffering. Rubia.”
“It is not. They say I’m the best here, and I have to get good grades too… … ”
“Sometimes I see you as the most clumsy.”
Yuri sighed. I knew that Rubia was not very good at rejecting, but I didn’t expect it to be this much. However, since tomorrow is the announcement day of the group assignment, it is useless to say anything. It was Yuri who thought it would be better to give a clear warning not to live only being used like a hogu next time.
After a while, Yuri spoke with a sigh.
“It’s a circle – now it feels like a real school life. I really wanted to do outside activities that I really enjoy, other than studying.”
“Have you never been active?”
“Of course! Did you live as if you were locked up in the royal castle? All my studies and hobbies are all done by calling a tutor. If I take even one step out of the room, the attendant immediately follows me. Most of the school life I saw and heard was in books.
“Hey, that must have been hard… … ”
“It was frustrating. but it’s okay now I was finally liberated from the royal castle, and although it’s a little different from what I expected, it’s definitely fun. I also made friends. I feel like I’ve been rewarded because I think I’ll be with you for 5 more years. hey.”
As Yuri looked at Rubia and smiled as if she was genuinely happy, Rubia also smiled to create a friendly atmosphere.
“So speaking, Circle… … ”
“… … ”
at that time.
Yuri, who was about to discuss her future plans, kept walking towards the dormitory.
At some point, Rubia stopped in her seat and turned her head to somewhere without a word.
Rubia’s gaze was fixed somewhere all the time. It was so sticky that it would never come off unless someone forcibly pulled it off.
Recognizing that only her own footsteps were heard, Yuri looked back and found Rubia with her mouth slightly open.
“… Rubia?”
“… … ”
Rubia did not respond to Yuri’s words.
What’s going on? As the situation progressed, Yuri naturally looked at the direction Rubia’s eyes were facing.
bushes and bushes. and trees. road between buildings.
… Do you keep looking at what’s over there?
In front of Yuri who was about to wave at Rubia, who didn’t answer, Rubia with an unknown expression held out something.
“Yuri. Wait a minute.”
“… uh? why?”
“Would you like to go to my room with this and wait for me?”
“… … huh?”
“I’ll be back in a little while. I have to go first.”
Yuri, holding two envelopes in her arms, raised countless question marks.
I wanted to ask him what was going on, but his expression was so urgent that he didn’t think he would tell me if he said anything, so he just shut his mouth and nodded his head. I said I’ll be back in a little while, so if you wait, I’ll come back.
“Ah, I see…”
After receiving Yuri’s answer, Rubia quickly moved and headed somewhere.
#10
Stella seemed quite surprised at first when she saw me appearing, but then she was so happy that the color of her face turned red and pointed to the seat next to her.
When I asked what’s going on here, I saw you going this way from afar and followed me, but my attitude changed completely and I was asked if I was a stalker.
I flinched for a moment because it didn’t seem like something was wrong, but when I saw Stella’s face patted on the shoulder as if it was a joke, the tension was relieved.
Anyway, I sat down next to Stella.
It was the same location as last time.
The ground was still cool, and the constellations that were visible then are still the same.
The surroundings are still quite quiet. comfortable silence. Now that there are no distractions, it was the best time to really focus on the night sky and hit the bruises.
“Looking like this, it’s really big.”
“I know… … ”
The site of the Epic Class dormitory could be seen at a glance, and the high and low buildings on the other side were lined up in a whitish shape like water mist.
Even in Helios, the capital of the empire, even the wealthiest villages are said to have to be folded one step further compared to the Frontiers.
That’s not a lie.
As the name suggests, it was the Imperial Frontier Academy that was treated as the wealthiest city in the Empire.
If you dig into the details of how much resources, funds, and technology were put into this city, it might be safe to say that you have established an independent country.
After all, there are quite a few people who refuse to get a job somewhere after graduating from Frontier, and want to remain as a student at Frontier after being paid. In a way, they were all smart people. No matter where you go on the continent beyond the Empire, there will not be a large city with an infrastructure superior to that of Frontier.
Then at some point- I saw Stella’s shoulder in a white dress trembling thinly next to me while I was watching the scenery without saying a word.
There was no need to wear a shirt and a cardigan, but this was one of the reasons I wore them separately.
“… uh? no-“
He took off his cardigan and put it on Stella’s shoulder, and Stella opened her eyes and opened her mouth.
“I’m just wearing it.”
You must have felt the cold as soon as you left the dorm. It’s Stella’s fault for wearing only a one-piece dress that exposes her bare shoulders. The night air was cold, but I wasn’t too cold, so it was okay.
Stella, who was silent for a moment, was embarrassed, but grabbed the cuff of the cardigan that I had taken off, and pulled it tightly with her hand.
“It’s not… ”
“yes?”
I blinked my eyes.
“Magic, I was going to use it… … ”
“… … ”
Oh, it was.
Stella also knows how to use life magic.
“… Give it back.”
“I don’t like it.”
Stella sticks out her tongue and smiles bashfully.
I felt like I had to do it as a courtesy, so I just kept my manners, but when I returned to an unexpected situation, terrible shame came over me.
I wasn’t the kind of person who just naturally did this kind of thing. no, a little. I’m embarrassed for nothing because of this, uh… …
“I want it back.”
“Where are you giving and taking?”
“… … ”
It’s not like that.
“… They say they use magic.”
“I just don’t write. This is warmer than magic.”
That’s right… …
I don’t think so, but… …
“Thank you, though.”
As I wiped my face with my hand, Stella chuckled and suddenly thanked me.
After a while, I lowered the hand that was covering my face and turned to look to the side, and Stella’s bright smile greeted me.
“… If a reliable boy like you escorts you like this, no matter how much your opponent is, your heart pounding a little?”
… … Oh please.
Please don’t make me feel any more embarrassed.
When I had a hardened expression on my face, maybe she wanted that kind of reaction, Stella tapped my shoulder with a playful hand and smiled.
Alphren.
nothing has changed
It just got worse… …
“But it’s really interesting.”
“… what?”
When I asked, Stella, who had become a villain, said:
“I thought I wanted you to be by my side while praying to Byul, but I was really surprised when you showed up.”
“… … ”
Why are you doing this today?
This is really bad in many ways. If you smile genuinely and say things like that, most men will fall for Stella.
I know the reality of Alphren, so I’m barely holding on… I do not know. just shut up That seems to be the best. really.
“Would you like to go to the dormitory separately and go see the stars with me? It’s also kind of weird to do this. I don’t even have the courage to enter the men’s dormitory. It’s not that I didn’t think about it at all, but I really didn’t have the courage. How did you get into the girls’ dormitory, the hell?”
“Once I made an appointment, I have to go… … ”
It wasn’t that the courage I didn’t have came up in a rush. I just pushed it in somehow. It is true that I was afraid of getting caught.
Yuri and Rubia managed to sneak in before they found me, but if it had been a little later, they might have had bad memories… …
After thinking about it for a moment, I asked Stella next to me.
“But, Stella.”
“yes?”
“You can see the stars with other kids.”
“uh… … ”
There was the question, why did I make a specific name in my mind that I wish I was the person I wanted to see like a star?
Stella must also have a friend named Rubia or Yuri. They’re nice, so if you ask them to go see the stars together, they’ll definitely listen. Rather, they might be more excited and take Stella along.
Stella came out alone today, I followed her, and Stella wanted me to be by her side. In the end it actually came.
“You are no other kid.”
It was Stella’s.
“You are the only one who has special meaning to me here.”
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Does that mean the day I had memories with Alphren? Stella’s voice, which mixed with the sound of grasshoppers and carried on the wind, tickled my auricle.
The moment was immersed in silence.
Stella, who broke the brief silence in a row, opened her mouth.
“How about you?”
“… … ”
Stella asks.
“Am I a special person to you too?”
My face was reflected in the silver-white eyes that were transparent like a clear lake.
#11
sting… …
sting… …
in the sound of howling bugs.
The girl was watching.
No, I stopped observing a while ago.
At first, I found a familiar backside, and I was drawn to the feeling that I had to follow it instinctively. That trail-like stairway was a place he had been to before. Because walking up there meant heading to the end of the stairway with only one destination.
Really, for a little while, I wanted to talk about the group task tomorrow as an excuse.
I did.
… … I was the only one who didn’t know
no.
I actually knew
The sense of distance between the two of them was so narrow that even a girl could see it.
He knew that the girl had become close without knowing it. It shouldn’t have been that shocking as it was a fact I already knew.
“… … 👌”
Again, at the aching heart, the girl tightly closed her eyes.
I followed the boy secretly, and there was another girl.
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Did the two of you make an appointment in advance? met in the same place.
As if to prove that they didn’t meet by chance, they sat next to each other as if they were familiar with each other, and looked at the starry sky together from a distance that almost touched their shoulders. The boys and girls chatted comfortably, laughing and joking around.
Now, the shy and shameful figure she had seen in front of the girl hiding behind the wooden pole is nowhere to be seen.
Noble respect is mixed with the sound of words at first glance. The words that they had not given up on themselves, they put only the boys at ease.
… … when?
When did you become so close… … ?
The girl lowered her head and looked at her feet. Exactly, the head fell off. It is only then that he realizes that he is hiding in the shadows behind the wooden pillars. The cool moonlight surrounded the border of the shadows.
The girls who shine brilliantly under the starry garden and the girl who hides in the shadows and has no choice but to watch them, realize the absolute difference in their position that cannot be narrowed.
he can’t go out there
I can’t do anything to interrupt the conversation between the two of them.
… … okay.
it was a hindrance
—Meteor rain today! Yoo Sung Woo! hurry!
—Rubia, my arm hurts… …
The images of two boys and girls running excitedly in the higher and deeper rural mountains overlap.
… … When he opened his eyes closed in fear, a girl with silvery-white hair took his place instead of the girl with pale pink hair.
“… … what.”
I rub my blurred eyes like a dream.
It was a little hot.
Rubbing it doesn’t make it clean, it just makes it more cloudy.
… … what, me
It’s ugly… …
The girl, who can’t stop her emotions from rising from her can’t be denied, is sadly devoured by a greater consideration than that, and slowly takes her eyes off the boy and girl.
This was the result of running away, regretting, and not approaching. There was no reason or logic to feel miserable. Whatever you do, the word “come now-,” is the first thing to enter.
What are you waiting for now?
let’s go back
Yuri will be waiting for you.
… … jerk.
In the shadows, the girl turns her steps backwards.
swallowing silent cries.
He deliberately walked down the stairs quietly, stepping on a place where the moonlight did not shine, so that they could not find his back by any chance.