#4
When Ezio returned to the library, Stella was waving with a small smile.
Like I said, it didn’t take that long. Ezio nodded for a moment, then pulled the chair back and sat down.
Stella stares into Ezio’s face for a moment with her chin clenched, until he sits down and opens the textbook again.
square, square.
Whoops.
– What did you say?
“… … ?”
Small, round letters were engraved in the corner of the open page, and carefully held out in front of Ezio so as not to make a sound.
Ezio blinked. What were you talking about, I can’t tell you in detail. Just when I was about to reply as if I didn’t say anything.
square, square.
Whoops.
– Because your expression doesn’t look good. I’m worried.
Retrieve the textbook and scribble it out again.
“… … ”
You couldn’t control your expression like that.
Ezio gently stroked my face. I was slapped on the cheek a few times with the thought of calming myself down. It looks like it was hardened at some point.
Ezio, who was staring at Stella’s face from a close distance with a clumsy smile, opened a book and wrote in the corner.
– not a big deal. Thank you for your concern.
Right after turning the textbook 180 degrees and holding it out, when I looked up, Stella had a puffy face with pouting lips.
– No big deal. I think we were fighting outside.
– Because it’s not like that. I didn’t fight.
– really?
– Yeah, really.
After all, the fight didn’t happen because there was a problem between the two of them, after all.
– Then tell me if what I thought is correct or not.
– What?
Ezio’s reply was a bit late.
Stella, who actually decided to ask a question, also wrote down with a pen, and then drew a line because she thought it was not. As a result, there was no space, so I turned the page and engraved a short text in the corner of the back page.
square, square.
… … Whoops.
– Was it something to do with Rubia?
“… … ”
A little more serious this time. Brilliant silver and blue light met in a straight line. Ezio tapped the table for a moment with the pen he was holding.
Anyway, Stella was a close friend of Rubia. There’s no way I couldn’t have seen him in the dorm yesterday. It seems like it was after Rubia returned to her dormitory that she went out to look at the night sky.
There’s no need to hide it, this.
– yes.
This time, “That’s right.” and made a small voice.
– okay. Let’s study now.
– thank you.
Stella smiled and shook her head. It seems that just telling the truth is enough. Ezio gave a brief thank you to him.
square, square.
– From here on, it’s a pretty important part. If this is the case, I think it would be a little inconvenient to tell you.
Whoops.
– Can I sit next to you?
As I followed the white, slender fingers on the pages, I saw Stella with her earlobes slightly raised in spite of her pure intentions.
Ezio wrote the answer without hesitation.
Whoops.
– I was thinking about why you sat across from me in the first place.
Then, there was a faint laughter of a size that would be hard to hear unless you paid full attention to it.
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Droo… …
After a while, Stella, who was scratching her cheek, got up as quietly as possible and moved to Ezio’s side.
“Excuse me.”
“… However much.”
Since we were seated very close together, we were able to take the place of a whisper, and for some reason, his auricle was itchy, so Ezio had to move his body to the right for a moment to answer that.
#5
“Then, let me review and ask a question. Which of the three-level magic presented here is also used as life magic?”
“Wind-cutter. A lot of people use it for cutting.”
“right. So, what chorale is required to cast this magic? I can’t really cast it here, so I’m just reciting it.”
“The wind that blows, gathers and becomes a slicing blade.”
“Yeah, that’s right. So far, it’s been a matter of basic common sense… Now let’s go to the next one.”
It’s been about two hours since I started studying.
Stella, who smiles brightly, whispers and asks questions.
“What are the typical side effects of an inexperienced wizard who casts the spell incorrectly? 3rd-tier flame-based magic – What is the effect when it is fused with Flare? What kind of arithmetic and calculations are added to the lower level magic of Wind-Crescent, the fourth-order wind-type magic, which is the upper level magic of Wind-Cutter?”
A bombardment of mercilessly pouring questions.
It wasn’t a problem with such a deep and difficult approach, but it was a question of quantity, not quality.
I don’t know how many times this has already been done.
It’s only been a little over two hours, but there were so many new things I learned, and I had to put a lot of effort into memorizing them all by a normal person’s standards.
But.
Ezio calmly answers the first question.
“Magic power is not cohesive and is scattered and the blade splits in two, or goes in a direction not intended at all. In this case, the life of the caster can be very dangerous, so the association stipulates that only skilled people can use it for daily use.”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
“If the fusion succeeds, the nature changes to a Flame-Cutter of the same hierarchy. If it fails, there are no side effects. The wind is gone, the fire is out. It’s over. The magic power will be consumed as it is.”
“Yeah, that’s also the answer.”
“Well… The ‘acceleration’ and ‘amplification’ related techniques have been added a total of 12 strokes as I drew them now… The calculation is based on the assumption that the amount of horsepower required to cast Wind-Cutter is the standard value… … ”
square, square.
The calculation process of the formula becomes quite complicated when you try to write it down. For example, it feels like your hands can’t keep up with your head. It’s relatively easy when you burn the magic circuit and calculate the formula.
“here. All done.”
In any case, in response to Stella’s question, Ezio scribbled down calculation formulas on a blank piece of paper.
When I tapped on the temple and gave the written note to Stella, Stella wanted to scan it from start to finish with serious eyes.
“Yes, everything is correct.”
“… … ha.”
He smiled next to Ezio, who thought he might make one mistake in his heart.
“With this, all 30 questions raised so far are all correct. You’re smart too, Ezio… Among them, I think I am very good at memorizing.”
“I think it’s because I’ve only read a lot of books since I was a kid… … ”
As usual, Ezio raised his head to bury his head in the table, rubbing the back of his neck as if stiffly, shaking his head back and forth.
Stella put a small smile on her lips.
“Well, Ezio, I liked your book a lot. Occasionally I would take it outside. When I went to the villa, there were a lot of books. I remember, back then… … ”
Stella suddenly brought up a story about her childhood.
Ezio, who groped for a moment at her words, met Stella, who had even met her parents… No, I remembered Alfred’s figure.
“What… … because I was bored I hated being the headmaster. When I’m not going to a meeting, it’s much better to just read a book in my room.”
Ezio hummed as he turned the pages of the book with the window slightly open in the corner of the room in the villa now owned by another nobleman.
Then, suddenly, I shifted my gaze out of the window and saw the figure of a boy who had fallen into the bushes below a small mountain peak.
Turns out he wasn’t a boy.
anyway.
“It’s a book in the room… … Ezio, I think I was like that when I first saw you.”
“right. I was reading a book.”
“Then, do you still remember the book you read back then?”
“Well… … So far, I don’t know. It was so long ago. Almost ten years ago, wasn’t it?”
“Yeah, maybe that’s it. I can really feel it when I hear it with my ears. That’s right, it’s already been ten years… … ”
He was whispering with his voice so low, and the voices were getting smaller and smaller, so he couldn’t hear them well at the end.
It was for a moment that his eyes, as if wet with emotion, became blank.
Stella looked at Ezio with her chin clenched and asked.
“Do you still like books?”
“… … Well, how are you? Not as much as I used to, but I read it occasionally.”
“Ugh, that’s right… … ”
“you?”
“I… … a little too When I was in my hometown, they told me that I had to build up my culture, so I read a lot of this and that. But since I don’t have to read it here, I’ve been reading novels from time to time. … These days, because I’m studying, I can only read textbooks when I say books… Ahaha.”
The more diligent students, the less time they will have. Ezio was the same. After the day’s work was over, it was a repetition of study, training, exercise, and sleep. If nothing special happened, I usually spent my daily life like that.
“Well, what… … ”
So Ezio followed Stella and smiled.
In the past, Alfren had an image that he would not see without even studying.
Aside from the accidental reunion, what was even more surprising was the fact that the cataclysmic image of Stella’s schoolboy suits her so well.
An elegant and educated aristocratic lady, should I say? I can assure you that there is not a single person in Frontier who will see the present Stella and recall the cheerful image of Alfresn, even in a fragmentary way.
I wondered how people could change like this.
It’s been ten years
It’s time for a change.
… … Still, because people said it wasn’t originally meant to be rewritten. Personality or essence does not change in the end. As proof of that, Stella also sometimes shows her true face when she is alone with Ezio.
What kind of education did Stella receive until Alfren, who was a million light years away from her precociousness, became the daughter of the duke recognized by everyone?
So, Ezio, who had such a question for a while.
When she brought out the story of her hometown for a while, her eyes clouded for a moment, and immediately after, I saw Stella throwing a tantrum and smiling naturally.
… … okay.
It couldn’t be changed easily.
She must have received ‘education’ on how to correct Stella’s behavior in some way, and as a result of learning like that for ten years, she was able to become a perfect noble girl.
Ezio doesn’t know about the time in between.
He does not know at all about how Stella had the transcendent ability of ‘future vision’.
So.
If you’re going to bring up a story from the past.
It would be better to mention a pleasant past.
“stellar.”
“… … yes?”
At the brief call, Stella raised her eyelids. Ezio asked in a whisper, pointing to Stella’s crown.
“Now I’m thinking… … How tall are you?”
“Yes… ?”
“You were definitely taller than me when you were young, but now you’re a lot smaller than me, so I don’t know if this is big or not.”
“Big, big… ? It must have been over ten centimeters tall… ?”
“Uh, really? How old are you right now?”
Stella pondered for a moment and opened her mouth.
“Well… 163, how much?”
“… … Is it big?”
“It’s a lot bigger than when I was younger. It was definitely big. Ezio, it’s a small number compared to you, but… … ”
Stella murmured and rolled her eyes.
“How old is Ezio now?”
“… … Oh, I haven’t looked at it recently. well.”
“What was the last time you read it?”
“… … I don’t know either. I don’t remember.”
I never really had any interest in it.
To be precise, it would be true that he didn’t have enough time to pay attention to the act of measuring his height.
“Once you sit down, there’s such a difference, um… I think it’s probably over the mid-one hundred and eighties.”
As if Stella raised her hand and measured it, she started from the top of her head and drew a straight line through the air. The motion stopped about halfway through Ezio’s neck.
“… oh.”
The moment Stella’s hand touched Ezio’s neck, she realized that the distance was really close, unlike Ezio who looked around carelessly, and Stella released her hand as if it were bouncing for a moment, then wrapped it around my chest.
The white back of his hand was trembling slightly as if pulsating. Originally, I wasn’t the type to pay particular attention to this kind of skinship, but there were memories that came to mind naturally as we talked about the past… I felt embarrassed for some reason.
“is it… Well, I’ve grown a lot, me too.”
Whether or not Stella is now struggling to erase any memory from her mind, Ezio blinks for a moment before saying so.
It was definitely very big. Before he became like this, he was in his one hundred and sixties. In just half a year, I had one more head. It was evident that this was a remarkable and rapid growth.
The growth of the kidneys was not something that could be done with effort, so it had been a long time since I gave up right away… Who knew it would be like this
Of course, if someone asks if growing up is bad, the answer is absolutely no. Any body that is bigger is better… …
okay.
Big is good in many ways.
As Stella himself said, he has achieved considerable growth. It’s the kidneys, of course… Ezio was contemplating what kind of old-fashioned story he would bring up next, but suddenly his eyes caught on somewhere.
Except for the part that was always covered when I took a bath with Ezio when I was young, of course, I couldn’t think of a man as s*xual characteristics… Now, my eyes focused on the area Stella was covering with her hand.
“… Hmmm.”
“… … ”
But he looked away immediately.
For some reason, it was because the eyes met Stella’s, whose earlobes were red.
“Hey, I didn’t think of anything particularly strange… ”
“… … ”
Why are you ashamed?
In hindsight, we’ve seen everything we’ve seen.
… … It’s a story from my childhood.
Stella did not open her mouth even in the silence that followed immediately after Ezio’s excuse. It was because he seemed to understand why Ezio saw him. The reason, Stella, had been trying to shake it off from her head.
Rather, it was a more serious case than Ezio.
Unlike Stella…
Because Ezio never covered it from the beginning.
“… … ”
“… … ”
The two of them did that for a while, and eventually got kicked out of the librarian because they were caught talking secretly.
However, it was a little later that it changed the atmosphere, and after barely shaking off the awkwardness, went to the gymnasium to practice… …
#6
Epic Class 2 female dormitory.
Tub, thump…
At the place she finally arrived after taking the elevators from the three buildings, Yuri walked through the lobby and briefly recalled what had happened before.
“… … ”
stopping at the halfway point.
Yuri looks around the hallway where Rubia’s room is.
—Because I’m tired now.
— … … I just want you to leave me alone.
The expression I saw then,
It never leaves my mind
“What is it, huh… … ”
Another sigh.
Since it was impossible for him to remain still, Yuri looked up at the ceiling of the lobby for a moment and then took a step forward with a determined face.
The destination is… Ruby’s room.
thump, thump.
After walking down the hallway on the right, we arrived at the end.
“… … Whoa.”
After taking a deep breath, knock.
-smart.
“Rubia, are you there?”
No answer comes from inside the door.
That is, there is no reaction.
-smart.
“Rubia! Open the door if you can!”
I knew it.
The reaction is… none.
Yuri bit her lip.
—Bang, bang!
“Rubia! A while ago, I was talking to Ezio!”
In the end, he mentions the name.
It was half a gamble.
Even if I got out of here with him, I wasn’t sure if Rubia would open the tightly closed door.
still… Because I had to do what I could.
If Rubia somehow doesn’t get up again today, it will have a big impact on her grades and other things.
I don’t know what to talk about when we meet.
If you don’t do anything…
There will be no progress here.
So I knocked on the door again.
—Bang, bang, bang!
“Rubia! If you don’t open it now, I will–“
cut profit.
“… … Yeah, what’s going on?”
Rubia rubbed her eyes as if sleepy, as if to appeal that she had just woken up, and greeted Yuri with a loose smile as usual.
The door was opened,
“Lou, Rubia… … ”
“Ugh, sorry. I didn’t hear you wake me up at all. yesterday… I was a little tired. It’s so refreshing because I slept soundly after a long time. … Oh right. Was it a test period from today? Ahh. what am i doing It shouldn’t be like this. I slept too much without realizing it… !”
With such a theme, the tear marks remain moist, and there is a rash that has been wiped off even to pretend.
As you know, it’s really hard to act clumsy with a very sad face… Because I really don’t like it.
“Rubia.”
“Yes? If you’re asking me to go study together, wait here for a second. I’ll be ready to go out soon… … ”
“Rubia.”
“… … ”
As if she would not be able to see such a thing, Yuri spit out a hardened voice without even thinking about adjusting the rhythm.
“I can go into the room, okay?”
“… … ”
about ten seconds after that.
“Yeah, come in.”
Rubia, who maintained a smile, turned her back and opened the door wide, and Yuri walked towards the familiar interior without saying an excuse.