212 – Uninvited Guest (1)
#1
“Hey, guys. The labor of the river.”
“… Eh.”
I tapped the guy on the shoulder as he was talking to Stella. Then he was startled, and as soon as he confirmed my identity, he gave a tired expression.
Tak─
“Don’t you clean up your dirty hands? Where did you touch this and fall asleep?”
“You talk too much. Stella, give her soul.”
“Whoops.”
“Don’t just laugh….”
As for who he is, of course this blonde kid.
Yuri von Artina.
Yuri returned to the frontier only yesterday. It took longer than expected, so she wondered if she couldn’t come back like this, but fortunately, around dinner time, she appeared at the dormitory station and held a splendid return ceremony. Rubia, as expected, burst into tears again. She’s like a crybaby
She didn’t change much in appearance. She was still as small as a child, and her distinctive nervous eyes were still the same. When I saw myself, it was the same as howling like an angry cat.
Of course, there was no change at all.
“That is different from yesterday. Did you change again?”
Hair ornament.
The black ribbon she always wore when Yuri tied her hair.
In my mind, I thought of it as Yuri’s identity, but her hair ornament had changed since she returned yesterday.
If yesterday it was a red ribbon, today it is light blue.
That wasn’t even a ribbon, it was just an ordinary hair tie.
The fact that she no longer uses the headdress that she valued more than her life means that she probably finished clearing her mind during her stay in the kingdom.
It wasn’t going to be a negative change anyway. It’s a new attempt, because I tend to view it favorably.
“What does it matter to you?”
“No, I’m not used to it because I can’t see what I see every time.”
“So what does it matter?”
“… You should learn to speak nicely. Are you going to make more friends if you keep doing that?”
“That has nothing to do with it.”
“This.”
I reached out and grabbed Yuri’s shoulders. I squeezed it hard like a massage. Castings castings. Yuri roared and bounced from her seat.
“Ah! Ah! Don’t take your hands off?! Ahhh! Ah! S, Stella! Hey!”
“Whoops.”
“Don’t just laugh! Hiya!”
Yuri jumped forward to free my hand. I followed him with the feeling that I would follow him to the end of hell. I accidentally fell out with Stella. Anyway.
“It’s Molester! Pervert! Kyaaagh!”
“Who is the molester? Where is the molester who gives you a massage with so much care?”
“I’ve been talking bullshit and falling asleep… Aagh! Kyaaak!”
As Yuri turned to me and screamed, I saw that the corners of her mouth were slightly raised as if she was being tickled.
If it was the same in the past, she would have been seriously angry and crying and screaming, but now I felt that she was playing along to my rhythm. If this is a change of its own, is it a change? It would be nice to do something just tick-tick.
In the end, the guerrilla chase was over when they reached the front gate of the Daat Pavilion. Yuri, who declared her surrender because she couldn’t hold out, leaned her back against the wall and breathed heavily.
“The mandible… mandible… You you. Wait and see…. Afterwards…. Just by telekinesis… Mandible….”
Yes. Not through.
“How is it, does the fatigue go away?”
“Gee, damn….”
“Uh huh. Pretty words.”
There’s nothing a princess can’t say.
Yuri, who crossed her arms in the shape of an X and rubbed my shoulder, glared at me ferociously. It seems like she will definitely get revenge. However, there is no way to get revenge on me as long as the telekinesis doesn’t work. In other words, you are forever under me. Could there be a more obvious hierarchical relationship than this? Probably not.
“… Whoa. Done. You are really the worst.”
“Yes. You were the one who asked the worst to stroke his head.”
“…… Eww,”
Yuri’s face turned red as if she remembered what had happened in the kingdom. It seems quite embarrassing that the nape of her neck and even her ears were stained red. Yuri, who had been smacking her lips, finally let out a deep sigh.
“… Are you having fun teasing me?”
“Yes. Scary.”
“Really, you… …. Ha. No….”
You’ve really gotten a lot more mellow. This guy
Suddenly, Yuri speaks to me with her tired face.
“Just asking, are all men like this?”
This is an unexpected question.
“Um… Well? I don’t have many same-sex friends either. And I’m only doing this to you.”
“… So why?”
“Because your reaction is funny?”
“… Whew. Yes, then it is.”
Yuri, who was caressing her reddened neck, opened the front door.
“What, where are you going?”
“Never mind! Don’t follow me! If you follow me, I will report you!”
She seemed sincere, so she decided not to follow through this time.
The front door is closed. Yuri thumped and ran. Her ponytails in her ponytail fluttered dynamically. It was my wish to sneak up from behind someday and grab that hair tightly. Then I’ll beat you to death You may not even want to talk to me for a while….
Anyway, Yuri’s destination was not difficult to predict. He must have gone to Bona Mana Rubia. It’s dinner time soon, so I’m going to kill time until I eat.
I thought, “I’m going to pick up Stella, who was separated from us earlier,” And turned her feet back.
“Are you Ezio Cranil?”
A voice was heard. Man’s voice.
“…… ?”
My gaze turned to someone. The person who appeared with a squeak had a bandage wrapped around one of his hands.
A person who looks like an aristocrat even from his flowing face. Above all, there were two stars on the chest of the uniform. It’s called 2nd grade.
“Hi, nice to meet you. Was it our old age?”
“… No, it’s a first impression. Who are you?”
That’s what I said.
I knew this guy.
“Um, yes. The introduction is late.”
It’s a familiar face. Because, he’s the one I’ve always seen in my sight. The person who was always good by Mu’s side.
“I am Carmelo Bagrid. The second son of the Marquis of Bagrid. She’s a sophomore as you can see, and she’s your senior. I’ve been wanting to talk to you for a long time, and now the opportunity has come.”
“Oh, yes. Hello. Senior.”
You seem to know me, but I introduced myself.
“This is Ezio Cranil. The family has fallen, and I am a freshman. We wish you well for the rest of the period.”
“Yes, yes. Please take care of me too.”
Carmelo held out her hand willingly. Is she a handshake request?
I took that hand. It was her bandaged hand.
“This bandage….”
“Oh, this?”
Carmelo shrugged her shoulders as if it was nothing.
And then, um, I looked towards the hallway.
“It’s a bit much to talk about here, but shall we go somewhere else?”
#2
“Hey, it’s Taeshinje. Come to think of it, are you guys new to Taesinje?”
“Yes, because I am a freshman….”
Walking to a deserted place without people, Carmelo naturally raised the topic.
“Do you want to know what is going on at Taeshin Festival?”
“Um….”
After thinking for a while, I answer.
“Actually, I don’t know much because I don’t have much interest in festivals… Depending on the budget, each circle opens a store, holds an exhibition, performs, dances, religious events, fireworks… I heard you do this and that.”
“Yes. That’s enough. You know almost everything Was he really lying when he said he wasn’t interested?”
“No, just… I’m just going to train at that time anyway.”
“Oh no, then it won’t work. I came to the frontier after a long time, so shouldn’t I enjoy the festival that only happens twice a year?”
That’s true, but it’s true that I’m not really interested.
“Hmm….”
When I didn’t say anything, Carmelo suddenly hugged me and pulled out something from her and held it out.
“Do you want some candy? It tastes like strawberries.”
“Ah, thank you.”
“Don’t worry because I didn’t hear anything.”
“… Yeah.”
I tore off her wrapping paper and put it in her mouth. It tasted like real strawberries.
“This is what I was talking about earlier.”
As I mumbled, Carmelo pointed to her bandaged hand and said.
“Before I tell you about this, I have to ask you one thing.”
“Yes?”
What are you trying to ask?
I thought I knew something.
“You know a friend named Myu in 1st grade, right? Number 1.”
Um.
As expected.
“… Yeah.”
“What is your relationship with that friend?”
The mumbling motion stopped.
Responds with a piece of candy on her tongue.
“A friend.”
“Just friends?”
“Yes.”
“Are you dating?”
“That’s not true….”
“I see. I’m glad.”
What is fortunate?
“I mean, this is actually a wound from a friend called Mew.”
“… Yeah?”
It was the first time I had heard of it. Is it obvious
“No, it’s a senior-junior relationship. There was no exchange meeting with you. So I needed to get to know you in a different way. For that, we need to greet each other and have a little chat, so I went to visit him with my friends?”
It was a roughly expected development.
“But he really hates me. After ignoring it, they say go away or something? Did he even speak ill of me? It’s a first look. I tried to argue, but he called me to the gym? While fighting. If he wins, don’t talk to him anymore and just go away forever. Isn’t that too much?”
“… I see.”
“Yes. I just wanted to be close, but I was very embarrassed because he was like this. Honestly, I was dumbfounded because he ignored me for no reason. But I’m a senior first. My juniors are applying for Dalian, but taking it out doesn’t look good. So once I accepted it. That’s it.”
Sureuk─
Carmelo removed her bandages. Her scars remained on her palms. Carmel, who was fixing the scar, sighed, she said.
“A knife stuck in her hand.”
“… !”
A knife stuck?
Doesn’t that mean she pierced her hand with her sword?
“Right. You broke the rules of sparring.”
“… ….”
“At that time, I really thought I was going to die. There was an unbelievable amount of blood. All of my friends were watching, but it seemed like things were getting serious, so I stopped the sparring and went to that friend and argued. Is it too much? “
I don’t think I’m lying. After all, if you go and ask Mew, you can confirm the relationship.
“But I stopped my friends. It’s better to go to the temple for a wound like this, well… It’s about her scars, because they disappear with time. But on the other hand, she was also unhappy. Was it wrong for her to approach her junior because she wanted to get close? Am I so wrong….”
Looking at Carmelo’s bitter face, I also felt something.
Mu hates the approach of other people, especially men. He really hates it terribly. She didn’t have that tendency before, but now that her personality has changed a bit, she seemed to prefer being alone altogether.
However, I am an exception. It’s been that way ever since.
“… May I apologize for you?”
“What are you?”
“Yes?”
I was momentarily taken aback when I asked,
“Ah, the words came out a little too hard. Sorry. It meant that there would be no point unless he directly apologized.”
Carmelo laughed again and waved her hand.
“Originally, it should have turned into a big deal, but… I just didn’t want to make gossip. If it’s number 1, you’re saying that the talent is exceptional, right? Actually, when I tried sparring, my skills were no joke. I am also a person who has lived listening to the sound of a genius somewhere, but when I see a real genius, this is wow… I was speechless. I didn’t want to get in the way of that guy like this.”
Um….
The more I listened to him, the less he seemed like a bad person. What is this feeling Maybe she was suspicious of a better person than she thought.
“So that’s it. I have a favor to ask of you.”
Please?
“You seemed very close with that friend. Looking at it, even among freshmen, you were the only one who talked to that friend often. That’s right?”
“… Yes, what.”
“Then will you listen more than others?”
“… Well, I’m not sure. You are so selfish.”
“No, I’m sure. If it’s your request, I’ll listen.”
I wanted to ask a question in reverse at this point.
What are you?
“That’s why. Ezio.”
Carmelo grinned.
“Please let go of my legs instead. It’s a senior’s request.”
“… ….”
I bit the candy in my mouth. Wow.
Ah.
Is this the purpose?
“You said you were just friends with him, right? It’s not even dating. Then….”
“I’ll pretend I didn’t hear.”
“… Yes?”
She roughly tossed the wrapping paper from her hand into the next trash can. If that’s the case, don’t take candy. I feel like I just lost my appetite.
I scratched the back of my head and looked at Carmelo.
“Not for her sake, but for the sake of her senior, I’m telling you, approaching her this way wouldn’t be a very good choice.”
“…… What are you?”
What is it?
“My ex-boyfriend.”
“… ….”
Carmelo’s face hardened.
“I am the one who knows him better than anyone else. Then stop before her other hand is blown off as well. I mean seriously. This.”
Somehow it was strange.
As expected, my intuition was not wrong.