#12
I felt like I was in a scene in a novel right now.
That is, the moment when the character is about to say something important, an external pressure strikes in a timely manner.
What the f*ck is this shit? … The analogy is a bit like the situation with Stella. Either way, it was a pretty bad development.
It wasn’t a particularly loud noise, but the two of us stopped moving in an instant. Stella’s pupils shake as if there was an earthquake.
smart.
Once again the knock sounds.
In the end, I was the first to speak carefully.
“… … Will you come and check?”
“Ah, yes… ”
Stella, who seemed a bit startled while wrapped in the sudden silence, got up with a faint hiccup.
Slender legs walked on the marble floor. Then suddenly he looks back at me. It was the look of what would happen if they found out that I was inside.
I’m not sure who can knock on Stella’s door, but looking at Stella’s connections so far, I can think of a few specific people.
this is a big deal… … is it?
As soon as I could, I took the shape of my mouth saying ‘I’ll be hiding’ towards Stella, then got up and cautiously headed towards the corner.
He squatted behind the wall like a ghetto beggar. That way, even if the door is wide open, you won’t be able to see me from the outside.
… … what the hell is this
The parties were very nervous, but from an objective point of view, it was a very funny and strange thing.
At night, I went into the dormitory of a friend of the opposite s*x and studied very well, when I found out about it.
I was able to explain the situation, but the most important thing was whether I would be able to convince them naturally.
I’m not going to try to come in blindly anyway.
If it’s just a matter of business, you can talk about it later, or if it’s a simple business, you can have a conversation at the door.
Knock, Knock, Knock.
three times this time.
… … profit.
As if Stella had made up her mind, she heard the door slowly open.
— Who are you… … ?
I shut my mouth and kept quiet.
after a while.
An angelic voice from afar expresses doubts.
— Hey, weren’t you sleeping? You didn’t open the door, so I just tried to go back.
It was a familiar voice.
A voice I heard an hour and a half ago.
‘… … glass?’
Yuri von Artina. blond kid. One of my friends who is just a cute little sister now. I hate seeing myself as a child, but when I see every single action I take, I just smile with joy.
Anyway, what’s the deal this late at night?
— Oh, no. I guess I couldn’t hear the sound because I was concentrating on my studies. What are you doing?
— Oh, you were studying? I didn’t mean to disturb you… ?
Yuri’s bewildered look can be felt up to this point.
By the way, Stella has decided to speak to me, but she hasn’t spoken to Yuri first.
Even from Yuri’s point of view, if Stella suddenly starts not to use respectful words, she’ll feel a little strange. I believe the two of us will do well.
— Bar, it’s just over. it’s okay.
— … … okay? Then I’m happy.
A voice echoed again with a rustling sound.
— No big deal, we bought snacks, Stella, so I thought you might come out and eat with us.
… … what. Was it like that?
It was the so-called midnight secret meeting.
— Snacks, yo… … ?
– yes. If it’s okay, let’s go out and eat together. There’s also Rubia outside. Actually, I was just going to sleep today, but Rubia wanted to talk and play with you too. Oh, if you are tired from studying, you can rest.
— I’m still fine… …
Stella looked worried. It must be because I was conscious of my existence squatting behind the wall and hiding now.
I called up to here because I had something to tell you in secret, but an unexpected problem has arisen, so it is a very difficult situation.
As I was listening to Yuri and Stella’s conversation, I suddenly thought. I asked him to come out and have a snack together. So, where do we have the secret meeting?
Since it’s the same-s*x dormitory anyway, we could just go into one room and talk to the three of us, but what’s the point of going out and eating?
I thought there was only one.
1st floor lobby of the dormitory.
‘… … lobby?’
With a sense of “Oh my gosh,” I covered my forehead with the palm of my hand.
not there
You guys shouldn’t be meeting in the lobby right now.
Even if Stella rejects Yuri’s offer now, the biggest problem that cannot be ignored will arise.
… … Then I can’t go back?
Could it be that I’m f*cked?
– okay? So, will you come out to the lobby a little later? I’ll tell Rubia that you’re coming too.
— … … ! Ah, ah, that, that. Come on, wait a minute.
— Uh, huh? why?
Stella hastily withheld an answer.
I seem to be contemplating what to do with my disposition right now, but I am also seriously considering it myself.
… … Even if Stella says she can’t go from here, Yuri and Rubia will remain in the lobby anyway, and a long story will blossom.
Even if you say you’re going, it won’t be a big deal.
Instead, Stella will put off what she was going to tell me, and no matter when that will happen, it won’t be easy to seize an opportunity like this one.
‘Ezio, I want you–‘
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Did I tell you to remove the beef horns as well? It seemed like a very important story, but I missed the timing, so this became a very ambiguous situation.
Anyway, I need to figure out how to get out of here right now. Looking back, there was something I hadn’t thought of.
In the Epic Class dormitory building, Buildings 1, 3, and 2 are connected in an ∩ shape.
That is, in Building 1, you could go through the 3rd building through the right hallway and enter Building 2, and in Building 2, you could go through the left hallway through the 3rd building and enter Building 1.
And Stella’s room is in the hallway on the right.
… … shit like this.
Is there no way?
I thought that if I did well, I could cross without getting caught, but the location was a problem.
In order to go from the right hallway where Stella’s room was to the left, it was inevitably a structure that had no choice but to pass through the lobby.
Wrong… I’m done…
In the end, do you have to humbly accept the reality?
Anyway, I got a little awkward with Yuri because of the last incident… … No, there was nothing wrong with me, but anyway, the fact that I was in the same room with Stella wouldn’t cause me to shoot a lot of suspicion and contempt… …
In fact, it was Stella who gave me permission first.
Stella is nice. Even if they told the truth, it seemed that it would take a considerable amount of time for the misunderstanding to be resolved. In the first place, Yuri trusts Stella, a woman like me, much more than anyone like me.
Besides, it wasn’t just the glass.
I said there’s rubia out there too.
‘… … ‘
… … Rubia, Rubia.
Well… …
Isn’t that good enough?
I had a different idea than when I was in Yuri.
Sure enough, Yuri and I are close to meeting each other, but Rubia and I are already friends.
… … Of course, I think I’m farther away than I used to, but I’m sure you still know that I’m not lying. Here, along with Stella, I was able to stand by my side.
Just thinking about it made me feel more at ease.
All that’s left is glass. how will it work out He was arrogant like a golden cat, but he wasn’t a bad guy.
He blankly raised his head and looked straight ahead.
There is a purple curtain covering the window.
window.
… … oh
okay.
there was a window
It was hidden behind a curtain and I couldn’t think of it. Basically, since the Epic Class dormitory has an outdoor terrace, all you have to do is open the window, step on the railing, and jump down.
Someone outside could have seen me as they passed by, but that’s something to think about then.
It’s best if you don’t. First of all, the most important point was not to show myself directly to Yuri and Rubia.
great. An escape route has been secured.
I regained my peace of mind.
Now I want to tell Stella that you can go out and play with the kids without worrying about it, but it seems like she’s still talking to Yuri.
— … … Yes Yes. I’m sorry. Let’s eat together next time.
— Okay, then. Sleep well, Stella.
– yes… Yuri Dojo, have a good night.
I couldn’t hear the middle conversation because I was in serious trouble. How did things go? The sound of the door closing was heard without questioning.
The room, which had been noisy for a while, fell into silence again.
ha-. Stella’s soft sigh spreads through the air. He must have been a little embarrassed by Yuri’s surprise.
bruises, bruises.
“Ezio? where are you… … ”
Stella walked all the way to the inside of the room and looked around looking for the invisible me on the bed.
“hi.”
“… … ”
Seeing me sitting crumpled on the wall in the corner, I rolled my eyes and at the same time,
“… puh. Why are you doing that?”
As if having fun, he rolled his eyebrows and smiled softly.
Her natural appearance seemed to be a very different person from the first Stella I had ever seen, so I felt a surprising surprise inside.
It didn’t mean anything negative at all.
For some reason, Stella over there was more attractive.
“I hid myself because I was afraid I would be found out.”
Even I think it looks a bit boring. While straightening her bent knees, she bent her waist at the same time, and looked at Stella and smiled.
“I think Yuri wanted to play outside, right?”
Stella slowly nodded her head.
“… … uh huh How did you know it was Yuri?”
“Your voice should remain in my memory. Still, it was a much softer tone than when I was with him, so I almost didn’t recognize him.”
People are so discriminatory. Still, my situation is the best among the boys in my class.
The current Yuri was completely hostile to the male students except for me, to the point that I wondered if she was treating them as beings less than air… … Of course, I didn’t mean to say it was favorable to me.
“So what, are you going to leave?”
“… … ”
Stella paused for a moment at my question.
He shook his head slowly.
“… … uh, why? You can just go and play. It must have been difficult for you to teach me. I used to play with the kids and take a break.”
“Ugh, it’s okay. Eh, I had an appointment with Ezio first… … ”
like that… We can talk later.
I’m going out the window, so should I go and surprise him now? I don’t know what it is, but I think it was because of me that I rejected it.
The moment I was about to put the thought I just had in my mouth as it is with a shy heart.
“I–“
“Ah, what I was talking about earlier.”
“… … ?”
Stella looked up at me from a distance and said.
“No, even… I have to.”
“… … ”
In the end, he refused to talk to me.
There is nothing I can do about doing this
Stella, who politely put her hands on her chest, formed a strange air again.
“… … ”
“… … ”
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Dry saliva is swallowed even if you are not conscious of it.
Stella stares at me who was quietly silent, and then suddenly walks towards the tabletop.
ugh-. Stella picked up a hair tie lying on the tabletop and spread it across her five fingers.
She put a hair tie on her lips that were beautifully dyed in pale pink, and started tying her hair calmly, sweeping her hair that seemed to flow like the Milky Way.
widely-. With a sound, the hairband was released from Stella’s hand. Indeed, every little action had a refined elegance.
Her fine middle hair was tied in a short ponytail.
Stella’s skin texture, which is pale and white like snowflakes, but still has a sparkling vitality. A few strands of silver hair were attached to the curved neckline, drawing a beautiful curve.
… … What, all of a sudden?
It is certainly not a joke that the beauty mixed with elegance and grace is dazzling, but it was difficult to predict the reason for the sudden ponytail.
Stella, who finished trimming her hair up to her ears, slowly approached me.
He lifted his head and looked up at me, but not as much as Yuri. I faced Stella from a position about one head lower.
Carefully, her lips open.
“I’m sorry for calling you all the way here. … But, I really didn’t want to tell anyone except you, Ezio.”
I couldn’t figure out what he was saying.
Stella seemed to understand everything.
“The family and name are different from back then… … ”
The middle and middle hair that gently brushed Stella’s slender shoulders are no longer visible. It looked like he was looking straight at me from the front, and at first glance it looked like he had the same length of hair as mine.
Slowly, a natural smile comes to mind again.
A pretty smile hidden by shyness that couldn’t even raise her head properly.
In the image of Stella that I’ve seen so far, it’s hard to find even a mucus, and it’s a laughter that may even look a bit playful.
The shy princess was no longer here.
It must have been that that elegant aspect was also a part of Stella, but the person in front of me now was not Stella de Feltrein, Princess Stella de Feltrein of the Duke of Feltrein, but another part of herself hidden inside was clearly showing.
Stella, who was born a perfect aristocrat, is slowly falling apart.
… … It wasn’t.
I was completely wrong.
Even the hasty assumption that Stella was naturally shy was wrong.
Every home will be gradually marked with an X.
Goosebumps for an unknown reason rise all over the body.
Stella then spit out unexpected words.
“Ezio, you don’t know, but I knew you——— from the beginning.”
“… … What?”
in that word.
I couldn’t even utter a vain question, and I just listened to Stella’s next words, as hard as a solid stone statue.
“It’s okay if you don’t remember me.”
Enough time has passed. ‘ Stella, who slowly shook her head, added softly.
And, above all else.
“Because I remember you.”
… …
she’s right
Nothing comes to mind in my mind.
Even if I quickly reviewed the information on Stella I knew, I couldn’t find a clear answer that matched Stella’s words in the end. Because of this, I was in a state of confusion where my head could not keep up with the situation.
“You don’t know how surprised I was when you said you lost consciousness in an accident. I wanted to visit him right away, but I had an urgent business… … Sorry.”
Stella nodded her head.
after a while.
On Stella’s face, raising her head again, there was a shy smile with a pale blush rather than the mischievous smile she had just had.
“I know it’s shameful to do this now, but I’m not Stella de Feltrein now——”
“… … !”
—Warak.
Stella suddenly opened her arms and hugged me.
I hesitated in embarrassment, and while I was barely holding on to a position where I almost fell, her hoarse voice whirled around my ears.
“… … It’s what you do as your friend, Alphren. So, I’m going to say thank you for coming back just as much as I was worried about.”
——Alphren.
The moment I heard that name.
A single ray of light pierced through the twisting brain.
Before my family fell, the time when Baron Kranil had the appearance of an aristocrat at least.
Long before I even met Rubia.
At the edge of a ridge where the stars had fallen, the image of a friend who showed me a small galaxy suddenly flashed through my mind.
Nothing came to mind until I heard the name.
But now he seemed to know who Stella was talking about. It’s a memory from more than 10 years ago, so it’s still hazy, but only the fantastic scenery Alfren showed me was engraved in my mind.
I sneaked out of a boring social church president. Following Alphren, who had something to show, the first thing he encountered on the hill, which he had a hard time climbing, was the colorful constellations embedded in the endless silky silk.
——Suddenly looking back, Alfren’s eyes were shining brightly with the silvery white of countless stars, just like mine at that time.
She called herself Alphren.
Knowing that I met a person named Alfren in the past, there is no other reason for me to tell myself like my friend and confide in this secret.
Stella was really Alfrene.
but.
Rather than the joy of a relationship reunited by chance, or the longing for something like that.
The absurdity came first.
That’ll be it.
… … Alfren was definitely a man, wasn’t he?