#13
“Stella?”
“I won’t eat. You must be on a diet.”
… … You can just come and talk with us. Rubia, who was sitting on the sofa in the central lobby on the first floor, suddenly thought.
“Actually, I was still studying. Then I was just tired. We agreed to eat together later.”
“… … I see.”
“yes.”
The solicitation was rejected. Yuri, who returned with a rustling of the envelope stuck at the tip of her finger, sat down in the space next to Rubia with a loud bang.
Her golden hair, which had been fluttering due to the lack of moisture, fluttered like a fan on the sofa. The length of the hair of the untied glass was quite considerable, so it took a long time to dry everything.
Rubia was silent for a moment as if thinking about something.
I shook my head and asked Yuri.
“Would you like to dry my hair?”
“Uh-?”
Yuri, who was holding a candy from the bag, tilted her head. It was as if he was drying it with magic.
Although Yuri did not choose to major in magic, she had learned some things at the royal palace, so she knew well about life magic.
What Rubia was trying to do to Yuri right now was not a simple frenzy or the kind of life magic that she shoots.
I put my hands directly on my hair to evaporate the moisture so that I can shake off the moisture in an instant.
However, if all evaporated, it will become crumbly, so dry it just enough to make it look nice. Yuri had experienced it once before and remembered the surprising result.
How on earth do you have to go through such detailed mana manipulation to unleash such magic? Once Yuri was dead, it was impossible to even wake up.
“It’s ok-. It’s kind of a joker.”
It’s a little moist, but it doesn’t feel bad as it seems to have a lingering aftertaste after bathing.
Rubia nodded at the glass’s slap, and in the same way, took out a piece of bread from the bag and put it in her mouth.
White whipped cream bursting out from inside the soft bread, wrapped around the tongue of Rubia with a sweet taste.
Yuri glanced at Rubia like that.
Eat bread with such calories this late at night… … It didn’t seem like it was done once or twice. It was Rubia who had previously suggested that we have tea time with him at the same time.
Still, Rubia didn’t seem to gain any weight at all. Her smooth body, without a single flesh, was proof of that.
‘that’s interesting… … ‘
Maybe it was because he had a habit of being tamed in the royal palace.
Even if it was a small deviation from the night, Yuri, who had only eaten one candy as she is now, felt great again and shifted her gaze to Rubia’s shiny hair.
Light pink threads dyed with the color of cherry blossom petals form strands and flow down like long silk.
Yuri, seeing Rubia for the first time, thought that she was definitely not a daughter of a famous aristocratic family, which would be disrespectful to the same Rubia.
Of course, I had no intention of creating a prejudiced difference between commoners and aristocrats, but I had a feeling that it would be more suitable for me.
If she had been a commoner in the first place and discriminated against her by talking about her status, Yuri would not have been able to become friends with Rubia from the start.
Rather, Yuri liked Rubia’s personality and personality far more than the children of the Gishen noble family who trembled and shouted for nothing.
‘It’s also very pretty.’
Actually, I think that’s probably the biggest reason.
White legs with slender, straight legs, or a mature appearance that gives the impression of a girl of this age.
At the same time, sometimes it shows a cute side like a stupid idiot.
In many ways, it seemed to be the opposite of her image, so Yuri also had feelings of longing for Rubia.
And, crucially… …
Yuri’s eyes slowly went down.
Whoops.
Then he looked back at Rubia, who was in a similar position. Another question popped up in Yuri’s mind, who had been biting the candy.
… … Does all the weight go there?
Then, it is not difficult to explain the reason for the drastic act of eating cream bread at night like now, as if you are used to it.
As it was a very valid and reasonable reasoning, Yuri had another reverence for her friend, Rubia… …
“By the way, Rubia.”
“… … yes?”
A glass with the candy it had been biting out of its mouth.
Holding a stick of amber candy glittering with his own saliva in his hand, he asks with a purely curious face.
“What happened today?”
“… … ”
in the words of the glass.
Rubia stopped for a moment.
However, within a very short time, he refreshes his expression and asks questions with his original bright smile.
“… … no? why?”
“It just seems like you’re very tired these days. You looked tired when you came to visit me earlier. You said last time you couldn’t sleep.”
In fact, it doesn’t seem to have changed at all. There were still dark circles around Rubia’s eyes that Yuri turned around.
Contrary to the apparent atmosphere, if you look closely at Rubia’s face, there is sometimes an unknown depth of water.
As I told Stella earlier, Yuri was just thinking about sleeping today.
However, Rubia, who had broken up in the lobby, suddenly knocked on the door of her room, and after reading something mixed with her expression, she came out to the lobby, saying that she would understand.
“Tell me if you have any problems. They are our friends.”
Even when you speak so bluntly.
It was almost the first time he had said this to a new friend, so Yuri slowly turned her gaze away from Rubia as if embarrassed.
“… … ”
Rubia, who blinked softly as if she had been stabbed in the face.
Yuri’s heart, who cares for her friends, was so gentle that it made my heart ache a little.
Even so, Rubia couldn’t tell Yuri why she’s been like this lately.
I really couldn’t.
Because, you yourself don’t know why you’re doing this.
… … okay.
I thought the biggest problem had already been solved.
You confirmed that Ezio is back. He was alive and well, then he would have been fine not to look for Ezio any more.
… … Why can’t I still fall asleep?
For some reason, every time I see the changed Ezio, my heart is momentarily stuffy, and when I’m close to him, my heart is pounding like crazy.
——Why do you feel uncomfortable when you see Ezio with your friends like Yuri or Stella?
Maybe it was because he hadn’t reconciled with Ezio yet.
Is that really the case?
Rubia remembered what had happened on the last walkway.
When asked if he came to hate me, Ezio said he didn’t hate me—but he didn’t like me either.
However, the attitude of Ezio who gently approached him like today and talked to him comfortably like an ordinary friend.
Looking at the past, Ezio didn’t hate himself that much, but on the other hand, he didn’t seem to value his childhood friend Rubia as much as he used to.
that is.
That was probably the decisive factor.
The relationship the two wanted was out of line and completely inconsistent. Moreover, one’s will was purely close to my greed.
You want to go back to your old relationship again, asking for meaningless forgiveness to someone who doesn’t even want to do that anymore.
… … Never, it would be impossible
So, from the beginning, she didn’t even dream of an impossible future, and no matter when and where Ezio and Stella studied together, Rubia herself didn’t care and didn’t deserve it.
Why did you close the door so big? what he saw How many shoes were in the shoe closet? … Even if I wanted to ask Yuri about such things one by one, I had to hold it tight and put up with it.
So— Rubia smiles vaguely.
“Well… … Actually, it’s not that there’s nothing wrong, but I’m still unorganized and I don’t know what to say… Ehehe… ”
It was said that if Yuri was caught, it would appear that there was a problem with her condition.
It would be better to tell the truth than to notice this and tell the person who cares about you that it’s nothing and you don’t need to know.
“… I’m sorry, Yuri. I want to talk to someone too, but… … I think it will take a little more time.”
“… … ”
There was a moment of silence.
Yuri clicked and placed her head on Rubia’s shoulder.
He said quietly, gently biting back the candy.
“I have nothing to be sorry about.”
“… … ”
“Instead, forget those worries today. Are you out to play with us now? Is not it?”
“… … ”
“… … Still, I’m glad that you seem to be relying on me. I wanted to help my friend. always. … So, feel free to share your concerns with me at any time. Rubia I’m not smarter than you, so I don’t know if I can give you a solution. Huh.”
A light laugh escaped Yuri’s mouth.
after a while.
“… … yes. I will definitely Thanks, Yuri.”
I’m glad you’re a friend,” he added.
I am. Yuri replied with a small smile.
In the midst of a comfortable silence.
… … From a certain moment, Rubia’s body, leaning lightly, seemed to tremble slightly.
Yuri didn’t ask any more.
Even if Rubia saw that the thumb of her right hand, which she covered with her left hand, was torn off, she tried not to keep it in her heart.
… … Because that seemed to be the right thing to do.
#14
I think I’m going crazy
“Wait, wait. Wait a minute.”
“Yes?”
Cognitive dissonance is coming.
I carefully removed Stella from my arms. As if he was aware that he had done something shameful, his face was still red.
Even if they did meet about 10 years ago, it was, as the description says, 10 years ago. It wouldn’t be a natural act to hug and hug each other while growing up like this.
“you… … Alphren?”
The greatest confusion was that Alphren in my memory should not appear here now under the name of Stella de Feltrein, and above all as a full-fledged lady and woman.
If that’s the case, it’s natural that you don’t know.
Their names, clans, and appearances were completely different. There are no traces of Alphren in Stella today.
In the first place, Alfren had dark hair and black eyes, and had a strong personality that was more suited to the term “man-leader” than anyone else.
I think her face was pretty even back then… … There was a difference between the sky and the earth in the way he behaves, the way he speaks, and the sense of distance felt compared to Stella, who was born aristocrat itself.
I couldn’t believe they were the same person.
“Yes. Also… … Has it changed a lot?”
Stella’s pretty face dyed red.
Not the white silver hair tied together, but the hair under the ears that I couldn’t brush off, and twist it with my fingers and say that.
… … What did you say now?
what? A lot of?
Not at that level at all?
who are you.
Are you really Alphren?
“No, what, huh, this, uh… … ”
Assuming that all Stella’s words, which I would rather believe to be false, were true, it was not difficult to understand why he had to even call me to his room.
If it’s a secret, it’s a secret. A very big secret. The hidden past of Stella, a noble noblewoman herself, was something that could not be imagined.
yes, yes it is
What the hell are you telling anyone other than me the secret that you were a man in the past?
“I, I don’t understand now.”
“… … yes.”
“First of all, is Alfred right?”
“yes. It’s me, Ezio. I didn’t know you would remember.”
I didn’t know either.
I forgot and then suddenly remembered.
“But, the eye color and hair color are completely different?”
“… … There was work.”
“What?”
“that… I’ll tell you later.”
what what happened
… … Have you ever had a s*x change?
no, more than that.
I first asked Stella to confirm.
“What color was it originally?”
“Both are black, aren’t they… … ?”
Step 1 test passed.
go to next
“… … What is the name of the mountain we climbed?”
“uh… Did you even remember that? it’s impressive. Of course, ‘just the mountain behind the village’. That’s what we called it.”
I don’t even fall into a trap. Step 2 passed.
“At that time, what season did we first meet and what constellation did you first explain to me?”
“Summer. And Vega-Deneb-Altair. It’s “Summer’s Great Triangle”. He also remembered this.”
“… … ”
Passed the last 3 steps.
This seems to be the case for sure.
Alfred had no siblings.
Stella, who might be Alphren’s hidden sister, tells me with a slightly surprised look.
“I almost didn’t even recognize you. It was so different from back then. I think he had dark hair similar to mine… … Eyes haven’t changed. And he grew up so wonderfully, he even looked down on me. If it wasn’t for the name, I wouldn’t have noticed.”
Stella carefully raises her claws.
However, it was still not at eye level with me, so I had to keep lifting my head and looking up at me.
“You grew up well, Ezio. He’s really grown up a lot.”
“… … ”
I thought about whether I should say the same thing to you.
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Did this grow well? Is it true that I grew up in the right direction? Although he was a commoner, from a position where he wanted Alfren to become bigger, it is truly a celebration to be part of the imperial duke’s family.
That’s it, though. Well.
“Alphren… … ”
“… … yes?”
“Alphren is a man… … Was it?”
“… … ”
At my words, Stella put her feet back down.
Yes. Alphren was a man.
He had very short hair, he was taller than me, and he had a strong personality and was very bubbly.
Of course, since we were the same guy, I was comfortable with him.
At that time, of course, I was at an age where I could play without any distinction between men and women, but strictly speaking, that… There must have been a lot of things that I wouldn’t have done if I wasn’t of the same gender, or, uh, in many ways.
ah-. Stella avoids my eyes with a sound.
and.
“I never lied to you… … none?”
“… … uh?”
At Stella’s words, I stiffened for a moment.
lie, lie
I thought casually.
… … Did Alfren ever tell me that he was a man?
No, it is not.
We just played very naturally. What do you have to ask about what you know without having to say it? You have to touch the fire to know it’s hot.
Naturally, I considered Alfren a man, and he acted like that, and, as I mentioned, Alfren was the head of the house itself, so there was no fuss between the two of us.
A flash of light flashes in my mind
… … no way.
… … From the beginning, you were a woman?
I stare blankly at Stella’s face.
“I’m not really cheating… Yes… … ”
Stella, who was avoiding my gaze, no, Alphren.
Just like when he first met me one day, he covered both cheeks with his palms and dyed them red to the lobes of his ears.
“As I grew up, I learned many things… … you look at you… yes… Because an old thought suddenly comes to mind… … ”
“… … ”
Why did Stella blush when she met me?
Some kind of favor.
It was an attitude that was subtly daring to be seen as shy.
All the puzzles start to fit together.
‘I’ll turn. really.’
… … no wonder. Every time he took a bath with me, he came with a towel covering his bottom.
We didn’t even get together a few times.
The time we met wasn’t too long, and above all else, the timing wasn’t right for each other.
I did.
I was just looking around for fear of getting caught.
haha-.
‘… … What kind of magic was involved in my school life?’
In the midst of the raging chaos storm, I was just dizzy.