Chapter 112 – Fake…?
I was afraid that Anastasia, whose blood was pumping and her fists were shaking, might cause an accident, so I gave up even the thought of getting closer.
Mutter, mutter, mutter.
The princess was half-hiding her appearance behind my back and pouring out curse words towards Undine, but when she looked at her empty eyes, she was already blinded by her jealousy and was not able to judge her own interests. I felt like I couldn’t do it.
I guess I shouldn’t stay here any longer.
After dancing for a while, I decided to leave as I had promised.
The time we had promised to meet with the members of the club was getting closer and closer, so we had to leave. I had already finished talking with Anastasia, and as expected, it seemed clear that she also had something else to do.
Using Undine as bait is a bit unfortunate, but it can’t be helped.
Let’s put your favorite snack in your mouth later,
Like that,
“Now, princess. “Now then, will you dance with me?”
It was exactly when I made up my mind.
“It’s a big deal! “Moonlight Chaser has appeared now!”
“Huh?! Really? You really came?! “It’s not a joke?”
“It’s real! Hurry! There’s no chaos over there right now! Can you see the rooftop of that building over there? You say you can see it if you go over there? “Let’s not stay here like this, let’s go quickly!”
Starting from someone whose name I didn’t know talking about like that, a murmur began to grow among the people nearby.
There are all kinds of people, from asking if they are really moonlight chasers, to saying that we should go there too, to even asking a photographer hired by the academy to take pictures of the festival to give him money and ask him to take pictures somehow.
Cecilia, who was eating a long cracker spread on the table, perked up her fox ears and tilted her head.
“Moonlight Chaser… ? Teacher… ?”
That’s right.
I also don’t understand what this means.
Moonlight Chaser has appeared?
The Moonlight Chaser is me… ?
Who is it?
Are you from a fan club?
No.
No such strategy was planned during the meeting.
***
Turn the clock back a little, and it was at the end of the fan club’s executive meeting. After the other executives left, I stayed alone with Professor Aegis.
“Now then, let me briefly summarize our secret strategy~♪”
Code name Dispenser, no, since he was taking off his mask, it would be more correct to call him Professor Aegis.
She caught me separately and told me a separate strategy.
Professor Aegis is the only person within the group who knows that Moonlight Chaser is Eugene Seo Neferna and the same person as the leader of the group. It was closer to the purpose of reorganizing.
“…… By the way, I’m a little embarrassed to talk about this with a bare face, the fan club, and Moonlight Chaser. It was fine when I was wearing a mask. hehehe, it’s just like playing house as a child~♪?”
Professor Aegis’s face turned a little red.
Now… ?
“Don’t worry, Professor Aegis. “We are serious fans and will never laugh at you if you mention Moonlight Chaser.”
“Okay, I understand. I’ll be serious too~♪ Then, Professor Neferna is the leader of the Patriots’ Club and a mysterious blood relative called Moonlight Chaser, so there are things that should not be revealed to the general public as well as the Patriots’ members, so we’ll make a more elaborate plan. Need… ….”
“Phew! Push… ! Tsk tsk………… “
“I’m going~ I’m disbanding~ I’m disbanding~♪ I was trying to make jealousy cute in my own way, and besides, I was just trying to get rid of a long-standing troublesome status created by the professor’s mistake, but it’s over now~♪ It’s just the evidence I received from Cerberus. The photos will be cleverly edited, stories attached, and distributed throughout the school, so please know that~♪”
“Oh, I’m sorry. Sorry. “I was rude.”
“What do you mean~♪ You said you weren’t smiling~ You’re a lie~♪ You’re a bad person~!”
“Professor Aegis is a very intelligent and beautiful woman who doesn’t usually smile.”
“…… Yes? Just now… what… ?”
“… Well, you’re intelligent… Praise…..”
“No, later.”
Only then did I understand exactly what I wanted to say.
“A beauty, a peerless singer. “Of all the women I have ever seen, like Professor Aegis, she is kind, beautiful, full of intelligence and dignity, and exudes maternal love, a true goddess of our times.”
Then, Professor Aegis laughed bitterly for a while, twisting her body around with her face turning bright red.
After teasing and soothing him for ten minutes, I was finally able to take the air out of Professor Aegis’ swollen cheeks. Recently, things like this have become more frequent.
It’s fun to show a different side often, but if you say that one or two frustrating experiences like this are enough, then you’ll be so angry that you can’t go back… ?
“…… Hmm, anyway, after entering as a pair with Princess Anastasia as planned, you can slowly prepare by dancing a little and making eye contact with those around you. By that time, the fan club will have started making preparations for the appearance of Moonlight Chaser~♪ Of course, I will gloss over the absence of the club leader, so you don’t have to worry~♪”
“Well, if you were a member of the fan club, they wouldn’t be suspicious even if you suddenly lay down in pain.”
“Because they are good people~♪ At least they are people who live their lives without lying. Even if you just look at Professor Fernandez right now~”
“There is no lie…” When innocence reaches its peak, does it become this kind of madness? …..”
The reason things have become so complicated is because Pedonandez spread newspaper articles without permission….
***
Back to the present, the promise I made to Professor Aegis was to join him first.
There was no mention of the ‘Fake Moonlight Chaser’ either within the group or in the appointment with Professor Aegis.
In a loud and bustling atmosphere, the crowd suddenly began to flock to the source of the rumor.
“Come on! Dear participants! Please calm down! Please move in an orderly manner! It’s crowded up front! It’s dark and accidents can happen, so please follow the controls! …… Here! “Please bring me more lanterns!”
Students from the student council pleaded with loud voices.
For them, who had been planning and preparing for the harvest festival for three months in advance, and who had dedicated the entire day today to helping other students and outsiders have fun, this situation was nothing short of a disaster.
But there was no way the poor students’ pleas would fall on deaf ears.
If you could see your blood relatives, whom you had difficulty meeting face to face even once in your life, you could easily ignore order.
Meanwhile, despite the commotion, Undine and Cecilia turned to look at me one after another.
“…… Moonlight… chaser? Oh, what? That’s strange. If that’s the case… “
“Teacher… ?”
They were one of the few people who recognized me from the time I first mentioned that ridiculous name at Eunwolje. As a blood relative like Undine, it was impossible not to know, and Cecilia had also figured out the situation through her sense of smell from the beginning.
The girls, who had been only looking at me, clumsily avoided eye contact and looked away as if they were curious, but strangely enough, the commotion around them began to increase.
“It’s Moonlight Chaser!”
“Where?! And! If I go… ! “It’s really Moonlight Chaser!”
“aaah! Really! I’m a fan! Please sign!”
Is it because I feel like the source of the commotion is getting closer and closer?
Screams of joy and laughter mixed with a little fear. The moment the camera’s flash exploded, the image of someone unfamiliar was revealed in the darkness along with hazy bonfire smoke.
“That…” What… ?”
The first thing that caught my eye was the mask.
Anyway, as soon as I received it as a gift from Professor Aegis, the stigma of it being the ‘Moonlight Chaser’ mask was buried, and since it is still stored under the lab desk, there was no way I wouldn’t recognize it. The man was wearing a long, rather conspicuous coat, and it seemed as if he was wearing it on purpose to attract people’s attention without opening his mouth.
“… ? Master? “Unless I was mistaken.”
The princess quietly approached me while observing her surroundings and muttered something in my ear.
“Within the royal family, the identity of what happened during the last Eunwolje incident was identified as Master, so it was covered up quickly. Isn’t that perhaps not the case?”
…… As expected, you and the crown prince already noticed. It was only natural that he came to the academy after Eunwolje, complaining about the incident.
“…… That’s right.”
“Then what on earth is that over there?”
“How would I know?”
In the meantime, the fake walked forward without the slightest hesitation.
But there were three shadows flashing in the sky as if they had been waiting for that moment.
“Stop! “Yes, you guy!”
Boom!
The first thing to land was Code Name, Protein.
He was blowing dust and his eyes were shining under his mask as if he couldn’t just sit back and watch this situation unfold.
And then there were two people who suddenly appeared behind his back…
“… Did you really come here after seeing that newspaper ad? I’m serious… ?”
“hahahahaha! Of course, Cerberus! Hey, the evil Moonlight Chaser has finally appeared! “I’ve been waiting so eagerly to see when it would appear!”
Code names, Cerberus and Fedonandes rhymed one after another.
It was an instant before the surroundings became extremely noisy.
“This is the legendary Freyja Lovers!”
“A secret organization operating in the dark! Hurry up and take a picture! “It’s the front page of the newspaper tomorrow morning!”
“What should I do! “I might have used up all my luck today!”
Cheers and flashes erupt simultaneously from nowhere.
As if he was enjoying the atmosphere, Fedonandez brazenly shouted at the fake Moonlight Chaser, raising his voice in an artificial pose that only models would take and a tone that was as heavy as a bucket of butter.
“Moonlight Chaser, an evil blood relative who destroys justice! I have been looking forward to the day when I meet you! Dare… How dare you hurt the precious Freya? That is unacceptable. Moonlight Chaser! “I, Fedonandez, challenge you to a duel!”
…… What?
Really.
What is it… ?
… I’m here… ?