Chapter 56 – To refuse
I feel like my brain is melting. Abnormally heated sago becomes stickier than candied pickled cucumbers. I felt dizzy, as if all my thoughts were being pickled by the dizzyingly sweet fragrance.
This is closer to something that exploits the soul rather than reason. I knew even more well that that was not what Freya intended. Therefore, I had no choice but to repeatedly hit the emergency button in my brain and turn off visual information.
The power of fascination.
It was a shame because Freya had Brisingamen around her neck, otherwise she would have lost her mind.
I calmly considered the situation.
Freyja is in front of me, looking almost naked, perhaps even more shameful than naked.
It’s dangerous. Whatever it is, it’s dangerous.
My survival instinct to at least make an excuse took precedence over my honor as a teacher, my dignity as a person, and the fear that the police might catch me like this.
A brilliant idea.
Remembering that Freya’s aggression has always been extremely low in front of children, I quickly lifted Cecilia, who was hanging on her back.
“Cecilia, you can’t see right now, right?”
“……… ….”
“Cecilia, you have to answer.”
“Yes. “That’s right.”
“You’re smart. That’s right. “She can’t see anything right now because her eye is injured.”
“Yes.”
“Why don’t you explain that to Professor Freya?”
“Yes.”
I gave up halfway as soon as I heard the insincere answer. You have no intention of saving me.
More than that, when I mentioned Freya, I realized too late that it was a meaningless excuse.
“Professor Aegis. My brain is overloaded right now, but… Could this be… “
“I was undergoing a health checkup. “It’s already that season~ Professor Neferna hasn’t received it yet, right?”
“… Yes, I haven’t even received the notice yet.”
“Then get it while you’re here~♪ Professor Freya has just finished, so you can use the examination uniform that the professor just took off. The size is free, so it should fit most…………… Ah! By the way, just because you say ‘use’, please don’t use it in that sense~♩ In particular, chukka chukka and swoosh seuuk are prohibited. Please return it in clean condition~♩ It’s difficult to wash.”
Even if you commit arson by pouring oil and coal into a burning house, injecting gunpowder and natural gas, supplying a large amount of oxygen, and using explosive magic, your sentence will be lower than that of Professor Aegis.
What is it more than that? ?
In fact, the woman in front of me froze, as if she had become a plaster statue, without saying a word or making an expression. Looking at her appearance, it felt like I was facing a famous plaster statue depicting her beauty.
Wait a minute, a masterpiece… ?
Yes! Think of the Venus statue you saw at the art museum! She was almost half-naked, but you don’t get s*xually excited by seeing a beautiful woman!
Ultimate beauty. If you focus on it, it’s like a kind of work of art…
“…… No, wait a minute. “Anyway, Freya thinks she’s a man, so there’s no need to feel ashamed, right?”
“Hmm~♩ Professor Neferna. “Can you get behind that statement?”
“Yes?”
While I was tilting my head at Professor Aegis’ meaningful words, Freya’s voice, released from the freeze, flowed coolly.
“……… …. Get out.”
“Uh… ?”
“…… “Get out quickly.”
“Oh, sorry.”
“Let me out. Right Now.”
It was a kind of invisible pressure.
Freya did not make eye contact with me at all.
I took a step back and quickly left the place with Cecilia.
It would not be an illusion that Freya’s tone sounded colder and colder than ever before.
***
“Ha…… “
After completing the examination and leaving the medical department building, Freyja sighed heavily.
Where on earth did it go wrong?
I thought about it over and over again, but I couldn’t quite understand my own feelings.
Eujin is reluctant to use space-time magic. It is not simply a matter of preference.
There was an accident in the past. This happened during the time when he was forming the 2nd Holy Sword Party as a warrior. I once heard that Eugene, who was still young, had driven one of his party members to death due to his inexperience with spatial magic.
He does not cast teleportation unless it is very rare.
It is rumored that, perhaps because of some kind of trauma, he repeatedly emphasizes to students when lecturing on space-time magic that they must strictly refrain from using it until they master it.
So, it was clear that his sudden appearance in front of the locker room was not what he had intended.
“Maybe I shouldn’t have been so cold… “
Just a short time ago, I would not have been angry like this. This may have been handled resolutely. Rather, if Eugene said, “There is no need to worry about this between men,” Freyja also shook off her shame and said, “That…” Is it… ?” I might have moved on.
But today, for some reason, an unknown emotion stirred inside me.
It was a brief, burning emotion that flared up so suddenly that even Freya could not guess.
I remember when Eugene saw himself.
The stockings hanging on the chair came out, so I stopped putting on underwear and was checking the stockings. The sight of Freyja sitting on a chair with her legs raised and wearing stockings must have been a shameful and vulgar sight, unable to cover up any part of her body that should have been covered.
It is inevitable that an accident will occur. Whoever casted the magic, they probably didn’t intentionally teleport in front of the dressing room.
What made me most angry was that he didn’t show any particular reaction.
Eugene was not conscious of Freya even while joking with Aegis.
The expression and gaze were as cold as usual, and to be honest, they were close to expressionless.
Freya froze in response as if she had no interest whatsoever in what happened to her naked body.
Why was there no reaction? Maybe he didn’t find it attractive. What part was it? Chest? Waist? The belly fat wouldn’t have been caught. Maybe I like something a little chubby. Does he need to gain weight? Ah, when I thought about it, I also saw his butt. It’s a nice butt, that’s right………
“Huh.”
This is karma.
Until now, being a man and all, I had been calling out for a man simply because I wanted to erase ‘Freyja’ through self-hypnosis, but it came flying like a boomerang.
Now, even if I were to confess that ‘memories of her past life had no effect on Freya’s personality in the first place,’ I don’t know if he would believe me.
I couldn’t easily erase my depressed feelings.
“……… Fool.”
If Eugene was embarrassed, if his face was red and he didn’t know what to do… Otherwise, if only he had looked at me as if he was mesmerized… ?
If that were the case, would you have felt a little different?
It was a time when I was trudging through the lecture hall, drenched in depression.
I saw Eugene across the hallway.
Shouldn’t she just pretend to know even now?
Recently, things have become awkward with Eugene. Freya also secretly avoided encountering him. Because I was embarrassed.
However, the misunderstanding that could not be resolved had to be resolved even now. If these trivial emotions accumulate, the distance between people will naturally widen. She hated it that much.
Now was a golden opportunity.
What should I say?
‘I was so careless earlier that I acted coldly. Sorry. If you say calmly, ‘I did that because I was embarrassed,’ kind Eugene will easily accept it.
“Oh my. Have you been in a place like this? “I was worried because you suddenly disappeared.”
But before that, a woman’s voice was heard from somewhere. It was not difficult to tell that the voice was directed at Eugene. Freya quickly folded her hands, which had nowhere to go. Hiding her body behind her pillar was nothing more than a reflex action.
Thump thump thump,
My heart started beating loudly.
It was because I already knew the owner of the voice.
“It breaks my heart to leave a disciple behind.”
“…… Tsk.”
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“hehehe, as soon as she saw the princess, she clicked her tongue, what a disrespectful thing to do.”
“I also understand that there is nothing to learn from a profane person. Find someone else.”
“This is a light joke, Professor. “It’s a kind of sales strategy to let people know that I’m a good candidate to have as a disciple.”
“Sales… ? What are you selling… ?”
“What are you talking about? Of course, it’s me, Anastasia. Times like these… Isn’t this a complicated era where we have to worry about competition not only with people born in the empire, but also with people from other worlds? “Self-promotion is important.”
“What if the consumer, who is in a learning position, appeals to the producer?”
“I may not be the part-time instructor Neferna, but when it comes to teachings as the former warrior Neferna, I am in the position of a person who has to learn. So, we need to appeal ‘Disciple Anastasia’ as much as possible.”
“…… Ha. “Then do whatever you want.”
Eujin’s strength was that he accepted every trivial pun, but he didn’t like it right now.
This is especially true of the sight of him smiling bitterly as if he can’t help it even though he looks like he’s giggling.
‘Smile…’ ? ‘It makes you laugh?’
When was the last time you smiled at yourself?
I don’t know if he really likes young women or not, but just looking at that stupid face right now was hard enough for Freya.
“… What. All his life, he acted like he had no interest in women… You’re smiling brightly… “
Sick.
My heart is throbbing and stabbing.
My shoulders feel heavy and my stomach starts to ache to the point where I want to collapse at any moment.
Meanwhile, the princess covered her mouth and politely repeated her words.
“Then let me ask you again. How do you feel? Professor? Are you willing to accept me as your disciple?”
What a warrior. At least the imperial family had no right to speak of a hero in front of Eugene.
‘… Anyway, it’s Eugene. ‘I will refuse.’
I naturally think that way.
“Think about it carefully. “I will give you not only your wish, but also sufficient compensation if you accept it.”
“Enough…… Compensation…..?”
“Yes, if it is material compensation, we will pay it to the satisfaction of the imperial family. “I recently heard that you are suffering from financial difficulties due to excessive gambling.”
Gambling… ? Freya, who was eavesdropping, felt her heart sink.
Gambling? When did something like that happen again?
I had heard that she was suffering a little because of the measuring district incident, but I had no idea that she was going through hardships in her daily life. I was worried about what kind of gambling it was, where it was happening, and whether it was serious.
Could it be that the reason he hasn’t had lunch with me recently was because he didn’t have money? ?
No. No matter what, Eugene won’t just fall for money. Freya steeled herself.
“Hmm, not bad. Okay, then that’s it.”
But, as if betraying Freya’s expectations, Eugene nodded his head in a tone as light as a mirror.
Freyja was not the only one who was surprised. Anastasia also closed her eyes as if embarrassed.
“… That means… ?”
“Still, I’ll have to gauge your skills.”
“……… ?”
“Get ready. “I’m going out into the snow.”