14. School Festival – 08
Altina von Rudel Serias is a woman who, by nature, is not very greedy.
As befits an aristocratic woman from a prestigious family representing the empire, Altina has never had any worries about material things since she was born until now, and even if she grew up in a less affluent environment, her temperament would not have changed.
Regardless of this or that, the essence of a woman named Altina is a warrior, and a tribe of warriors are those who do not care about something that is valued in the world and only focus on their own search.
Until now, the only object that Altina had been interested in in her life was the sword. Other than that, I had no interest at all, and even less did I ever show any greed.
After all, she doesn’t know how to act cute to someone, she’s blunt, and she’s a hard-nosed woman who can’t even make others smile.
I couldn’t think that I would like someone like this and that someone would like me, so I vaguely expected that I would live like this and die like this.
… Yes. Even until she met a man standing in front of her now.
‘jin.’
It was truly magical.
To be able to feel such warm feelings just by meeting someone, spending time with someone, and building memories with him.
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My heart, which is heading toward you, has grown so huge that even I can’t control it, and I’m looking only at you, like a moth flying toward fire.
At this moment, just the fact that I’m looking at a man like you makes my heart beat so hard that I can’t control it.
Yes, a woman named Altina von Rudel Serias likes that man. No, I love these feelings so much that I can’t control myself.
Isn’t Altina the body that confessed her feelings to Jin, who was already asleep?
Although it is a secret confession when Jin falls asleep like a princess in a children’s book, a confession is still a confession.
Altina confessed to him with her own mouth that she loved you. I love you, and I made a firm resolution in front of you that I will only love you in the future.
Because of that, Altina could never ignore this situation and quietly go over it.
Even though she didn’t show it on the outside, it was because she had clearly heard with her own ears that the lady in front of her called Jin a ‘son-in-law’.
Of course, he didn’t dare to use that expression with Count Serias and Altina in front of him, but it was already too late.
Because Count Serias and Altina were superhumans who reached the level of masters.
There is no way that they would not be able to hear something they wanted to hear, even if they were only a short distance away.
If you have the will to do so, you can use your aura to strengthen your hearing so you can easily hear the sound of an ant crawling hundreds of meters away.
‘Claire.’
Suddenly, in Altina’s mind, the image of a woman clinging to Jin’s side, not knowing what she is, comes to mind.
To tell the truth, Altina couldn’t understand at all whether Jin was allowing that woman to flirt with her.
Of course, isn’t Claire a woman who has never been of any help to Jin from beginning to end and can only be described as a nuisance?
Of course, from the point of view of not being helpful, Altina was also not in a position to speak out loudly at all.
Until now, I was determined to be of his help, but instead of being helpful, I was in a position where I always received help from him.
But Claire is different. If Altina had simply stopped at the level of not being of any help to Jin, that woman would have been a damn woman who had a history of directly hurting Jin.
Altina and Claire had known each other since they were quite young, so to speak, they were placed in a relationship that could be called childhood friends, but to the current Altina, that kind of cheap friendship was useless.
No, if there is no public work in the first place, isn’t there anything that can be called ‘friendship’ between casually sharing a word or two?
If it had been Kaya, he would have hesitated to go out strong, even if it was because of the old affection he had known or a sense of goodwill, but he did not want to keep that level of loyalty to a woman named Claire Delphine Mascarena.
So there is no retreat. Here, it is unconditionally a frontal breakthrough. Because I had a hunch that if I stepped back from here, I might lose something I shouldn’t have lost.
And at the end, I’ll show you clearly.
Without the courage to say what he had to say in front of the person in question, he could never lose in front of a hyena who was only trying to make gains by hiding behind his parents-
[Altina, this father takes precedence here-]
[father. Just be quiet. I’ll take care of everything here.]
[…] yes.]
Looking at Altina with a ghost in her eyes, the count tried to take a step forward to help even a little, but soon after hearing her daughter shouting, she became angry and scattered.
“I would like to greet you formally. As you just said, I am Claire’s friend, Altina of Count Serias.”
“Yeah, it’s been a while. Altina.”
Claire’s mother accepts her greeting with a nod. At the same time, Altina turns her head and looks at a man with an expression that seems lost for some reason.
And at that moment, Altina’s expression, which had been hardened like the ice caps of the North Pole, melted away. It’s like water in a stream where the sun has melted all the ice. Like a small sprout that sprouted in the warm spring breeze.
“… Jin, long time no see.”
“uh? uh… uh. Yeah, it’s been a while.”
He didn’t know why he bothered to use the word “long time no see”, even though it had only been a few hours since they had shared swords together at the gym until late last night, but Jin nodded his head and agreed.
“By the way, Jin. Seeing you work like this even during the festival period, I think I can see how much work you are struggling with.”
“… Am I struggling with work?”
What kind of grotesque noise is this again? Until he met Claire’s mother, he was sitting quietly on a bench, bruising himself, unable to control the extra time he had.
“That’s right. Even at this moment, in Nineveh, I am doing my ‘job’ of guiding a distinguished guest who has taken the wrong path.”
Altina opens her mouth crookedly and continues.
“Of course I understand. While the school festival is being held, I know very well that one of the duties of the student council executives is to guide such directions.”
“But I’m a little disappointed. I know you’re busy, but the fact that you didn’t have enough time to come look after me is itself.”
Seeing Altina approaching Jin with an expression like an abandoned puppy, as if really disappointed, Count Serias frowned and distorted his face.
It seemed that no matter how much time passed, he would never get used to seeing his daughter act that way in the face of another man.
“I mean, I was looking for you. After the school festival started, it continued. And all the way.”
“… who?”
“you.”
Saying that, Altina smiled brighter than ever before.
“Is this your first school festival? Even though it’s very boring and there’s not much to see, it still has its own good parts.”
snap.
At that moment, Altina reached out and grabbed Jin’s hand.
He could have avoided it if he tried to avoid it, but Jin couldn’t resist Altina’s hand that was momentarily approaching him.
[…] jin.]
Altina’s touch reminded me of a woman who was once in a relationship with him.
“So let’s go. Let me guide you. Even though I haven’t really enjoyed school festivals so far, so I won’t be of much help, but wouldn’t going through such trials and errors be part of the fun?”
Jin nodded his head involuntarily at Altina’s appearance, which seemed to be very active and active unlike usual, and that was why he reminded him of her someday.
“… Wait a minute, Altina. I’m sorry, but Jin promised to take me to the meeting place with Claire. So, I don’t think it’s a bit much to borrow Jin like this-“
“If that’s the case, I guess you don’t have to worry about it.”
Altina’s eyebrows slid down. Her gaze was not fixed on Claire’s mother, but on a woman on the other side looking this way with a white face.
“Because it seems like Claire came here to meet her, without the need for your wife to visit.”
“… jin.”
Claire put on a truly devastated expression as she looked at Altina holding Jin’s hand and her mother making an expression that seemed to disapprove of such a scene.
“So there will be no problem if I borrow the gin now, right? It seems Jin has nothing to do anyway, and it seems that his wife has accomplished her goal, and crucially-”
“Because the current Claire has a relationship with Jin without any prior agreement. Yes?”
Altina, who spoke in a small voice, but at the same time spared no consideration for Claire to hear, looked back at Count Serias and bowed her head.
“So, Father, let me greet you in advance. Maybe today, I might have to stop by here and there with Jin, so I might be very late.”
“… Let it be.”
I don’t like it mentally, but how can I say anything as a parent when my daughter is making such an expression that she can’t live like that.
After Count Cerias gave permission, Altina walked forward holding Jin’s hand even tighter than before.
As if to show off, without sparing the trouble of walking in the direction Claire was standing.
Although she knew very well that it was a shameful and disgusting act like stepping on a prisoner who surrendered in war, Altina smiled as she felt a sense of pride that penetrated deep into her heart.
At this moment, while reflecting on the fact that he was able to feel such joy because he had stolen happiness from Claire.
A woman named Altina von Rudel Serias hopes to become greedy like this in front of a man named Jin.