72 – Sequencing
“Wow, White!”
“…… ?”
As soon as she opened her eyes, White tilted her head at the sight of Orca staring at her with a teary expression.
What does this mean?
The last thing he could remember was clearly that his own teacher, Ashera, was watching over him.
Why did another girl with red hair appear when she woke up?
White was deep in thought, but she soon thought that it didn’t matter.
“Oh, nice to meet you.”
Shaking her hand roughly at the orca, White eased her stiff shoulders once.
Because contemplating her own image is inherently very time consuming.
She didn’t even know what was going on outside of her in the first place, and that’s why her whole body felt so stiff.
So, starting with her shoulders, White loosened her waist, legs, ankles and wrists.
“Help me!”
“…… ?”
That was what Orca suddenly said.
White tilted her head to the side.
Help me?
What?
With that meaning in mind, White gazed intently at Orca.
As if she had been waiting for him, the orca let out a sound of her excretion.
“Your teacher is strange! It’s scary! What are you doing?!”
“…… ???”
White weakly frowned at the sudden negative evaluation of Ashera.
I didn’t know the circumstances before and after, but what kind of disciple could feel good when his teacher was swearing?
That’s why White’s expression is slightly distorted and slightly displeased.
At that, the orca was momentarily taken aback and gave out an ‘oops’ sound.
“That, that’s not it. Is it because the first meeting was a little subtle? I didn’t mean to insult you, but…….”
Orca stretched her words out with the force of her tears.
The fluctuating red gaze of hers passed White once and Ashera once.
And naturally, her body had no choice but to shrink even more.
“hahahaha, Lady Orca. What are you talking about? We’re good together, aren’t we?”
“Uh, uh uh… ….”
At the words Ashera said with a fresh smile, Orca started to break out in a cold sweat.
She looked at White once, then looked at Ashera again.
But.
“… ….”
…… Could she have sensed that she had no choice in Ashera’s gaze as she gazed intently at her?
“Yes, yes… ….”
Replying with a voice that didn’t match, Orca swallowed her tears.
*****
“Hmm… ….”
White was able to hear the general situation.
The facial expression began to subtly change.
White’s gaze first turned to Orca.
And at that gaze, for some reason, she twitched her body and gently blushed her cheeks.
Although she is puzzled by such a reaction, she doesn’t care much and White opens her mouth.
“So, you came to see me?”
“…… Oh, yes.”
Orca replied shyly, tucking her red hair behind her ear.
Her eyes met White’s cautiously.
For some reason, both of her cheeks are getting redder.
…… However.
“Lady Orca…… ?”
“…… Yes, four!”
At the cry of Ashera, who had sunk coldly, Orca instantly patted her body and hardened it.
She corrects her posture to be more polite, and erases the red light from her face in an instant.
Her red pupils began to vibrate violently.
“Right.”
“Ah, ahahahaha… ….”
Ashera’s expression finally became calm.
However, the persistent gaze that continued all the way did not reap, so Orca had no choice but to sweat.
“… ….”
And, in a rakugo that is not the rakugo of those two girls.
White’s expression changed to a somewhat understandable look.
“…… What is it? That gaze.”
She saw White’s pitiful gaze flying at her, and Orca groaned and shot at her.
But not paying any attention, White just shook her head.
And then he spat out a word.
“Cheer up.”
“What…… ?”
Not only that, White patted Orca on the shoulder a few times with a serious expression.
Orca’s expression turned red again involuntarily, but she didn’t notice it, and White turned her gaze to Ashera.
“Master, I am still a child.”
Facing White, who spat out in a calm tone, Ashera narrowed her eyes.
“…… Hmm, what does that mean?”
Before she knew it, the corners of her mouth were subtly raised.
It was White who flinched once, but the fact that he climbed to the 8th circle just before gave him confidence.
While trying hard to maintain a dignified attitude, White opened his mouth again.
“…… Big hmm I was saying don’t bother too much. I don’t know why, but there must have been a good reason. It is none other than what Master did.”
“…… ?”
And then, when White said that, not only Ashera but also Orca’s expression strangely changed.
It looked as if he was talking nonsense, but unfortunately White didn’t seem to notice.
Unaware of the subtle glances that pierced her back and forth, White continued her words.
“The Orca is not an enemy. She probably didn’t come to interfere with my training. There is no need for Master to be too vigilant.”
“… ….”
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It was right after White finished her words that a chilly atmosphere descended on the audience.
“…… ?”
Of course, White was the only one who had doubts.
“…… Um, did I say something wrong?”
White asked cautiously, as if he really didn’t know, and Ashera and Orca’s expressions wrinkled in an instant.
“…… No. My disciple is like that, well.”
“Um… …. White. I’m not sure, but I think I know you’re wrong.”
Ashera puffed out her cheeks and gave her a kick to the ground, and Orca gave a subtle wry smile.
“…… ?”
White’s expression was dyed with doubt to the extent that there was nothing more.
What is it, what is it?
I wonder if I said something wrong, I don’t know why, I feel like I’m out of focus.
Reflecting on the words he had uttered, White rested his chin.
“… ….”
However, no conclusion was reached.
White’s expression was covered in doubt.
Ashera’s eyes are coldly sinking as if she doesn’t like it, and Orca’s cheeks are scratching with a subtle expression while letting out a silly laugh.
White looked at the two girls one by one, then blinked her eyes and spat out.
“…… Can’t you just say something instead of just staring at me like that?”
“Haaa… ….”
Her long sigh escaped Ashera’s lips, making her wonder if she could go deeper than that.
At some point, her eyes were cold and stagnant.
“… ….”
And at that reaction, White couldn’t help but flinch.
Usually, when her teacher behaves like that, she is either right or wrong, because most of the time she did something wrong.
‘…… Did i do something wrong? Is it like that?’
In her serious, contemplative manner, White brushed her wrist and gently closed her eyelids.
“Ha ha.”
“Ah, ahahahaha… ….”
…… White did not know that the two girls exchanged one subtle look after she himself had closed her eyes.
*****
A little time has passed since then.
As the atmosphere calmed down a bit, Ashera cleared her throat and opened her mouth.
“…… Disciple.”
“Yes, Master.”
Of course, White answered straight.
Towards the platinum-haired boy, Ashera put a gentle smile on her lips.
It was visible in her eyes.
Another ring of brilliant blue light engraved near the heart of her own apprentice, White.
He draws an expression as if he is very surprised or as if he says he is proud.
She opened her mouth again with a faint smile.
“…… Congratulations, you have entered the long-awaited 8th circle.”
“Ah.”
And at the congratulatory words she spat out, White’s expression changed to warm in an instant.
With an equally gentle smile, White nodded her head lightly.
“It’s all thanks to Master’s teachings.”
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“hahahaha, the disciple is also true.”
Ashera waved her hand, saying not to do that.
She let out a wry smile as if a bit bitter.
“No kidding, did I really do nothing?”
Ashera narrowed her brows slightly as she took a step toward White.
Looking up at her apprentice, who had grown so much bigger than herself, Ashera smiled brightly.
“Everything is the achievement of the disciple and the achievement of the disciple. You don’t have to turn it to me. You can be proud of your disciple. To reach the 8th circle before turning 20 would be impossible even for that enemy demon king.”
“…… Master.”
And at Ashera’s heartfelt words of congratulations, White made a vague expression.
Cuck Cuck Letting out a laugh, Ashera carefully wrapped White’s hand in her own with both of her own.
Feeling each other’s warm heat, the two exchanged strange glances.
And then, the next moment.
“Congratulations, White.”
“…… !”
At the words of the teacher who called him by name, White’s eyes widened in an instant.
“…… Ah.”
But before it was too late, he returned to his original expression.
“Thank you, Asherah.”
White spoke the name of his own master with a slight chuckle.
…… A calm, but strangely thrilling atmosphere began to drift between the two.
Hands clasped together, gazes full of strange heat toward each other.
Soon, the two cast hot eyes at each other.
Slowly but surely trying to approach each other.
…… Right then.
“…… Wait a minute, what? 8Th circle?”
“…… ?”
In an instant, an unexpected voice came from the side.
“Did you say 8th circle now? …… Yo. This?”
An orca who spat out with a shocked expression, but tried to use his respect.
“… ….”
“… ….”
However, with the blue and golden eyes that flew in, did he realize that something was wrong with the timing?
“…… Ah, well.”
Letting out a strange silence, Orca took a step back.
The cold sweat started to drip down my cheeks.
“…… Sorry?”
I don’t know what it is, but I decided that I should apologize first, so she quickly spewed out her apology.
It’s already too late.
“…… Disciple.”
“Yes, Master.”
A cool conversation began to flow between the two priests.
“You know what? Originally, the ordering should be made clear from the beginning.”
“Is that so?”
“Sure. And doesn’t that necessarily mean the order of ability or power?”
She spat it out at White, carefully releasing her hand that had been holding her before she knew it.
Ashera began to slowly approach Orca with a bright smile.
“…… Take note, brother. And the Orca Lady.”
Yeah, that’s right.
It was a very bright smile, but ironically, it gave off a cold feeling like the cold.
It was such a chilly smile.
“Okay then.”
Raising the corners of her mouth precariously, Ashera finished her words with one last word.
“From now on, we will organize the ranks among women.”