102 – Toward
After leaving the annex, I ran straight to Bella’s lab.
If Ellie were to hear that Bella was being bullied for rejecting Bella’s proposal, Roel would definitely talk to Bella and fix the problem.
I had to give you a warning before I did any damage to my surroundings again. On the other hand, I also wanted to release the anger that soared in my heart to Bella.
When I knocked on the door of Bella’s lab, I saw Bella’s escort knight. Claire opened the door.
After asking what was the matter, I approached Bella, who was leisurely drinking tea, and overturned her table.
“What is this-“
I grabbed the angry Bella by the neck.
“If you keep doing this, I want to kill you.”
Perhaps she knew I meant it, Bella glared at me and let out a small moan.
“What are you doing!”
Claire, who followed me, pulled out her sword.
Seeing Bella’s white face turn bright red, she removed her hand.
“Okay, step back.”
At Bella’s words, Claire inserted her sword, but glared at me fiercely.
Bella smiled amusedly as she stroked her handprints, which were clearly left on her white neck.
“Haa, what could have happened to Ross, who was able to withstand the torture, losing his temper?”
Bella got up from her seat and whispered softly as she wiped the tea from her hand on my shoulder.
“Could it be because of Luna?”
As Luna’s name came out of Bella’s mouth, she involuntarily flinched, and Bella smiled like a snake.
“If that’s the only reason, I’m so disappointed? I never thought he would be such a fool to risk his life for a woman. I thought I misunderstood the person, do you want to be like that?”
I growled and spoke in a low voice.
“Shut up. Bella. I warn you, don’t touch me again.”
“Pooh-up.”
Bella burst into laughter at my warning. I clenched my fists at the sight of ignoring the warning.
“Doesn’t the commoner know that you can be punished just for saying such things to the imperial family?”
At Bella’s leisurely smile, I silently took out the spear of destruction from the storage room.
Claire, taken aback by my sudden action, shouted.
“Stand back now!”
Ignoring Claire pointing her sword at me, I said with my eyes fixed on Bella.
“You know what, Bella?”
A sneer came to my lips.
“Even the royal family hold onto their legs and beg to be saved at the end. The royal family, that kind of thing, is equal in front of death.”
At my words, Bella rather raised the corner of her mouth.
“A trash subject that cannot protect the woman it loves. She should have thought that if she showed her weakness, she would be attacked.”
Bella pulled out her wand and aimed it at it. Then he put on an innocent expression, as if he really didn’t know.
“Rather, shouldn’t you be thanking me for giving me the opportunity to make up for your weaknesses? Next time I won’t even warn you and I’ll lose it forever.”
As if they had heard the commotion, knights rushed into the lab.
I burst into laughter as he saw me and Bella face off and pointed his weapon at me straight away.
“Shut up, get on her knees and apologize.”
She said, raising her mana. The blade of the spear of destruction turned red and a faint heartbeat spread from the tip of the spear.
“If you refuse, I will force you to do so.”
When preparing to fight, creating a dimensional entrance.
Suddenly, a voice rang through the laboratory.
“Stop.”
Everyone’s movements stopped as if they were frozen by the magical voice. The power he had been raising was suppressed in an instant.
It was Nelson who made his way through the knights and appeared.
“The festival is coming to an end soon, so wouldn’t it be nice for everyone to stop doing this and have at least one last beer?”
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Nelson said with a warm smile.
“Do I have to look after Ross, who broke into the dorm to kill the Crown Princess?”
At Bella’s sarcastic tone, Nelson shook his head.
“Ross did not come to kill the Crown Princess. I came here to be angry with Bella, my senior at the academy.”
As if to refute Nelson’s words, Claire opened his mouth.
“But-“
“What happened at the academy will be resolved at the academy. This is fair to everyone. Are you trying to determine your rank at the academy right now in front of me?”
Claire, cut off by Nelson’s low voice, bit her lip.
“Of course Ross did something wrong, as the principal of the academy. I think it is right for me to punish them.”
Bella took a step back at Nelson’s intervention.
“If the wise man wants it, you should do it.”
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Nelson nodded her head at Bella’s relaxed smile and came over to me.
“Ross, follow me.”
With a sigh, I put the spear of destruction into the space storage and followed Nelson. I did not forget to send her warning glance to Bella, who smiled joyfully at me.
*
I thought I would be punished, but Nelson and I arrived not at the principal’s office, but at a place selling sweet honey beer.
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Nelson burst into laughter at my bewildered expression.
“You said let’s have one last beer.”
I accepted the beer mug Nelson gave me. Nelson, who had finished drinking all at once, licked his lips as if regretting it.
“Very tasty.”
A waitress passing by Nelson smiled happily when he heard what Nelson had said. Honey beer later praised by the sage! I don’t know if there is a rumor going around.
Let’s take a sip of beer, too, and put a glass on the table. Said Nelson, forgetting the peanuts he received as a service from the waiter.
“Ross, have you ever heard that you shouldn’t be led by the emotion of anger?”
“Yes.”
“That is bullsh*t.”
“… ?”
Looking at Nelson’s unexpected words, Nelson smiled.
“If we live for happiness and act for fun, why should we exclude the emotion of anger? It all started with one heart.”
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Nelson continued his speech as he handed me the peeled peanuts.
“Despair and hope, depression and happiness. It’s all emotions you feel. You don’t have to turn away from those feelings just because they’re negative.”
With a warm smile, Nelson put a hand on my shoulder.
“But no matter what, the heart should not precede it. The mind must walk the path set by reason. This is advice mixed with the experience of a long-lived old man.”
I nodded and drank my beer. I know what Nelson means.
It’s probably about losing your temper and not acting impulsively.
Looking at Nelson diligently peeling peanuts, he suddenly thought of it.
“I found the room of trials in the club room.”
“Oh, there was that. It will be a very good training. You can get used to death.”
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Nelson’s eyes lit up.
“It will be of great help when you have to make a choice someday.”
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Nelson’s words did not contain magic, but they contained a strange power.
It occurred to me that one day these words would pop into my head.
“If you pass all the trials rooms, there will be good rewards.”
After handing him the peanuts and shaking his hands, Nelson stood up and left with a smile.
I sighed as I looked at his back.
There is a reason why Roel is family, but I don’t know why Nelson is friendly with me.
Is there something expected of me?
I ate the remaining beer and peanuts and got up.
One by one, I saw people leaving the academy. I also noticed the way the business was organized.
The fun festival finally comes to an end.
Thinking about going straight back to the dormitory, Luna turned her steps to the idea that she could still be in the club room.
When she opened the door to the club room and entered, she could see Luna alone reading her book.
“Have you gone yet?”
When I asked in a voice that couldn’t hide her joy, Luna gave a pretty smile.
“Yeah, I thought Ross was coming.”
I smiled softly at Luna’s answer.
“Let’s go, I’ll take you to the dormitory.”
Standing up from her seat and putting the book back on her bookshelf, Luna casually grabbed my hand. The warmth in her hand felt good.
When you walk out of the main building and talk about this and that while walking down the street at night. Luna let go of her awkward grip.
When she stopped her steps and looked back at Luna, Luna said something out of the blue with a bright smile.
“Ross, ask me just one question.”
“Huh? Suddenly?”
“Yes, I want to answer anything.”
I was startled and scratched my cheek at that sudden confession.
As I was thinking about what to ask, an idea came out of my mouth.
“Are you happy being with me?”
I asked Luna such a question, whether Bella was influenced by her words and what she did.
Luna didn’t answer my question. She just struggled to lift her left hand to me and put her thumb and index finger together to form her circle.
I couldn’t help but laugh at the circle I made with trembling hands.
“It has improved a lot.”
Luna was having a hard time just stretching her fingers. I can tell how much effort she must have put into making just one circle.
Luna laughed happily, then she burrowed into my arms. Then she looked up at me in her arms in silence.
For a long time, we looked at each other silently and laughed for no reason. I realized that I was asking a stupid question.
It was a question I already knew the answer to. I didn’t have to check.
After the festival, the spectators filled with human warmth disappear all over the academy. The road left in stillness and stillness.
I held Luna’s hand. The warmth that touched her fingertips in front of the dark road was as warm as always.
“Let’s go.”
Luna she had a pretty smile, and she gently shook her head.
“Then Ross will have to come back this way alone, no way.”
While saying that, Luna pulled my hand and took a few steps forward to stop.
The moonlight fell in the night sky. The rushing darkness loses its power in the moonlight.
When I let go of my hand, Luna’s smile was more beautiful than ever.
“Because I am worried about Ross too, we are breaking up in the middle. This way, you can only walk halfway alone.”