119 – The Hideout
“… That’s how it happened.”
As I talked with Bella, I explained to the members that I suffered from magical exhaustion due to an accident while training space magic. Because that was the excuse that I fell externally.
But my team members will soon find contradiction in my excuses. After suddenly disappearing during a meal, I realized that there was no more strange excuse than the explanation that I suddenly lost consciousness while training alone.
And I have a heart that I don’t want to lie to the members. Lies had a tendency to gradually add weight to themselves.
I didn’t want to be weighed down by the weight of lies even in front of them.
“Officially, that’s why I fell.”
At my words, Lakar asked with his eyes shining.
“… So what is informal?”
The curious gazes of the four people focused on me. As if hearing the secret of the place where the treasure is hidden, I slightly averted my gaze at Aria’s gaze full of anticipation.
“I can’t reveal everything, but someone was in danger and went to save it. There was a fight, and luckily I was able to save it. I lost consciousness for a while because I was a little overworked.”
“Wait? You haven’t been conscious for a week!”
I lowered my gaze slightly at Arya’s fierce gaze.
“… Still, there is nothing wrong with my body.”
After muttering an excuse, Arya held her pillow up high again.
As she shrugged her shoulders, La Carr stopped Aria with a sigh.
“Huh, but the manager didn’t do anything bad. Let’s end the interrogation here.”
“… Okay.”
With my heartfelt thanks to Lacard, I sincerely apologized to the members.
“Sorry for worrying you. It was so urgent that I didn’t have time to explain it to you guys. There won’t be anything like this in the future. Sorry again.”
At my apology, Kane shrugged her shoulders and put on a nonchalant expression.
“What, do you have something to apologize for? It’s not like I did anything bad like Lakar said. If you saved someone else, honestly, you did well. More than anything, Ross is the manager of the ‘Messiah’ club. It’s only natural to save someone.”
With Kane’s support, I pulled her hand out of the blanket she was wrapped in and lifted her index finger, but I had to put my hand down again due to the following words.
“But disappearing without explanation and then appearing unconscious and worrying Luna is the worst for a boyfriend~”
I’m not saying it wrong, but as I was scratching the back of her head with an awkward expression, I suddenly remembered that Kane had said I was Luna’s boyfriend.
“While you were asleep, Luna confessed to us that she was dating you.”
Perhaps reading my surprised expression, Aria raised one corner of her mouth and said. When she said that, she shifted her gaze to Luna, and she avoided my gaze, pursed her lips in embarrassment.
“Ehh… Before vacation, I wanted to tell the members….”
At Luna’s words, Arya, who was next to her, smiled sinisterly next to her. The nasty look of raising eyebrows made me end the night.
“I thought the two of them got along well~ but I didn’t know they were already dating. Is Ross secretly too snobby?”
Pretending not to hear Arya’s nonsense, I got out of the blanket.
“Yes. As everyone knows, Luna and I are dating. I’m sorry for deceiving you all this time.”
As he bowed his head, Lakar cleared his throat.
“Actually, everyone noticed to some extent. How could Luna be ignorant of talking only to you? I pretended not to know until everyone knew and told me.”
Aria and Kane nodded with comfortable expressions at Lacar’s words. I said thank you from the bottom of my heart.
“As expected, our members are very considerate.”
Arya put her hand on her waist and said with a forceful expression at my words.
“Then why don’t Ross treat us to his homemade dish for dinner tonight?”
“Huh? Well, that doesn’t matter, but wouldn’t it be better to go out and eat?”
Actually, it bothered me that I didn’t finish the dinner I had with her staff that day.
It wasn’t difficult to cook the food yourself, but there is a unique atmosphere that only dining out can provide.
“Ugh! You must be punished for making me worry! Is everyone okay?”
Arya asked her crew, and she all nodded.
“Okay, I’m going to eat the dish the manager made after a while.”
I nodded with a smile at Lakar, who had an expectant look on his face.
“I want to watch from the side. I am also studying cooking these days.”
Kane, who has been interested in camping cooking since the other day, said with her eyes shining.
“I will help you too.”
She had a pretty smile, and I thought I wanted to hug Luna as she said that. She had a lot of things she wanted to say to Luna, and a lot she wanted to hear.
I also wanted to apologize for worrying you separately. But knowing that now is the time to focus on spending time with the members, I had to resist the urge.
As I watched everyone chatter about the dishes I had cooked in the past, I had a really happy smile on my face.
This is what I missed during my boring marble pick-up.
Grumbling Kane, serious lacar, lively aria. And even Luna who sneaked up to me and smiled happily.
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Now, at this moment, I could feel that I was dyed with feelings of comfort and happiness to the depths of my heart.
“Oh, right! We have a discharge gift prepared for you!!! You should see that first!”
Arya, who had been arguing with Kane, suddenly turned her gaze to me and shouted. The word gift gave me a little bit of anticipation.
At Arya’s urging, I was almost dragged away by Lacar and Kane and headed to the island beyond the closet.
Beyond the closet, on an island lush with palm trees, the hideout I was working hard on was welcoming me as it was already completed.
Though it is lacking in designer-made houses in the capital. Even though I was not a major, I liked the house with the sincerity of Kane who worked hard even more than I saw it on the blueprint.
It was to the point where I thought that if everything was over and I stayed here, it would be nice to spend the rest of my life in a house like this with Luna.
“You’re done….”
Pretty pictures were drawn on the painted walls, as if Arya had done her best. I don’t know why, but among the pretty flowers, there was a picture of a cute baby dragon holding a flower…. That kind of out of the blue is Arya’s charm.
As I stared with my mouth open involuntarily, Lakar put a hand on my shoulder.
“I wanted to show it to the general manager when he woke up, so everyone worked hard.”
As if I had eaten something spicy for no reason, the tip of my nose twitched, so I lowered my head and cleared my throat. I was moved, but shedding tears in front of the members was another story.
“Go inside!”
At Arya’s urging, I opened the door with a handwritten sign reading [All but the Messiah members will be allowed to enter by Arya!] And entered the house.
I am the one who actually lives, but I almost impulsively asked why I need your permission. I gave up because I had a strong feeling that I was wasting my energy and nothing would change.
“Wow….”
Unknowingly, I checked the house and exclaimed in admiration. The space expansion magic was used, and the inside felt wider than it looked from the outside.
A huge kitchen where you can see the sea when you open the window, and a wooden table where everyone can sit. In the living room, there was a soft sofa, a fireplace, a soft velvet carpet on the floor, and all sorts of things that the staff had brought to decorate the walls.
I don’t know who put the watch that runs backwards….
“hehehe, actually, we didn’t complete it on our own.”
Aria’s sudden confession made me tilt my head. Does anyone else know about what we’re making a house for?
“Principal Nelson helped. He filled in a lot of missing parts of the blueprint.”
The question was resolved by Lakar’s words. As Arya once asked, it’s to the point that Ross might actually be the hidden grandson. Nelson has been undeservedly good to me.
Thinking that I should say thank you, I continued to look around with curious eyes.
Luna slipped close to me and crossed her arms, while Aria and Kane explained about the house without pause.
While listening to Luna arm in arm because of the two of them diligently explaining who is talking more, as if they were in a confrontation, I had a strange feeling as if a newlywed couple had come to buy a house, so I had to hold back my laughter.
The quick-witted Lakar realized that Aria and Kane were on fire, and then he pulled himself back and sat down on the sofa to read a book.
“And this is Ross’s room!”
After passing through the door with each person’s name on it, I followed Arya into the room with my name on it.
It was a relatively simple structure with a soft bed, a small desk, and a closet according to the initial design, but it was exactly what I wanted, so I really liked it.
“Wow… You went through a lot while I was gone. If this is the case, should I do my best tonight?”
As soon as I said thank you, Aria, who had a triumphant expression on her face, abruptly waved to Kane.
Perhaps he had received the pre-arranged signal, Kane silently drew the curtains on the window.
“And this is my special gift!”
A darkened room. Something green was shining on the ceiling.
“Magical glow-in-the-dark stickers that are popular in the capital city! It’s moving!!! hehehe, I gave it as a service because I bought toy firecrackers. Let’s set off firecrackers later tonight to commemorate it.”
“… Take it off again.”
A luminous sticker out of nowhere in a room with a simple style… He said it with sincerity, but Aria, who was delighted to see the spinning luminous star attached to the ceiling, didn’t seem to hear it.