176 – Scene 176# Say something
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“count. Do you have anything to say to me?”
When I looked up, Bella Isaachel was looking at me.
Inside the white eyelashes resembling a snowy forest, the lake-like eyes contained my image.
“What to say?”
“Yes.”
There was a smile on her lips, but she seemed to be expecting something from me.
I thought for a moment.
As for why she’s asking these weird questions.
But there was nothing to point out.
“Looks like none.”
“really?”
“yes.”
Bella’s smile cracked.
“Think carefully.”
“I don’t remember.”
“I didn’t even think about it.”
“Then, how about you tell me?”
“I do not like it. That’s what the Count wants to say, so why do I have to say it instead?”
“… Is that what I want to say?”
The more we talked, the more ambiguous it was.
Come to think of it, Bella’s attitude today was strange.
Because he came to my office in the morning and asked me to fight without context.
It seems that he couldn’t even lock the office door because he was being dragged by her in a hurry.
Our place is a small dojo on the roof of the main building.
It’s wide open, so the view is good, but it’s also the perfect place to lightly unwind.
I’ve been itchy because I haven’t had a chance to touch the sword, so I happily decided to hang out with her… .
It feels like something is being tested.
Bella wore a white uniform with her long hair tied back with a pouty face.
Then, the back of her neck, which was whiter than the uniform, was exposed under the sunlight.
“Where are you looking… ? low quality.”
“It’s not bad to tie your hair like that.”
“Yes? head?”
At my words, Bella touched her hair.
But her surprise was only for a moment.
“Huh… … . What’s wrong with just saying it’s pretty? What is not bad?”
“Pretty and not bad are two different things.”
“indeed… . I understand what the count is talking about.”
Having said that, Bella aimed the wooden sword she was holding at me.
“Then will you block my attacks from now on?”
“… !”
f*ck-!
It was fortunate that he raised his sword reflexively.
Otherwise, Bella’s wooden sword would have slashed my shoulder.
My heart still trembled, but I asked her as if nothing had happened.
“… Can we start sparring from now on?”
“Oops. What do you mean? Dalian had already started. whooping… .”
Bella smiles like a fox.
She must have called me ugly, but somehow I didn’t hate her.
“is it. I thought it was a pretty sharp surprise.”
“This is not even a surprise. Besides, I knew you would stop it, of course.”
“Are you admitting it?”
“You still have a long way to go before you beat me.”
Is it because he is confident in his swordsmanship skills?
Now I see she was provoking me.
The ‘arrogant’ that sensed that started to run rampant inside me.
Calm down.
Now is not the time for you to step out.
I calmed down my ‘pride’ with ‘patience’ and asked Bella.
“Do you really think so?”
“Yes.”
Holding a wooden sword, she said confidently.
“I know you have a good understanding of our family’s Izakhelyu swordsmanship. Not only that, but the fact that they imitate it quite plausibly.”
Perhaps what Bella said was that my swordsmanship from earlier was merely an imitation of her own.
But her assessment was correct.
Because I was just imitating her swordsmanship with ‘jealousy’.
“So you can’t beat me, the direct successor of Isaac Hellu.”
I knew very well that she was right.
However, I heard that ‘pride’ would not admit the fact… . A different answer than I thought came out of my mouth.
“You’ll have to do that to find out.”
“Whoops… . I knew you would answer like that.”
Bella straightened her sword.
Then the atmosphere changed.
In this worldview, Bella is an indispensable figure when it comes to swordsmanship.
I was facing her now.
Again, it was Bella who closed the distance first.
The wooden sword she wielded passed in front of my eyes.
“… !”
It was fast.
A speed that can barely be followed by the eye.
But the next attack was even faster.
The series of movements were truly elegant.
I quickly accepted her swordsmanship with ‘jealousy’.
f*ck-! f*ck-!
The sound of wooden swords clashing echoed in the dojo.
A sword that flies without even a chance to rest.
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Despite swinging her sword so quickly, Bella seemed relaxed.
even to the point of talking to me.
“count. Are you coming to school next week?”
“… yes.”
“Are you going to the festival too?”
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Did the story of the festival reach Bella’s ears?
I said while blocking the rapidly flying sword.
“no. I plan to participate only in academic festivals.”
“Huh… . I’m surprised. I didn’t know you were so interested in studies. You’re not going to go and be mean to the professors, are you?”
“It is not grumpy. Since I am the chairman of the board, it is natural for me to evaluate professors. I will drive out all the incompetents from there.”
“Be afraid. If I am incompetent, do you intend to expel me?”
“Of course.”
f*ck-!!
I blocked a blow to the head.
It was so heavy that it made my hands go numb.
“There is no hesitation in your answer.”
“Is there any reason to hesitate?”
“Could you at least pretend to hesitate?”
“Do not order me.”
“Please.”
“Don’t even ask.”
“Be patient… .”
Bella was at close range with me.
While holding swords against each other, holding them tight.
“count… So are you saying there are no schedules for festivals other than academic festivals?”
“yes.”
“That is just right. To watch the students enjoy the festival alone.”
“It has nothing to do with me.”
“If the Count earnestly asks for it even now, I can go there in particular.”
what?
As I was about to look at Bella, she quickly moved away.
Her face was a little but lightly blushed.
“Now, don’t you know what to say to me? count.”
“… … Well.”
“Huh… . After a few hits, you might think of what to say.”
Bella murmured as she straightened her sword.
I thought I knew why she was acting like she was upset earlier. And what she wants me to say.
But I’m not one to easily meet her expectations.
“ah… . yes. I remembered.”
“Yes?”
“What I want to say to you.”
“… !”
Bella’s face turned red.
I said what I wanted to say to her who seemed to be very expectant.
“Don’t look at me.”
“… … .”
I pointed my sword at Bella.
And he smiled ‘arrogantly’.
“Come at me with all your might.”
“… You’re going to come out like that, right?”
Bella suddenly moved the wooden sword she was holding in both hands to her left hand.
Then he took out a wooden sword from the wall.
“like. I won’t take your word for it.”
Bella, holding two swords, slowly approached me.
twin swords.
The speculation that erupted after that was unusual.
she was sincere
“Where do you think you can go without asking?”
“… come.”
Bella leaped with terrifying speed.
It was difficult to keep up with the speed of her twin swords with only one sword and ‘jealousy’.
The result was a draw, but for the first time, I thought I should refrain from being ‘arrogant’ in front of her.
*
It was just about time for lunch.
Wendy was standing in front of the chairman’s office.
Fortunately, there were not many people in front of the office, probably because it was far from the building where the lecture was held.
Thanks to her, she was able to come here unnoticed.
“Whoa… .”
Wendy took a deep breath.
As usual, I was planning to eat lunch with my friends today. But today, I came here without Shia and Rachel’s knowledge.
What Wendy is holding is a small picnic basket.
‘you can do it. Wendy.’
Early in the morning, Wendy prepared Tristan’s favorite food as a lunch box.
To have lunch alone with him.
No, to be precise, the goal was to invite Tristan to spend the festival together.
Even before leaving the mansion in the morning, he even checked to see if Helga was left in the mansion.
As Wendy knows, Tristan is alone today. In other words, today was the only chance to tell him to go to the festival.
Wendy caught her breath and put her hand on the door to knock.
Kiyi-.
“uh… … ?”
The door was gently opened.
“Sir, excuse me… ?”
Just in case, Wendy carefully peered through the crack in the door.
But no one was in the office.
“Count… ?”
Wendy entered the office and carefully closed the door.
It was a spacious chairman’s office no matter how you look at it.
The ceiling was so high that Wendy’s voice echoed.
“Bae, Count. stay… ?”
Looking around, no one was there.
It was strange. You should definitely be in the office by this time.
“ah… .”
At that moment, Tristan’s shirt draped over the chair caught my eye.
It must have been that he forgot to change his clothes and didn’t hang it on the hanger.
Wendy picked up the shirt.
It didn’t feel warm, but I could tell Tristan was wearing it.
Because it smelled faintly of him.
Wendy straightened her shirt and hung it on a hanger. And the moment I tried to put it in the closet, something shimmered in the shirt in front of my eyes.
“Joe, just a little… .”
Wendy carefully put her nose to her shirt.
Then I smelled the warm scent that I had smelled when I was in his arms.
I had smelled the same when I slept in Tristan’s bed the other day.
Later, when I slept in another bed, the smell didn’t go away, so I felt empty… .
“Count… .”
I could feel his warm embrace through my nose.
It would be nice to stay like this forever… .
Thinking about that, while Wendy was sniffing her shirt… .
clap.
“… Hick?!”
I heard a knock on the doorknob.
It was a very brief moment, but Wendy felt that if she got caught doing something embarrassing like this, it would really be the end.
So she quickly hid herself in the closet in front of her.