The Only Male Student in the Academy chapter 108

108. Summer is over. – End of Part 1

I just woke up from sleep, so my mind is a bit hazy.

The existence of the boy in front of me still feels like a dream.

I wonder if I haven’t woken up yet.

But the pounding headache was telling me it was lack of sleep.

That means this is reality….

“Sit down for a minute.”

Having said that, Ariel sat down on the bed at will.

As a result, Marie pushed her body behind her.

Of course, because the bed was next to the wall, Mari was also close to the wall.

Either, she became unable to escape….

“Eh, Ariel…?! Why, why are you here…?”

In the midst of the confusion, Marie could barely ask.

I’m out of my mind. Eh, Ariel is sitting on the bed…… !

It’s somewhat embarrassing that Ariel came to her own room.

In front of such Ariel, she acted childishly like she usually treats her older sister, but she was ashamed to the point of death…… !

It’s very, very embarrassing to see Ariel sitting astride my bed and looking at her in her pajamas…… !

“I told you, I came to tell you yesterday’s answer.”

The boy in front of me still said the same thing with a calm face.

Marie looked around her.

“Uh, sister…?!”

“She’s outside looking out.”

“What, what are you talking about…?!”

“Well, since I’m going to confess now, it’s embarrassing when others see it.”

“Eh?”

What is that…… ?

I was about to ask, but Ariel opened her mouth first.

“I told you before. I think I want to cherish you.”

“Oh, that, it was…”

“Yes, that is my answer.”

“Huh…? Hmm…?”

I don’t understand, what Ariel is talking about.

What does that mean???

“…It’s not going well.”

Ariel scratched her head.

It seemed that he was somehow embarrassed.

With an expression of regret.

Looking at that figure, Mari naturally felt that her tension just went away.

Instead, Ariel became concerned.

“Eh, Ariel…? Uh, isn’t it painful…?”

“It’s not that it hurts. I’ve been thinking about how to make it look cool… But since I don’t have any experience, this doesn’t work well. So… That’s it.”

Ariel somehow gets her stance all right.

Hiding her shyness behind her back, suppressing her nervousness.

As a man, Ariel says.

“I’m just saying that I like you too.”

Marie’s time stopped.

Marie was thinking about her golem.

Golems were originally a wall to protect wizards.

A chronic weakness of wizards was their weakness in close combat. Once a warrior or a thief clung to them, the wizard was destined to die, so early wizards conducted various studies on tactics to block the enemy’s approach.

One of them was to create a golem to protect itself.

Several studies on golems have been conducted, but there are commonalities. Mana is needed to move a golem, and the core is what increases this mana conduction rate. Since the core is an organ similar to the golem’s heart, if the core is damaged, the golem will lose its function.

So, early golems used very hard materials to protect this core. A stone golem made of rock or an iron golem made of steel are representative examples.

“Marie?”

As the golem hardened, warriors could not easily defeat it. Therefore, a variety of strategies to use powerful explosive magic to suit such a golem began to be studied. So, among the elemental magics, the reason why the fire elemental is particularly highly regarded is said to have something to do with golems.

As the efficiency of explosive magic and bombs improved, research on golems was conducted accordingly. After all, if the explosion is a threat to the golem, all you have to do is increase the area accordingly. The alchemists who crafted the golem thought so, so they gradually increased the volume of the golem.

There were advantages. The bigger the golem gets, the bigger the hit area becomes. That’s why it has much more strength in fulfilling its original role of protecting wizards.

“…Marie. Say something.”

However, as the golem got bigger, the disadvantages also became more apparent. The point was that if an oversized golem stepped forward, the wizard’s vision would be obscured.

Plus, the fact that the golem got bigger meant that the weight also got heavier. In order to move the excessively heavy golem, a huge amount of mana was required, and smooth and fast movements were also impossible. Accordingly, it was judged that even if it could block warriors, wizards, and tankers, it would be difficult to block bandits who used high-speed mobility as a weapon.

Then it only increased the size of the golem.

5M, 8m, 10m… …. The height of the golem continued to rise, and the alchemists even rode on the golem’s shoulders.

If you stick closely to the golem like that, it will be much easier to supply mana to the golem’s core. Also, since it occupies a high altitude, it is not easy for even the most agile thief to target the alchemist while riding the golem.

In this way, the huge, heavy, and solid golem was literally a gigantic weapon, and the development of the golem was powerful enough to completely change the composition of the battlefield.

However, even such a golem had one fatal flaw.

“Marie.”

-Chin.

I felt a slight shock from my shoulder.

When you wake up, Ariel’s face is right in front of her nose.

“Hi -Ik?!

Their faces were so close that they could feel each other’s breath.

Ariel’s light blue eyes are clearly visible. Ariel’s eyes weren’t shaking like this.

It might be strange to describe her as unshakable tower-like eyes, but it felt like that to Marie. She always seems to be there, yet claims an overwhelming presence…… She is such an eye-catcher.

“What the hell was she thinking, so she didn’t say anything?”

“Ah, that, that’s that…”

When something so shocking happens, my mind goes blank. For the first time in her life, Marie was experiencing it.

What is a psychological defense mechanism? In order to keep her own sanity for such an unknown reason, Mari was recalling the history of the golem she had learned in the history of magic class in the past…. So, how far did she go?

Yes,

What is the fatal flaw of the golem?

“You don’t seem to have heard, so I’ll say it one more time. I like you too.”

“……Damn it.”

I can’t breathe.

Golem’s fatal flaw…… I don’t remember what it was.

No, after thinking about it closely, I don’t think it’s time to think about the golem’s fatal flaw.

The deadliest thing right now was not the golem, but the boy’s words right in front of him.

So…….

“…What should I do now?”

“What are you talking about when you confessed first…”

“That’s right…”

Come to think of it, it was you who confessed first, and Ariel was just here to give you an answer.

Then, from now on, you are the one who has to come up with a plan for future action, organize it, and announce it, convey your opinion, and reach an agreement?

“…Kiss?”

“What?”

“Oh no…!”

No matter how much I thought about it, it was not to say what came to my mind unintentionally. There is a degree to sudden acceleration, and there is a degree to skipping the middle course. Isn’t it like riding a horse and running at 600 km per hour in an airship?

Marie’s face turned red.

It was so hot that it could be said that it had become a phoenix again, and it felt like it could cook fried eggs with this heat. It’s still a long way until winter, but you won’t have to worry about heating bills.

“If I had to talk about it in general, it would be dating.”

“Do you go out with each other?!”

“…Isn’t that what happens when you think normally?”

I thought about it for a moment.

Marie likes Ariel, and Ariel likes her Marie.

Well… , It’s a perfect boss love….

That’s right…. Then dating is the right thing… ? Eh, Ariel just said the right thing, then…… ?

W, as expected, Ariel is smart….

Of course, it’s not that I haven’t thought about dating.

Didn’t she think about various things all last night when she couldn’t fall asleep? Hadn’t she gone as far as her delusion would go?

In that sense, wouldn’t it be possible to say that the conclusion in front of your eyes was also a possibility that could be fully predicted as one of the innumerable cases he had posited?

… But that’s really going to happen.

But really, I never thought it would come true…… !

“But Marie, you don’t have to go out with her.”

“Eh…?”

At Ariel’s words, Marie immediately gave out a strange voice. She must be a crow who has not been awake for such a voice.

She was so embarrassed to say that, but fortunately Ariel didn’t care.

Ariel slowly pulls her body away from Marie.

She released her hand from the shoulder she had just been holding and turned her body forward…… She only showed Marie her back.

If you sit across her bed as if Marie is also drawn to it.

I can see Ariel’s serious face from the side.

“It won’t be easy. Dating me, the duke’s wretch.”

Ariel took her luck like that.

“On top of that, I have a lot of things to do. I have to pay attention to my grades, and I have no intention of neglecting leveling….If you go out with someone like me, bad things might happen.”

“Ariel.”

Upon hearing that, Marie inadvertently grabbed Ariel’s arm.

Somehow, Ariel looked like she was about to leave.

“I want to go out with Ariel.”

When she came to her senses, she was saying that.

“…Marie?”

“If Ariel is going to go through something bad…, I want to go through it together… I don’t want to be cherished by Ariel… I want to protect Ariel…”

When Miss Claire heard that she had saved Ariel’s life, she felt envious.

Ariel wouldn’t know that she was and that she was jealous to death.

That’s right. Because she was unaware of herself.

She was given too much for Ariel.

If she was alone, she would still be wandering, and she was able to come this far because she was with Ariel.

And because of Ariel, she was able to survive, and because of Ariel, she could remain human.

I don’t want to just receive.

I want to become a person who wants to give back as much as I received.

“Go out with me.”

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Marie said that with all her strength.

Then Ariel.

“Then Marie, look over here for a second.”

She was grabbed by the shoulder.

If you look ahead, you can see Ariel’s face.

Eh, eh…… ?

“Marie.”

Ariel’s face drew closer.

Stand, stand, stand, no way…… ?

Involuntarily, Marie looked at Ariel’s lips.

Rough lips. She seemed so far removed from her tenderness that perhaps she hadn’t taken good care of it.

That’s why she looked somehow beefy, and there was Marie with her heart pounding.

Naturally, Marie closed her eyes.

She knew that closing her eyes was a mistake.

The moment felt like an eternity,

My heart explodes that much, and I feel the anxiety that I will die right now.

But it’s scary to open your eyes again.

If, when she opens her eyes, Ariel’s face is closer than expected, she must be there, she must die of shock…… !

Marie had no choice but to wait endlessly.

Without hesitation.

Without hesitation.

Like that.

“Actually. I knew you would say that.”

A jingle, a metallic sound came from around her chest.

When she opened her eyes to the unexpected sound, Ariel’s face turned a little farther than expected.

I felt the touch on her neck, and when I stroked it, there was something hanging on her neck that I hadn’t seen before.

“Necklace…?”

“I picked it with Rose. It goes well with you, Marie.”

Ariel smiled slightly.

It was the first time Mari knew that he smiled so kindly.

And that smile became her own, Marie realized a beat late.

“Because we’re lovers from now on. I thought I should do this much.”

“That, too, I’m not going to do anything like this while spending money…”

“Why? Did you prefer kisses to gifts?”

“It’s black.”

My breath stops again.

When I glanced up at her head, there was Ariel with a mischievous smile.

“Should we kiss you?”

Ironically, that’s what you ask.

We decided to kiss at the next opportunity.

“It’s okay, it’s okay……

“Don’t die…”

She was dating at best, but dying is a bit like that.

Marie seemed to have reached her limit in many ways, and… To be most honest, I wasn’t very confident about kissing either.

Does it end with just overlapping lips… ?

I think I’ve heard that she has a knack for kissing, but…… Well

Anyway, everything about love is difficult for a mother-to-be solo. I wish she would find out where to date.

“Looks great, Ariel. Congratulations.”

“Sorry to keep you waiting, Rose.”

Anyhow, Marie told her to change her clothes, and when she came out again, Rose, who was watching her closely, was waiting for her.

While choosing a gift for Marie with Rose, we decided to call her by the name.

From Prince Beherit to Ariel.

Rose Eiffeltain to Rose.

“I won’t object to the two of you dating, but if you make Mari cry, be prepared.”

“So, do you not know how to kiss?”

“……What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

She tried consulting Rose just in case, but it only made her blush. After all, there’s no way Rose knows.

“…I should go to bed now. I was tired from dealing with Marie all night last night.”

As if to get out of her way to spend time with her lover, Rose went into her room.

She is left in the hallway and when she looks out her window she sees the sunlight burning redder than in the morning.

Looking at the sky with a strange pounding heart beyond the lack of sleep. Somehow, it feels clearer than before.

I still don’t know if this choice is correct.

I don’t know if I can take responsibility for all of this in the future.

Just, I hope you have no regrets.

Many things will happen in the future.

I hope I survive without any problems and Marie will be by my side.

That’s all I beg for.

“Eh, Ariel… Wait, did you wait…?”

After waiting for a while, Marie came out of the room.

With a somewhat shy face.

But he was there with a slightly more excited face than usual.

Vacation is coming to an end soon.

Still, that’s not too bad.

[System: Your bond with ‘Marie Ruhelif’ has reached level 7.]

[System: ‘Marie Ruhelif’ route has been opened.]