“Oh my. “I feel embarrassed when you praise me like that, Lien.”
It wasn’t a compliment.
I felt like I needed to correct my words even now.
I rolled my eyes and expressed what I felt as if it were a compliment.
“hmm. “Jane is good at make-up.”
Then Jane laughs. It was her bright smile that felt very different from her current face.
“It’s makeup, not make-up, Lien!”
“So today’s makeup… … No, why did you wear makeup? refund?”
Yesterday, She had no makeup on.
The tomboyish and playful face instantly changed into that of a boss.
The makeup face wasn’t ugly. It was pretty.
She was attractive, but she had a face that could make several of the students in her class become her followers.
It’s not for nothing that the moment I saw Jane’s face, I immediately thought, ‘Where did I put my wallet?’
“If the goal was to get a refund, it would have been stronger. “Today is a day that requires proper fighting power!”
Do you think you can make it stronger than that? Plus, combat power. Is Jane going somewhere to get into a gang fight?
“jeon… … Fighting power?”
“Since I’m in a hurry to come to the academy, there are quite a lot of things I need to buy. So, today I plan to go to the shopping district and buy several things.”
I heard the explanation, but the question was still not resolved. Why do you need combat power to buy things?
I tilted my head and Jane grinned.
“aha. “Lien, you’ve never bought anything at the shops around the academy, have you?”
“How did you know?”
It was as she said.
I was so thoroughly prepared when I came here that I didn’t have to go to the shopping district yet.
Because I like to stay in bed so much, I’ve never even thought about going out to look around.
Jane placed both hands firmly on her waist.
“I can’t do it. I tried to go alone, but I can’t just leave a little lamb that doesn’t know anything. Get ready, Lien. “Let’s go out together!”
“… … Eck?”
* * *
I was dragged out forcibly by Jane’s hand, and it wasn’t long before I was able to understand Jane’s big meaning.
The shopping district around the academy was an easy place to get caught.
This is because many aristocratic children of the Academy who do not know anything about the world go around pretending to be commoners.
In fact, if I had come here alone, there was a high probability that I would have been ripped off.
It was the first time since my parents passed away that I had been to the mall without an escort.
I looked around with Jane out of curiosity.
As if to prove that she was a returning student, Jane knew the geography of this place very well.
What was a little unusual was that female students were lining up at every bakery and dessert shop that was visible, and the lines were surprisingly long.
Each student came out of the store holding a beautifully packaged cookie in their hand. Just when I thought the area around here was famous for cookies.
Jane asked with a somewhat excited look on her face.
“Lien, are you going to buy it too?”
“Is that true now that we’ve come out?”
“good idea!”
She nodded quickly as if she had heard really good news.
If I told her not to buy it, he was going to buy it even if it meant taking my wallet.
Are cookies that good?
In the end, I bought enough cookies to last me a long time. It was because I wanted Jane to eat without feeling pressured when she wanted to eat.
There was no need to worry because my aunt, to whom I was always indebted, gave me excessive amounts of money.
On the way back to the dormitory after shopping all day.
Jane asked cautiously.
“Lien. It may be random, but I have a serious question. Can you answer it?”
“… … What?”
“What is your ideal type?”
I was a little nervous because they said it was a question they wanted to ask seriously, but I relaxed.
I felt it from the first time we met, but Jane seems to have a very unique personality.
“Is that really what you want to ask seriously?”
“no. “This is a really important question to me.”
“My ideal type is… … .”
Jane’s expression seemed serious as if she meant it when she said it was an important question. She could even be heard swallowing nervously. What is this?
As I was thinking about what my ideal type would be, Carsion’s face briefly flashed in my mind.
“kind man.”
“uh? “I see.”
“You can’t just be nice, you have to be really, really nice.”
The face.
Jane’s expression became contemplative as if she had heard a death sentence.
“… … Joe, this must be a bit difficult.”
“yes? I also think it’s difficult to meet such a nice person. Your ideal type is literally your ideal type, right? In reality, it would be difficult to achieve success with someone like that.”
“ha ha ha. that’s right! How can I achieve this with my ideal type? There is no way! Besides, the really, really nice person you’re talking about is so popular that it’s even harder, right?”
Her words, spoken awkwardly and embarrassed, somehow sounded like advice to me.
There was nothing wrong with what Jane said. However, I felt a small sense of resistance to something that I would normally have just acknowledged.
“If I try hard, wouldn’t I be able to have a short relationship? “Maybe that ideal type likes me.”
“what? “Who is that?”
“That’s what it says. “I mean.”
Jane was excited as if this shouldn’t have happened.
Maybe you have a crush on me… … ? What should I do? I like men.
She opened her mouth with a confused expression. Her voice seemed to tremble a little.
“Lien, what do you think of the guy named Fior who was in the same club as you?”
“Fior?. “He’s nice.”
When Jane heard me, she covered her mouth with both hands and let out a silent scream. she had a shocked expression.
Now I understand. What is Jane’s misunderstanding?
“Fior is just a friend, Jane.”
“… … .”
“really.”
Jane didn’t seem to believe me at all.
“So Fior likes you… … !”
Oh well, it’s not like that.
After that, I tried my best to clear up Jane’s misunderstanding. But in the end, I couldn’t resolve the misunderstanding I was trying to resolve and only listened to her resigned words.
“… … Yeah, I don’t think you like the fior. “I should consider myself fortunate.”
Now I’ve decided to give up on clearing up Jane’s misunderstanding.
I felt somewhat sorry for Fior, but she was the only one who misunderstood the truth anyway, so it wasn’t like anything major would happen.
* * *
I was in big trouble.
In fact, looking back on my day until I witnessed the incident, I could say it was a very satisfying day.
Luckily, I was assigned to the same class as Jane.
Now not only can I eat lunch with her, but I no longer have to go to class alone. Except for major classes.
So, after a satisfying study time, I came into the club room to take a nap on the soft.
However, the club room I entered through the door was not the same club room I had been in a few days ago.
The few desks and chairs in the club room were broken beyond recognition.
Carsion’s magic books were burned or torn in some places, and the chessboard and cards that Fior had brought were rolling around haphazardly on the floor.
This is a complete mess.
Suddenly it occurred to me that it was not the time to be looking at something else. I quickly checked the safety of the sofa.
oh my god. The sofa that was my comfortable home and the blanket, my eternal friend, are gone everywhere.
It was hard to believe this even though I was looking at it, so I dropped the books I was holding.
It’s a catastrophe.
Several books fell and made a dull sound. Then, the gazes of Carsion and Fjord, who were facing each other while keeping their distance, turned to me at the same time.
“Lien!”
“… … “Did you guys fight?”
“Carsion, that bastard’s head is spinning as if he heard something strange from somewhere!”
In response to Fior’s screaming cry, Carsion smiled like a picture. Then he spoke in an angry, hard tone that no one could see.
“I’m not angry, be honest.”
“Where do I look to know that I’m not angry? And it’s not really true!”
From the conversation between the two, I think the club room ended up like this while Carsion was interrogating him. I don’t know what Fior did.
I placed my hand on my forehead to calm my pounding head.
“Kaon, Fior. “I don’t know the details of why the two of you fought, but don’t you think it’s a bit extreme to use violence to the extent that the club room becomes like this?”
“Lien. “I am a non-violent person, so I have never laid a hand on Fior.”
Carsion’s simple eyes twinkled slightly as if he were asserting his innocence.
When he lied in front of me, it was evident in his facial expressions and words. But now that face doesn’t look fake at all.
So, is it all about the fior that made the club room like this?
oh my god. I didn’t see it that way.
When I looked at Fior with a surprised face, he appealed to me with an expression of great resentment.
“You sure don’t believe Carsion’s words, do you? “He’s not a non-violent person, he’s a be-violent person, and the reason he’s never laid a hand on me is because he uses magic!”
What on earth do you mean, you are a non-violent person and not a non-violent person?
“Anyway, it’s true that you fought, right? I can’t say what’s going on between you, and if you’re going to fight, fight there because you two are in the same dorm. “Now let’s clean up the mess in the club room.”
Carsion looked at me and pursed his lips at my sighing tone.
Fior pursed his lips as if he had a lot to say but couldn’t find his voice.
“Do you both have something to say?”
“Lien. The sofa and blanket are safe, so let off steam. huh?”
The sofa and blanket are safe?
After hearing those words, I felt my anger melt away.
For some reason, I couldn’t even see the wreckage. Yes, as long as they are safe.
As my eyebrows relaxed, Carsion seemed to gain courage and spoke to me hesitantly.
“If you answer just one question, I will clean up the club room as you say.”
“What?”
Carsion kept his eyes on the ground, hesitated whether to speak or not, and eventually closed his eyes tightly and shouted.
“Do you think I’m good?”
“… … what?”
I looked at Fior, wondering if I had heard wrong, and he urgently said, ‘Say yes! He made a mouth shape that said ‘Yes!’
I don’t know what the situation was, but Carsion was definitely nice.
“Kaon, no matter who sees you, you are a good person.”
The face.
