episode_0071

As time passes, the first class begins and the professor enters the classroom, but Seria still does not come out.

The seat next to Seria was always empty, but strangely it didn’t feel good. That unpleasant feeling in your stomach from drinking too much water.

Why isn’t Seria coming? Because I feel bad? No, probably not. No matter how bad I said or pushed him away, he came to me with a smile. Now you’re avoiding me.

Probably not. okay. There’s no way people can suddenly change like that.

While listening to class, I kept repeating it over and over again in my head, but the more I did it, the more vividly the words I said to Seria came to mind and tormented me.

“――So this part is like this――”

It felt like the professor was saying something, but that was it. I couldn’t hear the content of the class.

As soon as the fuse of anxiety was lit, I felt like my mind was burning out. Sparks of random thoughts fly along the crackling fuse.

What if Seria doesn’t accept my apology? Wouldn’t it be too showy to apologize now? What the young lady said wasn’t that she was genuinely worried about me, but rather that she meant to tell me to take care of myself.

Last time, you told me to choose the friend I want to make. It’s strange to be friends with a commoner who isn’t even your servant. But, you are also close to Seria. They let us sleep in the villa, and trained us when we had to duel… … .

At that time, the young lady said that she clearly said it because she was worried. It’s not that he doesn’t like me because I’m friendly with a commoner, but he was just asking about my will.

“Ha… … . ha… … .”

I felt out of breath even though I didn’t exercise. My vision was blurry, so I blinked several times, but I couldn’t see clearly.

I covered my eyes with both hands and tried massaging them, but it didn’t seem to get better. why? Why are you doing this? That time when I rubbed my eyes again and again and it didn’t get better.

Suddenly, my vision became brighter. As I was looking around to see what was going on, I heard the young lady’s voice.

“Sera.”

When I looked back in surprise, I made eye contact with a young lady with drowsy eyes.

“Lady… … ?”

miss? Why is the lady here? Ah, class. No, I’m in class. Why did you come to my seat?

As I was looking at the young lady blankly, I realized that the surroundings were strangely quiet.

Did I do something strange and the surroundings became quiet? No, there was no pretense of popularity at all.

“Class is over. He was sitting there blankly, so I thought he was dozing off, so I woke him up. Were you very surprised?”

“Ah… … .”

Only then did I look around and confirm that there was no one in the classroom. Ah, class. It’s over. When did it end?

I looked around blankly and felt like I needed to get up, so I got up. In an instant, my body swayed with the feeling that my head was melting.

I didn’t fall because I hit the desk, but I couldn’t raise my head because of the pain that felt like it was going to break. I felt like my heart was beating in my head, where it should have been in my chest.

I felt like if I moved even a little, I would spill gastric juice all over the classroom floor, so I quietly bent down to catch my breath, and the young lady’s cold hand touched my forehead.

“Your fever is very high.”

“Yes… … ?”

It wasn’t the lady’s hands that were cold, but my body that was hot?

He squeezed and stretched his still itchy neck with one hand and looked at the young lady.

“I don’t think I’m feeling very well. Why don’t you go to the health room and rest?”

“Ha, but… … .”

It would have been okay to say yes, but why did you answer the young lady’s words? Why did you do that?

What if you don’t like climbing? If I am abandoned by you, I will… … . There is Seria. But what if Seria doesn’t accept my apology? What if Ceria stays away from me?

Thoughts fill my head and anxiety scratches my head. My chest hurt as if I had been hit hard with a fist, and it hurt as if my head had been hit hard with a hammer.

“If you don’t want to do that, do whatever you want.”

“Oh, no! Go, I’ll go and rest!”

“You don’t have to force yourself to follow what I say. Because you are not my maid.”

Because you are not my maid. Those words kept ringing in my head. What if I am not the lady’s maid? What am I?

In the confusion of not knowing what to say, I saw the young lady in front of me trying to leave the classroom.

“Ah… … .”

miss. The words rose to the top of my chin, but I couldn’t get them out. Even if I were to call the lady here, what could I say?

Asking about Seria is no different from openly saying that you will betray the young lady.

You say you’ll serve her no matter what, but you’re letting her know that you care about someone other than her.

It’s no different from me abandoning you first, even though you begged me not to abandon you.

“Ah… … .”

Eventually, the young lady left the classroom and I collapsed in my seat.

no. I-I didn’t mean to betray you… … . I, I just… … .

“Ugh… … .”

I felt dizzy before my eyes. What should I do? I have to ask the lady. But I think the young lady was angry… … .

Why is the lady angry? Because I became friends with Seria? I became friends with a commoner… … ? But, but… … .

As I continued to think, and as time passed, I felt a strange itching in my throat, and I felt like I was going to lose my mind.

“Hmm… … .”

First, as the young lady said, I walked towards the health room.

Even though it would be meaningless to follow her words now, I felt like I had to do something, but I was afraid that if I went to the next classroom to take the next class, I would meet her.

As the lady said, I headed to the health room.

“Huh? What brought you here?”

When I entered the health room, the health teacher sitting in the chair looked at me and said.

I didn’t know what to say, so I thought for a while and then opened my mouth.

“I… … . The lady told me to go to the health room… … .”

“Mmm. Would you like to sit here first?”

As the health teacher said, I sat in front of her.

“Where are you in pain?”

“It hurts… … ? Head, and… … . I feel like I might vomit a little… … .”

“Um… … . Would you like to stay for a moment?”

The health teacher said that and placed her hand on my forehead, although not as much as the lady. It felt cool enough.

“Your fever is quite high. Still, seeing as he’s not coughing, it seems like it’s just a fever, so let’s take some of this potion and get some rest. 1st grade, right?”

I nodded and the health teacher wrote something down.

“Okay. The second bed on the left is empty, so lie down there.”

“Yes… … .”

After taking the medicine given by the health teacher and pulling back the curtain of the second seat on the left, I saw Seria lying in the seat right next to me.

Along with mixed emotions, questions about why Ceria was here filled my mind.

But even for a moment. I felt a bit of joy, apologies, and a strange sense of tension.

“Umm… … . Just a little bit more… … .”

“ugh.”

I was surprised that he suddenly spoke, but it was just sleep talk.

I’m still sleeping, so I guess it’ll be okay. After trying to calm my racing heart, I lay down on the bed.

At the same time, the curtain was lifted with a grunt sound and the health teacher came in.

“I have to go out for a while because I have some work to do. I’ll be back before the third period starts, so get some rest.”

“Ah… … . yes… … .”

After saying that, the health teacher closed the curtain again and left.

When the health teacher left, the room was filled with the sounds of Seria sleeping soundly and the sounds of other students going to class outside the room.

How much time has passed? Perhaps because I took the potion, I felt quite lethargic.

However, I felt like I would have a bad dream if I went to sleep now, so I held on to my heavy eyelids, and Ceria, who was sleeping next to me, opened her eyes.

“Ugh… … . It’s the side… … .”

At that voice, I felt like my eyes, which had been closed due to sleep, opened wide.

“Seria!”

I called Seria’s name without realizing it, but she didn’t respond.

I thought I couldn’t hear it, but it wasn’t so quiet that I couldn’t hear it.

“Seria… … ?”

This time, he must have heard clearly, as he blinked and turned towards me.

Oh yeah. that… … . I guess I should apologize first. I have to say I’m sorry for the harsh words I’ve been saying.

“Well, over there――”

Sorry. When I was about to say that. Ceria’s voice cut me off.

“I’m sorry.”

The first thing that came to my mind the moment I heard those words was, “Why should I be sorry if I didn’t do anything wrong?”

The moment I saw Ceria’s eyes looking straight at me, my first thought was that something was very wrong.

“I wish you wouldn’t talk to me.”

What did I hear?

“Huh?”

“Whenever you ignore someone and call them names because you are a commoner, they are now trying to act friendly. Because I feel bad.”

I was speechless. Have you ever heard something like that from a commoner? no. This is because I unconsciously understood what Seria said and realized that it was right.

I couldn’t refute it because it was true. The words were so straight to the point that I couldn’t raise my head.

“I’m sorry.”

As Ceria said that, she reached out and closed the curtain.

I couldn’t breathe. I’m afraid that if I breathe, Seria will hear me on the other side of the curtain. I couldn’t even move. I couldn’t call him by name or apologize.

It’s my fault. This happened because I said something too harsh.

Feeling like I shouldn’t be here, I quietly got out of bed and headed to the dormitory. Upset. That one word lingered in my mind.

“Ah… … . eww… … .”

I was so angry that my throat was blocked. I tried to hold it back, but the tears kept flowing.

My face got hot and I couldn’t see. I tried to run to the dormitory, but I couldn’t run because I was out of breath.

I didn’t want to show my distorted face, so I sat in a corner where no one went and cried alone.

Strangely enough, my throat felt itchy.