episode_0535

Mirif avoided me by hiding in the innermost stall of the bathroom.

It was a waste of time to wait for her to come out here, so we continued our conversation through a thin door.

“Mirif, I have no choice, so I’ll just say it like this.”

“Yes, yes… ? Ah, even so, here… .”

“I couldn’t help it because Mirif kept running away. I honestly didn’t want to have a serious conversation here… But it’s not good to stay with each other for too long with misunderstandings, right?”

“… … .”

“I don’t have much time, so I’ll get straight to the point, Mirif.”

Even though it’s a break, if it’s too late, Ethan will be worried, and Iris and Isabelle will be waiting for him.

I carefully brought up what had happened from the moment Mirif started avoiding me.

“Do you remember last time in that professor’s basement… I pretended to be a survivor of Suin Village?”

“Yes… .”

“Thanks to that smoke, you were able to escape from that demon professor?”

“That’s right… . You were really cool back then… .”

“… Thank you. Anyway, I think you may have misunderstood what I did back then, so I’ll tell you. I’m just a 100% pure, ordinary human who has no ties to the Suin Village or the Demons. ”

“… … Yes?”

Mirif’s voice was heard from beyond the bathroom door. It was short, but her voice seemed to be filled with confusion.

I intuitively felt that the misunderstanding had not yet been resolved, so I gave him an additional explanation.

“As I said before, the reason I knew the professor’s name when I saw him that day was not because I was from Suin Village. It was a little knowledge I gained when I was the Saint of Prophecy before Saint Serista.”

“… … .”

“When I was a saint, there were many times when I would occasionally gain knowledge about the future in this way. Even now, some of the knowledge is stored in my head, but I don’t necessarily say it out loud. Since I am not a person who can foresee, if my words change the future, the warrior or others may be in trouble.”

“Yes… .”

“And Prince Antonio and Princess Mezlen already knew this. I told Princess Seraphine directly when I was the Saint of Prophecy, so you probably heard it from Princess Seraphine. Of course, my husband Ethan also knew this.”

“Oh, I see… .”

“If Mirif still misunderstands me… I can prove it to you next time I meet the warrior or the saintess. Although it will take some time since I am not in a position to bring them right now.”

“Ah, no… . T, there’s no need to go that far… .”

“I really want to prove my innocence to Mirif. Mirif is the first friend I made outside of Blackwood Manor or Luminor Academy. If it weren’t for Mirif, I would have died in some unknown goblin lair in the Iron Horde, and I’m always grateful.”

“Ah, no… . I, I am always grateful to Sister Lily for saving my life twice… .”

“Then, can I assume that Mirif’s misunderstanding about me has been resolved now?”

We’ll only be attending the academy together for about a year, so the sooner we can resolve any misunderstandings, the better.

It’s already a short period of time, so it would be a waste of time if we spend time fighting each other because of misunderstandings.

“Oh, I guess it was a misunderstanding… . I, from the beginning, never once thought of Sister Lily as a beast or a demon… .”

“Huh? Then why have you been avoiding me so much lately?”

“That, that’s it… . When I’m in front of Sister Lily, I, I can’t control my facial expressions well… .”

“… … ?”

“Ah, anyway, I’m always grateful to Sister Lily… . Wow, after finding out that she was originally a saint, I, I really felt like that was the case… .”

… I don’t quite understand. Then wouldn’t it be normal for you to try to stick together more often than before?

When I usually tell you stories about Serista, you really like it and ask me to tell you more, but why are you suddenly avoiding me after finding out that I was a saint?

Is there another reason? But even if there is another reason, I can’t really think of one, umm…

“That, and….”

“Yes, Mirif.”

“Excuse me, I’m really sorry, but could you please step outside for a moment?”

“Yes?”

“This, I’m really at my limit now… . Lee, I don’t really want to tell Sister Lily, so… .”

“What do you mean, Mirif? What exactly do you mean you don’t want to hear… .”

-Crunch… .

“Eww… !”

…ah.

-Drip drip, drip drip… .

“Haa, Sister Lee, Lily… . Please, don’t listen to me… . I, I don’t know about the other sisters, but at least to Sister Lee, Lily… !”

“Ah, I got it…! I’ll go outside! Excuse me! ”

I don’t really have a hobby of listening to other people peeing. Since she was so embarrassed, I felt embarrassed even though we were women.

… It turns out that the bathroom wasn’t just a place to avoid me, but a place to actually do business. My voice seemed a little shaky, I guess it was because I kept talking to her and she was holding back.

‘But still, it’s between women, so is it something to be so embarrassed about?’

In the first place, it’s a bathroom, so you can’t help but hear it even if you don’t want to, so it feels a bit strange that you’re so embarrassed.

I don’t think she reacted like that when she went to the bathroom with Agnes or Isabelle. Is it just Mirif who is embarrassed by that kind of thing?

‘Well, there are some individual differences.’

There is no need to dig up the embarrassing part of the story.

I also knew that she wasn’t misunderstanding me, so I achieved my goal anyway.

⁎ ⁎ ⁎

Our final semester at the Academy is almost over, and Ethan and I are about to embark on our graduation ceremony.

Now, there was only one month left. Even classes were almost over, so most of the fourth-year students were still at the academy, just waiting for the graduation ceremony.

Accordingly, Ethan and I got to spend more time with Iris, which was a good thing. I felt sorry that I couldn’t be there for her more when she was growing up.

-Talk.

“Done, done it!!”

“Wow! Well done, Iris! What a cool last name!”

“Academy!!”

“Oh, this is a really cool academy!”

In fact, if you look at it from the outside, it’s nothing more than a series of square blocks stacked in a row, but if Eris claims it’s an academy, then it is an academy.

As I spent my time at the academy, Iris learned the word “academy” before “house” or “family”. So it seems that the educational environment is indeed important.

The fact that Mencius’ mother moved three times for her child’s education shows how passionate she was about education.

In that sense, Luminor Academy, which provides various conveniences to the extent that it is not inconvenient to raise a child, is not bad. … I don’t really know why the academy rents out block stacking toys for children, though.

“Should we start preparing dinner? How are you, Miss? Aren’t you hungry?”

“Isabel!!”

“Yes, it’s Isabel, Miss.”

“Isabel, Isabelle!!”

“… Aren’t you only looking for Isabelle when you have your mother in front of you, Eris?”

I felt a sudden sense of jealousy, so I picked up Iris, who was sitting on the floor, and hugged her. I also had a sense of crisis that Isabel might take my position as a mother away from her.

It’s true that I didn’t pay as much attention to Iris because I was taking academy classes and raising her at the same time, but it’s still a bit… to call her maid Isabel in front of me.

“Hehe, I love you, Mom~.”

“I, I love you too, Eris~.”

“Mom is the best, isn’t she, Miss?”

“Yeah! Mom is the best in the world!”

“Mom also loves Iris the most in the world~.”

Yeah. Even so, I don’t think it’s right to be jealous of Isabel. When Ethan and I were busy, Isabel was the one who took care of Iris the most.

Rather, in a typical noble family, you often see the face of your nanny or maid more than your mother, but in that respect, my family was extremely harmonious.

‘I want to graduate quickly and return to Blackwood Manor.’

When I go back, I’ll be busy for a while with marriage and succession issues, but at least I’ll be less likely to be separated from Iris due to forced classes like I am now.

You can spend your days leisurely away from the main story of 『Luminor Academy』. As Ethan’s wife, you can handle internal affairs of the mansion or greet outside guests.

I enjoyed things like adventures and living solo in another world when I ran away from the mansion last time. It was a short period of independence that was a bit disappointing, but now that I have Eris, I can’t travel far like I did back then.

“Mom will prepare dinner with Isabel, so wait quietly~.”

“Yeah!”

Now, thinking about the near future, I hugged Iris tightly and was about to carefully place her on the floor.

-Swaying.

“Ah, Eris!”

Eris’s body, which had been standing on two feet, suddenly lost its balance and tilted, and I, in a panic, belatedly reached out to her again.

-Whew!

“… Huh?”

-Just a little.

“… Huh? Why?”

“… … .”

An unidentified wind blew from somewhere, gently wrapped around Iris’s body and then disappeared.