Cheering

,Should I bring books and drinks? We can go up to the second floor later too.”

At my suggestion to change the atmosphere, Luna got up from her seat and nodded with a pretty smile.

After coming out of the dugout room and looking around the bookshelf, I inadvertently saw Luna’s back as she looked at the books.

Come to think of it, Luna had never rejected my suggestions.

Whenever I said something, she would listen intently as if it were important, and then nod happily.

Because of that, I also end up focusing on Luna’s words and nodding happily.

Luna, who had taken out a book, turned around and gave me a pretty smile. For some reason, I felt like that image would be remembered in my head for a very long time.

,Ross, aren’t you going to pick a book?”

,Um, I don’t know much about novels… Can you recommend one?”

At my words, Luna nodded with a happy expression. Whether she had read a lot or not, Luna was a reader who didn’t discriminate genres.

After receiving recommendations for various books, I took the love comedy novel [Sir Dave’s Love], which Luna strongly recommended, and returned to the dugout room with drinks and cookies.

About an hour passed while we were lying down and reading together.

Luna’s head gradually lowered, and she started nodding off.

The tired look she had when we first met came to mind, so I gently stroked Luna’s hair.

Luna, surprised, quickly raised her head and looked at me.

,You can sleep if you’re sleepy.”

,Eung… No.”

She looked so sleepy, but she rubbed her eyes forcefully, trying to read the book. I sighed at Luna’s appearance.

I took the book Luna was reading, put it on top of her head along with my book, and pulled the embarrassed Luna into my arms.

,I didn’t sleep well because it’s our first date, so I’m tired too. Let’s close our eyes for a bit.”

,Okay…”

A small voice was heard from within my arms, as if my persuasion had worked.

I felt a languid feeling before long, from the scent and warmth I felt from Luna.

Is this what happiness is…?

I closed my eyes for a moment without realizing it, and fell asleep.

When I woke up and checked the clock in the dugout room, there wasn’t much time left.

When I lowered my head slightly, I couldn’t help but smile at Luna’s sleeping face, making small breathing sounds in my arms.

How can there be such a cute and lovely person?

Just looking at her makes me feel so good and my heart flutter.

When I lightly pressed my lips to Luna’s forehead, she wriggled her body slightly and twitched her lips, which was very cute.

When I kissed her forehead once more, Luna finally raised the corners of her lips, and I couldn’t help but hug Luna tightly. She was having a hard time breathing, so she tossed and turned, and I hurriedly loosened my arms.

I looked at Luna, who had fallen asleep again, and gently stroked her hair. It was easy to stroke because the back of her head was round.

It was almost time to wake up, so I called Luna’s name in a whisper.

After several attempts, I was waiting for Luna to open her eyes with difficulty, and I immediately pressed my lips to hers.

,Did you sleep well?”

Luna, whose eyes had turned round, burrowed further into my arms as if she was embarrassed.

Her slightly protruding cheeks were so cute that I brought my hand to them, and I couldn’t stop touching the soft, addictive texture.

When I poked her cheeks lightly with my fingers, Luna pouted her lower lip and looked up at me from within my arms.

Her appearance was so cute that I also stuck out my lower lip, and Luna smiled and stretched out her neck to press her lips to mine.

,Our time is almost up, should we extend it?”

It was an ambiguous time to eat dinner, and the cookies and drinks we brought were untouched. Feeling a little regretful, I asked, and Luna nodded as if she had been waiting for it.

,Okay. I wanted to see the animals too.”

I left Luna, who was smiling like a puppy, alone for a moment and went to the counter to extend the time. When I returned to the dugout room, Luna, who had gotten up from her seat, was fixing her hair.

,Shall we go to the second floor?”

,Eung!”

Luna and I held hands and left the dugout room and headed to the second floor. A scent like flowers flowed from the entrance, and when we opened the door and went inside. A huge meadow-like space appeared.

Small animals were playing among themselves inside the fence, and large animals were diligently walking around or receiving snacks from the guests.

,Wow, is this a magic space?”

Cats were acting cute at Luna’s feet, who was looking around with curious eyes, when did they come?

As I was looking at Luna touching the cats with a happy face, a familiar voice was heard from behind.

,No way, what a coincidence? Isn’t that my little brother, Ross!”

,Oh my, it really is~”

I let out a hollow laugh at the voices of Roel and Flavia that I heard and turned around.

,What.”

When I narrowed my eyes and looked at him warily, Roel drooped his shoulders as if he was hurt by my words.

,Do you hate meeting your hyung that much…?”

Just as I was about to tell Roel, whose voice was full of resentment, to stop his fake acting, I felt a hand pinching my back.

,Ro, Ross…! You have to be nice to your hyung…!”

,That’s right! As expected, your girlfriend is kind, unlike some people.”

I, who was scolded by Luna for no reason, glared at Roel and Flavia and asked.

,Were you waiting here?”

,What, what are you talking about. It’s a coincidence…”

,Ri, right…!”

I let out a hollow laugh at Roel and Flavia’s appearance, who were very embarrassed by the words I threw out.

Looking at them like this, they do look alike. Is it true that people resemble each other when they’re in love?

,First, let me introduce you. This is my girlfriend, Luna. She’s in the first year of the Department of Magic…”

,Ah, I already know. I heard that Flavia and she are like sisters?” ,…?”

I looked at Luna with a puzzled face at Roel’s words that cut me off.

I never thought that Flavia and Luna would be close. Their personalities are polar opposites.

I wondered if Flavia was lying, so I looked at Luna, and she nodded, her eyes shining as if she was happy to see Flavia, so I knew it was true.

,That’s unexpected…? You two are close.”

I glanced at Flavia and asked what happened. She had a rather arrogant expression and raised one corner of her mouth, which was a little annoying.

,Hmph, you’d be surprised if you heard how much I helped Luna!”

,Ri, right. Ross! It was a big… help!”

I don’t know what kind of help it was, but I could tell that Luna had a good feeling about Flavia.

Luna, who is shy, was talking to Flavia, and my liking for Flavia increased a little.

She’s a pure evil setting that spews out harsh words without any malice, so at first, she didn’t get along with me. But she often gave small help, although not big…

In fact, the biggest reason was that Luna liked her.

,Seeing that you came up quite a while after entering… I guess hyung’s advice to enjoy the tension in the dugout room worked-“

,Please, shut up… And you said it was a coincidence, but you were monitoring us from the beginning?”

I came to his side and desperately asked, blocking Roel’s mouth with my hand as he poked me with his elbow.

,Ahem, out of a desire to support my younger brother’s first love…”

,Just cheer from afar.”

While we were bickering, Flavia shared the snacks she had bought in advance with Luna and gave them to the animals.

The sight of small rabbits gathering around Luna, who was holding snacks, and tapping Luna’s legs with their cute paws to urge her to give them snacks was very cute.

,More than that, how is your preparation for the grade test going?”

I, who was looking at Luna with a fatherly smile, nodded roughly at Roel’s question.

,Yeah.”

,Are you going to use your space ability in the test?”

I looked at Roel with a puzzled face at his question, which he asked with a cautious voice for some reason, and Roel scratched his cheek with a troubled expression.

,I’m just saying this in case… There might be a backlash against your ability in the grade test.”

,Why…?”

,Even if there’s no aversion to magic because of the Demon Swordsman, attacking from behind is considered a bit cowardly in the combat department.”

I know what Roel is worried about. A fight where swords clash and each other’s efforts collide. That was the fighting style that the students in the combat department liked and preferred.

But my fighting style is completely the opposite of that. A method of hiding and assassinating from a distance with attacks coming from an unpredictable place through a dimensional exit.

It doesn’t fit the personality of the combat department, which expects fierce battles.

I shrugged my shoulders and answered in a voice that didn’t matter.

,Cowardly and cheap. That’s my fighting style.”

In the first place, how much I suffered to use a cowardly and cheap method of hitting people in the back of the head in a safe place.

I had no intention of changing just because others pointed fingers at me.

If you’re not happy, you do it too.

,I naturally acknowledge it because it’s a fighting style using your ability… But I wanted to tell you to prepare yourself mentally in advance.”

I felt grateful and smiled at Roel’s appearance, who was sincerely worried about me.

,Combat Department Chief.”

,Eung…?”

,Like hyung, I’m going to be the Combat Department Chief too.”

I, who had solved the magic problem, was confident that I would receive a good score on the grade test. I couldn’t be sure about being the top student in the grade, but I was determined to take the position of Combat Department Chief.

The reason I tried to solve the magic problem urgently was to prepare for the grade test. If I become the Combat Department Chief and receive the desired reward, I will start to erase the names from the Death Note in earnest.

,Yeah, of course. You’re my brother.”

I was a little worried at Roel’s appearance, who was smiling brightly and patting my shoulder, so I asked.

,…Are you confident in maintaining your position as the top student in the grade?”

Roel asked back with a dumbfounded expression, as if someone had punched him in the face with a fist at my question.

,Are you worried about me right now…?”

When I thought about how stupid it was to worry about the protagonist of a harem hero story, I felt spiteful at Roel’s gaze, who was looking at me with a grateful gaze for no reason.

,Aish, never mind.”

,Ah, why~ Were you worried about hyung~?”

It was very difficult to get rid of Roel, who had found something to tease and was sticking to me with his eyes shining.