Relationship Munchkin

The promotion exam was temporarily suspended. This was because after Luna’s accident, there was a major safety inspection at the academy.

Some students were dissatisfied that the exam schedule was pushed back a week, but the complaints quickly subsided thanks to the students who saw the injured Luna with their own eyes and spread rumors that a female student almost died.

It was also thanks to the professors who strictly managed the atmosphere so that unnecessary sparks wouldn’t fly at the victimized student.

The professor who gave Luna the faulty snow globe was found to be under a powerful hallucinatory magic after Headmaster Nelson’s investigation. It was such a powerful hallucinatory magic that he didn’t even know when or what actions he had taken.

The academy was attacked twice in a year. When rumors spread that the best academy on the continent had lax security, Nelson moved up the professor appointments that had been postponed to next year.

The professors at the academy were the students’ teachers, as well as their swords and shields to protect them. The academy was filled with heated rumors that people with tremendous reputations, befitting the reputation of the best academy on the continent, had applied.

But I couldn’t get caught up in the heat. Bringing Luna what she wanted to eat while she was in the infirmary felt more important than rumors of a legendary adventurer or a professor who had reached the realm of a Transcender coming.

She’s being discharged tomorrow, but today I packed apple jam waffles and milk coffee that Luna wanted to eat and went to visit her.

As I was writing my name on the visitor list, Professor Joy, who glanced at the bag I had placed next to me, shook her head and said.

,You’re so devoted every day. Anyone would think she’s pregnant?”

At Professor Joy’s grumbling filled with envy, I handed her a bag I had prepared separately. It contained an expensive dessert set that was good for expressing gratitude. Professor Joy, who received it, took the bag and went straight into the faculty room in the infirmary as if nothing had happened.

After finishing writing the visitor list, I took the bag and headed to Luna’s bed. Luna, who was spreading out a small desk on the bed and studying for the exam, didn’t notice I had arrived until I poked her cheek. It’s an amazing concentration I want to emulate.

,Ross, you didn’t have to come today….”

Even though she said that, she blushed and smiled brightly, happy to see my face, so I responded with a smile.

How could I not come when I can see such a happy face? It’s good enough to hang as a framed picture in a corner of my memory palace.

I cleared away the books and put the waffles and coffee on the small desk. I put them in the spatial storage as soon as I received them, so they’re piping hot as if they were just made because I took them out in front of the infirmary.

Luna, who was diligently moving her small mouth and eating the waffle deliciously, suddenly gave me a burning gaze.

,Wouldn’t Ross become a leader who receives the support of people in the future, going beyond just the club president?”

I stopped the hand that was drinking coffee at the out-of-context words. I wasn’t shaken, but it’s natural to be questioning at the sudden words. I put down the coffee and asked.

,…Suddenly a leader?”

I’m even doubting myself whether I’m doing a good job as the president of the Messiah club. But a leader? In the first place, leading many people was completely against my personality.

,If I’m the queen in chess, then Ross must be the king. I was wondering if you would be called a leader.”

It’s an out-of-context answer this time too, but I could guess the flow from the previous conversation.

,Is that what the person named Danger said last time?”

,Yeah. I keep thinking about it….”

Luna, who woke up in the infirmary, explained to me in detail what she had experienced. She told me that a female student named ‘Danger’ had saved her life and told me the conversations she had with her.

I, who thought that Roel had saved Luna’s life until I talked to Luna, was embarrassed by the sudden appearance of a girl named Danger.

I wondered if I couldn’t remember, so I checked the setting book several times, but there was no female student called Danger. That word had never appeared either. It was a variable that suddenly revealed its presence from somewhere.

Luna is convinced that the person Danger called leader is me. I was curious about the reason for her strong conviction, so when I asked her about the reason, Luna blushed and said, ‘Because Ross is the only one who would go around telling people that I’m pretty,’ so I unconsciously tilted my head.

Luna is naturally pretty. Just as it’s natural for people to need air, it was natural for Luna to be pretty.

Roel’s heroine and all the characters in my novel are beauties with tremendous looks that are among the best on the continent, but Luna has always been the prettiest to me.

I sincerely replied that everyone who knows Luna would say that even if it wasn’t me, but for some reason, Luna didn’t really believe my words.

After talking with Luna a little more, I cleaned up the things she ate and left the infirmary.

I want to study for the written exam that will be held tomorrow, but the expression on Luna’s face showed that she was worried about wanting to talk to me more, so I came out on the pretext of going to the training ground.

There’s only one place for me to go in the academy after leaving the infirmary. I yawned widely and moved my steps to the club room.

***

,Is this really the way to Estelle’s house?”

Rosaline said, looking around the dark alley as if she was suspicious. Estelle, who was walking ahead, turned around and nodded diligently.

,U-Uh… It’s a shortcut… I-Is it a little dark? S-Sorry.”

After answering that, Estelle let out a small sigh so that Rosaline wouldn’t notice. She couldn’t refuse Confession’s order to lure Rosaline.

Estelle’s clan is in a state where they can’t resist the Order. Refusing the order means that they can all be killed by Jamie alone without any resistance.

Estelle, who had already had to helplessly watch her family die in front of her eyes once, had to endure her anger by clenching her hands so tightly that her fingernails dug into her palms and bled.

Estelle, who was walking, turned her head and said as if she wanted Rosaline to hear.

,Our house will be coming out soon… Get ready.”

,I’m going to a friend’s house to study for the exam, what are you preparing for?”

When Rosaline said as if she was dumbfounded, Estelle scratched her head with a foolish smile as usual.

,Hehe, i-is that so…?”

She’s not in a situation where she can refuse the order. But she couldn’t let Rosaline die either. So Estelle came up with a plan.

Confession has no intention of leaving Modest until the purpose of luring Roel out of the academy is achieved. If so, all she had to do was achieve the goal and break the plan designed by Confession.

Estelle had secretly sent a letter to Roel saying that her family had been kidnapped by people she couldn’t identify, and she had no choice but to lure Rosaline according to their orders.

‘Roel must be following me.’

There was no reply to the letter, but Estelle was convinced that Roel would appear. Rosaline was also Roel’s beloved lover, and she sensed a very subtle aura following Rosaline from the academy.

If it wasn’t for the unique sense of an assassin, she wouldn’t have noticed the sense of incongruity. He was definitely skilled enough to be called a Transcender at a young age.

,We’ve arrived. This is my house.”

The place where Estelle took Rosaline was one of Modest’s many fake hideouts. The outer walls were a bit old, but the inside was a decent place to live because it had been renovated several times. Rosaline nodded without much suspicion and followed Estelle.

When Estelle knocked on the door, Jamie, disguised as an ordinary young man who could be seen anywhere, opened the door and welcomed the guest.

,Welcome. I’ve been looking forward to your precious friend, Estelle-nim, visiting my house since this morning.”

When Jamie made exaggerated gestures in a theatrical tone, Rosaline laughed, thinking he was just a funny person, and greeted him.

,Hello. I’m Rosaline, Estelle’s friend. I’m visiting suddenly, but please take care of me.”

Rosaline, who greeted him with an innocent smile, followed Jamie’s gesture to come inside and obediently entered the house.

Estelle, who was about to follow Rosaline right away, stopped because of Jamie, who blocked the door with his body.

,What?”

,Uh-uh, this is our private area from here. You can go back now. Little kids should go home and suck on breast milk to grow taller.”

Estelle frowned at Jamie’s low-quality joke. No matter what, she couldn’t leave Rosaline behind. She tried to force her way inside, but Jamie slammed the door shut before Estelle could even open her mouth.

,That son of a bitch….”

Estelle, who gritted her teeth and suppressed her anger, quietly turned her body to the alley she had come from. After walking a few steps, Roel, who was shining snow-white under the moonlight as if to illuminate the dark alley, revealed his appearance.

Roel, who met Estelle’s eyes, frowned slightly and asked as if to confirm.

,…You’re Estelle?”

She had greeted him a few times by Rosaline’s side, but it seems like Roel doesn’t remember. Estelle nodded slightly at Roel, who was sending her a gaze as if he was observing a stranger, and said as if she was frightened.

,T-There… Rosaline is alone… I-I’m not needed anymore… Heueuk… Sob.”

Estelle amplified her worries about Rosaline hundreds of times and really shed tears. She raised her hands and wiped away her tears, showing that she couldn’t bear the guilt of putting her friend in danger.

But Roel just looked at Estelle without saying anything. His gaze seemed to be trying to see through her sincerity, so Estelle put more strength into her eyebrows and tear glands, desperately shedding tears.

Suddenly, Roel raised his hand and stroked Estelle’s hair. The moment Roel’s hand touched her, Estelle felt an intense goosebumps as if the cells in her whole body were reacting. Her heart was pounding for no reason, and her blood vessels were burning hot.

Roel, who didn’t understand why she was doing this and was confused, said to Estelle, who was erasing her worries, with a beautiful smile and a soft voice.

,Don’t worry. I’ll definitely save Rosaline. You just have to go back to the academy as if you don’t know anything.”

Saying that, Roel added as if to tell her not to worry anymore.

,Let’s have dinner with Rosaline this weekend. You gave me good information, so her boyfriend has to repay you.”

Estelle stared blankly at Roel and nodded slightly. Estelle’s mind is hazy right now, and many thoughts are losing their strength and falling. All that remained in Estelle’s mind was the kind and warm touch that stroked her.

,T-Then… I-I’ll be going…!”

Estelle, who blushed, hurriedly ran into the alley.

Roel, who had been silently watching until Estelle’s back disappeared, tapped his temple. It was an action that had become a habit since some time ago.

Roel muttered, twisting one corner of his mouth.

,…That’s strange.”