episode_0092

After the magic release failed miserably.

Louis continued to pretend to be calm.

When Ferrado apologized, he waved his hand and said it was okay.

I didn’t want to blame you because I knew you did your best.

Furthermore, this good guy will suffer with you when you suffer.

I even tolerated Esti’s teasing.

Even his fists trembled for a moment, but it was probably to comfort himself.

He made a few playful crying sounds and left.

That’s why. Louis’ expression distorted only after he was alone.

Stand in front of the mirror, with your pants down.

-Thud.

“… … Haha. You’re a monster.”

It looks like it’s just one thing hanging on a woman’s body.

… all the self-loathing I had been holding in burst out all at once.

What is this? If it’s a man, it’s a man, and if it’s a woman, it’s a woman.

This thing is just a monster.

It was a bit too much for a twenty-year-old young man who had grown up preciously to handle.

My heart, shattered by shock, flowed as cold tears.

-Gulp.

‘I said I would do anything for Estee, but… this is just how it turned out. It has nothing to do with Estee.’

Why did the great noble Louis come to the academy?

To find my match for Estee.

And furthermore, to protect my childhood friend from danger.

He would do anything for Estee.

Since it was his own fault, it was only natural that he should fix it.

But what does this mean?

The woman who was supposed to protect Estee became a burden.

Estee takes care of finding love on her own.

Keeping her a secret that she’s gay?

At first, he had made some remarkable achievements, but after Ferrado came, he didn’t do much of that.

It was thanks to Ferrado’s good handling of the situation that he was unable to speak.

In the end, Louis did nothing for Estee.

He became a monster, just ‘because’.

It was a pain without any meaning.

“… … Phew. Hoo-hoo. Ha. Ha-ha.”

‘Yes. This is a punishment. A punishment from heaven. A punishment for doing something bad to my childhood friend.’

Why on earth did I burst out laughing?

Yeah, it was my fault.

That day, I swore at Estee for being undercooked.

Because I trampled on her pride as a woman, more than anyone else in the world.

It would certainly be a divine punishment for me to be reduced to something that is neither a man nor a woman.

Exactly. Haha.

… The most heartbreaking thing was that even after this happened, I wasn’t as sad as Estee.

‘I don’t think I want to cut this off either, but he already had all his hair cut off.’

Still, he was able to endure it.

I felt a lot of self-loathing, but I never really thought about wanting to die.

But what about Estee?

Didn’t that little 10-year-old boy lock himself in his room and get his hair cut?

With a dull letter knife. With a thud.

Cursing my femininity, wishing I were a man instead.

The pain and sadness she must have felt.

Louis never felt it.

That was the saddest thing of all.

“S, T… .”

The regrets that have been repeated hundreds and thousands of times are repeated again.

Deep down, as if diving into the ocean, riding on the depth of my sins that cannot be fathomed no matter how much I try to fathom them.

This regret goes deeper than any I’ve ever had before…

-dripping.

[Louis~ Open it for a moment~.]

———At that moment, a knock was suddenly heard.

Louis was surprised and quickly pulled up his pants.

I quickly wiped away my tears.

In front of Estee, he was a sinner who had no right to be sad.

And then, when you open the door…

-Squeak.

“What… .”

“Louis, look!”

“———Huh?”

My breath stopped.

My childhood friend was wearing a dress.

A dress that is cuter than anyone else’s, like something straight out of a fairy tale.

“You, you. What are you wearing?”

“Oh, this?”

In front of him, who was frozen in shock, Esti smiled bashfully.

A flood of emotions raced through her mind.

What should I do? I wore it to ask Irene to look at you. Should I confess honestly?

No. What is that shape-shifting thing?

rather…

“Irene said so. Our Louis sang a song saying he wanted to see this noona’s dress.”

“… … What?”

“How is it, cute?”

Let’s go out shamelessly.

Esti jumped up and down.

Isn’t she cute? Doesn’t she look like a princess? They teased her.

Louis’ eyes turned towards Irene this time.

Irene laughed.

-Smile.

“Actually, you didn’t want to wear it today, but you wore it because of Prince Louis’s story.”

“That’s not it?!”

“Your Highness the Princess too.”

From her perspective, it looked like this.

Louis is a sinful man who loves Estee, but cannot approach her because he hurt her.

Estee likes Louis, but because she lacks confidence as a woman, she is a pitiful woman who has wasted money.

A reunion of former fiancés who had once broken up.

A repeat of 10 years ago.

I couldn’t help but smile at the breathtaking picture.

Louis was impressed.

“This, this is… .”

‘There’s no way she wore it because of me, so it must have been because of Irene. She must have worn it under the pretext of me.’

I know Estee would never wear clothes like that on her own.

You’re wearing that? That cute dress?

It’s definitely because of Irene. Irene asked me to wear that.

It was indeed an insight worthy of a childhood friend of 10 years.

Talking about yourself… Well, I guess you’re just beating around the bush because you’re embarrassed.

It’s true that I lamented that I wanted to see her in an Estee dress.

-Mumble mumble.

“Love is a great law… .”

“Huh? What did you say?”

“Nothing. I just thought it was worth the effort.”

A ray of light shone on my heart that was drenched in regret.

A light called hope.

The light was at the corner of the mouth.

Very brightly.

-Smile.

“You look good together. You’re pretty, Estee.”

“Right, Louis? It suits you well, right?”

“Yeah… … I should have told you this 10 years ago. Sorry I’m late. ”

‘It’s clear that I became a woman to say this.’

A slip of the tongue 10 years ago that turned his life upside down.

The words I wanted to say but couldn’t say back then came out again as time passed.

The cursed instinct that ran through his blood did not run wild this time.

It was thanks to the days I spent as a woman over the past 15 weeks.

What he went through was by no means meaningless suffering.

It was just a necessary ordeal to be able to say this one word to Estee.

My heart, which had been heavy and filled with regret, became a little lighter.

“Oh my, oh my…? Hehe, is that so? That’s good, Your Highness.”

‘I don’t know if these two will really work out. Just look at the atmosphere.’

Irene, who was watching, was also pleased.

She wasn’t so sloppy that she didn’t even realize that Louis was thinking back to ten years ago.

Irene smiled, glad that their relationship had made great progress.

———Contrary to the warm atmosphere, Estee was slowly increasing her anger.

‘Huh? Are you laughing? Are you laughing without knowing what’s going on right now!!?’

At first, I held back because I thought it was so hard for her to cry.

What? It suits you? And you smile?

If you cry and laugh like this, you’ll get horns on your butt and a red pepper on your leg.

And you, Emma, don’t you know that your sister hates this kind of thing?

Are you laughing knowingly? I forced you to wear it even though you didn’t want to?

Anger soon erupted into violence.

‘Don’t hit too many, just hit once nicely!!!’

-Pfft.

Esty kicked his shin, his face turning bright red.

A physical force equivalent to a cat throwing a meow punch hit Louis.

“… … Huh?”

“Idiot. Idiot.”

“Oh my, the princess seems embarrassed~ Hehe.”

‘Really. I told you she has a cute side.’

Irene smiled brightly when she saw that.

What is this reaction? He gets embarrassed and becomes violent after being praised?

Wow. So sweet. This is youth and love.

This time Estee’s anger was directed at Irene.

-match.

“… Hehe♡”

“You, you too, be quiet!!!”

Butt bang bang, the butt that goes down on your butt.

While Irene was flustered by the unexpected skinship, Estee blushed in embarrassment.

Louis’ smile grew brighter.

“Phuhat! Estee. You shouldn’t be doing that in front of other people.”

‘Still, it’s nice to see. The kids who like each other doing that. Thank you, Irene. For loving Estee.’

“… Huh? Well, I’ll forgive you this time just to see Louis’ face! ”

‘What, what, what are you two? Is this ‘don’t touch my woman!’? Well then, it’s not like I can’t stand it!!’

Estee also raised the corners of her lips in satisfaction.

… If Stier saw it, it would be a good thing, but if he didn’t, it would be frustrating.

* * *

After a brief pause. Louis’ room.

Irene asked with a cautious expression.

“I heard the situation, Prince Louis. Can you show me the situation?”

“… What?”

I know you’re a hot girl.

I will help you.

Louis replied as if he couldn’t believe it.

“What, a secret… No, that’s okay. Estee probably told you.”

“I tried my best. Ahem!”

‘Thanks to that, I ended up wearing this dress!’

“Yeah. I think Irene would know too.”

I thought he was going to be mad that I revealed confidential information without permission, but he didn’t seem particularly mad.

The way he looked at Irene made her look like a real female, with honey dripping from her eyes.

But Louis shook his head.

“I’ll give up. Esti’s master gave up, and the other wizards couldn’t find the cause either.”

“Oh, another wizard? Who?”

“You don’t have to know yet.”

“Not yet…? Anyway, I got it.”

Talking about the Master or the nameless wizard, it seems like he has done something of his own.

But we were confident.

Who is here? Witch Irene.

I don’t know who it is, but we will win.

Irene smiled too.

“Prince Louis. It seems like you are ignoring me because Ferrado, me, and Esti all got 100 points on the written test… .”

-Remember?

“I actually know the theory better than Professor Stella.”

“Oh, really?”

“Yes. I just kept my mouth shut because I was afraid I would get dragged off to graduate school if I spoke rashly.”

“Ah. Then there’s nothing I can do.”

Louis nodded in agreement with what the graduate school had said.

If you’re a magician with the skills to go to graduate school, it’s a hundred times better to just go straight to the magic tower.

“Still, I don’t think you can do it… .”

“Stop talking nonsense! Louis, if she can’t do it, I’ll wear a dress for the rest of my life!”

“… What?”

But since you still didn’t trust me, I even made a promise.

If this fails, I’ll wear this for the rest of my life.

As a childhood friend, I can’t stand it.

If I told you that Louis was wearing something like this, you’d laugh and agree.

I can’t stand being teased my whole life.

As expected, Louis nodded.

“Then what… should I take it off and show you?”

“No, that’s not necessary.”

“That’s fortunate. I was a little embarrassed, too.”

For some reason, as soon as Louis put his hand on his pants, Irene became serious…

Well, I guess this isn’t the place I’d want to first see my love.

I understand. Yeah.

Next, a simple survey was conducted.

“… … ? Hey, Prince Louis.”

“Why?”

“I’m really sorry to say this, but… I don’t know if it’s okay to say this… .”

Irene tilts her head as soon as she places her hand on her back through her clothes.

The way he spoke hesitantly gave the feeling of hesitation, wondering if he should say anything.

We wondered why this was happening, so we unanimously agreed not to worry and just talk…

“Did you have sex with Prince Ferrado?”

“”What.””

At the same time, I let out a sigh.

What kind of nonsense is that, Irene?