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Tyrissia did not at all reject the man who probed her lips rather roughly.

Rather, she wrapped both arms around the man’s thick neck as if the compulsion was something she wanted.

And during the rough kiss, the man was caressing Tirisia’s body with both hands as if it were his own.

“… ”

After witnessing the two people’s morning secret meeting, I quietly hid behind the trees.

Let’s calm down.

It’s still hard to get used to, but there’s nothing particularly surprising about it.

Didn’t we already see the worst sight possible with our own eyes four days ago?

That level of physical contact was just a basic ordeal that he would have to endure countless times in the future.

The first thing I had to do was to quietly hide in the shadows and not raise any objections.

So that Tyrisia can do whatever she wants without worrying about my feelings.

I need to give her complete freedom so I can get the answers I want.

“… It’s a bit annoying.”

It was quite comical to hide behind a tree with a thermal bag containing lunch for two and wait for my ex-girlfriend’s secret meeting to end.

Fortunately, the two people’s love affair ended appropriately without getting any deeper.

“Phha… Senior… Enough… I have to go to the Academy… And Erto will come… ”

Tirisia pushed the man away slightly and separated her lips, exhaling with rapid breathing.

Her face, which had been as white as jade, looked as if it would melt at any moment, and her lips, which had never uttered a single curse word, were glistening with saliva and connected to the other person’s lips with a sticky thread.

“Tsk, I want to have some fun like this.”

Her current boyfriend clicked his tongue in a thick tone.

“Senior… ”

“Ah—I got it. Instead, come running back to my house after you’re done. I’ll double the amount you put up with now.”

“Ugh… Ah, I see.”

“Go.”

match!

“Huh!”

The man who had hit Tirisia’s buttocks with his palm hummed and disappeared in the opposite direction of the academy.

“… ”

It was a sight that raised some questions, but I decided to put them aside for now.

Tirisia quietly watched the back of the man as he left, then took out a hand mirror and began to tidy up her appearance.

He wipes his lips, which are sticky with saliva, with a handkerchief and combs his hair, which is messy and tied at the back of his head, neatly.

As I shook off the clothes that had been crumpled by the rough hands, there was Tirisia, who had returned to her usual neat appearance as if she had never been disheveled.

Well, let’s go out for a bit.

“Tirisia―”

As I came out from under the trees and approached her, calling her name, she greeted me with a bright smile.

“Erto! Good morning!”

“Yeah, good morning.”

Oh, really.

That smile that always seems to fill the other person’s heart with warmth.

When I see that smile, it feels like there’s nothing wrong with us.

That can’t be true.

*

On the way to the academy.

Tirisia, who was walking alongside me on the street, glanced at the thermal bag I was carrying on my shoulder, tilted her head, and asked.

“Erto, by any chance… Did you prepare lunch for me today too?”

“Of course, I’ve been doing it for years.”

“Ah… That’s right.”

A moment of guilt-ridden sadness flashed across Tirisia’s emerald eyes, but she quickly came to her senses and smiled kindly at me.

“Thank you, I can’t wait to see what side dish you have today.”

“Haha, check it out yourself later.”

“Yeah!”

As we had decided to maintain our friendship, I could tell that Tirisia was trying her best not to change her attitude towards me.

I feel a little bad about throwing cold water on her efforts, but I had to have a serious talk with her.

“By the way, Tirisia,”

“Why, Erto?”

“Before we arrive at the Academy, I think there’s one thing we should discuss in advance while we’re alone.”

“What is it?”

“As you know, we’re dating, and it’s a well-known fact even in the Academy, right?”

“That’s…right.”

“But now that we’ve broken up, and we’re not completely separated, I think we need to think together about how to convey this situation to other people.”

“Uh, yeah… ”

Tyrissia looked at the ground and thought as she listened to my words.

“That’s…what should I do…”

“Hmm.”

Perhaps it is a difficult issue to judge on your own.

If I were to expose our current situation as it is, it would be a major incident.

The young lady of the prestigious Brouard family, openly cheated on her boyfriend in the middle of the classroom?

Wow.

It was only natural that rumors would spread throughout the academy in less than half a day, and since she had tarnished the family’s reputation, Tirisia might also receive harsh punishment.

At least transfer to a more distant academy or another academy.

In the worst case, you could be confined to your home for years, receiving only private tutoring.

If I were a vengeful ghost consumed by sadness and anger, there would be no better scenario.

If you take revenge on a cheating man at the family level, you will not be able to guarantee your personal safety.

Both of their lives will be trampled in some way.

But now is not the time to embark on that destructive march.

What I want is a future where Tirisia can find true happiness, and where I can accept the outcome and bless her future.

Unless the future was completely twisted, I had to keep this bomb buried in my heart.

“What does Erto want?”

After thinking about it for a while, Tirisia couldn’t come up with an answer, so she asked for my opinion first.

“Big,” I said, clearing my throat and telling her what I was thinking.

“I think this question has already been answered. If we are to remain friends in the future…the fact that you cheated cannot be known.”

“… … Yeah.”

Tirisia’s voice, as she nodded slightly and answered, was unusually heavy.

Since this is a story that will benefit me, I hope you are happy about it.

He looked at her with his head bowed and continued speaking calmly.

“I will keep completely silent about what I saw that day. If such a thing were to become known, our academy life itself would fall into chaos… and you and I would both suffer great physical and mental damage.”

Even if we only consider external gains and losses, Tirisia will completely lose her image as a noblewoman and the best model student in the academy.

I am a worthless commoner, but I have the great fortune of dating a daughter from a noble family. However, I will become a cripple who cannot keep it and loses it all to another bastard.

Personally, I didn’t care how much my image was tarnished, but in front of Tirisia, I thought it would be better to show her that I was actually taking advantage of her.

Otherwise, they’ll think I’m really giving all my liver and gallbladder for their sake.

“So now all that’s left is how to let people know that we’re breaking up.”

“Yeah… ”

“I think it’s okay to tell the truth about that part. We decided to part ways on good terms and go back to being friends, not strangers. I think there will be some annoying questions… Anyway, let’s tell it like it is.”

“Yeah, I got it… Thanks Erto.”

Tirisia smiled brightly, as if the difficult and disturbing part had been resolved, but I shook my head and stroked my chin.

“Okay, but there’s a problem… ”

“Problem?”

“I collapsed and missed a few days of academy.”

“Uh, yeah… ”

“If I come back later and suddenly tell you that I broke up with you, what will other people think?”

At those words, Tirissia’s emerald eyes widened.

“Ah! That’s…!”

“No matter how much you think about it, it’s enough to raise psychological suspicions… I’m sure there will be people who will not say it out loud, but they will be convinced. The noble Tirisia coldly dumped the commoner Erto, and he was bedridden for three days.”

“Ah, sure… Then what should we do? Erto.”

“It’s not that simple.”

I smiled and stared at Tirisia’s face.

“Huh… ?”

I said this to Tirisia, who was staring at me without knowing what I was saying, and who was laughing along with me.

“We’re still dating.”

“Huh?”

“Externally.”

“Ah, I understand.”

It’s a simple story.

The problem is that the announcement that they broke up after being sick seems to have some bad circumstances.

If we break up later, that’s the end of it.

“Anyway, you and I will be living like we always have, and there’s no need to act like we’re dating, right? As long as we don’t bring it up first, people will think we’re dating forever.”

“Yeah, I guess so.”

“If we just say we broke up on good terms later, everything will be resolved.”

“To summarize… I guess we can just continue on as usual and then reveal our relationship when the time is right.”

“That’s it.”

“Okay, I’ll do that, Erto.”

“Okay, we’ve come to a conclusion. Now let’s go quickly.”

“… Yeah.”

While I was walking like that for a while, a thought suddenly crossed my mind.

“Oh, by the way, you don’t have to force yourself to be physically intimate with me just to pretend to be dating me? Don’t do that. ”

“… ”

I playfully threw it away and kept walking forward,

Kkuk-

Suddenly, my sleeve was pulled back.

“… ?”

When I looked back, Tirisia was looking at me with an extremely serious expression.

“… Why?”

When I asked her calmly, she hesitated for a long time before finally opening her mouth.

“Erto… Really… I’m sorry… and thank you… ”

The voice was trembling as if it was about to burst into tears.

“… Oh, that’s right.”

I slowly placed my hand on her head, thinking that this was the last time.

It’s up to you to prove that I’m not wrong, Tyrissia.

therefore-

“Please have a beautiful love, I support you.”

I have always been sincere.