episode_0018

Senior Perjena walked towards us with quick strides, her fangs bared.

“What are you looking at, I told you to get out?”

As she came right up to him and raised her fist, Kelg took a step back, spreading both his hands.

“Woah, whoa, calm down, you rascal.”

Although he pretended to be scared, a wicked smile still remained on his lips.

Senior Perzena put her arm around my shoulder and glared at Kelg with sharp eyes.

“Hey, you black thug. Why are you harassing and making a fuss about my disciple?”

“Disciple? Puhaha.”

Kelg laughed out loud, as if he found it ridiculous.

“Do students play teacher and student together?”

“Noisy, take him away.”

“Yeah, you should do that.”

Kelg waved his hand toward the rooftop like a waiter directing guests to their tables.

Senior Perjena clicked her tongue and grabbed me by the arm.

“Let’s go.”

“Oh, yes… ”

As we stood at the stairs leading to the rooftop, we heard Kelg’s laughing voice from behind us.

As if it were watching us from the dark.

“Yeah, you can be really friendly with that guy, Salgang, heh heh.”

“… ”

Senior Perjena glared at him for a moment, then dragged me up the stairs.

Squeak-thud!

Only after I reached the rooftop, closed the door, and the open space became a peaceful and quiet place was I able to speak properly to my senior.

“Senior, do you know that person?”

The senior who had released me from my shoulder frowned and shook his head.

“Not really, we’re just in the same grade. But I know he’s a dirty punk who bullies his juniors.”

“Yes… ?”

For something like that, it seemed like Kelg knew his senior well.

Actually, that wasn’t important right now, but there was something I absolutely had to confirm with her.

“Did you hear what that guy was saying?”

Kelg’s last words were something that no one in the Academy should know.

The fact that he took Tirisia away from me.

It seems that he doesn’t really talk much about it, perhaps because he doesn’t want to get involved in troublesome matters, but just now, he was talking as much as he wanted because I was the one involved.

If Senior Perjena heard that story… it would definitely be a headache.

“Huh?”

But fortunately, the senior opened his eyes and tilted his head.

“What are you talking about? I don’t know, I just saw that kid picking on you so I said something.”

“Ah… Is that so.”

thank god.

It seems that Kelg’s voice was not heard well until the end of the stairs at the end of the hallway where the senior appeared.

For now, it seemed like we had avoided a time bomb exploding right before our eyes.

Senior Perjena went to the edge of the rooftop and leaned her back against the iron fence as she spoke.

“Rather, what I want to ask is, what is that kid arguing about?”

“It was nothing. There’s no particular reason, but maybe you just don’t like the way I act?”

“Oh, well, he’s not a normal kid… ”

The senior clicked his tongue with a disgusted expression, looked at the ground for a moment, and then asked another question.

“What… Was there nothing else to say?”

Although I was a little concerned by the faint anxiety reflected in his blue eyes, I nodded for now.

“Yes, that’s all. Is there anything else that concerns you?”

“No, okay then.”

The senior waved his hand as if it was nothing and tried to ignore it.

For now, let’s end our mention of Kelg here.

I don’t know what my senior was concerned about, but I also didn’t see any benefit in talking about it at length.

“So, why did you come up here after such a long time?”

Senior Perjena seemed to want to move on to a different topic, so she sat down comfortably on the rooftop floor and asked me.

I went over to her side and sat down, leaning my back against the fence as I answered.

“I just came because it seemed like it’s been a while since I showed my face to my senior.”

“Oh my, acting friendly. Since when did you take care of me like that?”

“Haha… That’s just because my senior likes to be alone… ”

“Pak-ssi, of course that’s true, but isn’t he a loner who likes to be awkward around his disciple? Just like that.”

“I’ll show my face more often… ”

When I smiled awkwardly, Senior Perjena also looked at my face and snorted.

“So, how are you doing these days? How are you?”

“As my senior said last time, I told my friends that I would now act separately from Tirisia during lunch time, and surprisingly, there were some guys who cared about me.”

“Hey―who is that?”

“Lucica, Heidiera, and Seldianne.”

“Ahh?”

The senior opened his mouth wide and frowned when he heard the names listed.

“I understand about the kid Lapis and the giantess from Isidel, but that cheeky bitch Elkonja took care of you? What the hell.”

“To be exact, it’s not that I packed it for them, but rather, we’re fighting over pride because we don’t want to owe each other lunches… ”

“I really can’t understand the minds of such a great nobleman.”

The senior who farted hit my chest with the back of his hand.

“Mom, don’t be too pushy with her. She’s got nothing on her mind, so she thinks you’re really going to support her if you treat her well.”

“Hey… Why would I do something like that?”

Then my senior grabbed me by the collar, brought his face close to me, and pressed his fist against my cheek.

“Ah, you, you’re a bitch, you’ve been treating your girlfriend well, so you treat other girls the same way without knowing. You know that? Fuck.”

“Huh? No way… ”

I don’t know about anything else, but I wouldn’t treat anyone else like I treated Tirisia.

I didn’t quite understand what my senior was saying.

She twirled her fist against her cheek and made a pitiful expression.

“Look at this, someone is making a fuss, but you just stand there with your mouth wide open like an idiot. You’re reacting to other people’s actions based on your girlfriend. Seriously.”

“Um… I’m going to go to the gym.”

So, it seemed like what my senior said was more about how I react to the other person’s actions rather than how I treat them.

My senior snorted and let go of my face, then let out a low laugh as he watched me rub my cheek.

“Blah blah… Well, being stupid is also your strong point, so it’s not a bad thing.”

“Is that so?”

“So anyway, that’s it? Some kids are eating with you?”

“Yes. It’s been fun, just like my senior said. Because I’m hanging out with more diverse people than before.”

“Hmm―”

Senior Perjena opened her eyes as if she was dissatisfied with something.

“Why?”

“Well, that’s good too. What I meant was a bit more—um, no.”

“What is it, please tell me.”

When I poked his arm, my senior waved his hand as if he was annoyed.

“Oh, that’s okay! You’ll find out soon anyway if you leave it alone. Just do what you’re doing.”

“Okay… Oh, senior, by the way.”

“Ahh?”

I brought up the most important matter that brought me to see Senior Perzena today.

“Well… I have something important to say soon, and I think it would be better to say it in front of everyone, so I’m thinking of setting up a meeting… Could you come then, senior?”

“Mr. Park, why are you bothering me by calling people?”

The senior raised his palm and answered as if he was going to hit me.

“If it’s bothersome, I don’t mind telling you separately… ”

“Who wouldn’t go? Sure, just like that.”

“Oh, yes… ”

As I nodded with a vain smile, my senior half-leaned against the iron fence and crossed his legs.

“So, where are you and what are you doing?”

“The details haven’t been decided yet, so I’ll tell you again when they’re confirmed. For now, I’m just here to tell you that it’s planned.”

“Oh, you’re being sarcastic. I don’t know what it is, but it must be something important, right?”

“Um… I don’t know, this might not be a big deal to other people. And I won’t hold on to it for too long.”

“You’ll understand when you hear it.”

The senior, who had been wiggling his ankles, pointed to the thermal bag I was holding in my arms with the tip of his chin.

“So, aren’t you going to eat? I’m hungry.”

“Ah, shall we eat now?”

“Again, isn’t this a rip-off?”

“Of course, since I am paying tribute.”

“You look like more trash, you punk―!”

Ignoring my senior who was jumping up and shouting, I spread out my lunch box on the rooftop floor.

Then suddenly, I realized that I had forgotten an important greeting.

“Oh, and Senior Perjena.”

“Ahh?”

“Thank you for saving me earlier.”

At those words, the senior revealed his fangs and grinned fiercely.

“Ma, I told you that this senior would look after you. Didn’t I?”

It was the smile of a more reliable assistant than anyone else at the Academy.

*

After school,

As I walked along the road with Tirisia as usual, I had a feeling that the time of promise had now come.

The gazes and thoughts of many people surrounding you.

The shape of the future we must move towards.

They now had to move forward based on one fact.

Perhaps all of those things will change irreversibly,

There was no need to think too heavily about it.

This was a process that had to happen at some point,

Besides, this is ultimately just a personal matter between the two of you.

“Tirisia.”

I called her name softly.

The silver-haired beauty walking next to me turned to look at my face.

“Yeah, Erto.”

“Isn’t it getting better soon?”

Let me organize my thoughts.

Lucica said she always supported our relationship.

Be thankful that a man like me can receive Tyrissia’s affection.

Whatever her tone, she was seriously thinking about my future and Tirisia’s.

But now, there is no need for that worry or advice.

Lucica should not have been paying attention to us while misunderstanding the situation.

“What… are you talking about?”

Her jade-colored eyes on her fresh and beautiful face carefully examined my complexion.

Although I was asking her, she seemed to have a vague idea of what I was saying.

“About the two of us.”

Look around at the hearts around you.

Heidi said she saw something empty in my eyes.

I didn’t feel any soul in the way I looked at Tirisia.

Somehow she was able to see through the difference that I wasn’t even aware of myself.

There was no need to continue to make her feel frustrated with excuses and delays.

I wanted to tell her the truth and ease her worries.

“Yeah… That’s right. I guess so.”

The girl who was my ex-lover also expressed her positive opinion.

She must have intuitively sensed that the time had come.

“Other people should know now.”

Consider the situation calmly.

Seldianne was watching our relationship with malice.

But even from such a hostile perspective, if the distortion is visible,

There was no need or reason to muddle through any further.

She’ll probably react happily, but that’s okay too.

I am simply conveying the facts as they are.

“Yeah, if Erto thinks so.”

“Yeah.”

Senior Perjena said she would protect me.

It was embarrassing to her, but at least for now, the man had a point.

Now, Kelg Durakal says that he is Tirisia’s boyfriend.

It was no longer useful for me to act as Tirisia’s lover.

It’s time to stop this petty drama.

I spoke to the girl without stopping my steps.

“Let’s say we broke up.”

“… … Yeah.”

The girl hesitated for a moment, but soon nodded.