episode_0003
by fnovelpia“Half~ Today, Carl’s-”
From three days after the commotion broke out, Sonia came to the entrance of the back alley every day and talked to Van.
“······.”
“You always say something to me! If you’re a butler, shouldn’t you listen to me to some extent? I always listen to my dad!”
“···Tsk.”
“Why is my tongue cold?”
Well, Sonia’s stake was too high for this to be a conversation. At first, Van tried to send Sonia away by using harsh words such as “don’t come” and “get out of here,” but it didn’t work at all.
“Hey girl!”
While the usual conversation was taking place, Finn broke in.
“Huh? Who are you?”
“···Uh, my name is Finn! He’s the best friend in the class!”
Finn came to work for a while in the heart of the back alley, saying he needed to find a way to make a living on his own. Considering that my clothes were much more dirty than a few days ago, it probably wasn’t a comfortable experience.
When Finn saw Sonia’s face, he became as stiff as stone and stuttered. Well, it was obvious.
“Well, you, who are you!”
“Oh, my name is Sonia! I’m also a friend in class!”
“Is it half true?!”
Finn turned his head to me at Sonia’s extremely one-sided argument.
“No.”
I firmly told the truth. And Sonia, who heard the truth, glared at Ban.
“Why!”
“Why are we fighting?”
“Well…you saved me!”
“That means you unilaterally owe me something. According to your logic, how many friends do loan sharks have?”
“Don’t be sarcastic!”
A smile spread across Finn’s face as he listened to the conversation between me and Sonia.
“What do you split?”
“No… I wonder if our class has finally become men…”
“What kind of dog-”
“I thought you were a eunuch because you rejected all the girls who tried to cling to you…but you’re all grown up, my class…!”
Finn was laughing because he hadn’t been hit for a few days. So, just as I was about to stick one in the solar plexus, Sonia intervened.
“Why did Finn suddenly come? Are you friends?”
He probably sensed that I was about to give him a pin and hung up. Sonia felt like she lacked common sense, but she wasn’t a bad person.
“Tsk.”
“Ah, Sonia, there is something you need to know!”
Finn put his hands in both his pants pockets and approached Sonia with a condescending tone. It was more comical than daunting.
“That…because of our young lady…the class is suffering…is that a man…?”
“Me, me? why? How?!”
“When the lady came to me like an email… the class couldn’t go anywhere to work and just stood here…”
“······!”
Sonia opened her normally large eyes even wider and looked at me, as if asking if it was real.
“That’s right.”
“Half… take me that far…!”
Sonia seemed apologetic in response to my answer. And at the same time, his lips twitched and showed an expression of happiness.
“Well… Our lady Sonia looks like she lives in a small house… Basically, everything in the world is give and take, right?”
“Give, give and take?”
“Yes, yes. So… you have to at least give something to your class in order to continue meeting – this.
Hmm. After listening to everything Finn said, Sonia placed her thumb on her chin and thought deeply.
“Uh, no money… I don’t have any either. I received it from my father, but I only received it occasionally. If you ask for it every day, you’ll get caught. Carls has been suspicious of me lately.”
“Oh my, is there only money in this world? Besides that-”
“Uh… is it okay to throw away bread? There are a lot of those.”
Throw away. bread.
Throw away, bread?
It’s a word that combines the words ‘burrito’ and ‘bread’. It was an impossible word for kids from the back alleys. I also like moldy bread, so why would I throw it away when I eat it?
“Then I’ll bring it tomorrow! half! Sorry! And thank you!”
Sonia waved her hand and walked away, giving Ban and Finn a huge shock to their heads.
***
And the next day, Sonia brought bread as promised.
“···Hey, class! The bread is white! It’s like snow!”
“Hehe, is this okay too? These are the kids who regularly throw things away in the kitchen, so even if you secretly bring them, you won’t be caught!”
Sonia said that it was polite for nobles to enrich the table during meal times.
Her house often brought in guests from outside, so it was natural to always prepare a lot of food. And it was said that these breads were left over from making a lot to enrich the table.
“It’s really ridiculous.”
“Town, bar, class! From bar to eup, danmasina. Bye like this my seona?”
Finn was already so moved that he was frantically stuffing the white bread into his mouth.
“Life.”
The quality and taste were incomparable to the bread I received last time while cutting with the Nasu gang. I can’t believe nobles just throw these things away as trash. Ban once again saw a big difference between the outside and the back alley.
“Hehe, it looks good because you eat well!”
Sonia smiled brightly as she looked at us admiring the taste of the bread.
Honey rice cake! Finn, who had put the bread down his throat, spoke in a very excited voice.
“Eup, whoop… Ha! Lady Sonia!”
“Uh, huh?”
“I appoint you as the best friend of the class!”
“What bullshit?!”
“Wow! Really?”
“Yes! Of course!”
Finn arbitrarily sold me as Sonia’s friend. I denied it, but deep down I was a little happy.
After this, it was natural that Sonia, who visited us every day, became closer to us. Finn also didn’t have to do difficult work in the heart of the back alley because Sonia brought him food, and I also liked it when Sonia brought me food.
And Sonia sometimes brought strange foods other than bread, such as meat and sweet bread. Although we were worried that our tongues would become extravagant as we ate them, Finn and I always ate those special dishes as if we were hiding our eyes.
To be honest, it was fun. What should I eat tomorrow, what should I do? We eat delicious food while chatting trivially without any worries. It was a pleasure that Ban had never experienced before.
But at some point, Sonia, who used to come every day, stopped coming.
“Well, I guess I’m tired of looking at trash now.”
Although Van pretended to be fine on the outside, he was feeling a strong sense of regret on the inside. It was the same with Finn.
As Ban and Finn were about to enter the back alley, they heard a familiar sound.
Again and again, the sound of shoes that only Sonia could make was heard nearby. I naturally walked forward to greet Sonia.
Finn gulped his saliva as if he was already hungry.
“Uh, are you here…?”
However, standing next to Sonia was a middle-aged man with white hair who was not usually present.
“Hehe.”
“?”
“Caught! Sorry!”
***
Ban recalled memories from earlier. The moment I heard Sonia’s footsteps and went to meet her.
They must have been walking together, but I couldn’t hear any footsteps other than Sonia’s. It was clear that he was a talented person.
I felt it half instinctively. The man in front of me is strong.
He probably wouldn’t have been able to escape. All I could do was fight.
“Hey, Finn! Come on…?”
I called out to Finn, who would have been next to me just a little while ago. But the pin had already disappeared.
‘Really this bastard.’
Damn my friends. Finn abandoned his class and ran away faster than anyone else. I half promised myself that if there was a next time, I would definitely do it.
“Kuhm.”
“···!”
“Well, it looks like you’re too scared. Why don’t we talk for a while?”
“What kind of conversation is this?”
“···Looking at what you say, you don’t seem cultured. A lot of education will be needed.”
“Well, are you a teacher?”
“Well, my resolution just now has become stronger.”
Phew. The white-haired man sighed and bowed his head to Ban.
“My name is Carls. He’s the head butler who works at Bismuth’s house.”
“The girl who usually didn’t go into the kitchen because it was hot kept hiding in the kitchen, so I questioned her and found out about you.”
“A few days ago, Miss Sonia secretly disappeared somewhere and came back. I didn’t know it at the time, but I heard you saved the girl. What would have happened if it wasn’t for you? It’s scary just to think about it.”
“Thank you so much.”
When Ban saw for the first time a man older than him lower his head, he stiffened like a stone.
But he soon regained his composure and half asked.
“···I understand that, but why did you come to see me? All you have to do is stop them from coming here from now on, right?”
“Don’t you need compensation?”
“The compensation was Sonny- No, I received enough food from the food he brought.”
“···Hmm. You seem less greedy and calm than I thought. I don’t like how short the words are, but this is okay.”
Before Carls could say anything, Sonia rushed in.
“Half! I will appoint you as my personal servant from today!”
“···Huh?”
I ended up making half a sound of dumbfounding at the ridiculous and impossible suggestion.
Carls answered Ban, whose face was wrinkled.
“It’s an impossible story, but… he hasn’t eaten anything for four days since she banned him from coming here.”
“···!”
“You’re so stubborn. I decided to take a look at you first. I promised to refuse it if I couldn’t get it back. The young lady seemed somewhat confident, and there was a reason.”
Ban’s mouth closed after hearing Carl’s words. Confusion and surprise. And he was also strangely happy that Sonia went on a hunger strike to meet him. Various emotions were swirling in Ban’s heart.
“Well, Ban, I’m sorry for asking this suddenly without actually asking you.”
“······.”
“Would you like to go with me? I’ll be good to you!”
I answered Sonia, who was blushing and wiggling her fingers.
“Yes.”
“···!”
After receiving my confirmation, Sonia jumped up and down as if she was happy. Carls scolded Sonia for lacking grace, but she didn’t seem genuinely angry.
And I was happy as if I had the whole world because something I had only imagined, that I could escape the back alley, had happened.
I don’t know how my relationship with Sonia will end.
***
“There, my place.”
“···?”
After meeting the young lady and running away frantically, I arrived at an empty lot with no signs of popularity.
There happened to be a bench there, so I sat there, lowered my head, and tried to calm my mind.
Meanwhile, a voice was heard.
“I don’t know who you are, but that’s my place.”
“······.”
“Please get out of the way.”
I lifted my head from between my knees and moved in the direction I heard the sound.
“Are you sure you don’t know how to speak? If so, I sincerely apologize.”
When I raised my head, the first thing I saw was pure white. Pure white hair sparkled.
And the next thing I saw… was a sandwich in my left hand.
The woman must have noticed my gaze and said, hiding her left hand behind her back.
“This is mine. Academy Restaurant’s special sandwich. I cannot share it.”
“······Ha.”
It was truly a day with no time to rest.
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