episode_0011

‘A person I have been close to for a long time and have a strong bond with.’

‘A friend is one soul living in two bodies.’

‘Friends are people who share worries and sorrows with each other.’

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Ilya, a girl who was looking up the definition of ‘friend’ in the library, closed the book and came to a conclusion. Friends are a really good thing.

When she realized this, the girl’s mood improved greatly.

Today, the girl made a ‘friend’ for the first time in her life. For her, who had lived her whole life swinging a sword in the snowy mountains of the north, this was truly a huge success.

The girl was happy. Even the day I first defeated an ogre alone, I wasn’t this happy.

A girl who shows her excitement by snorting with an expressionless face. It was the greatest expression of emotion she could express.

The girl remembered the boy she met today. The boy who spoke to him sitting next to him. The boy was very kind to him, and most of all, he was very cute. Of course, as she had never seen a man her age before, she didn’t know how cute it was, but it was cute anyway.

‘friend···. friend···.’

When he asked to be her friend, the girl couldn’t help but be embarrassed. It wasn’t for any other reason, it was just that I didn’t know what it meant. First of all, it didn’t seem to have a bad meaning in context, so I just nodded that I understood.

And now that I know what a friend is. She learned what it felt like to fly.

I’m glad I came to the academy. When her mother first asked her to enter the academy, she refused out of annoyance, but she almost got into big trouble.

The girl went back to her room, thinking about her ‘friend’ whom she would see again tomorrow. I have never waited so long for tomorrow in my life.

‘I hope tomorrow comes…’

***

However, the next day, the girl was greatly shocked when she arrived at class.

This was because her ‘friend’ was talking to everyone and acting friendly. Like a rag.

“Hello~ My name is Theo. What is your name?”

“Wow! You are so pretty! Let’s be friends with me.”

Isn’t he even saying the same thing he said to himself yesterday? The girl’s entire body trembled with extreme betrayal and anger.

You definitely said you were a friend…

You said we’d be together forever… (we never did)

And what made her angry more than anything was the other people laughing and flirting in front of her precious friend.

‘How dare you… try to take my friend away…?’

She, who lived in a snowy mountain where people die if they are stolen, defined all the kites who tried to steal her friends as enemies.

‘Kill…Kill…Kill…Kill…Kill…Kill…Kill…Kill…’

“Hey profit!!”

There was no way that boys and girls who were in their late teens at most could withstand her murderous gaze. In the end, all the children who were talking to the boy ran away.

“?”

The boy was confused. Suddenly, all the friends I was talking with disappeared. They were scattered as if they had seen some kind of ghost. What’s behind it? The boy looked back. The friend I made yesterday was standing there.

“Ilia! Did you go to school? Did you sleep well?”

“Uh, yes…”

The expression, which had been distorted like that of a vicious murderer, immediately returned to that of a shy girl with a bright greeting from the boy.

The surrounding cadets, who were trembling and watching as if something were happening, could not help but believe their eyes at the sudden change. A sudden emotional change that makes you believe that your personality has changed. I wondered if it was the person who had sent me a terrible murderous intent just three seconds ago.

The boy continued the conversation without knowing anything.

“There will be sparring class today. Since you’re Kalstein, you’re really strong, right?”

“Oh, no…”

Strangely, when she was with the boy, even through insignificant conversations, the girl felt strange. Is it because I have lived a bleak life filled with death and killing? My heart was pounding for no reason.

“If you ever spar with me, be gentle, okay?”

“Yes, I will…”

But the boy didn’t know. The fact that her life and my life are as different as heaven and earth.

***

As the graduation date got closer and closer, Ilya was overcome with great anxiety.

There isn’t much time left with him. I graduate in just one week.

She bit her nails. Otherwise, I couldn’t calm my anxious mind. But no matter how much she bit her nails, her anxiety did not go away at all. It was natural. There was no way the anxiety could be resolved if the cause had not been resolved in the first place.

I paced around the room anxiously.

She was sure. If I graduate like this, I will never be able to meet him again. That we will live as South and South forever.

That’s because the relationship has deteriorated so much over the past three years.

Unlike when they first met, he now only showed a cold attitude towards her, so it seemed unlikely that he would have the will to continue a relationship with her after graduation.

“Haa···.”

Actually, she knew it too. The fact that he doesn’t really like himself.

At first, she too was heartbroken. Being ignored by someone you like was a truly unbearable kind of pain. Wasn’t he actually nice to her originally?

The higher you fall, the more painful it is. When she felt that the friendly man was slowly turning away from her, she felt heartbroken.

But she overcame the pain. However, in a slightly bad way…

One day, she came up with a surprising change of idea.

When I thought about it, there was no need to cling to his feelings. Theo had no friends. That meant that his current ‘best friend’ was himself. My only friend and my best friend. The title could be maintained as long as no one threatens the position. Even if he doesn’t like you.

‘Someday Theo will look at me too… Just as Theo is the only one I have, Theo is also the only one I have…’

Ilya was working even harder on the turret construction to prevent anyone from approaching.

“Student Theo. I have to submit the test paper… hehe!!”

‘Kill…Kill…Kill…Kill…Kill…Kill…’

Whether as a student or a teacher, she completely isolated the boy. So that no one can touch her rank.

In this way, she was able to firmly maintain her first place in the friend rankings even now, with graduation just around the corner.

In return, I ruined my relationship with him. In fact, the relationship has become no different from that of Cheolcheon support. Now he was looking at her almost like a bug.

‘But it’s first place…’

All she could do was to work hard to win mentally.

It was definitely a situation where Ilya couldn’t help but feel anxious. Obviously, if I graduated like this, I would never see him again. Because I will absolutely refuse to meet you there.

We have to find a way.

Honestly, it would be impossible to dramatically restore my relationship with him now. There is no time.

If so, some other method is needed.

Even after graduation, you can meet naturally and restore your relationship.

“Renée, do some research on Baron Baker…”

“Yes, I understand.”

***

They say that even if the sky falls, there is still a hole to emerge from. I was able to meet him again, whom I thought I would never see again. And that too in the same house.

She was very excited. The situation was better than at the academy. If this were the case, wouldn’t I be able to be with him almost all day? It was truly a happy event. There are no other thieves to keep in check.

Is he a genius? Am I a genius? It was Ilya who praised himself for his genius idea.

“Lady. Arrived.”

When she heard the news that he had arrived, she quickly ran out to the lobby. I wanted to see you as soon as possible.

There she could see again. Her precious friend, who had a blank expression on his face, as if his soul had disappeared.

The girl smiled broadly.

***

“Haa···.”

Recently, Ilya has been feeling tight in his chest. He was reunited again, but there was no progress in their relationship at all.

Instead, he glared at her with eyes full of hatred. No matter how emotionally insensitive she was, she could tell. That he hates himself.

I don’t know what to do. It was just overwhelming. If things continued like this, it seemed like there would never be any progress with him.

Ilya, with a confused mind, searched through the books in the library. Whenever something stuck, she would borrow the wisdom of books to solve it.

Then, an old book caught her eye.

‘You can do it too! ‘Basics of sleep assistance.’

‘What is this…?’

A strange title that seems to sell drugs somewhere. But, feeling drawn for some reason, she picked up the book.

“This…!”

And I ended up looking for it. A solution to the problem.