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Cass was able to leave Irene, who was crying and saying she was truly sorry, and eventually arrive with Bariel to her friend Mayness, who had been waiting for her for a very long time.

I was a little worried about Arien’s extremely haggard condition, but I shook my head vigorously.

That was Arien’s desperate return. Arien was simply weighed down by the disaster she had brought about herself.

So I never had to worry about Arien anymore.

I decided to make up my mind.

However, part of my heart was still a little dark. Really a bitch… . Ten years of blind love hurt like a small pebble in a sneaker.

Cass felt a little uncomfortable.

However, I took a deep breath and regained my composure.

I didn’t want to show my friend Maynes this ugly face.

People have pride.

“Sorry! Mayness! It’s really late, right? It turned out to be bigger than I thought and I ended up being late! I will definitely make up for this sorry feeling someday!”

I quickly put aside my pride and apologized to Maynes.

This was an unavoidable force majeure.

Because I was Kim Hyeon-woo, a sophisticated earthling with good sense and common sense, and not some medieval bastard with an ax carefully nailed to his head.

Anyway, I apologized like that.

“Ugh… ! But! Cass has nothing to be sorry about! We are really close friends! I can wait for Cass anytime!”

“Maynes… ! Thank you so much!”

Fuck, I cried a little at the kindness that was completely different from Arien.

After all, it is more important for a person to have good friends than a lover.

Love hurts like a fever, but good friends are like hearty soup.

I decided to introduce my maid, Bariel, to Mayness, my trusty friend.

Because Bariel is just waiting for me, the owner, to be introduced.

“This is my personal maid, Bariel Mushumus, who I have grown up with since childhood, and who has now transferred to Bemes Academy as a third year student. Since we are classmates in the same S class, we will meet a lot in the future. Say hello to each other.”

“Hello, how are you? My name is Bariel Mushumus, Cass’s ‘only’ personal maid. nice to meet you ‘Friend’ Miss Maynes.”

“Yes… . My name is Maynes C.Timber, Cass’s ‘only’ friend! I’m not a noble, so you can just speak informally to me!”

“I had to protect my master’s dignity, so I stopped using polite words. So, Miss Maynes, you can speak informally.”

“Really? Well then, it’s really nice to meet you! Bariel!”

Mayness easily clung to Bariel, nibbling like a large retriever puppy.

This is more interesting than I thought. How could Mayness, who is extremely shy, become friends with the cold-hearted Bariel so easily? I was luckier than I thought.

“Wasn’t Maynes very shy? Surprisingly, you became friends with Bariel right away?”

“That’s it! What if I, Cass’s ‘only’ friend, don’t trust the person he trusts! We are really close friends!”

“Oh! A true friend! After all, you are a friend of my heart!”

“You keep saying that I am your ‘only’ friend, but as my ‘only’ personal maid, I really welcome Ms. Mayness, who is Cass’ friend?”

There can be no such happy day! I smiled secretly as I watched my close friends living in harmony.

Today was our first truly wonderful meeting.

Moreover, in keeping with the school’s national rule that the first day ends early, the first day of this new S class consisted of nothing but a morning orientation class by homeroom professor Sofia Pronitny.

I’m sure it was a quick free time given with the intention of helping the original S class students and new students become closer.

But, it didn’t matter at all to super loners like Maynes and me.

However, with this early free time, we had plenty of time to introduce various things about Bemes Academy to Bariel.

This is really lucky.

Strangely enough, I kept using the word ‘unique’ and made a suggestion to the two people who were still having a hard time talking.

“Mayness! I’m really sorry that we were late and couldn’t go to the high-class cafeteria, but Bariel prepared lunch for us!

After that, shall we take a look around Bemes Academy today and introduce the academy to Bariel one by one? Our help will greatly help Bariel adapt quickly to the academy!”

“Do you think so, Cass? Well, I was really hungry, so it was nice to have lunch! Eat deliciously and take a special tour of Bemes Academy!”

“I would really appreciate it if you could do that, you two. Then, please come with me to the seat we reserved in advance.”

So, I happily started eating various delicious sandwiches that Bariel had prepared with more care than I expected, along with sliced turkey and still-hot button mushroom stew that had been kept in an insulating tool, on the prepared mat with the two of us.

Bariel must have eaten so many macarons, but this time he spoke calmly.

However, Maynes and I were so hungry that we ended up eating all of the prepared meals.

It was even Bariel’s first home-cooked meal in years. So I could never leave it behind.

Even the expensive spices were added in a small but exquisite way.

How can I leave this behind? So, I ate it with the mindset of a pig.

I had a pleasant lunch with the two girls, under the bright midday sun and feeling the really warm spring breeze.

It’s sunny after the rain.

Fortunately, after Arien’s big tears, such a happy time came.

Unlike the happy three, Arien was only eating tear-soaked bread for lunch.

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“So! This is it! This is the fantasy training room of Bemes Academy, which boasts a murderous virtual student death rate!!! Like this! Just press the buttons! Ta-da~ A cute gremlin suddenly appeared!”

“Kkuruyuuek!”

“This is really ugly. Let’s clean it up.”

The Gremlin, a super ugly monster that appeared peacefully in a non-killing mode, split in half and disappeared in an instant when Cass launched a slash at Divaella.

“Caw! My cute Grem!”

“Mayness, it would be better to summon a cuter fairy or animal-type monster. Because the illusions here in the fantasy training room are so real.”

“Cass is really look-oriented! Grem-kun would definitely want to live a little longer! Sorry! Grem-kun!”

“It seems that Miss Mayness really likes disgusting things more than I thought.”

The two of us, a saddened Maynes and a shaken man, had fun looking around Bemes Academy’s famous illusion training room, summoning illusions.

“This is our fun resting place! It’s the Academy Library! There really are so many books!”

“If you don’t do well, you will fall victim to simple curses left by your seniors, so try not to pick up strange books. Even now, thinking about the curse from back then is truly humiliating.”

“The curse of that time? That’s because Cass was forced to turn into a woman for one day through a curse and magic, right? At that time, Cass was a small and cute 160cm tall, so the fantasy Cass who appeared as a woman was really cute!”

“Cass became my little sister for just one day? Are there any pictures or materials left behind from that time?”

“Bariel That was a big accident. I don’t know what kind of great wizard he is, but he left such a trashy curse on his junior.”

I don’t know what kind of illusion magic genius she was, but because of the illusion magic curse left in the book, she became ‘Cas (female)’, 160 cm tall and very cute!!!

My body remained the same as that of a man, but people’s perception of me had completely changed.

A truly ridiculous and amazing illusion magic curse.

I almost fainted from shock.

Fortunately, it was a holiday that day, and the illusion’s effect disappeared quickly, but Maynes, who had asked for help, naturally found out about it.

However, I was not at all worried, as I had long since personally removed many of the shameful portraits of that day, which Maynes had painted with great dexterity.

“Ta-da! I’ll give this as a gift to Bariel, who has become my friend! Cass (Female) This is the version of a very cute girl who is 160 cm tall!”

“This is truly a treasure. Cough.”

“Maynes. What on earth are you doing now? I thought I had removed all the shameful pictures from back then. This one is even perfectly colored.”

Hearing my scary voice, Maynes made an excuse and started sweating.

“Hawa! but! As an alchemist, there is no way I would ever throw away such a great design material that only brings back flashes of inspiration! And now Cass has grown and is over 180 centimeters tall! This cute girl is a completely different person now!!! So there is no problem with this anymore!”

“This is a total bust! What on earth are you thinking about other people’s portrait rights?”

“No! My Cass is ruthlessly tearing down another Cass!”

Fuck.

Should Maynes’ brain be completely destroyed?

How can you draw something like this again? This was truly an amazing display of memory.

It was very embarrassing.

But, fortunately, I was fortunate enough to have grown to a height of over 180 centimeters. Now no one will immediately think of me when they see this hideous painting.

It’s like a picture of me fully dressed as a woman. This was truly a portrait of a curse that could not help but bewilder me.

So, in the past, I praised myself for being a very tall man.

This could have been a really big problem.

The fantasy training room, the academy’s main library, the nearby wonderful parks, the downtown area where students flock, the academy’s annex with numerous club rooms, etc.

I went through many courses at Bemes Academy that were good to know.

Perhaps because I had some free time as a third grader, I felt like I was introduced better than I expected.

And before we knew it, the evening dinner came and the three of us had a delicious meal in the downtown area just introduced.

A gluttonous dinner filled with exciting medieval-style fire at a traditional restaurant was delicious.

Perhaps because we all walked a lot, we ate a lot and really enjoyed it.

The restaurant area of Bemes Academy was truly full of delicious restaurants.

As expected, it is a place where many wealthy commoners and children of nobles go.

It was difficult for the Royal Academy’s restaurant to be absolutely delicious.

And naturally, I promised to meet Mayness tomorrow, who was going to my dormitory, and then I said goodbye.

Bariel and I ended up walking alone.

It was a quiet, single road, a small, hidden road late at night leading to the S class’s upper-class dormitory. Our shoulders naturally bumped into each other.

“Cass. Today really felt like a dream. Thank you so much for escorting me so carefully today.”

“It sounds grandiose to be a sincere escort. Isn’t this between Bariel and me? This is natural.”

Stinging, even though it was still a warm spring day, there was a low sound of bugs waking up from the bitter winter.

A truly quiet and dark single road in the late evening.

The bright and lively day was already gone and the cozy sleepy night was coming.

“Cass. I was really worried. After hearing news from afar about Cass at Bemes Academy. In the letters he sent me, Cass always said it was okay and was only worried about me, but on the contrary, I was only worried about Cass.”

“I’m sorry… . Because only ugly rumors are heard.”

“No. No matter how ugly or ugly you are, you are always the same Cass to me. I am not ashamed of Cass at all.”

Bariel covered his red face against the setting sun.

My face turned red not because of the humiliating shame about Cass’s ugly past, but because I was extremely embarrassed to even talk to Cass in such a casual way while putting my arm around his shoulder.

It was a narrow road that was truly difficult to understand.

Still, Bariel gathered courage and continued talking to Cass.

“Cass. Do you still have nightmares often these days?”

“It’s gotten a lot better these days. It’s not that uncommon in this day and age for families to be torn apart… .”

For a moment, Cass thought about the family that had been completely torn apart by the guilt of treason after losing the rebellion war, and the people he was somewhat close to.

So many people died, were imprisoned, and were even sold into slavery.

Young Cass’ hands were very small, but they could contain so many people.

Even though he was an illegitimate child who was very neglected and had few close friends, strangely enough, he had more people than he expected.

The real Cass was a very nice guy, much different from me in the past.

“Cass. You don’t smile much anymore. You smiled just a little today and always had a cool expression.”

“Because now I have stopped getting beaten up like a fool.”

Cass snorted slightly and smiled back at Bariel.

After Cass became a traitor, he started laughing a lot like an idiot.

It was never an ordinary and simple reason, such as wanting to make others happy as well.

It’s definitely better to laugh like an idiot than to cry and whimper.

It was such a trivial reason. In this way, Cass was forced to adapt to sadness and pain.

Actually, Cass was originally kind-hearted, even if he was a bit of an idiot.

As I laughed like that, Cas’s terrible nightmare miraculously got a lot better.

‘I’, whose memories of being an Earthling have returned, no longer has any nightmares.

Has it become stronger, or has it become extremely dull?

I still don’t know much about this world’s Cass or the Earth’s Kim Hyun-woo.

“I sometimes have nightmares. I’m afraid that Master Cass, whom I knew, will go somewhere far away. I often woke up from my dreams because I was startled.”

“I see… … . Still, unlike in the dream, I was lucky in reality.”

“It was a truly happy, dream-like day. Today’s day with Master Cass.”

In fact, Bariel had already gathered enough information about the Academy in advance by going secretly at night for several days, so he was fully aware of most of the Academy facilities introduced by Cass and Maynes.

But strangely enough, the hard facts I knew just from being with Cass felt like they were in a completely different direction.

Unlike when I stopped by to secretly gather information, even though I knew enough about the place and facilities, I was strangely very happy, as if it was my first time visiting.

Therefore, Bariel gently surrendered himself to this burning, passionate family love and made a small request to Cass.

“Can I sleep next to Cass today like before?”

“But. Dormitory regulations have strong rules that exist between male and female students… .”

“Shh. I am also your personal maid. Cass.”

Bariel lightly placed his index finger on the lips of Cas, who was saying something sad.

Cass wiggled his eyebrows loudly, but then let out a short sigh.

There’s nothing we can do about this. In this way, Bariel was closer to a stubborn and talkative girl than to a servant.

So I had no choice but to nod.

Cass carefully opened his door and invited Bariel into the room.

In that way, an unexpectedly innocent and fragrant scent of lilies began to fill Cass’s dorm room.

Like the flower garden of white lilies in June that bloomed profusely at Liliana Academy, where Bariel attended.

Cass was truly delirious before falling asleep next to Bariel because of Bariel’s so gentle and warm familial love.