episode_0046
by fnovelpia“Now, you can come and give me a hug.”
Hwii hwii. Elle, who was almost lying down on the sofa, gently waved her arms.
“······.”
That face was quite unpleasant to look at. The corners of L’s mouth turned up as if she had no intention of hiding her joy.
“Are you serious?”
“Oh my, have I ever played a prank in a situation like this?”
Revan’s brow furrowed at the sound of no conscience. L’s smile grew brighter when she saw that. It was definitely more fun to see the reactions with bare faces.
‘Well, there’s really no way it’s coming.’
El’s strangely confident attitude had its own basis.
First of all, in El’s opinion, Revan did not prefer interacting with women.
Even when he first met him, he didn’t do anything to show off excessively, and Benny, who had an acceptable face, treated him coldly as soon as he figured out his personality.
Even Elle, a fellow woman, had no hesitation in confronting Sonia, who was also beautiful. In other words, Revan has little interest in the opposite sex. L, who didn’t know the inside story, thought so.
In some ways, this current action, which seems bold, was both a prank to tease Revan and an action to make him self-conscious. It was truly a win-win move.
However, there is one thing that El overlooked.
Revan’s personality cannot be said to be bad, but it is also difficult to say that it is good. The reason why Revan treats El like a senior is also thanks to him breaking away from the green-haired human side and meeting someone who respects him for the first time in a long time.
If there is one clear characteristic of Revan’s personality that is difficult to describe, it is that he absolutely hates losing. It fits very well with what people often say is evil.
Revan has already been driven to the edge by being questioned about why he erased the scars on his face. I had no desire to lose anymore.
“Ugh, hmm?!”
Jump and jump. Revan walked towards El without saying a word. It was a confident step without any hesitation.
As he got closer to the sofa, Revan saw the corners of El’s mouth tremble slightly with each step.
It’s a bluff. A line was drawn at the corner of Revan’s mouth. Slurp. Revan headed to the sofa and placed himself next to El.
“Senior. Isn’t that really a hug? I’m not a person who makes a fuss about things like that.”
“Then shouldn’t you just come into my arms proudly?”
“I tried to do that at first. But now that I think about it, isn’t there a slight difference in body size between me and you?”
L is also not short for a woman. Slightly larger than average.
However, Revan was also taller than the average male. The top of El’s head is located near Revan’s chin.
Huh. Revan opened his arms towards El, who was sitting right next to him. Then he smiled and opened his mouth.
“I think it would be better if you hugged me. If I hug you from above, doesn’t it feel like I’m crushing you?”
I flinch. The muscles around L’s eyes moved. It was a reaction as if they had accepted an unexpected scenario.
However, L also cannot be defeated by stubbornness. No matter how much his parents and friends (who were a bit older in age) tried to stop him, he insisted on enrolling in Geoff, saying he needed a diploma, and with his will and pride.
“Ha! Do you think I can’t do it?”
El got up from her half-lying position on the sofa and threw herself at Revan. It looked like a fox chasing its prey in a snow field.
***
“······.”
“······.”
El, who excitedly threw his body, and Revan, who gently caught it. Their two bodies overlapped.
One interesting thing is that the mouths of the two people, which were moving actively until just a moment ago, are not moving at all. There was only silence in the eastern room.
I am lying on the sofa in a room with no sound. Thump thump. A subtle but increasingly faster heartbeat passed through each other’s ears.
Neither of them moved away from that delicate atmosphere. A battle between two self-respecting idiots was unfolding in silence.
“Well, senior?”
“Yes, yes?”
After a moment of silence, it was Revan who spoke first. flinch! L’s body trembled at the sound of a voice coming from close to her ear.
“No experiments?”
Experiment. L’s eyes returned to focus on those two letters. It was only half an excuse, but the purpose of the experiment clearly existed.
“Oh, just a moment…”
Ugh – El stretched her hand from the sofa towards the desk. It was to get a piece of the fairy’s handkerchief.
He grunted and stretched out his arms over Revan’s body, thinking that he could just get up from the sofa and take off one piece. However, the distance to the flower pot was longer than expected.
“That’s it…?”
As I twisted my body and managed to pull off a single leaf, my body, which had been staggering with my arms stretched out, tilted and lost its balance. At the moment when El’s body was about to hit the floor, Revan stretched out his arm.
“Oh my.”
“······!”
Revan succeeded in snatching El’s body. It was very fortunate that no one was hurt.
However, the posture was a little embarrassing. Because the body that was trying to lean forward was snatched, it ended up as if Revan was hugging El from behind. In the end, L, whose face was so red as if it was about to burst, couldn’t bear it anymore and opened her mouth.
“no, let go-”
“Yes? I want you to speak clearly. Senior.”
Huuu – L took a deep breath and quietly muttered in a voice filled with shame that seemed to be squeezing out of her lungs.
“···Won’t you let go?”
It was Revan’s victory, avenging his earlier defeat.
***
After that, normal experiments continued. This is not an act of love under the guise of an experiment.
“Hmm, this is about it.”
El nodded, looking at the fairy’s handkerchief that was still intact on Revan’s palm. After several experiments, they succeeded in obtaining the concentration of mana needed to control the poison emitted from Revan’s body.
“The area of the contact area doesn’t really matter.”
I flinch. L’s body trembled for a moment. Because of the angle, only the back of his head was visible, but Revan could clearly see what expression El was making right now.
“···I don’t like juniors who make fun of their seniors.”
“Wasn’t it you who started first?”
In response to L’s unusually timid question, Revan raised his hand and joked. El had no choice but to admit it. The battle between two idiots with strong pride ended in their defeat.
“Junior?”
“Yes.”
“I will stop by Annika senior’s house two days later. Is that correct?”
El brought up the name of Annika, Werner’s (supposed) lover, whom he met at the workshop not long ago. There seemed to be an intention to change the topic, but Revan just ignored it. It was like repaying the consideration from earlier.
“He told me to visit him at any time. With senior Werner.”
Not long ago, when El and Revan asked about the schedule, Annika answered in a low voice that it was okay to come anytime with Werner.
One unique thing is that even in that small voice, the three letters ‘Werner’ clearly contained power. L’s face, grinning sinisterly at that sight, was still clearly visible.
“We have obtained the concentration and amount of mana necessary to control the poison of our junior, and there is not much left to do as long as we check whether magic related to the mind is in effect. We promised to borrow the power of the Chilwell family to manufacture the purifier.”
Revan did not specifically ask what was left. Once the purifier was completed, it was time to say goodbye to gas masks.
The moment Revan heard that he was taking off his gas mask, his face hardened. It was definitely a good thing, but every time I thought about facing Sonia with a bare face, my body stiffened like a conditioned reflex.
But now Revan was not alone. El, seeing his stiff face, smiled and looked at Revan.
“When the purifier is completed. Is there somewhere you want to go?”
“···Why do you ask that?”
“After graduating from the academy, you don’t go straight beyond the wall, do you? Or, you can take a short vacation and go on a trip.”
“···You can still go now. It’s not like you can’t enter because you’re wearing a gas mask.”
“A. It will be completely different from breathing in the local air and feeling the wind in your face.”
Hmm. Revan thought deeply after hearing the unexpected question. This is a place I want to go. It was a topic I had never thought about before. Revan’s life so far has been about focusing on living day by day.
A memory flashed through Revan’s mind as he pondered so much. During the days when she was a slave in the arena, Vivian would talk about her hometown with longing.
-ah. want to go home.
-Is there anyone here who isn’t like that?
-I lived in a mountain valley. Deep in the forest, out of reach of outsiders. Clean air. Lush forest. Chirping birds and fruit-bearing bushes. The babbling stream… I miss it all. It’s so noisy and gloomy here…
However, Vivian never returned to her hometown while she was alive. Revan opened his mouth in a subdued voice as he remembered Vivian dying, shedding blood as red as her own hair.
“···I want to go to the mountains.”
“The mountain is also behind the academy.”
“Not in such an ambiguous place. It is a lush and proper mountain.”
Revan’s face, speaking in a subdued voice, was stiff, but at the same time, it was filled with various emotions. To El’s eyes, that facial expression seemed full of regret.
So L deliberately raised her pitch and opened her mouth energetically. Because I didn’t want to see Revan’s face like that.
“Forest! I know where the best forests on the continent are. It’s a place that not everyone can go to, but if you’re a junior, I’ll take you specially through my network.”
L was putting her hand on her chest and making a boastful pose. Revan also found out without difficulty. That he intentionally made an exaggerated gesture for his own benefit. Revan, who saw that, smiled and nodded.
“I look forward to it.”
In this way, the experiment, which continued like a wild play, came to an end. With the two becoming closer.
***
A research center in Rono located in a corner of the continent. It was the headquarters of Faust and the birthplace of Revan as a modified human.
The laboratory, where experiments would normally be conducted in a busy atmosphere, was filled with uninvited guests and a chaotic atmosphere. And in the center of it all, Faust’s first assistant, Carter, was lying in disrepair.
“Kuhhh-!”
“Ka, Carter!”
The researcher who was supplying chocolate to Faust shouted in astonishment. Wow! A strong kick landed in Carter’s stomach. Blood was flowing out of Carter’s mouth after being hit so hard.
“I guess I underestimated my younger brother too much. Isn’t that right?”
A young-looking man with blond hair beckoned. A middle-aged man who looked stern at first glance saw the gesture and forcibly lifted Carter’s hair, who was sitting on the floor.
“Ack, ah…”
Carter’s moans were low and desperate. Because I ran out of strength to even shout out loud.
“Growing modified humans into heroes… Wow! I’ve seen you since I was young, but you have great hair.”
The owner of a light voice without any seriousness. The head of the Wetzler family and Arrieta’s older brother. Antonio Wetzler looked Carter in the eye.
“The plan made by that guy named Revan and my younger brother. Tell me what you know. Then I’ll finish it off in the best way possible. Got it?”
The face that had turned a person into a blood clot was filled with a refreshing smile without any guilt or agitation. Carter’s eyes. No, my whole body was shaking with fear.
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