episode_0049

“Oh, I’m sorry…”

When the door was opened, Elisias blushed and twisted her body as if embarrassed.

The tips of Elisias’s hair were wet, as if he had just come out of a bath, and small beads of sweat were falling on Elisias’ cheeks along his jaw line, as the heat had not yet subsided.

“Oh, no…but why…are you wearing only a gown…”

Elisias’ white skin is clearly visible through the gap between the white bathrobe. Elisias smiled sheepishly while his pupils were shaking because he didn’t know where to put his eyes.

“Dad, I want to quickly show you that I have grown up…haha…”

He talks and laughs so awkwardly.

Maybe it was because I usually soaked in a bathtub filled with roses, but when the faint scent of roses tickled my nose, the dark feelings that had been hidden in my heart began to move little by little.

“Once you come in”

As soon as I finish speaking, Elisias passes me and enters the room.

Elisias went to my bed and sat down on the edge. I followed behind and headed to the table thinking I should have some tea.

“Would you like some tea?”

This strangely awkward silence was extremely uncomfortable, so I asked.

“Ah, the car…is done…”

Elisias trailed off and urged me.

I felt uncomfortable about going to the seat next to him, so I dragged a chair from the table and sat down across from Elisias. Then Elisias tilted his head.

“Are you not going to sit next to me?”

I smiled sheepishly as I watched Elisias express his disappointment about something.

I feel like I’m going to explode…

I almost said what I wanted to say at that moment, but I quickly came to my senses and shook my head.

“Oh, no. Then, can you cast the light magic like last time?”

Elisias nodded as he took out a pocket watch from his pocket and checked the current time.

“Light”

When I snap my fingers, light lingers at the tips of my fingers, just like last time. I quietly looked at the light lingering at the tips of Elisias’ fingers.

Elisias looked at me with a grin as I was mesmerized by the mysterious existence of magic no matter how many times I saw it.

“Harry, do you think this magic is so amazing?”

“Hmm…”

In fact, magic itself is amazing. As I was about to answer, I thought about it and realized that Elisias still believes that I am a seeker.

It was Elisias’s fault for making a mistake, but my fault for taking it for granted and lying was bigger, so I decided to keep my mouth shut to protect Elisias’ innocence.

“Harry…”

As I closed my mouth and waited for the light magic to end, Elisias clenched her fists as if she was making a promise and looked at me with straight eyes and said.

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“Hmm…so you want to have me as your teacher?”

Amy raised her head as if lost in thought for a while, then crossed her arms and tapped her fingers while saying “hm…”.

“As I said…I have no experience dating the opposite sex…that’s why I need your help. So…I want you to let me know.”

“Actually, Elisias has a nice body and a pretty face, so I think any guy would fall for her as long as she actively pursues him, but…you don’t want that, right?”

I nodded at Amy’s answer.

Although Amy complimented my appearance, I am not proud of my appearance.

If you look sharp, you may not have a good personality. Because I only heard that, I never once thought that my face was beautiful.

“Well, think of that as the next best option… Then wait a minute.”

Amy stood up as she spoke, took a small notebook and pen from the dresser, wrote something down, and handed it to me. I received the notebook and looked through each page.

“This is…”

What was written in the notebook was none other than a method to make the opposite sex mine.

It was no exaggeration to say that this article contained exactly the information I needed.

“Well…actually…there’s nothing stupid about learning about love through writing, but wouldn’t it be good to have some reference?”

Amy, who was looking at me immersed in my notebook in a state where everything is one, made a worried expression and let out a small sigh.

“But there is something to be careful about.”

“Something to be careful about?”

When I asked, Amy raised her finger.

“Does that person have a crush on Mr. Elisias?”

That question felt like a hard slap to my head, and I froze, unable to move. My body was like a frozen icicle on a winter day.

An icicle that looks like it will break and fall if you touch it.

“I’m not sure about that, but…”

Amy looked a little troubled by my uncertain answer.

“Actually… If you want to flirt with anything, it works only when you have a certain level of liking for it. Because even if you actively court someone without liking them, it will be a burden on the other person.”

When I looked at Amy with an expression of not understanding, she took back the notebook she had given me and explained it to me one by one.

“For example, um…skinship is sometimes bold…what do you think it would be like if the other person without any feelings suddenly grabs Elisias’ hand?”

I thought of an image once.

A situation where a person on the street suddenly grabs my hand and tries to woo me.

“I think I might not like that…”

When I frowned, Amy grinned and nodded.

“Similarly, if a person without any feelings suddenly makes contact with you and makes a dash, you will feel burdened and rejected.”

Only then did I nod my head and understand what those words meant.

“Well, there is a way to use natural skinship, but Elisias seems to be bound to fail at that, so he wrote that it is better to use bold skinship sometimes…”

“My, on what basis do you say that I will absolutely fail!”

I answered a little bluntly, feeling like I was being looked down upon, and Amy smiled at me as if she was looking at a cute doll.

“Now, pretend that you are that man and try to hold my hand naturally.”

Is it that difficult to hold hands? Didn’t Harry hold out his hand to me the first time I saw him?

I may not understand, but I decided to give it a try, so I closed my eyes and hypnotized myself.

And slowly open your eyes. The person in front of me is Harry, not Amy.

After brainwashing her again and again, her vision began to fluctuate, and Amy began to really look like Harry.

As soon as I saw that face, my head boiled like a kettle on a fire to brew tea.

Now all I have to do is fold my hand naturally onto that hand. It’s not that difficult.

All you have to do is to naturally fold your hands on top of each other.

Cancer is not difficult. It’s not difficult…but…what are you saying…?

“Hmm…well, the weather is really nice today…isn’t it?”

As he said that, he slowly tried to place his hand on the back of his hand, and the hand went in like a mole.

“Ding ding ding! It doesn’t look natural at all! What on earth is that boring comment?”

When I came to my senses, the man in front of me had gone somewhere and Amy was in front of me, urging me on.

“You saw it, right? Doing things naturally is only possible when you have accumulated experience, so I recommend just going boldly… but…”

“That also works when there is a certain level of favor… Is that right?”

When I asked again whether I had understood correctly, Amy nodded her head carefully as if she had answered correctly.

“Is there any other way to check that?”

Amy was deep in thought and snapped her fingers.

“Oh, there is one magic word.”

“Magic word?”

When I heard the good news and jumped up from my seat to ask, Amy motioned for me to calm down and sat me down again, but I couldn’t calm my excitement.

“You also need to use this well according to the situation. If this magic word works, it’s game over, but if not, you should also consider the next best solution from before.”

As Amy said that, she glanced at me as if to say, “Can you do it”?

“What is that?”

As I swallowed my saliva and spoke, Amy repeated the motion of opening and closing her mouth as if hesitating, and then gestured with her hand as if to come closer to me.

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As I hesitated to speak, the light in my hand flickered slightly and then went out.

This small dark room was once again filled with only the light of the candle and I held my breath.

“Hmm… The time it took now is 38 minutes and 20 seconds… If the maximum mana is 2300, excluding the pendant… 2000, then a total of 15 levels… Wow, you’ve raised 12 levels in this short period of time ◦# ◦

The man in front of me seems surprised, spouting out arithmetic he doesn’t know or words that are difficult to understand, perhaps knowing that I feel the need for courage right now.

“You’ve definitely become much stronger at this level, Elisias! Could this operation really go very smoothly?”

He holds my hand and is happy. Could it be that this is what Amy refers to as natural skinship? He said that natural skinship definitely comes from many experiences.

So does Harry have a lot of experience with women?

As I think about that, another irritating feeling blooms in my heart.

“What, what’s wrong?”

I pouted and pulled my hand away, and Harry looked at me with a puzzled look on his face.

A foolish and strange man. What is it that makes me like this man? They really don’t seem to be interested in me at all.

“Your face has been red since a while ago…aren’t you really unwell?”

There seemed to be no lies in his worried expression. As if he was really worried about my body, he even brought a blanket and handed it to me.

Come to think of it, I’ve seen blankets handed to me like this before at the library.

A smile slowly appears. And Harry, perhaps seeing my expression, took a deep breath with a look on his face and sat down again.

“There are a lot of other magics you can learn now, so let’s go back to the library together later.”

“Yes…I will do that…”

“And be sure to dry your hair properly or you’ll catch a cold.”

I definitely fell in love with this man because of his small consideration and need for me. So what about you? Do you really not care about me at all?

“Harry…”

I held on tightly to the sleeve of Harry’s clothes as he tried to get up.

“Huh?”

When he asked me why, I took a deep breath and gritted my teeth.

All you have to do is spit out the magic words that Amy said, the magic words that will tell you if you have a crush on me or not. But those words rarely come out.

If possible, I want to bring out my heart and show it. I wanted to prove to you that my heart is shaking and beating so much because of you.

If you love someone, no matter how weak you are, you will have the strength to overcome any adversity and do anything. So honey…I hope you give me courage.

“Harry…what is my relationship with you?”