episode_0075

“I see… ☆ Freya serves as the temporary class representative… huh? No, it’s not good for me—☆ I don’t particularly want them to perish… ♪ Not everyone joined the fight because they liked it—☆”

I held the phone to the other side due to the sweat forming on my face. As early summer passed, hot winds began to blow in earnest.

The sun heats up an etheric receiving phone as big as a public phone. It’s dry, but the sun is extremely hot in Academy City’s summer.

Eventually, summer has to come here too.

“Yes, yes… ☆ I see… In the end, all the noble children went to the outside world… Yeah, no. I understand… It has to be that way… huh. Rather, it must have been difficult for the —♪”

I was in the process of using the landline ether phone in the corner of the repair shop in the shopping district, taking turns raising my hand like that.

The bell on the door behind me rang, and a guest came in.

Ding~

Grandfather Hwata, the owner of the repair shop, who was sitting on a chair in the distance, indifferently stands up. I threw the newspaper I was reading into the corner, shook off my apron, and said hello.

“… Welcome.”

“I’m going to drop off some laundry like I did last time… ”

“Give it to me.”

The customer who came in looked at me with indifferent eyes and said.

“That young lady is answering the phone here again? By any chance, are you working part-time here?”

“What is a part-time job? Just a student around here.”

“Ah… I see.”

sense…

The identity of the customer was a dwarf resident who always came around 1pm and left his outerwear. He runs a small office in a neighboring shopping district.

‘Now that I know, I can get a glimpse of the identity of a passing person just by eavesdropping… ‘

After answering the phone here for so long, I got to know the faces of the customers who came and went. Of course, they also remembered me as a totem in front of the phone.

‘I came right after lunch, so I think about another hour has passed… ‘

As I glanced to the side and hesitated to answer the phone, Hilde spoke worriedly over the phone. Then, we continue the conversation to resolve our many worries.

“Yes, yes… ☆ I know… huh? Past life? No, that’s not it—♪ It somehow seems like that~ That’s what I’m saying—☆”

Calls that last forever.

Grandpa Hwata’s gaze towards me became increasingly stinging. But just when I feel like I need to wrap up the story, a new story keeps popping up.

“… I see. Lala, don’t worry too much about gender or identity. I love you, including those things. I can wait until you are completely sure about your feelings.”

“… Yes☆ Thank you.”

“Anyway, several May events, including midterm exams, have been canceled. The new opinion from the representatives of each school is that union representatives gather together and hold a meeting… ”

It’s even impossible to ignore because it’s about cleaning up a commotion that happened not long ago. Calling Hilde every day like this wasn’t just for the sake of having sweet talk.

Now this Academy City and … Also, it was to properly divide the roles of the two people who learned about the original knowledge.

In fact, if you think about the future,

It’s tempting to want to put an ether phone in the school, but…

‘Even if you try to install an ether phone in a school, you have to build it from scratch due to the location of the communication line or base station… doesn’t have that much money yet, so I can’t even dream of something like that.’

Last month since the incident.

As younger students become stronger and actively explore dungeons, the school’s financial situation has also improved significantly. However, there was not yet enough money to fully carry out facility construction.

If you tell Hilde this now,

I think they will pay the installation fee even if it means using their own money…

‘… I don’t want to put any more pressure on Hilde.’

Hilde was already taking on many of Academy City’s problems alone.

Just for her to be considerate so that I can focus on what [the three heroes] left behind… I felt like I was already putting enough pressure on myself.

As a senior at , this was something I had to solve someday.

‘No matter how much you think about it, if you start relying on your lover financially… There are no limits, that’s not real… ‘

I myself am afraid of becoming insensitive to requests. I didn’t want to become someone who cleverly took advantage of Hilde’s love and Pretty Filter’s shamelessness.

The sensibilities of a member of society that emerged after a long time.

I stopped twisting my fingers on the phone cord and gathered my thoughts.

“… ”

There are already enough stories worth sharing. Continuing the phone call like this would be a nuisance to Grandpa Hwata of the repair shop.

We decided to end today’s regular contact appropriately. The moment we asked each other how we were doing for the last time and were about to put the phone down…

“… ”

“… ”

… Hilde on the other end of the phone stayed still without hanging up. Her breathing sounded faintly expectant, as if she was waiting.

hmm.

Any way you look at it, that’s it.

It’s already been a month since we became a community with a shared destiny and something equivalent to lovers. Now, I’m starting to get to know the way she behaves when she’s acting like a child.

‘I thought he was just cool, but he was secretly very obsessed and foolish… ‘It’s even scarier because I don’t say it out loud.’

If I had had more diverse relationships in my past life, I would have been able to catch more signals. This alone was quite a revolutionary development for me.

“… ”

I looked around before giving a final touch.

sense…

No matter how much you wear a pretty girl skin and get help from pretty filters… It was equally embarrassing to show to others.

“… ”

The man in the outer garment and the old man Hwata finished their conversation and dispersed to do their own business. Now, no one around here is watching my actions.

“Then… ☆”

I put my mouth to the phone like a sparrow pecking at water. And then he pressed his lips into it as if making a seal.

Side—☆

“… Let’s call again—☆”

“… Yes.”

Click—

“… ”

to be honest… Even though she knew that in her past life, she was a man old enough to age, Hilde’s sensibility in actively asking for this kind of chicken behavior… In a way, it was even scary.

But what…

Aside from wearing out your lips, what is there that you can’t do?

After wiping the phone, I approached Grandpa Hwata and said thank you.

“… ”

Then Grandpa Hwata glanced in this direction and said.

“Are you in love?”

“Oh—☆”

Oh, I got caught—☆

But I’ve never said I love you openly on the phone… ?

I also used my cognitive ability to check that no one was around for skinship… Above all, I thoroughly wiped the saliva off my phone.

Grandpa Hwata glanced at me in slight surprise, then quickly shook his head.

“It’s obvious, bitch. It’s all clear.”

“Oh wow☆ Did you overhear Lady’s entire conversation—♪ That’s what a very bad adult would do~☆”

“It’s been a while since I got on your nerves because it’s so loud.”

“Oh my… ☆”

Grandpa Hwata said, shaking his face as if he were swatting away flies with his mechanical palm.

“Kkkk… Face bitch. The face is different.”

“Eol… cave… ?”

“It is noticeable that the bitch who has always been rude without any restraint is suddenly trying to show that she is smiling and laughing heartily. Tsk tsk tsk… ”

“Ahaha… ☆”

Is that so?

Hearing Grandpa Hwata’s words, I suddenly rubbed my face with my palm…

indeed.

I noticed that the corners of my mouth were slightly turning up.

“… ”

As I caressed my face and hesitated, Grandpa Hwata spoke in an indifferent tone.

“It’s a good time. So, don’t be burdened and count the good times as good times. Clara.”

“… Ahaha☆ Thank you—☆”

“Aren’t you also a student before you are a senior?”

“Thank you… ”

Grandfather Hwata of the repair shop waving his hands.

I bowed my head and sat down on the red chopping board set up in front of the store. And then I went back to school along the hill of .

Charring—☆

“… ”

Grandfather Hwata’s last words kept coming to my mind on the way home.

*

Temporary office of .

The main building of the student council, which was safe from the attack of the [Snake of Wisdom and Circulation], was opened as a refuge for those who had nowhere to go on Golden Street.

The executives of the rented a small office nearby and were doing administrative work. However, a sudden thunderclap began to echo from the student council president’s office next to the office.

Rumbling—

Rumbling—

Rumbling—

“… ”

Belle, who was organizing a mountain of documents, covered her ears with a cotton ball. It may have happened once or twice, but there was nothing unnecessary about the gesture.

“… ”

Rumbling—

Rumbling—

Rumbling—

A sound that rings ceaselessly, like a thunderbolt during the unseasonable rainy season. And Ziklinde, who was sorting out documents right next to me, murmured like a sob.

“Chairman… The Chairman said that… A face like that… That can’t be… What about that pink hair… !”

“… ”

Belle remained silent even after hearing those words through the cotton ball.

Although Sieclinde and I were the same age, we could not understand such endless admiration for the boss. After all, isn’t the boss also a girl in her prime?

‘What on earth do you think of a student council president…? ‘

As Bell looked at the black wolf ears that were still trembling, he thought of the only normal person sent to .

‘Sister Erda… Why on earth did you throw the vice president to that brain-muscle wolf? Thanks to that, I’m the only one who can do the work.’

Bell sighed, recalling the situation in the eastern region, which had now been completely reorganized around .

‘When I was alone outside, it was leisurely and nice.’

To be precise, he was missing the situation in the eastern garrison, which was now completely under the jurisdiction of . I felt freer and better back then when I had the head of a snake than now when I have the tail of a dragon.

“Whew… ”

Suddenly—!

To the sound of Bell’s sigh, the student council president’s office in the temporary office opened. At the sound, even executives and students who were doing administrative work stood up.

In front of the door, Student Council President Brunhild stood expressionless.

“… !”

“… !”

Upright!

As soon as Sieclinde saw that face, his grim face relaxed and he quickly reported with a stern attitude like that of a soldier.

“There is no problem with the work progress so far, Chairman!”

“… It’s Ziklinde.”

“Yes, Chairman!”

“Love… Have you ever been in love?”

“Yes… ?”

… ?

What are you talking about?

For regular students from , who only learn commands and obedience, the question was too difficult.

Regardless of their embarrassment.

Brunhild hurriedly entered the office and flopped down on the chair. Then he looked blankly into space and muttered.

“Love, love is… It is great.”

“… ?”

“… ?”

“I never thought the world would look so beautiful… ”

“… ”

“… ”

“Phew… Please hurry and find your own destiny. I never thought love could help boost morale so much… !”

“Yes, I understand!”

“Yes, I understand!”

While everyone moves their mouths and repeats in unison.

Belle quietly opened her mouth and thought earnestly to herself.

‘Sister Erda… Please come back… ! There are only idiots here… !’

*

Back to school.

Before I knew it, the juniors who had returned from exploring the dungeon were taking off their gear and washing up under the tap.

“Yay—☆ Welcome~!”

“Uh, senior!”

Albit threw away the knee pads that were in the middle of washing off the dirt, ran barefoot, and then hastily returned to the water tap.

“Attettette… !”

“Really… It got hot in the sun, so I told you not to walk there barefoot.”

“Hehe, I thought it would be okay because I wet it with water.”

“What are you saying… ”

Oooooh—!

In response to Rota’s scolding, an orange cat appeared from nowhere and ran towards me with a slipper in its mouth.

Albit put the soles of his feet, which were shiny with water, into his slippers, and ran towards this direction again.

“Welcome, senior! Is the contact over?”

“Yes☆ They say Academy City is peaceful today—☆”

“I still can’t believe that my senior is in such a relationship with the student union president. And before I knew it, I was regaining my strength… ”

“Ahaha… ☆ So I asked you to trust me~”

“No matter how you look at it, you have to be able to trust it.”

Albit looks at me with a subtle expression.

“… ”

I smiled bitterly as I looked at that face.

Hilde was the only one who heard the story of the [Golden Witch], and I myself did not have the confidence to tell the whole truth to my juniors. In the end, rather than telling my juniors the complete truth, I only told them that the situation had improved.

I’m slowly getting stronger again.

[Faded Spiral] is a distorted version of the story of the Beast God…

‘Actually, the focus is just a little different, but it’s not a lie.’

That alone made them believe me.

‘Someday, when everything has passed, I want to tell you my story.’

Not yet.

It didn’t seem like the time was right yet.

At least when all the weapons of the [three heroes] are gathered…

I felt like I could talk with the [fate] of this world.

“… ”

While thinking about that, I looked at Arbit.

She was wearing short-sleeved summer clothes because the weather had gotten hotter. The student council coat had been put away in the closet.

Albit said, moving his white arms, exposed by short sleeves, back and forth.

“Anyway, the summer clothes are all good, but since I don’t have a coat, it’s difficult because it gets dirty right away… ”

“Is that so? I actually like that laundry is easy—☆”

“If you are afraid of getting dirty in the first place, you can just not wear clothes… ?”

“Hey, do you think that makes sense?”

Lotta, Kara, me too… Everyone changed into short-sleeved summer clothes. However, Albitman, the student council president, was wearing an armband with the school’s emblem on his right forearm.

Our student council president.

Albit suddenly looked at me and said.

“By the way, are you preparing for your final exams well?”

“Ahahahaha… ☆”

Heroes don’t study.