episode_0150

When Adele washed up and returned to the tent, the atmosphere in the tent was extremely awkward.

Elsie still hasn’t returned, perhaps because she’s being scolded by Harvey.

Diane and Amelia… … We see each other quite often, and we almost always sit close to each other in class, so it seems like we’re close, but if you think about it, we weren’t really that close.

Amelia basically acts friendly to Elsie, and she also acts friendly to other people who Elsie treats friendly.

However, it was questionable whether that was because Amelia herself wanted to go.

If Diane and Adele have been treating each other almost informally for some time, Amelia has a wall, albeit low. A wall that puts Elsie and herself inside it and prevents them from crossing over.

Although it is low and the inside is clearly visible.

So, if it was just the two of us like this, it might be a little awkward.

but… …

“… … .”

Hmm, I think the atmosphere is a little different from that.

Diane was avoiding Amelia’s eyes, but Amelia was looking at Diane calmly. Rather than an uncomfortable relationship between the two, it meant that Diane was one-sided.

“What happened?”

Adele said as she came fully inside the tent with a towel around her neck.

“We shared a little personal story.”

“Personal story?”

Adele tilted her head, but neither Diane nor Amelia seemed to have any intention of telling me what the story was.

I felt strange for a moment.

And when Adele realized the true nature of that feeling, she was surprised.

Surprisingly, the true identity of that feeling was jealousy.

There is no reason for Adele to be jealous of Amelia. Although Elsie and Amelia are very close, Adele has no intention of getting into that relationship. She and Elsie were friends anyway.

Amelia had a lot of things, but that was unavoidable because her position was different from the moment she was born. If Amelia used that power to threaten or harass Adele, Amelia treated Adele as a friend, so she didn’t bother to go behind the scenes. There was no need to think about power.

But, this feeling right now… …

When I thought about it, Adele seemed to think that she had formed a secret relationship with Diane.

Diane was the only person to whom Adele wrote letters of personal thoughts in that way.

Likewise, of course she may not, but with a very high probability, Diane will too.

Diane, who often used harsh words on the outside, became much softer in her letters. She spoke honestly about her feelings and talked about trivial things in detail, as if she had taken off the mask she usually wore.

To think that Diane ended up sharing a rather uncomfortable secret with someone other than Adele—

“… … .”

Adele gathered her thoughts with her lips tightly pursed and let out a small breath.

Well, it must have been a mistake to begin with.

Diane always had many friends, so she must have exchanged those kinds of letters often.

Adel was probably just one of them.

Thinking like that, Adele was about to find her seat—but then she stopped walking.

Although it is said to be a large tent, it is ultimately smaller than a room in a mansion. It is okay for just staying outside for a while, but it is too narrow to accommodate four people continuously.

Therefore, there was no space other than two double beds.

And Adele shared the same bed as Diane.

So, all I had to do was go sit next to Diane—but for some reason, I didn’t want to do that. Maybe it was because the fantasy had been shattered just a moment ago.

It wasn’t Diane’s fault. It was just Adele’s imagination.

For a moment, I stood there unable to decide which direction to take,

Suddenly Diane woke up.

Then, with my eyes focused, I looked straight at Adele.

Diane took a deep breath and puffed out her chest.

“Ah, Adele!”

And he called Adele loudly.

“Yes, yes?”

Adele was taken aback by Diane’s loud voice and responded.

“Now, wait a minute, hahahaha, I have something to say!”

“… … .”

As Adele just stood there staring at the road with her eyes wide open and her mouth slightly open, Diane’s face turned red.

No, it turned blue.

No, it was both.

She turned blue, turned red, but it wasn’t a fuss. Adele usually enjoyed seeing Diane embarrassed, but at this point, she was a little worried about Diane.

I wonder if there might be a problem with my circulatory system.

“Diane, are you okay?”

“I’m fine!? Rather, I have something to say quickly!”

“Ah, uh… … Really?”

When Adele answered blankly, Diane reached out and grabbed Adele’s right hand and pulled it.

It seemed like Diane would really cry if she stood here, so Adele just followed the direction the hand led.

When I looked at Amelia, she just had an inexplicable smile on her face.

“Uh, Diane? Adele?”

As the two were leaving the tent, Elsie, who was about to enter the tent, asked with a puzzled expression. It was only natural because Diane’s face was amazing in many ways.

“I’m sorry. I want to talk to you for a while.”

When Adele said that, Elsie tilted her head and moved to the side.

Diane grabbed Adele’s hand and dragged her into the nearby forest.

What on earth are you going to talk about? … ?

Adele thought while looking blankly at Diane’s bun hair, which was more unkempt than usual.

*

My brother broke my heart.

Oh, of course, I didn’t hear any harsh words. My brother or other brothers would have been hit on the head—perhaps if they were hit properly by people outside of Delki City, their skulls would have been split—but even though I look like this, I grew up with the forbidden jade leaves in Delki City.’ Because it was a ‘little lady’.

Even now that she’s grown, she’ll still be treated like a little girl. Well, the little girl in Delki City was a girl who rolled around in the white snow wearing clothes made of roughly tanned animal skins, but that wasn’t even a thing in Delki City.

Anyway, no matter how much I wanted to refute, everything my brother said was within the common sense of nobles, so I didn’t have the courage to refute anything.

In particular, the story was about Amelia’s safety, not my safety.

I was definitely careless. I might not have been hurt, but Amelia could have been hurt.

No matter how many times I saw a fight with something non-human during my childhood, I should not forget that humans can also harm others.

Finally, after listening to the sermon for a while, I heard that it was okay to watch now, and as I slowly returned to the tent we had set up, I ran into two people coming out.

Diane holding Adele’s hand.

His face was bright red, but his mouth was tightly closed, giving him a very serious expression.

First, move aside to clear the way, then go inside the tent—

“Ah, are you here?”

I ran into Amelia, who was preparing to follow right behind me.

“Then let’s follow right away.”

“Huh?”

As soon as I got to the tent, I heard that sound and didn’t understand the situation for a moment. When I asked back, Amelia smiled and said,

“An extremely important event is about to occur.”

“Event?”

What is an event?

“Hurry up. Don’t miss it. I’ll follow you and tell you the details.”

Amelia said with a bright expression and stabbed me in the back, so I went out of the tent.

And I listened to the story of Diane and Adele, who went out first with Amelia, following them from a distance.

“So, you’re saying that Diane is now trying to ask for forgiveness for what happened back then?”

“Okay. So it’s an incredibly important event, right? If you miss it, you’ll probably regret it for the rest of your life.”

… … Oh, that’s right. Come to think of it, Amelia was a girl who really liked romantic fantasy.

Even in the novels I read, I was almost familiar with the original work.

Of course, remembering all the details was, in fact, allowed by a novel. It’s strange to know most of the common sense of the world just by reading a novel.

But to put it on the other hand, the Amelia who exists in front of me right now is actually that kind of person.

The moment when the main character of your favorite novel might end up with someone else.

I understand that this is an event you don’t want to miss.

And, I clearly understood the other part of what that meant.

“I thought Adele might end up with someone else, but I never thought it would unfold like this.”

Amelia didn’t show the slightest regret that Adele or Diane were with someone else.

I was just a little excited with a slightly flushed face.

In other words, neither of the two people thought of themselves as ‘the person who would be connected to them’.

I liked that a little more than the connection between Adele and Diane.