episode_0050

Immediately after the second period ended.

Not long after Professor Draco left, Mel entered the classroom.

“Lady, I’m sorry I’m late.”

“It’s okay. Things like that happen, too. Did you clean it well?”

“Yes. Everything was made like new.”

“Okay, that’s enough.”

As I nodded and put away my books, Hermel, who was staring at me blankly, started shaking.

“… … ? Sleep, Charles. Did you leave it to him to tidy up the room? … !?”

“Huh? Yes, what about it?”

“No, that. therefore. Our secret… … .”

Hermel whispered in my ear and blushed as if he was embarrassed, and I laughed and shook my head.

“It’s okay. Because Mel is a little lacking.”

“Well, what does that have to do with our secret… … ?”

I smiled slightly to reassure Hermel, who was blinking, and then looked at Mel. Mel bowed his head and fell into the distance, then looked at Hermel again and lied calmly.

“Mel has no sense. So you won’t know what we did. I just did what I told.”

“I have no sense… … ?”

“I don’t know if it’s congenital or acquired, but they say it is. In fact, I’ve seen people cut their fingers while cooking and not notice at all. Well, fortunately, he doesn’t have any problems seeing or hearing, but he has problems in everything else. So you don’t have to worry, it’s okay.”

“Ah, ah. that… … . I see… … .”

Hermel innocently nodded at what I said. Did he think that someone stronger than him would lie? It’s cute too.

Just as I was about to go up to the ground with Hermel, who was smiling as if he was finally relieved, Ceria stood in front of me.

“Charlotte, there’s something I’d like to say… … . Is the time okay?”

I wondered what was going on, was it about Sarah? Well, it was finally time to ask for help.

Although only a day and a few hours had passed, it was obvious that Sera’s condition was not normal, so it was natural for her to ask for help.

“Hermel, I’m sorry I sent you alone.”

“It’s okay. Then I’ll be there first.”

Hermel frowned, wondering if what we talked about last night had any effect, but didn’t say anything.

I called Mel and asked her to prepare for the next class, then looked at Seria.

“So, what’s going on?”

“I don’t think it’s a story worth telling here. I have no choice because I also have to take care of Sarah… … .”

Seria sighed and whispered in a low voice that would not be heard by other students.

“Sera’s condition is very bad. I haven’t been able to eat properly since yesterday, and I fell asleep from exhaustion after crying all night. It was like that again today. I barely managed to calm you down from crying and muttering your name all morning, and brought you to class… … . I don’t think it will be good if this situation continues… … .”

I wondered if that could happen in just one day, but thinking about how I made Sarah do that, I thought it was worth it.

“When he was next to me, I didn’t know because it wasn’t to that extent… … . I never thought the obsession would be that severe… … .”

“What should I do? … ?”

According to the original plan, the goal was to slowly break down Seria, turn her against her, cause damage to the class, and completely isolate her… … .

If you leave it like that, it will either commit suicide or wither before it breaks down. I still have a lot of use for it, I need to live at least another year, but it would be difficult if I died already.

“… … I thought this would cure Sarah’s obsession, but I was wrong.”

After saying that, he walked towards Sarah, who was lying face down on the desk.

“Sera.”

“Ah… … . Lady?”

At the sound of my voice, I reflexively raised my head and gently covered both of Sarah’s cheeks with my hands as she looked at me.

“Ah, ah… … .”

really… … . Like this episode and the last one, it’s annoying people anyway.

“I’m sorry… … . I’m sorry, miss… … ! I won’t do that again… … ! Please, please don’t throw it away… … !”

I smiled slightly as I saw Sarah rubbing her cheek against my hand and starting to sniffle.

“I felt like you had a new friend, so I stayed away from you on purpose… … . Sorry. I guess I was wrong.”

Okay, I thought wrong. If I had just killed Mel when I got my hands on it, I wouldn’t have had to worry about this.

“I won’t do that in the future. Promise. Even if you make a new friend, I won’t stay away from you.”

Ah, if that were the case, I wonder if Seria would have felt strange. I’m suspicious just because it’s broken like this, but it would definitely be in trouble if I really killed it. You can’t even take it out. that.

“So, let’s just stop now?”

“Inhale… … !”

Sera covered her mouth with both hands to stop crying, and I wiped away her tears with my thumb and lightly kissed her forehead when she looked away for a moment.

Then Sarah, who had been looking up at me blankly for a while, turned bright red and blinked.

“Huh?”

“The reward I was supposed to give you last time, I haven’t given it to you yet. I did it with the intention of apologizing… … . Was it bad?”

“Oh, no! great! I-I’m so happy!!”

“Hehehe, yes, yes. First, go and wash your face. Your face is a mess.”

“Ugh… … .”

Isn’t it being abandoned again? I patted Sarah on the back as she was thinking such things and told her that it was okay, and then Sarah noticed me and quietly left the classroom.

When I looked towards Seria, I made eye contact with Seria, who had a complex and subtle face that I couldn’t tell if she was happy or worried.

“As expected… … .I guess you should be there. For Sarah.”

What does this mean? Are you criticizing me for making Sarah like that? Are you jealous of me for changing what you couldn’t do with just a few words?

No, it was neither. Is it because I am a possessor, or is it something that happened? Ceria’s mind was strangely difficult to read.

… … done. Let’s not think about it. I sighed inwardly and turned my back.

“Seria. Can you follow Sarah for me?”

“And you?”

“I… … . I need to organize my thoughts. Please do me a favor.”

“Yes. okay. The next class is history, so don’t be late.”

After saying that, Seria followed Sera out first and left the classroom.

“… … Hehe.”

As soon as I felt the two people moving away, I spat on the floor. Continue until your mouth becomes dry and stuffy.

After spitting so much, I used water magic to wash the floor, which was soaked with spit, and shoved it into the gap in the corner of the classroom. After that, I wiped my lips with a handkerchief.

“Tsk.”

After burning the handkerchief that I wiped my lips with, I sighed.

I only kissed my forehead, but I felt bad. So much so that it makes me nauseous.

“I feel bad.”

I blinked at the word that came out unconsciously. Why do I feel so bad? After thinking for a while, I let out a sigh along with the sound of water falling.

“Ah.”

okay. It’s okay to feel bad because you kissed the forehead of something you don’t like. It’s natural.

After fully understanding it, I wiped my lips with my sleeve and headed to the next classroom.

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After coming back to the ground, I headed straight to the classroom.

“A little late?”

“I have work to do.”

He grinned at Hermel’s questioning and sat down. This class was history.

As I opened the history book and was skimming through it, Hermel tugged on my sleeve.

“What happened?”

Okay, I was wondering why you didn’t ask.

“Are you curious?”

Hermel nodded.

What should I do… … . I don’t think there’s any need to tell Hermel, but I thought it would be better for him to answer me obediently right now, so I covered my mouth with my fan and closed my eyes.

“Sera――There is a child who was once my maid. Maybe it was because she treated me so well when she was my maid, but at some point she started to become obsessed with me.”

“Hmm… … . So?”

“Just as I was wondering what to do, I heard that I had been accepted into the academy and thought that if I made new friends at the academy, my obsession with myself would decrease a little… … . It wasn’t.”

Hermel’s face hardened as he smiled bitterly and shook his head.

“Is it too bad?”

“Hehe, it’s okay. It’s at a level that I can resolve on my own. And I said it was an obsession… … . Well, I see. If I had to be honest, I feel like a puppy that is afraid of being abandoned, so there is no harm to me.”

“If it’s bothersome, you can just cut it out. I know most of the family names by heart, but the fact that I don’t know their names makes me look like I’m either an aristocrat on the outskirts of town or a chaff who only recently received a position.”

I shook my head again at Hermel’s words.

“Of course, Sera’s family is an unremarkable family, with the current head of the family being the second generation. Sarah was my exclusive maid for quite a long time. Regardless of the family’s status, I don’t want to treat that child so carelessly.”

“Charles… … . Are you more hotheaded than I thought?”

I never thought I would live and live and hear people call me a hustler. I almost burst out laughing, but I held it in.

Hermel looked at me with an expression that he couldn’t understand, and I just laughed at him.

“Lady, the professor is coming in.”

“Ah, yes. Thanks Mel. Hermel, let’s talk about this later when we get back to the room.”

Hermel sighed as he folded his fan and laughed.

“… … okay. If you like that.”

After saying that, Hermel rested his chin and looked ahead. I stared at him for a moment, then lowered my head and stared blankly at the first page of the history book I had read so many times that I got sick of it.

The professor who came into the classroom gave a brief self-introduction and immediately started class. I blinked my eyes as I listened to the languid voice in one ear that made me fall asleep.

‘I’m tired.’

I was so tired that I would fall asleep when I closed my eyes, so I had Mel bring me some water.

It was quite a hardship to have to listen to content I already knew all over again through boring classes, but my fatigue came from none other than the situation itself.

Hermel, who is obsessed with me in a different way than Sera, Sera, who doesn’t know where to turn, and Seria, who is the biggest obstacle in everything.

I thought I would be able to at least relax a little after finishing my family’s work, but so much happened in just two days after entering the academy.

of course. Most of it was something I had planned and put together, so the fact that I had nothing to complain to anyone made me even more tired.

“Miss, it’s water.”

“Thank you.”

Before Mel knew it, she gulped down the water she had scooped up and sighed inwardly.

It’s hard, but it’s fun, right? Both physically and mentally.

I put down the cup and slowly blinked.

‘okay.’

okay… … . When everything is over, you will be able to rest comfortably, so let’s cheer up now.

“Uh… … . therefore. What we are going to learn today is the oldest history among all of history… … . Before learning this part, let’s first talk about why we need to learn history――”

“Umm… … .”

No matter how many times I go through regression, I don’t think I’ll ever get used to this class… … .

The late aftereffects of last night and the notoriously boring professor’s class at the academy left me quite tired. In the end, I ended up dozing off while sitting upright during history class.

Fortunately, because I was in the back row and covered my mouth with a fan, the professor and other students in the class did not notice that I had dozed off during class.

Oh, no. Just one person. Only one person noticed that I dozed off.

“Phew, Charles――I guess you were tired too?”

“… … Hmm.”

It was Hermel.

Well, it can’t be helped. Because it’s even weirder that you’re sitting right next to me and you don’t know it.

Yeah, it’s my fault for falling asleep in class. What’s the reason I couldn’t sleep last night… … . I also enjoyed it, so there is no excuse. It’s true that I was wrong. therefore–

“Fuhuhu. It was so cute to nod with your eyes closed.”

“Please stop… … .”

“Anyway, you manage to sleep in that position. amazing. Sit down, fold your arms, cover your mouth with a fan… … . Did you pin it by putting your arms between your chest?”

Stop teasing me now… … !