Chapter 137 – / 137
/ 137
“..Huh?”
I took a deep breath and looked around.
What? Just now clearly… Something…
“What’s wrong? Ronius.”
“Oh, no… It’s nothing.”
When Pale looked at me strangely, I hurriedly straightened my posture and turned my gaze straight ahead. Because I don’t want to be criticized for bad behavior during regular assembly time.
But there is definitely a strange feeling of discomfort…
Discomfort?
Why did I feel that way?
“..That’s it. It’s not enough, but please look after me in the future.”
Before I knew it, the man on the podium, a male student who introduced himself as Minwoo, finished his introduction and retreated to the side of the podium. After that, the regular assembly ended with her older sister, who had been waiting next to her, coming forward and leading the rest of the proceedings.
‘But that man just now…’
Weren’t you smiling at the end?
***
Even after the regular assembly was over, the heat generated by the topic of transfer students did not show any signs of cooling down. As the students returned to the classroom, their close friends gathered together and started talking about transfer students.
It was worth it.
Transfer alone is almost unprecedented, but isn’t it also said that it was admission on the recommendation of His Majesty the Emperor? Based on the transfer student’s hair color, it was even said that he was a secret distant relative of His Majesty the Emperor. Among the royal family, there were some people whose blood was mixed with old warriors, so it could be said that it was not an entirely absurd guess.
On the other hand, Pale seemed to have lost interest in the transfer student quickly and she shrugged his shoulders.
“Shall we go back too?”
“Uh.”
“What was your first class?”
“Clearly… Was it Professor Hermann’s Introduction to Magic?”
“Damn… I guess I should sleep.”
I chuckled at Pale’s grumbling at her. Professor Hermann’s class is definitely boring. But I couldn’t be lazy like him. Because I couldn’t tarnish my sister’s reputation.
“Ronius.”
As Pale and I were leaving the main auditorium among the students, we heard a familiar voice from behind us. Pale and I stopped and waited for the owner of the voice to approach.
The current student council president of the Imperial Magic School, the eldest daughter of the Magic Tower Lord, and also my proud older sister, her name is …
“Sister Lucia..!”
I thought she would have gone straight back to the student council room with the other student council members, but for some reason, Lucia came to where Pale and I were.
“It is said that chatting during regular assembly is prohibited. Since you are a member of the student council, shouldn’t you set an example?”
“I’m sorry…”
“…”
Sister Lucia’s harsh words made me embarrassed and I scratched my nose. Pale was the one who spoke to her first her… I felt a little resentful, but she didn’t pay any attention to Pale, who had her mouth open her, and just patted me on the shoulder of her her.
“Just straighten your shoulders. Aren’t you now a member of the student council and my proud younger brother? You should always look confident and proud.”
“Okay, sister… But what happened?”
It was nice to talk to my sister, but the stares from those around me stung, so I quickly changed my conversation.
“Um… Class will start soon, so it’s a bit awkward right now… Come to the student council room when lunch time comes. I have a serious story to discuss.”
What to talk about? Suddenly, my sister was telling me something… I felt my heart pounding and had an ominous feeling at the same time, but I just nodded silently.
“Then… “
“Ah…”
Before I could react, Lucia lightly kissed my cheek and then left. I took a moment to savor the lingering scent of flaming crimson hair.
“Siscon guy.”
“What? Oh, no..!”
“Now that I’ve come… Well, I guess that’s what happened to me too… But my sister is such a beautiful person… Ugh…!”
“No, really no..!”
“Yes, yes. I understand.”
“Gun… “
My head hurt thinking that Pale’s teasing would get even worse if I started participating in student council activities in earnest. Still, my true feelings seemed to be satisfied with just receiving a kiss from my older sister, so I just twitched the corners of my mouth and quickly walked away.
…
When the bell rang signaling lunch time, I left the classroom and headed straight to the student council room. My older sister had my lunch box today, so all I had to do was go physically.
“Excuse me.”
“Come in.”
When I opened the door and went in, my sister Lucia was already sitting in her seat. I sat down in front of him, took my share of the lunch box, opened it, and said.
“What about Agnes and Sirpe?”
“Anes is probably practicing, and Sirpe is praying.”
“..There was nothing to ask.”
Senior Agnes, the vice president of the student council and the female counterpart of the head of the Imperial Knights, is a training enthusiast who matches her bloodline perfectly, so she even cuts down on her meal time to practice with her sword.
Senior Sirpe, the student council treasurer and daughter of a high priest and candidate for the next saint, prays at the school shrine at a set time every day.
They both have something in common: it is difficult to meet during lunch time.
It’s a shame that we can’t all have lunch together, but it’s also nice to have some alone time with my sister. The solemn atmosphere of the student council room also gives the illusion of warm air at this time.
“Huh?”
As I opened the lunch box lid, my eyes widened slightly. When she raises her head and looks at her sister’s face, she blushes and avoids her gaze.
“Could this be… Your sister made it?”
“Yeah, yeah…”
“Hmm…”
Students at the Imperial Magic School are basically prohibited from having servants, but they are allowed to use a small number of servants within the dormitory. And the person who usually packs lunches for me and my sister is Ms. Marida, one of my sister’s maids. Of course, her cooking skills are excellent.
And the cooking skills of the owner, Lucia, are…
I carefully picked up a side dish and tasted it.
“…”
“Huh, how are you?”
The sight of my older sister Lucia, who shows a resolute side in any test or competition, looking at me with her hands clasped together with a tense expression was truly a comical and rare scene, but I felt sorry for teasing her any further. I spoke after chewing my food thoroughly and swallowing.
“To be honest…”
“To be honest…?”
I was a little worried about lying to my sister to cheer her up, but decided to just tell her the truth. It’s probably for my sister.
“It’s very salty.”
“…”
My older sister lowered her head in response to my merciless evaluation. If her older sister had been a beastman, her ears and tail would have been droopy. I added this to cheer up my older sister.
“But it’s improved a lot compared to before, right? Now at least I can eat…”
“…”
Oops… My words came out in vain. I couldn’t finish my sentence and kept my mouth shut. Sister Lucia’s murderous eyes were glaring at me.
But soon my sister withdrew her gaze and said with a sigh:
“Phew, okay. Give it to me. Marida gave me this, so at least have this… Now, wait! Why are you still eating?”
“Huh? “What did you say?”
“They said it was very salty.”
“Yes. But my sister made it, so I can’t leave it behind.”
“Oh, idiot. Don’t say anything weird and get out of here. What should I do if something goes wrong?”
“It’s okay. Even though I’m like this, I’m strong on the inside.”
“Ugh… You’re stubborn about useless things sometimes.”
In the end, my older sister seemed to have given up and started eating her own lunch in silence.
“But didn’t you say you had something to talk about?”
“Oh, really… Look at my mind.”
Sister Lucia hit her own head and held out a piece of paper that appeared to be a letter.
“What is this…?”
“It’s a letter from my father.”
“Letter?”
A letter in this day and age… And it comes from an author named Ma Topju, who leads advanced civilization. I read the letter feeling like I was going to laugh at the combination of the extremes.
“…”
After reading the letter, I couldn’t even think of anything like laughter.
“What on earth does this mean?”
“..It’s just as written.”
“…”
I lifted her head and looked at my sister Lucia. Then she avoided looking at her sister, as if she had sinned, even though she had done anything wrong. To a sister who looks like this… I can’t say anything.
“I… I’ll just go out now.”
“Now, wait a minute..! Ronius!”
I ran out of her student council room, ignoring her sister’s attempts to stop me, and looked at the contents of her letter again. Among them, one word particularly irritated me.
‘Engagement’
“Ugh…”
I crumpled the letter and ran down the hallway. No, I tried to run.
“Oh..!”
“Oh, sorry..!”
Because I was too busy thinking about the contents of the letter to look around, I ended up bumping into someone at the corner of the hallway. I quickly lowered my head and apologized. Fortunately, the other person did not get angry and accepted my apology.
“No, it’s okay. But is this the student council room?”
“Yes, but… Oh, you are…”
Perhaps because of his long black bangs covering his eyes, this person with an unforgettable face was, of course, the transfer student from before. He definitely said his name was Minwoo.
Even though it was our first time meeting, the man pretended to be friendly and spoke to me.
“Your complexity doesn’t look good. Is something bad happening?”
“Oh, no. Nothing like that in particular…”
“Really? If you have anything to discuss, please come to my place. I will help you in any way I can.”
“Yes..?”
Consulting? Can I help you? What on earth is this man talking about?
“Then, if you’ll excuse me, I have some business to attend to in the student council room…” ” “
“Oh, yes.”
Even after the man entered the student council room, I stood there for a while.
“Something… He’s a strange person.”
Still, he didn’t seem like a bad person.
“Ah…”
I was so preoccupied with my work that I forgot to give advice to that man. My sister would hate to have her mealtimes interrupted by anyone else than me or the student council members.
“..Well, since you are a recommender of His Majesty the Emperor, I don’t think your sister will treat you carelessly either.”
It’s not my fault anyway. Um…
I said that to myself and quickly left the place.