Chapter 115 – What Is the Name ■■■■?
“Ha-“
A sigh came out of my mouth even though I was living the life I dreamed of.
The best women ‘s’ and a life like a lame without worrying about money. Even though there is no ideal life beyond this line by my standards, my heart is disturbed right now.
‘I feel stuffy inside…’
It was a strong body that could not be bothered to eat sweet potato fries standing on its hands, but it felt cramped as if a heavy weight stone had been placed on its chest.
Even if the weather is sunny, the waiting time bomb doesn’t explode, so my head is always complicated these days.
‘Have you opened it already? The possibility that the real Robert handled it…’
Infinitely close to 0. It’s not even capable of opening it and meeting the second wanderer and running away.
Nevertheless, the number of cases was large. I can’t help but sigh when I try to think of various things with my already lacking head.
Now that Robert and Isaac met, it was the timing for the second dimension to open, but there was no news to say, so I couldn’t enjoy this calm and relaxed atmosphere as it is.
While sitting on the bench, I rolled my gaze and scanned the magnificent buildings of the academy, which were lined up in a row.
The quietness that caught my eye was like a quiet night before a storm, but I wondered if it was an ordinary daily life that was not connected to any incident.
“Shit…”
Of course, there is only one reason why I came to the academy on a day when there are no classes. This is because of problems related to the dynamics of Robert and Isaac.
There’s no real schedule, so you can train at home and wait for Ricke, but Murphy’s Law is really scary.
I believe that Murphy’s law regarding accidents is not a coincidence, but misfortunes arising from indolence – if I was idle for a day and Robert had an accident and Ricke was injured, I would suffer from guilt and trauma for the rest of my life.
He doesn’t want to see Eclair sad either, so he has to protect Chloe somehow. Seria, Lilyne’s younger sister… If possible.
It was fortunate that Ricke, Chloe, and Seria spent a lot of time together. At that moment, you only have to pay attention to one place at a time.
‘Now that I’m thinking about it, let’s go to Eclair today…’
Lately, it was hard to see his face even when he visited the study at night, probably because he had been working overtime or not being able to leave work on time.
Yesterday, I was having a hard time contemplating Rike and Gleipnir, so I couldn’t go to check if Eclair had come to the mansion after work.
I wanted to show Gleipnir to Eclair and see their reaction.
“Um~”
What should I buy for this present and visit Eclair’s study? It is also a rather difficult problem.
‘A bottle of wine as a gift today?’
When it comes to the taste of eclairs, they have less sugar and are often called dry. You will like wines with rich tannins.
She says it’s okay because it’s a burden every time, but she can’t go empty-handed because she’s happy with even a light gift that goes beyond her wealth or authority.
On the days she’s not around, I stick to the way I go back by leaving things tucked or stringed in the window of her study.
Even recently, the things she left with Eclair disappeared and she cynically left a message saying thank you, so it seems that the time is out of sync with each other even though she stops by her house.
‘It’s blunt, but it’s cute how it tries to express affection in its own way~’
There are many things that can be felt when looking at the notes Eclair left her.
Knowing her sharp and perfect handwriting, I can feel that she puts a lot of effort into writing the short words she leaves for me.
At the beginning of her writing, the ink spreads in a circle because she pressed the pen for a long time, and there are traces of hesitation while trying to express something.
There are times when he himself leaves emotional messages to see if he is engulfed in the emotions of the night, so the gap is staggering.
It’s embarrassing to mention such a memo at a meeting, but he never allows it.
‘It’s a romance and emotion that can only be felt in this age without cell phones.’
I have bad handwriting, so even if I leave a note for her, I feel like her coolness dies… I don’t know how she, the recipient of her, feels.
‘Seeing that he doesn’t specifically mention his impressions, he doesn’t seem to hate it…?’
In this era where mail is universal, memos are essential if you don’t have a special magic tool.
Not only for Eclair, but also for Riquet, he has developed a habit of always leaving notes so that he doesn’t worry.
A typical example is when you need to leave the house for a while or go to the adventurer’s guild.
When Rike, exhausted from love affairs, is in a deep sleep or is at the academy, she leaves her house with a note just in case.
Rike found out that she was collecting them and making a separate album, and she was a bit surprised. It was embarrassing to the point of death that my poor handwriting was stuffed like a great piece of art…
She was too amused by Rike to tell her to stop, so she couldn’t bring herself to speak. Because she just needs my woman to be happy.
Eclairs seem to be far from being so cute, so how do they read my notes and handle them?
‘Will you tell me next time I ask how you did the memo?’
In my case, I tend to pile up the letters and memos from the two of them in a box. In a world without messengers, people became like this.
ㅡ
As I was sitting and pouring my senses toward the border of the academy, I could feel a line of gaze that was exceptionally clean, without any hostility among the gazes piercing me.
‘Huh?’
Every time she comes to the academy, she pays attention and watches over her. Although not as good as Rike, she is one of the familiar presences.
Turning her head, she saw Chloe, who was cringing in the distance.
I don’t know if she’s coming towards me, but she waved her hand a little once her eyes met. Saying hello first would be more comfortable for her personality and position.
Chloe’s movements were small, but she nodded resolutely, and her steps became faster than before.
The hesitation disappeared, but it was not the speed, but the coolness without hesitation was felt in the movement.
‘Am I coming here?’
Widely.
A few seconds later, she stopped her steps in front of her bench. As if she had never been confident, she put her hands together and wiggled her eyes again.
I thought that the appearance was indeed like the Chloe I knew through the set-up, so I suppressed the laughter that was about to come up and threw the hwadu first.
“How have you been doing?”
“More, thanks to you, I’ve been doing well!”
There were quite a lot of sticky eyes looking at Chloe from afar, not me. Even male undergraduates.
‘It’s quite popular, right?’
Ugh-
There are eyes to see, so I silenced the sound moderately and created an atmosphere with a comfortable tone, taking advantage of the feeling of the last time alone.
“Looks like it’s break time?”
Chloe, who was familiar with the sense of mana surrounded by transparency, spoke her words with a slightly relaxed face.
“Yeah-! Well, I have something to tell the instructor… And I’m not going to talk about anything… Unless you’re busy, of course!”
“Consultation about what to say… Talk comfortably. I have plenty of time.”
It’s a cadet’s consultation at the academy. In fact, aside from class, isn’t it like an instructor’s job?
‘I don’t think it’s possible to give advice on swords because I have Eclair who lives with me. Do you have any questions about adventurers or combat?’
I waited patiently for her to make her preparations, moving her mouth slightly.
“Thank you very much for the cake that Instructor gave me as a gift last time…!”
Meow-!
This kind of skillful intervention. It was an exquisite timing that could be evaluated as a sword.
A cat living in the academy approached Chloe, who finally finished preparing something and started talking.
Its white fur is shiny and plump, and it looks like it has been eating well for a stray cat without an owner.
Chloe, who had been cut off by her sudden blow, opened her mouth again, ignoring the cat lying down rubbing her cheek against her own calf and loafer.
“That…The cake that the instructor gave us as a gift the other day…!”
Ohhh!
“…”
He cuts her off once more with a cry at her incredible timing. When Chloe looked at the cat, her eyes were resentful.
‘Is it like a joint gag prepared with the cat…?’
Anyway, that wouldn’t be it.
Even if she spoke again, she held the chubby cat in her hand, which seemed to disturb Chloe at the same moment.
“This is a pig or a cat… Go! Whoa!”
Shaaaaa!!
‘Just by looking at it, he’s a male.’
A man’s touch shows that he doesn’t like it, and the cat who has been in the middle of the day runs away.
“… Oops.”
Chloe was unconscious as if something had gone wrong as planned. If this continues, I think her mood will become heavy, so I took the place of her words that she couldn’t finish.
“Uh-yes. Was the cake okay? They say it’s famous.”
“That’s… Ugh…”
Right!
Her eyes whirled around and around, catching Chloe’s unfocused mind with a finger snap.
It’s something she felt at the dessert cafe, but when talking to Chloe, it’s good to ask a question to get a short answer.
“Did the cake taste good?”
“···Yes!”
Right! After coming to her senses, she nodded her head to see if the cake was to her liking.
“That’s all right. Did you come to say thank you for the cake? It’s okay if you don’t have to. It’s like a return to Eclair.”
“Oh, no! But I still have to say thank you… And I asked her to say thanks and regards for the dessert that her older sister sent me…”
“Thank you for telling me. I haven’t seen Eclair lately. You’re very busy, right?”
“I think so… Lately, there have been many days where I either come back at dawn or don’t come back…”
“Mmmm.”
Responding to her words in a simple voice, I waited for Chloe to clear her head and continue her speech.
“Oh, we promised to have dinner together tonight, so maybe it’s a little better now…!”
That was good news. She happened to be visiting today, but as she went around, she made up her mind to buy two bottles of wine.
One bottle for Liquette, one bottle for Eclair.
“Come to think of it, I said I had something to discuss. Would you like to sit down?”
“Sir, excuse me.”
There was a small bench attached to a tree directly across from us, so we didn’t have to stand and talk.
They met her gaze for about a second and then Chloe lowered her head to the floor. She tried to make eye contact with her a few times. Started.
“It might be a little… Rude, so… If it’s a nuisance or a problem, I hope you’ll feel free to tell me…”
“I’m an instructor, but I’m an adventurer on the inside, so I don’t care. If adventurers are too polite, they’ll be called rude.”
Although it depends on what you are talking about.
If it’s Chloe, she can pass on the tips she learned in battle for free, even if asked.
“Before… You talked about titles at a cafe…”
I remember the story at the dessert cafe.
“Yes?”
“In the future, if you get married with your sister… Or if you come to the family or mansion before that, I thought that there will be occasional encounters outside of the academy…”
“Do you want to decide on a title before it causes confusion?”
“··Yes!”
She answered in a bright voice, as if I had correctly guessed the pulse in the sentence.
‘Well, thinking about the future, even though we met outside, it’s hard to continue as an instructor…’
Like Rike in the past, ‘Adventurer’ is also strange. In a way, they become a family. However, to be called a brother-in-law, Eclair and I are not in a state of being married.
“So, I had something in mind… My sister asked me to ask it myself…”
“Ask me directly… What kind of title is it?”
Chloe volunteered to bring an answer to this problem. This is worth more than a thousand gold.
“Oh··.”
“Oh?”
A blush came up on Chloe’s face as she stopped moving her lips for a while.
“Brother··.”