Chapter 126 – Depending on the Person, Even Small Things Become Troublesome.

Before the start of the ‘practical’ class, which is required for the Knight Faculty and optional for the Swordsmanship Faculty, once a week.

The time is toxic longer than other lectures.

If it’s your usual routine, you warm up your muscles by moving your body in advance along with stretching to prevent injury while waiting for class.

Today, after receiving a consultation request close to Chloe’s rescue request, three girls with dark colors gathered on a bench in the corner of the academy.

“I’m sorry… I wasted your precious time because of me…”

“Even if it’s stretching anyway, isn’t it the same time as the three of you standing and chatting? Chloe doesn’t have to be sorry.”

Seria comforted Chloe, who lowered her gaze and wiggled her fingers, apologizing.

Seeing Chloe’s expression looking more serious than expected, Seria seemed worried even though she didn’t express her openly.

Chloe, who looked around again and confirmed that she was gone, got to the point.

“Poem, actually, I faced a problem that I couldn’t come up with the right answer on my own… Well, if possible, I’d like to hear the opinions of the two of you…”

“Hmmmm! Indeed… If it’s something that requires various opinions, don’t worry too much between us and share it comfortably!”

As Seria used her unique energy and atmosphere to relieve Chloe’s stiff attitude, she thanked him with a small nod, and Chloe opened her mumbling mouth.

“It’s hard to explain because I’ve done something wrong to my close acquaintances… But it’s hard to explain! When I apologize, the recipients will be embarrassed to know that I have to do it…”

“Ehh-?”

Seria, who heard Chloe’s vague advice, tilted her head along with her questioning voice and put the crown of her head on the shoulder of Rike, who was sitting right next to her.

Rike looked at Chloe, who hesitated without breaking her posture even when Seria pushed her red hair, and helped her with a word.

“Chloe also has circumstances, so the explanation is vague and abstract, right?”

“I’m sorry! I asked for advice, but I can’t explain properly right now…”

Chloe, who repeatedly apologized, was comforted by Ricke in a soft voice.

“It’s okay. It’s because each person has their own circumstances. Everyone has a situation that can’t be told, right?”

“Uuuuu thank you for understanding…!”

Chloe thanked Rike with a fresher face than before, but Seria’s crown still didn’t feel like it would fall from Rike’s shoulder.

“Ummm?! I don’t have that situation…”

Seria is concentrating as much as possible, but many parts of Chloe’s explanation are omitted due to unavoidable circumstances, so she seems confused because she can’t find the point itself.

“Chloe. If there’s anything else you want to say, keep going. I’ll listen and judge.”

“…”

Seria’s words were naturally buried in Rike’s words, and Chloe, accustomed to the situation, joined her behind the scenes.

“So my concern is… Those acquaintances are a relationship that I have to continue to exchange and meet in the future—-“

Rike listened to Chloe’s circumstances and did her best to hide her identity and relationship.

She listened to her, realizing that it was a story she knew, but had other thoughts at the same time.

‘Even though they’re sisters… Certainly, this kind of behavior resembles Eclair’s sister.’

Listening to Chloe’s hesitant attitude, telling stories of holes like a piece of cheese, Rike reminded him of Eclair.

After hearing her say that she is a sister because her appearance differs sharply from her eyes and mood. Only then can we easily find similarities, so it’s understandable.

The information she has accumulated from meeting Ricke Gadritna and her sisters, feeling and learning through her experiences, and the personalities of the two reflected in her eyes are surprisingly similar.

I’m not talking about simple qualities like extroversion and introversion. The real human nature lies deeper than that.

I don’t avoid things that normal people don’t want to scratch and scratch. If only the person himself is silent, he will work hard to atone for what will happen someday and will not just go over it.

It is truly surprising to Rike that the true nature of the two sisters is that the cause of their good feelings is not aimed only at their own comfort.

The sisters, who value each other more than themselves, cherish family love like honeydew in a desolate aristocratic society.

“I don’t know what kind of wrong Chloe did, but… If it’s as you say now, the other person doesn’t know Chloe’s fault in the first place, so is there any reason why she wants to apologize to an acquaintance?”

Seria also raised her head to Rike’s sharp question, who was already aware of her intentions, and looked at Chloe, loosening her ridiculous posture.

“…This is my, my troublesome personality problem.”

“Huh.”

Seria waited with a comfortable smile because she knew Chloe, and Rike did the same.

Chloe, who squeezed the hem of her shirt, took a deep breath, tidied up her hair, and brought out her thoughts, not the script she had prepared.

“That acquaintance who is the subject of counseling is really…! He’s a precious person to me… Eh, I didn’t want to leave anything foreign in my heart…”

“Oh oh-“

“Shh.”

When Seria subconsciously exclaimed admiration at Chloe’s honest words, Rike pressed her finger to Seria’s lips to make her quiet.

Seeing Lyke skillfully calming her Seria, Chloe now felt at ease in a familiar scene from her daily life, opening up her own deep inner feelings comparable to her diary.

“Rike and Seria know it, but… I tend to show off a lot when dealing with people, especially in my face and actions.”

The main point of what Chloe had uttered at her mouth was dry.

In order to be truthful with the precious person you called an ‘acquaintance’, you must conclude this trouble in one way or another in your own mind.

If you run away from what you want to avoid like this and procrastinate and spend time, there may come a moment when you forget about it.

I’m sure it will pop into her head at an important moment or a really happy time.

Unpleasant and uncomfortable feelings like a thorn stuck in the throat will come without an end.

At that time, it was obviously a time when I missed the timing, so I think I could apologize, or even if I did, there would be no sincerity.

Chloe thought and judged that if she didn’t solve it now, she would definitely regret it in the future.

“—-Of course, I have a realization that my personality is strange and I worry about looking too far away…

After Chloe’s words, Rike’s finger fell from Seria’s lips, and Seria jumped up from her seat and hugged Chloe’s voluptuous breasts.

“Aww!”

“To grow up strong and straight day by day like this- Chloe…! Not a knight, but an adventurer like me… Kek!!”

“Don’t interrupt Chloe’s wedding with strange noises and sit down again.”

Grabbing the girl with her red hair by the back of her head, she sat her down and crossed her legs on her bench as Rike closed her eyes and went into her thoughts.

Seria and Chloe stayed silent and waited for Rike to open her mouth. Her purple eyes slowly opened, and Rike’s gaze turned to Chloe.

“If Chloe knows, her partner will be embarrassed… That seeing or knowing the inappropriate behavior of her acquaintances is a problem?”

“Eh…”

Looking at Chloe, who was blushing and unable to answer, Rike changed the question and asked.

“Have you witnessed or become aware of a criminal or unethical act by someone you know?”

At Rike’s words, Chloe came to her senses and shook her head.

“It’s not like that at all! It’s not a bad thing, but it’s not a topic to be proudly mentioned…”

“Isn’t it different from person to person if you can’t say it proudly?”

Chloe paused for a moment at Rike’s words and nodded her head.

“Yeah…That, that’s right.”

“If you apologized, is there something that Chloe is most worried about? Is the root reason for not apologizing being that the other person is embarrassed?”

“…”

“Think about it slowly. Even if you think about it, if you don’t want to mention it, it’s okay if you don’t.”

Giving some time to Chloe, who couldn’t speak easily, Rike waited with a calm smile.

“I’m scared because I think that if I apologize after everyone leaves, the acquaintance will feel guilty against me…”

At Chloe’s words, Seria expressed her feelings with a serious expression.

“It’s difficult… I can’t say anything about this issue because I don’t understand it properly. I’m sorry, Chloe, I can’t be of any help.”

“That’s not true! The two of them just listened to me, it gave me so much strength!”

Seria’s gaze, which had calmed Chloe, who was taken aback by her own apology, smiled and turned to Rike, who was sitting still with her mouth closed.

“How’s Ricke? Do you have something to say to Chloe?”

“Well- I don’t know if my words will be a solution, but—-.”

…

Rike’s words continued for about 5 minutes with an additional explanation that it was okay to listen and let go with one ear.

In the middle of the conversation, Rike added his last words as he looked at Chloe, who had a determined expression on her face as if she had a little bit of a direction to work on.

“If you need any advice from Seriana or me, don’t hesitate to tell me anytime. I’ll listen to you again.”

“Thank you, really…”

Seeing Chloe crying and giving a watery voice, Seria put her arms around Rike on one side of her and Chloe on the other.

“Now, let’s go to class. You don’t know what punishment the scary instructor will give you if you’re late, right?”

Rike gave up folding his arms due to the atmosphere, and the three of them moved at an awkward pace with an uncomfortable gait.

While she was walking uncomfortably, Rike asked Seria in a curious tone.

“Is Seria really afraid of the instructor?”

“It’s not scary, it’s the feeling of intimidation when you stand in front of it… After all, isn’t that also scary?”

“Huh~”

“Aren’t you afraid of Ricke?”

“… I think she’s manly and cool rather than scary.”

“Eh?!”

It was Chloe, not Seria, who exclaimed in surprise at Rike’s words.

Surprised, Seria forgot what Rike had said and asked Chloe.

“What’s the matter?”

“Oh, no… It’s not…”

On the way back to practical classes.

Chloe glanced at Rike’s profile several times.