Chapter 168 – A Visit That Is Not a Hospital Visit -7-

Rarely, as Chloe leaves for lunch saying she has an appointment, Seria is left alone with Rike for the first time in a long time.

There was no awkwardness though.

Even though she pretends not to, she is the one who always listens to her chatter so it doesn’t feel like looking at her wall and talking that there is no answer coming back.

Rarely, she took the lead first to serve lunch today, and the place Rike was heading to was a place Seria knew well.

‘Is this the first store we went to together?’

She entered the academy and dragged Rike, who was living like a dead rat in the room next to her dormitory, to a restaurant.

Although only one semester had passed, for Seria, it was a place where her nostalgia and emotions intersect.

“Shall I sit here?”

“Okay~”

Although it seems like he still doesn’t talk much, it was a time when Rike was unusually lacking in energy and energy.

The day when she unexpectedly went to the adventurer’s guild together, met the instructor, and suddenly drank the elixir passed by in her head.

Even though the seat is different from the last time, it is a corner where you can see the outside, so the feeling of the warm sunlight is the best.

“I’ll eat well~”

In addition, the menu ordered is similar to that time, so it feels like it is intentionally reminiscent of that day.

Compared to Chloe and herself, Rike, who had not yet escaped the temperament of a newsletter, started her meal with soup that warmed her inside even with appetizing dishes in front of her.

“Seria.”

“Why?”

With his usual calm tone, Rike took out the bomb out of the blue.

“I really like Seria.”

“…?”

The secret to not having a big accident with excessive energy and action is to be able to ride the boundary line by the edge.

Seria, who has it, knows.

So don’t misunderstand

Obviously, likee is not talking about the affectionate feeling of love.

But Seria’s tiny hands, which were enjoying her lunch, stopped.

Her face turned hot when her friend said lines to herself that she would never say even in her dreams, even though she was the same woman.

Her candid feelings were simply embarrassing.

“You know there are many things I haven’t said to Seria, right?”

“···Huh.”

He noticed her, but didn’t ask in detail.

She vacated her dormitory, where she is, why she doesn’t use the name Skadi, what happened to her during the time she didn’t come to class in the first semester.

Curiosity is piled up like a huge mountain.

She always swallowed it in her stomach at the thought that it could be a bowstring that twists them.

She wanted to ask. When her mouth tickled, she would force her thoughts back, bringing up another subject.

“The reason I tried to hide it was that I didn’t want to make my friend worry. I thought it would be enough pain if I carried it alone… But as I was talking with Chloe, I thought maybe I was narrow-minded.”

“Rike is narrow-minded about her…”

Suddenly, she felt herself beaten, but for now, she focused and listened to her.

“This time, Chloe found out my secret, so I had no choice but to have a deeper conversation.”

“She’s got a secret?”

“Yes. If I had to tell them without getting caught, I would have told them at the same time, but I’m sorry if I’m sorry to inform you like this, even if I’m in a bad mood, of course I can understand.”

I don’t know the details of how my friends are after leaving the academy.

Did he even run into Chloe in a dramatic moment? Seria couldn’t answer and she just drooled.

She said, “I’m not a child, so it doesn’t matter who I told you first, but… I’m sorry if you’re telling me because Chloe found out why you’re telling me now.”

“I’m sorry. To be honest, that’s the starting point, but the reason is different.”

When Seria erased her smile and showed her serious face, Rike showed a warm smile and gently held Seria’s still hand.

When Rike, who doesn’t usually approach her first and is bothered by her skinship, approaches her in this way, Seria’s lips twitch and her serious atmosphere seems to be broken.

“How are they different?”

Seria, who kept her own mood by slightly covering her mouth, asked her question, and Rike brought up her story in a slightly slower-than-usual tone.

“As if love without respect is no different from violence.

“…”

“I didn’t want to make any mistakes or failures, so I tried to reduce the number of cases as much as possible. I’m afraid that one mistake might harm someone I care about or lead to the worst possible outcome. Did.”

In Seria’s values, what changes the direction of the inner thoughts and thoughts of creatures called humans with intelligence.

We believe that short but large-stemmed events are stronger than long-duration shallow erosion.

I thought that there must be a big incident or reason for Ricke to change in a positive direction by adding a high speed in a short time.

It is also that Rike, who has a delicate part, cannot easily mention the reason.

“If you change your mind, are you going to tell me what happened…?”

You may not feel anything different from your usual expression.

Rike’s continual fingering of her own hair, which was rare, signaled to Seria that her mind was complicated and that her tension was rising.

“Before I tell you, I hope Seria doesn’t worry after hearing this. I know people’s hearts don’t go as they please, but just trust me that I’m in a happy situation.”

“…If Rike is really happy, I will.”

Before getting to the main topic, I emptied the milk tea that had remained ambiguous and dripped into the teacup.

Rike revealed her secret as she smiled at her as she blinked her green eyes, reminding her of her lover, who in her head would naturally make her laugh.

“I… I live with Instructor Roman seriously and live in the same house.”

*****

I don’t even know my brain.

Why can’t I look into my heart clearly as always?

It was clear that I had a shady and bad personality that denied and acknowledged something inside.

As the distance gets closer, the lunch box he is supporting with both hands feels as heavy as a piece of metal, and his steps speed up and slow down repeatedly.

My brother, who was extremely sensitive, took a few steps closer and turned his head in this direction and waved his hand.

“Brother. Welcome.”

“Hello··!”

The little nun smiled at me and bowed her head, and I nodded.

It seemed that his mind was reflected in a dizzying way in his pure appearance.

A strange feeling of guilt that makes it hard to see eye to eye with anyone in front of you.

I felt ashamed and ashamed that I ate a deformed mind and moved my steps even if I was unconscious.

“I had a hard time coming. It’s okay if you don’t pay attention to me like this.”

“Still, you have to manage it properly…”

When he sees his older brother smiling brightly while showing his teeth, a wind blows through his heart as if a window had opened.

Chloe bit her lips like a habit to catch the corner of her mouth that was about to strike helplessly.

As if it wasn’t really a conversation to continue, the older brother lightly exchanged her greetings with her nun, then turned her body and took the lead.

“I’m sorry for bothering you. Taking away valuable lunch time from academy cadets and bothering them is something neither instructors nor adventurers would do.”

“I’m not… I’m not bothered…!”

“Haha! As expected, Chloe is nice.”

He laughed loudly at the voice that squeezed her heart out, then opened the thick door and sneaked out of her body.

It’s not polite to stay still, so accept the manners of a man you’re new to.

Excuse me, and when I first stepped in and put the lunch box on the table, my brother came to the side and started to separate one by one.

“Ah! Sit down and I’ll do it…!”

“I didn’t hurt my hand, let’s do it together. It’s sad when Chloe is treated like a patient.”

“…”

Confused, he stopped the figure, but his big hand didn’t stop and quickly filled the table.

He didn’t even have time to do anything, he was ready.

‘I don’t mean that!’

To think that an adventurer worth platinum would do such a private chore.

Rike said don’t panic if you see a different side to men who are tired of the empire’s patriarchy.

There were things she had vaguely felt, but her feelings were completely different when she experienced them in such a space.

Dreuk-

Chloe lowered her head once in the chair that Roman had taken away as she returned to her seat, then sat down with her buttocks pressed against him.

“Are you hungry just because you came all the way from the academy? Eat quickly.”

“… Older brother, eat first.”

When he showed an ambiguous example with both hands, the older brother smiled with a funny face and stretched out his hand.

“I’ll eat well.”

In order, I picked up the last fruit I had to reach for, ate it, and nodded with exclamation.

I didn’t cook it, but I think I know what it feels like to have someone else eat something I prepared myself.

She understood a bit when her older sister meant that she made breakfast for herself every day, and that she was not bothered and that she was rewarded.

“Chloe. From now on, don’t tell Eclair. It’s a secret.”

“Yes?”

My older brother stood up from where he had been sitting and brought an antique paper box and a barrel presumably made of metal from the corner and placed them on one side of the empty table.

The barrels with beautiful flowers painted on the outside were pushed aside for a while, and he opened the cardboard box and began to sing his hum.

“That’s a present for the two of you… I heard that Chloe was coming today, so I asked the nun earlier to prepare it~”

“···!!”

Inside, each type of tart was filled with fruit and had a unique luster like a jewel.

My brother seduced himself with a mischievous and mischievous face.

“Did we eat properly?”

“Yes! Hehe…”

It was small enough to be insignificant to the other person, but he didn’t feel bad about having a big secret.

My brother eagerly emptied his lunch box, and before he reached for dessert, he thought that he should eat, so we spent time together.

In the end, Chloe couldn’t resist the fascination emanating from Tart’s brilliance.