Chapter 330 – Who Are You Thinking Of?

Squeak-!

Ceria tore off her bag and her muzzle with her stiff face.

She took out the contents and began to read.

Sharak. Sharak.

The air sinks to the bottom with each passing page.

There was no intention of stealing the contents of the letter, but the atmosphere was unusual.

Ricke and Chloe waited with their eyes averted.

“Whoa…”

Ceria let out her breath, feeling her mind boiling hot.

Her heart was pounding like it was going to explode and her mind was like a kettle thrown into her bonfire.

You could say it was the burst of anger that made her hands shake.

Her physiological discomfort was greater than that, as if a disgusting bug was crawling on her leg.

‘Trash! Real trash!’

It was clear that the topic was about her sister’s life or death, which made her feel even worse.

I feel sorry for the paper used like this.

It was something I didn’t need to read twice or show to anyone.

The conclusion is that you just have to tear it up.

Sigh! Squeak! Paper torn to shreds with a cool sound.

The form of the letter was completely lost under the girl’s unstoppable touch.

Container-!

To finish, Seria bundled up the pieces of paper and threw them in her box.

The corners of her mouth lifted up into a tight smile at her waiting friends.

“Let’s take a shower first!”

Even after taking a refreshing shower in her dorm room.

Seria’s uncomfortable expression did not go away easily.

She tried to show a normal attitude towards the two people.

Rike, younger than her, said a word and shook her red hair.

“Ceria doesn’t even want to laugh, so why does she force herself to laugh?”

“···.”

The corner of the girl’s mouth, which she had been forcing herself to raise, wavered.

“If you want to be angry, you should be angry. If you swallow it inside, you will get sick.”

“Yes, that’s right!”

In front of these two, there is no need to smile after receiving words that are no different from curses.

It is right to be honest in the relationships you build.

“···Sorry. I’m not in a good mood, so I’m going to cool off.”

“Do it that way.”

“I’ll wait···!”

She is a girl whose mood is transparent, so even if she tried to hide it, it was poisonous.

Ceria headed to the classroom carrying a book as heavy as her twisted mind.

Last theory class before lunch.

Ceria didn’t bother Lycena Chloe like she usually did during her lecture.

She made strange scribbles on books that she didn’t even brag about to the two of them.

The awkwardness of the sudden silence.

Ricke was also upset, but Chloe looked fretted with worry.

“ㅡ So the war with the Federation had an impact on the North, and the barbarian forces that had kept silent…”

“···.”

The girl kept her sharp eyes focused on her depression.

She stared ahead of her, twirling her pen until the lecture ended.

“This is the end of today’s lecture.”

As the stooped old man exits with his book in hand, her cadets rise from their seats and begin to chatter.

Ceria stopped spinning her pen and closed her book.

“After!!”

The time to unravel the core of emotions is over.

Pressing her lips together and letting out a cool sigh, Ceria held the hands of her friends sitting on either side of her.

And then he smiled a most natural smile.

“I’ll buy you something delicious, so please listen to my lament after lunch.”

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Lunch has changed from being a quick meal to having it at a cafe.

It is clear what kind of time the three girls are waiting for.

In Seria’s case, negative emotions rose up to the very tip of her throat.

She wanted to vent her worries about drowning to her friends.

On the contrary, Rike and Chloe were curious as to why Ceria was acting like that.

“Ha! It’s cool!”

Seria emptied the cold water before her drink came out, saying she was going to buy it now.

She wiped her moist lips with her sleeve.

“When you want to speak, speak slowly. If you don’t want to, you don’t have to.”

“Huh? It felt like what Rike was saying just now… He seemed like an adventurer.”

“If you love someone, you become like them.”

As she answered calmly, Rike’s lips twitched slightly in joy.

As the usual playful atmosphere was established, she also raised her voice to Chloe.

“Seria. Are you okay now?”

“Umm… It’s been a while since I remembered the old days, so I felt a bit sore.”

It wasn’t a deep problem that required concern or a solution.

It was simply a reminder of an unpleasant past.

The memories she had tried to forget were forcibly brought out.

I felt like I was exposed without resistance to the bullying and malice that Gerritz Electra had inflicted on me during my days as a nosy dog ​​living like a puppet in Electra’s territory.

“My family is a small writer, right? And my family life is complicated, so we don’t get along well with anyone except her older sister.”

“If I were to explain my family history, one day would not be enough.”

“That’s right. So… Ah! It’s here!”

As she was about to speak, desserts and drinks came pouring in.

Ceria watched her table fill up with a fake smile on her face.

On the contrary, Ricke and Chloe were obsessed with curiosity.

It’s rare for Seria to mention her past history in her own words.

The concentration of the two people with their ears open naturally increased.

“Because?”

When Rike made a questioning voice, Seria started talking again, munching on her fork.

“Anyway, the eldest son in our family is someone named Geritz Electra, right?”

“Yes.”

“I don’t know exactly why, but I’m sure she hated her sister and me. There were times when she tried to send her sister to her strange uncles and old men as her concubines, and she suffered a lot from her when I didn’t even know what to do. “

Thinking about it, the girl’s eyes tightened as if the fever that had cooled had returned.

After Seria suppressed her anger with a sweet dessert.

She continued her past history.

“As her older sister became successful as an adventurer, she started coming to her mansion occasionally to see me, accompanied by Uncle Lark and Uncle Chambers… And from then on, her bullying disappeared.”

“Lily is she scared that her sister has powers?”

It was such a common and trivial story that Ricke’s interest completely waned.

“I guess so. She was originally making a fuss because her sister would leave the estate and she would be dead in a week, so she shouldn’t be accepted even if she came back crying.”

“Hmm.”

“Well, if you do this deeply, both the listener and the speaker will only feel bad, so let’s stop here!”

This time, after clearing her throat by pouring over her drink in one go, Ceria returned to the main topic.

“The letter from earlier told me to return to the estate and start marriage talks with someone I’ve never heard of before.”

“Suddenly? My sister is well, so why…?”

Chloe tilted her head as the story became disjointed.

“Did you say that when my sister collapsed, I went to the estate to ask for money?”

“After that, she acted like she was worried because she didn’t know what happened to her sister.”

“That’s right. Because she thinks there’s no way for me to survive without my sister. She’s saying that if I come back and get involved with someone now, she’ll forgive me and let me live somehow.”

When Rike answered at once, Seria nodded her head.

“It’s the worst…”

It was the strongest accusation Chloe could make.

Ceria laughed, shaking her shoulders at Chloe’s disgusted expression as if she had seen an ugly bug.

“Are you going to tell Lily’s sister?”

“I don’t know about that yet. I’ll be tired when I return from the request, but it’s too late to bring up this story right away.”

“What are you going to do?”

Seria, with her lips out, does not hide her hostility towards Geritz Electra.

She narrowed her eyes.

“For now, I’m not going to reply. If you don’t reply to me, I’m the type of person who will get even more upset about being ignored.”

Since she is a human figure scattered everywhere, it is easier to find an answer to how to criticize her.

“That’s smart. I think it’s the best way.”

In Seria’s situation, Rike would have preferred the same method.

She is as humble as she is now, and the more she is drunk with ambiguous authority, the more she is.

Regardless of whether it is true or not, she feels a strong complex about having her position ignored.

“Ha! It makes me feel good when I think of it like that, but I really hate it.”

“Even if you give one shot, being involved will be stressful in itself.”

“Really? I thought he was completely rejected, but I went looking for him for no reason… And the thought of him just looking for an opportunity makes me sick and disillusioned.”

Seria, avoiding her gaze as if playing hide-and-seek due to her overwhelming emotions, put her head behind her and looked blankly at her ceiling.

Because we know each other so well now.

Chloe fidgeted and got her words out.

“Well, I was in a similar situation, but now that I’ve really found stability, Ceria will be fine soon!”

“Thank you. You just created a strange atmosphere with just one letter.”

After sorting out her irregular and shaking emotions, Seria lowered her head and smiled.

“I thought it was a letter from a cadet who loved Seria. It was just the worst.”

“Hmph! I don’t like that either. I’d rather have a report card.”

Ceria snorted strongly and denied Rike’s joke.

“Why?”

“I don’t even know her face, but she comes and starts bragging about how great her family is.”

Was there a problem with the third-year student’s confession last time that he asked her to become his wife?

Ceria was still grumpy and grunted.

“Do you hate men?”

“I’m not interested in dating or anything, so there’s no need to like him, right? Men…”

Seria, who was about to criticize her with harsh words, suddenly stopped.

After giving the girl enough time to absentmindedly remember something about her.

Ricke asked with a smile.

“Who do you think?”