Chapter 24 – Lapis Julie (1)

One.

“It is a very small room. It suits you.”

As soon as I opened the door, I glanced across the room and said this.
Her voice and accent, which were just cold, had the power to make those who heard her feel intimidated.
However, for Lapis Julie, such a remark was just a normal greeting. Knowing that, I let the intrusive words flow like water.

“There was only room left here. So why did you come?”
“I heard that the cheap penthouse I bought with my senior’s money without money was destroyed. So I came to see what kind of expression she was wearing. Could it be a problem?”
“······So, what does it look like after looking around?”
“It looks better than I thought. I came expecting to see her staring blankly at the ceiling with her eyes wide open like a dead fish. I was disappointed.”

Then Lapis Julie took off her shoes and entered her quarters without permission. Then she casually sat down on my bed.
Gently sweeping the blanket I was covering 5 minutes ago with the palm of my hand and saying, ‘Your blanket is just like a senior. Stained, dirty crab. It’s to the point where I want to clean it all up.’

Originally, the fact that Lapis Julie was in my dorm would have made her frown because of her stress, but she knew that she had feelings for me similar to her love affair, so she couldn’t afford it now. There was.

“By the way, senior, why do you look relaxed today? The house I cherished so much was blown away, and I, the team leader, suddenly came to visit and was sitting on the bed like this.”

What the fuck how did you know

Lapis Julie sensed my slight changes in an instant.
Well, cool observation and understanding were one of the virtues the Julie family valued most, so it’s only natural that they would easily notice a change in my attitude.

Let’s catch it Because there’s nothing good about getting caught.

“Uh, huh? I? Not really? Is it the same as usual?”
“No. It’s not the same. The usual seniors are a little more wary, anxious, and look out for me.”

…That’s right. If you look at me carefully, you’ll immediately respond that you’ve shown yourself relaxed for the first time today. Do you like me that much?

Looking back now, it was hard to believe that Lapis Julie had any special feelings for me. It’s already been 7 years since she cut her face with her. Although there was a gap of 4 years in between.

Lapis Julie graduated from her academy as befits a member of the Julie family, a prestigious family rivaling the Leight family. There, she was a year my junior, and the liars trap also came in a year later than me.

So it would be nice if they called me senior, but in reality, it wasn’t.

One day, I thought, ‘Why do you keep calling me senior when you’re even a team leader? Lapis Julie once answered with a big smile to the question, “Don’t you tell Scar Layte that you are the 1st team leader?”

‘Now that I have become the boss of a senior who came in a year earlier than me, if I call the senior a senior, then in other people’s eyes, the senior becomes an idiot who has been overtaken by the junior, right? I like that, so I just keep calling him senpai.’

Even now, when there is no need to call me senior because I became the team leader for such a really fucking vicious reason, she still calls me senior.

Still, compared to when I was the 2nd team leader in the past, it was really mild.

At that time, Lapis Julie was a real fucking lover.

She was a bitch, to the point of making me think for a moment that Scar is better than Scar, to be honest.

And since it gets a little softer when the two of you are alone, assuming you didn’t use the hypnosis app, the current Lapis Julie was the mildest-tasting Lapis Julie as far as I know.

“…Anyway, this is the first time I’ve seen a senior wear something like that. Either the academy conquest, or the Leight family’s old-fashioned uniforms, or even suits.”

Lapis Julie paused for a moment, lifted the quilt, sniffed a little, then frowned and asked me a question.

“I’ve been worried about it since before. Where did the suit you loved so much go?”

The smooth latte version of Lapis Julie looked at me with suspicious eyes. It was a question that doubted me, following on from the statement earlier that I was not like a senior.

“Suit? What about the suit… It must have gone along with the house. What have you lost?”

The suit evaporated without leaving even ashes in Scar’s hands. I didn’t think there would be any benefit to me if I said it straight away, so I evaded the answer for now.

But what about those clothes? What kind of clothes are those?

I looked down and looked at the clothes I was wearing, and there were sweats with anime characters on them. I was so tired yesterday that I just fell asleep in this state.

It was so sad that the only clothes I had right now were these ragged sweats.

I will have to buy clothes again. But I don’t have money right now Shall I run a part-time job to search for a low-grade dungeon?

Just when the question about the suit was about to lead to a very mundane concern, Lapis Julie’s cold voice cut off my thoughts.

“I heard when she boasted to me the other day that the suits worn by seniors also have a recall function. Also, she has a self-healing function and a defense function that blocks most shocks, so there is no need to worry about being damaged by magical disasters below B-class. But you flew away with the house and lost it? The custom-made special suit that you cherished and liked so much?”
“Uh huh?”

I could feel the temperature in the room getting lower. It wasn’t my fault, Lapis Julie’s mana was actually lowering the temperature in this room in response to her emotions.
Frost bloomed like flowers on the windows and mirrors, and white breath began to come out of my mouth.

What the fuck is this all of a sudden Aren’t you in a good mood?

Whether I panicked or not, Lapis Julie continued to press me, staring at me with dark blue eyes that had lost their light.

“You said your house and suit were blown at the same time, right? Come to think of it, I only heard from the guild leader that your house was blown away, but I didn’t hear why. The senior’s penthouse is equipped with the latest magic defense system, so any impact below a certain level will be destroyed. If there is a magical action so strong that such a penthouse is blown away, it is normal for news or articles to come out. However, as for the reason, there are no articles or news, and it just ends with one line, “There was an explosion.” It’s something I can’t think of other than that something worked. Right?”

It seemed that the net, through which there was no escape, was gradually decreasing in size. Even as she spoke, her cold grew more intense and her body began to tremble of its own accord. The freedom I felt was long gone.
When I shivered from the cold and became anxious, Lapis Julie smiled lightly. Still, the cold did not go away.
In other words, Lapis Julie was laughing and getting angry right now.

“······Now I feel like a senior. Then, since the seniors have become like seniors, let me ask you one more time. What happened yesterday that senpai’s blanket smells like women’s perfume that senpai would never wear?”

With that question, the cold began to swarm the room. Her will to freeze her and turn her into an ice statue if she didn’t answer properly was contained in this harsh cold.

Cancel the word that you have become pure. You’ve gotten worse

I felt like I would freeze to death if I continued like this.
But here, ‘I guess Ia Reese’s smell lingered from holding her in my arms and petting her. Ha ha!”
Running away using the rabbit hole was the worst move.

I didn’t know that I would use it in a situation like this.

I suddenly felt unfair while thinking of the main character bringing out the hidden number in a crisis situation that suddenly unfolded.

···No, it’s been less than 5 minutes since he came in in the first place, but does it make sense that the situation is fucking up like this?

Anyway, in the end, there was only one method left for me, and since it was the hypnosis application I was going to use anyway, I could use it without hesitation.
I projected the screen of the phone that Lapis Julie had been holding in her hand since she entered my room in front of her eyes.

“Eh, look at this first and calm down.”
“Eww…”

A strange light in purple and pink caught Lapis Julie’s attention. Izzy disappeared from her eyes, and an unfocused gaze crossed the air. At the same time, the severe cold that hit the room quickly subsided, leaving only the coolness behind.

“Whoa…”

Grateful for surviving, he let out a sigh of relief. And her lapis Julie sat down beside her and looked at her. Her aqua-colored low ponytail always left an impression.

Your hair is as smooth as real water. It’s the opposite of Scar’s fiery red hair.

The teardrop under his right eye, his sculptural face, and even his cold impression. Lapis Julie was a different type of beauty from Scar, who had the impression that her body would become hot just by looking at it.

“Certainly, it looks pretty when you look at it this way.”

Come to think of it, this is the first time I’ve looked at Lapis Julie’s face for so long. Until now, I had been hypnotized and served while thinking about revenge.

Lapis Julie is probably also curious.
As usual, as soon as I was hypnotized, I would say, ‘Haa… I’m hypnotized, so no matter what I say, it won’t remain in my memory. Just know how to serve. As usual.’

“·····································.

Perhaps ashamed of my behavior, which was different from usual, Lapis Julie’s clear skin seemed slightly reddish. This reaction gave me a little more weight to the idea that she might have special feelings for me.

Wouldn’t it be a little embarrassing and nice if I mistakenly thought that the person I like hypnotized me and admired my face carefully…?

Actually, that didn’t matter too much. What really mattered was from now on.
I grabbed Lapis Julie’s chin and turned her face toward me. Then the soft red light that colored her cheeks became a little clearer.

“I have something to ask you. Answer me honestly.”
“······Yes.”

I raised a very important question, the first step in embarrassing Lapis Julie and preventing her from doing something that would endanger my safety the way she did just before.

“Do you like me?”