Chapter 133 – 66-3 Day 2 of the Festival.
Smart
“Come in.”
When I knocked lightly on the door of the infirmary, a rather high-pitched voice told me to come in.
“Have you been okay?”
Agnes smiled and asked what happened to Cordelia.
“I put ointment and bandages on the injured students. Other than that, there is nothing special about it. Oh, I also wrote down the class and names of students who have been here.”
Cordelia hands Agnes a piece of paper with the class and names of the students who have been to the health room.
Agnes, who received the paper, slightly raised her glasses.
“It is fortunate that no students were seriously injured. Oh, and thanks for watching, Ms. Cordelia.”
“Being a health teacher is not an easy task. Even within the academy, the only health teacher is Agnes. Or, I don’t think it’s bad to recruit a health room and a health teacher every school year. Shall we make a suggestion at this week’s staff meeting?”
“Thank you if you do.”
It seemed like they were having a comfortable conversation, but she had never had a conversation like this with Cordelia, whom Agnes herself had difficulty with, and she was quite embarrassed inside.
Her point of contact with the Cordelia she knows is that at most she serves the same master.
Again, without saying anything, she was just a fellow teacher, always refraining from trivial chatter or socializing except for business matters.
Recently, she must have had a change of heart or something.
‘What happened with Master Allen? Seeing that she even hums, it must be something good.’
Sitting in Agnes’ chair and watching Cordelia hum her song, Agnes thought that if there was a change, it must be Allen.
Drooling
“What? Are you still there?”
“Ah. Allen is here.”
“Yes, Allen is here. She worked hard today.”
“What is this?”
It was really… Strange to see Miss Cordelia, who had a pretty smile and said it was nothing.
It was to the point where I wondered if the doppelganger was imitating Ms. Cordelia.
“I’ll just go. Then, Agnes-sensei, do your best.”
“…Ah! Yes, I will do my best. Thank you so much for today, Ms. Cordelia.”
Cordelia rose from her chair and left the infirmary with a small wave of her hand to Allen, who was standing at the door of her infirmary, humming her hum.
“…Uh, over there. Mr. Allen? Ms. Cordelia today… Are you in a good mood?”
“I know.”
“You didn’t give the award to Miss Cordelia behind my back, did you?”
“Where do I have time for that? Lately I’ve been busy preparing for the festival. Will there be time for a prize?”
In response to Agnes’ curiosity, Allen said he didn’t know, but she seemed to know the truth.
In order to soothe Cordelia’s cry that she couldn’t get married anymore because she was so ashamed of the order I gave her on a walk in the moonlight, the idea of getting married came out of my mouth.
She also said that this morning, she asked Agnes to take her place in the health room, but instead, Cordelia, who had a serious future in which she would become a member of the Mestia family, asked for a ring from her. .
She honestly didn’t realize it whenever she heard the story of her marriage.
How can I say… I’m not serious.
People, elves and dragons that I still have a relationship with.
Even Agnes didn’t know Cordelia, so I was quite curious about how Cordelia’s reaction would be if she knew this.
Will you be disappointed, or will you judge them as rivals?
Well, even if I come here and think about this and that, the answer won’t come out.
“I’m going to sleep for a while.”
Standing at the door of the infirmary, Allen told her that she was going to sleep for a while and lay down on the empty infirmary bed.
“Uh? Are you going to sleep?”
“Huh. Maybe it’s because I’m focused on preparing for the festival? I am a little tired.”
As he lies down on the bed, Allen speaks to Agnes in a weak voice.
“And also the purpose of monitoring the self-consoling teacher in her health room, just in case.”
“Oh, yesterday!”
“I’m kidding. Chuck cha cha cha cha!! Then I’ll take a deep breath, so… Wake me up around lunchtime. Let’s go eat together.”
“Ah yes. Then sleep well, Master Allen.”
“Okay. You work hard too And don’t do anything weird just because I’m sleeping.”
“…Isn’t it…”
Alen’s paused reply, and Agnes’ puzzled look, refusing to meet her gaze and touching her finger.
“I’m anxious… Should I rather go to the dormitory and sleep?”
“I-I really won’t…!”
“It’s as long as it heats up like that. Okay. Anyway, I’ll be fine. Wake me up later Around eleven o’clock…”
With a huge yawn, Allen wiped the tears from her eyes and slowly closed her eyes, covering her with the thin white blanket.
Allen, who had already fallen asleep on the bed in a calm posture.
Agnes, who was sitting in her chair, looked at Allen, who was lying on her bed, sleeping, and a faint smile naturally smiled at her peaceful face in the world.
****
Quadang
“Oh, sorry, sorry…”
Mirai, her black hair swaying with blue light, stood up and immediately apologized.
“No~ It’s okay~ Are you hurt anywhere?”
Pamela laughs apologetically as she asks Mirai if she’s okay, her pink cotton candy-colored hair tied back in a ponytail and her voice hanging cutely.
“Ah yes…! It’s okay, it’s okay…!”
“Oh, are you strong? But I’m sorry if it goes on like this, so I’ll buy you something delicious~”
“Oh no! It’s okay, I’m fine…”
Strangers you see for the first time.
It also bumped into her because she couldn’t see properly, but Mirai thought that she couldn’t receive such a favor.
“It’s because I don’t feel comfortable when you leave saying it’s okay~”
“Well, if that’s the case…”
At Pamela’s persistent invitation, Mirai nodded her head slightly, saying that she understood.
“Thank you~ Then, where should we sit and drink something and talk?”
“Yes…”
“Then, shall we go to class? Our class opened a cafe during the festival~ Strawberry cake and chocolate cake, banana cake and fig tart…”
Pamela kept her Mirai informed of the various desserts and drinks that her own class sold, incessantly, without catching her breath.
And a small exclamation of exclamation came out of her concave mouth, her eyes twinkling slightly at the dessert and drink Pamela was talking about, and with an expression of anticipation involuntarily.
“If you just listened to the menu, it would be so delicious~?”
“Yes yes…! Uh, I think it will be very delicious…!”
Cakes and sweet drinks.
Mirai, who spent her childhood underprivileged, was well aware of hunger.
And what a kid in that unfortunate past amused.
Sitting in her shop with her mom and dad eating dessert on her plate brought back memories of her smiling happily.
In the past, Mirai was curious.
Happiness is already a far thing from her, but she wondered what the dessert on the table would taste like, and for the first time she had a desire.
Pure white cream.
Soft sheet.
Raised Fruit.
At that time, Mirai had no idea that she was a cake.
Always from far away.
Searching through trash cans full of foul odors, she belongs to a dark and cold world, a joyous world full of laughter and light she could never reach.
She wanted to try the strange-looking bread that made her look happy while eating it.
Of course, with the help of Le Canet, her life is not so poor, but in the past, things more than this were a matter of course for Mirai countless times.
“Can I, can I eat as much as I want…?”
“Then~ eat as much as you want~ Now then, shall we go~?”
“Yes!”
The first lively reply and smile.
‘It’s an ominous year.’
Meanwhile, Le Cane, who was watching all of this from inside Mirai.
‘That… I must have bumped into it on purpose, but what’s the plan…’
Le Canet wanted to get out of this place as soon as possible and exclude her Pamela, but she didn’t want to break the smile of Mirai, who was so happy and innocent.
She watched in silence for the first time, lest she cause Mirai her worries.
‘If you do something. Then she’ll have to mix her mind to the point where she thinks she’d rather die.’
****
“Uuuuu!!!!”
Clink!!
“My sister. What happened? You were so angry.”
“I’m going to kill that bastard and that asshole… You dare me…! Those guys who are not proud of themselves dare to me…!! At the festival… Kyaaaaa!!!”
“A person’s life is important, sister.”
A woman drinking tea leisurely, undisturbed by the sound of her cup breaking, not even the screams of her rage, nor the vengeful eyes that would kill her.
“Is life important? More important than me who donates the most!?”
The woman trembled with rage and grabbed the teacup from the woman who had her eyes covered with a cloth and threw it again against the wall, making a piercing sound that she didn’t want to hear.
Still, the woman, who had both her eyes covered with a cloth, had a laid-back attitude.
“Of course, I can only thank you for your heartfelt donation. But killing people is not easy. Recently, there has been a word within the church to be careful…”
Bang!!
“Help…! How long have I been…! How much you donated to that stupid church… You donated an enormous amount that you couldn’t earn even after several generations in your lifetime…!”
She slams the table with her hand and yells at the woman in front of her with a voice that is about to explode under the pretext of money.
“If you don’t help me… The church will know how I’ll come out…!!”
“Sister. Do you really want help, the salvation of the Church?”
“Okay…! Want…! Salvation!!”
“All right. Then look me in the eyes.”
The woman lifted her cloth, which hid her eyes, and the woman’s voice, which had been so loud, fell silent.
“Really… Beautiful. It’s time for our sister who screams or squeals to stay still. It is the most beautiful when it is beautifully hardened like this.”
The lifted cloth covered her eyes again, and she raised her mouth as she looked at the stiff woman, like a dynamic stone statue.
“Rather than that, my sister asked me for a favor, so I should do it…”
The woman who had her eyes covered touched the back of her stone-hardened hand and said:
“You will live with my collection for the rest of your life, but in return, I will kill the people who harass you and shame you. So don’t worry too much.”
