Chapter 823 – 823. Magic School Strauss (6)
I was able to realize with my own eyes that the staff member’s statement that he would make the only dress in the world was not a bluff.
The dress covered in turquoise color absorbed the light from the surroundings and spread its beauty as if it were illuminating the surroundings.
Just looking at the dress made me think it was worth the money.
But it wasn’t just the noble dress that surprised me.
‘What? A real person?’
No matter how much I thought about it, it was because it wasn’t just a change of clothes.
The bristly, brittle hair that had been bristling until a moment ago was flowing beautifully as if it contained the waves of the lake.
Her face, which contained gloom, was shining brightly through makeup.
If earlier she only gave off the feeling of a beautiful woman, now it’s not enough to say that she is a goddess.
An employee who was satisfied with my blank stare at me whispered to me from the side.
“We did hair coordination and makeup to match the dress. Do you like it?”
“I really like it.”
It was too well decorated to pass it off as just saying that it was okay, so I couldn’t hide my feelings.
I immediately approached Milena as if possessed.
As I approached Milena, she rather wept and opened her mouth.
“Uh, what do you do? Could this be too expensive?”
“It must be expensive.”
“Ugh… Gee, I apologize even now…”
I looked down at Milena, covered in guilt, and smiled.
“It may be expensive, but it was good to buy it because I could see this kind of senior.”
“Uh… ?”
Milena was dumbfounded by my words, and she only looked at me.
I wasn’t bluffing or lying.
He was sincere when he said it would be expensive, and he was sincere when he said it was a good purchase.
I said while looking at Milena, who was staring at me blankly.
“Come on, let’s go.”
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After the official purchase of the dress, Milena and I ate together at a restaurant.
Of course, the restaurant we stopped by was not a restaurant that you can often find on the street.
It was an expensive restaurant that operated only by reservation.
Milena, shocked at the fact that I had reserved a restaurant like this, followed me without saying a word back.
In fact, it would be false to say that the burden is zero.
No matter how much capital I could draw from the royal family of Karin and Levin, it wasn’t infinite.
Karin needed capital to continue raising the Loewe merchant family, and the Levin royal family was pouring enormous capital into stabilizing the current messy situation.
But…
‘It’s not like I can’t buy clothes and eat.’
It wasn’t enough to cover the cost of Milena’s dress and a meal at a restaurant.
Wouldn’t it be nice if I had this kind of luxury every day… One or two days a week was not too much of a strain.
I was at peace paying the money like that…
“This… Such an expensive place… I…”
Milena was suffering as if she was chewing on a stone.
However, apart from that agony, she looked around the huge restaurant and had a fantasy-drenched expression on her face.
“Wow, that’s really cool… There was a place like this in Stra.”
Milena had confessed that she had never even taken a simple carriage ride around her town.
She said that even when she came to Stra for entrance exams, she was able to come here with the help of the people of her hometown and riding her upper carriage.
As I listened to Milena’s words, I could roughly guess how kind she was.
If her personality is bad, she is hated even by her family.
But she loved Milena not only to her family, but also to her hometown.
‘Even though she gave me a beggarly dress and fed me shit…’
I looked at Milena, who had taken off her hideous dress and changed into her noble dress.
‘And… It was also what I thought. She’s much prettier than Hanelone.’
She thought she would be prettier than Hanellone if only she had changed her clothes, but thanks to her makeup, she couldn’t be compared.
Milena stopped eating and when I stared at her, she panicked and asked me.
“Why why? Hey, did you get anything on my face?”
“No. I just envy you.”
“Boo, envy… ?”
I smiled bitterly and opened my mouth.
“I’m jealous of Edgar-senpai.”
“Uh…”
Milena suddenly changed her face at my words and started to panic.
No matter how ignorant Milena is, she must have roughly understood what I meant.
The atmosphere suddenly calmed down, and Milena opened her mouth in bewilderment.
“Sir, the story of senior… Let’s not do it here.”
At first, I wondered if she was saying that because she still couldn’t forget Edgar.
But…
“I don’t want to talk about a senior who isn’t here. I prefer to talk happily with you now.”
Milena opened her mouth as if she had made up her mind.
The fact that her kind-hearted woman spoke so openly was to some extent proof that her heart had gone.
I was satisfied with her words and smiled bitterly.
“I broke the atmosphere by saying something useless. Sorry.”
“Oh no! Rather, I’m sorry I said something strange!”
“Okay, the food will be cold. Eat.”
“Yes!”
I was able to return the gloomy atmosphere for a while to the date atmosphere again.
Milena and I ate like that, left the restaurant, and went on a real date while wandering the streets.
And I was able to realize one thing while enjoying dating with Milena.
‘Women really like shopping.’
Even Milena, who seemed distant from shopping in the meantime, once she started shopping, she lost her mind and started to look around.
She did that all day she wandered the streets and she shopped.
And when the sun goes down…
“I have something to tell you.”
A coachman had come and whispered to me.
The content of the whisper was simple.
“Senior. One of them says that your senior will soon meet with her manager.”
“Uh? Ha, Hanello!? Right! Ooh, we came out to follow her around!”
I was perplexed and smiled dejectedly at Milena’s fidgeting.
Milena had put Hanelone out of her mind entirely, wearing fancy dresses, dining at fancy restaurants, and going on dates with me.
In fact, she had no intention of blaming her.
In the first place, I could find out Hanelone’s whereabouts without bothering to pursue them, and I was also planning to enjoy dating until then.
I looked at Milena and nodded her head.
“Senior. Let’s postpone looking at accessories until later and go to Hanelone senior.”
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The place where Milena and I arrived was a park covered in pitch black.
The only thing illuminating the park was the soft moonlight.
I said walking around the dark park with Milena.
“Senpai, hold onto me so I don’t fall.”
“Eww… Huh.”
Milena, who had gently crossed my arms earlier, hurriedly hugged my arms tightly at my words.
Thanks to her, I could feel her soft breasts on my forearm.
‘Ah… I want to grab it quickly.’
I was searching for Hanelone, imagining holding Milena’s breast in my mind.
And not long after…
“Senior… I found it.”
I was able to find Hanelone.
However, after hearing my words, Milena asked me back with a puzzled expression.
“It’s so dark, can you see Hanelone?”
Like Milena, all I could see was the silhouette of a woman in a slightly light dress in the dark.
But I knew right away that the woman was Hanelone.
“I have a good eye. She has the same hair style as the dress Hanelo four seniors were wearing earlier.”
It’s not because I like my eyes…
‘It’s Shiho right next to me, right?’
[Yes that’s right.]
I could tell because Shiho, who only looked at me, was next to Hanelone.
But I wasn’t the only one who saw Shiho like that.
(Huh…? What is it? I think there’s some strange woman over there?)
Claudia narrowed her eyes and began to stare at her eyes.
When I heard Claudia’s voice, I immediately spoke over the phone.
‘Please ask Shiho to stay away for a while.’
It wasn’t because Shiho was in the way.
It was because I thought it would be annoying if I met Claudia for no reason.
(Ugh…? It’s gone. It looks like it has a tail on its butt… Is it my imagination? After living for 300 years, it seems that my eyes are dimmed…)
“…”
Living in this world, I never expected to hear a ghost blaming my presbyopia.
A woman who looks like she’s in her early twenties…
Pretending not to hear what Claudia said, I spoke to Milena next to her.
“Senior. There’s a bench right here. Sit here and wait.”
“Yes.”
Milena and I sat on a park bench and watched Hanelone.
Hanelo could feel her head slowly turning as if the four of you recognized us as well.
“D-Did you get caught? Are you looking at us?”
“Do not worry. We are not alone here.”
As I said, even though this park was dark, it was not a place without people at all.
Rather, couples consisting of a man and a woman often passed by, and I could see them flirting.
“In the eyes of Hanelone-senpai now, we will look like an ordinary couple dating in the park.”
“Big… Couple.”
Milena’s face flushed so much that she could see her in the dark.
I hugged her by the shoulders and whispered in her ear.
“You have to look like a couple if you don’t want to be seen. OK?”
“Eww… Huh.”
Milena pursed her lips and smiled.
I continued to spy on Hanelone while holding Milena in my arms.
Not long after…
“I think it came.”
An unknown person approached Hanelone.
It seemed impossible to ascertain her identity due to the darkness, but that was only the standard for ordinary people’s eyesight.
I am…
“He’s the head of the Elemental Airflow Analysis Club.”
I was able to confirm my identity right away through the temperament window.
After hearing my words, Milena asked in amazement while holding me in my arms.
“Oh, I see it here… ?”
“Yes. As I said earlier, I have good eyesight.”
“And… Amazing.”
Milena was genuinely impressed, and she checked her bribe scene with me.
What the club manager handed to Hanelone wasn’t a bag full of money.
As soon as…
“Just… It looks like you’re handing over a piece of paper?”
It was just paper.
But I was able to immediately recognize the identity of that paper.
“It will be overdraft.”
“Note… ?”
“Yes. If you think about it, it makes sense. You can’t take that many bribes with money. It’s easy to manage if you get it as a bill, and you just have to exchange it for money when you need it.”
“Hello, yes… It was thoroughly planned.”
Milena clicked her tongue and watched the bribery scene with me.
The club manager who came to Hanelone gave her a piece of paper and left in a hurry.
In that way, other club heads kept showing up, handing over the promissory notes, and leaving.
Before long, Hanelone’s hands were clutching several wads of paper.
Hanelone looked at the wad of paper and began to shake his body.
Seeing Hanelone like that, Milena whispered to me.
“Looks like you got everything now? Shall we catch it now?”
I immediately shook my head at Milena’s words.
“Not today.”
“Why?”
“The club heads who showed up now were only about half of them. In addition, club managers who received a small budget appeared.”
If they catch it here, tomorrow’s bribery scene will be nothing.
And then, he explained that there was a possibility that the weight of the sin would be lightened as well.
“I think you are right. Then let’s catch it tomorrow.”
“Now, follow Hanelone-senpai and check the inn where you are staying… Uh… ?”
I was speechless while talking quietly in Milena’s ear.
Why am I speechless…
“This… You think you’re coming this way?”
As Milena was embarrassed, it was because Hanelone was walking towards us.
Milena said to me, trembling at the sight of Hanelone approaching.
“Sir, could it be that he was caught? Uh, what do you do?”
“Senior. Excuse me for a moment.”
“Huh? What!?”
I immediately hugged Milena tightly and covered her face with mine so that Hanelone could not see her.
He hugged Milena tightly as if kissing.
Of course, I approached her lips as if I were going to kiss her, but I didn’t kiss her.
I quietly whispered, holding Milena’s lips about an inch in front of me.
“Senior, I’ll stay like this for a while.”
“Haaa…”
Milena, whether she heard me or not, breathed anxiously, her eyes completely out of focus.
“Senior?”
The moment I asked so worriedly, I heard the sound of heels from behind.
Another angle, another angle, another angle.
And the sound of heels stopped after a while.
“…”
After 5 seconds of silence that seemed like dozens of hours, Hanelone’s voice was heard.
“And… The dress is really pretty.”
Hanelone left the muttering to herself and continued to make the sound of her heels as she moved further and further away from the trough.
And even though the sound of heels coming from behind completely disappeared…
“Chew…”
Milena’s lips did not come off mine.
