111. Worry
‘The semester starts tomorrow. If you want to get off to a good start, you need to get a good night’s sleep first.’
‘I slept very comfortably. There was no one else next to me, but… No, the instructor was there.’
‘…It meant to save up stamina. So, let’s go back first.’
And just like that, Adela and Ivan parted ways at the main gate of the hospital.
The instructor went back in to receive a discharge certificate,
Adela went in first and went to call her carriage to rest…
I thought so.
“Heh.”
How could a sparrow pass by a mill?
Adela Also, she wasn’t a great person who would turn down the opportunity to go back ‘with’ the instructor, even though she was going in the same direction anyway.
So, she just pretends to walk.
I glance back,
She confirmed that Ivan had gone back in.
Turning her steps, she ran after him.
In fact, it was such an obsession that she was said to be ‘bothering me’, and there were two reasons why she did this.
First, to secure a little more time alone with Ivan.
To put it more specifically and darkly.
It was to prevent him from being distracted.
“He’s a sinful man.”
He and she confirmed each other’s feelings,
The instructor’s actions judged by Adela. So, I couldn’t sense her lies in her affection for me.
She helped achieve his dream,
In the end, they will build a happy family together.
Adella was thrilling just thinking about it,
Because she was a merchant.
The most basic human psychological mechanism,
It could never be ruled out.
“Miho, Scarlett, Paula… Ah, but aren’t they still saints? This is on hold.”
They were students and colleagues until yesterday,
Now, one by one, they are her enemies.
Unlike Adela, he keeps them close ‘out of necessity’, but they are by no means easy competitors.
Instructor Ivan Kherson, who seemed as if not a drop of blood would come out even if he was stabbed, was a warmer man than anyone else.
Yes. He is a man too.
So, among the prominent women around us, we only look at Adela.
It is her duty for his peace of mind.
…At least Adela thought so.
So, stay by his side as much as possible.
He constantly reminds her that she is the only woman he can look down on with affectionate eyes.
And the second thing is…
I felt uncomfortable about something.
In fact, Adela could not properly define this intuition she was feeling.
Should I say it’s uncomfortable or uncomfortable?
She definitely had the reunion of her dreams, and she definitely felt an abundance of affection from him.
“Something… Seems missing…”
I had that intuition.
The sense of being a woman cannot be ignored.
And then, the conversation with the instructor that I revisited based on how trivial it was.
“Ah.”
After much thought, she was able to figure it out.
A very minor detail that went unnoticed thanks to the personality of her instructor.
“…I was the only one who said it.”
Boy. Memories with him.
All the little things happened, Adela, full of ecstasy, constantly whispered to him.
The instructor simply affirmed.
‘No way…’
The affection he showed her was real.
However, I thought that the unnaturalness in his actions that he cleverly concealed was also real.
So, the emotions that dominated Adela’s mind were also.
It was not in the form of doubt, but in the form of worry.
“I’m having trouble remembering…?”
Always stay calm,
He seems like he will never fall apart.
But, maybe.
What if the body is damaged to the point where memories become confused?
I don’t want to show it,
Because I don’t want to worry Adela.
In her place, to reassure her.
What if the best you could do was just passive positivity?
“…Oh, no way.”
No matter how much she is,
I really wanted to go, but
The body seems to be honest,
The pace gradually became faster.
And finally, we arrived.
The room Ivan will be in. She arrived right in front of the treatment room.
I originally planned to wait next to the hospital’s main entrance and give it a surprise,
I put my ear to the door as if I was possessed.
‘…It can’t be helped. ‘I’m worried.’
It is not good manners to eavesdrop on someone else’s medical treatment.
But, for her, her Ivan… No, the safety of her brother, who had promised her future.
Perhaps because it was more important than herself, She was Adella, swallowing an apple in her heart.
—
“I see you often, can I talk to you?”
“Give me your discharge certificate and I will think about it.”
A health instructor whose face I have now memorized.
I have become a regular at this clinic.
Along with a joke that clearly expressed her absurdity, I was now subjected to a ‘discharge examination’ for I don’t know how many times.
Adela took over first.
Something like that happened yesterday,
They told me to replenish my stamina as a new semester starts tomorrow.
You’re probably riding a carriage by now.
Anyway, the health instructor said, looking through the pile of documents next to him as if he wasn’t surprised.
“If it comes again in the near future, I think I will refer it to a faculty and staff meeting.”
“In what name?”
“You’re on good terms with instructor Miho, right? It’s not like you’re habitually hitting on her from behind, right?”
“That’s what I meant…”
The health instructor’s nonsense is,
It felt half sincere.
“Oh, it’s here.”
At the same time as finding my medical records,
I stopped chatting and started looking through the documents.
And, she muttered as she pondered whether there was any reason why she should not discharge me.
“Well… If I think about recovery now, only my mouth hurts. There were no abnormalities during the last physical examination…”
Her hand tapping the manapen.
She stretched her arm to her side to take a sip of her coffee, her eyes fixed on her papers.
“Ah.”
Jureuk-
Is there any confusion about cognitive ability?
She spilled her coffee.
The loudly flowing coffee seeped into my right hand.
To be exact, on the right hand glove.
“Ah, what happened to this? I’m sorry.”
“No, let’s just stop worrying and go about our business.”
After the last cleric subjugation,
Because the stigma on the right hand has become more intense and its scope has expanded.
Always covered with gloves,
It was something I didn’t really want to see, so I expressed that it was okay.
“No, no. Give me the gloves. I’ll wash them and return them in good condition tomorrow.”
“You keep saying it’s okay.”
I got into a pointless fight with the health instructor, who despite being rude, had good manners.
And, in the process.
Swish-
She succeeded in exploiting the gap I had in not being able to use force against the health instructor.
…So, it meant that the glove came off from his right hand.
A deep stigma that grew as it grew.
It was revealed to the world.
However, it was not a catastrophe.
Because she doesn’t know what this is.
If a stranger sees this stigma,
Roughly speaking, you would think like this.
A strange-looking mole.
Or a tattoo that doesn’t have a very aesthetic sense.
Or a scar that was not treated in time.
Because there were so many variations,
It was an accident that could be overlooked with a single sigh.
A health instructor asks with wide eyes.
“…What is this?”
It’s a stigma.
With this, we will turn the world upside down.
“It’s a type of mole. It’s been there since birth, and it gets bigger as I grow.”
I said that and put my gloves back on.
A cold voice pierced my ears.
“…No.”
The health instructor had a strange look.
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To be exact, he got bored and started glaring at the documents I had been looking at just now, as if he was going to eat them.
“…Uncanny physical resilience. Blooming black spots on the body…”
“Yes?”
“No way…”
Something strange is happening.
She put her hands on the desk again,
He glared at me.
And then, a somewhat familiar question came in.
“You have to tell me straight, Ivan. Are there any incidents that you can’t remember at all these days, like you’ve been cutting them out with a knife?”
It was only then that I realized.
Ah, this guy was wondering what I remembered last time too.
Suspected chronic illness with similar symptoms.
However, it is all because of stigma.
I want to end this meaningless fight.
He said with as much of an expression on his face as she did.
“Nothing.”
“…Ivan!”
I stood up.
I didn’t want to put pressure on my voice, create a sense of intimidation, or make the atmosphere heavy.
If you don’t threaten me here,
It was obvious that he would be more troublesome.
If I had known this would happen, I would have kept my gloves even if it meant hitting me once.
“I know my body best.”
“……”
“I don’t know what you’re thinking, but let me make one thing clear.”
Even if I said I was fine, why wouldn’t you believe me?
Then, all you have to do is push with a slightly different logic.
“I’m an instructor, and I can finish tomorrow’s lecture without any problems.”
“…….”
“That’s enough.”
I can do my job well.
So please let me go.
She begged inwardly and held out her hand.
“Aren’t you going to give me a discharge certificate?”
She took one look at my face,
I took a look at the documents.
“…Do whatever you want.”
Like a desperate person,
It was to cut off the discharge certificate.
I turned back,
I walked with long strides and opened the door.
Snap-
There, of course.
There was no one.
—
The next day, at the same time as Russell’s summer vacation ended.
A new semester has begun.
However, before all the work resumes.
There was someone to meet,
I already made an appointment.
Knock knock-
“Please come in.”
Chairman’s Office.
When you knock on the door, you get a frivolous permission.
Squeak-
“…Ah, Ivan.”
However, I confirmed that the visitor was me.
When I closed the door, Cain changed his hair color in an instant.
I said.
“I will skip the meaningless greetings and get to the point.”
He nods his head.
“Nun of the Order. Due to the special nature of the situation, I left it entirely up to you. How did you handle it?”
I was lucky like this, but
Actually, the purpose was somewhere else.
Ivan I possessed.
Even though he was a villain, he was very closely intertwined with the narrative of the heroine named Adella Cash.
When I found out that fact,
You can also go a little further.
What also makes me think that it is intertwined with Scarlett’s narrative is,
It will no longer be a realm of delusion.
And, the answer to that question.
There was only one person in Russell who could do that.
I remember.
When we first met, the words he blurted out.
‘I even brought in the heir of the Blaze family under you. Wasn’t he massacred that day?’
Blaze family.
Her real name and family name that the Cleric threw at Scarlett with murderous intent.
Cain knows that family.
No, it may be more than that.
A memory that Ivan should definitely know.
At the same time, memories I don’t know.
“Sit down.”
It must be brought out from his mouth.
It was the time of Judo newspapers.
