Chapter 57 – Episode 57. That Bitch (3)
Why are the two of them coming in together? Astrid didn’t understand even when she saw it. To be honest, he didn’t want to understand. It was the same as the real Astrid, so the real Astrid was raging in my head.
【Hey, are you going to leave it as it is?!】
But Astrid caught her breath to stay calm. It wasn’t even something she would be upset about, she thought. She says that the real Astrid wants to help, but even if she wants to help like that, if she gets angry like she said now, it’s rather counterproductive.
Calmly, calmly.
Like you don’t care, so you must have met in front of me, or something. Yeah, something like that It was the right way to approach it that way.
‘Look there. I’ll show you how to respond when I’m like this.’
And Astrid caught her breath lightly. She organizes what to say. Meanwhile, Leopold and Violet had already entered the room and were looking for a place to sit.
“Cadet Leopold.”
“Hmm? Did you call?”
“Please explain.”
Uh?
It feels like something was said wrong. Isn’t this how it starts?
Astrid’s horse had spikes growing out of it. She said she spoke calmly, but I unknowingly put sharp thorns in her words.
At those words, Leopold stood still and looked down at Astrid. On her face, there was a look of her slight bewilderment. Astrid’s mint-colored eyes stare at Leopold. The young thing in those eyes was also clear anger.
“What do you mean, Astrid?”
“Be careful with your words. This is neither Persant nor the Imperial Palace. The cadets used honorifics among themselves—”
At that, Leopold closed his eyes and waved his hand. It’s true that he made a mistake, but there’s no need to say it so nervously in a gathering. Leopold also felt a little annoyed inside.
“Okay, explain what you mean, Captain Astrid.”
“Why are you two coming in together?”
Only then did Leopold glance at Violet standing next to him. Thinking that this was the problem, the moment Leopold tried to distance himself from Violet, Violet secretly smiled.
“Uh, uh… Violet Raw… ?”
That smile felt somehow uncomfortable.
Leopold, who was taken aback, tried to keep his distance, but Violet caught up close to him and instead crossed Leopold’s arms.
The soft feel of his arm. It felt a bit lacking in volume compared to what I felt on Leopold’s chest when I was lying on top of Astrid a few days ago, but even so, the cushioning feeling was enough to paralyze Leopold’s reason for a moment.
Rather, it was Erania who was taken aback by that appearance.
‘Well, why did he suddenly do that… ?’
Erania looked up at Violet with a sad expression.
Violet acting like this was not expected by Eranya at all. It was just a drinking party, inviting me to hang out.
Among all the many friends she made at this academy, Violet was by far the best partner. Alcohol is alcohol, food is food, and dessert is dessert. By all accounts, Erana and Violet were very good friends.
She did, but even Erania did not expect that Violet would suddenly act in a place like this.
‘…Uh?’
At that moment, Violet and Erania’s eyes met. Erania could tell. In the midst of her strong friendship with Violet, which had been built over the course of many drinking parties and hide-and-seek with her instructor, Eranya was able to understand Violet’s intentions just by looking at her.
‘Look at that bitch, that… It’s more foxy than it looks.’
Eranya sneered, and she gave a very small laugh. What Violet said with her eyes was clear.
‘Doesn’t that sound like fun?’
Eranya can’t fall for this prank. Rather, it’s a prank that would be more fun if Eranya was more open to her intuition.
Erania glanced at Astrid. Astrid was looking up at Leopold and Violet with an expression as if she was lost somewhere.
‘I thought this would be fun?’
“Yeah, that’s what I mean. The two of you got along like that, and it ended up like this?”
“Wow. Then what will happen to Captain Astrid?”
Astain stepped in. Even Vera Shien, who was sitting next to him, was holding his hands tightly and looking at Violet, Leopold, and Astrid alternately.
“My God, to see such a wonderful scenery with my own eyes. I think I did well by entering the school… “
It’s not something a faithful servant would say, but Astrid didn’t even hear it.
“Yeah, since when?”
Erra
“Since when? Isn’t that a state of free competition? If you eat it first, isn’t it the owner?”
At the same time, Violet gave strength to Leopold’s folded arms. Leopold tries to shake off her arm, but Violet’s face as a lady will be greatly damaged, so Leopold is unable to bear it and is at a loss.
That was right. Since the crown princess competition had not yet been withdrawn, there was no need to notice Astrid just because Violet said that.
Besides, if it wasn’t Akemilla, if it was Violet, wouldn’t it be the daughter of the admiral of the Southern Fleet? Compared to the Mitterien family, even if her title was a little lower, she was a noble by name, so even Astrid couldn’t be carelessly kicked out like a dog.
“Hey, stop and sit down! Stop salting!”
Like this, other than screaming.
【No, I was told to watch. What is this?!]
‘… I know.’
It was already after three or four rounds of drinking cups. Astrid knew what it was like to drink in the first place, so she just took the cup and didn’t drink it. Instead, she brought another cup right next to her and took only the juice and sipped it.
All in all, even the seating arrangement was Violet next to Leopold. Astrid is next to Astain.
“Ah, Squad Leader, isn’t it about one drink?”
“Huh. Don’t drink.”
Astein already has a sly look with his narrow eyes, but he looks more sly when he talks like that. In fact, even Astain would never have a bad mind, but Astrid was already in a situation where a thousand dollars were seething inside, so even Astain looked nasty.
“Are you in a bad mood?”
【What the hell is this human doing?! He’s not throwing a barrel of oil into a burning house!]
‘Normal people can’t throw oil barrels. I guess I should say pouring oil on it.’
【Is that important now?!】
“Try this, Cadet Leopold.”
It was a dish in which meat was sliced thinly and stir-fried with vegetables such as green peppers, carrots, and cabbage, and oyster sauce over high heat. Where the hell did this come from? I couldn’t tell.
“I made it myself.”
“Hoo… “
Leopold took a bite and immediately showed admiration on his face. And in comparison, Astrid’s expression began to rot.
【I, I… So-so-so-so… !]
Angry. Strictly speaking, it’s not something to be angry about.
If you think about it calmly, it’s okay and pass it over, so, it’s just a matter of calmly talking about it later.
“Come on, Cadet Violet. I’m officially with a fiancee, so it’s difficult for me to sit too close.”
Leopold had a look of admiration for a moment at the taste of the dish that fit into his mouth, but soon returned to his normal expression.
“It is rude to do this in front of your fiancee. I am also committing an rudeness, so please do this.”
To put it mildly, Violet smiled and sat at a slight distance. The joke ends here. If you exceed the tolerance level that the other person can accept, it will no longer be a joke after that. Violet was well aware of that.
“Ah, so now… “
But right here, right now, right now, when Leopold and Violet were trying to explain that it was a joke that had already ended and that it was just a joke, there was one person who couldn’t accept it as a joke.
It was Astrid.
【Change. Hurry. Right Now.】
‘What should I change now?’
A fierce battle goes on in my head. Since I never changed today, the opportunity to change was still there.
【Change it. Because I will solve it.]
‘Ha… ‘
Tired of drying now. Astrid sighed. And, to be honest, he now thought that if he had done this, he had done enough.
Leopold, who is looking at her with a worried look at her, is also annoyed, and while laughing hesitantly next to her, sister’s drink?! Even Astain who is shouting is annoying, this is love after all~! Veracien, who is doing this, is also annoyed. Even Erana, who is doing it, is annoyed.
I want to get rid of it all
‘Yeah, change it. I’ll change it for you, so do whatever you want.’
And if you take all the strength out of your body, your vision changes. The feeling of watching TV.
【So, what are you going to do now?】
‘I need to wet my neck first.”
“Uh, uh?!”
I heard Leopold’s strange voice. Astrid brought her own drinking cup that was slightly tilted towards Astain and, without hesitation, drank the half-filled whiskey at once.
“Big.”
