Chapter 250 – Someone’s Trouble (3)
Lee Ha-woon gritted his teeth.
“Erden Pavel… “
A voice that seemed like it would burst into tears filled the empty classroom.
I just stared blankly at the road without thinking about anything. Oddly enough, Lee Ha-woon’s figure kept getting stepped on in his eyes. The reason was unknown. A sticky feeling gripped his ankles, and he seemed unwilling to let go of his Marey. Little by little the sun was heading higher than my height.
After staring at the meaningless street for a long time, Marei got up from her seat in her familiar figure and hurriedly moved her steps. A silver-haired vampire princess with a small smile surrounded by people. Not knowing that Marey was approaching, Philia was walking away talking quietly to the people around her.
She didn’t move a few steps toward Philia, her red eyes staring at her Marey. The Vampire Princess waved her hand and smiled, and after briefly talking to the people around her, she broke away from the crowd and walked gracefully in the direction Marey was approaching.
Unlike usual, a red ribbon hung from the middle of her chest, centered around a shiny yellow brooch in the center.
“Were you waiting?”
“Joe, a little…”
When Philia asks her casually, Marei can’t answer that she is a coincidence and tells her a lie. She didn’t know if it was a lie, and for a moment before she opened her eyes wide, Marei laughed at Philia’s smile, thinking it was okay.
“I’m glad, but I don’t know how to react.”
Her vampire girl grinned bitterly as she twirled her silver hair, which glistened gracefully in the sun. Marey also wanted to ask the same question because she didn’t know what to do if in fact she was a normal male and female reaction.
Seeing her eyes narrowing like a cat’s, Marey stood firm, unable to do this or that. Should I hold her hand or should she say hello? She would have been rather comfortable with her if they had been friends, but when she was with Philia, she became self-aware that she was childlike.
Illien embraced first, Ravella naturally giving skinship, Idrien gently holding hands, Julia whispering love when two people are together, or Erden kissing first is completely different. Opponent.
In the meantime, she thought that her relationship with her Philia was very frustrating and fearful to Marey, who had been passively attracted to her partner’s actions first. Unlike other people who show unconditional affection, she says she hates philia, and she gets angry.
Frustrated. With Ravela’s advice, Marei was able to act confidently with Idrienne, but she didn’t know what to say or what to look like to Philia.
“…Hello, Philia.”
She said, but she couldn’t be doing nothing. She greeted her as she remembered.
“Yes, Marey. Nice to meet you. Did you go well yesterday? Didn’t Sheffield do anything wrong with that rubbish?”
Following Philia, who started walking naturally, Marey started walking at her pace. Even though it was a slightly heeled shoe, it was faster than Marey’s usual pace.
“Ah yes. Nothing really happened.”
“I’ve been thinking about it, but I think we don’t know each other very well yet.”
“Yes?”
Philia smiled bitterly and said as if going to confession.
“That’s right. I like you, but you don’t seem to know what your hobbies are.”
“Ah…”
Marey couldn’t close her mouth as if she had been hit in the head. The moment she heard her words, she felt embarrassed rather than delighted by the fact that she liked them. Come to think of it, she had never had a proper conversation with Marei Philia. No, it seems that we have often talked about our position toward each other, but it seems that we have never properly met each other.
To be honest, Marey didn’t know what Philia liked. The same goes for Philia.
“What do you like?”
At her philia’s question, Marei stared blankly at her. Her silver hair glistened in the light, and her blood-red eyes looked more enchanting than frightening. Marai swallowed her dry saliva involuntarily.
“What do you like, Marey?”
“Oh, me? I… That’s… With the book. I like sports, animals, and games with friends. That’s over there therefore..”
“Put.”
Philia laughs. Marey hardened her face. Embarrassed, she spoke so gibberish. She looked carefully at her philia, but she didn’t seem to be mocking or belittling. She just quietly lowers her head and her thin shoulders tremble slightly.
“Yeah, that’s right. Yes, I like books too. I like sports quite a bit, and I like my friends. I’ve never played the game so I don’t know. I hate animals unfortunately. It’s hard just to guard myself, but taking responsibility for one’s life is a scary story.”
Philia moved one step at a time. As she gradually drew closer, Marei did not avoid Philia’s gaze. She’s sorry, but she couldn’t pay attention to Philia’s words.
“No need to be nervous, Marey.”
“Ah, yes… Leah.”
If she moved just one more step, Philia, who had come within reach of her breath, smiled slightly.
“I, like you, am a first. I don’t know what to do. Still, it’s better than being scared and doing nothing, right?”
At the courage of the princess who winked lightly, Marey decided to show her courage as well. She held out her hand to Leah first.
“Can I hold your hand?”
“…Therefore… Huh. Good.”
Closing her eyes, Philia grabbed Marey’s hand. The hand that gripped her trembled, and she gripped her hand so tightly that it slightly hurt.
“I’m ashamed… ?”
“A little bit.”
Philia avoided her gaze and smiled. And without avoiding Marey’s gaze, she calmly opened her mouth.
“I wasn’t scared or nervous. Okay?”
Her hands were still shaking.
“Yes, I understand. Princess.”
“You said you were a princess.”
Philia smiled contentedly.
Marey had a simple meal with Philia and talked about miscellaneous things. The story of the flowers blooming in the garden, the story of the clouds this morning, and the story of the river in the principality that sometimes comes to mind. Philia talked more lively and joyfully than usual. She was what Marey felt.
While listening to Philia’s story, I also had a brief impression that the princess in front of her also lived in the same world. She was afraid of what to do if the students passing by talked about stocks or investments, but she never brought up such a story.
Philia’s story was very lively and full of colors, so even Marey enjoyed listening to it. She thought of reflecting a little on the thought that she was learning a lot of experiences and learning a lot every day, unlike herself living in lust.
Shall I read a book? Marais remembered the library she used to use when she was self-studying. She tells Philia of her literary works that she has read, but she can’t help but laugh bitterly at them because she doesn’t know much about them. Perhaps she noticed Marey’s troubled appearance, and Philia ended her story with a moderate laugh.
“Are you doing well in your exams?”
Ah. Philia’s question made Marei feel as though she had been stabbed in the back of the head. I was studying diligently. She was steadily preparing and reviewing, but she was not preparing for the exam. At the school she used to go to near the barrier, there were no tests to speak of. She learns and checks, it was just a series of processes.
Fear precedes the word test, but in between, a subtle sense of anticipation grows. Of course, if I can’t see it, I don’t want to see it.
“Huh, you didn’t do anything? Come to my house later I’ll tell you what to study. How is your class? She told Celine that she was taking a class that was unconventional to hear. Can you do it?”
“Ah yes…”
Caught between her zealous teachers, Marei was barely passing the class, catching up to her ridiculous pace to give her an extra second of alone time. Of course, if she didn’t understand, she was forced to ‘understand’ by giving countless examples.
Julia was the one who devoted the most time to education. Her head would heat up, and she would pause for a moment of affection or casual sex. When she calms down again, she conducts the lesson. And if she’s like Illien, she says, ‘I’ll give her a perfect grade!’
Of course, upon hearing of Illien’s progress, who could finish a week’s worth of lessons in 30 minutes in the eyes of others, Gillia voiced concern, saying, “Isn’t she teaching too roughly?” When she saw Marey clearing up the matter, she clamped her mouth shut.
“I’m glad it’s worth it, how about the choir? I think you go every Friday?”
Marey was taken aback by the sudden choir story and couldn’t help but ask.
“Marey, Ksaretti-senpai is the student council president.”
Ah, Marai nodded her head. She was old enough to be called a student, but she had circumstances and she continued to attend school, she said.
“Does Philia know Sasha-senpai well?”
Sasha… Philia murmured softly.
“You know, I’m in the student council too. But they call me by nickname… I’m envious.”
Philia was looking at Marey with a strange gaze. And she didn’t say anything for a while, just suddenly resting her chin on her chin and looking at Marey. It was as if she was waiting for something.
“Philia…?”
The vampire princess was still looking at Marey in silence. With one of her eyes half-open, she was smiling leisurely at Marey.
“Philia.”
Even when Marey called, Philia just smiled and watched. He seemed angry for some reason. When she looked closely, she wasn’t smiling. With only the corners of her mouth pulled in forcefully, she was pretending to be smiling. Why are you angry
What did Philia just say?
‘I call you by my nickname… I’m envious.’
“Oh, Leah. Sorry.”
“Huh. It’s a little late. I don’t notice…”
The vampire princess let out a small sigh.
“Why do I become Lia and then return to Philia when the student council president is called by her nickname?”
“Sorry.”
“I told you not to apologize. Really… If you call it hard, it sounds like there is a wall.”
She was Philia, speaking with a moderately admonishing tone, but she was smiling, waving her feet back and forth to see if she was angry. She was smiling quietly in her eyes this time as well.
“I was wrong Leah. No, I love you. Leah.”
“Yep. Okay.”
“I love you, Leah.”
“…Huh. Okay.”
Seeing the princess unable to meet her gaze when she said that she loved her, Marei grabbed Philia’s hand on her table and spoke again.
“I really love you Leah.”
“Okay. Okay. Stop.”
“I mean it.”
Philia smiled troubledly and began to move her head from side to side. She made eye contact but she avoided it again, her face flushed pink.
“I love you.”
“Ah… Eww… Stop… Stop. Stop! I’m embarrassed!!”
She thought about adding Marei to Filia, who looked like an elf, but with strangely short and pointed ears dyed red, but if that happened, she felt that the princess would run away at any moment. She wanted to talk to Philia a little more, so she wanted to see her running away, but she was barely able to overcome her desire.
“How is Leah?”
“Huh… No no. She’s been wrong.”
Shaking her head around, Philia scratched her cheek with a strangely flushed face, perhaps ashamed of her hasty answer.
“What happened?”
“There is always a lot of work. The most troublesome of them all is this.”
Philia pulled her letter from her bosom and held it up. She was told to read it, but she almost dropped it, freaking out at its slight weight. When she opened the letter, she found it full of gold-trimmed patterns.
She said, “I’ve only heard of her scouting talented students at the Imperial University, but I guess that’s the case.”
She had the Emperor’s seal stamped on her, which Ravela showed her to remember. I don’t know if the emperor’s rumors that she really puts a lot of effort into her education, or if Philia has something to draw the emperor’s attention to her, but in her own handwriting, there are simple expectations for Philia.
“I clearly refused at the founding festival. What is this person thinking…”
Tok, tok, tok- Philia’s tiny fingers repeatedly tapped the table.
“Lia, doesn’t she intend to go to college?”
“She wants to go, but if she hadn’t been cluttered at home, she would have thought it a good opportunity. Newspapers of the empire, the forefront of science and magic now, a place where art from all over the world gathers!”
As if she was interested in the Imperial University, the vampire princess started talking so excitedly that Marey couldn’t say anything. Where, what form of state, of imperial tradition… I’m sorry, but there was a story that Marey couldn’t understand at all.
“…I want to throw everything away and go study. You know very well that things are not going well.”
Philia let out a long sigh. She held her mouth tight enough that she didn’t have to tell me that she was sorry. The corners of her mouth were quivering subtly.
“It can’t be helped…”
Philia was something she didn’t need, she said, but she never tossed or tore invitations. He carefully put it in her arms and only smiled with a subtle expression.
She made it clear that as the princess of the Duchy of Philia, she was fighting her half-brother and sister over the succession to the title. When she talked about him, Philia, who became agitated, seemed completely different from the woman Marey knew.
“Even that scum is poking around to send me to Imperial University, and her concubine is attracting all sorts of forces into the duchy. Raising him as the heir to a subject who has no qualifications as an heir means tearing the duchy apart. To an outsider, that doesn’t really matter.”
I mean the king… Philia let out a small sigh.
