Chapter 20 – Flowering
It was a peaceful day without anything happening.
Would it have been more appropriate to describe it as peaceful?
The seeds sown by Seria von Ferroz do not rot, but are still waiting for the day to bloom.
It was growing fast.
What should I call the flower?
Doubt? Anxious?
No matter what you call it, the fact that it has already been planted has not changed.
Rather, it was gnawing at someone’s heart like a tumor.
In the meantime, Seria didn’t do anything.
It would have been more appropriate to say that she did nothing because she had to do nothing.
The catastrophe thus began.
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That day was also the day I was helping her prepare for the exam.
There was nothing to teach, so I asked for your understanding and I was looking at a copy of my thesis.
“Teacher.”
“Yes.”
Our promise was again not kept.
It was a tutoring that would end next week,
Due to recent events, I had no choice but to put a line on it.
If you ask me if I’m being too sensitive
My answer was that it might seem colder than halfway, but I think it’s more appropriate to quit coldly.
“Next week is the last week.”
“The time has already been like that.”
“What are you looking at now?”
Are you interested in my thesis?
“This is my graduation thesis.”
“Can you give me a copy?”
It happened to be a copy, but why are you asking for this?
It wouldn’t be fun either.
“I enjoyed the time I spent studying with the teacher. So I wanted to have something that would make a memory.”
Did that mean
It’s like a thesis, well, it’s a copy, so there’s no such thing as a problem.
I don’t know why he wants to keep a thesis that hasn’t even passed, but I decided to give him what I was looking at.
“Thank you.”
She smiled broadly and told me.
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Another week passed.
Today was the weekend, so I was getting up in Heina’s room.
“Ed.”
“Huh.”
“When will today end?”
“Well, it always seems to end when it’s over.”
It was a bonus to say that it could end sooner.
“Let’s have dinner tonight. I’ll be there on time.”
I couldn’t say that I didn’t have to come all the way here.
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Her grade was a grade that was unfortunately wrong on one question out of a perfect score.
“It’s a good ending, so we can say goodbye with a smile.”
“Thank you, sir.”
“Teacher saved me.”
Salvation was too much of a word for me.
“Salvation. I’ve only helped. Miss Seria worked hard.”
She shook her head as if not.
If you think so, it must be so.
I was the one who thought I wouldn’t attach much meaning to it.
“Oh, sir. Her parents told me to tell her that they wanted to talk to her for a minute.”
Since it was the last time, I said I knew it because I thought it would be polite to see her face once.
“Then shall we go down immediately?”
I packed my things and left the room.
I won’t be coming here any more.
When I went down to the first floor, the family head couple was waiting for me.
Is he just treating me like this as a private tutor?
“Thank you, sir.”
The thing I used to call you was gone, and my name was Sensei.
“No. It’s thanks to Seria-san’s hard work.”
“I was just there to help.”
I heard the word humble.
“How are you going to eat?”
“Thank you for your words, but I think it’s impossible to eat because I have a prior arrangement.”
He looked apologetic, but he didn’t seem to be so reluctant.
“The original class time is about 30 minutes left, so let’s talk for a while then.”
What if that
“I will apologize for being rude the last time we met. I was distracted at the time.
It seems like you’ve been annoyed with the wrong person.”
“No. If you don’t hear the story, that’s enough.”
It was rare for nobles to apologize like that.
“Anyway, back to the main topic, thank you anyway. The fact that you improved her daughter’s grades
I mean, I’m not going anywhere.”
“So we prepared a little case.”
What was in the envelope was a check.
“Don’t be burdened. It’s our sincerity.”
Seeing the amount and looking at me embarrassed, the housekeeper said.
“Thank you so much for being so kind to me.”
It would have been more strange not to be burdened, but I do not refuse the favor given.
I don’t know if there is a price or not.
Did you roughly guess my thoughts?
“Oh, that’s purely our sincerity. There’s no such thing as taking this.”
If the family head made a public statement, it would mean that it was the truth.
“Apart from that, we want you to continue tutoring. What do you think?”
The offer itself was very attractive.
But I still had things to do.
Going this way was the next best thing.
“Thank you for your words, but I think I have to go to the last semester and prepare for graduation.
It seems difficult.”
“Is it.”
It wasn’t that he didn’t have a hint of regret, but he seemed to understand it.
“Then see you next time.”
“Oh, and think about the proposal I made the other day. Personally, I think you’re good.”
See you next time, what does this mean?
It was a good thing to be appreciated.
“Take the teacher and come, Seria. But it’s the last time, so shouldn’t we see you off?”
Those were the words of the owner’s wife.
“Yes.”
“It’s okay, but…”
My words were blocked by the look in the eyes of the wife of the head of household, asking for favors from her daughter.
While walking along the garden toward the main gate, many thoughts came to mind.
How come you experience something like this in your life?
The door opened and I went out.
It’s the end here too.
I thought that no matter where you are, memories are created.
“You can go now.”
Her words brought her back to reality.
“You worked hard.”
“Thank you so far.”
“It’s thanks to Seria-san diligently following along.”
She held out her hand.
“I’m not asking you to hold my hand.”
“It’s a handshake, a handshake.”
It didn’t seem like he was refusing to shake hands, so he held out his hand.
After holding it for a while, I tried to release it, but I felt physical resistance.
“Seria?”
“What…?”
She soon thrust her face into mine.
From a distance, you could mistake it for a kiss.
“What are you doing?”
It was the first time he had crossed the line.
“I wanted to try it at least once, but you already have a partner.”
“So I want to see how I feel.”
She was a truly unstoppable person.
“Anyway, I’ll go.”
I thought there were footsteps coming from behind, but I wasn’t sure.
After walking along the road for a while, Heina was standing there.
However, her expression was a little pale.
As if I saw something I shouldn’t have seen.
“Are you okay?”
No answer came back from her.
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She was Heina, who was in a bad mood in many ways recently because of a snake around her.
She didn’t fit in today.
After today, she never had to see the snake.
Graduate school also got off work a little early today so I went to my room and changed my clothes.
Ed will love her no matter what she wears.
The desire to look pretty in front of the person you love will be the same everywhere in the world.
Deliberately holding her appointment at a tutoring place was also to show that snake bitch.
She’s already been beaten once, so shouldn’t she pay it back?
Ed was hardly at fault, of course.
If she had to argue, would she not listen to herself and continue her tutoring?
Actually, nothing was wrong.
It was purely the snake bitch’s fault for trying to prey on Ed’s surroundings.
So she arrived at the place she was supposed to see
I saw Ed and the snake in the distance.
As she watched, thinking that it was the last time and that she would have something to say, her expression soon began to turn pale.
The faces between the two grew closer.
It would be strange to say that you don’t know what it means.
Because she’s done it too many times.
She didn’t really do anything, though she also saw her own lover stripping her body.
Her delusion by the blind spot in her vision awakened a certain emotion within her.
As he turned behind her, it was she who reflexively hid herself behind the corner of her street.
Why is this?
As if she did something wrong.
What is this feeling
Anger?
That bitch made me angry.
However, they were no longer seen, and there was a social gap to resolve their anger.
Disappointment?
That wasn’t it again
It wasn’t that I was disappointed in Ed because he had recently drawn a line with the snake.
If it’s neither this nor me, what the hell is this feeling that you have for yourself?
An indefinable emotion blossomed into a flower in her heart.
I would have been angry if he had really kissed me because he didn’t draw the line.
The conflict between her apparent reality and her feelings against it confused her.
I ate in a situation where I couldn’t do this or that, but I didn’t feel the taste.
After finishing her meal, she said to go to her room.
The excuse I told him was that she was not feeling well.
I had to know.
I wanted to know what this feeling was eating away at me.
It was only after her three days that she became aware of her own feelings.
The seeds sown by Seria became colorful flowers, nourished by her emotions.
It was a gorgeous flower that was beautiful but had a very poisonous poison inside.
