I Was Afraid of Slaves and Abandoned Them 90

Chapter 90 – 090 I Think I’m Going Crazy

“Who is that maid? It’s the first time I’ve seen her face, but she’s very pretty.”
“Are you a maid from the Bedrich family?”
“Hey…! Be careful. The story of the Bedrich family in front of Professor Mackal…”
“Hup! Didn’t you hear me?”

I could feel the buzz around me, but there was nothing I could do.
Of course. A woman who silently follows all my nerves behind me.
It was all focused on Miss Ella.
…Still, Cadet Beryl. If you want to get good grades this semester, you shouldn’t make any mistakes on the exam.

“I’m sorry… The attention was useless because of me…”

A bitter laugh came out as he blamed himself in a withered voice like a sick chicken.
Anyway, there’s nothing much to say about being beautiful.
Even if it was because of Lilith that he became this kind of personality, it was natural that the memories of his previous life would not have been blown away.

“Never mind.”

I said that, but the eager gaze at Miss Ella and me didn’t seem to fade.
I had no choice but to slow down and walk right next to Miss Ella.
It was to hide her, at least a little, from the sight of her students.
Miss Ella hesitates and distances herself from stepping on my shadow.

“That that…! How…”

Originally, it was impossible for a maid to dare to walk next to her master.
But maybe it’s because everyone too often sees Lilith, a self-proclaimed maid and deceitful slave, walking next to a cadet Yuha.
No one questioned this situation.

Miss Ella seemed a bit burdened, but she decided not to mind.
Because I was more burdened with having her behind her on her back.

“Let’s go.”

No matter what you do, the stinging stares around you won’t go away.
As midterm exams are approaching, cadets are thirsty for exciting issues.
Wanting them to be indifferent is just greed.
In this case, I decided that it would be best in the long run to burn the topic hotly and turn it into ashes.

I’m going to keep taking her with her, but if her eyes are focused on her every time, she’ll get tired.
So, I chose to take Ella’s hand and leave her academy as a head-on breakthrough.

“…!”

Her soft hand wriggling in mine and trying to escape.
Does she think that because she is a slave, she should not hold hands with her master?
Considering her previous behavior, it was a plausible reason.

“Still.”

I gripped her hand even tighter to keep her from pulling it out.
Only then did Miss Ella fully withdraw her power and entrust her hand to me as if she had given up.
That’s how I walked out of the academy holding hands with Ella.

At first, Ella tried to walk out of my shadow, but as long as I was holding her hand and walking, I couldn’t escape my shadow in the end.
I flinched every time I stepped on a shadow, but in the end I got used to everything.
It was noticeable that the frequency of stepping on the shadow gradually increased.
Eventually, it was only after confirming that she had fully entered the black figure that originated from me.

I could walk by looking straight ahead.

***

Kiik-

I had been feeling dazed all the way to the clothing store, but hearing the rusty hinges crying brought me to my senses.
I understand that the store has just opened, but I wonder if it was left unattended for the purpose of confirming the arrival of customers.
Judging by the sudden curiosity in strange places, I must be a scholar who can’t help it.

“I have guests now, so please stay inside.”
“It’s boring to be locked up inside, but…”
“Don’t go around messing around and get into trouble again. Stay calm. A very weak person.”
“Hmmmm. Do you know that if you keep saying that you are weak, no matter how much you say you are, your heart will be hurt?”
“Wouldn’t that be better than getting scars on your body?”

The voices of a young woman and a middle-aged man could be heard arguing with each other.
The store owner and clerk are pretty good friends.

“Wait where…”

At the same time as the urgent woman’s voice was heard, a tall, middle-aged man came out from the corner of the store.
It was a person with a rather serious atmosphere to be called a clothing store owner.
It seems familiar somehow…

“Are you a customer who came to tailor clothes? Do you want nice clothes for the man in front, or beautiful clothes for the shy woman behind you?”

I turned my head at those words, and before I knew it, Miss Ella was standing behind me, not next to me.
However, Miss Ella’s condition was a little strange.

“Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. I won’t do that again. I won’t do that again. I won’t do that again. I won’t do that again.”

She was muttering something I couldn’t understand because she spoke so softly, but I did notice one thing.
That her mind is very unstable right now.

“Are you okay? Ms. Ella?”
“Ella?”

I was about to look at Miss Ella’s condition, but I couldn’t help but hesitate.
Who is that man and is he calling Miss Ella by name?
The look in her man’s eyes was unusual to say that she had mistakenly called him with the same name.

“No, why are you accepting guests as you please… Oh my. Are you Professor McCall?”

Who is that woman again and is she saying that she knows me?
Besides, it didn’t feel right to roll my narrow eyes on either side of Ella behind me.
Maybe I’ve come to a place I shouldn’t have come.
I cautiously backed away, imagining all the things that could happen to me in a short moment.

The only people who might know Miss Ella are Lilith and the others, and the Demonic Cult.
The people in front of you are the first people you see, so naturally there is only one answer sheet left.

“I’m new to you, who are you?”

Fortunately, I hadn’t gone too far into the store, so there was a door not too far away.
I had heard that Miss Ella would protect me, but looking at the current situation, it seemed difficult to expect too much.
Besides, if those people were from the Demonic Church, it was hard to think that Miss Ella would be my ally.

However, her tension, which had risen to the point where cold sweat flowed down her spine, faded in vain at the woman’s words.

“You didn’t come because of Lily’s introduction?”

What. Were you acquainted with Lilith? It seemed I was worrying for nothing.

…No wait. You know Lilith?
The man who knew Miss Ella, the woman who called Lilith Miss Lily, and the reason she already knew me, whom I had never met.

The quick assembling of clues in my head gave me a hypothesis.

“Vampire?”
“…Oh my goodness. I guess I said something stupid.”

It seems to be the correct answer.

“I thought you knew everything because you came with a very cute ‘test subject’ on the back.”

Test subject? What else does that mean
It was a word that didn’t really resonate with me, but it didn’t seem to be the case with Miss Ella.

Beating, tapping, tapping, tapping, tapping, tapping, tapping.

A maddening trembling and grinding of teeth came from behind.
It seems like there’s something I don’t know, but I just couldn’t let it go.
All I can do anyway is to hold your hand a little stronger, but I thought I should do this at least.

…But strangely, the heat seems to rise in the body. Was I too nervous?

“It’s not my taste to bully, so that’s about it. So, which one do you need?”
“It seemed like he really liked bullying people… Kkeuk!”

As soon as the woman hit her shin properly, her man collapsed onto her floor.
Uh I think I hit it right, but I hope it’s okay.

“…I came to see Miss Ella’s clothes.”

He seems to have a temper, so it seemed good to buy clothes quickly and leave.
Especially since Ella’s condition doesn’t look very good either.

“Casual? Or work clothes? If not, a hobby outfit? Thanks to someone, I have all kinds of clothes.”

By which one are you referring to Yuha cadets?
His voice, which I had heard by chance the other day, suddenly came to my mind.

“Next time, let’s ask them to make clothes like ribbons! I cover everything I need to cover, but if I untie the knot tied in front of my chest, it will disappear! And in a form that peels off all at once!”

… Is this the store to order those novel yet vulgar clothes?
I was wondering if some crazy clothing store would make something like that, but it’s a different story if it’s a clothing store run by a vampire.
Because if the release is black, you’ll have to.

“I think two casual clothes and two maid clothes will do.”
“Oh. Don’t need a hobby outfit? …Looks like you might need it.”
“No need.”

‘What did this woman look at me for and say such things?’

However, without realizing it, I imagined Miss Ella wearing vulgar clothes that would strip her clothes off with just one touch.
Knot. I mean the knot is in front. Also on the chest…

“…Your body is honest.”
“…?”

I wondered what to say, but I hurriedly turned my body back at the stiff feeling from below.
But that was a bad judgement.

“Ah…”

The result of completely forgetting that Miss Ella was right behind her and turning away.
A part of my body that was exceptionally protruding stabbed Miss Ella in the abdomen.
Miss Ella, who was still trembling, opened her eyes wide in surprise.
Miss Ella raised her head and looked at me once, then lowered her gaze, looked down, and then looked at my face again.

‘Ah… I want to die.’