Chapter 55 – Episode 55. That Bitch (1)
“Good! Then, let Asti attend too!”
“You said no! Listen to people!”
To Astrid, who was stubbornly refusing, Eranya’s smiling face, which had been smiling a moment ago, quickly turned into a sullen expression.
“Why, why are you doing that, all of a sudden?”
Since her facial expression changes so drastically, that in itself is something, did Astrid do something wrong? I thought. In fact, I don’t think she did anything wrong, but when she saw Eranya, who was downcast like a puppy in the rain, she somehow felt sorry for her.
Eranya looked down at Astrid, and she slowly opened her mouth.
“Asti, think about it. When we become first graders, there won’t be many opportunities to get together, right?”
“Ugh.”
That was right again. Earlier, she had heard from Erania that her dorm would change when she became a first-year student and became a full-time cadet. Then, as for Astain, Les… The accommodation will be different even with Leopold. As it is now, it is the room directly opposite, so it is not an environment where you can see it immediately when you open the door.
“So they said they’d prepare a place to make memories for the last time, don’t you hate that?”
“Oh, no… That is… “
【You seem to be weak to people who push too.】
‘It’s not like that!’
【You don’t have to make excuses.】
“Then Asti, did you allow it!? We’ll do it in our room tonight!”
Reluctantly, Astrid nodded his head.
【If you can’t drink alcohol, tell me. I’m very drunk.]
‘You’re not going to drink?!’
After coming out of her room, the first place Eranya headed was the room across from her.
She knocked and waited a while before hearing Astain’s voice, Eranya opened the door and she stepped inside.
“Astay Iyin! Are you used to it now?”
“Oh, the Eranya cadets are still the same.”
Astein was half-lying on her bed as she waved her hand at Eranya. It had been a day since Astain had returned to her. She rested and played, and was finally getting used to the academy she came to after a month.
“Has Leopold not come yet?”
“Yes, why not come soon? The squad leader seemed to be here. I thought he would come with me, but I guess he doesn’t.”
“I see. Anyway, we talked about it yesterday, and Asti agreed, right?”
“Is it so?”
Astein was unexpected. I didn’t know that squad leader Astrid would allow such a thing. However, due to Astrid’s personality, she wouldn’t be able to refuse if pushed, and she was very good at pushing, so it wasn’t impossible either.
“Then what are you doing tonight?”
“Huh. When Leopold comes, tell me something. Understand? I’m going to call Berashien!”
“Is it so. Then see you later.”
“Huh!”
Eranya shook her hand and hurried out of her door. Seeing that she was still energetic, Astein laughed, wondering if she was a child of the forest.
“Let’s see… Veracien is… “
Astain quietly closed her eyes and started thinking about something.
– Veracien.
– Huh.
She called Vera Shien in her head, and Vera Shien also responded. The magic of communicating with people who are connected, even if they are not close to each other. It was a communication magic that was said to be impossible without a medium in the human world, but now Astain was using it casually.
– Eranya will go to your room now. Are you in your room now?
– Huh. Leopold stopped by the instructor’s office a while ago. It will go up soon
– Okay. Looks like Leopold is here. I’ll just hang up
– Okay.
As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened with a knock.
“Oh, cadet Leopold. I didn’t tell you to come in, but what if you suddenly come in?”
As soon as the door opened, the one who entered the room was Leopold, a gorgeous blonde-haired nobleman. Leopold was carrying only a relatively light luggage bag.
“This is also my room, so it is. How are you, Astein?”
As Leopold put his luggage on the bed and asked Astain, Astain nodded as well.
“A little while ago, Cadet Eranya came.”
“Hmm? What brings you here.”
Leopold opens his suitcase and starts unpacking the things he brought on the bed. Looking at him like that, the dumbfounded Astain told Erania’s business, and Leopold slightly frowned.
“Anyway, isn’t this a place of learning? What a drink in a place like that. That’s not to be said. No. Not to mention not attending, I can’t permit it.”
“The squad leader is an Astrid cadet. It seems that Astrid cadets were allowed?”
“Ugh.”
It seemed that the habit of being in the imperial family still remained. Here, Leopold was just one of the cadets. He didn’t have the authority to say anything, and if Astrid allowed it, he couldn’t resist it.
“Besides, if Cadet Leopold doesn’t attend, I’m the only man. Are you going to let that happen?”
Leopold stared at Astain. He was called a man alone. In fact, there were no men in this squad except for Leopold and Astein, so as Astein said, if Leopold did not participate, Astein was the only man.
Perhaps, if it were the old Leopold, he wouldn’t have bothered.
There were things like this and that, and just like Astrid said that when she saw Leopold, she didn’t feel any emotions when she saw Astrid. But things were a bit different now.
A dinner with Astrid and a lightly drunk Astrid at that dinner. And the catastrophe that happened while trying to put Astrid to sleep and seeing Astrid’s sleeping face right in front of her nose at the end of that catastrophe.
At that time, Leopold was clearly throbbing.
In addition, the work of the night market he had visited right before his return was like that. He thought it was an illusion, but as he listened to the divination, Leopold was clearly convinced.
Leopold’s heart was pounding when he saw Astrid.
He did, but the only man attending that drinking party he couldn’t stop was Astain. Besides, Astein seemed to be liking Astrid as well.
In such a place, on days when Astrid drinks at least…
A catastrophe will ensue.
“… Yes, I will attend.”
“Oh, you suddenly have a change of heart. What is it?”
“You don’t have to know.”
Despite Leopold’s slightly blunt words, Astain did not show much reaction.
I was just saying that.
“So, what time is it?”
The sun was almost setting outside the window. It was late at night, and the twilight had settled down, but it was still a time appropriate for the word early evening, but it was not night.
“I want to do it when the sun goes down completely.”
“Right.”
“It’s okay! Veracien is also coming! They said Violet would come too!”
“Is it so?”
Astrid had a rather sullen expression. Of course, I wasn’t in a good mood when Violet insisted on coming. No matter what anyone says, it’s also a competitive relationship now.
So, Astrid couldn’t understand why Violet was coming. It was said that it was a squad-level dinner party anyway, but it’s strange to wear it there, strange to wear it without notice, and strange to allow it!
‘Everything is strange!’
【That’s right! That girl, with a cicomme! When you enter the cave, you can only see teeth!]
‘… That’s a bit of a risky statement… ‘
Anyway, since it happened, it was also something I couldn’t say anything about now.
“So, we need to make a place.”
“A place?”
Didn’t you decide to eat in the room? Astrid did not understand what it meant to come and create a place.
“How can six people sit around in this room? Sit on the bed, on the floor, on the desk chair, and that’s no fun, right?”
That was right. If you don’t have a party, you don’t know, but if you do, you have to sit around in a circle to have fun.
“So, Asti. Let’s use some force. Huh?”
“Power?”
It was difficult for Astrid to understand why the topic of power was suddenly brought up here.
“Come on, lift the bed!”
“Yes?!”
What Eranya pointed out was none other than Eranya’s bed. Inside the room, there were two beds side by side with a little distance between them. The one in the back of the room was Astrid’s bed, and the one near the door was Erania’s bed.
“Raise my bed and stack it on top of yours.”
“… Huh?”
Astrid first lifted the bed with the mattress. He was a bit unsteady, but he was still able to lift the bed by tilting it upright and lifting it by the bottom.
“Put it on your bed!”
– Tung.
With a light sound, the two beds rolled up and down. And if you push it all the way to the corner in that state, the seat where the bed was now becomes an empty space.
“How about it, is it enough for six people to sit around?”
“I guess so.”
Sweeping and wiping off some of the dust in the place where the bed used to be will make the floor clean. The width was also quite good.
“Ruler… Then, now it’s my turn.”
Eranya opened her porcelain cup holder and started rummaging around her corner. I wanted to take something out of there, but Astrid saw that it came out of Erania’s hand, and Astrid opened her mouth.
“… Is that all alcohol?”
“Huh. 3 bottles of whiskey, 2 bottles of rum, 2 bottles of fruit wine. Seven bottles… Hmm.”
If you put the bottles upright, there are seven bottles. I couldn’t figure out how the hell these drinks were hidden in that gwanmuldae.
“Anyway, if this is enough, I’ll do one bottle for each person and have some left over. If it’s not enough, just ask Violet to bring more.”
“Yes? Does he have a drink too?”
“Isn’t that obvious?”
Erania looked at Astrid with a look as if she was saying something.
“You mean he and I became friends after drinking?”
