Chapter 58 – Episode 58. That Bitch (4)
My eyes started spinning around.
Astrid, who was looking through the real Astrid’s eyes, felt this way too, and there was nothing more to say about herself.
【Hey hey hey. Astrid, are you okay?]
‘It’s all right.’
It’s not okay! Astrid screamed. My tongue is twisted, but it’s okay, what is it? Astrid felt as if her eyes were spinning around and she was getting drunk.
Apparently, the last time I drank at the imperial palace, Astrid went on a rampage by asking me to switch with her, but this kind of drunkenness… No, no. Doesn’t that mean that Astrid is inherently weak in alcohol? In the first place, if Astrid was drunk enough to drink three glasses of champagne, Astrid, who had been pushed back into the conscious world, would also get drunk, and because he was drunk, he would go on a rampage to change without brakes like he is now…
【Are you not drinking at all?!】
No answer came back to that. Rather, her gaze was firmly fixed on Violet, as if nailed to it, and did not shake at all.
“Hey.”
“… What?”
Short talk. Astrid’s short speech, where even honorific words flew off somewhere.
Violet, assuming that she had heard Astrid’s words the wrong way, put on a surprised expression for a moment, but soon returned with a smile on her face.
“Cadet Astrid, you seem very drunk… “
“Hey, shut up.”
Violet still had a smile on his face. It was clearly his intention to poke Astrid’s feelings for playing a prank, but he did not expect such a strong reaction. Of course, it was a joke because she wanted to see her reaction, and Violet was still amused by the reaction that far exceeded her expectations.
“Fucking someone else’s man, like this fucking vixen.”
There are no foxes on the beach where Violet grew up.
Astrid’s face was red. Her tongue was twitching involuntarily, and her eyes were wide open without Astrid’s knowledge.
The sight reminded Leopold of a nightmare from a few days ago. The figure of Astrid who flirts with her, fawns over her, and indulges her drunkenness. At that time, she was the only one around her. It wasn’t just her next to her like now, but in this situation with Astain as well.
There is an astein
Leopold looked at Astain. Because of Astein’s narrow eyes, it is unknown what kind of eyes she was looking at Astrid, but Astein was definitely looking at Astrid. Even the faint smile on her lips.
Leopold takes a sudden turn in her mood. Astrid’s drunkenness was, so to speak, cute. He had no choice but to do that because it was not common to see Astrid, who was like an iron wall or an ice field, twisting her tongue, flirting and flirting with her.
Leopold felt a little impatient in his heart. She had to leave this place as soon as possible and get Astrid to bed.
He had to be taken and put to bed. However, there was no place to sleep here, so he could leave Astein here, put Astrid to sleep on Leopold’s bed, and sleep on Astein’s bed.
Yes, that would be nice
It was then that Leopold had hardened his heart and was about to stand up to raise Astrid.
“Hey. Leopold.”
Leopold’s movement suddenly stopped. Anyway, isn’t it a bit harsh? But Leopold decided not to care. Things like that happen, too. His fiancée’s drinking complaints, can’t he accept that much?
“Astrid, you’re drunk… No, squad leader Astrid. It looks like you’re drunk.”
“Why are you coming in with him?”
With those words, not only Leopold but also Violet put on a dazed expression. No, why are those words coming out now?
It’s been a while since I entered the room. It’s been quite a while since the two of them came in not long after this dinner party started. But what is the purpose of asking that question now?
“Why are you two sitting together… ?”
That’s right, it’s because Eranya arranged it that way.
“Why are you two drinking… ?”
Because you are an adult
There is nothing wrong with adult drinking.
On the contrary, if you are over 17, drinking is not a problem. The legal drinking age in the Einhafen Empire was 17, so Leopold and Violet had no particular problem.
“Why are you drinking together? “
Astrid’s face turned red, like a rose in full bloom. Leopold had a hunch that Astrid was drunk. He felt he couldn’t keep her here any longer.
“Why… Why me… Like that, huh? Like that… I don’t treat you kindly, but… Black.”
Tears welled up in Astrid’s eyes. Clear and transparent, the tears that filled her eyes suddenly rose to the limit and flowed down at some point.
“Why do you treat me so coldly? Good guy aaaaa… “
It was a loud wailing song.
Astrid sat in her seat, she fell on her stomach and began to cry out in her thud.
“Astrid, there… Hmm.”
It was Leopold who felt sorry for this. If this was Astrid’s intention, perhaps she had misunderstood Astrid until now.
Astrid thought she didn’t like him. Maybe she wasn’t, she thought after her meeting at the night market, and when she looked at her now, she almost certainly wasn’t.
Maybe, really maybe, she was all misunderstood.
Around the time Leopold was thinking like that.
“It’s okay. I do not need. I have a thing called pride too!? Is it you or is there no man!? Uh!?”
Astrid, who had been crying profusely while lying on her stomach, jumped up without anyone grabbing her. Tears are still visible in her eyes.
Astrid stood up, staggering, and began walking towards his door. With everyone watching her back as she walked away without a moment to stop, only Leopold stood up in the same way to hold on to Astrid.
And she went to the door, Astrid opened the door.
“… Uh?”
Man standing at the door.
And that person stared at Astrid, and she slowly rolled her eyes to peer into the scene unfolding in her room.
“Heb.”
Eranya hiccupped. Even if she didn’t know, everyone, including Erania, must have felt the same way.
Why is that person standing there right now? Can not understand. I didn’t even think of that.
No, she was making a fuss.
The sound of Astrid wailing loudly was quite loud, and she could probably hear it all from outside.
“… Astrid Squad, everyone wake up.”
Was an instructor
The moon was high in the sky, scattering its light to the earth. Bedtime, when everyone should sleep. In the parade ground full of silence, the shadows of the cadets running in full armament stretched out belatedly.
“No, really at that timing.”
Eranya’s grumbling passed through their ears, and all the party participants except for Astrid were fully armed and ran through the parade ground.
He had committed all sorts of violations of the school rules, such as bringing in food without permission, bringing in alcoholic beverages, and unreported drinking, and he had no room for further excuses since he was caught by the instructor.
Astrid is already drunk and sleeping on Leopold’s bed, and the rest of the crew are all dressed up in full gear for 50 rounds of parade. Plus, 30 points each. Regarding the penalty points, they said that a detailed explanation would come out when they went up to the 1st grade.
In other words, they ate 30 penalty points before entering the first grade.
Besides, it was already the second time Leopold went around this parade ground. Still, he doesn’t get used to it.
No, why did you do that at that time, Astain, what did you do to stop him from drinking, who knew that alcohol would be so weak?
Leopold was lost in thought as he heard those sounds in one ear and let them out in the other.
Did Astrid do that?
Since that day ten years ago, Astrid had continued to avoid Leopold. Besides, he had sent dozens of letters of consolation to Astrid, but not a single reply had come.
There were some things that we didn’t see each other often because of the distance, but even when we met, Astrid treated Leopold with an expressionless face, so Leopold definitely thought Astrid must hate him.
But what was Astrid’s reaction today?
Leopold did not know.
But one thing is for sure, Leopold needed to have a serious conversation with Astrid. It needs to be.
And if she treated Leopold with her expressionless face like that, she now had a way to deal with her like that, Leopold in her hands.
Alcohol.
Wouldn’t it be okay if I had just one glass of champagne as an aperitif?
While thinking that, Leopold continued to circle the parade ground.
