27 - The Light Blue Girl

A few days after I won my duel with Rudas and had my first class.

“I’m dying…..! I’m dying of exhaustion…!!”

I was lying face down on the table as if I were dead in the break room, which only instructors can use.

“How did this happen……………This is all Aldi’s fault. I’m definitely going to beat the crap out of him later…..”

I spat out a curse in a resentful voice at the source of the problem. The lecturers around me were looking at me and whispering something, but I didn’t care about that right now. I was that tired.

“I’m tired…..I want to go home early and wrap myself in a warm blanket…..”

But I can’t do that. Because I still have afternoon classes.

“They are not the same as when I started……..Why are they so motivated…..!?”

In the first place, I had thought I could just make it a proper self-study class and leave it at the registry until the magic convention.

And yet, somehow, after winning the duel, the students turned their palms 180 degrees and missed me. Why?

Moreover, they persisted in asking me to teach them magic, and I was forced to give them lessons.

Ever since then, they have been coming to my house every day, even on my days off, and torturing me in the form of classes and mock battles. I’m at the end of my rope physically and mentally. You’ve got to be kidding me.

I mean, don’t come here on my day off. I can’t turn them away because Char is happy….Damn it.

“But I have to endure a few more days…..I’ll be free!”

There are only a few days left until the magic competition.

If I manage to get through this period, I won’t have to deal with them anymore. Aldi might be insistent on keeping me here, but I can probably manage it if I leave somewhere. I knew it’s just a matter of a little more patience. I know that but——

“It’s a pain in the ass…”

“It’s a pain in the ass…”

From the bottom of my heart, I let out the words I was thinking.

After all, a pain in the ass is a pain in the ass. I don’t want to do what I don’t want to do. But I can’t live with that. It’s a difficult world to live in.

…Huh? I feel like I was in sync with someone just now? Was it just my imagination?

In order to confirm this, I turned my face to the direction of the voice, specifically to the right side. Then——

“…Ah.”

The other person seemed to have just turned to look at me, and our gazes met.

Crystal clear, light blue hair and eyes.

Her age is around 15 years old.

Her appearance reminded me of an aristocratic young lady, wearing refreshing clothes that matched her hair color well.

The girl’s face is very well formed and could be described as a beautiful girl.

….But her cold eyes and blank expression ruin everything.

The whole body exudes a languid atmosphere, as if to say “I want to go home”…. It’s somewhat similar to me.

I think I’ve seen this girl somewhere before, or maybe she just recently received the same request?

“…..Why are you here?”

As I was trying to remember who it was, the light blue girl glared at me with half-lidded eyes, her face slightly miffed. ….Hmm? This voice, perhaps——

“O, oh…. Lo, long time no see?”

And the cheeks pull back at the unexpected encounter, and I reply in a shaky voice. ….Awful. Why is she in such a place?

My head spins frantically as I try to figure out what to do.

If she is here, does that mean…..Letty is here too? If that’s the case, I’m going to be in a lot of trouble. There’s no point in running away.

“….Long time no see.”

The girl belonging to Letty’s party——Eve Dulkis, glared at me and whispered in a reluctant manner.