CH 98

Episode 98

“So, what am I supposed to do with this?”

It was lunchtime on the first day of the new semester.

“Well, I know. I’m in trouble.”

Rachel put her finger on her lips and narrowed the gap between her eyes.

“If he had told you his name, I would have known who it was.”

Astra patted the desk with her fingers.

In the middle of the three of us sitting head to head in a quiet classroom, there was a pink chocolate box in question.

“There are no cards or notes on it, but only hearts are drawn on it. Maybe it’s not a confession, but just a gift as a fan? didn’t he said he’s rooting for you?”

Rachel raised her right index finger and talked about her speculations.

“I think I’d be comfortable if it was like that.”

I added with my arms crossed and my head nodded.

But Astra shook her head and refused Rachel’s opinion.

“But Rachel, the face of that person was obviously the face who wanted to confess. Yerine, you remember that, right?”

“I did, but maybe it was just because he was shy.”

“Well, that’s true. By the way, do you usually give chocolates with a combination of red, white, and pink?”

Rachel answered Astra’s question, rolling her amber eyes.

“Maybe it’s just his taste.”

“Is that so?”

Astra talked with her fingers twisting the tips of her bright red hair with a confused face.

“What are you talking about?”

I looked back as I was appalled by the voice I heard behind my back.

“What, you three were eating something delicious? That’s too much, give me some too.”

Rayl said, reaching out her finger to the box of chocolates.

Astra grabbed his hand and shook her head.

“It’s not yours. It’s Yerine’s.”

“Aren’t you all eating together?”

“No, we think that someone gave this to Yerine and confessed.”

I held Astra back with my fingers to her mouth in surprise.

“Astra, shh.”

Rayl opened his eyes wide, surprised, and said in an incredible face.

“Wow, someone gave this to you? Is he prepared to survive without being caught by the Prince?”

“Yes, thanks to it, I’ve had a hard time hiding this big box all day.”

I spoke to Rayl in a cheeky voice.

“Why are you hiding it? We can eat everything so that the prince won’t find out.”

“Oh, well……”

I rolled my eyes to the other side and thought of an excuse.

I knew that it was given with good intentions, but I was not the type to eat food given by someone who I didn’t even know his face.

‘Because I don’t know what’s inside the person’s mind.’

Still, I was sorry to say that I was somehow suspicious about the person who gave me chocolate in front of the other kids, so I came up with another excuse.

“I don’t know who he is, so I was kinda sorry for eating it, but not eating it also makes me feel sorry.”

“You’re in a dilemma.”

“Uh. And honestly, look at these chocolate shapes. Rabbits, hearts, and chicks are so cute that I feel sorry to eat them.”

“Wow, that definitely took some effort.”

Rayl said with admiration.

“That’s really great, by the way. I can’t believe someone gave you chocolate.”

“Who gave chocolate to whom?”

Ah.

At that moment, I realized that I made a mistake.

The chocolate existence showed to one of the two people who thought it must be hidden.

“Erica!”

“Oh, Yerine.”

Looking at Erica’s bright smile that melts anyone’s heart, I quickly removed a note with a heart drawn from the outside of the box.

‘Yes, Erica did say that she’d come to our classroom for lunch.’

I thought the chocolate’s existence should not be caught as much as I could, but I could not remember it like a fool.

For more,

Rayl kicked his tongue and looked back at Erica.

“Of course. It’s about Yerine.”

Erica talked while looking at the chocolate box with her arms crossed.

“Actually, I think we should not eat this chocolate for the same reason.”

Her eyes were as firm as if she was in training, and her voice was not shaken at all.

Rayl protested with his arms open as if he thought her words were too much.

“No, wouldn’t it be too much to think that way? The one who gave it might have prepared it with pure intentions.”

“But we can’t ignore the other possibility.”

Erica looked up at Rayl and refuted him.

Turning to me again, she continued with a powerful voice.

“I’ll leave the decision to the owner, Yerine, but I don’t think you should eat this chocolate.”

Erica looked at the pink chocolate box with her eyes wide open and said,

“And if he was such a fan, he would definitely have joined our fan club. But as I said before, our members never give food to Yerine as a gift. It’s weird that someone who’s not even a fan club member suddenly prepared a gift like this.”

“Well, why do you have to doubt it so much……?”

Rayl murmured in a still questionable voice.

“But Rayl, Erica’s right.”

Astra said, expressing her opinion.

Then Rayl said in a small voice that he felt sorry.

“No, but, if I were in the position of the person who gave the gift, it would be very sad. It would be unfair to be suspicious of the gift I chose with great care.”

There was definitely a point in Rayl’s words, but I was increasingly inclined to Erica’s opinion.

‘It’s a bit of a waste, but I don’t think it’s good to eat it.’

As soon as I tried to organize my mind, Astra opened her mouth.

“Wait a minute, it’s no big deal. We can just have Rayl run a test for this.”

“Huh?”

Rayl opened his eyes wide at the sudden pointing.

“Right, even if it’s not a bad poison for the body, someone could have put something else in it. Like the previous DXellaria case.”

Rachel backed Astra’s opinion with her words on top.

“Yeah. Come to think of it, it could have been a love potion or something like that.”

When Astra said so, Rayl made a strong impression.

“Uh, would you mind not mentioning the name of that terrible trash? I feel like throwing up from the bottom of my heart.”

“Oh yeah, you hated love potion. I forgot.”

She shuddered and spoke to Rayl, who reacted violently.

“There’s no such thing as a love potion. And it’s not even a potion, it’s a fraud.”

“Okay, I get it. Let’s check what’s in it and see what’s in it.”

Astra tapped on the desk and urged Rayl.

“It won’t take long. Do it just once. It would be great if you could do it in front of everyone here.”

Rayl was weak at Astra’s request.

At this point, it would be hard to ignore the request to examine the chocolate.

“Well, I don’t think it would be bad if you just eat it…….”

Rayl scratched his head awkwardly and blurred his words.

“Well, I can’t help it if Yerine wants to run a test for it.”

“If you do it, then it’s good for me Rayl.”

Before Rayl changed his words, I said quickly.

Then, Rayl said, “Okay for now,” then adding, “I’ll prepare the reagent.”

“Wait for me. I’ll be right back.”

Even after Rayl left, speculation and wrangling about chocolate did not stop.

“But I’d be sorry if nothing comes out after all this.”

Astra and Rachel nodded when I said so.

“It would be more problematic if nothing came out. This could be a real confession.”

Astra lay on her arm at her desk and spoke in a languid voice.

“If he was going to confess, wouldn’t he have revealed his name?”

“Maybe he was so nervous that he forgot and ran away.”

Astra answered Rachel’s question with a giggle.

“Then that Basta…… No, I mean that boy could confess to Yerine again.”

Erica spoke, staring at the chocolate with irritated eyes.

She had a look of genuine annoyance, and it was a relief that she didn’t know the face of the person who gave the chocolate.

If she had known his face, it would have been easy for Erica to figure out who that person was.

“What? Confession?”

A low voice chilled my heart.

‘No, what’s wrong with today?’

Cassius, who strode toward the desk, said with fierce eyes as if he was tearing up his prey in front of him.

“Who confessed to Yerine?”

Cassius’s eyes already had a taste.

His eyes, as sharp as a beast, turned to chocolate before I knew it, and I thought for a moment.

‘I should have eaten it.’

I sighed inwardly, feeling Cassius’s cool gaze at the chocolate.

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