Chapter 28

No!

The doorknob in my hand rattle.

"Miss Florentia?"

Dr. O'Malley asked me wondering when he saw me standing still holding the doorknob.

"Are there any uncomfortable places?"

Not uncomfortable then!

Right now, I feel like flying by karate techniques, hearing that the recommendation you should give Estira is given to someone else.

I wanted to grab Dr. O'Malley's fat and squeeze it, but I asked innocently, raising my mouth hard.

“What good is there?”

At my question, a gleaming man who was excited by Dr. O'Malley quickly approached and said hello.

"Hello, my lady! I'm Jason. This time, I was invited by Dr. O'Malley to go to the Imperial Academy!"1

There was no place to be flawed except for the burden of being polite to greet, but it was a feeling of unfavorableness.

First of all, I don't like it just by intercepting the letter of recommendation that Estira should receive.

"Well. Are you a student of doctor? It's the first time I saw you..."

I've been in and out of the lab a few times so far, and it's the first time I've seen it.

"Jason is a student I taught for a while a few years ago."

A few years ago? Not even now?

"I wrote a letter of recommendation because he wanted to go to the Imperial Academy this time. Heh!"

"Thank you very much. Dr. O'Malley's letter of recommendation! I'm sure I'll get a lot of attention from the Academy Research Lab!"

Jason couldn't hide his laughter, he was happy just by imagining it.

In comparison, Estira's face was dark.

Although she was forced to laugh, I could see that it was quite gloomy.

“Stir then, now…… .”

Jason glanced at me and took luck with Dr. O'Malley.

"Miss Florentia, aren't you feeling uncomfortable?"

Apparently, Dr. O'Malley and Jason seemed to have separate places to go.

Perhaps it was in return for writing a letter of recommendation.

I nodded with a shaky face.

"I'm here to see Estira. Don't worry and go."

“Yes, then see you again next time.”

Dr. O'Malley leaves the lab with Jason, who is still grinning.

In the quiet space, Estira was working hard again.

Remove the teacups left on the table and arrange the refreshment bowls.

I approached Estira carefully and said.

"Estira, are you okay?"

Estira laughed faintly at my question.

“Yes, my lady. It's okay, I am. I'm rather sorry to you.”

"I? Are you sorry for me?"

I didn't understand what Estira said.

“I'm sorry, I have something to do. Even though the letter was taken away by a man named Jason, if you talk to Dr. O'Malley, he will definitely write a recommendation to Estira.”

However, Estira's bitter smile only got deeper.

Something was weird.

It's not going to be this depressing.

"Estira?"

"Recommendation letter……."

Estira, who had been shutting her mouth for a while, difficultly opened her mouth.

"Only one recommendation letter for the academy is valid per year, my lady."

"Ha, one piece?"

"Yeah…… .”

Only then did Estira laugh as if consoling, toward me, who understood the situation and was stupid.

"Next year, next year.........you will write it to me."

As I looked at it laughing but not laughing, I felt the responsibility.

It was because of my work.

I told her, I would send her to the Imperial Academy and didn't pay attention to it.

Dr. O'Malley's letter of recommendation was missed because the application deadline was approaching.

I said, looking at Estira's drooping shoulders.

"Don't worry too much, Estira."

I'll send you to the academy at whatever cost.

If I didn't receive Dr. O'Malley's recommendation, I could stop by getting someone else's recommendation.

* * *

"Well........."

It was breakfast with my father after a long time.

I was chewing the fruit and plant it for future work, and I turned my head to the sigh of my father who had already burst out for the third time.

“Hmm…….”

There was a deep wrinkle in my father's beauty, who always smiled like sunshine when he was with me.

“Dad, why is that?”

When I asked as I pulled my sleeves, my father looked at me with full consciousness.

"Ah, it's nothing. I was thinking a little bit."

I think it was a worry rather than an idea.