Chapter 191

After a long night (1)

“Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!”

It felt strange to call it a stretching sound.

Assistant Professor Claire, who opened the glass door of the main entrance to the Trix Building while looking at the rising morning sun, was so glad to see the early morning air that tears came to her eyes.

I ended a long day of duty with Professor Kalide, who didn’t even pretend to eat for one person.

Her blonde hair had become dull from staying up all night, with little hairs sticking out here and there. The puffy eyes have become completely frizzy, so the eyes of the smoked fish dish seem more lively.

There is not even a trace of dignity in the way he stretches ungainly like an old man.

Surely, until a few years ago, Assistant Professor Claire was also a beautiful girl who was an honor student at Sylvania University and gave off an atmosphere that was difficult to approach.

After a few years, the so-called wise man’s time was posted on the image of a woman who had become so worn down by society that instead of putting on pretty makeup, she was tying up her messy hair in a discreet ponytail.

Was the choice to pursue a teaching career too reckless?

Even though the fresh morning air brought tears to my eyes and cooled my lungs, I honestly didn’t feel all that good.

“Is there a record of dispatch of medical personnel in the early morning?”

“Ah yes... a student was injured near the northern forest.”

“Wow. A student got hurt?”

“Yes. I have compiled a list of the inspector reports, so you can check them. The matter has already been reported up to the vice principal’s line, so there is no need to take any new action.”

The next worker who was going through the handover process looked at the crowded list and clicked his tongue.

“What happened last night...”

“There were a lot of accidents. The Elte Commercial Building collapsed in the residential building. Although it happened outside the teaching building, we still need to be aware of it.”

“Eh, the Elte Trading Company building? What happened? Have you finished investigating the circumstances?”

After letting down his hair, the worker pushed up his glasses and spoke as if he was embarrassed.

Assistant Professor Claire closed all the doors she had opened for ventilation and then entered the duty room and spoke.

“They say the explosion was caused by poor risk inventory management.”

It was a pretty refreshing answer.

“Risk inventory?”

“It appears that magic items imprinted with explosion symbols caused a series of explosions in the Elte Company warehouse.”

The shift worker looks embarrassed while checking the list.

“Elte Trading Company, which is said to have distributed quite a few products, also makes the same mistake.”

“Well, they say there were no serious injuries or casualties, but the financial damage would be significant.”

Assistant Professor Claire said that without blinking.

The reason why the Elte Commercial Building was destroyed was because of an accident that occurred during distribution of goods.

“Is the handover over? Are you off work now?”

A man who was sitting on a chair at the end of the office with his feet stretched out and a book covering his face stood up.

The sight of the body shakily rising, loosening its screaming joints, looks like a corpse waking up from the dead.

“Wow, it was long. It was long.”

After spending most of the night just sitting in place, it was clear that he was tired.

To begin with, Professor Kalide always looks tired.

“Ugh, I should go back to my room and rest. I wonder if there’s any beer left at the general store in the living area.”

“Ah, yes... please come in safely, Professor Kalaid.”

“Claire, aren’t you going in?”

Do you mean to confirm this and kill him? He must have seen it and uploaded the documents.

Claire spoke while holding back tears.

“The school opening ceremony is scheduled for tomorrow. I have to order the cleaning of the student center auditorium in the morning and check whether the employees have completed preparations for the opening ceremony before returning.”

“Well...”

After working all night, work piles up until the morning. It could be said that it was a situation where tears covered my eyes.

Professor Kallade grabbed one of Assistant Professor Claire’s shoulders and clenched his fist on the other side.

“Good luck! Claire! I said it’s okay to go through hardships when you’re young!”

After saying that, the back of Professor Kaleide walks toward the front door with unsteady steps.

As I look at the back of the drunkard staggering around with his hands stuffed into the pockets of his white coat, I feel like I just want to hit him in the face.

“By the way, where is the injured student? Since I have taken over, I think I should check once in a while...”

At that time, the next worker asked Assistant Professor Claire.

“Ah... Student Ed Rosstaylor? I believe he is currently lying in a hospital bed in the infirmary of the Trix Building. He said all emergency measures have been completed, so I guess...” “

He is not there right now.”

“...yes?”

Professor Kalide spoke in front of the wide open front door, taking out a candle.

“Claire, the last time you went out to check on the safety hazard area, you left the Trix building with Lucy Mayril. I sat in the duty room and saw it for sure.”

“Oh no... he went out? What if you just let him go? I saw that he was seriously injured!”

“Don’t worry.”

Professor Kalide, who was puffing smoke, suddenly looked up at the eastern sky.

There was still a lot of dark red in the sky, but the sun was pushing out the darkness and peeking out little by little.

“I got permission from Vice Principal Rachel Sun. Don’t touch him and let him do whatever he wants.”

*It’s inevitable to feel dumbfounded after seeing the half-destroyed Elte Commercial Building.

In the first place, a collapsed building is always a sight that strikes the blind spot of an accident.

It is a sight where a structure that seemed to stand firmly in its place for days on end is collapsing helplessly. It’s natural to feel like your daily life has collapsed or that the world has completely changed.

The workers who came to repair the commercial building seemed to all be thinking the same thing, as they all looked confused as they looked at the building, which was now only half of its shape.

It’s the last day of summer vacation.

The students who encountered this major accident as soon as they returned to school were all shocked, but their daily lives did not collapse.

“You came up with an unusually extravagant plan.”

“No, I didn’t know it would grow this big...”

No one seemed to be paying attention to Lucy, who was standing outside the Elte Company’s cage, looking inside, and clinging to it with her arms wrapped around her arms.

In the first place, the collapse of the Elte Commercial Building itself was disguised as being caused by some kind of explosion.

It doesn’t seem like a simple misunderstanding and I have a strong feeling that it was influenced by someone higher up.

Even the sight of the workers starting the restoration work as naturally as water was filled with a sense of discomfort.

“That’s enough. Let’s go to camp.”

“huh.”

I walked side by side with Lucy, holding on tightly to my unsteady steps.

The distance from the living quarters to the North Forest Camp is not short. If you sprint as hard as you can, you can get there quickly, but you’re not in the right physical condition to do that.

Lucy looked at me with concern as I wandered around aimlessly, but she didn’t try to stop me. It seems like they are telling you to do whatever you want.

Lucy, who followed me into the forest while clutching my collar tightly, used her magic power to cut down every hanging vine or leaf that appeared.

When I put my hand down on the witch’s hat and stroked it as if I were grateful, Lucy put her head on my forearm, seeming to feel very happy.

Even so, it was difficult to deal with the fact that he would occasionally giggle and keep his posture, as if he was aware that it was something very embarrassing.

So we walked through the forest at dawn for a while.

When I passed this road with Lortel last night, it was so dark that I couldn’t even see an inch in front of me.

want to continue living a wild life, you must not lose your sense of sharpness.

“Anyway, what about Lortel?”

I asked Belle’s back as she was about to leave. Last

night . The most important question in the battle to recapture the Elte Company was Lortel’s whereabouts.

“Don’t you know that I went to camp early in the morning?”

Belle said in a friendly tone.

“She is my employer. . It was like that in the past and it is still like that now. Please finish the story well.”

After saying that, Belle disappeared into the forest just as she had snatched Lucy.

Seeing Lucy not even making an effort to struggle made me feel faint. I hope I

can control Lucy properly in this bachelor . As for humans, after all, there is only bell...

*Even though the dark night is long, the sun rises.

As if to prove that fact, the morning sun sticks out its head and greets me. As the

light of dawn slowly creeps up and illuminates the camp, the gloomy atmosphere that was so gloomy comes to light. There is no sign of the darkness or the rain that used to make people gloomy.

The light reflected from the remaining puddles occasionally tickles the eyes, but not to the point where it bothers them.

When you look at the view of the camp like that, you even get the illusion that you have returned to normal times. However,

I know that there are many things that have not yet been concluded.

Too many forces were intertwined and too much happened last night... In the end, there are only two facts that are most important to check.

What happened to Tailley in the end?

Lor What happened to the tell in the end?

Whether or not my efforts to create this mess last night paid off ultimately come down to the answers to those two questions.

I raise my head for a moment and look beyond the campfire.

I made it to the end in the rain. It seems like the image of Tailly, who was clenching and trying to get up, overlaps.

First, let’s check the basement of Lortel’s villa.

With that thought in mind, I led my still sore body towards Lortel’s villa.

I gently pulled the door open. It’s not locked. That’s right, the bell just rang. When

I opened the door, the view I saw... was as expected.

“Oh... you’re early, senior.”

“...”

“You’re probably hurt a lot, so why don’t you get some more rest?” “It

was a sign that many people had stormed in and searched the inside.

Furniture was toppled here and there, and miscellaneous things like books and inkwells were rolling around on the floor.

The entrance to the wine cellar, which I had worked hard to block, was also neatly opened. The space leading to the basement. At the end, there must have been a pile of gold and silver treasures that Lortel clearly embezzled. The

imperial convoy came and searched them all. And it looks like he may have even found the mountain of gold coins.

But Lortel Kecheln was not escorted.

He was sitting at the work desk in the center of the villa, smiling softly like a fox.

I pulled up a nearby rolling chair and sat down. Because it was difficult to stand any longer.

“I have a lot to ask.”

“What happened last night?”

“of course.”

“Shall I tell you slowly, starting with the circumstances, or shall I tell you the conclusion?”

Pain rose up from my body, but I didn’t show it for no reason. I didn’t necessarily want to worry Lortel.

“From the conclusion.”

“There are three conclusions.”

Lortel spread three fingers. It was the index, middle, and ring fingers.

“Tailly was taken back by Ayla. Ayla’s expression looked shaken, so I guess she will explain the situation at that level. Perhaps we need to meet again and talk properly, but... her thoughts seemed a bit complicated.”

It catches exactly what I’m curious about. First of all, this is what Lucy told me.

Lortel may not even know the truth about Bellbroke, but it is an amazing intuition.

Like that, Lortel folded his ring finger.

“Dune completely took responsibility for the embezzlement case on the part of Elte Trading Company. This is something that is a bit puzzling to me, and I still don’t understand how the situation came to be like this. I am in a situation where I should be the first to be suspected. “I have to try it.”

That is somewhat predictable to me. I think it probably went as expected.

Just like that, Lortel put down his middle finger.

Then, holding a gently straightened index finger, he quickly got down from the table and approached me, who was sitting quietly in the chair, and poked my lips.

Satisfaction blooms in a bewitching smile.

“....What.”

“The last thing is that I became that person. In some ways, that’s the most important conclusion.”

After saying that, he immediately hugs my head.

Even I was taken aback by the feeling of our lips being overlapped.

Anyway, she is a girl who is adept at attacking people when they are off guard.

Lortel kissed me for so long without even giving me a chance to pull my head back.

It’s not my first time experiencing a surprise kiss, but this time it took a long time.

Lortel held his head tightly and kissed his lips for a while before lifting his head.

The sinister smiling face now resembles the Lortel I used to know.

The look that had been soft all night was gone. Rather, I feel reassured by that sight.

Eventually, the lines that would come out of Lortel’s mouth were somehow predictable.

“Is the second one me too?”

“...”

She smiled like a lady, so I answered as well.

Since I was going through a lot of hardships, I couldn’t help but feel a subtle grumpiness creeping up on me.

“It’s not the second time.”

“...yes?”

The bewitching face that looked like an impregnable snake collapsed in an instant, and Lortel’s eyes widened.

“...”

“...”

“... Then who is the second one?”

While I was wondering what to say in response to that, I quietly rubbed Lortel’s shoulder.

“Anyway, I’m glad to see that you’re safe.”

Lortel gently wrapped my hand on his shoulder... I closed my eyes and felt its warmth for a while.

A villa in a deserted camp. There was a calm warmth in the early morning forest.

We stayed still for a while, exchanging the warmth of our hands. A strange sense of satisfaction arose between us.

Eventually, Lortel slowly opened his eyes and asked again.

“So...who is the second one...??”

She was a surprisingly obsessed girl.