Absolute Duo Vol 4 Chapter 6

Has 1 hour passed since the chairman entered the mansion?

Since the full-time guards were standing guard in the premises, we received orders to be alert without disturbing them.

“How should I say this……….We feel out of place here”

While looking around the surroundings; the reason why I brought that topic to Tora, was not because of the gorgeous scenery.

After seeing the people visible in the premises, I compared them to myself.

Including the many guards standing guard, there were female and male Ethnarch members wearing personal security clothes. On top of that, a bodyguard probably brought by a guest invited to the banquet-----(what’s more a foreigner with a scary face), was wearing black clothes like it was normal.

Compared to them, we were clearly feeling out of place since we were in our usual Kouryou uniforms.

“We feel like students on a field trip, here to observe society………”

“Fuun, I don’t care. Looks and skills aren’t related anyway”

“I think so too but-----wait, Julie…….?”

After looking around one more time, I saw a silver hair girl surrounded by several people in black clothes at the fountain in front of the mansion.

“I’ll go take a look!”

“Ah Tooru!........seriously, you’re over protective”

Tora’s tired voice could be heard behind me when I ran towards Julie.

Worrying about an <<exceed>> who has abilities beyond normal humans----</exceed>

(It’s true that I' am overprotective…….)

Nevertheless, inside her was a normal---- (She’s a little blank but)-----girl so, it was only normal for me to worry.

“Tooru”

It seems Julie noticed me getting close and after receiving something from a man in black clothes, she took a bow before running over to me.

“Are you okay, Julie. Did they make you do something weird?”

“Nai. They were surprised that I was an Ethnarch-trainee…………they thought I was a child that got lost here”

I was about to laugh out loud at the latter half of her sentence, but I managed to suppress the urge.

“Ah, now that I think about it, you received something from them?”

“Ja--. They gave me candy, encouraging me to work hard for this training.”

I was close to bursting out this time when I heard how she was treated like a child.

“………..By the way Tooru. What were you talking about with that person?”

Julie directed her sights at Lilith, who was standing still while looking up at the mansion again.

“Hnn………….It’s not like anything happened. But, I felt that she was acting weird when we reached here. I tried talking to her just in case, but she just played it off”

“…………….I’m amazed you noticed that she's acting weird.”

“That’s because she’s been worried about me recently.”

A few days ago, Lilith planned a birthday party for me because she got worried about me being depressed.

Because of that, it’s my turn to cheer her up if anything happens to her, or at the very least, to ask what she was concerned about.

That’s the reason why he noticed Lilith was acting weird, but he felt a little lonely since it ended up with her just trying to play it off.

*Pull*.

Just when I felt something pulling my body, it was apparently Julie pulling my sleeves.

Adding on; at a level where only people close to her would notice,------(Of course, I could notice)------her expression was clouded.

“What’s wrong, Julie?”

“…………………I wonder what’s wrong?”

*Chirin* the bell rang as she tilted her head.

It seems that Julie unconsciously moved her body and doesn't know the reason why she pulled my body.

After shrugging my shoulders telling her that nothing is wrong, I went back to the front of the mansion with Julie.

The Ethnarch captain called us to gather when we were standing guard.

The reason became clear when the captain started talking to everyone.

“There’s going to be an attack!?”

“Yeah. An emergency call came from Mikuni-san. He told us that there will be an attack from those <

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