Chapter 37

After the potion class was over, it was time for our lunch break.

Glan, Mize, and myself joined Elysia from the Hero Department, and headed to the courtyard. Recently, the four of us often met here for lunch.

“In short, it’s something that Tweight did again.”

When Mize and Glan explained what happened in the potion class, Elysia sighed and stared at me.

“It’s been two months since you entered school… little by little I am starting to think you’re sick.”

“…I didn’t mean anything by it.”

While denying it, I remembered last month.

Elysia has been constantly giving me trouble since the day when I convinced her to stop trying for revenge. She pretends to be aware of my identity. Perhaps Elysia is aware that I don’t want her to be involved in it too much, she doesn’t openly pursue information, but she is clearly suspicious of me at times.

“Hey… do you have that kind of experience?”

Elysia leaned towards me and asked in a hushed voice.

“What is ‘that kind of experience’?”

“That… poisoning, etc.”

I sighed at the use of words.

“I don’t think there is any such experience.”

“That’s right. You’re not vicious.”

“Oh. Generally, magic tools are dealt with by magic. If you’re going to make a poison, you’re not going to make it with a magical potion, you’re going to make it with a purely pharmaceutical technique…. It’s the same as cooking. If you really want to kill people, then you should take the time to do it properly. “

“Hey, really? Have you really poisoned someone!?”

I felt Elysia’s suspicion grow even stronger. She got closer to my face to find out what I meant.

Glan and Mize were looking at the exchange between us from a distance.

“Hey, aren’t you guys dating?”

Glan spit out like lightning.

Elysia cleared her throat, and responded to the question.

“Now… We’re not dating. Right, Tweight? “

“Oh.”

Randomly I felt that she spoke in a strong tone, but there is no mistake in her words.

For a while, for some reason, a theory that Elysia and I are lovers emerged among these four people.

It all started when I kissed her when I tried to persuade her to stop seeking revenge. But no matter what they thought, we didn’t want each other. I was desperately trying to protect my everyday life that was in front of me, and Elysia was burning with hatred and not in her right mind.

I explained everything was a misunderstanding, but it seems that Elysia isn’t convinced.

At that time, Elysia agreed, “That’s right, it’s just a misunderstanding,” but since then, she’s been in a bad mood every time this topic comes up.

I wondered if I should say something, but since I’m going to be a bush snake no matter what I say, I decided to keep eating silently.

As I was sitting on the wooden bench, the soft breeze blowing through the courtyard shook my hair.

Glan and I were eating the bread that was on sale. Elysia and Mize were eating bento boxes they had prepared.

While chewing, I suddenly looked at Mize.

Her behavior of eating small bites little by little was polite, not like a girl of her age.

“I always think Mize has very elegant gestures.”

“Wow!? Is that right!?”

Mize responds exaggeratedly to Elysia’s mutter.

“Yes. I can tell that she was raised well. It’s like an aristocrat.”

“Well, that’s not the case! Hey, I’m a glutton! Even eat my lunch boxes with a big mouth like this…”

Munch, Munch. Cough, Cough.

Mize tried her best to open her mouth big to eat three omelets at once. However, in the end, it seems to have got stuck in her throat, causing her to cough violently while she covered her mouth.

I don’t know if Elysia and Glan are aware of it, but… apparently Mize has something to hide.

If you don’t want to reveal it yourself, it’s probably something unappealing she doesn’t want us to get involved with.

In fact, I also have a secret, the kind of thing I don’t want them to know.

A month ago, thanks to Elysia, I was keenly aware of the fragility of everyday life. Everyday life can be destroyed in a moment. It would be very difficult to recover it afterwards.

If possible, I want our daily lives to be strong.

Will not succumb to any adversity and will not be shaken by any disaster. I once hoped that it would be such a sturdy, daily life.

But one month has passed since then, and I have come to understand.

This fragility lasts forever.

It’s always been fragile. What is it anyways?

It seems that it is fragile because of everyday life. Therefore, I changed my mind and decided that it was impossible to make it sturdy.

I have a secret, and so does Mize.

Elysia had a secret.

I’m sure Glan also has some complicated circumstances.

On top of that, everyday life is made up.

Therefore, the inhabitants of the world of everyday life are very cautious. You must be attentive to the other person. Do not unnecessarily stimulate others. Having lived in their daily lives, they are familiar with the fragility so they strive every day not to break it.

She may have been scorned a little.

Before, there was a lot of awareness I put in to keep this everyday life.

Certainly, people’s daily lives were protected by the defeat of the Demon King, thanks to the humans and heroes of our institution. However, it is not people like us who have kept that daily life, but those who are here. We are not the only ones who protected our daily lives, it’s also thanks to them.

There is still much to learn from them.

That was a pleasure for me.

“…Hmm?”

I stopped eating when I felt a sense of discomfort around my right hip. My uniform pocket was shaking slightly.

Apparently the communication paper has been activated.

“Excuse me, I have to leave my seat for a bit.”

I made a short excuse and stood up.

For some reason, I had a bad feeling.