Chapter 3 - One Litre Of Tears For Lumins

“…”

“…”

Both Lumins and Velkina fell silent at the sight of my tears, and only the sounds of my sniffling were heard in the hall.

Ah, I’m screwed.

I had been so thrilled to meet Lumins in my dream that I briefly lost control of my emotions. Now that he and Velkina were staring at me, I wondered how I was going to escape this awkward predicament.

Surely they would have also found it strange if I were to stop crying all of a sudden, so I forced myself to keep weeping.

“Hic, huaah, hic!”

I cried and cried like I had just lost everything, and then I heard his voice.

“Hey, Velkina…” Lumins turned to the girl beside him. “What did you do to Miss Senephin?”

“What?” she looked back in surprise. “Don’t get me wrong, Lumins. We didn’t talk about anything that would have brought tears to our eyes.”

“Really? You didn’t sneak around and secretly take a jab at her?”

“Ay, Lumins is a meanie.”

Maybe I was crying because I realized I was inside a game. Regardless of the reason for my tears, this was not the right time for me to stand around admiring these two characters who were in the middle of strengthening their friendship. I contemplated what I should do next.

I did my best to finish weeping and dried my tears. As I peered closer at Velkina, I noticed that the clothes she wore were part of the

“Magic Researcher”

costume. Her wearing that set meant I was somewhere near the beginning of the game.

However, I also recognized that it was possible we were not following the game’s original timeline accurately since we were inside a dream. As a result, the events unfolding before me might not be happening as I expect.

From what I recalled, Velkina had been introduced at the start of the game as an orphan who was scouted for her special skill in magic. Her talent led her to enter the kingdom’s Magic Research Institute as a sorceress in training.

Anyone who had ever observed Velkina’s interactions with others knew that there was one particular individual who thought of her as nothing but a thorn in their side. That person was Senephin Cromwell, who had also happened to be the previous owner of this body.

Despite this known animosity between them, I was surprised to hear Velkina address me as “Miss Senephin” instead of just Senephin. Were we already past the part of the story where Velkina started adding “Miss” to her name?

“Miss Senephin, why don’t you calm down first and then go back to your quarters? Please wipe your tears with this…”

Velkina held out a white handkerchief to me and looked at my tear-streaked face with worry. Her ability to respond so kindly to Senephin, who constantly harassed her, demonstrated that Velkina was indeed such a magnanimous, kind-hearted female lead.

Anyway, before my mind had gone off on a tangent, I remembered that Velkina had said,

Oh, I had just unknowingly responded to him with hearts in my eyes. While thinking about my actions, I made up my mind to do as Lumins said and bade farewell to Velkina. Afterward, I followed him to my quarters.