Volume 1 Chapter 2 Part6 (1/2)
VOLUME 1
Season 2, Episode 6
Episode 6:
Everyone was talking about them.
Shun could literally feel the gazes of his fellow students penetrating through him as he walked through the hallways.
Guess it didn't take them all that long to spread around word about Rosalie. After all, not everyone could have stopped Nades.h.i.+ko's mid-kick as easily Rosalie had.
Nades.h.i.+ko was clearly quite p.i.s.sed about it too, seeing as she actually ordered a censor of said topic.
Not that it worked, but still.
A small voice suggested that perhaps Nades.h.i.+ko was more bothered by the fact that Rosalie declared herself as Shun's bride. Shun quashed it immediately. That was just stupid.
Getting up, Shun decided to go hunt out Rosalie. After all, things weren't getting any more comfortable from where he was sitting.
First, he thought he'd try the partic.i.p.ant's room that had been set up for the fight later. Stepping into the empty cla.s.sroom that had been set aside solely for Rosalie, he spotted her beyond the gla.s.s divide, slumbering peacefully in a pool of golden suns.h.i.+ne, her body perched at the edge of her seat as her head was laid down upon the table.
Trying to make as little noise as he possibly could, Shun entered the room.
Seeing as there was no one else, Shun decided to grab that one chance he had to watch Rosalie sleep.
She really was such a beauty. Her golden hair fanning out on the table, cheeks flushed from the heat, chest steadily rising and falling. She looked a picture of sweet innocence.
Whilst admiring the picture she made, Shun felt the unreality of the situation hit him like a freight train. Maybe it was more apparent after the talk with Sora but Shun felt as though he were this close to witnessing a miracle.
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It was then that Rosalie woke up.
She smiled a lazy smile up at Shun and got up.
”I've been waiting for you.”
Grabbing his hand, she led him to the table.
”Here! Let's eat your bento!”
Bringing out the bento box, she proceeded to unwrap it with the utmost care, before setting it in front of Shun with a smile.
”I now present you your bento, made with love!”
Shun's heart skipped a beat.
While it remained true that Rosalie's sudden turn up had caused quite an upset, and what's more, her undeniably being the main cause of all this fuss, at that very moment Shun felt quite touched. After all, it wasn't every day that a girl made bento just for you. Especially not this girl - the warrior princess Rosalie.
”Thanks, Rosalie.”
Determined to savor every morsel of food in the bento, Shun lifted the lid, only to be greeted with a lump of black slime.
His subconscious wrote a little requiem for that fleeting moment of tingly warmth when Rosalie gifted him with the bento.
Really, the stuff in there looked like it could kill. It was as if Slime monsters had been roasted alive with the Begourda spell, the highest grade, most refined version of the Begoura fire magic.
”Go on, have a bite, Shun.”
The black stuff seemed to absorb all forms of light, and emit a killer aura. In fact, Shun wouldn't even be surprised if it turned out to be able to shoot lasers from within its murky depths.
And he was expected to eat this?!
Sneaking a glance at Rosalie, Shun was about to apologize when his gaze met hers.
Her huge eyes were sparkling with excitement, her features akin to that of a child's who had just completed their first portrait.
There was no way he could say no to that.
And hey, maybe it didn't taste as bad as it looked.
”T-Thanks for the f-food…”
Shun held his breathe and shoved the first spoonful of slime into his mouth.
…
This tastes like s***!
He hadn't even swallowed it, and yet dramatic UFO-capture background music was already playing at the back of his mind.
Grabbing his courage by the tail, he relaxed his throat and allowed that black slime to slide down his gut.
The mental image of a scarecrow falling face down into the earth.
The deafening sound of roaring thunder as it pelts of rain shot down from the skies above. An organ was playing its last few dramatic notes, and both the Devil and Angel were preparing for a battle that was soon to embroil the entire nation. A few habanero peppers were also added into Shun's imagery for extra spice.
”How was it, Shun?”
Rosalie's voice shook him awake from his reverie.
It's bad enough to make my soul dissipate as soon as I open my mouth.
Right, he was definitely going to say that, no matter what happened to her after. She was practically feeding him poison, for crying out loud!
”T-That was horri-cious!”
”Shun?!”
”Sorry, wait! No, I meant that it was delicious! E-extremely delicious!”
”Does that mean it's powerful?”
”A-Ah, yes!”
”That's great!”
She flashed her million watt smile.
”Did I make you happy, Shun?”
That was her line from Dragon Bless again. Rosalie tended to say that after helping out any character in the game.
Shun couldn't help but smile weakly at the sheer naivety of it.
Well, figures he was suckers for girls with a kind heart.
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”Shun, could you read this letter next?”
Well, well, yet another surprise.
Rosalie withdrew an envelope from the drawer beneath the table.
”A letter? For me?”
”We're exchanging letters, are we not?”
Rosalie said this as though it were the most obvious thing in the world.
”This is our first trail in order to achieve marriage. Shun, please read the letter regarding my feelings for you.”