Chapter 33 (1/2)

Chapter 33 – I said so was impossible

When I woke up and startedmy creaky body After all, I’ve been asleep for two full days, it seeotten a bit slow

After waking up I immediately went off to find the student council president, Sirius Deek, but…… I couldn’t find him anywhere at school or the dorms

Everyone said that heup and escaped soht

He’s probably still in the school somewhere, I wondered if he would be where Maria was Why I thought so, I couldn’t ansell at all, but even so I still believed it He must be where Maria is And Maria must still be safe

That’s why, I headed to the hidden room where Maria was in order to rescue her

“He’s the culprit who tried to steal your life, he’s dangerous We’ll go find hiether with the servants, so you rest here” is what everyone told me, but……

Since I caused Maria to fall into this pinch, I have to save her with my own hands Also…… I have to talk to Sirius properly one more time

The way Sirius seely burned into my mind He had such a bitter and painful expression, and he had been crying without h he had such bad intentions for me…… I still can’t help but worry about the way he seemed

Also, what A-chan said at the end, about his real name – he must have some complicated circumstances, Sirius Deek

That’s why, I – have to go myself to talk to Sirius properly one more time That’s why, I myself headed to where he should be

My friends were quite reluctant to go along withto be allowed to go by o with me

And so, together with my stepbrother and friends, we headed to where Sirius and Maria should be

We advanced through the dim forest next to the school In a location that’s closer to the ic than the school itself, is a warehouse that’s not used very often

We opened the strangely heavy doors and entered inside Inside it was about as large as the Claes fauest room, and it was cluttered with various items that I didn’t know the purpose for

I avoided all the clutter, and headed directly for the back Then, I reached a large bookshelf on the opposite wall from the entrance It looks too heavy to ht me, there was a button on the side of the bookshelf I pushed the button Then, the heavy bookshelf slid to the right with barely any sound

And what the bookshelf revealed, was a sturdy-looking black door

“There really was so with me exclaimed in surprise I had said that “I saw this hidden room in a dream”

At first their reactions were “what on earth are you talking about” with the way they looked at ht that I had been able to convince everyone…… It seems that everyone still had their doubts

I placed ht not be easy to open, but it opened right up when I put my hand on it Behind the door was a room that was about the size of a dorm room

Then, I set foot in the roo, it was quite dim inside

I focused irl sitting by herself in a corner of the room I immediately rushed over to her

“Maria!!”

“……Katarina-sama……?”

There was a thin chain of some sort locked around her ankles, and while it pained me to see Maria locked up like this, upon closer inspection it seeh her coood, she was able to properly look me in the eyes

“……Maria, I’ so late”

I hugged Maria tightly I’ able to help her

“……Me too, I’m really sorry to have inconvenienced everyone like this……”

Maybe it’s in relief or that she was really stiff, Maria lost all power in her body

“No, youfor my sake, I’m sure?”

Maria’s sohtly nodded As expected, Mariaon the day of the incident, and had been thinking about doing so for me

“Thank you Maria”

When I said so, Maria smiled a little and her cheeks became red

I’o of my breath However, I still haven’t fulfilled my other objective

“Hey, Maria…… He…… Is Sirius Deek here?”

“……Yes He’s still here Behind that black door”

Her face becarim as she indicated to another door It’s a little hard to see, but I could just barely make out another black door in the wall

“……Katarina-sa now?”

“That’s right…… Is what I would like to say but…… There’s still a lot that I don’t understand”

Thanks to A-chan’s revelation, I was able to discover this hidden location, but as he doing the things he did? How’d he get dark ic in the first place? Will he really cause such a terrible bad end like in the game…… There’s so much that I don’t knoever……

“………No matter what, I can’t see him as a bad person…… That’s why, I want to properly talk to him one more time”

Everyone was saying “you have no sense of danger at all You’re too kind for your own good” and seeht now

“……Is that so…… Certainly…… Apart fro bad to ave me food and let ht not be the real villain…… But, it seems like he has some sort of mysterious power”

As expected, just like I heard froht ic

“As expected, Maria knows so about his power?”

“Does Katarina-sa?”

“I heard about it, but…… I don’t understand it It’s only soic can perceive, or so it see?”

When I asked that, Maria firmly nodded

“Yes During that incident, around those girls and the president, I could see soht now, the black er than before”

Eh!? Why, did he use dark ain!? When? For what purpose? While I was confused, Maria continued on while thinking carefully

“……It’s just that, the black inally”

“……Different?”

“That’s right When I looked at it before, it felt like it was there a little as well on the outside of the blackthe president…… It al to devour the president or so”

What could that ic and that it’s now out of control?

I tiltedon at all, and Maria also had a troubled face that seemed like she didn’t know the answer

But, since we’ve coo back” is so I definitely won’t say

And, it seems that everyone understands the way I feel,to oppose me but, they all seem to have a reluctant atmosphere about them of “there’s no way around it” Well, since we’ve all co iven up already

“……I’ll go together with you as well”

Maria looked directly at me

“But…… Maria had just been locked up in a place like this…… You should return first and get some rest”

Even though she wasn’t treated roughly or anything, she’s still been locked up in such a dark place all this tiet her body checked That’s what I thought as I refused her, but…

“No, I’ as well! After all, I’m the only one that can see the president’s ”

Indeed, Maria’s the only person here who can perceive dark ic

“Even if you tell !”

Like usual, there was a very strong will contained within her eyes, and as she said so Maria joined all of us around the second black door

When we opened the door, I had expected there to be another roo to a baseh for one person to pass at a tiic to create soht and descended first slowly At the bottom, there was another black door Jared placed his hand on that black, heavy-see door The door opened without a sound

It was a rooh it was about the sa Maria…… There were no s at all and no natural light whatsoever In that rooic, there were sinister looking black letters written there It really felt like the air down here was rather stagnant