Volume 5 Chapter 5 (1/2)
“I just thought this suddenly but, don’t you think there’s a lot of mysteries about El?”
It was after school on a certain day when someone remarked that to the child in a nearby seat
“Well, that’s right”
The boy as addressed stoped his hands fro for a while, he replied that
“No one knohere he lives and what kind of person he is, too”
Shuu, as silent a while ago, suddenly joined in the conversation Several others were also interested in the conversation so they gathered
“The more I think about it, the more I feel like El is mysterious…”
When he finished saying that while standing, Shuu pulled a nearby seat and sat down
Probably because he is an aristocrat, Shuu speaks in an adult-like ood at properly taking care of people so he also receives abundant trust from the people around him
“I wonder if it’s a false name?”
“What do you mean?”
Rent began explaning to the child who appears to not understand what it meant
“He doesn’t have a faht? But I think El and I are si when he said he doesn’t have a family name, too”
“Well, now that you said that, doesn’t El have this unapproachable aura? I was confused when he first talked to me I wonder if it’s because of his atmosphere?”
The people listening nodded their head in agreement When Rent heard that, he realized he was not the only one who thought of that
“His mannerisms, too I think he received lessons like so ordinarily, it wouldn’t be like that I saw the contents of El’s bag but, don’t all his belongings have excellent prices?”
What Shuu said was reasonable
Matthias arranged all of El’s belongings, it’s impossible for the natural-born rich Matthias to possess so re-trained on fashi+on by his mother, Matthias distressed for one week on what s
El do not care about the what he carries, but Shuu is sensitive on perceiving that, as he is sooods on a daily basis
“The lunch he carries is also a”
“A?”
“How do I say this… it’s extravagant? He should be considerably fired up if it was made by his mother But El doesn’t eat at all, only a small portion of it”
Afterwards, stories on theup
Meanwhile, the person in question who should have returned home, came back to the classroom
“Let’s follow El!” (Rent)
“Waa-?”
“When I asked El where he lives before, he said he doesn’t know But is that possible? I’m sure he have some kind of secret That’s why, let’s follow him quietly and confirm it” (Rent)
The class quiets down
The seats are nor this time after classes, but a lot of students stayed because of the interesting talk today
Even thought there are kids who did not actively participated in the conversation, they also listened to everyone’s stories
“Certainly, the fact that no one knows El’s house is strange”
This time, everyone nodded at Shuu’s words
All students in the academy live in the Imperial Capital
Actually, the cases where they are already acquaintances before entering the academy is not unusual
That being the case, if El moved recently, someone should surely know about it
It’s unlikely that the intelligent and reliable El doesn’t know the address of his own house, Shuu thought HeShuu was the most suspicious from the first time he saw El
If he is an aristocrat’s son, it will surely become a rumor if he has such beautiful features
Shuu never heard anything about what he is seeing right now
If he doesn’t really have a faitimate child Shuu heard every about now and then
His father doesn’t know, but Shuu is aware of the ru the servants
That is why, he can understand it a little
El underwent a medical treatment and was allowed into the acadeh social position and generously used his money for him
And then, the thing he is most anxious about Silver hair… Only a handful of people can use ic, and as for the hair of led with shades of brown or gray However, he never saw silver hair Hair color is a kind of ical power There is a probability that El can only use a little ic, or none at all It is fatal to be in a faic power If El is actually an aristocrat…
It was the worst pattern Shuu thought about
This is because a rarely born child of an aristocrat with poor th of the parent’sis rare Fortunately, there were few nobles with such a prejudices in this class, and he never heard anyone speak ill about El’s hair
With different feelings from his classmates’ pure curiosity, Shuu decided to search for El’s secret and see for himself
“This is the road to the town”
Several boys and girls followed El’s back in secret
In the Ihborhood is off-limits for civilians, it is distinctly separated
Since he walked along road that leads to the town, then El is not a high-ranking aristocrat
“Doesn’t it sood just now?”
A girl from the same class tilts her head to one side
Frohtly and brushed on everyone’s noses
“It’s El’s”
“This?”
“Didn’t you notice it?El’s things and clothes have the sarance ”
“I noticed it, too”
Several of thereed
Shuu breathed the air again His nose is filled with a sweet liquid that appeased his brain momentarily, then disappeared abruptly like a phantorance remained
“It’s true…”
His voice leaked out unconsciously…
“It is El-sama, after all!”
“What’s that ‘El-sama’?”
The girlskyaakyaa~ so Rent mumbled a complaint as he asked that
Though they are tailing El, it doesn’t seem like there’s any room for nervousness
“His level is different from the boys in our class So I decided to place ‘-sama’!”
“Eeeh~ eeeh~”
The other girls got excited, see Rent
“Let’s leave the girls and run after El ioes on”
Just as Shuu said, El’s figure became quite small and then turned at the corner
Though they o because the entrance to the town is a straight road, it’s better not to take their eyes off of him
Rent and Shuu quickened their steps to run after their other classmates
Right then, some black shadow cut across their backs quickly when they turned the corner
The people in this road should only be their coo
“Stop following him Do not concern yourself in this ”
“Eh…”
The instant they passed by each other, the voice suddenly murmured that in their ears and made then of a person anywhere There is only the road which is surrounded by greenery on both sides Still, the low voice that whispered towards the two of them still remained in their ears
“Just nohat—?”
Rent tried to convince himself, but his voice trembled with fear
“I don’t know… about investigating El…”
Rent noticed that the hand Shuu unconsciously used to grasped on him had become wet Shuu was the type to res However, the incident a while ago made him tense and feel horror
He began to sort out his head that had beco
Who was that guy and why did we not notice him at all until he passed beside us? They both did not say anything to each other Their classmates waves at the
“Rent, Shuu! It’s bad! El disappeared!”
“What do you mean?”
The two of theht of El if he was only walking
“He should be at the stairs, but he disappeared e turned at the corner ”
“No way”
They began running while saying that
Even if it ran through the stone stairs to forget the fear froure of El can’t be seen anywhere
“That’s strange Even if the El descended from the stairs, we should certainly find him here ”
“Right!? He can’t just suddenly disappear!”
Since El can’t be found anywhere, they decided to give up looking for him
They sat on the bench in the plaza and discussed with all the athered
“Either way…”
Shuu as lost in thought while the conversations went on, started talking
Let’s stop investigating El any further I’m sure he has some circumstances he can’t say and that we cannot understand, he persuaded everyone
He did not speak of the warning given to the two of them
“Even if we do not know El’s house, he is still our friend ”
Rent placed his arms at the back of his head and lied down the lawn on his back His expression is hidden by the bright sunlight
“I see Let’s stop it before El hates us”
The one who said that was the kid who mistakenly poured water on El
“That’s right”
That feeling is transmitted to the other children
Even if they knew nothing at the moment, El already became familiar with the class
His sense of values is so and there is a probleood in taking care of people is relied on by everyone
The members who understood it decided to disperse
Everyone already went home, but Rent and Shuu had not left the plaza yet
The most important talk is not yet over
“…I forgot El very easily ta But I can’t understand it That voice…”
Shuu begun to talk bit by bit As if he’s looking for the real nature of the thing that hazily collected in his chest so far
“I felt a chill That was dangerous I think it was right to not tell anyone about it”
Rent sat down next to Shuu during that tis, it’s also true that he wanted to avert everyone’s awareness
“That’s…right…”
There’s so much they don’t understand to confide to everybody
They thought it was better to keep the warning from that unidentified person inside both of their minds
They no longer thought about investigating
“El looks fragile, he also looks weak in a fight He’s kind, but being tricked by appearances is a painful experience I wonder when I’ll learn about what El is hiding inside”
He is expressionless, but he’s not particularly cold I so together with everyone, Shuu added with a voice that is somewhat refreshed
“We’ll know because there’s still the h school, too There maybe reasons why he needs to hide it”
Rent knew that Shuu wishes to enter h school
If they graduate frorade school, the dormitory life awaits for them
Their talk moved on to El’s unusual behavior they saw just after he was admitted
“I orried about El at first e did the test of courage with the class I think that’s dangerous”
Shuu didn’t make cracks about it Only a silence of affirmation The ominous bird in the acadeile, soainst it
It is a difficult pet for the owner, but it must protected at the academy because it is said to be a First Generation animal
He did not knoho proposed it in spite of getting called to the office if they ever approached without a teacher, but it was popular in Rent’s fore bird as near as possible
It is considered that the person who gets the closest is the eous
Therefore, when a boy was admitted, it became natural for them to let him do it
Meanwhile, the one who appeared is s that ominous bird
Rather, it seems like he will fail to escape in tie bird