Chapter 73 (1/2)

Chapter 73

Cassion laughed and said that it was just like hted glimmer faintly flickered Much ht, but still, there’s so else that’s a shame”

“What?”

The relaxed expression cruhtly As always, his elanced at ether as he opened his eyes

“I wanted to deal with that scoundrelthat he took”

For a moment, I recalled what Cassion said the other day

‘I want to gouge out that ht like this today, for the first ti intent barely suppressed from the look of his black eyes, he spat out these words

“As I thought, you , just talking to myself Besides that, it’s not too much of a sha about?”

What indeed

“Besides the agreed upon medicinal effects, there’s one extra that Zobel added there, and it went over suess he noticed thatof a deal”

Zobel’s prescription, with thesewould take effect within the span of at least half an hour

But apart from that, the moment that the person’s body, which had been very active thus far, would suddenly stop—that’s when the drug’s effects would co Zobel made possible with his own hands, and it’s clear to see that he was an a star in thethis to Cassion, I briefly added

“That’s hile you were fighting, his condition wouldn’t have been altered”

“…Then…”

As he gazed into the air, heat his bewildered reaction, I nodded

“Yes, you won all by yourself You did great out there Froain”

I huave the ht tapreaction

I only tapped hihtly

Cassion, as he threw rass and stared blankly up at the sky

Moonlight streamed down upon his face

He looked really pale

The black eyes of the le tear trickled down from one eye

And that was it

The time in which he shed tears was very short

Like a shooting star, flickering across the night sky

Wordlessly, I reached into a pocket and took out a handkerchief But my hand soon stopped

Because there wasn’t even a trace of that tear left

Still, I reached out After pressing the handkerchief over his dry eyes, I spoke

“It’s barely one hurdle crossed Only Maxwell’s abilities have been recognized for now, so it’s still too early to cry”

Cassion nodded in silence His eyes were covered but h to express his deter tied up into a sround, the handkerchief slid down to his chin

Catching the handkerchief before it could fall, he spoke

“Honestly, even just crying is funny”

“What’s so funny about it?”

When I asked, Cassion sat up straight

He looked into my eyes as he smiled with a hint of shame Then, he leaned in closer to my ear

There was no one but the two of us in this spacious open clearing, but it’s as if the secret could still be overheard

I turnedto his et closer to my ear

He whispered carefully

“Truthfully, the wind—I’ confession than what I was expecting, I looked up at him, baffled

For a moment, our cheeks brushed past each other

Whether cold or warm, they were so close that I couldn’t even tell whose temperature this was

Perhaps the corners of our lips touched Perhaps not

As I blinked, Cassion turned his head

All I could see were his bright red nape and earlobes

He’s the one hispered intoso much with his head turned back like this I should have teased hi that, I had to fan one hot

As if we had gotten ourselves into an accidental car crash, we both shut up and didn’t say anything

The first to return to their senses was ed my tense shoulders for a moment, then asked a question with the most casual tone I couldthe match—you’re the one who did it?”

Cassion’s nape was still flushed It looked as if he either rubbed it too much or someone hit him there

Perhaps aware of this, he only nodded while still looking away

“You said if I’ discovered”

In contrast, however, his voice was quite calht red cheeks couldn’t lose the color

Really, the et to know hih, his wide back turned around so he could face h his coat pocket, pulled out a small folded note, then pushed this note towards me

He didn’t explain what the folded piece of paper was, but nevertheless, I could guess what this was just by one look at it

Because I’ave this to hiic Spells to Use During an Actual Fight That No One Would Notice 〉

I opened the folded paper with a smile Indeed, it was just as Cassion said There written was a secret method to that heavy breeze

When he first read these instructions, he must not have been able to make heads or tails of what’s written there But one small illustration on the piece of paper was now funnily fa the exact scene of the match

“You would have still won if you didn’t use this”

“I guess I’ you more these days”

“Huh?”