Vol 2 Chapter 103 (2/2)
“… Umm, Ria”
“… … What”
Towards her lowered voice that lacked emotion, Bard reflexively took a step back
His past experience said that Ria was the type to ier immediately, but since her attitude seemed to be the opposite of that, so he wasn’t able to respond
“… Just, I think, it suits you… yeah?”
“Because the uniform shows a lot?”
“N-not tha—”
In the next moment
“Ah, mou!”
Ria suddenly looked up away fro a small boards Bard
“Sorry I was venting at you”
“N-no, it’s that vice branch ”
“He’s the worst! Ah, sorry, here please~”
Noticing the figure of a person waiting for a co close, Ria let out a cheerful voice
It looked like her usual cheerful smile from the side, so Bard was partly relieved
“… Thank you”
He turned towards the whisper-like voice, but the girl had already started serving guests and wasn’t talking Bard hiuests
However, problems popped up one after another
On the afternoon of a certain day
Ilya, who had left for receptionist affairs, saw the vice branch ar smile on his face like a smirk
“Oh hoh, hello there Elf-sa beautiful today as well”
“Hah…”
(The vice branch er is seaweed as usual, isn’t he)
Ilya retaliated in her mind
Likely due to snow falling on his wavy hair when he walked outside, the snow that melted from the room’s heat wet his hair and made his usual hairstyle look all the more like seaweed
And because of that, it seemed that his maliciousness increased as well
“Living ast people that are below yourself must be comfortable”
“That is how you see it?”
He simply smiled back at Ilya’s expression that neither denied nor affir
Although there should not have been anything like inti produced by her, the vice branch er wasn’t able to respond Moreover, every person in the dining hall was giving hilances, so he hesitated in his reaction
Due to guildin the er, who had coue and left the dining hall
“Ilya-chan, today’s been a disaster huh”
Returning a s some warm sake bit by bit, Ilya assumed her usual work
The dining hall returned to its teer left As that year had been colder than norathering to warm themselves with the hearth, alcohol, and food than usual
(… I don’t understand)
Later, when she finished her work, Ilya inclined her head as she thought to herself while gently petting Haku that was fawning for attention
As for what she was doubts about, it was the vice branch er’s conduct
If he used the office on the third floor as the branch er’s substitute, even if he didn’t say it when he purposely came to the counter, he had plenty of chances to be sarcastic towards Ilya
Nevertheless, be it the act of being so blunt with in the presence of everyone or concluding his stateh they were merely on a whim, she couldn’t understand
If there were a reason to purposely perforh toto incite hostile eh As should could also see hiic, that would adequately be explained by hi prepared for the one-in-one-thousand chance where a collision occurred
It would be easy to come up with a reason to remove someone that perfor people to quit on their own accord
(… Hmm)
There wasn’t enough infor exactly Looking at Haku, as squinting fro could be done even if she thought about it so decided to put it aside for now
“Antagonizing Ilya? That guy’s dumb”
“Rather wasn’t it the sauy that came before”
“Ah, that huuy?”
“Yeah that one”
That sort of a conversation had went on in the dining hall, lingering in Ilya’s ears
And then she had a thought
(Just what do they think of me…)
“Pi?”
“It’s nothing~”
Haku looked up towards Ilya, probably due to noticing that the strength in her hand had changed She sently