Chapter 21 - Volume 3 (2/2)

Even now, I’d only just said it since they had finished their report to me, but with a position a little far away, the two settled down and had ended up starting their own pleasant conversation.

Although I don’t want to admit it.

In this school, I’m relatively alone.

It didn’t mean I was bullied. It’s not like they ignore me when I’m talking, and when we make any kind of group during class and I ask “can I join?”, I don’t get rejected.

However, I don’t have any friends that I’m constantly, on a routine basis, together with.To me, this had a big reason.

Five years ago. When I entered into this academy, I met a female student called Solana Brugmansia. (2) Brugmansia was one of the five duke families, and she had been the dorm head in those days.

I’d already known the other person’s name for some time now, but it looked like it was also the same in her case.

Having personally been called out by her, that was all it took to whirl me up. Rich pink-blonde and soft brown pupils, the lady-like her who was already elegant with every move she made, looked like a princess to me.

It was my first time having an older-sister figure, but once I tried talking to her, I realized she was a little absent-minded – how do I put it, she was the sort of person you simply couldn’t leave alone.

And so, under her patronage, I began adapting quite smoothly into dormitory life. Especially with the start of the school term, even more than the magic lessons, a lot of etiquette lessons on the school grade’s hierarchical structure ( The underclassman watched to learn the ways of her senior. The senior noticing her underclassman’s gaze, occasionally, offers guidance) was also attained, as a lot of the time was spent together with her.

With the combination of both genders, it was set that Wolf would join me in the magical study-classroom lectures which was a lesson for the other grade in school.

And so, after a short time passed, when I had time to look over my surroundings belatedly, I had a realization.

Groups that got along well had already been formed!!

I ended up missing out on it.

If this was all thus far, I still had the option to enter one of the existing groups. I discussed the considerations with Solana-sempai, the Onee-sama, that for the time being, I was going to be try to fit in with the children in the same year – don’t take it the wrong way – and thus changing my lifestyle of clinging to her.

However.

She… was extensively indulgent. She went around to help behind the scenes, giving out instructions 『You’re going to invite Lycoris-chan for lunch』and『You’re going to invite her into the group work』 to all the girls in the same year.

And as expected, of course, I noticed as well. I mean, they invited me to lunch on rotation after all.

When I realized it, I wanted to dig a hole and bury myself. Even if I thought about it now, honestly speaking, I should be glad they didn’t start to bully me instead.

And afterwards, well – after giving my spirit a good pounding, I had them stop that bothersome rotation and planned on improving our relationship bit by bit, but, the results were lacking. I don’t think Lycoris had actual friends in the game either, so perhaps this is already what you’d call destiny.

By sense of self-examination and restraint, I treated Solana-sempai as a 『senior』all throughout; but, I spent the two years visiting when there were invitations sent out by her.

Continuing after Solana-sempai, who served as the dormitory head, graduated, I had also served as a quasi-prefect and dormitory prefect as we went up the grades. That being the case, through the involvement of work, the chances of speaking with children of the same year also increased, gradually, the distance seemed to shorten. Although that were so, I was in a standstill since by no means could this also be called an affable relationship. Personally, I’m going through busy days because of a particular troublesome junior.

By the way, in Wolf’s case, actual friends came in better than in my case. Or perhaps I should say, he was sort of a little bit surrounded? Once in a while, it would become a conversation where he’d point out 「Aren’t those what you’d call a conversation between a boss and his subordinates?」, but the situation looked like companions joking around and making fun of each other. How enviable.

Among the three of us, it was Shade who was remarkably sociable. Although it looked like girls were fundamentally the only ones he talked to, I’ve also seen him talk to guys about stupid things. Well – it didn’t necessarily mean I knew what the contents of the conversations were, but, it sort of had the atmosphere of being stupid. It was definitely a conversation of the sort that ends up quickly stopping once a female student approached.

By the way, that Solana-sempai, just before graduating from school, left an inconceivable bomb.

It was a timed bomb, a bit later, it exploded, greatly surprising me.This was what she said before leaving school.

『By next year, my brother will be coming here to enter the academy. Since my youngest brother is far apart in age, with everyone in the household doting on him, he ended up developing a little bit of a selfish personality… I’m worried. Lycoris, if you could, take care of my brother, okay?』

And so, on the preceding year’s entrance ceremony.Came his arrival. Yellow’s, that is.

No, pardon me. The arrival was that of Arutad Brugmansia.(3)

One of the capturable characters of the『standard game』- the image character Yellow was a simple-minded idiot-class of yandere.

For him, rather than『imbecile』, 『idiot』 is more appropriate in my opinion.(4)

(1) Este says it kinda means sexual play…(2) Solana Brugmansia. Solana was a name taken from Solanaceae.(3) Arutad Brugmansia. It’s another poisonous flower. Flip the name of Arutad, and you get Datura. I feel so smart now… though the spelling is Arutad, the pronunciation is “Arutado”.(4) She’s trying to weaken the term stupid saying that oh well he’s not an imbecile(insult to a worse degree), just an idiot.(lower level of insult).