Chapter 36 - Volume 3 (2/2)

「Father will…?」

Now that I’ve hit her weak spot, I finally got her attention, so I felt relieved.

「Will you… also go home with me?」

「I won’t. I’m sort of a prefect, so I have work to do at times like these」

「I’m… the dormitory head」

「The management of the dormitory is basically the prefect’s work. Since the the dormitory head’s work is pretty much to lie back and relax, it doesn’t matter whether you’re here or not」

「… I wonder what Wolf would do」

That… was the source of many headaches.

It had been only yesterday when Elder Sister cried to me saying『Wolf won’t meet with me』.

Not fully grasping the situation since I had just gotten up, I grumbled to myself wondering why I had to act like some sort of messenger for these two while I took my sister along to see Wolf, who was usually hanging around the training fields early in the morning.

Since Wolf had a bad habit of simply working out on the training fields whenever he was angry, I did wonder whether something had happened. But the complexity of the situation had far exceeded my expectations.

To start with, as soon as Wolf saw that I was followed by my sister, he glared at me with a brutal look that was all but ready to kill. Coupled with a terrible complexion, it was an incredibly evil expression.

Although I didn’t know what had happened, when I looked at Lycoris’s face, it made me wonder whether it cheered her up, but even then, strangely enough, my sister kept her distance and didn’t really approach Wolf.

After seeing my sister’s behaviour, Wolf’s expression became increasingly steely, and this, conversely made my sister wither even further. I’ve been with these two for along time, but this is the first time I’ve seen the two fall into a vicious cycle. It’s a different matter if it were the opposite.

Since that was how I felt even though I was only a bystander, I wonder just how bewildered the actual people felt.

Finally, Wolf, who looked like he was putting up with a great deal of pain uttered these words.

『… sorry, Lycoris. Please don’t come to me. Right now I’ll… likely only hurt you』

While uttering those words, he stared at Lycoris with a burning gaze. Since he was making excessively sparkly eyes, if the situation had permitted it, I’d have joked around like usual saying,『if you’re that frustrated, then just sleep with a girl or something』, but, well, I’m glad I didn’t say that.

For the time being, before Wolf could say anything else that would hurt Lycoris even more, I pulled her hands and turned back. Of course, the gaze piercing my back had been very painful.

After that, Lycoris hadn’t said anything about wanting to meet Wolf. Since the actual people hadn’t said anything about what they were seeing in their nightmares, I could only try to guess, but from the state Lycoris was in, her dream was probably related to Wolf.

「At any rate, please get plenty of rest at home, Elder Sister. I’ll try to deal with it till then. If it comes down to it, Wolf will sleep if I hit him hard in the head with a blunt object anyway. As for Miss Lilium… I don’t know whether she’ll wake up with a prince’s kiss, but I’ll try it out」

「… are you okay, Shade?」

Without even scolding me for the inappropriate words, Lycoris anxiously looked up at me.

「Really, you lost your cuteness as you grew taller… your inappropriate jokes gets worse when you’re driven to a wall, right?」

With a gentle smile creeping up the corners of her mouth like a surprise attack, I couldn’t bear to look down.

「… for now, please prepare to go home」

Saying only that, I drove my sister away from the medical office.

I resisted the reckless urge to hit a wall.

I don’t care whether he’s a lunatic or a mummy, but, selfishly involving my sister in his love affair was no joke

I don’t know whether the choice to make Lycoris go home was the right one. Wolf’s nightmare was certainly a dream about her. If she’s separated from him, his mental state will likely only get worse.

Even then, this was the only way I could help her right now, even if it’s just a second quicker, I want to pull her out of this chaos. If she’s with her father then even Elder Sister should feel a little at ease.

If someday, even I start seeing in a nightmares…

It’ll surely be a nightmare of my own powerlessness.