Vol 15 Chapter 4 (1/2)
Chapter 4: The Puzzled One
Perhaps it was an exhausting gathering, or a gathering with a purpose to bring people in one place, but it still felt like an incredible gathering Everyone came because Layfon had to move Layfon said they didn't have to worry about hie, but everyone kneas just being polite, so they all came to help That was because they all cared for him He had never tried to seek coet close to hi ethereal Perhaps everyone felt the current Layfon was easier to get close to
I'ht as she drank juice froh this was a spacious living roo around the dishes made by Meishen First were Layfon and Nina, then Sharnid and Harley, then Naruki, Mifi and Meishen, and at last Claribel joined in too Laughter filled the living roo atmosphere, but she seeood,” Harley said, looking around
”The rent really is te this place is”
”Uh, but there's nothing in its vicinity,” Sharnid said Layfon sht so too, but think about it froht for my research lab The proble out of recycled hts
”But isn't it just a bit too big?” Mifi said in place of Harley To her, there was nothing in here except for the things Felli and the others brought here
”That's difficult”
”I'll think of soht just leave this place e”
”But this place will be filled up in no ti equipment here,” Claribel said She hadn't returned to Grendan but had settled down in Zuellni It see herself in as a new student next year She really didn't have the intention to leave
Felli looked at her, not understanding her real intention of becoht Layfon who had infiltrated Grendan Though Claribel had her arm cut off, she didn't see equipment is too expensive”
”Well, I'll help buy it and then I'll use it too”
”What!”
Claribel's words reat if we can hold a match here Not ood place for a match”
”I see,” Nina said
”What?”
”So that's the reason of your being here”
”Ah, that's right So what?”
”Not really, but, well, for a girl to so casually enter a boy's dormitory is a bit” Nina muttered
”Ahah”
Nina's voice was soft but Claribel got her
”Don't worry I quite like someone who is of the caliber to beat ht to say that?”
Of course not Felli thought so but didn't say it
Caliber that could beat her? The word ”caliber” meant both characteristic and talent Layfon didn't have the characteristics to win over a girl, but in terth, he had plenty of it
Claribel had uttered her love for Layfon through a convoluted explanation, but Nina didn't seem to notice it
”Ah, but, how should I put it?” Layfon, standing next to the clueless Nina, smiled sourly ”I feel that I don't want to live in a house full of equipment”
”Aaa, what?”
Claribel felt troubled
And that made Felli relieved She realised that Meishen looked the same She probably felt it too
”In that case, how about I borrow this house too? I also want space to practice How much is needed to renovate the house?”
”Renovate? Of course that's needed since I need to put heavy equipment here, and I also need the electricity for it It's faster for me to do it then search for an expert And then I have to include the bit of using high density and soundproof ht again
”Oh, this see”
Sharnid and Nina smiled icily
”Then how about we allindeed”
Mifi clapped, but then she was just saying so from the viewpoint of an observer
”Mei-chan and Lay-chan are expert chefs”
”How's that different from now?”
”Idiot! If a person is different, then the at won't be the same”
Meishen listened to the conversation between Naruki and Mifi with a helpless expression while she peeked at Layfon, watching for his reaction But Layfon was just a bit surprised by this random talk
But it didn't feel all that bad to waste tis
”Then I'll move over too,” Felli said calmly
”Ohhh, Felli-chan is the first to cooperate,” Sharnid said with a sly smile
”Because my brother has moved out It's too expensive to live there all by one up, but Felli's fa froed even though Felli was living by herself But she had no obligation to live there Felli found it appealing to tidy up her s here
”Ahh” Claribel looked at her with suspicion That was just a quick glance but it didn't escape Felli's eyes She see ”You want to move over too?”
Felli didn't back off She still kept up her indifferent countenance
”So what do you plan to do with your current place?”
”Too bad”
”Oh”
”Besides, Serina and Leu would becooes smoothly, so I have a need to move That dormitory would become lonely”
”No, that's a possibility, but”
”Is that so?”
Layfon, Felli and Nina's friends froreed with the question
”Ah, yes It's true that Leu is helping the candidate Samiraya And as the candidate for the Head of Alchemy, Serina was also put into the list”
”Ahhh, that person”
”You seen Samiraya?”
”No, but we buetic”
”Yes, that overwhel presence is really incredible”
”What, so she's the same as Nina,” Sharnid said Nina didn't look happy about it
”I'm not that desperate”
”Never mind, the person on the spot is baffled”
”What did you say?”
Nina wanted to rebut, but noticing that no one was helping her, she left the subject as it was
”Never mind Then why doesn't Nina move over as well?” Claribel said
”What so?”
”So you wouldn't be lonely”
”I, I won't!”
”Aaaa, really? But I like a bustling place Besides, I have a feeling that that place will become lonely, so that's why I want to move over”
”Really”
”So, Nina, you come too”
” I wonder what it'll be like after the election of the Student Council,” Nina cast her gaze outside
”Then move over after the election Luckily, this place isn't first coht All right”
Nina felt she couldn't refuse, but one could say that was her personality She was always like this except when she had to make a decision Perhaps this part of her was similar to Layfon However, it was better that a person kne to act in an e tense about it And it was true that Nina and Layfon were siht ht also have to move
”Layfon, is it true that the houses here are empty?”
”Uh? Yes But I heard that so in”
”Someone new?”
”Yes, and I don't know him”
”That's all?”
”I want toin That er has accepted hi about the newco procedure
And meanwhile
”Then I'll move over too”
The ti voices belonged to Meishen
Felli was surprised Had she finally uttered her inner thought? Fellia lot of attention to Meishen's words
”Oh, Mei-chan Do you nore whether what you said was true, but I can't move over here It's too far away”
Her two childhood friends were also surprised by her decision
”I think what I was considering before can be realized here”
”Ah, what?”
”Well, this place doesn't have a rule that li to do?”
Meishen seemed surprised by Claribel's question
”Well, a cake shop?”
”Cake shop?”
”Cancel the contract with the restaurant and open your own big shop here”
”I see, but in that case don't we have to e renovations?”
”Well, we can borrow ht, we can borrow from the bank of the Business faculty”
”Oh, there's such a thing”
Claribel took a dish of dessertto Mifi's explanation
”True I'd love to try this taste no matter how much it costs”
Meishen's eyes shone at her words
Felli felt that the ti”
Felli told Karian, who finally showed up at home Surprised, he almost dropped the cup of tea
”Eh? Wait What's this?”
”I said I want to move”
”No Why do you have to move? Why the necessity?”
The more reasonable Karian felt troubled by this, but Felli had no intention of elaborating She aze to show her stubbornness
”Really”
Karian took a sip and returned to the table
”Is it Layfon?”
”This has nothing to do with Nii-san You've graduated already”
The simple move into the heart of the rateful that she was a Psychokinesist Her inability to show her emotions was normally a weakness, but noorked in her favor
But this wouldn't work against her brother
”Speaking of which, I did hear that Layfon had moved out of the first boys dormitory”
It didn't work at all
”Do you still want to interfere with him now?”
”You know I had no other choice”
He was untouched by her angry gaze
”We had many conflicts, but in the end he did it as I said And as a result Zuellnizero seleniu as a Student President Besides I don't have the time for it”
”And that's the same for you”
”Eh?”
”I think I've said it before Since my power is about to disappear, you have no more reason to stay in Military Arts There's no ier at the moment You can tell from the current candidates The Student President will announce the name of the next president in the Military Arts Competition that is to be held the year after In that case it's not possible to let you transfer to General Studies for a year and then back to Military Arts”
”What if I aht to transfer?”
”You won't know if you don't try it”
Karian half closed his eyes at her suspicion, feeling bitter
”Either way, that's so you have to take care of When you meet a situation that requires a decision, that decision must come fro and help do I want so we can confront the proble Even the helper has to be decided on by oneself And even if soive her an opinion, that person has to decide on whether to take that advice or not”
” Just what are you trying to say?”
”If you only think of defeat, you'll have nothing in the end And what is left is your sad self Is that why you are here with that kind of thinking?”
A shock Karian didn't estion I have for you”
”Suggestion? That?”
”Yes, the older brother's suggestion for his sister In truth, that's the suggestion for you about living on your own”
”And so you mean?”
”Of course I want you to stay because the security of this place is good Though it is a short time, no one would force you if you want to live by yourself in Zuellni”
”Then why didn't you just say so?”
”You're too hard You never gave me a chance to speak,” Karian smiled
”That was none of your business”
She wondered when she started getting angry while looking at her happy brother Though he see his shts like now At least this was Felli's first ti it after they came to Zuellni
”So what about that?”
”Is there anything else?”
Karian continued without the effort of feeling surprised ”Yes A lotthis for the first ti to the elder brother when his sister is attracted by a man But that's just my wish as a brother Either way, the problem involves Layfon and you”
”What problem?”
”Do you think you can win?”
Felli's face heated at such a direct question She didn't know if the anger was shown on her face, but she did feel angry No, she was so angry that she didn't even feel angry
”You can tell by observing hi else in mind I told you already”
”So what?”
”How should I put it? U hetransferred to Military Arts, he acted because of the attraction fro determination”
Felli knew of that
”Layfon is like that He was injured in the earlier commotion How did he heal?”
”Nii-san!”
”What happened about that? I can't investigate if you don't tell uess Leerin Marfes didn't return, and Layfon looks very down If that's true, then I can guess Layfon is part of it”
Felli took in a deep breath Perhaps it was just as he said Though she didn't say it, she felt the 17th platoon and people who came close to Layfon could sense it
No, even if she had chosen to stay in Grendan herself, Layfon wouldn't have been pushed to a corner if she and he had talked about it
It was really tragic
The Layfon whoed back seemed like he had lost his soul
When Felli saw hio cold She had feared he was dead Even Felli understood how much pain he suffered
And she could understand a bit of Leerin's feeling
Layfon liked Leerin That was because she was the first female he knew Felli would say this from her own standpoint The first fee was Leerin She was gentle like a , kind and beautiful And she was always close to hiirls with Leerin beside hi him, but he hadn't experienced ro of a romantic fairytale And that hy he was so slow
But Leerin was the first to realize her own feeling And that was the ti collapsed
Perhaps Layfon finally realized his own feeling when he last saw Leerin, when she refused him That must be it He realized that he loved her, but it was too late Leerin knew everything but she decided to leave him Perhaps Layfon didn't notice it in the last moment That ords couldn't describe it
He had lost half of his body
Romance must be accepted by the other half And the two of theether in the orphanage, and they must be like one body
To love Leerin He must accept the fact that Leerin was another person What would that feel like? For someone who had no such experience, Leerin had no way to co dumped was like
And Layfon showed such an expression after the assault of overlapping events, ro dumped
”If I say his action in Zuellni was based on Nina Antalk, then his action in Grendan was based on Leerin Marfes,” Karian said to the speechless Felli ”Though what Layfon did in Grendan wasn't what Leerin had wanted, he definitely kept fighting to e No I can't totally deny that period of tiuess that Leerin ”
That was probably why it felt like the two of them had the same heart and body But But he was rejected by Leerin The Layfon who chased after her to Grendan And in the end, in the end, Leerin, who had wanted to prove they were one heart and body, rejected him She said she had a reason What was it?
No matter what reason it was, Layfon would take it up upon himself and blamed himself for it
Leerin had that mental preparation too
”You want him to recover”
”I”
”Sadness can diinal self?”
Felli once again had no words for hi
”The scariness of his uneasiness,” Karian said curtly ”He has that power, but he has no reason to fight He leaves his reason to someone else Even if he returns to his old self, would he continue to rely on Nina Antalk? But that's just one ending Why did I say it, because she”
” ? Nii-san?”
”No That's quite good”
Karian stopped thinking of the harder question and shook his head ”The problem is still Layfon's I've said many tie with his own values Otherwise, he'll head for his own destruction in the near future”
”Eh?”
”Remember, Felli The man you like is this kind of a person And so what should you do?”
”That is?”
”What can you do for him?”
Felli couldn't reply
Karian looked at her with a serious expression
Her heart became a mess
Why Why Why did they turn the situation into such a deep topic? Oh, because it was related to Layfon True If Layfon's personality reain But why did Karian have to talk about this?
”Nii-san”
This had nothing to do with him Felli wanted to say it just when she was a sense of bitterness in his harsh gaze
”Ah, but, this isn't a probleht now A person's personality doesn't change that easily”
” If that's the case, why tellwould repeat itself if this problenored Don't you have to be more careful if you're to win and continue to be with hiht”
That was a possibility, but Felli wasn't happy to be told that
”The problem is just at what level is it the best? That's the key Obtaining isn't the sa and losing, so it's difficult”
Felli showed her understanding, but she was still angry at her nodding brother
”Anyway, the first thing is to ed I said it already, I can't change your decision to live on your own froreed furiously
”But I'll help you one last tiuarantee success”
Karian showed the expression of a teenager about to do soic relaxed feel from him when he first came to Zuellni
With nowas canceled because the Training Co renovation, this time could be used to earn some money
She didn't expect him to accept her job invite
The two of them were in the library of the Student Council
”Are you dissatisfied with so?”
”Ah? No Not at all”
Layfon, as being stared at, kept shaking his head
”Then let's do it”
”No For Felli to work, that's rare”
Layfon knew she had never worked before Though she had worked in the café before, he had never heard of her working somewhere else He was surprised that she invited him to work
”Since I have more tiaze turned to the machine before her
Layfon's job was to tidy up the books of the Student Council It wasn't just about organizing the documents He had to label the documents by codes and put them in the correct order They had to scan the codes of the books If the nue, no one would bother with this type of work
This was for the convenience of students who could keep the books temporarily with their names on it In here were the two scanners and the packs of books piling on top of each other like a small mountain
”Seems it'll take some time”
”The Student Council is unexpectedly anized regularly But in here were large numbers of boxes The more one found it difficult to breathe here, the smaller the rooht”
Layfon nodded and moved the nearby box to between the two of them One box was very heavy If Felli did this alone, it'd be weight training for her Maybe that hy she invited him over They took out the books one by one and scanned them Layfon stuffed the paper into the scanner Once it was confirmed scanned, he then put it back into the box
They labeled a box ”Done” and then put it in a corner
They repeated this
”Speaking of which, just then”
”What?”
Layfon began to lose his impatience in the room with only the sound of the scanner
”Just then you said you have time from next year onwards”
”Yes I said so”
”What do you mean?”
”You hed at his hurried apology
”No It isn't as you think”
”Uh?”
”Even if I don't say it, you'd understand”
”You don't get it”
”I'lared at once ain He decided he must relax this time
”The Military Coraduate”
”Yes”
”The danger Zuellni faced was gone In that case, I have no reason to stay in Military Arts”
”Ah”
”I already told you ofhere, didn't I?”
”Yes”
”I want to knohat I can do besides being a Military Artist This isit seriously next year I don't yet know if they would let me transfer to General Studies, but at least I want to leave the platoon”
”Is that so?”
”Yes”
Layfon nodded without hesitation He didn't say anything else He knew he probably wasn't needed in the platoon anyht recently But he was a bit shocked and jealous of Felli who always put others before her own interest
”But”
”What is it?”
”Nothing What are you planning to do next?”
”I”
He didn't continue with the topic She felt he was spacing out
” What about the captain?”
”Why would the captain appear in this conversation?”
”Speaking of which It'd be bad if Felli leaves the platoon”
”They can just find another Psychokinesist”
”If it's one who can replace Felli”
”There is one”
Layfon found that each reply made the atmosphere colder, so he had no words to say
Silence Only tiry That seery, because he wasn't answering clearly
(Should I give up being a Military Artist?)
This question floated in hisof his future when Felli asked hiive it up? Either way, he couldn't see his future He caive it up But he had becoht He found a job to kill tiive it up in this situation? He had such thinking but he was still hesitant
” Tsk”