Vol 25 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Bus-jack Time
Everyone in the world would occasionally coht
Coed to a place where she wouldn't be able to avoid troublesome matters no matter what she did
”I want to relax sometimes too”
Felli muttered quietly, but no one actually heard her words
In contrast, a roar resounded through the area
”We de bus arrives!”
The voice came from outside It was honestly a pointlessly loud voice - Felli only thought this Thedurability that people ere used to traveling wore, but there was a Dite in his hand
There were five people who held restored Dites like hi Felli and the others
”Honestly”
Why had things turned out like this Felli sighed
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Co was the fact that her brother Karian, the Student Council president, had been dead tired
”You said you're overworking yourself?”
Vance, who had come to their home to visit, let out a stunned voice, a voice that passed through the living rooh the door to the room was open, his voice was undoubtedly quite loud
At that tiotten The Student Council girls were next to her ood that it's not a serious illness”
The fe tea, then smiled That expression irl had co by her trained movements in the kitchen, she had used this place back then as well
”Well, the doctor diagnosed hi overworked, so it really is an illness”
”An illness of overworking, huh But it's not that serious, right?”
”The doctor told him to rest for two or three days”
”In that case, it's no big deal”
The girl sain
She put the cake and the tea on a tray and brought the her head and putting on a confused expression
(Was she cheering me up just now?)
That made Felli feel like their positions had been reversed What exactly was the case?
Didn't this girl have feelings for Karian?
Feeling like she couldn't really understand, Felli went fro placed on the sofa there, and then went to her own roouests who had come for her brother
Also, what exactly had happened to turn out this way?
The guests had already gone back when she heard the doorknock and Karian announced what had already been decided
”Froo to a health resort to have fun”
That was how things were, Felli and Karian were going to a health resort
”Why do I have to go too?”
Felli said this without hiding her true feelings of unwillingness But Karian outright ignored Felli's words and started enerally a very syste people, once she learned that it was already a foregone conclusion, she was unable to oppose that decision
For that reason, Felli appeared the following e she would need overnight
”Well, it's a rare vacation, so you should properly take a break”
Karian leisurely carried a bag as he walked next to her Though he was dead tired from overwork, Karian didn't look sickly anymore But Karian's body clearly had a stiffness that didn't e from the desk work he always had to focus his mind on The doctor said that if he didn't relieve that stiffness, it would becoet better if I relax for two days”
”Is that enough to cure it?”
”Oh my, are you worried about me?”
Felli turned her face away from her brother's happy expression
”It's because your kind of work is very irregular, so I thought a ”
”Hahaha, h ry
They arrived at one of Zuellni's health resorts that was very close to the city center
Though it was a health resort, its 'resort' inclination was relatively stronger There was a spa, heated pool, and arcade here
”We didn't have to choose this place”
The noisy electronic sounds of the arcade came from next to the front desk, which made Felli frown There were health resorts in quieter areas too
”It's alright, it's very quiet upstairs”
Indeed, that ht be true But wouldn't this be the worst place in terms of atmosphere? Her brother was already hopelessly clueless - Felli thought this as she got the key andhere is fine, but”
After putting her luggage in the rooht this
”What was the point of , it was separated by gender, and Karian's condition wasn't so serious that he needed an attendant Felli felt like it was less for her to be with him
Why hadn't she noticed this earlier? Felli felt like she couldn't accept this, whichwas stuck in her throat
”Well, I ca about it”
As Felli was convincing herself, the sound of a doorknock rang out
”Felli, cohed loudly and slue
The pool almost took up an entire floor, but there weren't many people relative to its size It would be bothersome if there were a lot of people Felli hoped to spend this vacation quietly if possible Maybe this location was appropriate, considering this
After changing into the plaid swi chair next to the pool and opened the book she had brought Since this pool used water from a Yuusuiju, the water in the pool arm, and it wasn't cold to wear a swiood for the pages of the book That said, this kind of environment was even worse for electronics
”Ahh, what a waste”
If she wanted to read, she could have just stayed in her rooht about it, Felli wasn't in the o back immediately Since that would be too troubleso? This floor was separated into several pools, and Karian was in a pool close by He silently swa a person who had co pool, but there was no one there right now Felli had chosen this place because she thought that was a good thing, but suddenly, she spotted so board
”That?”
It was a fa a black, co board without hesitation, then dove towards the water She spun once, twice in midair and then twisted her body, and finally beautifully extended her hands and feet to enter the water headfirst The splash was surprisingly s water flowed over the sides of the pool, and then ed into the gutters
Right across fro The girl, who had gone down so far that it made one wonder whether she had touched the bottom, surfaced
”Captain”
It was Nina
”Oh, Felli?”
Nina also noticed her as she got out of the pool
”How curious, to think I'd be able to run into you outside the training facility”
”Same for you, Captain”
”I coood for the body's mobility, and it feels nice”
”Oh, I see”
”Well, although I haven't had the time recently Well, today and tomorrow are both holidays anyway, and friends froirls across from her were those friends, then Come to think of it, Felli felt like she had seen one of theether with Nina before
”So, how is it?”
”Youpretty spiritedly over there”
”Hm?”
”No one would believe me if I said he had was dead tired fro in the pool on the other side
”Ahh, really? I'?”
”No, nothing Do you want to eat lunch together?”
”H the time, Felli nodded
”Then I'll wait for you in the cafeteria upstairs”
”Okay”
After watching Nina return to her friends, Felli went over to Karian to call for him
When she walked over there, she suddenly recalled the situation just now and felt suspicious
Though she had only vaguely felt it, Nina had seemed to have an unsettled expression
Upstairs was a cafeteria that would be entered wearing swi there when she went there with Karian
”Ah, I'reeted Nina and the others with a side sirl with a hip wrap around her waist was Selina, and the bespectacled girl wearing a bikini was called Leu
Before the food they ordered arrived, Karian very deftly thought up topics to talk about, filling the table with a cheerful atmosphere Felli couldn't find anywhere to speak up, so she just dully listened froht, Felli-san You don't look too well, are you alright?”
”Huh?”
Felli looked up when Selina said this
”Really?”
She herself hadn't realized at all
”Yeah, I think so”
Selina observed Felli with narrowed eyes From the conversation just now, she was in the Alcheaze of a scholar who didn'tover her skin
”I' it”
Selina nodded, speaking with a drawn-out tone
Suddenly, Felli noticed that Nina was looking over with a hesitant expression
Now that she thought of it, Nina had been wearing that kind of expression before too Felli had interpreted her words as worrying about Karian, but when she replied to that, Nina's response had missed a beat
(What does this mean?)
Did itabout Felli?
But Karian was the one as actually exhausted froe at all She checked her body's condition every day with Psychokinesis
On that preed that she was fine
Come to think of it, Felli hadn't even lost any appetite She always ate very little, but even so, she didn't feel like her appetite had decreased Even if others said that she didn't look good, she didn't feel anything strange
”It ht be because her skin's so white, but I feel like Felli wouldn't tan easily”
Karian nodded after Nina said this
”Yeah I'm the saet red, and it turns back to norht away, so I have to use sunscreen as soon as summer arrives”
”Yeah, ly
”It's not that good My skin ends up looking like it's been burnt, and when summer comes, I can't leave the shade”
”Ahh, I see”
Actually, when the ion when it er and the average teher, he was unable to separate froht, Nina-san Can you swied the topic
”Felli can't swiood opportunity, so can you teach her?”
”What are you saying all of a sudden?”
Felli looked at her brother coldly, but his expression didn't change
”It's true that you can't swiht?”
”That that is true”
”Even if you're a Psychokinesist, you're still a Military Artist, so I think it's best to cut down on the sports that you're bad at”
”True, that ood”
Nina nodded
”Then we'll start in a bit”
Nina's eyes flashed, showing her hed quietly
”So, why do you have to bring that kind of thing over here?”
Felli had trouble concealing her surprise upon hearing Nina's words
”Why, you ask We're going in the pool, right?”
”Uh, that's right”
They were entering the pool to practice However, Nina wore a bitter expression for so the pool”
”Uh, do you knoe're doing next?”
”What do you ”
”In that case, you don't need that”
Nina's gaze pointed at the life ring that Felli held in one hand
”But I won't be able to float without this, right?”
”Don't worry, you'll be able to float with practice”
Nina took away the life ring as she rubbed her te of which, things like huinally made to float on water Drowned corpses would sink and only float back up when they had rotted to a certain degree, right? As for people who looked to be floating on the water, they had just learned a style of swi, and would sink once they stopped that technique
”I'll die”
Felli tried putting those thoughts into concise words, but--
”It's not that deep”
Nina also returned a concise counter Indeed, it looked like the botto Maybe the depth of the water would only go up to around Felli's shoulders
”Also, I'll borrow this”
Nina picked up a kickboard that was by her feet
”First are war you used to the water”
Like that, Felli entered the pool under Nina's instruction
Though the water arm, the te”
”Okay”
”Before you use the kickboard, I'll pull on your hands first Kick the water with your feet, and keep your body as flat on the water as possible Let's go”
As Nina held her hands, Felli kicked the water as instructed Her body floated up with the resistance imposed by the water coupled with the force produced fro force
”Okay, keep s like that”
Nina's voice reached her in between the sound of water Since the water splashed on her face and she had closed her eyes, Felli couldn't really tell what the current situation was In any case, Felli justwell”
Nina's encouraging voice soundedof being pulled, the water resistance when her legs htness when her feet left the water
”Okay, it's about time to lift your head and breathe”
(Breathe)
Indeed, she had been needing to breathe recently Though she didn't kno long she would have to kick for, she had to breathe, right?
(Breathe)
Her air-seeking lungs became more andyour head up”
(Bring er able to hear Nina's voice clearly through the interfering sound of water Her vision, which was dark because her eyes were shut, was slowly tinted with a different kind of black
”As I thought, I need the life ring”
”So you're still insistent on it”
Felli, who had been pulled above water in the nick of ti this, but Nina just cut her off with a bitter expression
It ended up that she hadn't touched the kickboard at all that day, and she had just been practicing breathing from start to finish
”What adinner, Felli went back to her roo underwater had sapped the strength from her body
She should sleep Felli didn't even have the th to resist her heavy eyelids, and her physical strength also relaxed
(As I thought, so's still weird)
As she was lured into the world of sleep, Felli thought about the words that eed in her mind
Karian had coorously, and the girl who ought to have feelings for her brother hadn't seee
”But”
Felli er, and Felli couldn't even clearly tell whether she had actuallypractice she wasn't used to had really fatigued her body, even though platoon training had h Felli was very laid-back with her individual training, she also took part in the self-defense training
(I don't knohat's weird at all)
After thinking this, Felli fell into a deep sleep
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The instant her sleep turned shallow, someone's words entered her ears Felli calmly realized that she was currently in a room of the health resort, so there shouldn't be people around There was no one other than her here, so she shouldn't have heard a voice
(A dreaht this as she listened to the voice that reached her
”As I thought So this”
”But this is really”
”It's actually happened, so we can't let her stay Co here was just a temporary measure, since we need to buy time”
”But is it really all that”
”It's necessary Honestly, my wallet was hit pretty hard thanks to her Well, there aren't lad I beforehand”
”Isn't?”
”No, this is a necessary action So, if we're here for the whole day, the situation should take a turn for the better I'll have to ask you to first I only for that purpose”
”Got it”
The voices see fro?)
It was useless to inquire a dreah part of her calmly considered this, Felli still felt curious
But just as Felli tried eavesdropping, she fell into deep sleep again and her consciousness cut off
(What exactly was that?)
The first thing Felli did when she woke up was put on a confused expression Though she felt like it had been a dream, she still remembered that conversation If she only reht still be a dream, but Felli felt like it was a bit different from a dream
(But Captain and my brother couldn't have been in the same place that late)
Also, since the voices had reached her ears, it meant the two of them had been in this room That meant Nina and Karian had come to this roo
Nodidn't seeht, it was a drea poorly That said, they couldn't have deliberately talked about so of which, the two of theh to want to be alone with the other
Then it must have been an ordinary dreaht, that's definitely it)
Accepting that way of thinking, Felli changed her clothes
”Ah”
After finishi+ng her round ofher Dite
After changing her clothes, Felli would always restore her Dite and check her health, a routine that she always did every day
Come to think of it, she hadn't done that yesterday either Felli had been urged tohere, so she hadn't had tiht her Dite with her, she otten it back then
”Well, it's just one day anyways”
In any case, it wasn't anything huge - thinking this, Felli left her roo too!”
”Why are you here today too?”
Felli had been planning on spending her ti in front of the cafeteria after she finished eating breakfast
Incidentally, Karian had returned to his room to relax for the entire day today
”You still haven't even used the kickboard, right? I can't just ignore that”
”That's true, but”
The strength of Nina's feeling of mission made Felli quite speechless
”It's better to kno to swiht?”
”Even if I can swiht?”
”You'll lose out on things”
”For example?”
”For example Uh, if the enemy launches an aquatic attack”