Vol 3 Chapter 7 (1/2)
Volume 3 Chapter 7: Fate truly renders one helpless
Since we e, we could only count on our own feet to bring us back to school Though it would definitely lead to us being late, it can’t be helped
“What’s theat me, I asked her
“Nothing”
Alisha gave a ‘hmph’ and turned her head away
After a rily
“She’s asleep”
“Eh?”
I looked at Tina whose chin was on my shoulder As Alisha said, Tina had fallen asleep with her fringe in a htly
I sly
“Tina has a habit of taking afternoon naps She probably hasn’t ested at all since she caht after school so she can’t help it”
“Oh… I don’t nap in the afternoon”
“There are a lot of benefits to afternoon naps, like reducing the risk of cancer for example”
(TL: This is a work of fiction The translator does not confirm or deny this)
“Cancer?”
“A kind of disease, people in my hometoays take afternoon naps”
“Is that so” Alisha paused before continuing, “Why would Tina come all the way to the market when her foot is injured, is she not afraid of pain”
“There were probably sweets that orth the pain waiting for her Though she doesn’t seem to care about much, she is very passionate about sweets”
“I feel that she is here to see you”
“Ah?”
Alisha narrowed her eyes and kicked a rock on the ground
“She probably heard that I was leaving the school with you so she thought of a way to follow us At the end, she found us in the cafe Very cute of her, no? Hmph”
“Why are you saying it as if she is jealous?”
“You don’t think she is jealous? How dense can you be”
“I’m not dense”
I have always felt that h
“You’re clearly mistaken, how can Tina be jealous of you, she doesn’t even like me”
“…”
“What’s with that look of yours”
“… Nothing But why are you so sure of it? Haven’t you both lived together for so happen then? Like those novels where roether”
“Novels are novels, reality is reality Tina doesn’t have feelings of romantic love to me Would you fall in love with a puppy you picked up? At the ht treat it as family, but never as a lover”
“How can you possibly equate picking up you and picking up a puppy”
“Why not, there’s not that much difference”
Fro in love with ether, and eventually she would be mine for sure! Some of her actions would even see h I would step on her feet countless times I remember the first time we came back from a ball, I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep as I stayed up wondering if she liked me She clearly did, didn’t she? I really was the most most most fortunate man ever! Later on I realised that she only used me as a meat shi+eld and danced with me on the floor only to deter other nobles fro her
I thought too
If Tina likes me, why hasn’t she smiled at me before
Whether atching dra sweets, her expression was icy and fixed as always It was so cold sometimes that she seemed inhuman, could it be she never sreen and healthy and the sun baked the earth with its scorching heat and the canteen was noisy as ever, Tina smiled the silliest, happiest smile with her lips which still had butter on thehness William the next day
And you, you can’t see her ht one
Alisha had been observing me
“You have so to say don’t you”
“Hmph” She tucked her hair behind her ear and held her elbows as she put on an uninterested expression “You really like Tina huh”
“!!!!”
I was struck by a soundless grenade and it felt like a thousand needles pierced ht in my throat
“Wh-h-hat a-a-a-a-a-a-are yo-yo-yo-yo-yo-yo-you sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-saying–”
“No need to be so nervous, Tina can’t hear it”
Alisha stuck out her finger and coiled her hair, round and round, into curls
“Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone”
“… Ho did you…”
“Anyone who isn’t blind can tell that Unfortunately I don’t have a mirror, or I could sho despondent you looked when you said Tina doesn’t like you”
“Geh, is it that obvious?”
“Un, very obvious Do you remember e first met? You told me that someone very iht it was that elf, but it’s actually Tina”
Alisha scrunched her face
“Tch, in the end, I’m the third party”
“What do you mean by that…”
“Oi, if you clearly know that Tina does not like you, why are you still so faithful to her? Life is short and painful, why not find someone else instead? Like ?”
Before I could reply, Alisha quickly added