89 – Stigma

“I got out once.”

It’s a problem from now on.

‘… How do I find the owner?’

Actually, it’s as if it came out without thinking.

As if rebuking me for that,

The marble in the right pocket vibrates slightly.

Ugh-!

“Stay still. You bastard.”

… Isn’t this actually alive?

Thinking about it makes me kind of creepy.

“First of all…”

Wouldn’t it be better to go out to a crowded place?

Then I think going downtown would be the safest option…

‘Before that, just in case…’

Should I take Elena too?

Of course, Anis-sama’s answer was ambiguous, but

Aren’t two better than one?

‘If you think about it, you should put it into practice right away.’

Let’s sit down on a bench near the dormitory and send a text message to Elena.

After a while, Elena, dressed in simple everyday clothes, ran out from the entrance of the women’s dormitory.

“Lai…! I’m sorry. Did you wait a long time?”

“No. I called you all of a sudden.”

“So. Let’s go downtown, right?”

“Yes.”

… To be honest, I wasn’t in a situation where I could go on a date with Elena so leisurely right now.

In light of the fact that the recent raid targeted only hardline vampires,

Because preparations for war were already coming to an end.

Already impeding the development of gate induction devices,

He stopped the recapture of the holy sword and even broke down the scheme of Burimi, who was sent to replace the holy sword.

However, there are signs of war at the same time.

‘…Somewhere, something I don’t know about must have happened.’

No matter how much you roll and roll, you cannot stand up to the group as an individual.

How on earth should I…

“…Rye. I’ve arrived.”

“Oh.”

As she walked, she came to the streets of the city where she had once brought Adela and her queen.

She was so lost in thought that she forgot that she was walking with Elena.

As expected, Elena is looking up at me with a worried expression.

“Is something wrong? You look bad…”

“…Just because the future is suddenly bleak.”

Why am I having this hard time…

Still, seeing Elena looking at me with puppy-like eyes,

She has a strong urge to do something about it.

Sir.

“If it’s too hard, I…”

“No big deal. Let’s take a quick look around.”

“You always say it’s no big deal! You skipped school this time too…”

“…That’s right.”

“I think Rai needs to rely on the people around him a little more.”

…Will?

“So am I. I’m sure there are more than one person who is grateful to Rai…

But Rai doesn’t even give me a chance to pay off his debt, he’s always caught up in incidents all by himself.”

It’s the first time I’ve seen Elena assert herself so clearly.

That must mean that I always wanted to say this.

‘…’

Looking back.

From my point of view, the things I helped because I was a person with an attachment that I had seen in novels,

It may be no different than a third party who had nothing to do with the parties involved and helped them arbitrarily.

Even when she first met Elena like this,

Because I forced Mi-rae Yoon to bid on Elena, who was destined to win the bid.

‘…A bit like that.’

Elena has a point.

No,

Because it wasn’t an act of wanting something in return in the first place…

Elena puffed out her cheeks with her dissatisfied expression, as if she had read my thoughts.

“You look like you have no idea?”

“What are you talking about?”

Chuck-

“Just today, you ran to my request for help, didn’t you?

I am grateful enough for this alone.”

“This… Is a little different.”

“Huh?”

Elena pats her reddened ears and grabs my hand that rests on her head.

“Doesn’t something like this happen everywhere?”

“Is it like this?”

“… Like putting your hand on a girl’s head.”

“Of course not…”

Suddenly, Kirnawa’s actions yesterday come to mind.

… I think I put my hand on her head because it was comfortable to use as her handle due to the height difference.

“…Rye?”

Helena’s voice is cold.

“…That’s right.”

“You say that?”

“I’m not like that. In the first place, where is the girl I know other than you?”

I can feel Elena staring at her with her eyes wide open.

Anyway, it just feels cute.

At times like this, it’s best to quickly turn her words around,

I know this through long experience.

“Who is Annis?”

“Keep like that…”

“No, we have to find them quickly so we can have lunch and dinner. What should we eat for lunch?”

“…Lunch?”

Unsurprisingly, as soon as she makes food her subject, her eyes instantly turn bright.

‘… I like that it’s simple.’

Anyway, now was a time when every day was precious.

I can’t neglect to reinforce her or her own power,

Let’s find out who will deliver her orb to her as soon as possible.

She thinks so,

Together with Elena, I moved into her stream.

**

The reception room of the Beinhard family.

There were two men sitting facing each other at an antique table.

Cleanly trimmed black hair and beard,

A middle-aged man with cold red eyes.

The head of the Beinhard family.

Beinhard Line Orga set the teacup down on the table and opened his mouth.

Tak-

“…How. I see things are not going well?”

A cold mid-bass that seems to represent his cool-headed personality,

However, there was a sarcasm in it, clearly asking the other person what was wrong.

A man sitting across from Lineor’s words,

Shin Young-Woo answered with a bitter smile.

“I think there was a sudden interference from the professor. But I think the technology itself will be completed soon…

Looks like you’re not going as planned this time?”

At first glance, he looks like an ordinary human,

Shin Yeong-woo was also the heir to the Shin family, which had high power in the dimension ‘Earth’.

“… It wasn’t exactly our fault, it was just the organization getting caught.”

“Still. There is no change in the fact that the guild has provided a source of doubt.”

“That means. Is it okay if I hear that you are going to break the alliance?”

“Gee. I just wanted to say that we need to be a little more careful with each other.”

At Shin Young-woo’s obvious sarcastic remark, Lineor’s eyebrows begin to narrow.

And within…

“…Tsk.”

In any case, it is true that the pressure on the families that betrayed the hardliners in charge of the vampires failed.

To think they were caught even though they handed over information about the victim’s family and guild to the organization,

Besides, I heard that he was caught while attacking Hani Academy students.

As a result, not only the guild association but also the academy became involved in the incident.

Originally, it was an acceptable act to provoke the guild during the operation, but

It’s a different story if Veronica and the faculty are included.

It’s like touching the two most powerful neutral forces at the moment.

In the midst of such a silent tea time.

-The guest has entered.

The door to the reception room opened and a person entered.

A small body with a blunt look,

A girl with short pink hair, which is rare.

But when a girl with a delicate appearance appeared,

An air of tension flows from the two men.

-Kik.

As if you came to your own home,

The figure pulling the chair in front of me as if it were natural to sit down.

The pink-haired girl’s mouth opened.

“It’s a message.”

Gulp-

“First of all, it’s an intermediate situation check…”

The girl’s blunt eyes are directed at Shin Young-woo.

“What about guidance devices?”

“That…If you give me a little more time…”

“Just a little bit.”

Sug-

“When is that?”

“That’s…”

“Yes.”

As if she hadn’t expected it in the first place,

The girl cut off Shin Young-woo’s words without hesitation.

And then.

“… It’s embarrassing to even call it an alliance. What are you guys doing?”

Speaks words of criticism openly.

At first glance, the situation could have seemed quite rude, but

In fact, Shin Young-woo failed at his job, so he was in a situation where he had nothing to say.

No,

To be precise, it was the failure of the Choi family’s son and his own son, Shin Jong-hak, who were planted in the academy, not himself.

‘… Useless children.’

Although, recently, the son’s condition was strange.

He was such a confident guy until he went to the academy,

Because lately, he has become strangely indifferent and doesn’t listen to himself properly.

I don’t know what happened at the academy,

If things go on like this, it must be true that there will be fewer grains to fall from this war.

‘Damn it.’

Why are the professors suddenly interfering with a club that is going to ruin without any members?

The pink-haired girl looked at Shin Young-woo pathetically and sighed.

“… Fortunately, the organization has solved the problem to some extent.

There is no problem with the execution of the plan.”

Of course.

The quality will obviously be lower than the original plan.

“Let’s pass that on for now… Next, the Merveus family is a problem.”

“Oh… That’s it.”

“Okay. You guys didn’t have any intention of actively doing anything anyway, did you?”

This is violence beyond sarcasm.

Rineor, who was worse than that, began to open his mouth.

“… You seem a bit harsh. Treated as an ally of the same position…”

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“So.”

Sneak-

“How can you help keep the Merveus family in check?”

Flinch.

The pupils of the birds of prey that were hidden in the blunt eyes are revealed.

“Alliance…”

Kick.

“Alliance is good. So I hope that you will do well with the preparations we said.”

“… I see.”

“By the way, I have to check in some way… Ah!”

Sug-

The girl’s eyes twinkled as she picked up the papers lying on the table.

“That’s…”

A document containing the details of the Beinhard family’s investigation into this case.

Inside the quiet response room.

-Sharreuk.

-Shareuk.

Only the sound of the girl turning over the papers can be heard.

And within.

– Boom.

“…Again.”

The girl stopped moving.

“…Is it you again?”

Ssiik-

In the contents of the document reflected in the girl’s eyes,

It was fixed on one male student on the list of victims of this case.

Martina D. Rye.

“… Martina.”

It just went well.

As long as Adela’s younger brother was a hostage for the royal family, it was enough.

Of course, after the academy raid failed,

The security is unnecessarily strong, so you won’t be able to break into the academy, but…

But she didn’t have to worry.

I don’t know if it’s inside the academy with strict security,

Inside the gate where it is not strange no matter what variables occur.

Because it was her stage.

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