“…Es…Estelle?”
“Ah, ah!…I…Ian!!…Help !!…Es…Estelle has…gone mad!!”
“….”
Crunch-!
Nails dug into the flesh between Estelle’s clenched fist.
She didn’t want to show this side of herself to Ian.
She still rembered how sad Ian looked during their first year from ti to ti.
…But she had to make Delphicia pay no matter what.
“Shoot- water - barrier….”
Ignoring Ian, she tried to chant…
Tap-!
“Estelle!!”
Ian rushed over to her in an instant, grabbing her wrist and shouting.
“Let go!!…Ian!! Let this go!!”
“I understand, so calm down first and cancel the magic!! You can still cancel the chant, right?!”
“No!!! Ian!! I can’t!! Let go!! I have to make Delphicia pay even more!!”
“Estelle!! Please!!”
“Aaaaaah!!! Ian! Let go! Please let go!!!…Ah?..Ah!!”
Whooosh-!!
The magic destabilized due to her overwhelming emotions, showing signs of exploding as the mana contained in the water droplets beca unstable.
‘…No, no!’
If the water droplet burst in this state, Ian would be swept away.
Even if it ant her own death, she couldn’t bear to see that happen.
Swoosh-!
She tried to pull the bursting water droplet towards herself…
Boom-!!
“…Ah?”
“….”
Instead, the mont the water droplet burst, Ian wrapped around her and was flung away.
“Ah, Ian!!!!”
Evelyn’s scream was heard.
“Ah…ah…! Ah…!!”
Blood flowed from Ian’s forehead as he lay on the ground.
It was her doing.
“No, no!!…I…Ian..!…!!Ugh…!!!”
Vomit surged up.
She couldn’t breathe.
Her heart felt like it was tearing apart.
‘I don’t know. I don’t know.’
‘What I should do.’
‘How I should do it…’
She couldn’t think of anything.
Just that her vision was turning black.
“Gurgle…!Ha..!.Ugh….!!…Ha…aaaaa!!!”
“Ah…Miss!!!”
When she ca to her senses again…
She was crying in Frederica’s arms.
“Ian!!!!”
Evelyn’s scream trembled, as did Delphicia’s fingertips.
‘…Did…Did he die?’
Did Ian die because of her?
“Ah..ah..!! e to..your senses!!..Sob..ah..ahhh!!!”
She hadn’t intended for things to escalate this far.
She just wanted to give Estelle, whom she found annoying, a bit of a hard ti.
That was all…
“…Sob…Please….Soone…soone…go…and…bring…Yuris…anyone…!…Ian…co to your senses…Sob!!”
“Sob!! It’s okay! I’ve co to my senses. It’s okay, so don’t call… Yuris might get scared. Ah!…It hurts!”
“Ah..!!..Ah…ah…!!!…Sob…ah..sob! Hey!…You…idiot!! Sob…!You can’t…interrupt…magic chanting like that…what were you thinking!!…Sob…”
“No… Evelyn, at that mont, canceling the chant was still possible… I thought you knew how to cancel it.”
“Shu…shut up…you idiot!!…Sob…you…if you had…died or…been seriously…hurt!!…What..what was I supposed to do!!..Sob….!!”
“Stop crying, I didn’t die. Okay? And I didn’t just rush in without thinking. It wasn’t a ‘blade’ type but a ‘bubble’ after all. At worst, it would have just broken a bone. And it seems Estelle controlled her power well, you’re fine.”
“Sob…you idiot…breaking a bone…is that supposed to be nothing?…Sob..And…what do you an ‘it’s okay’?!!…There’s…blood…from your forehead…”
“Oh… really? Looks like it’s just a scratch. Look, it’s almost stopped bleeding.”
Seeing Ian laugh it off, Delphicia finally let out a sigh of relief.
“Ha…thank you…Ian…for helping..I’m sorry…you got hurt…because of …”
“No, Delphicia, you don’t have to apologize. It’s natural to help each other, among friends. Anywhere else hurt besides the cheek?”
“Uh… Yeah, Ian. Thanks to you…I wasn’t hurt.”
Delphicia smiled faintly.
Realizing that after Evelyn, she was the next one Ian was worried about, not Estelle, she couldn’t help but feel a sense of superiority.
“Really? Then, Delphicia…”
“…Yeah?”
That’s when Ian picked up the gift box that Estelle had thrown on the ground and asked.
“……Did you do this?”
“…Sob….Ah..ah..Okay…!…I..I’ll do it!…I’ll apologize..Sob!!”
“Ha… If you understand, then stop crying and bitching around. Acting like you’ve done sothing worth crying over, fuck… Hoo… Fuck, how many tis do you make say fuck. Fuck.”
“……”
“What are you staring at? Why? Does it suck seeing your friend get slapped? You want to get slapped too?”
“…No…Evelyn…”
“Then take that bitch and fuck off to the infirmary!! Ah!!! Really feels like shit, fuck!!”
Bang─!!!
Even after Evelyn slamd the door and left the classroom…
No one remaining in the classroom dared to speak.
‘…Estelle!’
Tap-!Tap-!Tap-!
I was running around trying to find Estelle, but her figure was nowhere to be seen.
“Oh my~! Ian! What a coincidence!☆”
…Instead, it was Elfrida who appeared.
“Sorry, Elfrida, I don’t have ti right now.”
“Chee~! Senior, you seem to be busy every ti you see . Last ti you said you’d contact…”
“…Elfrida. I really don’t have ti right now.”
“Eh? Oh, no…Just a mont!…It’s just for a bit…because it’s…Lady Elise’s…day…”
“…Sorry. Later.”
Tap-!Tap-!
I apologized to Elfrida and ran off again.
But…
‘…Gone.’
I checked all around the second-year building including the place Evelyn ntioned, but there was no sign of Estelle.
Since Estelle in a wheelchair wouldn’t be faster than , it ant she must have already gone ho.
“….”
Sitting down on the stairs, I took out Estelle’s gift box from my embrace.
Despite being terribly crumpled, indicating it had been through a lot, it was still obvious that it was filled with earnest effort.
“…It was really nice.”
Just tens of minutes ago, I was as happy as could be in my life…
But in an instant, it turned into the worst feeling.
“Ha…What should I do…”
I haven’t ntioned it to Estelle, and I didn’t plan to in the future, but…
I was projecting ‘the past ’ onto ‘Estelle.’
That’s why I approached Estelle first.
Just as I received help from Evelyn, I wanted to be of help to Estelle too.
…However.
It was only after I had run around desperately searching for Estelle that I belatedly realized.
“It wasn’t just because of that…”
During our ti together, Estelle had beco an undeniably important presence in my life.
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