Episode 44
Translator : Miss
Editor : Aru
Eugene did not budge an eye even when he looked at Cassius. He just stared at him with his blue eyes with its unique sharpness. Unlike Cassius, no emotion was revealed in him. Except his voice is unusually icy.
‘What’s wrong with them?’
Eugene had not often questioned Cassius’ behaviour. In the first place, they weren’t talking very well.
Cassius openly expressed his favour to , and Eugene showed a clear dislike for , so it was natural that the two had no contact.
“It, it’s almost ti to go.”
At the awkward words, Eugene turned his head and looked at , then moved out of the classroom.
“Cassius, I’m going out now. You must be hungry, so don’t wait for and go ahead. I’ll be right back.”
Cassius had a subtle air of regret, but not more stubbornness.
“Yes, I see. I’ll be waiting at the cafeteria.”
“Yes, see you later!”
I waved my hand at Cassius in a hurry and left the classroom.
As expected, there was no Eugene in the hallway. He must have been offended and left first.
I grumbled to myself, walking in the empty hallway.
“Ck, he’s too sensitive for nothing. ….”
“Who’s sensitive?”
As I turned the corner, I saw a man with familiar silver hair and blue eyes. He looked down at with his arms crossed as usual, with a look of disapproval sowhere.
“You didn’t go first?”
“I was on my way, but you just ca out.”
“Uh……yeah?”
But why are you turning around and looking at ?
By the way, you seem slower than usual. When I co out, you’ve always already arrived at Professor Frain’s private room.”
“Who, who’s slow! Don’t say anything weird and just co quickly.”
Eugene’s face turned red and shouted angrily.
“It’s about ti. Isn’t it you who asked to hurry up, Spade?“
“Oh, yeah.”
He’s not good at expressing himself.
I’m sure he’d waited for . He’s lying to because he doesn’t want to find out.
Since the day when the two of us stayed and had a more serious conversation than usual, it was impossible not to notice that Eugene’s attitude has beco more favourable than before.
In the past, when I forgot to write a class journal, he used to be disdainful or twisted words like a screw bar, but these days he used to remind of what I had to do with quite soft words such as ‘Spade, don’t forget your class journal.’
He had waited for for what he’d always done on his own. There were a lot of things we did together.
As I walked along the corridor thinking about this and that, I arrived at Prof. Frain’s private room.
“Oh, you’re here. Here, both of you, please sit down.”
Professor Frain greeted us with a smile and had prepared chairs and tea for both of us.
“You’re both executives of the class, so there is always a lot of work. I feel very relieved as a horoom teacher because you both did a great job.”
“No, That’s not a true professor.”
Professor Frain’s words were answered first by Eugene.
‘Clearly, there’s no way he can ever think that way……’
Looking at that, I think he’s definitely a big guy who is proud of himself.
“I invited you both today to perform at the school’s anniversary banquet.”
“The school anniversary banquet…… a performance?”
Performances? Did they originally entrust the performance to the students?
I glanced at Eugene, sitting upright next to at the news that I had never heard of, but he looked calm as if he had already known.
“Yes, as so outsiders related to the academy attend the anniversary banquet, two outstanding student representatives from each school year will be selected to present magic in front of the audience. Miss Spade and Sir Ace. were chosen as the first-year representatives because you both were the top and the second.”
It’s a magical performance. The event was far from the competition format during the division test. In other words, it was similar to the actual test taken during the entrance exam, but it didn’t appeal much.
‘I don’t want to be on stage……’
“If both Spade and Ace accept it, you’ll be able to participate in the performance as a first-year representative. If you don’t want to do it, I’ll ask another student for their opinion, so you don’t have to worry too much.”
Then you’d better hand it over to soone else–
“Oh, for your information, participating in performance can be included in your career. It will help you when you take the court wizard exam later on.”
“I’ll do my best!”
As soon as I heard the words “active career” and “the court wizard test,” I changed my mind like turning my hands upside down and said with my eyes twinkling.
Professor Frain burst into laughter at the sight.
“Ah-ha-ha, Miss Spade is over-enthusiastic. Then I think you’re going to participate in the performance Sir Ace, are you okay with that?”
“Yes, I’d like to participate.”
“Yes, then both of you will participate. I’ll let you know when the details are decided. And it will be very hard to prepare for the performance and study at the sa ti. Of course, I trust that you two will do well, but if you have any difficulties, please co to anyti, okay?”
At Prof. Frain’s words, Eugene nodded.
“It’s a great honour for both of our first-year representatives to co out of our class. I hope you will be confident in being selected as a representative and continue to be as you are now. That’s it for today.”
“Yes, thank you.”
Up from the chair, Eugene and I returned the teacup to its original place and left Professor Frain’s private room.
“Uh, the performance. I’m not confident.”
“If you don’t have confidence, you should make yourself.”
“Oh, you, please, can’t you give a break? When I hear you, it’s like a textbook for an upright life, so I’m out of breath.”
“Up, upright life……? What’s that?”
“Oh, anyway–”
There was a month left before the performance.
It ant that within that month, we should find the most confident magic and prepare to show it to the public.
“What am I… water and fire again?”
“Spade.”
“Huh?”
“Have you thought of what magic to take part in?”
“Of course no, since I just heard it for the first ti.”
“You’ve never heard of it?”
Eugene raised her eyebrows and looked surprised.
“It’s been an annual event for the first and second best to participate in a banquet to celebrate its anniversary.”
Eugene, who was saying that suddenly stopped talking as if he had been hit on the back of his head and shut his mouth.
“Huh? Why? It happened every year, what?”
“…no. Nothing.”
Eugene spoke with his eyes turned elsewhere.
“Rather than that, you’re thinking of doing it with magic flas anyway. Isn’t that right?”
“Well, that’s true. What are you going to do?”
At my words, Eugene put his finger around his mouth and thought about it, then replied a mont later.
“I need to think about it.”
There was a reason why Eugene couldn’t co up with a clear answer.
As ntioned, it was a magical performance in front of the public, and it was really different from the tournant. Fancy magic would be required technically or visually. Therefore, it could have been a little difficult for Eugene, whose main speciality is swift and covert attack magic.
“Well, if I ponder a little, the answer will co out. More than that, you~”
“Huh?”
“I’m practising from right this evening. Co to indoor sparrow at 8 pm.”
“What?”
No, all of a sudden?
It’s been less than 10 minutes since I heard that I’m performing.
When I looked at Eugene with a puzzled look on my face, he opened his eyes thinly and answered in his usual dull voice.
“It’s not individual performance, it’s a joint performance. I an, you and I have to be good at it.”
“Huh? Uh… Yeah.”
“We are still in the first grade, but in the third grade, so court wizard ca to scout the student representative who perford. That’s how much this is a huge opportunity.”
At the mont, his blue eyes, like sapphire, gave out a sharp glow.
“Most of the ti, it is said that Trump had his eye on the main figure of the performance.”
Then Eugene ca to a step forward and shouted in a steady voice.
“Now that we have this opportunity, we have to complete the performance perfectly. There would be no mistakes at all.”
Looking at Eugene like that, I gulped down without realizing it.
I think there’s sothing wrong.
“You and I, we’re targeting Trump. It’s only natural that we should be perfect for the performance, Spade.”
In Eugene’s eyes, looking at and talking to , I thought sohow the flas were rising.
Not the usual icy cold snow, but the intensely burning snow hoping for sothing.
Yeah. Like, like, blue flas.
“…Yes, you’re right, Eugene.”
I answered, facing two blazing blue flas.
“Let’s work hard, both of us.”
“….”
“Hey, at tis like this, you have to hold my hands and say, ‘yes!'”
My hand, which had nowhere to go, remained in the air, and Eugene, glancing down at my hand with his head turned sideways with a slightly red face, eventually sighed and took my hand.
“Okay.”
“…as expected, you will never say ‘yes’.”
“Whatever you say, it’s up to .”
Then he passed and walked forward.
As soon as I was about to go back to the cafeteria, I heard Eugene’s voice from behind .
“Hey! The sparrow is until 8 p.m.! If you forget, I’ll kick your ass in the battle class!”
He stopped on his way and was shouting at loudly with his hands around his mouth.
When I saw him, I shouted back loud enough to be heard all around .
“Just do well yourself.”
“What? Hey!”
I heard Eugene’s angry voice behind my back, then giggling and running. Listening to his distant voice, sohow I felt so good that I couldn’t stop laughing.
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