Stifling my urge to complain I resorted to sighing deeply.
"What are you sighing about when you have a beautiful girl laying next to you?"
Looking to the left my face was re inches away from the golden-colored hair.
Charlotte had woken up a few minutes ago and she was facing the opposite direction having her back to .
"That's not the reason, it's because a professor at Griffin of all places is unable to control herself."
"Humph, so you're saying I'm not beautiful?"
"Are you a child?"
"…"
"Okay, yes, you are very pretty."
"Hehe, I know."
"Did you get head trauma?"
This finally caused Charlotte to turn over and face .
She had an angry expression on her face and looked ready to throw a punch.
Not allowing her to do what she wanted I reached my arms out and pulled her body down onto mine.
"Let go."
"If you really wanted to get free I wouldn't be able to stop you."
"You ruined the mont."
"Just accept the hug."
"Fine."
'This girl.'
After laying together in silence for a few minutes Charlotte repositioned herself so that she was against my side and rested her head on my shoulder.
"Are you feeling better?"
"Yeah."
"You're not lying are you."
"No."
"Then I can leave?"
Barely moving my body an inch I was instantly locked down.
"Stay… please."
"Okay, I won't go anywhere."
"Good."
"So how are you really feeling?"
It took a few seconds before Charlotte let up.
"My head is buzzing and my body is really sore."
"Then you should get so more sleep."
"But…"
"But what?"
"… then you will leave."
"I already told you I won't."
"You're lying."
"I'm not."
"You are."
I let out another sigh fully knowing I was developing a bad habit.
"What if I promise I won't leave."
She paused.
"How can I believe you?"
"I never let you go before."
"You tried!"
"You rember that? Well, after the nurse told not to, I didn't."
"My point exactly."
"You have trust issues."
"You're one to talk."
"Doesn't an I'm wrong."
"How about this, if you tell how Miss Smith's killing intent didn't affect you I'll believe you."
"You want to explain myself in order to prove myself for sothing you want?"
"Yes!"
"You're so spoiled."
"Well, you know who raised ."
"Fine, I'll tell you. When you go through sothing dark and I an really dark, sothing like a wisp of killing intent ans nothing."
"What was it?"
"That wasn't part of the deal."
"Humph."
"What are you mad about, I told you, now trust and get so sleep."
Repositioning herself for the third ti Charlotte got comfortable and whispered sothing inaudible to .
"That's not what I was mad about."
Nearly imdiately after closing her eyes Charlotte was deep within the dream realm and I was left to silence in the room.
"You can co in now."
Pushing open the door the nurse from before ca into the room.
"I was waiting a long ti."
"I'm sure she knew of your presence and even now she does."
"Yet she kept waiting."
I wasn't completely sure of Charlotte's capabilities but I was more than positive that if I could sense the nurse she could too.
That ant Charlotte was far more concerned with keeping near her than sucking up to the nurse.
"She did."
Although we were talking as if Charlotte wasn't laying on top of I wasn't concerned about being disrespectful. Unlike soone with a powerful background, I couldn't ss with one of the faculty mbers — at least not without proper preparations.
Wanting to take the lead in the conversation I started with the first question.
"Why did you co?"
"To check up on my patient."
"Yeah right, you and I both know she only needs so rest. What do you want?"
"Then I'll get right to it, how did you not suffer any injuries? Not even the first-placed student could do sothing like that."
"Again, we both heard what I told Charlotte so I'll ask once more, what do you want?"
"I don't believe it! There's no way soone like you could do what others couldn't."
That annoyed .
"What do you an by 'soone like '?"
"Soone who's ranked 993rd."
I narrowed my eyes.
"Are you discriminating based on rank?"
I didn't want to create any more problems for the ti being but if soone was going to push and insult I wouldn't take it without pushing back.
Luckily this seed to click with sothing in the nurse's head as she carefully thought about her next words. That ant she wasn't as dumb as the last person who tried to accuse .
"There's sothing up with you and it's not right."
"So?"
"I will find out what it is!"
"Good luck detective."
The conversation didn't go in the direction I wanted it to and the nurse seed to have so underlying objective that she failed to articulate.
Although weird, the situation with the nurse was the least of my concerns.
Recounting the last few days I knew I had to deal with the fallout of Miss Smith's unpredictability, the eventual effects of my letter, and the dungeon from Charlotte, and prepare myself for future events.
With a plate full of important topics I couldn't bear to waste ti on superficial things.
Yet as I thought this while watching the nurse leave I didn't dare to break my promise. Therefore enjoying the comfort of the person next to I continued to train with Mana Breath.
Many hours passed by with the only interruption being a al. All this ti Charlotte continued to sleep and it didn't seem like she would be waking up any ti soon.
When the second al ca and the natural light began to fade I began to get annoyed. It was true that I swore I wouldn't leave Charlotte but I didn't have hours to spare.
Unfortunately, my worries were not cleared as the sun completely set and Charlotte had yet to so much as stir.
When one of the other nurses ca into the room to tell that visitor hours were up I was quite pissed.
Technically since I hadn't received any injuries and Charlotte was stable there was no reason for to stay with her — at least for the night.
Thankfully the nurse allowed five extra minutes before I had to leave.
After starting a tir and telling to be quick she left the room.
"You heard her, I have to leave, there's nothing I can do about it."
"…"
"Stop pretending like you're sleeping."
"…"
"Fine sleeping beauty if you want to be like this maybe I should give you another kiss."
That woke her up.
Shooting up like a rocket Charlotte practically leaped off my chest. Although she tried to hide her face by turning away, I knew she was bright red.
"… I'm awake."
"Yes, I can see that. Now it's ti for to go; I kept my promise."
"…"
"Are you too embarrassed to say goodbye even after I spent the whole day with you?"
"…"
"Okay."
Pushing off the blankets I climbed off the dical bed. Giving one last glance at Charlotte who still had her head turned, I took my first step toward leaving the room.
But that was the instant when Charlotte sprung forward flying out of the bed to wrap her arms around from behind.
"Hey."
She whispered quietly as she tried to sink into .
"Yeah?"
I whispered back.
"D-did y-you?"
"Did I do what?"
"Did you really- did you really an it?"
"an wh—"
"You know what! That thing you said in class!"
"How am I—"
"Yes or no, be honest while I still trust you…did you an it?"
"Are you prepared for my answer?"
"I- I- I don't know."
I smiled.
With comically perfect timing the tir that the nurse set went off.
"When you are ready, to be honest with yourself you can ask again. Goodbye and get so real sleep."
"You knew?"
"Good night Charlotte."
When I left the room I gave a thankful nod to the nurse before making my way to the exit.
Along the way I caught the head nurse (who was the one that took Charlotte and ) glaring at .
Ignoring the provocation I left the dical bay and opened the door to the outside world.
Breathing in a deep breath of fresh oxygen I smiled in contentnt.
'Did that girl really think she could trick when I have Mana Breath? I knew the instant when her breathing changed and she woke up hours ago. But I guess she was right because I would have left if she opened her eyes.'
Knowing I was in for a long week and now down a day I made my way toward the dorms to get so real rest.
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