On that day, at a tea party, Lana Colette was taken aback by her friend's words.
"Oh, um Lana, have you ever fallen in love with soone?"
Monica said, fidgeting with her small fingers. Her usually pale cheeks were slightly tinged with blush.
Could it be that, perhaps, possibly, maybe?
"Monica Do you have soone you like!?"
Lana leaned forward in excitent, but Claudia, sitting next to her, looked at her coldly. Lana quickly realized that they were in the tea room of a large hall, not a private room, and hurriedly sat back in her chair.
When it gets a bit warr, they can use the outdoor tea room, but it's still the middle of winter. For a small tea party like this, most students use the tea room in this large hall.
Although there is so distance between the tea tables, if they speak too loudly, it will reach the nearby tables.
Lana cleared her throat and looked at Monica, adjusting her posture.
Monica, in her usual manner, speaks softly with a troubled expression.
"Well Um it's not about but there's soone very dedicated to soone they love"
Starting with the preface that it's not about herself but about an acquaintance, Lana hinted at her own situation.
This must be about Monica, surely.
If that's the case, it would lead to a discussion about who Monica's love interest is.
To tell the truth, Lana had an idea of who that person might be. If she received the flower arrangent on the day of the school festival, then the other person is definitely that person.
For Lana, her true desire was for Monica to co to the trading company she planned to establish after graduation. But if Monica has soone she likes enough to want to get engaged, Lana wouldn't hesitate to support her.
Lana took out a fan she rarely used, covering her mouth, and spoke in a hushed tone to Claudia in the neighboring seat.
"Hey, so that soone is, you know it right?"
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"Is it your older brother? Haven't you heard anything about that?"
Even when Lana spoke to her, Claudia's beautiful face remained impassive.
Say sothing, Lana glared at her, and Claudia looked straight at Monica with her unreadable eyes and said,
"Monica, when is your birthday?"
"Huh? Um, last month."
"I see. I was born in autumn. I'm a few months older than you."
"I-I see"
Suddenly asked about her birthday, Monica seed confused. Naturally.
To Monica's perplexed expression, Claudia said in her usual languid tone,
"You can call older sister-in-law."
Lana couldn't help but shout,
"I never said to take the conversation that far!"
"It's an important matter. If I were Monica's younger sister-in-law, it would confuse everyone around."
"Well, it's true that it would be a little confusing if Monica beca your younger sister-in-law"
Lana involuntarily blushed and pursed her lips, and Claudia looked at her with a sowhat exasperated expression.
"For nobles, marriage is a familiar topic."
"W-Well, yes, that's true, but"
"I didn't say anything out of the ordinary Un.der.stand?"
"Ugh."
In the first place, when it cos to nobles, it's common for parents to decide on a fianc for their children in their early childhood. Only a few can have a love marriage well, it seems Lana's father had a love marriage.
While Lana and Claudia were having that conversation, Monica, who had been left out all along, interjected with a troubled expression.
"Um Lady Claudia, does that an you're getting a younger brother or sister?"
"In the near future."
"C-Congratulations, then."
Monica seed to have missed the aning behind Lana and Claudia's exchange, and the conversation took a subtle detour.
Clearing her throat, Lana tried to steer the conversation back to Monica, maintaining a natural deanor.
"Monica, you ntioned there's soone among your acquaintances who is really dedicated to the person they love, right?"
It's probably about Monica herself, Lana murmured in her heart, and Monica nodded curtly.
"Yes, that's right. She really wants to et the person they like"
Upon hearing Monica's words, Lana nodded thoughtfully.
Ah, different years, huh? So it ans they won't be able to see each other after graduation.
"I see, when you're in love, you can do things you wouldn't normally do."
"Yes, that's what love is."
Lana didn't particularly have soone she liked right now, but she nodded as a senior response.
Monica looked at Lana with eyes that saw her as a reliable older sister and spoke.
"I've never seriously faced love before, so I don't really understand those feelings That's why I thought about it. If I could formulate the relationship between love and action into an equation, it might be useful in the future, don't you think?"
"Hold on."
"I've even delved into philosophical books about love, but they often describe it as Love is like' drawing comparisons to fever or music. Honestly, I find it rather perplexing I believe vague and abstract expressions like like' are inadequate. I desire sothing more concrete, like Love equals ,' or better yet, I yearn for a clear demonstration through an equation In a philosophical book I recently read, it stated that Love is a type of desire,' but if that's the case, I think I would understand it better if they presented the specific substances produced in the human body due to love and how they influence desires"
"Wait, wait, wait."
Lana, happy for Monica's newfound optimism towards love, genuinely wanted to support her. However, she couldn't comprehend why Monica had veered so far off course in such an unexpected manner.
Claudia had a look of utter boredom on her face as Lana held her head in her hands.
"dically presented? There's no dicine to cure the illness of love."
"I-I see"
Claudia further added to Monica, who was at a loss for words.
"In the first place, love itself is an abstract thing. If there were mathematicians capable of clearly defining sothing that takes different forms for different people, I would be intrigued to witness such an endeavor."
"Different forms for different people"
Monica echoed, appearing surprised by such an obvious realization.
Nervously fidgeting and twisting her fingers, she turned her gaze towards Claudia.
"Um, L-Lady Claudia, what form does your love' take?"
In response to a potentially provocative question, Claudia easily replied.
"I want to be special to Neil."
"Does that an wanting to be soone's special is love?"
Monica pondered for a while, seemingly lost in thought.
With a particular idea in mind, Monica furrowed her brows and murmured sadly.
"I dislike being treated as special. I prefer things to be ordinary"
It seed that Claudia's notion of "love's form" did not resonate with Monica.
Lana interjected with a slightly sisterly expression.
"Well, I believe it is also valid to have a form of love where you feel at ease with soone you can be yourself around."
Note that this is not Lana speaking from experience but an episode involving Lana's parents.
Although she had been wearing a mature facade all along, the truth was that Lana also lacked experience in love.
After all, her first love was her father, and in her childhood, she used to say, "I'm going to marry Daddy!" (Lana's father was slim and very fashionable and wonderful in his younger days.)
Co to think of it, she vaguely recalled making a promise to marry her childhood friend, but that was rely innocent child's play.
"Love isn't solely about excitent. It's also acceptable to fall in love with soone who makes you feel calm when you're together."
"Soone who makes you feel calm when you're together"
Monica nodded and murmured one word.
"The person who makes the calst is Lana, maybe."
Lana said nothing and gently stroked Monica's head.
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