Raven said that while lody was a mber of the Ghost Story Investigation Club, he would also join in their activities.
Eastern suddenly recalled sothing lody had told him.
She had asked that, in exchange for him joining, Raven be excluded from the investigation club.
The reason being that the ghost story cases were dangerous, and she was worried about Raven.
Just like siblings, they were the sa.
“We’re short-handed, so we’d be grateful if anyone could join us...”
Eastern sighed and spoke to Raven.
“There’s sothing we need to do first. Follow .”
“What? Why would I follow you? Where are we going?”
“Just follow , no questions.”
Raven reluctantly stood up at Eastern’s insistence. Seeing that, Eastern gave a small smile.
“Not honest at all.”
If only he were half as honest as his sister, but oh well.
Outside the hospital room, students were gathered in large numbers.
Most of them seed to be from F-class. Eastern recognized so familiar faces from the courage test incident.
Pushing through the students, they entered the hospital room where lody was.
And there, Noah, sitting next to lody’s bed, noticed Eastern and Raven and calmly spoke.
“About ti you arrived.”
Noah was sitting on the right side of the bed, while Erica and Leonard were playfully bickering on the left.
“Raven?”
lody’s face lit up with surprise, shock, happiness, and longing as soon as she saw him.
It was a striking change.
Eastern glanced at Raven. He could see that Raven, with a face full of emotion, was staring at lody with his lips tightly pressed together.
‘Ah, I never asked that.’
I was curious as to why, despite worrying about his sister, he had been avoiding her all this ti.
At that mont, Leonard, who had been leaning on the side of lody’s bed, looked up at Eastern and Raven and raised a question.
“Aren’t you two supposed to be the most famous rivals at this school? Did I hear wrong? But now, you two are close friends?”
“What are you talking about? We’re rivals, alright!”
“Who’s calling who a friend?!”
Both Raven and Eastern shouted at the sa ti. Leonard shrugged his shoulders with a face full of disbelief.
“Then why do you two always hang out together?”
Raven and Eastern seed speechless and just stayed silent.
As they remained silent, lody, who had been quietly watching Raven, burst into tears.
“It’s been a long ti, Raven.”
The others, who had been observing the situation, started to stand up one by one. Noah took Erica, Leonard, and Eastern out of the hospital room.
Soon, only lody and Raven remained in the room, and the sound of crying began to leak out.
It wasn’t just lody’s crying. Eastern decided that, on that day, he would pretend not to notice the tears of his rival, Raven.
In the hospital room, with only Raven and lody left, Raven approached the bed and squinted his eyes as he watched lody cry.
“Why are you crying?”
Just being alive and here with him was enough. Now, they could talk.
What had it been like when he heard the news of Raven’s death? There were so many things lody wanted to say. So many unspoken words.
She regretted not being able to express her love, regretting it over and over again.
“I missed you. Really.”
Raven looked at her with an expression of confusion, unsure of what to make of her reaction.
“Sis, I’ve only been in this school for half a year. You do realize how over the top your reaction is, right?”
“Yeah. I know.”
For Raven, it had only been half a year, but for lody, it had been two whole years.
Raven didn’t know how many near-death situations lody had been through to get here.
He wouldn’t even know that she had turned back ti just to et him.
“I was worried about you. That’s why. I had a bad dream. A really scary dream.”
At her words, Raven closed his mouth with a face full of emotion. He stayed silent for a long ti.
They stared at each other in silence, their mouths tightly shut.
It wasn’t until a long while later that Raven finally spoke.
“Yeah. Maybe it’s better this way.”
lody tilted her head, puzzled by his cryptic words, and Raven explained.
“I’m glad you’re in school.”
That statent pierced deep into her heart, and lody was left speechless.
How could she even attend school?
She had no idea what it was like for Raven to endure life at school in the year 903.
She still didn’t know the cause of his death, but at least she knew his school life hadn’t been easy.
“So, don’t worry too much, and enjoy your school life too.”
Raven’s words left lody speechless.
How could she enjoy school without Raven by her side? She ca here because of him. How could she leave him out of it?
Raven, unaware of her feelings, continued speaking.
“I’m sorry for running away.”
Raven moved a little closer to her bed. Then, he knelt down and took her hand.
“At Johannes Castle, I thought you were in trouble. I thought you were suddenly leaving ...”
Raven’s face contorted with a frown before he let out a sigh.
He thought she was avoiding him, but to know that Raven had actually been worried about her was a relief. lody exhaled deeply in relief.
“And honestly, I think you’ve adapted to school better than . Well, I knew you would.”
Raven spoke without changing his expression.
Leaning on Raven’s kind response, lody hesitantly spoke the words she had been holding back.
“...Raven, will you leave with ?”
“Huh?”
“Let’s leave together. Let’s go study abroad on the Eastern continent. You used to say you wanted to do that.”
As lody spoke while holding his ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) hand, Raven’s pupils wavered.
“I don’t think this is sothing we should talk about right now.”
“Why not?”
“Sorry, but I’m not planning to quit school.”
He looked embarrassed as he averted his gaze and suddenly stepped backward.
Sothing felt off.
“That’s not it,” lody said, realizing sothing was wrong.
But, as expected, it had co true.
Raven apologized once again.
“No. You don’t have to apologize. Co with ...”
“Oh, it’s already ti for class. You should go to class, sis. Good luck. Let’s et after the exams.”
Raven pulled out a pocket watch to check the ti, muttering incoherently as he backed out of the room.
“Wait? Where are you going...?”
Bang.
Raven opened the hospital room door and fled without a word.
The Student Council President, Eastern, Leonard, and Erica, who were outside the door, watched Raven’s unexpected exit with stunned expressions.
They quietly watched as Raven disappeared down the hallway, and Leonard turned to lody.
“Are you still going to keep playing tag?”
There was no way that was happening.
With a disappointed look, lody slumped her shoulders.
‘I still have Plan B. It’s okay.’
No matter what it takes, I’ll protect Raven, even if it ans sacrificing myself to the ghost stories.
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