TEASER CHAPTER 8 PART 28
The morning classes
were over. In the third year, first class. At the edge of the classroom, a
voice filled with quiet sorrow, sadness, and exasperation drifted by.
"Ai, what do you
mean?'"
In the classroom,
which was supposed to be a temporary relaxing period after being released from
the tension of class, only that one corner of the room was filled with a cold,
bottom-chilling atmosphere.
The voice belonged to
Tima Lime.
Her usual gentle and
calm atmosphere had disappeared, and her eyes were filled with a fierce anger.
"Like I said, I'm
going to be busy for a while."
Irisdina replied
coldly, yet a tingling heat was felt in the pit of Tima's stomach.
Irisdina tone of voice
was devoid of any emotion.
The cold expression on
her best friend's face made Tima feel as if she were looking at an intricate
doll, and the sense of helplessness caused even more heat to erupt from the pit
of her stomach.
Meanwhile, Irisdina,
the person in question, brushed aside her best friend's anger like a gentle
breeze and turned away, ready to leave the classroom.
"~! Ai,
wait!"
"I'm sorry, but I
have something I have to do. I don't have time to be stuck with you. Well
then..."
Without waiting for
Tima's reply, Irisdina left the classroom.
She never returned to
the classroom that day.
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After school, Nozomu
was visiting the craftsmen's district with Anri.
In return for his help
in organizing the opening festival and assisting Ecross' class, he was promised
a place where he could rent a furnace to make a bell for Irisdina.
But Nozomu's
expression was not good as he walked through the craftsmen's district.
(Just forget about
it.)
The words that
Irisdina had clearly thrust into him were repeatedly passing through his mind.
Anri, wondering about the frowning Nozomu, looked into his face.
"Nozomu-kun,
what's wrong~?"
"Actually, Iris
told me that she didn't want the bell anymore..."
Nozomu hesitated for a
moment in response to Anri's question, but then he honestly told her what had
happened.
At the opening
festival, Irisdina had requested a bell from him, but now she had told him she
didn't want it any more. She told him that she would keep her distance from him
from now on.
In fact, Irisdina did
not make any contact with Nozomu except during their way to school, and when he
went to check on her at lunchtime, she had already disappeared from the
classrooms.
When he talked to
Tima, who was in the same classroom, he found that she had left the classroom
as soon as the morning classes ended.
Tima also had tried to
talk to her, but Irisdina did not seem to listen to her at all.
Remembering what had
happened, Nozomu's heart began to ache.
"~..."
"Then, do you
want to stop?"
