TEASER CHAPTER 8 PART 32
Time goes back a bit,
around the time when Nozomu and Lisa was leaving the decoration store that Lisa
frequented.
Shina and Mimuru were
on their way back to the girls' dormitory from the academy.
They walked out of the
school's main gate and walked side by side through the central park surrounded
by trees covered with fallen leaves.
The season was already
approaching winter, and it could have started snowing at any moment.
The land is originally
blessed with enough rainfall to form forests.
It was inevitable that
rain would turn to snow as the temperature dropped.
Winter is just around
the corner. The air in the city is cold.
And even as they
walked through the central park, there was a chilly, tingling atmosphere.
Mimuru, who was
usually so vigorous in her speech and behavior, had lost her energy, and her
ears were twitching restlessly, as if she were checking on her best friend next
to her.
On the other hand, the
beauty walking next to her kept her eyes fixed on the road ahead, her elegant
mouth clenched into a straight line. Her whole body was giving off an
atmosphere that told people not to talk to her.
“Hey, Shina. We should talk to Nozomu after all. It's
not good to keep silent."
After a long period of
silence, unable to bear it any longer, Mimuru finally opened her mouth. The
content of the conversation was about the problem her best friend was facing.
The current Shina was
under the influence of the [Soul-Sealing Chains] after the blood contract she
made with Nozomu, and it was difficult for her to use her magic properly, let
alone spirit magic.
As for Shina, it was a
secret that she had intended to keep hidden for a long time. However, her
great-grandfather and her prospective fiancé, who visited her at the opening
festival, made it known to Mimuru.
Since then, Shina's
best friend has been giving her hard time, telling her that she should talk to
Nozomu about it at every opportunity.
"Mimuru, didn't I
already tell you? I can't put any more burden on him now..."
However, Shina
dismissed Mimuru's suggestion in a single word.
Shina had previously
been told by her best friend to tell Nozomu about the problem she was facing,
but even then, this elf girl dismissed Mimuru's advice flatly.
She even tearfully
pleaded with the impatient Mimuru to stop trying to talk to Nozomu herself.
"You call it a
burden, but I think it's worse if you keep quiet about it. And It would be even
worse if everyone found out about it later!"
Mimuru, too, backed
down for a moment in the face of her best friend's tears. But after some time
had passed, she had made up her mind again, and today she showed no signs of
backing down even when Shina tried to talk her out of it.
She showed an angry
expression on her face, with her tail standing on end and her fur bristling up.
"Usually you
thoroughly hide anything that might cause you to catch fire, but why only at a
time like this do you have such a good argument..."
"I guess that
means you also think that what you're doing isn't really a good idea."
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