TEASER
Volume 4 Chapter 2.2
Patchwork Obsession Part 2
A room in the boys'
dormitory.
Nozomu, the owner of
this room, was getting ready for school in a brisk manner.
The town was still
enveloped in dim darkness. It was clearly too early. He dressed in his school
uniform and was about to put his katana at his waist......
"......!"
The numbness that
suddenly ran up his arm made him wince. He frowned at the numbness that
suddenly ran up his arm. He put strength into his arm, which was about to drop
the katana.
He managed to put it
strapped to his waist without dropping his master's memento.
"That was-......
as expected."
The numbness quickly
subsided and the sensation returned. Nozomu could guess what was causing this
numbness. Last night, too, he had dreamed of the Dragon King.
"Phew.......
alright."
He took a deep breath.
Although the anxiety lingered, it quickly calmed down.
After checking his
appearance and steeling himself, Nozomu left his room with a bag containing his
breakfast and study materials that he had prepared in advance.
Upon leaving the
dormitory, Nozomu headed north. The border between the civil and administrative
districts. There, he found the building he was heading for.
The Solminati Academy
girls' dormitory. Nozomu waited for the person in question to come out of the
main gate across the street.
Female students came
out of the entrance of the dormitory one after another. When they saw Nozomu in
front of the girls' dormitory, they all tilted their heads in unison. Waiting
in a place like this would naturally attract attention.
However, Nozomu paid
no heed to their stares and kept his eyes fixed on the front gate of the girls'
dormitory.
Then, the expected
person appeared.
"Lisa, are you
all right?"
"Like I said, I'm
fine......"
There stood two girls,
Lisa with a somewhat gloomy expression on her face, and Camilla, who was
standing by her side showing concern for her.
The face of Lisa was
pale and she had dark circles under her eyes. She was obviously sleep-deprived.
Despite his concern about her condition, Nozomu shifted his mind and walked
over to them.
"You......!?"
Camilla wore a
surprised expression, then stepped in between Lisa and Nozomu as if to protect
her.
But her eyes wavered
erratically and lacked composure.
She, too, was one of
the people who had framed Nozomu, but at the same time, she was carrying some
special circumstances. Nozomu took a deep breath to relax himself, then slowly
opened his mouth to Lisa and Camilla.
"Lisa, it's been
a while. I believe it's been about two weeks?"
The voice that came
out of his mouth as he faced them once again was calmer than Nozomu himself had
expected.
"So do you,
Camilla. Though I lost myself in anger in the forest, sorry about that."
"How......?"
(......Yep, my mind is
calm.)
Facing them like this,
Nozomu came to realize something.
His anger did not well
up anymore.
Camilla probably did
not expect to be spoken to in such a calm tone. She was surprised by Nozomu's
quiet and calm voice. Her eyes widened.
This is just a teaser.
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