"Vida, I'm coming in!"
Rafa casually opened the door in front of her. But, immediately got stunned gaping her mouth a little and narrowed her eyes.
The view in front of the opened door was a fictional romance scene. A female chara who closed her eyes and a male chara who smiled handsomely as he gently caressed the female's cheek.
'The heck…!'
"What's wrong, Sister? Is Sister Vida in there?" asked Nia as she tried to have a peek in to the room.
Rafa closed ther door slowly as she whispered, "Sorry for interupting…"
Nia who could not get a peek of whatever happened, tilted her head in confusion.
"Tool open… hm… where's the memory eraser… hm… here? No… here? No…" Rafa opened an unlimited displayed item box for tools category (have the same appearance as status panel) while touching her chin, searching the item she wanted and lost in thought.
"What are you doing, Onee-sama?" said Nia as she saw that Rafa acting weird, suddenly searching for 'memory eraser' all of a sudden.
"Hm?" Rafa glanced through the tools panel, "Nothing. Just searching for an eraser."
Nia squinted her eyes suspiciously.
"And what's the purpose?"
"But of course! To erase this awful memory!" Rafa replied as she looked like disgusted by something.
"Well then, that's enough of no clue." Nia swang the previously closed by Rafa's door opened, "Sister Vida, you're okay…"
"…"
"… do you intend to do 'something'?" Nia asked in monotone voice as she felt like she saw something awful, seeing the guy in suspicion.
"Ah, who are you?" The ikemen asked as he smiled to his eyes.
(Note : 'ikemen' literally means 'handsome guy' or 'hot guy')
Nia narrowed her eyes and looked at her left side before sighed and answered as she approached them. "Arafania."
"Ah, Miss Arafania, please to meet you. I am Rico." The guy replied kindly with a gentle smile.
"I repeat. What. Do. You. Intend. To. Do. Hmm?" Nia gave a smile that creepy enough to make a big guy trembling in fear, though that's not the case for Rico.
"Lili told me to keep her accompanied while she sleeping because she's easily to feel less alert at that time."
What a good answer.
"You think I would buy that? All guys are wolves. A. W. O. L. F!" Nia pressured Rico to spit out the truth as she didn't seem convinced.
"And here I thought that you're unusually getting late. So, this princess is the reason you're standing still in front of one of the ladies' work room?"
Another hot guy with a short light brown hair and amber eyes showed up.
"I saw that you held up by those ladies and having fun, so I left for some fresh air." Rico said as he turned her face to the guy that just showed up.
Nia held her right waist and furrowed her right eyebrow in an almost expressionless face. "Mind telling me 'who in the world are you both'?"
"Oh my… how rude of me."
The 'new' guy approached the wide-opened window with a smile and held Nia's right hand, then kiss the back of Nia's pale hand.
"It is an honor to meet you, My Lady, Arafania Juan luc Valencia. I am Vincent Nelsonville."
Nia sighed and pulled her hand slowly from Vincent. "Please to meet you, Sir Nelsonville." Nia uncomfortably covered her right hand behind her other hand.
"Well then, answer me. 'Who are you'? Not your name, the other thing." Nia pinched the area between her eyebrows in a dark expression.
"…"
No one replied.
"Hah… you see. My sister out there could easily read your status and tell me 'what are you'." Nia said as she slightly pointed at her sister, Rafa.
"Then…" Vincent opened his mouth. "Should we change place first?"
Ah, yes, they were facing each other by the window.
Nia nodded, "Come in, please."
"Wha— but, My Lady, this is the 'ladies' dorm. We could not enter as we please…"
"I allow it." Nia smiled. "After all, if you two wanted to do 'something', the protector barrier would 'take' you two down for good immediately.
'Nia your eyes…' Rafa mumbled as she's sweat dropping due to her sister's dark expression.
"… yes, we understand." Vincent and Rico replied as both of them couldn't add more reason to refuse the offer anymore.
…
"Well, then," Nia sat beside Rafa who let Lili leaned on her shoulder and spelled a sound-proof barrier to Lili.
Nia snapped her fingers and two brown armchairs appeared right behind Vincent and Rico who just enter the room.
"Sit." Nia commanded in an unresistable tone as she folded her arms in front of her chest, like a boss, wasn't she?
"Start your 'story'." That again, the 'boss' tone.
Rico didn't seem like wanted to start.
"Hah…" Vincent sighed. "I'll go first…"
.
.
.
"So, what Sir Nelsonville saying is that you are the son of a wealthy merchant from another country and sells jewels, etcetera. You want to attend the academy under some kind of' circumstance' and Sir Rico is your friend you tagged along with to enter the academy?"
Nia recited the words Vincent said as she looked up to Vincent with a sharp gaze.
Well, Vincent wasn't actually lying. His father (in the real world) was a successful businessman and a jewel designer. Vincent and Rico really entered the 'Great Hero Academy' under 'those' circumstances. Plus it's absolutely nonsense to tell a random noble lady that both of them were 'heroes' summoned a few months ago.
"Hah… although those words are half lie and half truth, I would let it go this time." Nia said as she sighed and acted like whatever-I-don't-care.
Lol she found out immediately.
Vincent and Rico sighed, felt relieved.
"However…"
'Darn…'
Both Vincent and Rico showed a (fake) gentle smile as a polite appearance.
"… you should ask the permission of the dorm keeper to come if you ever wanted to visit next time. It is inappropriate and uncomfortable to talk by the window." Nia turned her gaze to the closed window. "Rumors are fast to spread when it is hot enough just to brew a cup of tea."
Nia meant that rumors were a thing that spread real fast. Especially when it was a 'hot' rumor that sounded fun to talk to pass time by a cup of tea. Meant a 'talk' in a tea time, but of course, a gathering or a simple tea time was a resourceful rumor bank. The ladies do really talked about 'anything', whether it's appropriate or otherwise.
"May I interrupt?" Rafa slightly raised her left hand.
"Would you join us for lunch? I think that it is the time they start a lunch set, no?" Rafa smiled to her eyes.
An angelic cheerful smile. My heart…!
Vincent grinned slightly, "It is my honor to have lunch with you, My Lady Arunarafa Julie les Valencia, the best 'magic creature' in the 'West Guild'."
Rafa still smiling, but the room chilled down.
"Oh my, words sure are flying fast to the other land. What does the meaning of that 'title' being mentioned for?"
'… Well, looks like we could have skip the lunch. Enjoy, you two there (Tiana and Athena)…'
Meanwhile, in the dining hall…
"I wonder when will Miss Rafa and Miss Nia come back… ai! No, Athena! Not my cream puff! Here, here, I'll give you my apple pie."
"Hm hm…" Athena happily ate it.
"Ah… Sister! We found you!"
(Kita!) Here comes the silver hair dark-elf boys.
(Note : 'kita' in Japanese means 'it is here!', 'here it comes!', as far as I know, an expression words. P.S. This is not the 'kita' = 'north')
"Who are they?"
"My bros."
"You have bros?!"
"Nice to meet you!"
"Hello there!"
The two dark-elf boys greeted with a cheerful and handsome smile.
"Ah, yes, hello…" Tiana replied with a polite smile.
"Well, well, which one is to your taste?" Athena somehow had already been behind the two boys and held each of the boys shoulder.
"This one is Arthenis," Athena pointed at the dark-elf with purple eyes, "and this one is Arthemus." Athena pointed at the other guy with crystal-like brown eyes.
"So, which one?"
'Are you promoting your brothers, Athena? (^‿^;)'