The shower curtain lay half hanging. I lay on this rectangular-shaped tub made out of marble, submerging my body and mind under the warm, pleasing water. Everything seemed a lot quieter. Everything in my mind disappeared all of a sudden. I lift my body to see my own reflection on the mirror across me. The sound of the tap dripping became a pleasantry to my ears. I sat motionless, resting my entire body.
After a day of class, the girls whom I was about to meet, all told me to rest for a day which I did so. Lars and Erik were nowhere to be seen, which means I have our dorm room for all myself today. According to them, Instructor Sienna gave them tasks that they need to follow or a training menu. Honestly, it's been quite a long time. Every single day, I will find myself to either one of my girls or other people. I haven't gotten a chance to be alone in my own thoughts without any people around me, not sure whether my stay with Professor Eukla would count as one since she's like air, or nonexistent.
"Cella, Shikha, and Aldrich... What a fun turn of events. Heh. Meeting people from Claude's childhood would be splendid. And, Dir..."
I, the person who was once called Fukushima Aki became Claude whom I am part of now. The original Claude from before, his memories, emotions, and his everything became a part of what I am right now. There were times when his memories and mine would collide against each other, and times when I felt I'm not in control of this body. Self-driven by hatred and anger whenever Claude's family was involved. His painful memories and hatred affect me. I recognize Claude's memories as a part of me now. It is also causing turmoil in me, emotionally.
I submerge my entire head once again into the still water.
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I went out of the bathroom without wearing anything other than a bathrobe. Behind the door in front of me, I heard footsteps. Obviously, my first thought would be that one of my roommates came home. However, as soon I step out of the bathroom—I stood frozen at my spot.
"Hmmm♥ Ngggh♥ Hehehehe♥"
A woman was sniffing the cushion on my bed while her free hand was going into wonders on her crotch. Her overwhelming presence created a distortion in the air. I felt uneasy witnessing such a thing. First and foremost, the woman sniffing my bed was a woman whom I recognize.
"R-Rosalyn? What are you doing here? This is the male's dormitory and... especially in my room... and my bed."
Rosalyn's scarlet eyes glisten upon seeing my face and immediately jump out of the bed, lunging to my stomach. She wraps her arms around my back and face buried on my chest. She then sniffs me intensely, tickling me. Because of that, I'm paralyzed from top to bottom.
"Hehehe, I miss you so much, Claude... My husband."
(Husband?! I'm the only one who can call him that!)
(Whoa, calm down...)
I heard Diana's scream internally, causing the air to be heavy. After managing to calm Diana down, I finally put all my attention on the woman embracing me. Then I realize her lips and tongue are already slowly climbing their way up to my neck. Out of instinct, I push her shoulder away from me, but still at arm's length.
"Rosalyn? What are you doing?"
Rosalyn's scarlet eyes that's kind of similar to a vampire, but different, as hers was too vibrant and yellowish. Her cold eyes are looking at me. She tilts her head and spoke in a manner of condescending towards me as if she owns me. "Giving a hug. Is there a problem with that?"
"Of course it does."
Rosalyn is pushing her body against me and pulling my hands away. I didn't expect her to have such strength that I even poured some quintessence just to match her. She's a persistent one. Then after a few seconds, she stopped, casting her head low.
"You said... You will marry me."
"Huh? You're still on..." 'Wait, isn't that from last time? Isn't she mentally unstable that time? I thought she will realize it after recovering but from the look of things... She's already a crazy one.' "...that one? You need help, Rosalyn. I'll call Stephanie for you."
"Stephanie. Stephanie. Stephanie... Her name again." Suddenly, a knock from the door reaches our ears. In an instant, Rosalyn click her tongue before my view was swallowed by her flaming amber flame. She jumps on the window, planning to leave the place. I should be happy after that, but her reaction toward Stephanie's name. It made my eyebrows frown.
Rosalyn jumps off the window with my eyes not leaving at her back. Upon landing on the trees, I teleport next to her and halt her steps by speaking. "Hold on."
"Yes?" Rosalyn responded with glistening eyes.
At this moment, I have already taken action of my own accord but I'm stuck. Obviously, the woman in front of me was mentally unstable. Any reasoning or basically words of mine will either have an effect or have nothing. I'm completely lost right now. While contemplating my next course of action, Rosalyn shoves her lips to mine, but luckily enough, I stop it before the point of contact.
"Stop it!" I exclaimed.
"We can still work that out. We have the time of the world on our hands." She smiles tenderly.
'Do I need to threaten her? How can I deal with her? I can feel she will bring trouble to Stephanie and the others if I don't take action... Or do I need to kill her?' I shake my head for having such a thought, then I said. "If ever had such thought of messing with Stephanie, I'll kill you." 'And, I ended up threatening of killing her... Great job me... I don't know what to do. I want to scream!'
"Killing me with your bare hands? That doesn't sound bad. It sounds lovely and romantic."
"Huuuh? Hold on... Let's take a step back, shall we? Are you mentally insane?"
"Fufufu, what kind of question is that? Of course not, I'm just expressing my love. You're funny."
'Why did I even ask that?' I inwardly cursed myself for asking that stupid question with an obvious answer.
"I need to go now, bye~ See you later~ I'm not that pity to do something with Steph~"
Then I saw a glimpse of her dilated eyes staring deeply into my eyes before laughing it off. Without saying a word, she jumps away as her figure vanishes from my sight. Leaving her alone would be a bad idea... I just need to put her under my watchlist of potential threats. Love or not, if she will bring us misery then I can't overlook that. I rub my head out of frustration. "Aaaaah!"
"Kyaaaaaah!"
"Pervert!!"
Looking down underneath the branch that I'm standing on, I saw a guy clinging on two girls over his arms. They're all looking upon me, especially the inside of the open bathrobe of my lower half. In response, I jump down while covering my junk.
"Sorry, sorry for the unsightly view!" I immediately apologize as I don't want to get reported, but I thought there's a chance that they didn't see my face and had a chance to escape since the beginning—I didn't think this through.
However, their reaction is out of the ordinary. The two girls over his arms are all blushing with their glistening eye-wide open eyes over to my face and entire body, also sneaking a glance over my junk at times. I found it uncomfortable, as the expected reaction should be the opposite; yet, they're staring at it as if they found treasure.
The man between them has just been sending daggers to me. He's about to kill me at any given moment from the look of his eyes. Their uniform and badge caught my attention. They're a year above me, specifically, students from third years. They're seniors of mine.
"What's your name and year?" He said.
There are two options here. I can still leave without saying a word, but they've already seen my face. And the other one would be... Perhaps I can take his girls who seem to be taking an interest with me, adding some odds for me if ever I got reported.
"Oh come on, don't scare him like that. I'm sure he has a pretty good reason for going out... Like this, right?" The woman on his left approaches me with a smile on her face.
"Y-Yeah... I actually—"
"Yeah, you sure do. Now, let me help you." She then pulls up the loose bathrobe on my left arm in a lascivious manner. All this time, I didn't realize that my upper body has been exposed.
"Eh? You're so cute. What's your name? You're a freshman, aren't you? With your face, we would've known you among last year's batch."
'Batch? What is she talking about? Why do I get a feeling that this woman will be dangerous more than I thought?' What's with these women nowadays?! They're scary!'
"Hey?"
I back off with a smile on my face before teleporting back into my room. Once I got back to my room, I shove my face on my cushion to rest my overloading brain. "I should've left in the first place!" Knowing the fact they're just down below my room made it nerve-wracking.