Felix grabbed his throbbing ankle and bit his lip. I was kicked so hard that I even had tears in my eyes. When I rolled up the hem, Rosé's shoe marks were clearly visible.
Fortunately, though, Rosé didn't know about Lucy Keenan until the end. He said, "Huh," and wiped his chest.
Felix, who came to the campus to avoid the unfortunate encounter of Rose again, sat down on a nearby bench. It seemed like it would be better not to be noticed by Rosé for a while.
After enjoying the tranquility that had returned under the blue autumn sky for a while, he frowned at the feeling of allergy. He had been wandering around all day and went out without taking his medicine.
"Ah really."
Maram vines were growing all over the bench, which seemed to be more leafy than last week.
It was annoying to go back to the dorm room, but there was nothing I could do. The moment he was about to get up.
"Seniors!"
Someone called out to him in a cheerful voice and ran.
With a dwarf body, a lively gait that even looked sane at first glance.
It was Colin Connor, not a very happy face.
"Hello, senior! However… … Are you Felix-senpai?"
Colin narrowed his eyes and asked, as if contemplating which Confucius Berg was in front of him.
"But, why?"
"You remember me! We met briefly at Literature Night yesterday! My name is Colin Connor! Lucy Keenan's friend!
Colin continued to pour out his words with an overly energetic look.
"What's going on?"
Felix asked, looking at him with distasteful eyes. It was because he felt bad because he remembered Colin dancing with Lucy last night.
"I want to apologize for what happened yesterday! Actually, Lucy was my partner, and it was only natural for me to escort him back to the dorm... … . Thank you for taking Lucy for me!"
It was a strangely uplifting word. But Felix hid his expression and responded briefly.
"done. Go."
"I'm really sorry! I apologize again!"
"Even if it's okay."
Felix replied as if it was annoying. But Colin, ignorant of it, did not leave and babbled like a sparrow.
"Lucy also seemed to be apologizing when she heard that her senior had taken her to her in the morning. He had a bad expression on his face all morning."
"He?"
Felix asked like a person who had heard the temptation.
"Yes, it is! But, sir."
Suddenly, Colin came closer to Felix and looked closely at the tip of his nose.
"Come on."
He pushed Colin away.
"Is your senior also allergic to maram vines?"
Colin asked.
"However?"
"Actually, I know a good drug! A golden round pill made from golden butterfly grass!"
A golden round pill.
It was the allergy medicine that Adrian had retrieved and given to him as well.
Felix asked, raising an eyebrow.
"How do you know that drug?"
"Yes? of course... … ! Because Lucy makes the medicine!"
"… … Lucy made that drug?"
Felix's eyes widened. He sat up straight and asked again.
"Lucy Keenan?"
"Yes, there are people around me who suffer from that allergy, so I make it every fall."
When Felix showed interest in the drug, Colin was happy and explained in a higher voice.
"Can I ask Lucy to rescue her? I'm just on my way to see Lucy."
"… … Then please."
Felix was surprised to learn something new, but pretended to be calm and answered.
"Yes, sir! Just leave it to me!"
Colin bowed politely to him and turned around.
Colin Connor walked towards the library with cheerful gait to carry out the task assigned to him. Then he heard footsteps following him from behind.
When he turned around, Felix was following him with his hands in his pockets. Colin found him and stopped.
"I… … ."
'Do you have something more to say, senior?' Colin looked at Felix with a smirk.
Then Felix narrowed his eyebrows and urged him.
"what are you doing? Let's go to Lucy Keenan, right now."
"Oh, yes!"
Colin, who knew the meaning of his footsteps, hurriedly turned towards the library.
* * *
While heading to the library, Colin Connor spoke of how hard Lucy goes to make allergy medicine.
According to him, Lucy is cultivating the golden butterfly grass, the most important ingredient in allergy medicine.
In the backyard of the library, there is no landscaping and there is an abandoned vegetable garden that no one is looking for, and it was said that golden butterfly grass was grown there.
Not only that, he informed me that Lucy was also growing several other medicinal herbs from her hometown.
That's great sincerity.
Hearing Colin's story, Felix grumbled inwardly.
Maram allergy medicine looked like it would be difficult to make. First of all, Golden Butterfly was a difficult herb to grow.
I could tell how complicated the manufacturing process was, and how much effort was put into making it over a long period of time without seeing it in person.
When I first shared the medicine with Adrian, I wondered for a moment who the person who made this kind of heartfelt medicine and gave it to him was.
But you mean it was Lucy Keenan?
Felix secretly ridiculed.
After all, Anne is so obsessed with men that even her parents don't know her at a glance, it shouldn't be surprising to that extent.
Rather, he didn't realize that Lucy Keenan had made the drug before, so he didn't notice.
While they were thinking, they arrived at the backyard of the library. In a corner of the backyard, there was indeed a garden as Colin described, and in front of it, a girl with light brown hair in a back braid could be seen squatting and tending the crops.
Felix was surprised the moment he saw the garden. It was a very small field, but there were dozens of different herbs growing at the same time.
Wouldn't it be a big deal if this was caught in school?
I was worried about that.
"Lucy, I got the honey you mentioned at the restaurant."
said Colin, taking a small vial of honey from his bag.
"Huh, how condescending the new Lady Linda is. The old lady who was there just gave it to me without asking."
As Colin grumbled, Lucy burst out laughing without looking back.
"Thank you for saving me. Can you leave it there on the stone wall?"
"But, as expected, I couldn't even bring up the voice of asking to share some of the roots. Then I really thought Aunt Linda would come after her with a broom... … ."
"I can't. I will go out to town on the weekend to buy it."
A sigh escaped Lucy's shoulder.
"Ah, but mandragora roots are expensive. Can you get it with the money you have? … ."
Lucy, who had been muttering in a worried voice, immediately got up with a grunt and a sound.
"I think the time has come to open the piggy bank… … ."
Turning around with a worried expression on her face, she stood still. Her eyes widened as soon as she saw Felix. Her surprise and embarrassment were passed on to Felix.
I did just that. It was last night that he was drunk and carried to the dormitory on Felix's back.
do you want to remember
Felix remembered the feel of his fingers running through his hair. The drunken confession he mumbled because he mistook himself for someone else.
"Oh, Lucy! Felix sunbaenim wants to get the allergy medicine you made!"
Colin explained why Felix came to see him belatedly.
"I think your senior is also allergic to maram vines."
"Ah… … ."
Perhaps he had never imagined that Felix would come to visit him, so Lucy stood tall and uttered an unfamiliar sound.
"Are you the one who gave Adrian the allergy medicine?"
Felix asked.
"… … Yes."
Lucy nodded slowly.
"What is it, Lucy!"
Colin intervened again.
"Was it Adrian-senpai who said you should make medicine?"
"that is… … While talking to Adrian-senpai, I heard that he had a maram allergy... … And by the way, I know how to make the drug... … ."
Lucy's words echoed through the air.
"Then I didn't tell you sooner! If that was the case, I would have been begging Aunt Linda to give me some roots, at the risk of being beaten with a broom."
Colin said cheerfully. Then he turned to Felix and suddenly gave a thumbs up.
"The efficacy of the medicine Lucy made is the best! You can believe it! I guarantee!"
Colin said, pounding on his chest. He had a confident expression as if he had made the drug.
"Lucine's grandmother runs a drugstore. You know a lot of folk remedies that you listen to!"
What is this bastard pretending to know about Lucy Keenan's family?
Felix gave a sarcastic look to Colin, who boasted of Lucy as he splashed his saliva. The more I looked at him, the more disgusting he was.
"As for the efficacy of that drug, I know very well."
He grunted back.
"I used it because Adrian gave it to me. In fact, it worked much better than the drugs the Berg family doctor prescribed."
Even the Berg family's doctor, who was suspicious of the efficacy of the drug, saying it was an unproven folk remedy, had no choice but to admit it. The medicine Lucy made worked better than the one made at the capital's best drugstore.
"So I have a request."
Felix spoke carefully.
"Can you make that medicine for me too?"