"I heard!"
"Hmm?"
"There's a beautiful new nurse-in-training in the infirmary!"
"How pretty?"
"Well, all in all, it's just very appealing, there's something indescribably special about it... She seems to have sadness in her eyes, and her side face looks like she's crying..."
"Oh? Do you want to see her?"
"You have an idea?"
"That's not easy, eclipse my punch!"
"Holy #@%$!"
[University-wide announcement: Freshmen Bert and Hans, fighting in the street, given a warning!]
...
Two weeks have passed since the haunted house incident, and Eleazar and the gang seem to have completely forgotten what happened that day, and life returns to normal.
At lunch in the dining hall, the three of them happened to meet again and sat down together.
Eleazar, sitting across the table, saw that the two had been talking and laughing as if they had made up.
But in reality, only Lingyin knew in her heart.
Because she discovered Fina's inhibitions.
Eleazar is off-limits to her...
She's the only one who can beat, denigrate, ridicule, and show no favor at will, while others can't...
Fina wouldn't be angry as long as she didn't tease him herself.
Lingyin bites his chopsticks and surreptitiously surveys the two with his afterglow.
It's an incredibly enviable relationship.
But why... Had one ever felt inexplicable sorrow for them?
"I heard you passed your specialty test in Ancient Languages?" Fina suddenly kicked across the room with her foot.
Eleazar looked up, swallowing the contents of his mouth before quickly returning, "Yeah, it was rough."
"I heard the professor was dumbfounded when you got your certificate?"
Not only was the professor dumbfounded, but those students in the same department, who had once looked down on him, were all dumbfounded.
Because that kind of professional test was not at all for first-year students like them.
Eleazar shrugged, "Yeah, it finally made a dent in everyone's bad impression of me."
Fina tilted her head a bit, "You care about the stares?"
"Well, it's not that much of a concern."
"Oh?"
Fina eased the spoon she held in her mouth away, then scooped up a spoonful of her meal and handed it over flirtatiously.
The air around them choked, and the atmosphere instantly froze.
Lingyin, whose ears were red to the tips, lowered her head and mouthed, "Hey, this is a public place, can you guys not go so overboard..."
Eleazar gulped and glanced around in his afterglow.
Everyone watched with immense anticipation for his response.
"Ahem, that's not very nice..."
Eleazar puffed his throat a bit in embarrassment.
Fina narrowed her eyes slightly, the corners of her mouth lifting in what looked like a smile, but there was no smile in her eyes at all.
"I eat! I'll eat!"
Eleazar came closer to his body in resignation, his mouth open.
But the spoon just spun in front of him and eventually returned to the original owner's mouth.
Fina looked at him with contempt.
"You wish~"
"Oh..."
There was a sudden uproar in one corner of the dining hall, with applause and whistles, and curious glances from unknown people in the distance.
Eleazar bowed his head in resignation and ate his meal.
Normal teasing was all it was, she'd done more than that and he was used to it.
After taking a few bites of his meal, he suddenly raised his head and pretended to look to his left without thinking.
A few dozen meters away at a dining table, a grim gaze slowly closed in.
Eleazar narrowed his eyes and shot a glance, thinking that the man seemed familiar.
Maybe it would be possible to think about it with the Transcendence turned on, but it would be a waste to consume spirituality on such things.
Fina followed his gaze and bit down on her spoon with some boredom.
"I want ice cream!"
She kicked her foot forward again.
Eleazar returned helplessly, "Where do you get that in school."
"I don't care, you get it!"
"Okay, okay, I'll go."
Eleazar just had to finish his meal quickly, standing up and glancing at the two men in front of him.
"Wait for me out there."
...
Ten minutes later, Eleazar returned from off-campus with two servings of nearly melted ice cream.
"Nuh-uh."
Fina took it with no problem at all, her eyes narrowed and curved like a crescent moon.
Then Eleazar handed out the other copy as well.
"Nah, this one's for you."
Lingyin looked up a little surprised, "Ah, I'm in on this?"
"Well, stopped by and got an extra one, don't you girls like that sort of thing."
Lingyin glanced cautiously at his side.
"Don't you eat it yourself?"
"I don't have a sweet tooth."
If you don't use the opportunity you've been given, don't blame me for being merciless.
Lingyin hemmed and hawed, "Then I'm welcome."
"Uh-huh." Eleazar looked unconcerned.
With that, he sat down next to Fina and took a little break.
Having just eaten and run vigorously, my stomach was a little flip-flopped.
Only, Fina beside him moved away very ruthlessly as if she didn't recognize him anymore.
It's like bumping into a stranger...
Eleazar turned his head in surprise to find that she had become expressionless as if the smirk she had just seen was an illusion.
Ah, this...
"Bad taste?" Eleazar asked cautiously.
"Rei, let's go."
Fina sounded very cold as she pulled up her best friend.
Looking at her coldly departing back, Eleazar scratched his hair somewhat bitterly.
"A word of advice."
Having just withdrawn his gaze, Eleazar realized five or six people were standing in front of him.
Each one was dressed extraordinarily, with an imposing appearance and a face filled with the arrogance of a superior person.
Eleazar's eyes drooped and he twiddled his thumbs a bit in boredom.
"Oh, go ahead, I'm listening."
"Clang!"
A big foot stomped hard on the bench where he had quickly spread his legs.
Eleazar looks down and back up, his gaze a little cold.
"Your name is Eleazar isn't it, whatever your relationship was with Fina-san before, now listen to me..."
"If you want to study well, stay away from her!"
Eleazar's head tilted, "Uh, finished?"
The man patted the dust on his pants leg and slowly retracted his foot.
"You're a smart man, you'd better be smart about it, or it'll get ugly for everyone if you make a scene, understand?"
The man finished, stuck his pockets in, and left with his sidekick.
On the bench, Eleazar leaned back and looked faintly at the backs of the men.
"Hey, isn't that pissed off?"
The bonsai at his side, suddenly drilled a man.
Eleazar glanced faintly at the head with the leaves hanging from it.
"Witch, how dare you come to seek death?"
"Oops, you caught me in the sequence."
Evelea hemmed and hawed, "But luckily, I know your sequence too, so we're even."
"Heh." Eleazar sneered.
Evelina didn't seem to see the murderous intent in his eyes and continued to speak to herself:
"Is being bullied by ordinary people angry, but there's nothing you can do about it?"
"I can help you curse them oh so much bad luck for a small fee that you can afford, and I know you've been getting rich lately!"