Chapter 52 (1/2)

Volume 2 Chapter 4 part3

I was in the back of the acade

I found Livia sitting in the corner, trying to hide, so I approached her and raised my voice

“You seeloomy”

Livia raised her head and cried

“Leon, I don't knohat I should do”

Livia said so with a painful smile, and so I sat next to her I had also visited Anjie, who had injuries on her face, but she said that she wanted o to where Livia was She showed a very lonely facial expression

“I' others Even so, is it fine if I at least try?”

When she shook her head, I said “Is that so?”

“Leon Am I Anjie's friend? Do you think we're friends?”

Were they friends, and would they still be friends after this? I was troubled on how to reply to such a question Honestly, I had expected so like this to happen

“Which do you want, a soft and gentle lie or the bittersweet truth?”

“──I want the bittersweet truth”

If it were irl was strong As expected of the alonist No, I suppose it would be more accurate to claim that it was as expected of Livia

“Perfect I've prepared a sweet, war a bittersweet truth”

“You really are a curious person, aren't you Leon?”

She made a coh another life, after all

Once I handed over the beverage and Livia started drinking it, I began telling her about this bittersweet truth

“It's exceedingly difficult to answer that In the first place, you two corounds and you have no points in co, the relationshi+p between you two had been going a little too so well if a far with a hoe, claiht? It's the sa as that”

Their fas between thereatly

There were exceptions, but even so, a ainst them

Livia was shedding tears

“I was happy that I finally had a friend of the saender at this academy, but it seems that it won't work out between us I would be a nuisance if I were by Anjie's side Even today, Anjie had been harshly criticized because of me I was even told that Anjie doesn't even see me as a person──”

Livia was crying

Did I have a clever speech to give?

One would belike that was the job of Julian and the others Originally, they were the ones ere supposed to comfort Livia

──So, I decided that I would comfort her in my oay

“I know Don't you think that Anjie's been holding various thoughts deep down? Since her followers had decreased and she was put into a weaker position after the duel, perhaps she sees you and I as replacements to those followers It's as you said, Livia Anjie doesn't treat us as humans”

When I said as such with a foolish grin, Livia looked at er

“Anjie's not that kind of person!”

──If she already knew that, then I suppose that there wasn't any problem

“In that case, aren't you guys fine? You know it yourself”

Perhaps realizing what I was saying, Livia was taken aback and then looked doard

She looked at me with an embarrassed face

“You really are mischievous, Leon”

“My bad I don't kno to comfort people Generally, when I try to look cool and co a fool out of myself”

I had tried i the likes of Julian or Jilk

Rather than being impressed, the other party would snicker I was confident that I would get laughed at

So

Perhaps it was the aura of an ikeood looks really did give an advantage

While thinking about such things, just a bit of Livia's smile returned to her

“I, I'll try talking with Anjie just once more”

I nodded my head

“Good choice”

That evening, Livia heard a knock when she was in her room

“C, co”

When Livia opened the door, she saw Cara

“Do you have a moment?”

Livia was nervous towards Cara, as s

“Oh, um, I do”

“To be honest, I want you to participate in the suppression of the sky pirates as well It seems that you have excellent scores within the advanced class Would you be able to help?”

“W, well, there's soh such a sneaky method was──”

Cara e of the door

The noise startled Livia, and when she went silent, she noticed that there was a girl in the back as giggling

The girl spoke on behalf of Cara

“You'll help, right? Commoner?”