Chapter 27
I quickly threw the parchment to the floor and dodged, but I was actually a little surprised.
Whoosh—it was because the sound of the sword swinging through the air was quite loud.
‘Oh, so a rotten herring is still a herring, I see.’
It was certainly a bit burdensome since the reach had changed.
To be precise, it was a pity that the limbs of this body were so short.
“Ha, haha! You’re ju-just running away because you’re scared, right? You’re scared!!”
If it touches him, it’s a counterattack, but that blind sword was swinging all over the place before I could even get close.
‘If he had attacked on the stairs, I would have just pushed him off.’
While thinking that, I made up my mind at the same time.
In any case, it was a sword being swung wildly out of fear.
He would destroy himself even if I left him alone, but I didn’t have much time.
‘I have a lot to do today.’
I eventually decided to endure a bit of annoyance.
‘Do you think I’ve only fought once or twice?’
In my previous lives, just the rough battles I went through to become the Head of the Family numbered over several hundred.
Not to mention if you included actual wars.
What I chose was to take a slight risk.
‘This guy doesn’t have the guts.’
When I, who had been dodging so well, thrust my face right into the path of the sword, Karon hesitated for just a brief moment.
‘That’s right. A lot of thoughts are crossing your mind, aren’t they?’
From the thought of what would happen if he really harmed a member of the direct line, even the pure hesitation of a child who had not yet committed his first murder surfaced.
This fellow didn’t manage to become a psycho or a rascal like my brothers.
Taking advantage of the gap when the sword stopped, I dodged easily, but the blade lightly grazed my cheek as it passed.
At the same time, I lifted my foot and drove it into Karon’s solar plexus. It was a strike that landed quite satisfyingly.
Since I put my weight into it, it’s going to hurt quite a bit, you punk.
Clang!!
“Cough! *Cough, cough! Hack!*”
“This is what happens when you hold a weapon that doesn’t suit your station.”
I spoke calmly and went back to pick up the parchment. No, I intended to pick it up.
At that moment, a tingling sensation was felt from my back, and just as I was moving quickly with a sigh.
“Oh dear, what is going on here?”
Turning my head at the familiar voice, I saw the sword floating in the air, enveloped by a stream of water.
It was the power of water.
‘The expert capable of using the power of water in this elementary educational institution is…’
As I turned my gaze while guessing the identity, Laila was indeed standing there.
Behind her, two teachers were visible together, but they weren’t fully seen as they were obscured by Laila.
She looked at me and Karon once each with a prickly, flawless face and then walked over.
“The sword decorated in the cabinet is not intended for the purpose of threatening a fellow student, Karon.”
In a way, it was an indifferent and businesslike tone.
However, for some reason, I saw a sharply shining gaze for a split second.
“The fact that a bloodshed almost occurred in this building where I serve as the representative is not very pleasant.”
“Mis La, Laila, I, I…….”
“Responsibility follows power. This is a basic matter taught in every whale class. I believe it’s impossible for Karon-kun not to know this.”
“I was ju-just, ju-just……!!”
“That’s enough. I will hear the rest of your words in the disciplinary room.”
As Laila gestured with her head along with her firm words, the teachers standing behind her took Karon away with businesslike expressions.
It seemed they gave me a glance for a very brief moment, but it was only for a second.
Soon, only Laila and I remained in the hallway.
Since I was still in a hesitant posture trying to pick up the parchment again, I straightened my body first.
“Thanks.”
At my greeting, Laila only raised an eyebrow slightly.
With a prickly and businesslike face.
“It is not something to be thanked for. I simply took the natural course of action as the head of this educational institution.”
“But Laila, you never take action unless it’s a formally opened disciplinary meeting, right?”
The person named Laila that I knew was like that.
It was something from a previous life, but it didn’t seem like the person she was would have changed now.
“I know it must have been difficult to step forward in a situation where you didn’t know for what reason it broke out. Even so, I’m saying thank you for helping me.”
The expression of Laila, who was staring intently at my face, blurred for a moment.
“Because you are someone who must maintain neutrality and listen to the circumstances of both sides at all times.”
I recalled the distant past. A fair person.
A person who, whether I wanted it or not, had taken my side through that fairness.
“Thank you.”
“……I am at a point where I am confused whether I am speaking with an honor student from the intermediate institution.”
Laila let out a small sigh.
“I’m telling you in advance, even if another child had been in the Princess’s place just now, I would have stopped that sword. Because that is my role.”
Well, first of all, if it hadn’t been me, Karon wouldn’t have had a reason to swing a sword in the first place, right?
“Well, who knows if I bought a huge grudge from Karon. Even so, I’ll consider that you took my side and stopped it. Thanks.”
When I said this, Laila’s expression became subtle.
She moved to touch her hair, which was tied tightly, then paused and let out an exhale.
“You are truly a unique person.”
Along with Laila’s exhale, the stream of water dropped the sword and this time approached me to pick up the parchment.
I received the parchment in a daze.
“You don’t have to explain the circumstances. Because I heard everything.”
“You heard?”
“Because the first-floor hallway of the elementary institution is not a soundproof place.”
A killer whale to the level of using the power of water also has excellent five senses.
It seemed she had come here after hearing the sounds first.
That saved me the work of explaining. But it was a bit of a question.
If she heard the conversation, she might not know the context even more.
“Hmm, saying it like that makes it a bit strange. Do I have to go to the disciplinary room too?”
“There is no need for that.”
Because I had also openly provoked Karon in the middle.
‘Unless we were going to the disciplinary room together to tell the context.’
It doesn’t seem like a situation where she would take my side without hesitation?
“The Princess does not need to go to the disciplinary room. Because he does not wish for it.”
“He?”
“Yes.”
Laila’s stream of water grabbed me and then carefully lifted me up.
Thanks to that, I faced Laila while floating mid-air.
“Lord Pierre asked me to look after lady Calypso well.”
“……Huh?”
I froze.
‘Did I hear that wrong just now?’
There was no time to maintain composure.
I naturally revealed a surprised look and then quickly hid my expression, but it was already after I was caught.
“I am a person who is indebted to Lord Pierre.”
As if interpreting my expression, Laila smiled slightly.
“No, to be precise, I should say I am a person who follows Lord Pierre.”
No, what? Laila is Pierre’s person? Dad’s person?
That’s quite surprising, but……. That wasn’t the point I was surprised about.
‘Dad asked her to look after me well? Why? Exactly when?’
My lips flickered open and closed again.
I wanted to ask properly, but I had to be cautious.
‘I’ve pulled off a perfect bluff right now……!’
If I brought it up the wrong way, this bluff could be exposed.
I secretly swallowed my breath inside.
Gosh, I’m curious, but how should I ask?
It was a perfect self-contradiction.
Laila said with a very slight smile as if understanding me.
Of course, there was no way she could actually know my true feelings at all.
“Of course, it is my first time receiving such an order as well. So he also gives such orders.”
“Uh…….”
I laughed awkwardly.
Hahaha?
……There’s no way that could be the case?
Cold sweat ran down my back.
* * *
What is it? What happened?
After being released by Laila’s hands, I climbed into the carriage and just let cold sweat pour down.
Looking at me appearing after a long time, the servant made an expression like he had many things he wanted to say, but for some reason, he didn’t strike up a conversation.
It was a welcome thing for me.
Though it wasn’t pleasant that I ended up sweating profusely throughout the time of silence because of that.
‘Uh-huh…… what should I do. Is it okay to go today.’
It was the same daily routine as always.
Heading to the building where Dad lives after the educational institution ends.
However, my feet felt only heavy.
‘Um, isn’t a completely scary Dad waiting for me when I get there?’
I imagined it.
“……It seems you’ve been having quite a bit of fun deceiving me all this time?”
“Was it fun? All the while not knowing you were in the palm of my hand.”
The appearance of Dad talking so chillingly like this.
For some reason, the thought of not going crossed my mind. But then again, I couldn’t just not see him forever.
If I had to choose, I was of the principle to get the beating over with first.
‘Right, I have to face him first to find out what’s going on!’
Thus, by the time I arrived at Pierre’s house, my clothes were already damp.
I stared at the parchment held in my arms with a complicated expression.
‘Um, I think I was in a good mood when I first checked this.’
I let out a deep sigh.
For some reason today, that place felt like a Demon King’s castle emitting demonic energy, but what could I do.
I have to go. *Sigh*, let’s go, let’s go.
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