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Reincarnated as the Only Son (18 Years Old) Of the Arrogant and Wicked Marquis Family: c7

Chapter 7 : C7

 

Gears In Motion.

 

*RingRingRing*

The chime echoed through the entire school building, and the fourth period of classes had now ended.

What came next was lunch break plus lunch.

“Phew, finally done.”

I exhaled loudly as I closed my study materials and notes, and leaned back against the backrest.

“…You really took the class seriously. I was surprised to see you in class.”

“I was afraid I would have been stabbed with a pen if I had made a fuss.”

Now that Beret’s insides had changed, he didn’t do anything to cause trouble in class. No, not at all.

Still, I’d keep it light and deceptive so as not to make too much of a discomfort.

“Hmm? Was it my imagination? When you said, ‘I would have been stabbed with a pen,’ I thought you were referring to me?”

“No, I didn’t mean it that way.”

“Ara, is that so? I’m sorry I misunderstood.”

“I don’t mind.”

“But you can rest assured about that. No one attacks the Devil.”

“Who’s the Devil?”

“Fufu~, that’s because you are usually the first to say something rude.”

The school’s motto was ‘all students are on equal footing.’ The first thing to do was to affirm that all students were on equal footing. The distance between me and Elena was much shorter than before.

She even invited me to sit next to her every time we were in class.

“Ahhh… if you say it that way, certainly.”

“Fufu~ I knew you were referring to me when you said ‘I would have been stabbed with a pen’.”

Dexterously spinning the white pen still in her hand, she pointed the tip at me. 

“I’m very sorry.”

When I jokingly raised my hands in surrender, Elena smiled gently, as if to say, ‘That’s all right.’

“Well, I have a question for you.”

“What?”

“What are you going to do for lunch today…? Shea won’t be here today.”

“Yeah, I’ll just take my time.”

“What do you mean, take your time?”

“Take my time is take my time.”

I could not tell Elena. I was thinking of skipping lunch.

There was only one reason for skipping it.

(I don’t have the mentality… to go to a cafeteria where there will be even more people, when people are already distancing themselves from me even in the classroom… I don’t have the mentality… Nope.

The moment I arrived at the dining hall, I could imagine an ominous scene where everyone would leave like spiders scattering.

I was sure I was overreacting, but the possibility of that happening was enough to keep me from casually stepping into the dining hall.

‘Then why did you let Shea go free?’ The question might be asked, but there was , of course, an answer to that question.

‘Shea was always working hard for me, and I wanted her to have a good time too.’

That was all.

“I’d like to know what you mean by ‘take your time’. Maybe you didn’t know how to use the… cafeteria? You always relied on Shea to bring the food to you.”

“I do indeed know how to use the cafeteria. I just look at the menu and order.”

“Correct… Then what on earth are you trying to deceive me…?”

Elena put her hand on her thin chin and began to think for a few seconds, an then looked up.

“Beret. If you want, you can have lunch with us.”

“What?”

“I have informed Shea that you and I will eat together today. So you don’t have to worry about it either.”

The ‘Princess Benihana’, Elena and the soft-spoken Shea. Surely, if I went to the cafeteria with these two, Beret’s presence would diminish. It would be easier to spend time with them.

Even though I thought so, I shook my head.

“Thanks for the offer. But I’ll pass. I sent her out to be free to do whatever she wanted, and she’d be surprised to see me with you.”

“Well, she would be surprised, but she would also be delighted, wouldn’t she?”

“Yes?

“A-am I wrong?”

Her eyes were wide. She was not joking, but she really didn’t seem to understand.

I decided to tell her how I feel.

“You are wrong. I don’t know how to say this to myself, but I don’t see why she would be pleased being with me.”

“–Pfft.”

Instantly, Elena’s cheeks puffed out a little.

“Pfft? No, so I don’t see why Elena, who is a good friend of Shea, would be happy to have me.”

“Pfft, Fufufu~, wait a minute. So don’t say that kind of self-deprecation with a straight face.”

“You laugh too much.”

“I-I’m sorry, really. Fufufu~~”

I thought we had a similar exchange before the first hour.

I thought it was because of her good upbringing that she was able to keep laughing elegantly even though she was in the middle of a conversation.

“Cough, hmm, I’m good now.”

“I see.”

Elena coughed to calm herself down and returned to a straight face, but her face was still red from all her laughing.

“I’m sorry to say this, but I think she would be very happy with you right now. She even looked so happy this morning.”

“Even if that were the case, it would definitely make her feel uncomfortable. Even if she did, I’m sure she’d be concerned about it.

“…”

This thought was all that mattered.

“You…you indeed have changed after all. Oh, maybe it’s because you noticed how cute she is and fell in love with her. Or something?”

“No, I respect her more than I love her.”

“R-respect?”

“Yes. She’s actually amazing, isn’t she? Even though she is two years younger than me, she wakes up early every morning, prepares for school, and does her schoolwork. No matter how much I complain about her, she never gets discouraged, keeps working hard, and is always cheerful. I can’t even imagine what she feels like when she is doing all this job altogether.”

“…”

“…Elena? Can you not look at me like I’m a monster?”

“I-I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to… Now, like what you said, for a moment it looked like someone who wasn’t Beret was speaking…”

“Do you want to go to the hospital? I’ll stay with you.”

“What’s with that disrespectfully nice phrase… It’s a figure of speech, of course.”

“Yes, yes.”

Needless to say, I broke out in a cold sweat.

“I get it… Though If you have your mind set that hard, I can’t blame you.”

“That’s what I mean. So have fun without me.”

“Yeah, don’t worry about it. We are going to have a nice lunch.”

“Well, that’s a lot of confidence.”

It was a mistake to make such a slight remark.

“Of course. I’m going to make sure that conversation now goes to Shea’s ears.”

“…O-Oiii. Absolutely not.”

“I’m sorry. I have no right to take orders from you.”

Elena showed her white teeth happily, as if she was already enjoying it.

“I’ll go first then, Beret. I can’t wait to see Shea’s reaction.”

Then, without waiting for a reply, she left the classroom with light steps.

‘”Huh. I hope she doesn’t take those words seriously, but she’s Shea, so she’ll take them seriously… I’m sure. I hope I don’t come off as distant.”

That was all  I could hope for.

 Well, I think I’ll go to the library to kill some time… since there will be almost no one there at this time.

Beret quickly changed his mind and moved on to the next place.

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