148. Midterm – Training with Milia

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the next Thursday afternoon.

In the afternoon, the warm sunlight hit the classroom as it was.

I somehow managed to stay focused in the feeling of being drowsy just by being bathed in the warm sunlight.

Then, unexpectedly, time passed quickly.

“Then, today’s lecture ends here.”

good!

Let Carly end the lecture by organizing the textbook.

“Haa… .”

David yawned loudly as if he couldn’t stand it. Even when I looked at that guy casually, a smile leaked out.

“It’s going to be very mouth-watering.”

“You said your mouth was originally torn?”

When the guy who was jokingly said stood up from his seat, I felt strange even as I cleaned up my seat.

“I can’t believe that tomorrow is already the midterm exam.”

I don’t even know when time passed like this, but time passed quickly and was telling me the reality.

The midterm evaluation period is already approaching.

“Han Chun-seong, you’ve been resting for over a week. it won’t touch Anyway, you said you were partnering with Millia, right?”

“right. Because I decided to do the midterm evaluation with Millia.”

“Anyway, it’s good to do tricks. Then, was it because of the midterm evaluation that I met you separately yesterday?”

“that’s right. Honestly, I thought it was right to partner with you originally, but somehow it turned out like this. Did you get the right partner?”

“Don’t worry, I already got it for lunch. Then I’m going to go to the sum.”

When David waved lightly and left, I also got up.

As tomorrow is the midterm evaluation, I made an appointment with Milia for a short time today.

I think I will be able to meet Anastasia right after joining Milia for about an hour or two, but I had a tight schedule today too.

‘I’m really busy every day.’

I don’t know if it feels like time goes by faster because I schedule appointments without breaks like this.

It just felt like these days went by so fast that I didn’t even have time to think about it.

good.

After packing up, I got up and looked in the direction where Millia was.

There, Luna with a gloomy expression is talking to Millia. When I saw that, my heart felt bad for nothing.

Anyone who saw it felt like Luna had been abandoned by Millia, so I felt like I had done something wrong.

‘I wonder if this is something I’m not good at.’

Luna and Milia. Naturally, the two best friends should have teamed up with each other, but I felt like I was caught between them.

In fact, since Luna’s characteristics were highly evaluated, originally, it would be appropriate to keep a distance from Milia. Even that relationship has changed.

that buck

Even as I approached them, I ate my heart a little differently than before.

‘Because Milia asked me directly.’

My current situation did not allow me to distance myself from her. More than anything else, since I was greatly indebted to her once, I couldn’t easily refuse.

…Actually, the last time Luna apologized to me. It was also great that his mind was greatly relaxed and his desire to use Luna greatly diminished.

that buck

Reaching them, I had to step aside in a momentary sensation.

ㅡ!

Then, I saw a being walking past me.

A cold expression under light blonde hair. Even the cold eyes staring at me. He was also very familiar to me.

‘Gerard?’

At the sight of the guy who would have pushed me away if I didn’t avoid it, I thought for a second that this bastard was crazy.

“Luna!”

…He approached Luna without hesitation.

As if continuing to scuffle with Milia, Luna glanced at him and frowned.

“What are you?”

“It’s nothing else, there’s a midterm evaluation tomorrow. If it’s okay, I want you to partner with me. You seem to be in trouble because you don’t have a partner right now, aren’t you?”

Gerard, who had been glaring at me coldly, spoke to Luna in a kind voice, but I was dumbfounded and saw him again.

‘Is this bastard really swollen?’

To say such a thing to Luna, not to anyone else, made me feel the courage of the guy so much that I forgot the rude situation a moment ago.

Looking at Luna’s eyes, I couldn’t help but wonder.

‘Luna’s personality makes her hesitate about this?’

Of course, I wondered if she would refuse with a single knife, but Luna unexpectedly seemed to hesitate at Gerard’s words.

swish

Then, suddenly, Luna passed Gerard and gave me a cold look, and I was startled.

“……ha.”

Whoever saw me looked at me and let out a big sigh, and Luna reluctantly nodded.

“OK got it.”

“really? Are you really partnering with me?”

Luna, who didn’t even look at Gerard, looked at Milia and muttered in a weak voice.

“I told you beforehand. I think it will be difficult for me to get good grades in the midterm exam. Are you okay though?”

“it’s okay. Do not worry about it! Because I will do better.”

The arrogant Gerard looks at me and speaks triumphantly. For a moment, I could understand Luna’s attitude, but I didn’t know why this bastard, Gerard, was looking at me like this.

‘Did you think I was approaching Luna?’

It feels like I’ve hit a player, but I wasn’t approaching Luna with interest at all.

“Milia. Then I’ll wait outside the classroom.”

As we approached and talked to Millia, Millia, who had been stroking Luna’s shoulder, nodded awkwardly.

“yes. I’ll go right away wait a munite.”

“okay.”

Upon hearing Millia’s answer, I lightly passed Gerard as it was.

Seruk.

Gerard, who was surprisingly willing to step aside again, was dumbfounded, and I was able to leave the classroom.

…

again.

Now that I was heading to the training ground, keeping pace with Milia, I naturally came to look at her expression.

It was an expression of complicated emotions, but Luna seemed to be concerned.

“As expected, do you care about Luna?”

When I talked to her first, Millia looked at me with a startled expression.

“Ah, yes. A little… When I said I was going to do a midterm evaluation with you yesterday, Luna was really disappointed… .”

“but. Because the two of them were so close. I understand. If it were Luna, she wouldn’t have been thinking of any other partner besides you.”

As I said it, I thought about it again.

The feeling when your best friend abandons you for another friend.

I’ve been through it once in the past, so I remembered the absurdity of that time too.

Maybe Luna is really very sorry for Milia right now.

‘Unintentionally… did I make it that way?’

A car that made me feel a little sorry for Luna. Milia smiled awkwardly.

“sorry. Are you worried about me for nothing?”

“No, it’s just… I didn’t know Luna would be paired with Gerard.”

“I didn’t really think about that either. Thinking about it now… . I think I was being too selfish, I should have told Luna properly beforehand. I told you two days before the midterm.”

As Milia seemed to regret it, I looked at her and said something a little different.

“But wouldn’t this be necessary in the future?”

“yes?”

“I think being best friends is definitely a good thing. It’s because we’re that close to each other, but sometimes it’s difficult when we rely too much on each other. We can’t always be together, can we?”

When I conveyed the words to her, Miria blankly blinked.

“Because we can’t always be together… .”

Seeing that there seemed to be something in my words, I spoke as lightly as possible.

“For example, there are cases where we receive different lectures depending on each other’s characteristics. Doesn’t Luna need to be friendly with other people too? You have to have a good relationship with other people.”

“Right, that’s… that’s right.”

Even when I saw Millia agreeing to my words, I felt a sense of deja vu from my words.

I immediately realized why.

‘This is completely… This is what Leonhardt said to Luna in the story.’

These were the words Leonhardt gave to Luna at a time when Luna felt a crush on Leonhardt, in the hope that she would expand her relationship with others.

But for me to say that subconsciously, I felt ridiculous for no reason.

“thank you for saying it like that. I feel a little more at ease.”

“Then I’m glad.”

After a short conversation, we were able to enter the training room.

clap.

Upon entering the training hall, I saw the cadets already in groups of three, three, five.

Looking at them, I also calmed down my thoughts.

‘Let’s not be impatient either.’

Right now, I could say that I was in a situation where I was running out of time, but I still thought it was right to start with what I was given right away.

Even if I obsess over raising my attributes to the next level, my growth rate won’t go that fast or anything like that.

Rather, I didn’t know that hanging out with other people or doing new training would help my growth.

The most important thing could be said to be the meeting with Anastasia in the future.

that buck

On the other side of the training ground, I stopped in a suitable space and looked around.

“It would be nice to practice here, how is it?”

“I think I will be fine here. Let’s put the sum together here.”

Milia accepted my words gently.

Watching Milia like that, I habitually picked up the practice spear that was lying on the other side.

Seeing that I could touch the spear at the training ground after my original spear was broken, the feeling of holding the spear was even more special.

I had to make a separate reservation in order to make a custom window at the academy workshop, and I had a reservation at the studio this weekend.

It was that I couldn’t make my own weapon right away.

Seruk. When I looked back at Millia while holding the spear, she saw her eyes closed with her hands folded.

When I calmly waited for her as if I was concentrating on something, a change soon appeared.

ㅡㅡㅡ!!

The blue light, obviously different from Mana’s, gathered and wrapped around her hands. The blue light soon turned into water and began to take shape.

“Wow.”

I was inadvertently admiring it, but I was just amazed.

It was definitely a water spirit.

The last time I saw it, it was the size of a small bird the size of a fist, but now the water leak that landed against Millia’s arm had doubled in size.

The feeling of a baby bird was completely gone… Now it was like seeing a well-grown blue ‘hawk’.

“…What do you think?”

As if conscious of my gaze, Milia cautiously asked me, and a smile leaked out without my knowledge.

“That’s great. It must have been a spirit named Ceci, right?”

“yes. That’s right, you remembered the name.”

As she approached me, as if pleased with my words, the spirit perched on her arm became more clearly visible.

“Then you remembered.”

Even as I was talking, I inadvertently took my hand because it looked so cool.

It’s my second time seeing the spirits, but it’s always new… .

with a splash!

“oh.”

That time when I was surprised by the hawk’s beak.

“three?”

Even Millia was looking at her spirit with a surprised look.

“……”

I was able to see it belatedly.

Ceshi is a water spirit in the form of a falcon. That spirit’s eyes are strangely hostile to me… .

“three!? What is it? You shouldn’t act like that.”

Milia pressed forward with counting as if she was really embarrassed, but she was still glancing at me proudly counting.

With my arms wet from the unexpected shower of water, only an awkward laugh leaked out.

‘…I don’t know why.’

I felt like I was being hated by the spirit called Ceshi.