Chapter 85: 'Holy' Ellis's Day (6)[R-18]
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 85: 'Holy' Ellis's Day (6)[R-18]
“You’re late! Tardy! Fine!”
“...What do you mean, a fine?”
As Evelyn said, I was indeed late.
After wandering around here and there, it was almost the end of the lunch break.
“I mean, seriously...! Even Laplace called you on Ellis’s Day... And I saw you patrolling with her last time, it was practically...!!”
Mid-sentence, Evelyn’s eyes widened as if she had just realized something.
“Hey, Ian...”
“Yeah? Evelyn.”
“...Did you get it?”
“Get what?”
“What else, you idiot? Did you get a gift from the Disciplinary Committee?”
“Ah... I did get something, I guess?”
“...Really? Let me see.”
“Huh? It’s nothing special.”
“...I said, let me see.”
“Alright, alright. Here.”
Slide—
I was a quick-witted man.
‘Evelyn! I knew you’d act like this!’
To be honest, Laplace’s chocolate, which she said contained ‘specialness,’ was so obviously full of sincere feelings—starting from the packaging—that I had hidden it elsewhere before coming here.
“Hmm... Is this all?”
“Yeah, that’s it.”
In the end, the gifts I showed Evelyn were just ‘cheap coin chocolates,’ ‘handmade cookies,’ and ‘eyeball-shaped gummies.’
‘In that order, they’re probably from Anya, Gaur, and Kuoli.’
The reason it was a guess rather than a certainty was that by the time I finished my conversation with Laplace and came out, all three of them had vanished, perhaps because Anya had finally come to her senses.
Instead, the gifts were left on the desk with a note telling me to take them.
It didn’t really matter, but if I had to pick which of the three made me the happiest...
Surprisingly, it was Anya’s.
I hadn’t expected to receive anything from her in the first place, so even though it was just a coin chocolate, I was quite touched.
“...The handmade cookies... well, there are no... heart shapes.... Fine. That’s good enough then.”
“So, Evelyn, what did you prepare?”
“Me? Heheh. Are you excited?”
“...A little?”
“Heheheh...!! Look at you, being all cute..”
Rustle—
What Evelyn pulled out was a finger-sized tube of squeeze-chocolate, not even wrapped.
“......Is this it?”
“Yep!! Heheh!”
“......Right. Thanks, Evelyn.”
“What? Are you disappointed?”
“No... No. Why would I be disappointed...”
I had been saying it was only natural for Evelyn to give me a gift, but of course, it wasn't actually 'natural.'
The heart behind any gift is what matters, and I should be grateful just to receive one.
‘...I know that, but.’
How should I put it....
Out of all the ‘Ellis’s Day’ gifts I’d received from Evelyn so far, this one felt the least sincere.
...It was almost on par with Anya’s coin chocolate.
“Heheh, look at you, pouting... Why? Are you upset because I gave you this?”
“...I’m not pouting.”
“Ha! Like hell you aren't. It’s written all over your face: ‘I’m so upset I could die~’”
“I said I’m not... I’m not pouting...”
“Heheheh... Hey, be careful not to let them touch, okay?”
“...What?”
“Our lips. If they touch, it’s a kiss.”
“...?”
Evelyn, laughing mischievously, stuck out her tongue and...
“Eat thith...♥”
Squeeze—
After squeezing the chocolate onto her tongue, Evelyn tilted her head back with her eyes closed.
“....”
Kiss.
What is a kiss?
Osculation, clashing lips, a peck.
There are many expressions, but ultimately, it is the contact of lip against lip.
‘...Therefore!’
As long as the lips didn't touch, no matter how much they sucked on each other's tongues, it wasn't a kiss!
Thump— Thump—
“....Mmh.”
I grabbed Evelyn’s shoulders and, to ensure our lips wouldn't touch...
With my mouth open, I very carefully approached Evelyn’s tongue.
Thump—! Thump—! Thump—!
Surely, one day, I would kiss Evelyn.
But when that happened, I wanted it to be to truly convey my love, not because of some ‘mistake’ or ‘accident.’
Slurp—!
“Hngh...♥”
Evelyn’s tongue was sweet.
It was so sweet I couldn't tell if the chocolate was sweet or if it was Evelyn’s own fluids.
‘...I was such a fool.’
Back when we were kids, I used to kiss Evelyn so naturally, wasting those moments without realizing how happy they made me.
If I could only go back to those times, I was confident I wouldn't forget a single second.
Slurp— Mwah— Slorp—
“Haah... haah...!♥ Ah... hngh!... Haa... haa... Ian... hngh..!♥”
“...Evelyn.”
“Is... is there still... chocolate... left?”
“...Yeah, there’s plenty left.”
The chocolate had long since vanished, but...
Slurp— Slurp—
“Ngh!..... Haa.♥.. Ah... Ian....♥”
“Evelyn...”
We continued to let ourselves be fooled by each other’s lies.
“....”
“....”
It was awkward.
It wasn't even this bad the first time I had sex with Evelyn...
But now, I felt like my face would turn beet red just by making eye contact.
Brush—
“Hee-hyuk!!”
When our fingertips brushed slightly while walking down the hallway, Evelyn let out a strange sound and recoiled to the side.
“S-sorry...”
“N-no!... I mean... over something like this!... Why are you... saying sorry!”
Actually, I wasn't particularly sorry either.
What was there to be sorry about when it came to a little hand contact between Evelyn and me?
I just apologized because I was flustered.
‘...Ah! I want to have sex!!’
Yuris’s cucumber blowjob, Laplace’s belly punch, and now sucking on Evelyn’s tongue!
All three of them were wicked women who got me hard but wouldn't let me finish.
Still...
‘...Seven of them!!’
I expected to get six at most, but I unexpectedly received one from Anya as well.
‘This is insane. Seriously.’
Is this what life is like for a top-tier handsome guy?
Of course, more than half of the seven were given out of a sense of duty, but there was no need to worry about such trivial things.
It was a truly beautiful day. The birds were singing, the flowers were blooming...
‘On a day like this...’
KABOOM—!!
“KYAAAAAAAH!!”
The sound of an explosion and screams erupted from inside the classroom.
Click— Clack—
“....”
Estelle smiled softly in the hallway as she returned to the classroom after the Sacred Banquet.
She hadn't been this happy since her parents passed away.
Ian, Evelyn.
My precious people, who are far too good for someone like me.
‘...Thank you.’
For letting someone like me stay by your side.
Even though she was on her way to end a love that might be her first and last, Estelle’s heart was at peace.
This was the best happy ending she could ask for.
The two people who suited each other best in the world...
Ian and Evelyn would end up together and be happier than anyone else.
And if she was lucky, she could at least hang out with them as a friend until the day they graduated from the Academy.
‘Still... I wonder if he’ll be happy about the macarons?’
No, Ian would definitely be happy.
Because that was the kind of man Ian had been whenever she watched him.
“...Fufu.”
Just imagining Ian eating the macarons in the library made her happy.
Slide—
As she opened the classroom door, eyes briefly flickered toward her.
However, once they confirmed the person who opened the door was ‘Estelle,’ they scattered as if they had no interest at all.
“....”
It was only natural.
Until she met Ian and Evelyn, she had been a meaningless existence in the class.
No, she was still just as meaningless now.
Click— Clack—
As she reached her seat, she felt a sense of dissonance.
“...Huh?”
Her bag, which she had definitely zipped shut, was slightly open.
Rustle—
With trembling hands, she opened the bag to check inside, but the gift box was nowhere to be seen.
“...It’s gone.”
Clatter—!
She turned the bag upside down on the desk and emptied the contents.
The gift box was still missing.
There was no way she had forgotten to bring it.
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She had checked it multiple times with Frederica, and she had checked it once more this morning while resolving to post on the Gallery.
“It’s gone!... It’s gone..!”
While looking around to see if it had fallen nearby...
“....”
The moment she saw the trash can, a dark premonition washed over her.
Click— Clack— Thud—!
Desperately hoping her premonition was wrong just this once, she opened the trash can.
‘....Ah.’
But her dark premonitions had never been wrong.
Inside the trash can lay her heart, trampled and shattered into pieces.
Reach—
The moment she pulled the ruined gift box out of the trash, she felt something snap inside her head.
“...Who was it?”
She turned around and asked, but no one listened to her voice.
「Burst — Water — Droplet」
KABOOM—!!
“W-what? What’s going on?”
“Ah, you scared me! What the hell?”
“...W-what’s with her? Why is she acting like that?”
Only then did the faces of the people who recognized her fill with various expressions.
Confusion, annoyance, fear.
They were the kind of expressions one would expect when someone suddenly used magic in the classroom.
...However, there was one person.
“Ha... Seriously, what is that retard doing?”
In Delphicia, there was only ridicule.
“....”
“What, why is this retarded bitch suddenly staring at me? Piss off.”
Further conversation was unnecessary.
Whoosh—!!
I reached out toward Delphicia, drawing up the mana from within my body.
“Ha! You lame-legged bitch! You think I’m just going to take it like last time!”
“...Delphicia!!”
「Shoot — Wind — Arrow」
「Cut — Water — Blade」
The two spells collided in mid-air...
Slash—!!
My Water Blade sliced through the Wind Arrow and grazed Delphicia’s cheek.
“...Eh?”
Delphicia, seeing the blood trickling down her cheek, widened her eyes in disbelief.
“....”
Why didn't she know?
The fact that I, a "lame-legged bitch," held the position of Second Place in the second year...
Meant that in terms of pure magic, my skills were at the level of the Top Seat or higher.
‘...No.’
She must have known.
Even though she knew, Delphicia simply couldn't admit it out of her own inferiority complex.
It didn't matter.
Delphicia was about to pay the price for her foolishness.
「Shoot — Water — Droplet」
KABOOM—!!
“KYAAAAAAAH!!”
She was quick at running away like a rat, but having dodged once, Delphicia’s legs seemed to give out as she collapsed and pleaded.
“H-huaa!... E-Estelle...!.. W-wait... just a second...!! Listen to me...!”
“....”
No.
I couldn't forgive her.
This was still far from enough of a price.
Delphicia needed to be hurt much more.
Otherwise....
“Hi.. hieek!!... N-no... d-don’t!!”
Slide—!
“...Es...telle?”
At that moment, the door opened, and the person I least wanted to see right now appeared.