Seiju no Kuni no Kinju Tsukai

Lesson 82: Rendezvous

Dinner was buffet style.

That's a popular and prestigious inn for the nobles.

The dishes lined up are just the ones that have exhausted their luxury.

but it is sheila quality with tables and chairs with high legs on tatami tatami.

With the weight of the table's legs, the tatami, which is all concave, invites the unspeakable cuts.

Looking over the venue, most of the guests were here, although there were some guests in the inn.

I guess this is also a kind of social place for them.

By the way, I wore white and red lines and patterned clothes on the black ground today.

Even in a customer base that just says it's noble, it can be described as less uncomfortable clothing.

'This is a gift from me. You don't even have a taste for uniforms on a big day, do you?

It was this garment that was handed to me by Mr. Makina the other day with such words.

Everything seems to have been prepared for a long time.

Hmm.

As always, I can't help but admire Mr. Makina's care and lack of clues.

So, it's our table... and I got all the attention around me.

It was clear that the cause lay with the women except me.

In addition to the combination of Cecily and Currier in the outfit for the rendezvous, there are even Mr. Ira and Senior Ray.

Of course, there may be visibility for the Arklite and Horn families, but from the perspective they could be directed at, they all seemed to be hit by their glamour.

By the way, all the occasional mixed jealous glances are directed at me.

…………

Sieg, come quickly.

"Yes Krohiko, are you glad this is it?

Mr. Cecily brought me my share of the dish.

"Oh, thank you."

Ugh, hmm.

But impeccable choice...... you know what my culinary preferences are?

What we're surrounded by is a rectangular table, with Mr. Cecily and Mr. Currier on both sides of me.

Seniors Ray and Ira are sitting face-to-face.

It started with Ira's greeting and then the meal was going perfectly.

I was nervous when Ira called me up to the room to join everyone.

but although I've laughed at him in a flamboyant way, he didn't look unusual, especially to Mr. Cecily.

Nor did Mr. Currier see any changes that appeared to be extraordinary.

It was normal when we had a conversation after we took our seats earlier.

I still carry the dish pale into my mouth.

…………

Out of the question, maybe I'm too conscious.

I was nervous about what I would look like and see her, but I looked at her face and it was surprisingly normal.

Speaking of clapping it out, I clapped it out.

but to be honest, the relief was worse.

I don't think it's gonna be the same here.

So now I thought I'd stay the same.

I was thinking about that, and Senior Ray took a seat and came closer.

"Duh, what's wrong, Senior Ray?

She rides herself out of my back bewildered,

"Sorry about earlier."

I said.

This' earlier ', it goes without saying, would be the time for rubbing therapy.

"You reacted so cutely, I was too good... sorry?

I've apologized with my tongue out to Little Devil Chick.

"Never mind. I had some things to reflect on."

"Is something wrong?

Mr. Cecily asks Nico.

"Yes, no, nothing..."

I was about to say, I reconsidered.

That's suspicious the other way around when you excuse yourself poorly.

"- It's not like I didn't, but it's just a secret between me and Senior Ray. Right, Senior Ray?

"Huh? Yeah, you can keep it a secret... but rather the way you put it now, I guess it's a weird misunderstanding?

"Oh, really?

"Ma... but don't worry about Cecily. Is that okay, Cecily?

When Senior Ray asked for a reaction, Mr. Cecily breathed in his face like he had no choice.

"From our current exchange, we had a big anticipation of what happened. But don't make too much fun of Crohiko. Do it. He seems oblivious in that way."

"Haha, just wanted to make sure, huh? Actually, I was wondering if it was all on top of great calculations."

"... it wasn't, was it?

"Yeah, sounds different. Crohiko is a natural around."

"Oh, I'm natural?

"Yes, it's natural. Well..."

Senior Ray glanced at Mr. Ira chewing shades and bread.

"But can I take care of this?"

Is that it?

"Me... were they trying something before I knew it?

"I thought it was bad. But my instincts are still there, so I'm a little nervous."

"That's cheating, though..."

"I'm sorry. But I was so nervous, you know? How could it have been a generation of color tricks? If I'd gotten to the end... maybe you'd be responsible?

"Give me a break..."

Ha, and I sighed.

I see.

Though I'm not sure of my true intentions, it seems Senior Ray was going to try and see if I was the man to be confused by the color tricks.

Is that how you felt when you rubbed it?

Damn, Senior Ray is a bad person, too.

"If a nice guy like Senior Ray asked me out like that, I'd normally be corny."

"Oh? You're quite happy to say something, Crohiko"

"Really? Because... isn't it true that Senior Ray is a nice guy"

"Mmmm... I knew I'd have a little trouble judging you when you said that softly"

Senior Ray had a grin when he lowered his brow butt.

Something... lit up?

Sometimes it's unusual for this person to look normal.

"Hey, what are you talking about?

I heard Ira with a strange look on her face with her eating on the edge of her mouth.

Senior Ray finally hips up and heads to his seat.

"Crohiko could be a terrible man."

"Huh? Crohiko's not a terrible guy, is he?

"Haha, that's not what I meant. Mm-hmm... but it could be awful in a way."

Mr. Ira puts a question mark on his head.

"Ira, I'm eating it on the edge of my mouth."

"Huh? Liar?

"Look, turn around"

Senior Ray will wipe Mr. Ira's mouth.

"Mmm."

"Yes, taken"

"haha...... thanks, Ray"

Senior Ray's kind of like Mr. Ira's guardian, isn't he?

Anyway, it was a cheerful sight.

A little after dinner, the Sieges arrive.

Best of all, I ran over to the two of you.

"I've been waiting, Sieg!

"Sorry, I'm in for a personal rush."

"You can say it! Mr. Hilgis is annoying, too!

"...... hmm. Sorry I'm late."

Neither of us was in uniform today.

Especially since Mr. Hilgis usually only looks in uniform, it kind of looks fresh.

"Well, I'll show you to your room once you've gone through the process. Oh, can I leave Sieg's to Crohiko?

"Okay."

I headed to the men's room with Sieg.

"All right, let's just take a bath when we put our stuff down, Sieg"

"Because of that. Do you?"

That's why the boys set aside Sieg's baggage once in the room and then we headed straight for the bath.

So...

"Nice water...... that's a sheeras bath"

Sieg, who sank himself in the water, says with a relaxed look.

We were in an open-air bath with two men.

The sky is completely sunset and dark.

There are many clouds today.

The moon was repeatedly coming out of the clouds and hiding.

"No, what was the emergency?

"Someone's suddenly coming to visit us. Exactly, we couldn't have left the house empty."

"A guest important to the house, you mean?"

"Mmm... well, yeah"

The response was poorly toothed.

Is it also a complicated circumstance?

Right.

Let's change the subject.

Um, is there anything to talk about...

Oh, yeah.

"I need to ask you something weird."

"Say it."

I remember a little lighting, but I asked a question.

"Zeke... have you ever been in love?

Sieg nodded.

"Oh, there is."

I was surprised that it was an instant answer.

"Huh? Do you have one?

"Rather, I'm still in love"

"Heh..."

Something could have been a little surprising.

…………

Ah.

The person in love, maybe.

Sieg smiled mocking herself.

"It's just a one-sided thought. And I'll probably stay one-sided forever."

There was a kind of ambition in his face.

I got a little lost before I heard.

"One thought all the time... is that all right?

"Oh. I wish that guy would just be happy, that's fine"

"... well"

So Zeke lifted up the edge of his mouth.

"Let me tell you something, they're not like Cecily, are they?

"Really?

I felt like Mr. Cecily in the current conversation.

Looks like we've been dating a long time.

Honestly, if I'm near her, I feel like I can't help it if I'm in love with a man.

"Master Cecily... if I may say so, feels close to blood relatives"

"This is the time, so I'd like to ask, what's Sieg and Mr. Cecily... what's the relationship?

"The Gilèse family has been serving the Arklite family for a long time."

"Oh, yeah."

"Oh. That's why the Gilèse people are still like auxiliaries to the Archrites. Although there is a certain aspect to this relationship because it is of benefit to both households. I don't know how bad the Gilles are, but they're the Arklite house of Eriki."

Heh.

Was that the pattern?

"And at one point, the children of both families were drawn together"

"That's Sieg and, Mr. Cecily?

"That's right. At first, I lost my temper too. Since then, Cecily has been a beautiful girl as if she had come out of a painting."

"... you didn't fall in love?

"I fell in love, but I was never attracted to my heart. Most importantly... I already had someone who was aware of me as a heterosexual."

"Hmm?

Maybe it wasn't a few years ago when they were pulled together, was it?

You weren't surprised, Siegbelt Gilès.

"They were wives."

"... are you serious"

"Oh."

This, a child and in love with his wife......

Sieg.

You had such a hidden ball, you.

"I didn't know you were a wife in the first place. The other guy was so young. So when I found out she belonged to someone, I was shocked as a child. And when I found out that I had very bad feelings, I was devastated by terrible distress."

What a hard childhood.

"And one day, I couldn't stand the agony anymore... and I revealed my troubles to Master Cecily"

I was totally listening.

"So?

"Master Cecily did not blame me or deny me. I was rather surprised at this one for not even being surprised... but Master Cecily just smiled and asked me about my troubles. And he said this to me." Blaming yourself for liking someone is a funny story. "

Sieg looked out at the night sky with a clear face.

"Perhaps it was refreshing to spit out your worries. Since then I have stopped faking my feelings. And so, of course, I wasn't going to reveal my thoughts to someone with a husband. I just want to keep seeing that guy smile forever...... I'm starting to think so. I was satisfied. Just look at him like he's happy. But one day..."

Unexpectedly, Sieg's expression clouded.

Her husband is dead.

"... Huh?

Wrinkles between Siege's eyebrows.

"Killed by Four Violent Disasters"

"Ahh."

"Her husband was a man of the Knights of the Holy Tree. At one point, one town was attacked by the Four Violent Disasters. So the Knights of the Holy Tree were to head to that town. And while the Knights of the Holy Tree were averted only by their total annihilation, they lost their Commander and Vice Commander - and were devastated."

That's what Captain Sochute said, that case?

"Among the victims... the man's husband?

"Oh. Ever since then, I've always been shady on that guy's smile. So I... I wanted to be there for her until she got really funny."

"As she heartily, laughably..."

For some reason, Mr. Currier's face came to the back of his brain.

"I don't know if my feelings made any sense, but I think she's opening her mind a little bit. The laughter has also become natural over the past few years. but...... you must have really loved me, my husband's death still seems to be on my mind"

Ah.

"What guest have you been visiting today... for a moment?

"Oh, that's the guy"

Huh, and I exhaled my admiration toward heaven.

"That's certainly an errand to take off...... are you glad you're here today?

"She's a reluctant person. Always go home before dark."

"Oh well. But Sieg, is that all right?

"What?

"It feels like I'm keeping a lot of distance when I hear it."

"He's a widow, isn't he? I can't betray her husband, even though he's not in the world anymore."

"Sieg, you..."

Sieg snorted as he realized.

"It's okay, it doesn't have to be tied as a man and a woman. But I want her to at least get her real smile back. As long as she laughs with happiness one day... that's all I'm happy about."

Oh, my God.

What the hell is that cool position!?

You're a little impressed.

"Oh, me... I'll be there for you!

Disappointed I grabbed Sieg's hands.

"Oh, oh."

"I don't know what I can do, but if there's anything I can do, you can tell me."

"Well, I appreciate the sentiment."

Oh.

Sieg...... I had a tough image of you, but you were actually a man who lived in love.

I gazed at the moon blurry as I leaned against the rock.

"I don't know... you're amazing, love"

"What's the matter, suddenly"

"Hmm... if I'd listened to Sieg, I'd think so somehow. I'm ashamed I don't have any romantic experience..."

"Really?

"Oh. I've never been in love with anyone before."

That's why Mr. Cecily told me earlier...

"What about Master Cecily?

"How could you suddenly talk about Mr. Cecily?!?

Is that it?

I didn't say anything, did I?

Sieg sank himself gently into the water in such a bewildering way that I and others looked strange.

"Nothing really... you know what? Maybe Cecily sees you as a paedophile?

"Wow, you know what I mean?

"I've served you for years."

Oh, my God.

Was this man discerning?

No.

That should be called a one-way romantic master?

Sieg looked emotional.

"But I was surprised. Those who fall in love with Cecily and propose marriage never cease to follow... but I didn't expect a man from Cecily to show up to like him. A man who's been around for a long time, how dare you, Dearless? That's why I thought this guy wouldn't be attractive unless he was such a man."

Sieg glanced at me.

"From the unexpected, an ambush appeared"

"I'm the one who's surprised. 'Cause it's Mr. Cecily, isn't it? There's more to it... than me. There's more to it."

"Because there was no one worthy of it, so Cecily never had a floating story like this before?

"... well"

"Well, my grandfather Guiden, who is drowning Master Cecily, may not have wanted to keep a man close."

Mr. Cecily's grandfather was certainly a guide to the swordsmanship of the Holy King.

"In fact, if it weren't for Guiden, your father, Mr. Badias, would have been in the process of talking to a leading family."

"... you got a lot going on"

"Even if I were you, if Cecily had a nose, I'd rather stick with you hundreds of times than marry a noble man."

I laugh.

"It's kind of comforting to have Zeke say that. It's just that I..."

I look up at the moon with a fuzzy face.

"I'm not sure yet, how I feel on my side"

Sieg nodded with some confusion.

"I guess. I don't need to rush to answer that."

It was an unexpectedly light reaction.

Then we leaned silently against the rock and looked up at the sky in line.

"... but Krohiko"

Well, it was Sieg who opened his mouth.

"I don't think Cecily ever wants you to choose just yourself."

"... Huh?

Sieg distorts the edge of his mouth like a nihil.

"Nor would that person have thought that his first love would no longer be in this shape... but he is the other person. I'm sure he's going to make a compromise."

"The other guy's the other guy? And compromise... what are you talking about? I mean, the hell you don't want me to just pick myself out. -"

Sieg looked at me with a warm, watchful face.

"It would be wild to say from here on out of my mouth. Besides, there will come a time when you will see. Or... maybe I'm happier in a way than I'll ever know -"

"Hey, what's the approximate way to say it caught..."

"Maybe that one. Outside -"

Smudge and Siege looked out at the night sky.

"Maybe it's something you want to turn around extra because you're a dull opponent..."

Around the clouds covered the moon again, we got out of the bath.

After I got out of the bath, Sieg and I were supposed to break up once.

According to Siege, you have a message for Cecily that the Arklight family asked for?

So Zeke headed to the women's room where Mr. Cecily was earlier.

After this, I'm going to give Sieg a massage, so even if I follow him, he'll end up coming right back.

That's why I decided to go back to the men's room one foot away...

On the way back,

"What are you keeping quiet about? How disrespectful - Asians!