Again, I thought so.
That deepened my respect for him again.
As I thought, he has grown yet again.
So much that someone like me can’t be compared to him.
When I was thinking this he bowed.
"Thank you senpai, you let a new student win against you.”
"What?"
I was puzzled.
I don’t get what he means.
I could not do anything. Rudi has to know that as well.
Yet to have let him win?
I grabbed the hand that Rudi stretched out to me in confusion.
It was not the hand of a magician.
It was the hand of a swordsman.
It was the hand of a person that worked hard. [5]
It was the hand of those who have held a sword way longer than even Luke.
But he is not even a swordsman.
Even though I was confused, when I held his hand, my heart started beating doki-doki.
Rudi’s warmth was being transferred to me, I kinda felt happy about it.
However, Rudi has baffled me even further.
"As thanks for today, I’ll repay the favor later on."
Thank you, I wonder why he thanked me.
I don’t get it.
Don’t get it at all.
I don’t get it, but I thought it means that we will meet later.
Feeling my face getting red, I nod in agreement.
And when Rudi left, I remembered stuff that I did not want to remember, I cried.
--- Ariel Perspective ---
When I got back to the student council room, Sylphy was crying.
"...... did you say your greetings?"
At first I thought that she was worrying over the woman Rudeus brought with him.
By the way, the woman who came with him was an S-rank adventurer in his party.
I figured that she has a deep relation to Rudeus.
However, Sylphy’s heart does not seem sunny. [6]
But it seems to be a different problem.
"Rudi... won’t remember someone like me anymore"
"Sylphy......"
I was puzzled.
This is the first time something like this happened.
The girl named Sylphyiette should have been a stronger child than this.
Stout-hearted, single-minded and straight forward kinda girl.
Such a girl is crying on my lap.
The girl who didn't even cry when she found out that her parents died after the Metastasis Event, is crying right now.
Just from thinking that shabby robed boy does not remember her, she has become like this.
When I look at her like this, my sadistic heart is aching. [7]
It’s forbidden.
I do not want to be hated by Sylphyette.
I want us to be friends.
However, that boy.
Rudeus Greyrat.
He should be the same age as Sylphy, has he matured so much?
To be honest he was different from the image I had of him based on Sylphy’s description of him.
My first impression is a "shabby man".
He could buy another cheap robe instead of wearing that shabby one.
A humble attitude to the point of being it unnatural, looks suspicious and a face with no apparent self-confidence. [8]
Anyway I didn’t feel the charm of a boy from him.
Also whether I hit on him or he flirts with me I don’t think I would feel any excitement.
In that regard Luke is far better.
Luke is a man who cheats and is clumsy but has far more sex-appeal than him.
Though since we are in a master-servant relationship, we won't touch each other.
However, that boy.
Rudeus Greyrat.
He is unattractive.
Such a man made my Sylphy cry.
Be as it may, that’s something I cannot forgive...
“Did he really forget? Did you show him your face and tell him your name?”
Was what Luke said.
As for Rudeus he seems to have some idea as well.
"What if I did that and he doesn’t remember, then what should I do?"
"At that time, it cannot be helped."
“Don’t go ‘It cannot be helped’ on me.”
Sylphy says that with a pathetic voice.
Luke sighs while going Yare-Yare. [9]