Almark – Northern Sword, Southern Wand

The hallway in front of the morning classroom.

Wallis, summoned by Culime and Almark,

That's an unusual combination.

And he comes out of the classroom.

So when I heard the proposal of Lilty's song from the two people who kept their voices down,

That's good.

and smiled.

Curime looks happy in that expression.

"I've heard rumors that Lilty has a great singing voice. I was hoping to hear it one day, but on the stage of the play, in front of a large audience. Maybe that's good."

Wallis looks at Culime with a gentle look.

Culime, it was your idea.

"Yeah, Almark's."

Culime shook her head in a hurry and pointed at Almark.

Ah.

Wallis looks at Almark's face and sees a match.

"Speaking of which, you sat next to Lilty at yesterday's concert."

"You've been watching."

When Almark laughs bitterly, Wallis answers with a cool face.

"Class members look out for the whole class."

That's right.

Almark admires it honestly.

"But I was worried."

Curime pinches her mouth.

"I know."

Wallis gently takes control with his hands.

"I wonder if Lilty will take care of it? I'll take it from here. You don't have to worry about anything. You can write down the scene of Lilty singing."

"Thank you."

Curime showed a relieved face.

"Lilty, you might be embarrassed and dislike it."

"I'm sure you don't like it."

Wallis nods gently.

I'll take care of it.

The voice is full of confidence and wipes out the anxiety of those who listen.

I'm glad you talked to Wallis.

Curime nods with a smile, Almark says.

"I'm a class member for these times. I left it to you and the torque at the martial arts tournament."

Wallis said that and walked back to class away from the two of them.

"If anything happens again, you can count on me."

At the end, Wallis waved his hand over his back.

One day after work, Almark returned to his seat and Nelson and Morgan, who had a serious face, approached him.

"Hey, Almark. Did you do it too?"

Nelson asks with a strange whisper.

"What are you doing?"

When Almark answers back, Nelson puts his finger on his mouth and says,

"I was just shot."

Morgan whispers to Almark.

"I thought it was a premonition of something bad."

"So, what do you want?"

When Almark lowers his voice and asks, Nelson whispers, worrying about his surroundings.

"It's Leila. Leila greeted me."

Huh?

"Good morning, passing by. Reflexively, oh, good morning, but later I realized it was Leila and I was surprised."

"I was greeted, too. Good morning, Morgen."

Morgan raised his eyebrows anxiously.

"I was so surprised I couldn't answer anything. Leila, I think you're angry."

"Even Leila would say hello."

Almark laughs bitterly.

"No, I won't."

Nelson shakes his head.

"I don't know Leila."

Neither does Leila, whom I know.

Morgan also said.

"I don't know..."

Nelson, who was about to say something, suddenly shut up.

Morgan hardens himself.

Almark looked back and saw Leila walking.

Leila looked at Almark's face, loosened her lips a little, and walked too far.

"... they didn't!

After Leila passed by, Nelson pointed at Almark.

"Almark wasn't greeted!

"No, what is it?"

Almark looks at Nelson's happy face.

"Hey, don't even say hello."

"That's right, Almark. Don't worry, they didn't say hello."

That's what Morgan said. He slapped Almark gently on the shoulder.

"If there's anything you want to say to Leila, I'll tell her instead."

"Uh-huh. No... yeah."

Almark nodded without explanation.

After Morgan and Nelson left in a fuss, Wendy in the adjacent seat talked to Almark.

"Good work yesterday, Almark. Are you tired?

"Yeah, I'm fine. Wendy, thank you for staying with me until late."

"You're welcome."

Wendy smiled and Almark smiled.

Someone stood beside Almark as they were talking about something they didn't love.

"Ah, Lilty. Good morning."

Wendy shouted and Almark looked up.

It was Lilty with a shy face who stood up.

"Oh, Lilty. Thank you for yesterday."

"You're welcome."

Lilty answers with the same small voice.

Um...

It is her habit to make her face red when talking.

"Yesterday, I found out the name of a song Almark liked."

"Oh, that northern one."

Wendy smiles and looks at Almark.

"Good for you, Almark."

"Yeah."

Almark nodded.

"It's a song that reminds me of my father and my hometown. You went out of your way to find out."

"Yeah, I didn't mean to bother you."

Lilty shakes her head.

"Because I was so impressed. I asked after the concert when I went to greet the band."

"Is that so? Thank you."

Almark smiles too.

"That's good. Almark, you were crying."

Wendy said with a gentle smile, and Almark shook his head in shame.

"I don't know, it resonated with me."

Lilty smiled at the words.

"What's the title of that song?"

Wendy's smile clouded Lilty's words.

"Mercenaries in the grasslands."