A month has passed since enrollment.
Now me and Laura are having lunch together in the dining room. It's a routine that hasn't changed since the day after school.
We couldn't have been schoolmates, as we had initially imagined.
I'm for my age, of course. A twenty-six year old decoy is too heterogeneous for a classroom with an average age of fifteen. I find my classmates concerned and on the contrary feel sorry for me.
Laura still comes from. As he cared, Laura's identity was already widespread and the students kept their distance.
That's why we always acted together.
... I've seen it. It's compatible with my personality. I am not particularly dissatisfied.
"That's a tough one."
I said pompous.
"What is it?
"Friends"
"Did Mr. Alberto want a friend after all?
"... No, I don't care about Laura."
"Hehe."
Laura smiled bitterly.
"Didn't I tell you? I can't."
"That's right..."
Laura has a good personality. I would like you to have a normal - fun student life if possible. That would be healthier than being with me a hundred years older and shady.
"That's okay! I thought you couldn't have one of your friends, but you have Mr. Alberto!
"... right... if I may"
"I like Mr. Alberto!
Laura grinned.
"That's right. Mr. Alberto had it when he was fifteen, didn't he?
"Right. At least I wasn't twenty-six when I was born."
"As a student, do you have any friends?
"Friends, or..."
I tapped a distant memory page.
As a student - I just got into college and I had a lot of friends. son of the Marquis family. The title enriched my friendship.
But it was superficial.
When I found out that I was just inferior as a mage - that a good brother, not an incompetent brother, was more promising as a trail - they all stopped dealing with me like the tide drew.
I have two friends who didn't abandon me like that to the end.
They inspired me the day before the final exam.
"I'm fine. I know you're working hard. The last one always pays off, doesn't it?
One is a boy student, Lugard.
An aristocratic boy who aspires to be a magical knight. My body is two times bigger than mine because of the swordsmanship I've been doing since I was a kid.
"Yeah, yeah! I'll be absolutely fine! Alberto, it's time to go! Confident!
One is a female student, Hurin.
She is a small woman who swirls with natural perm hair and wears large glasses that are likely to stick out of her face.
They didn't let me go until the end.
You know, the two people who believed me.
I threw down their trust and I ran away.
Pain runs on my chest.
Ha, and exhaled loudly.
"Ah, ah, ah! Sorry!? Why didn't you ask?
"No... nothing... you had two friends -"
Using the word "friend" I thought.
Can I call them friends? Do I deserve to be able to call,?
And...
Do those guys still think of me as a friend...
It was then.
"Oh, I was there! It's Mr. Laura, isn't it?
A woman is interrupting.
I'm not sure because I'm facing Laura face to face, but is it the faculty from the outfit? She is a small woman with a remarkable natural perm.
"Yes, I do, though?
"The water quality survey from tomorrow, I want you to come out too!
"Huh?"
Amazing Laura.
Water Quality Survey - Pollution has been going on rapidly since the kingdom's big lake entered this year, apparently. They're heading to investigate as a college, and then they're taking some students on a tour.
Of course, the election criteria are not random.
You can tell by looking at the mentz. Obviously that is a manifestation of the college's expectations.
Competition has already begun.
Laura was leaking from the election when Philbs handed the materials to the participants about a week ago.
"The list was wrong! Notice now! If you want to tell Philbs, he's off today! It's sudden, but you okay?
"Uh, yes. I'm fine...?
"I'm sorry! Yes, this material!
Bye. A woman pushes the envelope against Laura.
I spoke up.
"Good for you."
Laura was chosen. Still within the bounds of the college's expectations.
Unlike me, she's good. Laura has a better place now. I'm so glad Laura is admitted.
"What are you saying like some other HR? Alberto, too, right?
That's what the woman turns to me.
She was a woman with big glasses that seemed to stick out of her face.
……
... Huh?
There's a lot of footage on that face.
Ten years ago, like every day, there was this girl's face.
The woman in front of me looked the same. He's looking at me with open eyes, as if it was even in a gold bondage.
"... Alberto...? Are you sure it's Alberto? I didn't think so because my age matches..."
I know.
I know her name.
"Hurin -"
That's her name.
For the first time in ten years, I was reunited with an old friend at a college I left ten years ago.