Maou Reijou no Kyouiku Gakari

- When the Freys were making demands on dragons to leave.

A city with Lux College, a small park with only a few greenery and walkways that are secluded outside it.

Sitting in a bench set in that corner, Lily Herschel was dripping alone.

Normally brilliant blonde hair that catches people's attention also appears only dull in the heart by the gloomy atmosphere that is now releasing from her whole body.

It was clear from anyone's eyes that its chest was more dark than ever before.

And if the cause is not academic concern, it is not that the final match of the martial arts tournament has become Yellow.

Now her heart is anointed with black emotions, nothing more than that Frey and the person thought turned their back on themselves and left to run away with another girl.

"Doctor... why..."

Lily sighed loudly and shrugged as she stared at the white flower hair ornament, a gift from Frey held in its hand.

I have done so many times for hours now, but the answer she wants never comes to mind.

If you close your eyes, you will ask Frey why and why, but she has not replied.

Thoughts just keep spinning around the same place as if they were imprisoned in a labyrinth, where even a slight light is never cast in.

The more you think about it, the more black the mood stains and spreads its gloomy tone all the way around her in reality.

Lily usually looks neat enough to be heard from the men walking by, but she doesn't even have anyone trying to get close to her right now.

And from that look of me leaning down and dropping my shoulders big, I can't even feel the fine dust of the martial arts I showed in that finals place.

"Ah!!

That's how one woman's voice echoed toward her head, which was dripping.

Lily slowly lifts her head in response to that voice.

"I knew it! It's Lily!

The figure of that short brown-haired woman rushing to herself through a paved path in the park.

Having captured that slightly growing but familiar appearance in his sight, Lily regains her liveliness, albeit slightly in her eyes.

"Mill......"

And I murmured the name in an unheeded voice.

That's a childhood name that grew up in the same orphanage and spent the same middle school.

And it was also the name of the one who contested the special admission framework to Lux College, where there was only one.

"Long time no see! Oh, it's real! It's the real Lily! I was fine!?

But Mill talked to Lily in the same tone as he used to with his eyes shimmering as if such a thing was a thing of the past.

"... yeah, well... I don't know... You may not even know..."

Lily replied with a fine voice without looking at her, having a grudge about exposing herself to such an ugly state of childhood tampering that she was to kick off.

"What's going on?... Something wrong?

Mir asks worryingly about an old friend he hasn't seen in a long time.

"Yeah, I'm fine... because it's nothing. More than that, why are you here?

The college where Mill goes is far from here, and this town is not the kind of place that comes on the Mustang Mountain, and if it's normal, there's no way Mill would be here.

I ask, thinking that Lily might be a depressed hallucination created by herself.

"Ugh, why do you think that is?"

In response to Lily's question, Mill laughs proudly just saying she was waiting for me to hear it.

"Uh... don't you see... Why is that?

Lily took it and asked back in a still gloomy tone.

"I just wanted to say I'm here to see Lily... but it was a real coincidence that I met her. As a matter of fact...... Nfu ~..."

Mill continues with a grin that is overflowing with joy from the bottom of her heart.

"Me! I was hired by the Duke! As a knight, too!

"Kishi... here's the thing... Huh!? Ho, really!?

From the words of an old friend, Lily is so shocked that everything she is worried about now blows up.

"That's the truth! I thought it was a dream when I heard it too, but it was true! Actually, it's a little bit further to be appointed, but I feel like I'm here to take a look!

"Duke... I mean look down here... could it be...!?

Consolidating some of the information spun from Mill's mouth, Lily quickly arrived at the identity of the Duke, who found the old friend in front of her.

And then again, I had a huge consternation on that face.

"Yes! Dear Anima Mistral of“ Sage "!

And Mill mouthed the name ahead of Lily.

It was the Duchess of Ladies who ruled the neighborhood, including Lux College, and the name of a man who, as one of the brave lines, knew nothing in this country.

"Wow...... Congratulations Mill. Really amazing......"

Civilians, it is also out of the orphanage. Lily honestly spinned the words of blessing toward her old friend, thinking that there would come out those who would be recruited as knights of the Duke.

"Yeah, thanks. Really... I still feel like I'm dreaming..."

"Me too, to be honest, I may still be half-hearted..."

"Haha, but it's a true story! Hey, what do you think Master Anima is like?

"Only as much as I've heard that no one is so genius as to go right when it comes to magic as an academic..."

The Duchess of Wise Men is famous for barely representing herself in public, and she has never seen herself even in Lily, a leading student living in her territory.

"That's right. What the hell is a rare genius magician who made the magic tools that the brave men used... I wonder if he is receiving God's protection after all..."

I give thought to the Duchess of Lady, who found herself as Mill said so and sparkled her eyes.

It's like a maiden in love.

"... so! It's a different story!

"Ugh, yeah... what?

Mill takes a big breath and faces Lily from the front with a serious look on her face.

Conversely, Lily, who received it, showed a slight glimpse.

"Previously, Lily was supposed to be a step ahead of me ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

"... yeah, you are... Instead of one step, I think they're about a hundred steps away..."

Lily groans so mocking herself.

And even though I felt sorry for myself compared to my old friend who had moved on, I let that head drip away again.

"Here! Head up!

"... sorry"

Slowly raise its head as Lily, who has been scolded by the mill, seems to overlap.

"You still remember that promise then, don't you?

"Promise...... yeah......"

"One day we're gonna be great, and we're gonna make a world where orphans like us are gone, remember?

"Yeah......"

That was a promise they made when they graduated from secondary school and were due to leave the orphanage.

It was an oath that the two of us who lost our parents decided to make sure that we accomplished our unbroken goal of creating a world where one day orphans like ourselves would no longer be born.

"I am. Competing with Lily... lost..., I regretted it so much when they took the admission frame to Lux, and honestly I resented it just a little bit..."

"Mill......"

As Lily speaks the name, she sees the face of an old friend whose words are behind her back and who is now far ahead of herself.

"But, you know, I think I could still keep my eyes on the Duke now because I kept moving forward! So Lily doesn't know what happened either, but don't be creepy and let's move on! Then there will come a time when I'm sure I'll be glad I did!

"Am I right...?

"Yeah! I'm sure you do! God is watching!

"God is... watching..."

It was naturally Frey's appearance that Lily thought of in those words.

Frey in her heart smiled gently at her, as she always did.

And now a little, but light shoots into its chest.

"Oh well... right... I'm sure something just happened and you forgot about me..."

"Circumstances? Forget? Well, anyway! I don't know what happened, and I won't ask! I mean, she's fine!

"Yeah, thanks... I'm just a little energized... maybe..."

"Yeah! That's my good enemy!

"A good enemy..."

Lily overflows with a slightly dazzling grin.

Mill sees it, too, and smiles flamboyantly.

"You write" good enemy "and you read" friend "? Don't you know?

"What's that..., I've never heard that before"

Lily laughs a little confused but dull at Mill for saying so with her hands on her hips to be prestigious.

Then for a while, the two sat side by side in a bench, warming up their old relationship.

I took the time to talk slowly, from major events to trivial events that occurred during the years I didn't see him.

And by the time the sunset had plunged in through the gaps in the trees and dyed the two of them into the Zhu, the gloomy mood that had emanated from Lily's body had completely disappeared.

"Wow, this is already such a time! Me, it's time to leave!

Soon after he realizes that the sun is about to set, Mill tells Lily so and gets up.

"Yeah, thanks for today"

"I'm the one who's glad I haven't seen Lily in a long time! See you later. The next time we see each other, we'll be great!

That said, Lily drops off Mill's back as he runs off outside the park.

After this accidental encounter, Lily consolidated her determination.

Trying to take your way one step at a time.

And one day I'm going to build a little house on the banks of a beautiful lake where I'm going to build a warm family with my teacher.