The morning after returning from Her Majesty the Queen.
The class begins today for the first time.
Before that, I told Annella what I heard last night.
"You're safe."
I shouldn't have ambushed Annella in the dorm lobby because I wanted to tell her right away.
The first and second life of the dorm looked at us with curiosity at Annella, who wept in her eyes from the morning.
"Oh, oh..."
I guess I didn't sleep yesterday because I found hope.
I was originally blinded to my eyes.
I think he had a lot of hard work, too.
Annella suppressed her mouth with both hands, repeatedly whimpering and kneeling on the spot.
"... are you okay?
"Ohhhhhhhhhhh......"
The moment I spoke, Annella cried with emotion. [M]
I lifted Annella and jumped out of the dorm, evacuating to the corner of the garden.
Whatever you think, evil stands out as it is.
After a while, Annella stopped crying.
My emotions seem to be settling down.
I can't just leave it like this, and it was honestly helpful because it was twilight on the way.
"Thank you, Senior Leon. Thank you."
'Cause I just told him.
I'm not involved in the raid or the rescue.
So I haven't done anything to be appreciated, but I guess it's none of Annella's business.
The words of gratitude went on for a while, and I thought in my head that it was just when the class started.
When I saw it, Annella was looking at this one.
"Think about it, when did Senior Leon find out about it? You didn't know that at yesterday's stage."
Oh, my God!
Well, what do we do?
I can't make a bad excuse. or how to explain it......
I decided to talk to Annella as she stared up from the bottom, mixing shards of truth.
"The rules of the college are loose. If you go out in the middle of the night, there are no rules to control it."
Yeah, I didn't lie.
"Then the seniors were last night..."
"I kind of slipped out and came outside."
Annella looked me in the face and broke my face.
"Seniors, was that the type? You don't come by to see me. Because there's a curfew in the dorm, so you're actually supposed to have broken it, right?"
"Sort of."
For once, a curfew is set for closing dorm keys.
But we have lots of exercises, sometimes we come back in the middle of the night, sometimes we go out early in the morning.
So it can be the truth that I'm not so concerned.
"So the seniors fell out at night... well, the dragon field is ahead of them on their way. You said yesterday that you had a dragon jockey you knew. So you're quick with the information."
"It's a secret."
"I see you snuck into the dragon field. Okay, I'll keep it a secret."
"Yeah, that's it. They've all been confirmed safe, but they're debilitated, so they say they're quiet in a nearby village. So when they're all back in shape, they're leaving for King's Capital."
"If you're safe, it's okay how late you are. I can wait."
"Right. And here's the important thing, this time they were targeted because it was the Diva Chamber of Commerce."
"... because it is my Chamber of Commerce?
"Yes. Annella's father, I wonder if it's caused by the cipher left by the 'demon scout'. That's where the kidnapping started."
I thought it would be a good opportunity for me to tell him that the ciphertext written by "Demon Scout" had been left in the West Capital, that Harim, the next meeting, had gotten it, and that the ciphertext had finally been deciphered recently.
"I don't know ciphertext."
"I thought I probably did. If you can tell anyone, I don't think you need to bother to leave it in a cipher. But Harim, the meeting didn't think so. At first, they searched for the whereabouts of the 'demon scout'. If you wanted to find the Diva Chamber of Commerce and make contact, you would have entered the Dragon Guide Church. Then, thinking of the Chamber of Commerce, he said that he had pulled away the town and left for the King's Capital. Looks like you took it in a hurry."
"I was. … So it was my fault that everyone in the Chamber of Commerce was kidnapped"
"How about that. I believe you and your business members are only victims. [M] The bad news is that a merchant named Harim and his men are moving."
"Cryptography... but I can't believe your father left that behind"
"Right. I don't know what your intentions were, but Harim may not have given up on you yet. No intruder can come in this college. So you better not get out of here, but you can also think of being summoned in some kind of trap. If you ever leave, I want you to tell me."
If I do, I can protect you. That's what I told Annella.
"Okay. These are the words of Senior Leon, who is no other. I'll be sure to protect you. I will never go outside the college alone!
Annella told him as if to declare.
By the way, I headed to class after this, but I ate a big eyeball from the faculty because I was very late for a close meeting with the freshman.
I can't solve it.