Vacations are coming to an end, and more students are gradually returning to their dorms. Little by little, the dorm was regaining its pre-vacation liveliness.
But it was also a lonely bustle somewhere to mark the end of a relaxing vacation for a student who remained in the dorm all the time during his vacation.
There were still three days left before the vacation ended, but Nelson came home.
"Ooh, how are you both!!"
Sunburned in black, Nelson shouted and waved loudly when he saw the Almarks in front of the dorm.
"Welcome home, Nelson. You look fine."
Almark responds with a smile.
"Sort of. I used to wave my sword every day."
That's what Nelson says and laughs happily.
"It was a good day off. That was plentiful."
"That's good"
"You guys went to Wendy's mansion too, didn't you? How'd it go?
"It was fun, very much. Hey, Almark."
Morgen says, and Almark nods too.
"Yeah. Glad you could make it"
"Good for you. You'll be stuck in the dorm forever."
When Nelson says so, he puts his luggage on the ground ramblingly.
"That's why, Almark. I want to test the results of my summer training, so I'm nagging."
Fish luggage as I say, and take out a practice sword wrapped in cloth.
"Let me see how close I am to you, Almark!
"That's a lot sudden. Why don't you leave your stuff in your room first?"
"During the holidays I was practicing imagining the moves that you blew the torque off. When I finally see you in real life, I can't stand you anymore."
Nelson is motivated.
But Almark shakes his head.
"I want to hang out with you, but no"
"What? Why?"
'Cause unlike you, I don't have a sword.
"Huh? Don't you have a stick?"
Nelson says with an openly disappointing face.
"Ah, Almark. Why don't you use that? The stick Maia gave me during this time."
Morgen pinches his mouth.
"Oh well. Was it there?"
"What, you guys got a stick from Mr. Maia? What were you doing, during the holidays..."
"Well, hey."
That's what Morgen answers as he grins.
Almark brought the stick of wood he had left in his room.
As always, it is as tightly tamed in the hands as a long sword familiar to use.
"All right, let's do it then"
As Morgen watches, the two begin their martial arts archery.
Almark puts Nelson in with a stick.
I'm just saying I've been practicing, and that's a pretty sharp punch.
It's as fast as the torque punch when I paired up in my first martial arts class.
"You've really come, Nelson. That's a good kick in."
To Almark's words, Nelson laughs niggardly.
"Not yet! Not like this!
Nelson increases the speed of the punch even further.
Almark can spare it, but he can certainly see after the effort.
As he provoked Nelson's penetration, Almark remembered the familiar face he had penetrated when he was new to the sword.
I miss you.
Floating behind Almark's brain is Garba, son of axe famous Gayzac.
"Almark, it's a fight!
I came here every day to challenge you to battle.
Every time, it was Almark who almost won, but Garba never admitted to losing, and the two met every day with wooden bars.
Merry for my sister, who seemed to enjoy watching it next to the two of us.
"Almark, brother, come on"
To Mary's support, Garba swells
"Mary, don't flirt."
He used to say that.
How are you two doing?
Has Garba gone to war yet?
Is it running the battlefield as one of the Black Wolves' rides?
"Stay."
While he was thinking about it, Almark had unconsciously poked Nelson in the chest with a wooden stick.
Return to me with Nelson's voice.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Are you okay, Nelson?"
I panicked and spoke to Nelson, who nodded by holding his chest.
"I'm fine. But damn it, I knew it."
Nelson says with a regrettable face.
Luckily, it doesn't seem like a big deal. Almark was relieved.
"I knew it would be dangerous without protective equipment. Let's not do this today anymore."
"The top is still far away..."
Nelson shakes his head and squeals.
"That's not gonna be Almark."
Morgen nods with a translational face. and
"Ah."
"Hmm?"
Morgen suddenly looked behind the Almarks and solidified. They both follow me and look back.
Grab your stuff, there was a shadow approaching the dorm.
"Leila."
Almark squeaks.
Leila was the only one walking toward the dorm early enough.
"Hot."
and Nelson.
"Was it the same ship as me? Why did you come home so early?"
"Scary...... my holidays are over"
and Morgen.
When Leila gets to the front of the dorm, she glances at the three of them there and tries to keep going inside.
"Welcome home, Leila"
When Almark speaks, Leila stops her leg.
And behold the Almarks,
"You guys stayed in the dorm all your vacation?
I've been asking like I'm scared.
"Me and Morgen, right? Nelson just got back."
"Phew..."
Answering that with no interest, Leila tries to walk into the dorm.
"You look kind of happy today."
To Almark's words, Leila frowned and looked back.
"What?"
That rugged look makes Morgen smaller behind Almark.
"I saw you in the garden the first day of your vacation. You looked really depressed then. But now I look happy."
Leila looked inexorably at Almark's face with eyes that seemed unusual.
After doing that for a while, I look away all the time when I see Almark's expression unchanged.
"... right"
Leila said with eyes that looked away somewhere.
"... this place is free"
A very slight, lonely look mixes in that face. That overlaps what she looked like when she said I didn't have time, with a face that was previously harsh on Almark.
"We're the only three people in the dorm in class right now."
said Almark.
"Because of this, I'll have dinner with you tonight."
Nelson and Morgen raise their voiceless shouts behind them.
Once again, Layla looked seriously at Almark's face in wonder.
"... nothing good"
Behind Almark, I heard Nelson's, uhh!?
"You're a strange man."
Leila said that without even a dust, and now it's time to go into the dorm.