After that, Cecilia leaves the research building, as Grace prompted her to do.

Because the time was crushed in a good way, the time was already close to evening.

"I wonder if it's time to go back to the dorm..."

Cecilia spilled it as she watched the sun go down.

During the day, there were female students in front of the dormitory, and even though there were no classes anymore, it was impossible to return to the dormitory. Moreover, it is difficult to break through because we are cooperating with female students even some male students. If you're dealing with a female student, you won't know it, and if you're dealing with a male student...... you'll be surpassed by Cecilia.

Still, Cecilia pointed her toes towards the dormitory. For now, it's safe to go back to the dorm room. As expected, the female students wouldn't even follow me to the boys' dorm. Even some of the boys are probably cooperating because their fiancé asked them to, and they won't risk breaking into people's rooms.

I thought so, and I peered towards the dormitory.....

"Wow..."

As expected, or as expected. There were people in front of the dormitory.

If you're just looking for Cecilia while looking around, it's cute, and there's even something like Cecil's love roll on your head that sticks to the entrance, so it's definitely difficult to get in.

"I'm going to run away from the Academy a little bit more..."

At least until nightfall.....

That's when I turned my heels back. Later, there were signs of others, and Cecilia looked back. Then there was a girl student and a fluttering eye, and--

Ladies and gentlemen! Master Cecil, you're here!

Like a siren, the girl spoke up. Instantly, you can hear footsteps along with the voice of "KYAAAAAAAAAAA". Cecilia ran out with a blue face.

"Why are the girls here already?!" You're so aggressive! "

Even though she complained like that, Cecilia knew it. This is the seed which he sowed.

Cecilia enters the building after a new chase. If you run around in a wide area, this difference in the number of people will be disadvantageous.

Cecilia looks around as she runs down the hallway. I was already tired of running, so I thought it would be easier to make a castle somewhere around here.

(However, if you search one classroom at a time, you'll find it, and if you wait at the entrance or exit of a locked classroom, it's over.)

If you want to go to the castle, you have to consider that area as well.

Running with that in mind, I suddenly reached out from the side. Shortly before I could avoid it, I was grabbed by my wrist and taken to the dance floor on the stairs. I almost screamed inadvertently, but it was also blocked by the hand that covered my mouth.

Hmmm!

"Quiet."

With a familiar voice, Cecilia clenched her mouth.

She looks up loosely. And so, there she was.

(Gill!?)

Gilbert was there. When his eyes met Cecilia, he smiled and let go of his mouth. Then raise your index finger and gesture “quietly.”

Soon after...

Cecil-sama!

A few female students ran in from the direction where Cecilia and I were heading.

Cecilia was shocked by the sight. At that point, it was almost head-on encountered.

After the girl ran away, Gilbert grabbed Cecilia's wrist and climbed the stairs. Cecilia followed as she was invited.

And....

Wow!

The place I reached was on the roof of the academy.

Although the entrance to the rooftop of Wrueghel College is not locked, it is large and there are multiple entrances, so even if someone comes, it will not become a baggage trail. The castle was a very convenient place to hide for a certain amount of time.

Cecilia looked back at Gilbert again.

Gil, why are you here?

"I didn't come back to the dorm until this time, so I told everyone to go look for it." So, it just so happens that Cecilia is looking for a place to hide? ”

"Awesome! You got it!"

Well, about Cecilia, right?

Gilbert shrugged his shoulders.

The college grounds are very large. Even if it's only in the building of the college, it's not big enough to find one person. If you look for multiple people like the girls, you may find them, but it is difficult to find one person by yourself.

"You've caused trouble for everyone." I was also supposed to be back in the dorm at this time, so... "

Well, you can't go home with that, can you?

You must have seen the security system outside when you left the dormitory, and he smiles bitterly as he says so.

"Oscar just told the girls to go back to the dorm, so I think she'll probably be gone soon..."

"That means you've been patient for a while already..."

That's right.

Oscar rarely wields authority of his own volition, but he says, "Why don't you go home? 'But there are not many students who do not obey. That's why Dante and the usual members would say," Eh!' There will be times when opinions will be exchanged, but other students will not.

While leaning against the fence, Cecilia shifts her gaze to Gilbert next door.

Speaking of which, was Gil okay with the roses? Aren't you being chased around like me? "

Well, there were people who said a lot of things.

I see.

As expected...... I think it's like some other human resources.

Gilbert smiled bitterly at Cecilia's impression.

I guess that's how it feels, Cecilia.

Huh?

"It's nothing. I knew it.

What is "after all"?

When Cecilia tilted her neck, the door she had just entered made a noise. Looking at the sound, the door that the two of them had just entered was open. Behind the door, a female student peered into her face.

"W-What the hell...!"

Cecilia tried to escape, but she stopped and took a breath in her presence.

It was very dark when the girl student showed up. My eyes are bleeding and my feet are uneven. Besides, black potatoes rise from all over the body...

"Obstacles!"

"Why now!?"

She gazed at Cecil with unfocused eyes as she raised her face in a gentle movement like a rusty tincture. And "Master Cecil?” he muttered.

From Cecilia's lips, it's so horrifying! ”A small scream leaked.

"Is this possibly my fault!?"

Well, maybe that's how it happened.

I didn't get a rose from Cecil on Valentine's Day... it might not be the cause of the trouble, but it could be as much for Cecil, who was very troubled by love and longed for it. Because she has a fever for Cecil, her real love affair has been ruined, and there are many possibilities.

Anyway, her target was Cecil, and I'm pretty sure she came after her. We can't just run away.

But there's only one, so it won't be a big deal.

The two of them enclosed how they had somehow done so.

Until I saw what was in her hands...

"Why the knife?!"

There was a small knife in her hand. If I looked closely, I could guess that it was for eating, probably stolen from the cafeteria.

When the female students standardized with us, they leaned down... and rushed at once.

It was like a bullet, and I couldn't touch the treasure for a moment. Instead, she kicks up the knife she had.

A silver product with a large arc. While she was falling asleep, Gilbert was about to take hold.....

(That's...)

Cecilia breathed into what she took out of her pocket.

What she thought was another one that glows in silver.

Gil!

Cecilia pushed Gilbert away. Instantly, a silver knife looms in front of me.

In a world where everything looks like a slow motion, she squinted her eyes closed. Even though it was a short time before I was stabbed, my thoughts were surprisingly spinning.

(Does it hurt?) (I'm scared) (I'm scared) (I'm scared) (I'm not dying!?)

(But I'm glad)

I was surprised to find myself relieved, for some reason.

Then, a certain dialogue that I heard earlier comes back to me.

The desire to be happy and the desire to be happy are similar and completely different emotions.

I didn't know why Grace's words had come back to life. However, I couldn't help but think that the words fell on Ston's chest, and I was strangely convinced that they were.

A silver knife approached in front of me.

One meter. Thirty centimeters. Ten centimeters, five centimeters, three centimeters, one centimeter--

"Idiot!"

When I noticed it, my arm was around my waist. Then, attracted by someone, the girl student who has been approaching until now, is bounced by something like a transparent wall.

The arm around his waist belonged to Gilbert, and it was his jewelry that he played. After being late, he noticed, and at the same time he said, "What are you doing!" Amazing sword curtain made me angry. "

When Cecilia lowered herself and said, "I'm sorry..." or something, he shrugged his head like he still had enough to complain about, and then said, "I'm sorry, I'm yelling. Thank you for protecting me," he says with a bitter face.

He takes his arm away from Cecilia's waist and approaches the female student who is played by the treasure. Then, I touched the bruise on my forehead and broke the barrier.

"I think this will be okay for a while..."

Having said that, Gilbert sat down next to Cecilia. For the first time, Cecilia noticed that she was pulling her hips, and she laughed, "It looks like I was scared earlier."

Really, you're being naughty, aren't you?

"Nah, my body's moving on its own..."

But I'm not impressed with that.

Cecilia shouted, "It hurts, it hurts," as she grabbed her head off her nose.

Then Gilbert rolled up and the two of them lay down on their backs at the same time.

The sky was already dark after the evening, and the night was about to come. That glowing overhead is probably Venus. It must be the star.

Ahh, I'm tired too!

I was a little surprised earlier, wasn't I?

The two looked at each other while lying on their backs. And......

"Fufufu"

Haha

He starts shaking his head and shoulders.

The tension is relieved and the laughter is lifted. There was nothing wrong with it, but for some reason my lips were arcing.

The two then laughed for a moment and chatted. From the old days to the recent days. Ignore all the memories and ignore all the sequences. It was about time that nothing came to mind, and Gilbert woke up.

"Cecilia, this."

Huh?

Can you take it?

Gilbert had a red rose in his hand.

A red rose with an embroidered ribbon and his name on it.

Cecilia knew very well what it meant to give this rose this day. Gilbert couldn't have known.

Still, Cecilia's heart was cut off by the meaning of the handover here.

Because in this case, there is only one answer in two.

\ "Take it\" or\ "Don't take it\"?

There are no vague answers like before.

Gil!

Cecilia gets up and sits down before him.

Emotions rose against a backdrop that changed from evening to night. The wind that strokes my cheeks makes me sweat. In the space where they could only hear their breath, sweat was seeping into their palms, and their lips trembled.

Um, me!

Strangely enough, words came out without thinking.

"I like Gil!" I love it! I'm sure, maybe, more important than anybody else! I want you to be happier than anyone else! "

More than Lean, more than Oscar, more than his parents, more than himself.

I think we know each other better than anyone, and I want you to be happy from the bottom of your heart.

But!

His voice trembled. The fist on your lap is gripping you too much and you're losing blood.

I was dazzled by the cruelty of telling him the answer, even though it was already coming out in me.

I mean, I've noticed. At the very moment I helped him. I realized how I felt, as if all the puzzles fit together.

"... but!"

I want Gilbert to be happy.

"I'm sorry, I don't like this!"

But that happiness made Cecilia realize that she didn't have to be.

Gilbert was not surprised to predict the answer, and nodded, “Yeah,” as always, in a gentle voice.

Your face feels hot as the back of your nose touches its tenderness. The eye area was twitching and hot, and my vision became unclear.

Cecilia scrapes her eyes with the sleeves of her clothes.

Even though I was not in a good position to cry, tears were overflowing with helplessness, and large grains of tears fell on my lap.

"I'm sorry, even though Gil helped me a lot." I'm sorry I can't properly return your feelings. "

Yeah.

It was an infiltrating voice.

I saw the rose he was holding out at the edge of my sight, and my whine leaked out again.

"It's okay. Thank you for crying for me."

Raising his face to the voice, it was him as usual. Really as usual.

To the extent that he was supposed to have never confessed, he was always right.

Gilbert sees Cecilia in tears and fills her eyes with “strange faces.”

Then he slowly stood up and reached out to Cecilia.

"Well then, it's time to go home."... my sister-in-law. "

The words covered Cecilia's face again.