zomu-san one more time?"

"That is...."

The fire that was sleeping in the depths of my chest began to burn again, and my heart was dyed with impatience.

Without being able to answer Somia's question, I had no choice but to continue asking myself questions that could not be answered in agony.

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A room in the women's dormitory.

There, two girls who had already changed into their nightwear were chatting on the bed.

Shīna's POV

"Hey, Shīna. What does Shīna think of him?"

"Who do you mean by "him"?"

"Of course it's about Nozomu-kun. You seem to be interested in him!!"

Mimuru sinisterly smirked and grinned slightly.

Her face is like a demon ready to eat me, I have a slightly unpleasant premonition, but I'm thinking about Nozomu again.

At first, perhaps because I believed in the rumors, it was good to say that my feelings for him were the worst, but the black demon beast incident changed that.

Outstanding sword skills, Qi control, and calm judgment.

Especially his Qi technique, it was possible for him to cut through the flexible and tough body of the black demon beast.

Even though my arrow couldn't penetrate even if it pierced the surface, and the skin couldn't be scratched without Mimuru and Tom's help. So his skill is clearly beyond the reach of us students.

And even though I blindly believed the rumors and said bad things to him, he still came to my aid when I acted alone.

Given that, I know that he is a trustworthy person.

"I didn't have a good impression at first, but now it's different. I know his abilities and personality are completely different from the rumors, and I think I can believe him..."

That's why I decided to team up with him on the special training.

I have no problem with his abilities and personality, and most importantly, I hardly ever teamed up with anyone other than Mimuru and Tom.

In the future, when I'm going to reclaim my hometown, I think I will need the help of various people, so I should gain more experience before that.

When I remember my encounter with the black demon beast in the forest at that time, what comes to my mind is Nozomu, who moves faster and more accurately than anyone else.

My position in that battle was the rearguard.

Being able to see the battle situation more broadly and send more accurate instructions to my friends would definitely be of great help to me and my friends.

That's why I want to know why Nozomu can make such an accurate decision.

"We~ll, I know about that. If Nozomu-kun going serious it would be dangerous."

When we were fighting the black demon beast, Mimuru was stalling the demon beast along with him while I was in the process of contracting the spirit so that I could use spirit magic.

I was restrained due to the process of spirit contract, and when the demon beast tried to stab me, he protected me.

Among the three of us there, Mimuru was the closest to witnessing his battle, so she also understood Nozomu's abilities.

And when he had a one-on-one fight with Feo last time.

I thought Feo's abilities were high, however, at that time, Feo showed us that his abilities are definitely at a level that can compete even in 1st class, and if I think about it normally, students belonging to 10th class would be defeated with just one hit.

However, Nozomu fought well against Feo.

With that in mind, I could fully understand that Nozomu's actual combat ability was also comparable to 1st class ... no, his sword skill and combat judgment were superior to that.

“Yup, if you fight Nozomu and you're not good at melee combat, you'll be defeated in no time. The surest thing is to use brute force and push it all at once, or defeat him with magic from a distance... That's not it! What I want to?talk?now is not about Nozomu-kun's abilities, but about Shīna's feelings!! "

"....What do you mean?"

To be honest, I don't understand what Mimuru wants to?talk about.

"In other words! I wonder if you have romantic feelings with Nozomu-kun!?"

Romantic feeling.....

"... How was it?"

"Hmm? A lighter reaction than I expected"

"...What did Mimuru expect?"

Mimuru tilted her head, probably because I had a different reaction than Mimuru expected.

Honestly, I also tilted my head ...

"You know. His face is stuck in your head! You can't sleep at night because your chest hurts! Don't you feel that way? Even today, when you tried to invite Nozomu, you were annoyed by Feo and were in a bad mood, right?"

"That was...."

I'm a little embarrassed when I think about today, so I take my eyes off Mimuru and turn to the other side.

"...Honestly, I don't know what's going through your head. It's because I have nothing to do with it at all."

At that time, I was certainly in a bad mood, but when I was asked what I thought of him, I didn't understand either.

Of course, I also want to experience a relationship like that of Mimuru and Tom.

But until now, I only thought about revenge and reclaiming my hometown, so I'm not used to something like love and romance, and I'm not sure how I really feel.

"...Hmm. Is it too early to talk about it? Well, elves live for a long time, so they don't feel rushed to talk about it."

"....Is that so?"

"Yup. Basically, you're a long-lived person, so you don't seem too patient about that. However, it's a different story when it comes to the person you decide from the bottom of your heart.. Eh, why doesn't Shīna who's an elf know about that?"

"That's why. It would have been better to train than to do such a thing ..."

It can't be helped. I've never thought about that before.

Sure, I've seen some people fall in love and get married, but I just thought about getting stronger, and I thought it would be more meaningful to train or read a book than to poke my head into someone else's love affair.

"What a musclehead... Well, it can't be helped then. Each person has their own way of romance, and we don't know where to fall in love. When I first met Tom, I didn't think I would love him as much as I do now... "

"... You didn't like Tom at first? How did you come to like him?"

"Hmm~, we~ll ... When I first met him, I thought, "Tom is such a petite and dull guy." He was always bullied by the boys around him because he wasn't strong enough, and at that time, I was also bullied Tom for fun ~ "

Mimuru spoke while staring at the ceiling of the room, it reminded her of the past, but somehow her expression was a little depressed.

She seemed regretful that she was bullying him, she was still immature back then.

"But Tom was studying hard and became able to do various things. Before I knew it, I started to chase after him ..."

She slowly talked about her encounter with Tom so as not to hurt the precious treasure that was stored deep inside her chest.

"When I realized it, I started thinking about Tom, and I couldn't help myself..."

When she was talking about her love story, she always had the face of a maiden in love, who was so charming that I couldn't think she was the same person as the usual innocent and energetic girl.

"And right before coming to this school, Tom confessed... I think that's when I realized I love him, and then we started dating."

After saying that, her eyes turned towards me, her eyes are shining more than ever.

"I see...."

"Yup! I think Shīna will understand when you have someone you love. You want to be with that person for a long time, or you want to know about that person's feelings."

“........”

"Well, but this is how I feel, my love journey. Shīna should try to find your own love journey."

"...Does that reason always lead to falling in love?"

"Hmm? Not just love. Just like Feo who fought because he wanted to know more about Nozomu-kun."

"So that's why he attacked Nozomu-kun so suddenly? That's no better than attacking random people on the street, right?? Just because "he wanted to do that"? If that's the reason Nozomu-kun was attacked, then I can't stand it."

"Well, that's true ..."

"Generally speaking, how can you stay calm? When we met Tom in Central Park the other day, didn't you jump and hurt him when he just arrived at our meeting place? I knew you wanted to be with him, I knew you've been waiting for him, but in the end , it's not good if you hurt him."

"E, eh? For some reason, the direction of our conversation changed... Why are you preaching to me now?"

Are you listening?

She's probably moving instinctively, like "If you want something, act immediately!"

In addition, the moment she saw Tom, she immediately leaped on him.

....I need to talk a bit about that. About Feo, about Mimuru.

The beastman race, called Feo and Mimuru, were often easily carried away by their instincts.

I don't want my dearest friend to do such a thing.

If so, I should talk to her properly. Mimuru isn't good at listening to something she's not interested in, but if it's for her, I have to prepare my heart to become a demon for her.

In the end, the sermon continued for three hours, and Mimuru was finally released after the day has changed.