173 173 An internal conflict [Lucy's POV: ]

'She looks better than I thought. Haaaa. Good.'

I was worried Nes might have some kind of mental breakdown, think about what might have happened to us, think about the family she has left behind and what would happen to her if even we were gone.. but, thankfully, things ended more positively than I had thought.

She was better than I anticipated, perhaps thanks to Eva being there, but, she sure was one unique bunny for her to react in such a manner.

'Who cries like this just because their friends had vanished from the place of summoning their familiars? She's too good for us, haaaaa..'

[{ Why such look, master? }]

Anna asked me with a worried voice through our bond's connection while she was still humoring Nes and Ethan. She really cares about me.

[{ "I'm having a conflicting feeling of happiness and sadness, Anna. It's good that Nes is fine and all but, we are too attached to her now. It's not a good thing.

We might have to go to lengths that we generally would not if it comes to her and her well-being in the future and that would disturb many things we want to do." }]

Nes was special and she will most certainly do special things.

It was certain that as long as she existed, her fate would follow her and she would face difficulties that she would have to deal with on her own.

And, how we are with her right now, how we spoil her openly like this, makes things more complicated. The first reveal of this chapter happened through n(0/)vel(b)(j)(n).

'She might not be ready when she really has to face the first trial of her life when she starts the academy and sees how the 'usual' children around her, the ones who are products of this very same world as her, the people who are also young as her but at the same time, too different from her that she will be exposed to the many new things about this society, and the humankind, actually are.'

We have been spoiling her too much since we met her.

She died young after spending most of her life in a hospital, and then, she lived most of her life with creatures who though possessed higher intelligence, were, at the end of the day, not the humans that dominate the society of this world.

They were different, and, they wanted her to explore her own kind by herself. However, we met her too soon, and, she is now with us, with no great knowledge of how ugly the world actually is.

[{ Master.. one could not say what you are doing for her is wrong in any way. All one sees is one being caring for another being without wanting anything great in return for this care and support.

This is rare to see even in the most peaceful parts of the worldline, so seeing you all like this makes one happy as well.

One does not think what you are doing for her is wrong since spoiling their younger siblings is what the elder ones should usually do. However, if you think you have become too attached to her, just letting things go as they are would be more beneficial than decreasing the amount of care, affection, and support you give her.

She will become accustomed to you the way you are soon and then, start taking care of her own self after witnessing more of the world. }]

[{ "Haaaa.. well, that is a good idea Anna." }]

Nes was a good friend and she was one of us now.

She calls me big brother, she was the first one to call me that in this life, and, she certainly is the cute sister that I do not regret having.

"Alright, everyone! Gather in front of the stage!"

Well, she was our friend but not too involved in the things that we were planning and had in mind.

She has her own set of things to do in this school and, she can do that as normally as she wants to since there is a lot to learn in this school for her, far more than what she could learn just by being with us.

She has to see things on her own and in the process, realise just how different she is from everyone else.

'She will remain as the same pure person that we know of even after that though so, that is that. But, she will learn, and grow, and, become stronger, physically and mentally.'

She was strong already but, it was not enough for what she would have to do, the decision she would have to make when we go back to the forest she used to live in, and the place where most of her family would take their last breaths.

"Haaaaa.."

"Now what happened to you, brother Lucy?"

"He's hungry so he wants to eat something.. even though he ate a bit when we went to our dorm room but, it wasn't nearly enough for him."

"Ohhhh! You haven't had dinner?! That won't do! Let us all eat from the food prepared over there after you give your speech or whatever.

It won't be as good as the things you two make, I know, but sustenance is important as well, right?"

El clearly meant what she said in a completely different way, in a very wrong way, but, well, I certainly am hungry.

"Okay. We will eat after we finish with this speech and then go back, get our own personal dorms, and cook something fresh for the late-night snack."

"Yessss~!"

"Hmmm? What do you mean by getting our own personal dorms, Brother Lucy? Isn't it usually assigned by the school as I have read in the thing they gave us after the summoning?"

It's rare that someone reads the whole academy manual on the first day they start, but, well, this makes this friend of ours so special.

This document that the school gives is big, like super big and filled with complicated things and procedures that I know for sure Nes did not understand completely, however, she made sure to properly read the whole complicated thing and memorise as much of it as she could, which is a lot more than any of the students could, actually.

She has a pretty great memory.

However, though, there's no reason for her to know more about the whole dorm room thing or the things that weren't written in that document for some certain personal reason.

"You will know after the inauguration, Nes. Some of the things about the academy and some things that do not need to be written down would be talked about by whoever will address this student body after us, so, pay attention then, okay?"

She was looking at me all confused about how I knew about it if they had not even told us about all of it yet, however, she just shook her head afterward remembering there were many more things about that we had not talked about with her, yet.

'She believed we would tell her about the things that we are hiding from her, and, this cute friend of ours would tell us about the things that she had not told us yet herself. Things like her being a reincarnation.'

However, we aren't telling her about much of anything just yet.

"Welcome all of you, and congratulations on successfully making your way into this 987th batch of the prestigious great academy of Idyllia as one of the 3996 students out of thousands of others.

The headmaster should be the one addressing you right now however, due to some unforeseen circumstances, he will deliver his words at the end of this program therefore, I would like to request the top rankers of this batch, the two stars whose performance left many of us speechless, to come up on the stage and share a few words with their fellow batchmates about the experiences you might have had during the whole exam process.

And a few things about yourself if you can since there will be many more occasions, hopefully, where your names will shine above many others."

They were calling for us now so it means the ceremony was starting now, and the students were looking at us with curious looks and various emotions.

They did not know the reason why our names were not in the ranking lists during and after the events however, the fact that we had an overwhelmingly higher point score was attached to all of their minds.

Our performance during the whole written and practical test had been undeniably remarkable, so, those who were good at theories as well as those who believed in the one holding greater powers and skills, knew we were better than all of them.

They just knew we were the first place, and, as the one who got the first place as we intended from the start, it is now our turn to address these bunch of f-.. students that we will be seeing on a near regular basis from now on.

[ "Good luck to us Lucy." ]

[ "Yeah, good luck to them as well. I hope no one stands up to question us just to get burned themselves." ]

[ "You already know it's gonna happen, lol." ]

[ "No, I have faith you will burn them even if their question is valid." ]

[ "You know me well, darling. Hehe." ]

Yes, I know you well. And that's why I am worried about the poor souls that will be unlucky enough to get burned down before the whole batch even before the school starts.

'Haaaa..'