Episode 274. Summer Break – The Saint (2)
Nevia, who suddenly fainted, started having a dream.
It was a relatively short time, but it felt like a long-lasting memory.
What he saw in that dream was the family he had been living with.
My father, my brother, and even my mother.
Everyone had a happy expression, as before, instead of looking poor.
It seemed like it was a time before the family collapsed.
What on earth could have created this scene? And what could have made my fiery mother laugh like that?
I couldn’t tell if it was a nightmare created by my inner fear or a rest created by peace.
Even if my father and brother were like that, my mother had no right to stand between them.
But their mouths became one.
[I’m glad to be alive.]
Nebia heard what her family had said.
Nevia was speechless at the sight of everyone having such good expressions.
Because it was a dream, I couldn’t read the emotions through hearing.
It couldn’t work because it was a non-existent entity in the first place.
What exactly were they? Were they just fakes created by his own wishes?
But now that didn’t matter.
[thanks.]
The last word we heard from them.
The moment I heard those words, the fear that had been building up inside of me disappeared in an instant.
Nebia’s real face, which she always hid behind the gorgeous mask of a saint, was full of fear.
If a saint stands in a position where her authority does not apply, her true colors will be revealed.
Even when the mask is removed, the defense mechanism to hide that fear is none other than anger and contempt.
To Nevia, who otherwise would not know how to live, the words of gratitude meant a lot.
Enough to make you shed tears without even realizing it.
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“You slept comfortably.”
He turned his back on Nevia, who had fainted for a moment, and laid her down on a flat rock.
However, as Senior Trisha advised that the rock was too hard to rest her head on, I became her lap pillow.
According to Senior Refrain, who saw her condition, there was nothing unusual.
They said she’d wake up soon, but I decided I had to stay by Nevia’s side in the meantime.
No one opposed it.
『Honestly, I’m saying that I walked around for 10 hours just to look good in front of you. Then it’s appropriate for you to appreciate my efforts and give me a hug. Heh heh heh.』
“What are you so good at that you’re tearing it apart?”
Muto looks at me with a face that is both puzzled and angry.
Anyway, how consistent is this snake cub?
『That’s not exactly wrong. This person is not cool-headed in front of the Master.』
As expected, it was Aisha speaking in a normal tone.
How can Unit 1 be worse than Unit 2?
“The problem is that those 10 hours were just spent shopping.”
Considering all that time spent wandering around shopping for clothes, it’s a bit disappointing.
If I say my eyes hurt after playing games on a monitor for 10 hours, is that an excuse?
No, should I use the analogy of staring at a monitor for 10 hours trying to buy a reservation ticket?
It’s true that I put in the time and effort.
“What the heck, this guy is crying?”
I wondered what Muto was talking about again, and it turned out to be true.
A drop of water flowed from her closed eyes.
But her face looked strangely bright. It was as if she was thrilled to see her deceased parents again.
“Leave it alone. I hope you have a nice dream.”
What on earth is the good dream that Nebia has?
It won’t be like the previous days when she was a villainess, suppressing Angela and ruling the saints.
I have long since abandoned that dream. That desire for dominance was actually just a facade to hide my fearful side.
But after that surface was peeled off, there was no way to know where it would go.
『By the way, the scene where you hid your swimsuit a little while ago was pretty funny.』
“….”
Aisha’s words brought up many thoughts about Nebia.
Is she really the ugly villainess we saw in the game? It’s safe to say that her character has completely disappeared now.
It’s quite vague because that appearance doesn’t match the present.
Was he originally such a silly character?
Could it be that it became like this because it was twisted here and there so much?
“Hmm….”
Finally, Nebia began to open her eyes.
The face becomes very puffy and the eyelids slowly go up.
Navia, who opened her eyes wide as she belatedly gained visibility, rolled her eyes and checked the situation.
“Where is this…? I’m definitely….”
“Are you awake?”
“Senior Radon…?”
The first thing Nevia saw when she woke up was my relaxed face.
Looking at it reminded me of the time I fainted.
I remember being embarrassed to show my swimsuit, so I covered it up with long clothes, and then Angela forcibly took it off.
So I fainted and that’s how I got to where I am now.
“Ah, aaaah!!”
Nebia, who remembered everything, raised her head and wrapped her arms around her body.
I wanted to quickly cover my entire body, but with both hands, the only area I could reach was my chest.
Nevia looked at me with a red face and a very resentful expression.
Looking at those eyes shining so pitifully, she looked quite cute.
Enough to stimulate my protective instinct without me knowing.
“Surely… you didn’t do something weird to me, did you?”
“What are you doing?”
“Don’t act like a fool. While I was sleeping, you definitely…, this and that…!”
It was a somewhat paranoid thought.
The fear that someone had violated her was written all over her face.
It was like a rat trembling in poison.
“Can’t you tell just by listening to my voice?”
Nevia, who has excellent hearing, can read people’s minds just by their voices.
Because of that, Nebia realized belatedly that I had not done anything impure.
“Ah…. I didn’t do anything.”
So what good is there in that?
“But I can hear that you have some pity for me.”
There is no particular harm done, but it seems that something is bothering him.
Actually, that wasn’t a wrong statement. Honestly, it was funny every time I saw the scene just now.
Because I looked like someone who had just gotten on a conveyor belt for the first time and fell over.
“So what if that’s true?”
“Ugh…! I didn’t want to wear something like this!”
“Saint, this is a swimming pool. A swimming pool! It’s natural to wear short clothes here, like thick clothes at a sledding hill. Why are you crying so much?”
When I pointed out the obvious, Nebia glanced at her body.
To be exact, I was looking at swimsuits.
“But this… no matter how you look at it, don’t you think it’s too obscene? If it’s going to be like this, why don’t you just come out in your underwear…!”
The bikini, dyed in green, looked like it matched Nevia’s body.
It matches her hair color and gives a three-dimensional feel as if it is completely attached to her body.
As if it was my destiny to wear this from birth.
“Still, it was worth wandering around for 10 hours.”
“What are you talking about?”
“You look so good together. I can’t take my eyes off you.”
“ah….”
Hearing those words, Nevia’s face turns red again.
Come to think of it, I had completely forgotten that I fainted after hearing something similar to this.
Fortunately, I developed tolerance and didn’t faint twice.
instead….
“No way! There’s no need to go to the trouble of making a greeting. If this kind of outfit were pretty, everyone in the world would be walking around in their underwear.”
I started to feel delusional again.
The shaking of his facial muscles was an obvious sign of fear.
But in a world where people walk around in their underwear… . If you told this to novel writers, they would be surprised.
“Isn’t that the outfit the Saintess herself chose? There’s no need to be so embarrassed….”
“No! I wanted to wear something else…, Angela, that vixen bitch suddenly thrust this on me.”
Angela forced Nevia to wear this, saying that it would suit her very well.
And the moment she put it on… Angela let out an exclamation.
He said that it was worth the 10 hours of hard work.
“Actually, I wanted to wear something different. It took a long time because I was looking elsewhere…, but this is a bit…”
When it comes to swimsuits, there are also one-piece outfits that look less provocative than bikinis.
Nebia naturally preferred that side.
They were equally embarrassing, but they didn’t expose their belly buttons or breasts.
“But if you’re going to be so restless, why did you come out wearing that?”
“that….”
Nevia is at a loss for words.
It seemed like she was embarrassed to say it because her face was redder than before.
But she opened her mouth.
“It’s for Senior Radon.”
The fear was still evident on his face.
It’s a swimsuit that everyone else is wearing… but why am I shaking like a soldier receiving model tower training all by myself?
The reason is simple: Nebia has been hiding her fears up until now.
She couldn’t hide her fear, especially when it came to the specific target she had designated.
“As you already know, I am a coward. The dominance I used to hide my fear has now become powerless.”
Nebia, who had been keeping a distance, came back to the rock and sat down next to me.
At least his face had regained some stability compared to a little while ago.
“That doesn’t mean all my fears went away. I was able to endure it because there were people around me.”
I sought to overcome my fears in a way other than through the desire for dominance.
Through the new friends I made next to me.
“I thought I wouldn’t be scared at all because those friends were by my side. But when I actually faced a different problem, I started to feel anxious again.”
Nevia speaks while fiddling with the shoulder straps of her swimsuit.
I wore a swimsuit because I wanted to look good, but I ended up feeling more embarrassed than confident.
The part that appeals to others was perceived as a new and unknown element for Nevia.
“It didn’t seem like anything to other people… but I started shaking when I tried to show it to my senior.”
“….”
“Isn’t it strange? I prepared this for you, senior.”
Nevia thought that now, with Jenny, Ruska, and Mary gone, was the opportunity.
I hastily prepared to go there, but when I actually got there, I became anxious.
I prepared ambitiously, but the moment I sat down in front of the interviewer, my mind went blank.
“I guess I can’t control my emotions in front of my senior. That’s why the fear I thought I had overcome is flooding back in.”
A new fear has come, not the fear of the world.
Fear (shame) towards the person you like.
To overcome that, Nebia moved her hips and clung to me.
“Senior Radon.”
And said.
“Then from now on… can you not talk freely when you’re with me?”
I have been using polite language because I have not been able to fully understand Nebia’s behavior until now.
It was a tone that was clearly different from the way he treated Angela as if she were his younger sister.
Although it was intended to be a respectful gesture as a saint, it seems that Nevia herself had this in mind.
“I think I’d be less scared if you called me that.”
As she said that, Nevia leaned on my shoulder.
The sound of small waves spread across the water washing up on the beach.
Various debris from the sea washed up on the beach, glowing with light.
The sea was shining faintly, covered in a red sky embroidered with the sunset.
The person sitting underneath was not a saint, the symbol of the church, but just a girl confessing her feelings.
“Okay, I got it. Nevia.”
It was the first time I called her by her name, not by her title, Saintess.
Then, Nebia, whose fear turned to joy, couldn’t control her feelings and hugged me.
The heart of the happiest girl in the world was shining red along with the sea.
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