"What do you an?"
Russell beca cautious as soon as he heard the words that ca out of Samantha's mouth, who was sitting on her couch while he remained standing still before she beckoned him to take a seat.
'It's been so ti since you have not even paid attention to , and yet you're suddenly asking that?'
He lampooned inwardly before he listened to Samantha's words.
"There's no hidden aning or whatever, I'm just curious if you're an author or if you like writing.
"You see, I don't know if your younger sister told you, but when we had an activity in P.P.E., in Professor Murak's class, I asked her what's your hobby, then she told that you liked reading books even though you barely had access to one until a few years ago.
"I also ca to know where you two ca from...
"But I don't care about where you ca from, it's just... I'm curious about it."
Russell felt confused at Samantha's way of speaking as if she didn't want to even talk about it, and yet she was curious.
But, what he noticed was the information about where they ca from. Although he had expected it in so way, it was sohow irritating... that his family background was investigated.
"...Yes, I like reading, but I'm not a writer."
His first novel didn't even get published in his previous life, instead, he reincarnated inside of it. It's for this reason that he didn't tell her that he's a writer as he wouldn't even consider himself one.
"Is that so... alright, that's all I wanted to ask, by the way, I've heard about your issue with the forr Student Council Secretary, is it true?"
Samantha asked calmly, but her atmosphere exudes fierceness the mont she asked the question.
"Sigh... what do you think? Of course, it isn't true."
'That f*cking Arthur...'
He cursed the sly, like cockroach Arthur Wolfson in his mind for spreading through Bailey Clarkson that he had sex with Victoria, the forr Student Council Secretary.
Due to his death at the hands of soone he knew from his unpublished novel, the woman in the hotel maid dress, the plans of eliminating Arthur were slightly distorted and would take more ti to execute.
"...Okay."
Samantha succinctly replied before she stood up, glanced at him before she added...
"...Let's have lunch, your younger sister is waiting, right?"
He agreed with her words, then both of them walked out of her dormitory room and went to the Obelisk Cafeteria One.
...
Freya took a deep breath upon hearing Alie's words which made sense. She knew that her brother was mature for his age, if not more mature than Alie.
After a few seconds of processing everything in her head, Freya asked in a calm tone with a mix of curiosity.
Alie recounted everything without trying to withhold any information.
From the ti that Russell told Alie about the plan to bring a certain woman nad Maya to be his personal assistant in the Obelisk Academy as a privileged A-1 student, then Alie also told Freya that they raided a branch of the Shadow Guild that harbored slaves where Maya's parents were captives, it's also when his summon nad Ceru that he barely commanded had died upon engaging an A- rank branch manager, and after that, they raided the place of the presud cause of kidnappings, the Black Cat Pub, then they were attacked by a massive shadow hamr, and so on... to the point that Russell died.
Freya was just about to say sothing when she saw from a distance her older brother, who was walking with Samantha Hall towards them.
...
"Welco to the Obelisk Academy, Maya."
Just a few minutes after the classes ended, Alie welcod Maya at the Obelisk Academy's gate, but Maya's expression was sothing she did expect because she told her that Russell's alive.
Maya had been asked to not talk about anything about what happened which was a very easy thing to do for her. She's been asked to work for them, and they saved her parents, so just shutting her mouth to say sothing unbelievable when heard by others' ears was probably a very small price to pay.
"By the way, Russell's in his dorm room. For so reason, he said that you're going to register as my personal assistant instead of his.
"Well, commoners like us didn't get the recomnded butler or maids that the academy recomnded, instead they wanted to do things alone. Maybe because of pride, perhaps?"
Maya just listened to the talkative Alie and didn't ask any questions.
...
After walking for so ti, they arrived at the personal butler or maid assistant registration building, that's part of the enrolnt building.
Then, after quickly processing the necessary docunts due to the diligence of Obelisk staff, they managed to finish their business in a short amount of ti, which made Maya an official butler of Alie.
"That's about it, again, welco.
"Wow, you're already popular with so horny boys."
Maya's ears pricked up at Alie's words, doubting what she heard.
Although for so reason, she was being gawked at by so people, n or won, she didn't expect that word to co out of a minor's mouth, but considering what happened previously, Maya realized that this pink-haired girl, one of her benefactors that she owes her parents life, must be a mature girl at her early age for so reasons unknown to her.
"...Oh, Alie. Hi! Your newly hired assistant, right?"
Alie stopped her walking, which also prompted Maya to stop, due to the voice that ca from behind while they walked at Obelisk Public Grounds just after they finished Maya's registration.
She turned her head, and saw a shoulder-length, redhead woman with crimson eyes, wearing a smile that seed to reach her ears, while her arms were wrapped around the arm of a certain man she was familiar with.
"...Oh, Hello, Tanya, and... Ken.
"Yes, she's my butler."
It was Tanya Drusilla, the woman who clung to Han Jiho during their activity, the Virtual War, under Professor Murak, and Ken Raven, a 'Smoke Assassin', the commoner who managed to kick out soone through Ranking of Exchange and beca an A-1 student.
"...Why are you only having one now?"
Tanya asked with a tone of sarcasm.
Alie scoffed before she glanced at Ken Raven and Tanya alternatively.
"...Why are you with Ken, instead of Jiho?"
'We're not even f*cking close.'
Alie cursed inwardly, it's been more than 3 months since the classes started, it's only natural for them to be familiar with each others' nas, but, even though that's the case, each of them had their own circle of friends.
"...Ah, sorry, we have an important business to do, and you probably can't bite him. Hahaha."
Alie added, not giving Tanya a mont to reply, but it seed like Alie had hit a nail on her head.
"What did you just say!?"
But, before things get heated up, Ken Raven interjected.
"Tanya, let's go. It will be no good to make an issue, okay."
Like a mother of her puppy, Tanya listened to Ken, then left with a fierce look at Alie.
...
"Who's that?"
Maya curiously asked as they take the Obelisk High-Speed Elevator — powered by Monster Core or Magic Stones — of the Rigel Building.
"She's a b*tch."
That's all that Alie said that sumd up Tanya.
Ding-!
"We're here."
Just a few seconds after they rode the Obelisk High-Speed Elevator, they arrived at Russell's dorm floor, walked for a few seconds, then reached the door of Russell's dorm room.
Knock-! Knock-!
Even though they were A-1 students, the commoners didn't want to use the doorbell, instead, they were used to knocking.
'Maybe it's really the commoner's pride. Well, bullsh*t racism exists even mildly.'
Alie wasn't sure, but she, Freya, Russell, Ary, who dropped out, and other commoner A-1 students aside from Ken Raven, for so reason didn't want to act like a noble.
Click-!
"...Co in."
Her thoughts were cut off as Russell opened the door, and invited them to co in. She prompted Maya to go in first before she followed suit.
For a reason that Alie knew, Freya wasn't with her older brother at this mont.
...
Deep in the night, with the illumination of the bluish moon hanging above the starry sky, Freya — who was in her sleepwear — was standing by the window of her dorm, looking above the grandeur scenery that contained what humans couldn't reach, the cosmos. Her expression was solemn, her untied deep black hair was fluttering due to the intense cold wind, and her deep blue eyes were reflecting with the bluish moonlight.
She muttered faintly, as a trace of tears flowed down her face.
"...Alie's right."
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