The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed

234 – Probation

There is a saying that if a person suddenly changes, he or she dies. I think that saying means that if you do something you don’t normally do, you have to pay a price.

yesternight.

I put a hold on revealing the truth to my members. When the second year began and Eunice officially became a member, she promised to tell everyone the secret.

It is about uncovering the lies that have been hidden. For me, who had lived my entire life in lies and running away, it was very difficult to reveal everything at once. Since I had decided to reveal the secret to Eunice anyway, I was able to excuse myself by saying that I was doing my own thing.

Revealing a hidden truth is like overexerting a muscle you have never used. This means that as time passes, regret comes along with the numbing aftereffects of wondering why I did that.

When I was lying on the sofa in the club room, regretting whether I had made a meaningless promise. Aria, who was eating snacks, noticed her and slowly approached her.

There is no schedule left until the school vacation ceremony scheduled for Wednesday. This was the reason why all members were spending their time in the club room.

I looked at Aria who was approaching me. She has a face full of curiosity. I guess I’m curious about what promise I made.

“Ross, by any chance, the secret you told in second grade wasn’t an engagement announcement, right?”

At Aria’s question, I raised my upper body without realizing it.

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

Aria smiled silently and raised her eyebrows. Then she lifted her finger and put it to her mouth.

“Hehe, I already noticed. “If it’s still a secret, only I will know!”

Aria’s gaze rested on the coupling ring I was wearing. Was this why she suddenly brought up her engagement, she said with a sigh of relief.

“This is just a coupling. If I had gotten engaged in the first place, I would have just told you guys straight away. “Why would you hide it?”

“Eh! “You’re lying for no reason because you get caught, right?”

If you don’t believe me, why are you asking?

As I was trying my best to ignore Aria, who seemed to be curious about what I was putting off, she kept poking me in the side and whining to tell me secretly, saying that only she knew. Someone knocked on the door of the club room.

“Oh, I’m going out.”

“Okay, manager.”

I got up from the sofa, stopping Rakar from standing up with the intention of dropping the annoying Aria.

I opened the door, but there was no one in sight. Recalling an old memory, I looked down to see if anything, and saw a cute raccoon wearing a small school uniform looking up at me with a letter in its arms.

“Uh, okay. thanks.”

I thought the letter the raccoon handed me was the end and tried to close the door, but I stuck my head out the door when I saw the raccoon hurriedly pointing towards the hallway.

There was a new wardrobe for the club room. It was definitely a good thing that the members used the wish ticket to leave the dormitory and come to the hideout beyond the island, but it was not easy to keep changing the location of the closet to use the room of trials.

There was also a fatal problem in that if someone moved a wardrobe into the ordeal room, the person in the hideout could not get out because the door would not open.

So, when I applied for Eunice’s special transfer, I asked Principal Nelson if I could get her a new wardrobe. Perhaps they processed my request quickly. He is also someone I am thankful for.

The raccoon stomped away as if it had fulfilled its role. Could it be possible that that small body brought the wardrobe all the way here alone? Since I couldn’t see it in person, I had no choice but to remain a question. I couldn’t ask the person involved.

“Lakar, can you help me for a moment?”

Rakar quickly came running to my request. Lakar, who saw the new wardrobe, nodded with respect and said, ‘As expected of you, manager.’ Then he helped move the wardrobe inside.

After gathering the opinions of the members, it was decided to leave the existing closet fixed in the passageway leading to the island. It was the most used area, and the remaining passages were only used occasionally, except for the Trial Room, so it was an efficient choice.

As I left the closet and headed back to the sofa, Aria narrowed her eyes and said,

“It’s a bad thing to make people wonder and then not tell them!”

“… “It raises expectations.”

When he made that excuse, Aria, who was pouting so much that she could pinch her lips, suddenly turned her head.

“This is a secret… Actually, I have a big ponytail on my head. It’s such a terrible trick that my parents told me never to show it to anyone… !”

Aria, who was talking as if it was a great secret, slowly raised her head, stopped her hand, and raised one corner of her mouth.

“Are you curious? What on earth does the ponytail that Aria hides with her hair look like? spot? semicircle? Or, a perfect circle? What do you think, you’re going crazy because you want to see it? “Aren’t your hands itching?”

“What… .”

Aria said with a triumphant expression to me who looked dumbfounded.

“If you tell me first, I’ll only show it to Ross. It’s my secret that I haven’t shown to anyone… !”

“… No, I don’t really want to know.”

“Bwaeeeeek!!!”

I forced Aria, who was trying to grab me by the collar, to lie down on the sofa, and took out the letter I had put in my pocket. She thought it was a letter from me, but the name on the back of the envelope was Kane.

Since the place of residence has changed, it seems that the letters have also been changed to be sent to the club room. Kane was sitting in front of the disorganized pension table, which made him dizzy, and she was reading a book related to camping. She’s probably thinking of going camping during winter break.

“Kane, a letter arrived.”

Kane didn’t seem to have heard my voice because he was concentrating on his book, but when I waved the letter in front of him, Kane pulled his face back. Kane, who was looking at me and her letter with a surprised face, said, “Thank you,” and put the letter into her arms. It seemed like he was looking at the letter carefully, but he didn’t seem to have any intention of checking it right away.

I was about to go back to the sofa, but when I saw Aria glaring at me with resentful eyes, I quickly changed direction and walked over to Luna, who was reading a book on magic.

My cute girlfriend, who had a bold goal of becoming the top student in her second grade exam, was studying hard even when everyone else was taking a break.

I approached quietly out of fear of being disturbed, but Luna somehow knew, so she turned her head and made eye contact with me. The sight of Luna gently holding her hand with her pretty smile was cute and made her smile.

It was soon meal time. The academic calendar is over, and it’s time to change the gloomy atmosphere in the capital and the academy. A banquet was held every day in the restaurant. Barbecue, seafood pasta, and all kinds of food are served in a buffet format. Even some decent wine in the evening.

This was also the reason why Aria, who had been thin due to Professor Leora’s harsh training, gained weight again.

Luna asked me a question slyly as I was about to suggest that we go out for dinner.

“Ross, is there anything else to do over winter break?”

Of course there was a lot of work to do. I had to obtain the Spear of Shadow and once again help Modest with the lily. In addition, he was scheduled to learn the first level of intangibility from the main family from Lycan.

“It’s a little busy, but… “You can always make time for Luna.”

If I were to choose what is most important to me right now, my top priority would be Luna. Delaying being with Luna is not welcome.

Luna smiled shyly at my words and spoke in a happy voice.

“Anytime is fine. If you have time during vacation, can you come to my family? Everyone wanted to see Ross… .”

“Then of course it is.”

I had an idea to go to the east someday to check the eastern border myself. It wasn’t a bad idea to take this opportunity to see Luna and capture the East with my own eyes.

“thank god. “Thank you, Ross.”

Luna seemed very happy to have accepted his offer right away. When I think about it, I don’t think I’ve ever turned down Luna’s offer. I never once wanted to refuse Luna’s offer.

… Except when doing dirty things.

***

The next day.

I met Lycan in the teacher’s office and heard an explanation about the training during the vacation, and when I tried to return to the club room, I felt a commotion.

I thought they must be busy because tomorrow is the school holiday, but I unconsciously listened to the voice I heard at first glance.

“How can that be? “There is an alarm spell in the Pension Department warehouse, so even a professor wouldn’t be able to break in without a trace, right?”

“That’s right. Even the missing item is the root of Calicum… “Shouldn’t we warn students in advance?”

When a female professor spoke in an anxious voice, someone snorted.

“Hey, the vice principal is checking on the students and professor who used the stairs on the 5th floor yesterday, so I’m sure the culprit will be caught soon.”

The root of Calicum… ? It was my first time hearing this name, so as I was rubbing my forehead and thinking about it, someone placed a hand on my shoulder.

“Uh huh, a student is eavesdropping on professors’ conversations. “You’re a bad student.”

When I apologized and scratched my head at the grinning Lycan, he waved his hand as if it was okay.

“Don’t worry, no matter how good a thief he is, he won’t be able to reach the fifth floor without using the stairs. “The culprit will be caught soon.”

In response to Lycan’s words, I asked in a low voice.

“What is the root of Calicum?”

In response to my question, Lycan glanced around, leaned over, and whispered softly in my ear.

“If you don’t take the antidote within 30 minutes, you will die very painfully. “It had no symptoms or taste until the poison spread throughout the body, so it was often used for assassinations in the past.”

“Why do you keep such dangerous things in the academy warehouse?”

Lycan grinned at the pure question.

“You know, everyone except the combat department is a bunch of cowards. “When I was in my fourth year, I took classes related to poison in the Alchemy Department and the Magic Department, so I used it for experiments.”

Lycans, who are closer to being pure warriors, seem to feel bad about using poison. I nodded in agreement and left the teacher’s office.

The robbery of the academy’s warehouse wasn’t mentioned in the novel, but that didn’t mean it was something I, a first-year student, would do.

Anyway, tomorrow is vacation. I had a lot of work to do and a lot of problems to solve. There is no need to have this problem.

Thinking like that, I headed to the club room.