Graduated from Witchcraft Institute

Lesson 92

The next morning.

I woke up with the eyelids of the morning sun pouring down from the gaps in the trees.

When I crawl out of the blanket that was wrapped, I look around.

Nearby, Mi wrapped herself in a blanket and slept suddenly.

Another one.

There was a blonde girl kneeling on the ground in a cleric's coat and praying with her hands together in front of her chest.

Cyril.

There is no sign of Satsuki and Irene.

Am I in early morning training?

I didn't see Irene's clothes that were dried in the trees, and the robe I lent her last night was nicely folded and placed on top of my bags.

"Well..."

For one thing, I'll pack my own blanket and put it in the bag.

It's quiet around.

I thought I had wielded fierceness during the night, and the rain stopped completely now, and the leaking sun from the bright morning sun around me had become a belt of light for several muscles, and I felt comfortable pouring down.

"... Oh, good morning, William. Did you sleep well?

Cyril, who was praying, either noticed the signs of my activity or stood up and spoke up.

I correspondingly point to the beast girl who is still asleep.

"Morning, Cyril. I slept well thanks to her (...). - Is Satsuki or Eileen training early in the morning?

"Looks like it. Neither of us were there when I woke up. Same goes for Satsuki, but Eileen seems like a pretty hard worker."

That's what Cyril says, he makes me laugh bitterly.

I doubt why she laughs bitterly, but maybe she has a lot to think about, too.

"Well, I don't know if it's supposed to be an effort... but I don't know if I like it and just do it. Either way, gaining that much strength with innate qualities alone wouldn't be just Eileen either. I'm pretty sure everyday authentic workouts are bearing fruit"

"If that's the case, Satsuki also sees the troublemakers as rivals. Nothing is more out of hand than a hard-working genius. They won't be able to keep up with each other."

"Maybe. But still, standing up to it without breaking my heart is the great thing about Satsuki. Regardless of whether you can outrun Eileen, if she pulls you, you'll be able to pull it up to a considerable point. - And people don't necessarily change anywhere. I can't say for sure that the power relationship between the two will remain as it is forever."

When I answered that, Cyril laughed at herself this time, shrugging her shoulders at the same time.

"... ha. And with all these monsters around, you're a little nasty. Even though I was competent and ringing in the temple, something that reminds me that I am an ordinary person. Whether it's talent or effort."

"Really? Cyril and Mi are good enough, I think. Besides, above all, a person's value is not determined solely by his or her ability to do so. Not inferior to people, etc., and it wouldn't be much of a concern either. ─ ─ In the first place, people can't help just being there."

When I put it that way, Cyril did a little bit of thinking.

And...

"─ Hey, William, can I ask you something you got into?

That's how I've foregone it.

"Oh, I don't mind. What?"

"Is that... the way you think about it can be the cause of you getting along with your father?

I was struck by surprise and a little surprised.

I was told I'd ask you what you broke into, but I didn't expect that story to come out here.

But I'm the one who gave you permission to ask, and there's no reason to refuse.

So I returned the affirmative word to her question.

"... well, yeah"

─ ─ The value of a person is not determined solely by the high or low level of ability.

─ ─ People are irreplaceable just to be there.

This is one of my beliefs and probably the part where my views are very different from my father's.

The answer to Cyril's question therefore becomes "affirmative".

"Yes...... - But I know what your father thinks. I'm sorry, but what William is saying sounds like an empty beauty that I have nothing in it."

Cyril's beautiful, but thoughtful voice echoed through the quiet woods.

…………

On the spot, the two of us, me and Cyril, are the only ones facing each other, and beside them, Mi sleeps easily wrapped in a blanket.

Speaking of which, I recall.

When Cyril met my father at the castle in Wang Du and I collided with that man, did he not give a personal opinion?

Cyril furthermore brings her own thoughts.

"In the end, some of the elites are moving, right? Those who don't understand the logic of things just eat up resources or, worse still, pull the legs of those who are committed to the world. … I wonder if there is justice in affirming incompetence."

…………

The idea of Cyril was as close as my father's.

The way I think I disgust or spit.

But Cyril's words that followed were something I didn't expect at all.

"... so I'm always worried that we might be pulling William's leg.... that we shouldn't be by William's side. I think you have a partner who deserves more than we do."

What Cyril uttered was self-inflicted language.

It was the word of one girl who was bitter, unlike my father, who was capable everywhere.

No, I guess it's not just self-inflicted.

Responsibility, pride, desire, all sorts of things seemed to blend together and cause a grit in Cyril.

Sounds like such a sad, worrying voice.

I couldn't figure out what to say about it.

I can laugh at how the world is or who it deserves, and that's ridiculous.

But if I did, it wouldn't reach Cyril's heart.

But if I don't say anything here, I'm going to half-approve her thoughts.

I don't like that.

I don't want to say no.

Because...

(Right...)

Why not?

When I took that seriously, the answer came out of me, surprisingly soothing.

(I don't want to break up with Cyril, Satsuki or Mi anymore...)

That was my true, untrue truth.

I want to take more adventure trips with them.

I'm not like the adventurer I thought I was. I can't deny that I have a self who doesn't want to let go of my current environment.

I don't want to be interrupted by something like that and lose it because I deserve it or I don't deserve it.

Cyril, Satsuki, and Mi are original people that I can no longer change.

And that's already the answer.

Although it may not be a general solution, I could definitely say that the individual solution in the pattern between me and Cyril is correct.

But can you convey it in words alone?

Doesn't just mouth that sound empty to Cyril?

If you don't show it in attitude, won't you pass it on?

Attitude means, for example, that...

No, but that's cowardice.

It contradicts what I myself told Satsuki the other day.

But still...

(Better than keeping Cyril worried)

Maybe that was my, by me, excuse for me.

But at this time, I was making that move.

"─ Cyril"

"What...?

Well, I approached Cyril, and I hugged her.

He turned his arms to the back of the priestly girl and held her strong to embrace all of her.

"Hey what...!

"This is my answer. I don't want to let you go anymore."

"Huh..."

"I know it's cowardly. I also know it's inconsistent. I also know it sucks. But apparently, this is my fake heart right now.... Still think we don't deserve me?

Dastardly. Bastard. Proud. Arrogance. Human scraps.

When words of contempt against oneself spring up in the back of one's brain, the psyche and reason that try to justify oneself overthrow it.

At the same time, fear springs up.

Fear of being rejected by Cyril.

But I can't go back.

And from closer to my ear, I hear Cyril.

"... do you even do this to reassure me? Or are you really serious?

Fear has vanished.

Answer immediately.

"I mean it. I'm a little confused myself."

"... I'm relieved to hear that.... some more, can I be sweet?

"I don't know if it's sweet."