Academy Light Attribute Vampire

30 – After party

Safely transport the patients to the academy.

I was able to go into the medical room and receive detoxification and treatment.

Looking around, except for our party.

Numerous people are seen treating their respective injuries.

Fortunately, no party suffered major injuries.

There seemed to be a few parties at the academy that required evacuation.

On the way out after receiving treatment.

“… You did a great job, Lai.”

Professor Bergen was leaning against the door of the medical room.

“Are you okay?”

“What. Because I was a simple sword… Thanks to healing magic…”

“Not just the health of the body. Mental health.”

“…”

“…Everyone has a beginning. Whenever you have a lot of thoughts, knock on the door of the teacher’s office.”

“Thank you.”

“Yes. And.”

Professor Bergen quietly approached and handed over the document.

“This?”

“As a result of the investigation, the guys who attacked the school the other day

I confirmed that the guys from Archen Forest belonged to the same organization this time.”

What is written in the document is the personal information of the villains.

From people who were thought dead somewhere to criminals.

It was a compilation of personal information before entering ‘Dimension’.

“… There is no doubt that these guys are trying to do something they don’t like.

In the future, we plan to apply caution within the academy and spread it to students.”

It’s fortunate.

This allowed the academy to recognize the existence of ‘Dimension’ more quickly.

With this alone, we can reduce a lot of the damage that will happen in the future.

“Yes. Thank you.”

“You have nothing to thank us for. Rather… I’m sorry.”

“Yes?”

“This is a job that adults should take on, but for you guys who are still young…”

Damn it.

Professor Bergen sighed as he chewed his words.

“…Don’t get hurt.”

He smiled at Professor Bergen’s sincere concern and opened his mouth.

“There is no demand for older male tsunderes, Professor.”

“… A cheeky fellow.”

With that said, Professor Bergen walked back toward the teacher’s office.

And the rest…

**

By around 7pm the whole party was back.

After everyone packs up and recovers from their injuries.

They gathered in the party room in the school building.

“I was wondering why there is a party room in the school…”

Everyone changed into comfortable clothes and chatted while eating food.

After completing this large-scale ‘practice’.

It is said that there is a kind of ‘after party’ culture where everyone gathers together to have dinner and relax.

Forget all the negative emotions and traumas from practice.

The purpose is to further solidify the friendship between colleagues who have lived and died together.

“Drink!!!”

“hahahaha!! Then this guy fell over…!”

“No, was that really what was on the floor?”

Everyone gathered together and laughed at what happened during practice.

And…

“Wow!! Junior! Try some of this!”

At our table, all the members of the Archen Forest Expedition were gathered.

“Yes! Certainly, the after-party food is of good quality.”

“Don’t eat too much, Hina. Don’t suffer again tomorrow.”

“Tomorrow I will take care of myself!”

Senior elves and senior dwarves.

And the seniors of Team 2 were also sitting together and talking.

And then.

Sug-

“Do you not eat juniors?”

A human female senior who was an assistant for Team 2 approached the seat next to her.

“Ah. Yes, I am a little full.”

“I see…”

The senior held her hand with a wry smile.

“I lived thanks to this training session. I heard you killed one person by yourself?”

“Ahahahaha…”

“Wait! Sujeongie is working with Lai’s junior?”

“No, that foxy b*tch is real”

In an instant, the fire is directed toward me.

“What are you talking about? I’m getting a little closer with this…”

“Being close? And what else are you going to do?”

“If you touch a real junior, you will fall behind.”

“What does it matter to you guys!!”

Why are you doing this?

I got out quickly.

And then we moved to a seat a little further away.

Elena and senior Odette were talking.

It should be quiet over there.

“Senior. What are you talking about here?”

Let’s sit next to each other naturally.

“Clean!”

Senior Odette suddenly started to hiccup.

“What were you talking about behind my back? What are you so surprised about?”

“No, that’s not it.. Glitch! Suddenly… A glance!”

“…Why are you doing that?”

“That… I don’t know…?”

Even Elena avoids her eyes.

… Something suspicious.

“Are you okay?”

“Sure. I’m fine! More than that, Rai was also injured…”

“I received the healing magic once, and I feel refreshed.”

It was then.

“Oh!”

Neneto and Selina.

And then Haite-senpai approached.

“Here you are. Junior Lai and junior Elena.”

“Ah, Heite senior! Sit next to me!”

Kikki-

“We only have two parties, so it gets louder.”

“Sure. Still, it seems to be better as the purpose of the party is the purpose.”

“hahahaha….”

“Because this time it was really big…”

Senior Heit opened her mouth as if recalling her past with her slightly tired eyes.

“I really wondered what would happen when everyone collapsed one by one…”

“It’s fortunate. Because the enemy attacked at night. If it wasn’t for Selina

Three people must have been beaten by the bald man.”

“What are you talking about? Neneto Thanks to you for constantly locating me through the night.

And…”

Selina’s eyes turn towards me.

“If it had been Mr. Lai, not me.

I might not have been hit at all.”

… After the conversation, the atmosphere becomes a bit heavy.

As if Neneto realized that fact, he forcibly raised the tension.

“Ah! What are you talking about! Everyone did a good job, so now we’re having an after party like this!

This is the result of everyone giving their best in their respective roles!”

“… That’s right.”

As if Selina wanted to be sorry, she had noticed Elena, who had been quiet since earlier.

Everybody must be thinking that they didn’t do anything while fighting and getting hurt.

“Big! So that’s about it…”

“Ah. Right. Junior Elena, is her body okay?”

“Ah… Yes!”

“Thank God. I was very worried when I found out belatedly that Elena’s junior was kidnapped…

If you have any aftereffects, tell me anytime.”

“…Yes. Thank you.”

Oops.

He was a person who was less discerning than I thought.

I wonder if everyone thought it was a big deal.

Let’s drink quietly.

“… I’ll get some fresh air before I come back.”

In the end, Elena vacated her seat.

As Elena left her seat, Neneto opened her mouth with her cold eyes.

“… Senior.”

“Huh? Why..?”

“Ha. Seniors are all good, but they don’t notice.”

“What did I do wrong?”

I stood up quietly.

“… I’ll come back.”

“Yes. You are the best in the current situation.”

Let’s follow Elena outside.

Selina looked at her disapprovingly.

“…Why?”

“… No. It is an unavoidable situation now.”

Still…

He grabbed her hair with a slightly complicated expression.

After a while, he spat out the words as if he had given up.

“As long as it comforts you properly, please come back.

Since it’s Elena, I’m allowing it.”

“…Okay.”

I left the party behind and went outside.

The wind got a little chilly when the night came.

Let’s take a short walk down the academy promenade.

Soon after, I saw Elena sitting on her bench.

I sat next to Elena, who was sitting with a melancholy expression on her face.

“The wind is chilly.”

As I sat next to her, Elena flinched once in surprise.

Soon after, she smiled and opened her mouth.

“Yes…! Did Lai come out to get some fresh air too?”

“I don’t like that noisy atmosphere.”

“I see…”

A slightly awkward atmosphere.

… What should I say?

“Rye is.”

“Huh?”

“I think Rai is really great.”

“… What are you talking about?”

“That’s right. 1St in 1st grade. He is also popular with his seniors.

You must have put a lot of effort into that.

Ah. I heard you! I heard you do strength training with Erika-senpai every morning?”

“It’s just a simple exercise. It’s not that great.”

“But!”

Elena smiles and looks up at the sky and opens her mouth.

“With someone like me. So inconsistent…

Rai is such a great person.”

“Elena…”

Elena continued her words, startled.

“Ah. It’s not that I hated Rai or anything like that!

Rather, thank you very much! If it hadn’t been for Rai this time, what would have become of her…”

Elena jumped up from her bench.

“It is very late! I’ll have to go back soon! Lie! Then…”

“Elena.”

Turning around, she grabbed Elena’s hand and turned her around.

She then quietly took her into her arms.

I could feel her slightly startled inhaling her breath around her chest.

“Ra..Rai?! If you do this all of a sudden…!”

“You can cry when you want to cry.”

In the novel.

Elena always laughed whenever it was difficult.

Even when she was bullied by her classmates.

She is attacked by Selina and even when she is first injured.

Even when she was taken to ‘Dimension’ at the cost of her party’s safety.

And.

In front of Elena’s party who came to retrieve her.

After the continuous experimentation of ‘Dimension’.

Even when I said my final goodbyes in a non-human form.

Elena always smiled brightly.

She seemed to tell me not to worry.

As if nothing was wrong with me.

… I wanted to comfort you.

It’s okay to have a hard time.

You can cry.

But what can I do for Elena, who is just a character in a novel?

All she did was comment on the author.

Why did you kill him?

A child who wanted to be acknowledged by others all his life.

Should I have spent it with a sad smile until the end?

But.

It’s different now.

You can see Elena.

You can touch Elena.

Dear Elena…

I can comfort you.

**

Rye followed me and sat next to me.

… I made you worry.

Because Rai has a kind heart.

He must have come to comfort me after realizing that I was depressed.

‘…’

Up.

Do I deserve comfort?

I was of no use to him.

In his favor.

I couldn’t reciprocate.

But she pretends to be the heroine of a tragedy.

I know it’s very selfish.

… I wanted to help.

A person who gives you the favor and attention you’ve longed for since childhood.

Thanks to Rai, I made a lot of friends.

Two teams of Morhan and Yoon Mi-rae practiced together in the first year. And Bell.

The school patrol said he found me. Selina, who we went out to play with in the city.

And with this training session, Odette-senpai and Erika-senpai.

And I became very close with Neneto.

The appearance of Rai when he came to rescue me from being kidnapped.

Red blood stained the white school uniform.

My eyes were wide open as if I was tired from the intense battle.

And when he found me, he laughed softly and spat out a word.

-I’m glad.

… I have already received a lot.

But there is nothing I can give you.

An unrequited favor.

Of course, Rai wasn’t expecting something in return from me.

Still…

Because I was thinking and talking like this.

Unbeknownst to me, I said it as if I was jealous of Rai.

Oops.

“Ah. It’s not that I hated Rai or anything like that!

Rather, thank you very much! What would have happened if it wasn’t for Rai this time…”

‘I don’t like it.’

No more.

Being hated by others.

Especially.

To a loved one.

Being hated by ‘Rye’.

Let’s smile.

Just like you’ve always done.

The easiest way to not be hated by others.

Other people for the longest time.

How I’ve been deceiving myself.

“It is very late! I’ll have to go back soon! Lie! Then…”

It was then.

Thump!

I grabbed my hand and soon something hard wrapped around my body.

‘… Huh?’

What… What is it?

A subtle sense of warmth.

And…

The scent of rye.

I am now.

Being in his arms.

“Ra..Rai?! If you do this all of a sudden…!”

What is…?

Please…

Don’t do this.

If this is the case, I…

“You can cry when you want to cry.”

… You’re getting weak.

‘…It hurt.’

When he was kidnapped by a suspicious man and thrown into a carriage with his arms and legs bound.

‘It was scary.’

In a dark wagon that might be sent somewhere.

When all I could do was cry while brooding over my helplessness.

And…

So far… Really…

I was lonely.

**

“It hurt.”

Elena opened her mouth as she burrowed into my arms.

“…Yes.”

“I was scared…”

With a slightly weeping voice.

Her arms were shaking as Elena recalled the time she was kidnapped.

…He quietly stroked my back.

“And… so far… really…”

One letter, one letter.

As if to bring out her words that were hidden deep in her heart.

Elena struggled to get her words out.

“…It was lonely.”

“…”

Strength went into the embrace.

Too soft.

I felt the trembling in my small shoulders.

How anxious were you?

How painful was it?

How much…

I wonder if I was lonely.

“Yes…”

Helena was held in my arms and shed tears for a long time.

**

About 10 minutes later.

Elena fell out of my arms.

“…”

“Have you calmed down a bit?”

“Eh. Huh.”

Elena and her eyes met.

Elena spoke her gibberish, her face red.

“That… That! It’s not like that…!”

Fishik.

Belatedly, embarrassment seems to be coming.

“It’s okay.”

“… Huh?”

“Because we are friends. Even if you cry from time to time like this, I’ll pretend I don’t know.”

“…Where can we go and spread rumors?”

“Yes, yes.”

“Whee Woo!!!”

Elena let out a big sigh.

She smiled brightly.

“If I knew I would feel so relieved, I would have cried a long time ago!

Half of my life was lost.”

“I’m glad. You know from now on.”

“…But it would be best not to have anything to make you want to cry.”

“That’s right, of course.”

Elena exaggeratedly did one of her stretches.

“After crying a lot, I am hungry! Let’s go Rai!”

She ran into the party room.

… It still looks embarrassing.

-You can cry when you want to cry

“…”

I’m embarrassed too, no kidding.

I was so impatient that I lost my mind.

-…Yes.

“Ugh…”

The atmosphere was too hot.

… Her face turns red.

Yes.

This was for Elena…

Not at all embarrassing!

… Right?

She moved quietly to her party room.