Chapter 137 \n<h1>Chapter 137:</h1>\n“Whooooooooa! Incredible!”“That was so awesome!”
Even after the music had stopped and I had gotten off the stage, the students continued to clap and cheer loudly. I was done with my performance, so i didn’t need to head back to the stage. When I headed down, I could feel everyone’s eyes follow me. I tried my best to ignore the gaze of others and headed to my seat in the front of the stage that Cory had saved for me.
Cory sat there, blank, until I had come closer. Then he wordlessly stood up from his seat and rushed towards me.
“When did you have the time to prepare all of that?”“Here and there?”“You’re not cold?”“I’m cold.”
At that, Cory put his blanket around my body.
“I was completely awake from the moment you came out. You were super cool.”
Cory seemed to have been asleep before I had gotten on stage. He was definitely drowsy when I saw him before I started my performance, but he was wide awake now. He looked incredibly, completely awake.
Hylli soon followed Cory and walked towards me, shock still on his face.
Then, he smiled mischievously and put his necktie on my head as an accessory.
“Well, that was something.”
Hylli put his hand on my head and smiled as if he was proud. Even though he had been staring a hole into me mere moments ago, he seemed to be refusing to look me in the eye now that I was right next in front of him.
As soon as I said that I was cold, both Hylli and Yves participated in warming me up and bundled me up in anything and everything. Because of that, I soon grew hot and ended up taking everything off. Yves and I made a deal and I bundled up in a few outer layers.
Yves stared at my layered up form with satisfaction. Then, he wound his arm around my shoulder and began fiddling with my cheek with his hand.
“……..”
Yves continued to fondle my cheek before he tried to place his lip near my cheek.
“Can I bite it?”
Yves said jokingly as he gazed down at me. He was a bit too close already for it to be a joke.\nI immediately balked at Yves’ words, but Cory and Hylli moved even faster than I could react.
The two of them rushed from behind to drag me into their arms to get me away from him. I lost my balance for a second and almost tripped, but Hylli caught me.
“Shushu, you have to be careful of those kinds of people, not just Eric. He probably only has dark, impure things in that head of his.”“What are you doing to Shushu?”
Cory wiped my cheek with his sleeve. Yves’ mouth didn’t even touch it, but he even used a cleaning spell.
Hylli explained how gross the swordsmanship male students were in the dorms to make me wary of Yves.
“But you guys are being sneaky, hugging Shushu like that, huh?”
At Yves’ words, Cory and Hylli stared down at their arms.
“…..you’re right.”
Cory didn’t seem to realize as he tilted his head. Hylli realized that he was too close to me and took a few steps back.
However, Cory just pouted slightly and didn’t move.
“Well, that’s okay.”
With that, he hugged my shoulders slightly. Cory rested his head on mine and stared at Yves in rebellion.
Then, Cory turned his head towards me and stared.
“Cory, what are you doing?”
I was curious about Cory’s sudden actions and asked. Cory sighed, then lightly bonked his head on mine.
“I don’t know.”
Cory let me go and tousled his hair roughly before shoving one hand into his pocket.
Hylli, who had been watching this from a few steps away, looked between Cory and Yves. He had a surprised expression on his face.
“I feel like I’m gaining a lot of sensibility.”
Hylli pat my back slightly with an, “You’re incredible.”\n“This would’ve been a sight to see if even Swan was here. I don’t even want to imagine it.”
Hylli laughed hollowly with a complicated expression on his face. At that, I suddenly remembered something I was curious about.
There were a few faces that I saw at the beginning of my performance who weren’t here any more.
“Where did Swanhaden go? I don’t see Hestia either.”
When I tilted my head in question, Hylli glanced at me before replying, avoiding my gaze.
“Hestia spilled her drink while she was screaming so she left to go change, and Swanhaden is….”“Swanhaden is probably running laps.”
When Hylli’s response grew quieter, Yves continued.
“Isn’t he a bit too much though? He was clutching his chest and looked like he was going to die.”“When Shushu’s veil fell, he tried to blind everyone sitting in the crowd.”“……Everyone’s a bit incredible, but he’s the most incredible one of them all.”
Hylli responded to Cory’s words with a serious expression on his face. Hylli, who genuinely feared Swanhaden, scowled whenever he was mentioned. I couldn’t help but laugh at how their relationship hadn’t changed at all since our junior years.
I couldn’t just keep wearing this thin, flowy outfit. I stood up to change into at least my training uniform. I also wanted to take off this heavy makeup. My face felt heavy.
I told the others that I would just be out for a bit to change into some more comfortable clothes before taking my change of clothes to walk to the restroom.
On my way to the restroom, I could see a familiar person standing near the wall.
The person seemed to have been waiting for me. As soon as they saw me, they hurriedly approached me.
“Shu, Shushu! Shuraina!’
The person coming my way was none other than Eric. He hurriedly blocked me from going somewhere with an expression that had much to say. I didn’t know who he was checking for, but he checked to see that nobody was around me before turning his head to look at me.
“The, uh, Shuraina. I have something to say. Possibly….. If I’m not too late.”“……?”“Seriously, completely seriously……… I feel like you’re probably okay with it too…..”\n“Eric types.”
Swanhaden said something incredibly funny with such a serious expression on his face. Well, Swanhaden never really saw people as people. But squids? That was new. He had called Hestia a pink blob last time, too. He’d called Yves a gross blob of oil, and Hylli was just something beneath him. Cory was a snack shuttle* or something.
What was I? An orange fur ball? I suddenly remembered the drawing of my face that Swanhaden had drawn before.