Chapter 217 - 217 - A Nice... Talk?
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Elisabeth stood right in front of me in the academy dress. She was holding something in her hands while also having an innocent sweet smile on her.
She looked… like a daisy. One that even I would protect… if I had any feelings for her.
"Miss Elisabeth… it's nice to see you after so long. How have you been?"
She gave her ideal nice smile, "Wonderful, Henry."
"Are you going to the student council?" I point to my back but she shook her head.
"No, I came here to see you."
"Oh… is something wrong?" I ask, this girl has never talked to me like this… or alone.
"Haha… does something have to be wrong for me to meet you?" She tilted her head in a way that instantly made me think of cuteness.
I let out a smile as well, "Of course not, I'm more than glad to spend time with a beautiful girl as you."
A tint of blush rose on her cheeks that was hidden from Henry's overwhelming eyes as she smiled, 'Oh!... that's good.'
"I have an ointment with me." She brought out a small bottle, "Do you want my help with applying it?"
'Hmm… this is very suspicious of her.'
'But it'd be even more wrong of me to reject a girl, freely ready to service me!'
"Absolutely!"
…
We both sat inside an empty classroom on the third floor. Elisabeth was sitting right opposite to me as she applied the medicine with great care.
"Right here… and here… and a little bit here, ohh I shouldn't forget about here."
Regardless to say, she was proficient at this. Why wouldn't she be when she's been doing this for Arthur since he was a kid.
Whenever Arthur would get hurt, Elisabeth would be the one who aided him. And now she was doing it to me too.
She was humming something while applying it and as I was engrossed in her beauty, she suddenly talked, "I saw your fight."
"Oh! you did?" I don't seem to recall anyone from Class A being there, nor her or Samantha. "Were you and Samantha together?"
At the mention of Samantha, Elisabeth paused for a brief moment before continuing, "No… she didn't come and I sat in the VIP seat, so I was able to get a good look at you."
I nod as she asked, "Does it hurt you that Samantha didn't watch your fight?"
"Hurt me? Why would it hurt me?"
"Because she's your fiancé." Elisabeth said, "Wouldn't it hurt if someone so close to you didn't watch you go through such hardship."
"When someone you specifically care for isn't there for you? When you needed help he wasn't there."
At this point, I could see that she was talking about someone else… and who else would be other than Arthur.
There was pain in her eyes… but more than that I saw anger in them.
'What the hell did Arthur do to get that look out of her? Did he directly ntr'ed her with a girl finally?'
"When you think that you have someone to rely too but realize he's out there with someone els-" Elisabeth stopped as she felt a warm hand above her head, softly consoling her.
"Hey, you okay?" I close in, "Did Arthur do something? Are you guys in a rough jam or anything?"
Normally I would probably ignore someone's sad ranting… but I couldn't with her.
Seeing Henry so close to her face, Elisabeth couldn't handle it anymore and burst into a red tomato, "NO NO NO! It's nothing like that! I- I was just blubbering out things that I didn't even know about! I shouldn't have suddenly say those weir-"
"Elisabeth"
"Emm… yes?"
"I know we're not really that close… but if you need help, you can rely on me."
Elisabeth looked up to see a dazzling bright smile on Henry's face accompanied by the perfectly dawning sunlight as it made him even more perfect.
"If Arthur does something stupid again… don't hesitate to tell me, I'll beat the crap out of him. You did see my fight with that guy, right? I can definitely take care of Arthur for you."
Elisabeth was quiet for a moment before she burst into a hearty laughter, "Haha… Ha… I can… Haha… imagine you doing that."
"Yes, you were quite manly when you fought that guy… totally cool!"
'Hah… is it just me or does she look super pretty right now?' The thought occurs to me as a blush appeared, 'It's this damn lighting! It's making me relive back my high school years back in my past life, mother fucking goddess damn it all!'
But that thought breezes from me as I see her talk about nonsense stuff about me fighting and doing other things. She looked absolutely beautiful.
"When I saw you punch him like wham! Then he somehow got up like doom! And then- then you got through his arrows like you were a god descending upon that foolish demo-"
"Damn You're cute Elisabeth."
Elisabeth who was murmuring stupid things, immediately went quiet and looked down. She couldn't look up at this moment because she knew if she did that, Henry would see her face that was completely red. She felt a sudden feeling inside her heart that made her rub her legs in a satisfying yet embarrassing manner.
Finally, she gathers up her courage to say, "Hen- Henry… if you don't have anything to do this weekend, do you wanna go-"
"That fucking Arthur… he's damn lucky!"
"…" Elisabeth stopped. The blush she had on her, quickly vanished away as she smiled… albeit painfully.
'This wouldn't be easy.'
"Oh! Were you going to say something, Elisabeth?" I ask, thinking that I heard her talk, "Can you repeat that for me, again?"
She looked up at me with her casual nice expression, "No, just saying that, the ointment's done."
Looking down at my hands, I do see that she has actually placed the ointments in a clean manner, only at places where some cuts were.
"Woah Elisabeth… you're really good at this! Mind if I come to you if I have any injuries again?"
"Anytime, Henry!"
'But maybe… maybe I shouldn't give up this easily.'
…
'Man, that was a weird moment with her.' I think back to Elisabeth who suddenly came by her own volition to me, 'And she didn't think that my fight with Taylor was nasty or cruel.'
If I remember correctly, the novel Elisabeth would have found that disgusting but she didn't. Either I am remembering something wrong or this just might be a coincidence.
'Wait a second… she also didn't talk about Arthur at all except for when I brought it up… so she didn't come for information about him either. If she didn't come for Arthur nor did she come to complain about how cruel I was too Taylor that most Heroines would do… then what did she come for?'
I look back at my hands and remember her soft, fragile doll like fingers brushing past my skin… that thought almost tingled me a bit, 'She did do a good job at applying the ointment.'
'She also talked like a good friend to me… she didn't even ask me for anything, but that's her default personality. Did she really only come to talk?'
I think for a while as I remember the cute smiles and maybe a hint of blush.
'Does she… like me?'
"…"
"…"
"Nah, probably my past-life-high-school-disillusioned brain is thinking the impossible again."
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