My Childhood Friends Who I Thought Abandoned Me Are Obsessed With Me

80. If you’re grateful, I’ll buy you a cup of delicious tea

Chapter 80.

“Again, it’s not because you’re special, but because of a coincidence or some other reason.”

Tale didn’t answer Alice’s words.

But Alice listened to her words as a positive affirmation, as she was a ghost.

“It is not right to talk too much about what is inside the bowl. It’s because you can know exactly what your vessel is by looking at it from both the inside and outside.”

Her straight eyes turned to Tails.

“Even if they have the same experience, some become slaves to their desires, and some become people who know how to deal with those desires.”

Tail’s eyes trembled slightly.

Alice’s words made her feel as if she had looked into her entire life and addressed her.

‘Is this just age?’

She looks like she’s about the same age as Alice, but in fact she must be several hundred years old.

‘Even with the same experience, they make different decisions.’

Did she really have a different decision for herself?

‘No, maybe he didn’t make a choice even if he had.’

Her thoughts became increasingly complicated.

Alice noticed that and smiled.

“You don’t have to think too complicated. I just said what I felt. Just do what you want to live for.”

Tails laughed at Alice’s thoughtful words.

“Yes. Thank you.”

Following Tail’s words, Alice shifted her gaze back to her membership application and slowly opened her mouth.

“If you’re grateful, I’ll buy you a cup of delicious tea.”

“… Huh?”

It was the first time she had ever received such a request from Alice.

She moved passively every time I asked to go somewhere.

That’s why the way she proposed first was very unfamiliar.

Tails blinked her eyes in surprise, so Alice continued her words as if nothing had happened.

“I saw a famous refreshment shop in the downtown area the other day.”

Alice’s expression was unusually calm.

“But it seemed like they guided me to a place that wasn’t good for going alone. But there was no one to go with.”

She replied to her grave remark, thinking that she had reacted greatly.

“Okay then let’s go together. Shall we take Ennis and Eugene along the way?”

“No.”

The words were as firm as a knife.

She refused as clearly as if she had been drawn with a ruler.

Alice, too, must have been taken aback for a moment.

“… That. Person. It is inconvenient to have a lot of people. I’d rather go with you two.”

What. That was right.

It’s good to be crowded when there are many people, but on the other hand, it’s also tiring.

In addition, Alice is an elf who is not used to the human world, so it must be all the more so.

“Yes. What. If you tell me the day you want, let’s go together.”

Alice’s expression instantly brightened at his words.

She slightly raised the corners of her mouth and let out a natural smile, giving the illusion that her surroundings were brightened.

Seeing her so happy that he agreed to her offer of tea.

Tails thought that maybe she had only seen one side of her Alice and had judged her as a difficult being.

*

After sorting through all the application forms in the first round, Tail was moving to the next class with Alice.

At that time, I heard a conversation between two female students passing by.

“Hey, what are you going to do with this regular exam?”

“Mistress…. I think I will be educated to some extent, but my major is the problem.”

With those words, Tail realized what she had forgotten.

‘Ah, it’s the 1st regular exam soon.’

Regular exam.

It’s kind of like a midterm or final exam.

This academy takes four regular exams a year.

Regular exams can be divided into two, which are ‘major’ and ‘culture’.

Although liberal arts such as history and magic engineering are made up of exams.

The major exam is a big event like a festival.

‘Of course, a festival is something that students do together.’

At that time, in the major test, each of them shows off their major.

Of course, in the freshman year when the major is not fixed, you can choose and experience different majors for each regular exam.

However, from the second year on, there was a rule that you had to take the test in one major.

However, most of them pushed through one major exam from the first year.

‘The reason is because of the advisor.’

In the second year, you must select an advisor.

There is a clause in the school regulations that each professor can only have up to 30 students, so it was incredibly difficult to get under a popular advisor.

And the best thing to impress such professors is the regular exam, which is held only four times a year.

‘Especially, majors competing during major exams must be even more intense.’

The major is also divided into two.

Game test.

Non-competition test.

The competition test is divided into ‘magic science’ and ‘knight’, and each is tested in sparring.

The non-competitive test is divided into various fields such as alchemist, divine power, art, and cooking, so the test is conducted in various fields such as thesis or market.

Alice asked Tail.

“Tail will of course choose the knight test as his major, right?”

“Yes. It will.”

In the test of the knight competition, which is his major, he held a horseback contest every time.

In the jousting competition, elegance, artistry, and courtesy were also included in the score.

Then, all of a sudden, Tail became curious about which major Alice would choose.

Only elves can command spirits.

Therefore, in this academy, which is a human world, there was no special major on spirits.

“Then what major will Alice choose?”

“Looks like she will choose sorcery.”

You use spirit magic, but it’s called sorcery?

Tail’s expression became subtle.

“Aren’t spirits and sorcery completely different?”

“Right. However, it can be said that spirits are also included because they can be said to have been given life from a piece of mana. The magician professor has already given permission.”

What. The professor gave permission, but she was not in a position to comment.

“I have no particular idea of the path of nothingness. If you learn sorcery as a culture, you might be able to understand the hard work of the spirits.”

“What. It could be.”

Tale shook his head.

“A club is a club, so let’s prepare hard for the exam.”

“Good. I like it.”

And a few days later.

“What?”

Tail heard new news about the major exam during the regular exam.

At Tail’s question, Eugene blinked.

“What are you so surprised about?”

“No. I am a bit embarrassed.”

Certainly, Tails looked very surprised.

Looking at him like that, Eugene replied in a calm voice as usual.

“This major exam will open the academy to the outside world. And the competition test is conducted in a public place.”

Tail gulped.

This….

It was a completely different flow from the original.

*

In the large conference hall, professors were seated tightly.

It was rare to have a meeting of the whole group, not by department.

All the professors gathered today as the issue is an issue.

It was because we had to come to a conclusion about the academy’s high external expenses.

The professors were expressing their opinions with stiff expressions.

“I think it is still premature. Everyone knows the atmosphere on campus, doesn’t it?”

One side argued that it was too early to open.

“We need to be aware that the seeing eye exists.”

The other side was a doctor who said it was the right time.

The two opinions were sharply divided.

“The opening should be delayed. If this happens, even the children who want to enter the school will give up their minds.”

“What are you talking about? I have to think about correcting the blatant atmosphere like now. By being open, students should also feel that they need to improve.”

“Isn’t that impossible to guess? It’s a big gamble.”

“This level of gambling is necessary now!”

When one side gave an opinion, the other side would come up with a refutation.

Around the time when refutations and refutations continued.

A professor who presented this agenda slowly opened his mouth.

“There is a difference on both sides.”

Everyone kept silent and looked at him, Vincent Oscar.

Vincent continued carefully.

“Among the purposes of starting to receive commoners this semester, there was definitely one to touch the public sentiment of the people.”

The professors all listened to Vincent’s words.

“In the first place, it is thought that it is impossible to talk about perfection in the academy where students are taught.”

Vincent continued, raising his glasses slightly.

“As the original plan, we will open the campus to the outside world. Everyone, please take special care to avoid any problems.”

It was a theory.

The professors were speechless and had no choice but to agree.

After sorting out all the people’s opinions, Vincent, who was left alone, stared out his window.

As the sun went down, the school was dyed red.

Vincent quietly looked at the beautiful scene and muttered quietly.

“The plates are all set.”

From now on, it will be up to the students to decide what the results will be.

I saw countless students crossing the playground.

Among them, only one caught Vincent’s eyes.

A commoner boy with an ordinary atmosphere.

Tayl was going back to the dormitory while talking with Alice and Eugene.