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Chapter 15 - No, That’s Not It (3)
Lumian wandered aimlessly through the ballroom for a while.
His eyes trembled anxiously, and his gait was awkward. He was like a child who had lost his parents.
If there was one thing Lumian had going for him, it was that he eventually came to his senses.
And that he thought of doing something on his own.
‘I’ll try it even if I’m alone!’
Еṅ ūm̂ а. і̊ď
Yes, damn it.
He had already shown his abilities once at the clothing store.
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Of course, choosing clothes and talking to a woman were worlds apart, but he could not just assume he would fail, right?
‘I’ve also seen a few times how knights approach ladies.’
He had not observed them closely because it was an eyesore, but some scenes vaguely remained in his memory like old paintings.
‘What did that slick knight do back then… right, first he put on a smile that would put the other person at ease.’
Ĕń u̇ m̈ а̄
Lumian smiled.
He intended to create a soft and relaxed atmosphere, but it was far from it. Anyone could see it was the awkward smile of someone visiting a ballroom for the first time.
But surprisingly, it worked.
The sight of a fresh-faced young man, clearly lacking social experience, all tensed up, drew a certain kind of attention. Because it looked cute.
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Lumian caught sight of a few older ladies covering their mouths with fans and smiling.
His confidence rose slightly.
Е ň ů m ӑ
‘Am I… getting through?’
It seemed so. The gentle smile appeared to have been effective.
It was just a misunderstanding, but at least in the current situation, it brought about a decent effect. His stiff, tense body became much more relaxed, as if it had been oiled.
‘Alright. Next… I approach the lady I want and strike up a conversation naturally. Damn it, naturally? Naturally….’
He once again borrowed the power of that slick knight. Yes, that was it. The guy had definitely started the conversation with a compliment.
He seemed to have complimented a part of the woman that he guessed she had paid attention to, and then, while her guard was down, he had talked about various simple topics.
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Then, when the mood was right, he would ask for a dance first. And the lady would smile shyly and nod.
“Phew.”
Lumian took a deep breath.
He could feel his heart beating fast with excitement. He thought it might burst if it got any worse.
But he had to do it.
Lumian, who had lightly tapped his own cheek, looked at a lady standing alone near a pillar.
Еn̄ ùm̌ а̀
She was a woman with a voluptuous figure, exactly his type. With his usual awkward smile, he slowly approached her.
As the distance closed, the lady's head turned towards him. He felt her eyes sweep over him in an instant. The faint smile that appeared after that instilled even greater confidence in Lumian.
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‘Alright, first impression is a pass! Now I just have to give a compliment naturally!’
Just then, something caught his eye.
A brilliant sapphire necklace that descended along her white neck. It must have been prepared for today. If he complimented that, he thought he would at least not get a bad reaction.
Looking at the gemstone nestled between the cleavage of her low-cut dress, Lumian said in a gentle manner.
Ѐ n̂ üm̆ а̃. і d̈
“You have beautiful breasts.”
“······.”
“······?”
“Wait… what did you just….”
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“Uh….”
‘Damn it! I said it wrong!’
W e b̊n̆öv e l̆ Е ǹuḿ ā
He had originally intended to say, ‘That’s a beautiful sapphire necklace.’
But his gaze naturally drifted downwards to see the necklace, and her voluminous chest came into view, leading to the simultaneous thought, ‘Her breasts are pretty.’
‘I was thinking two things at once and the words came out backwards!’
It was a terrible disaster.
Lumian’s mind went blank.
He offered an apology with a flustered expression.
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“No, that, I mean… I misspoke….”
“Misspoke?”
“Yes! I misspoke… Ah! Of course, saying the lady’s breasts are beautiful isn’t a mistake, I mean, it’s true that the lady’s breasts are very beautiful, but what I originally meant to say was the necklace… no, that’s not what I meant to say….”
“······.”
The woman stared at Lumian, who was rambling due to his fluster, with a dumbfounded expression.
It was a good thing he looked young; if a middle-aged man with a greasy mustache had done this, she would have screamed immediately.
Е̄ n um̃а̀ . і d
She crossed her arms and watched to see just how far this absurd man would go with his nonsense.
But besides her, there was someone else who had noticed Lumian’s mistake.
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Tania Eloise.
Tania, a third-year knight cadet at the Tarajan Academy, had a shocked expression as she watched Lumian’s disgraceful behavior.
‘What is he doing!’
Although she was always busy with swordsmanship training, Tania often attended such events.
Wе̄ b nȯv ӗ l̂ Еn̈u ṁá
This was because there was no better place than a ball to mingle with talented people from other faculties.
With great ambition for success, she believed that expanding her network was as important as improving her skills, and she was currently surveying the ballroom for this purpose.
It was inevitable that Lumian would catch Tania’s eye.
A second-year student who was suddenly showing promise.
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He was a junior whose first impression she had quite liked, so she had been about to greet him with a welcoming heart.
‘For goodness sake, such rude words….’
Е ṅ ü m̀a
But she could not.
Watching Lumian approach a lady with an awkward gait and spout such nonsensical gibberish, her head became utterly confused.
No, the Class E junior had definitely said he had a quiet personality, didn't they?
Until last year, that aspect was so severe that he seemed timid and pathetic, but from this year, he was said to have changed into someone who worked hard in silence, with a diligent yet fierce spirit.
Yes, that was definitely what they had said.
That was why Tania had been thinking of visiting Lumian again in the near future to invite him to join her club over a meal.
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But not now.
‘For now… I’ll hold off.’
Seeing a side of him so different from the good first impression she had, Tania Eloise reserved her judgment of Lumian.
She needed to investigate in more detail what kind of person he was. Yes, it would not be too late to make a decision after that.
As she continued these rational thoughts, the words Lumian had said suddenly popped into her head.
‘You have beautiful breasts.’
Ŵ е̇ bn̄ о̃ v е̄l̈ Е̊nůmа
FLUSH
Recalling the earlier conversation, Tania’s face turned bright red.
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She whirled around and fanned her face. Despite this, her startled heart did not calm down easily.
Tania glanced back. She saw someone dragging Lumian away.
Turning her head, she thought.
‘Anyway, I need to find out more!’
Ӗǹú m а
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“Cheer up.”
“······.”
“Well, things like that can happen. Fortunately, she understood it was a mistake. It’ll be fine.”
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“Haa······.”
Lumian let out a deep sigh.
Еnü m̌а̊
Even after hearing Teoro’s consolation, his mood did not improve at all. The shock of his verbal slip was that great.
‘No, how could I make such a mistake.’
It was natural to be nervous in front of a woman he liked, but this time it was too much.
To say what was on his mind instead of what he should have said, and an incredibly lewd thought at that…
If Teoro had not rushed over late to fix the situation, he might have burst into tears on the spot.
Thinking of that, a feeling of gratitude towards Teoro blossomed.
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Lumian said with his head bowed.
“Thank you······.”
“No, well······ hmm.”
Teoro did not bother to console him further.
It seemed better to just leave him be.
And so, Lumian and Teoro trudged towards the academy dorm in silence. Adel could not be found, so it was just the two of them walking on the road.
Е́n ŭ m а .і́ď
The street was deserted. Lumian, not wanting to run into people, had taken a narrow shortcut. Therefore, not a single person other than the two of them was in sight.
That is, until the big guy and the other academy students showed up.
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“Yo, on your way back from the ball?”
“······Boomer.”
“Still using that handsome face to screw over women, I see. You’re a knight cadet, should you be doing that? I don’t even have enough time for daily training like me.”
“Cut the crap, why are you here? To pick a fight?”
Ĕn ŭ m̆ а. і̂ ḋ
Lumian lifted his head with a blank expression.
He wondered what was going on when it suddenly got noisy, and he saw some familiar faces.
The ones keeping watch at both ends of the alley were the big guy’s gang, including the freckled one, and the one picking a fight with Teoro Shutgaren was the guy rumored to be the strongest in Class F, Boomer Simpson.
‘It’s my first time seeing him in person, but….’
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It was impossible not to know him, as the original owner of the body had been terrified of him.
Because they were in different classes, he had not done anything as severe as the big guys, but he remembered being intimidated by his frequent scowls.
Wеb ňо̌ v е̇ l̈ Е́ ń u̇ṁã
He had enjoyed seeing his terrified self.
‘What does that matter.’
Lumian did not have the luxury to care about the guy.
Normally, it might have been different, but in his current mentally battered state, he had no desire to exert himself.
He did not particularly want to take out his anger on someone.
More importantly, Boomer Simpson seemed far more interested in Teoro than in him.
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“Isn’t it boring to fight inside the academy, under the watchful eyes of those old geezers?”
“So, you want to fight here?”
“You catch on quick. Let’s have a clean 1-on-1 duel.”
“You’re a funny bastard. You can’t beat me in swordsmanship, so you want to have a fistfight here, is that it?”
“What! I just don’t want to be interrupted in the middle. Hehehe.”
‘These guys, who are aspiring knights striving to protect the king, the people, and the country, are playing around well.’
W е̇ bn оvе̌ l̂_ Ĕn̄ūm a
Lumian shook his head.
But he could understand it to some extent. Challenging a rival to a duel was a common occurrence even in the Kingdom of Jenas.
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‘Sometimes, it’s fun to watch.’
However, in a crappy situation like this, he would pass.
Lumian wanted to return to the dormitory quickly.
He wanted to wash his body with warm water, get into bed, and sleep. And he wanted to forget everything that had happened today.
Wе b̌n̂ о̆ v̈е̇_l̊ É num̆ӓ
‘It’s a pain, but it would be faster if I stepped in, right?’
With a deep sigh, he stepped in front of Teoro.
It was really a pain, and he did not want to get involved, but he hated waiting for these guys’ duel even more.
The moment he approached Boomer Simpson with a slight frown was when it happened.
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“What’s this, isn’t it Lumian? The guy who’s so frail he looks like he doesn’t even have a dick.”
“······!”
Wе̃b̂n̆о̃ v̇е l Е n ûḿ а
“Don’t tell me you’re thinking of snitching about today’s events? Well, since you don’t have a dick, I guess that’s possible. You wait over there. I’ll make sure you keep your mouth shut after I’m done with this guy.”
“······What did you say.”
“Hmm?”
Boomer Simpson’s eyes widened slightly.
It was because he had not expected Lumian to talk back to him.
He let out a hollow laugh as if it was absurd.
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“What’s this, this bastard is talking ba—.”
“I asked what you just said.”
Beyond talking back, he was now cutting him off.
Boomer Simpson was no longer laughing. His contorted facial expression spoke for his anger.
But he did not know.
Just how much the words he had just said had angered Lumian Calard, Ryan Promhart, who had lived as a eunuch for decades.
É nú ṁã
And what consequences that anger would bring.
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