The Failed Swordmaster - Chapter 83

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Chapter 83 33. It’s Okay, That Can Happen (2)

Tania’s reaction was so nonchalant that his head was in confusion.

‘Does she really think seeing this kind of thing is natural?’

Or was she forcing herself to act like it was okay?

He couldn’t tell.

However, what was certain was that either way, what she said had eased Lumian’s burden.

‘Even if she really thinks that way, a normal woman would have gotten serious and left immediately…’

Tania didn’t do that. She had shown consideration so that he wouldn’t feel troubled.

Of course, even so, the embarrassment was unavoidable.

Lumian spoke again.

“Uh, anyway, I’m sorry. This is, well… um, I didn’t know you were a senior, I just thought you were some other students…”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. I understand. Don’t cry, junior.”

“Ugh…”

Seeing Tania lightly teasing him, Lumian hung his head again.

Still, he felt much less embarrassed than before.

Having somewhat composed his expression, he asked.

“But, how come at this time… aren’t you in class?”

“I skipped.”

“…Is it okay for the third-year top student to live so recklessly?”

“For visiting my lovely junior who’s sick, this much is nothing.”

“A sick visit?”

“Yeah. You’re sick, right? I heard from Professor Airin.”

“Oh… I see.”

Lumian answered with an awkward smile.

It was actually close to playing hooky, but he couldn’t tell Tania that.

Lumian expressed his gratitude.

“Thank you. But did you really skip class?”

“I just stepped out for a moment, so it doesn’t matter. You haven’t eaten, right?”

“Um… no.”

Come to think of it, mealtime had passed. Since he was feeling depressed, he didn’t even realize he was hungry.

However, seeing the food Tania brought made his mouth water. It couldn’t be helped. No matter how sad, people have to eat to live.

“By any chance, did you personally make food for me…”

“Where would I have time for that? I bought it from a nearby store. Why, do you want to try my cooking?”

Tania said with a strange smile. Her face looked somewhat teasing.

Lumian, feeling oddly uncomfortable for no reason, grumbled.

“No, I was just asking. Anyway, I’ll eat well.”

“Pay me back later.”

“Pay you back?”

“Yeah. When I’m sick, you have to come and take care of me too.”

Tania said while unwrapping the food packaging.

Lumian made a puzzled expression. He couldn’t tell at all whether she was serious or joking.

Well, it didn’t matter. First, he needed to solve his hungry stomach.

After expressing gratitude once more, he bit into a sandwich.

“It’s delicious.”

“Really? That’s a relief. I haven’t tried it.”

“Try some. It’s really delicious.”

He was sincere. He kept saying it was delicious and reached for a second sandwich.

But Tania’s expression was strange.

She was looking at him with an incredibly proud face.

“What, why are you like that?”

“Huh? No! It looked like you had something on your face…”

“Really? Where…”

“Ah, no. I saw wrong. I should eat too, hehe.”

The two finished the sandwiches in an instant. To be precise, most of it was eaten by Lumian, and Tania barely touched them. Instead, she kept glancing at Lumian eating deliciously.

“I ate too much by myself. Sorry about that.”

“No. Sick people should eat more. That’s how you get energy.”

“What’s this, you’re incredibly kind today. Why are you suddenly like this?”

“I’m naturally gentle, you know? How amazing is it that I’m being considerate so the junior caught reading dirty books won’t feel embarrassed…”

“Ah, I’m sorry. I was wrong.”

Lumian made a flustered expression. He couldn’t think of any words to refute.

However, unlike when the incident first happened, his heart felt at ease. Light teasing like this was much better than being serious.

Tania seemed to know that too.

She grinned and said mischievously.

“Ah, this is nice. I can boss you around for a while with this.”

“There’s nowhere to boss me around though…”

“Why not? I’ll call you out whenever I’m bored, so keep your schedule free.”

“Ugh, I really should have kept the door locked…”

The two conversed for about 30 minutes after that.

It was a comfortable and enjoyable time. When she said she had to go now, Lumian felt slightly regretful.

“I’ll come again tomorrow.”

“Tomorrow too? That’s too much trouble…”

“When a senior takes care of you, you just say ‘Yes, thank you!'”

“Yes, thank you.”

“Ahaha, see you tomorrow. Get better soon.”

With those words, Tania left the room.

Lumian looked toward the door for a moment. Then he chuckled.

‘I feel like my heart has gotten a bit more comfortable.’

He couldn’t tell exactly why.

But it was certain that he felt much better compared to before she came.

It might sound strange to put it this way, but it seemed more effective than the dirty book.

‘But this situation is similar to what I was thinking about earlier?’

Lumian let out an “Ah!” of realization.

Like the knights from his past life who quickly got over heartbreak, he too had healed the pain of separation by spending time with another woman.

‘Of course, the relationship between senior and me isn’t like that…’

He felt slightly strange.

“Well, whatever. It’s fine as long as I’m better than before.”

Lumian dismissed his worries with a monologue.

And he took out the dirty book he had hidden under the blanket again.

This time, it was after definitely locking the door.

* * *

While Lumian was spending time alone like that, Tania had quickly left the male dormitory and was covering both cheeks with her hands.

Lumian didn’t know, but she had done quite bold things today.

She entered the male dormitory for the first time.

She let Lumian taste her own cooking for the first time. She said she bought it from a store out of embarrassment, but that wasn’t true.

‘Moreover, I even called him my lovely junior.’

Of course, from the listener’s perspective it was nothing special, but Tania had said it with personal feelings.

Her face turned red as she recalled what just happened.

‘Good. Let’s get closer little by little like this.’

Now that he’s broken up with Leiton Wino is the chance!

Let’s strategically approach him step by step!

Tania Eloise, who had made this resolution to herself, began walking back to return to class.

That was right. Now she was aware of it too.

That she had good feelings toward Lumian.

* * *

On Tuesday, and Wednesday too, Tania visited the male dormitory.

Probably today, Thursday, would be the same. Lumian waited for her with strange feelings.

‘My mood feels weird.’

Tania Eloise – when he talked with her, his heart felt very comfortable.

This was something that couldn’t happen considering Lumian’s usual self.

He always hid his true nature. He acted cool to look good to women, and forcibly created atmospheres that fit the situation.

But in front of Tania, there was no need for that. He showed himself as he truly was, and laughed and chatted comfortably.

‘Of course, it’s the same in front of Teoro, Bumer, and Cal Krone, but…’

It was a little different.

Either way, Tania was a woman, not a man. Even if it was comfortable, the feeling had to be different.

And once he became conscious of this, his feelings toward Tania began to change as time passed.

It wasn’t as simply comfortable as the first day. But he didn’t dislike that.

For some reason his mood felt excited, and his heart beat a little faster too. He found himself looking forward to Tania coming more than usual today.

This was the emotion of excitement.

Though he hadn’t recognized it with his head yet, Lumian was also gradually becoming conscious of Tania.

Click.

Knock knock knock!

“Senior Tania?”

“Yeah. Will you open the door?”

“Yes, just a moment.”

Lumian got up from his seat, unlocked the door, and opened it. Then Tania’s smiling face came into view.

“What? Why did you lock the door? Could it be…”

“Ah, no. I threw away all the books.”

Of course it was a lie. Tania guessed as much, but laughed “hehe” and roughly let it pass.

She placed a sandwich basket on the table.

“I brought some today too. But aren’t you sick of it? You’ve been eating the same thing for four days.”

“No. I’m not sick of it. It’s really delicious… Let’s go to the store together later and try it.”

“Huh, huh? That’s…”

“Why?”

“Ah, no. Let’s do that. Haha.”

Tania let out an awkward laugh. Lumian tilted his head at this, but soon focused his attention on the sandwich.

She happily watched Lumian eat, just like yesterday.

And when he had finished eating one piece of sandwich, she casually asked.

“By the way, was your worry resolved?”

“Huh?”

“You said you had a worry. At the beginning of the semester.”

“Ah…”

He had completely forgotten.

It was ridiculous. It was only a few weeks ago that he was walking around with a face like he’d eaten shit because of that, and now he wasn’t even thinking about it.

‘If I just stop worrying about the aftermath, I can go anytime…’

Lumian fell into thought.

Up until now, things had been going well with Leiton Wino, so there was no reason to think about going to Rhodesia. When your ideal type is right next to you, there’s no need to covet the women’s kingdom.

But now that his relationship with her had fallen apart, he couldn’t help but be tempted again.

Surely that’s how it should be.

‘But… I’m not really tempted.’

It was strange.

Even though he had remembered the forgotten fact, he felt no interest in Rhodesia at all.

The situation still hadn’t changed. There would be beautiful female knights swarming there.

Not just knights!

Mages, scholars, officials, maids… all kinds of beauties would be waiting. At least in Lumian’s imagination.

But.

Really strangely.

He wasn’t tempted.

‘Why could that be…’

Lumian made a serious expression.

Could it be that his celibate life had gone on too long and his sexual desire had decreased?

Even though his thing had grown, since he couldn’t do what he was supposed to do, had the Lord taken away his desires?

‘No. For that to be the case, this morning was pretty vivid too?’

He had even finished reading all three dirty books hidden under his bed.

Lumian fell into confusion and remained silent.

Tania looked at him with worried eyes.

“What’s wrong? Did I say something wrong?”

“Ah, no. I just had something to think about… And thank you. I think my worry is roughly resolved now.”

Startled, Lumian answered Tania’s words.

It was a worry he had forgotten rather than resolved, but for now he had no choice but to say that. It wasn’t really difficult now either.

“Hmm, really? Then that’s good.”

Tania nodded.

It felt a bit like he was just making excuses, but still his expression didn’t look bad, so it was fortunate.

She continued speaking.

“Ah, and I can’t come tomorrow.”

“Huh? Why?”

“I’ve skipped too many classes. It’s impossible now.”

“Ah, I was living for the joy of waiting for you every day…”

“Empty words. You’re not even sick anymore, right? You look completely fine. How long are you going to rest?”

“Hmm…”

It was true.

His body had been fine from the beginning, and now he had somewhat recovered from the pain of separation too. It was thanks to Tania.

Thinking that way, there was no reason to keep resting.

Lumian nodded and said.

“I’m getting better now. I should attend classes starting next week.”

“Right. Let’s meet outside from now on.”

“Huh?”

“The weather is great, and it’s boring to only talk inside the room. Since we’re talking about it, want to go out together next time? There’s a delicious cake shop that opened outside the Academy.”

Tania’s face as she spoke was utterly nonchalant.

It was as if she was saying they could go together if he had time, or not if he didn’t.

But even she couldn’t help her cheeks turning slightly red.

However, Lumian failed to notice this.

Because he was more focused on his own heart pounding.

“Uh…”

“Why? Don’t you like cake?”

Tania moved her upper body closer to Lumian.

It was an action that took some courage, and it produced the reaction she hoped for.

She quite liked Lumian’s appearance of being flustered yet seemingly excited.

It was the moment she was waiting for an answer with sparkling eyes.

Flutter flutter!

A golden parrot that flew in through the open window cried out loudly.

-Sex!

“….”

“….”

Silence fell.

Sparks flew from Lumian’s eyes.

‘Why is this bastard suddenly acting crazy?’

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