Young Master, Please Put Some Pants On! - Chapter 76

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Chapter 76

This festival, which had started becoming popular a few years ago, was also a day of love where people confessed their feelings by giving chocolate or candy to someone they liked. Heart Wing Day, which began with the Swan Beastmen, had somehow become a major celebration popular throughout the entire Empire.

Experiencing this festival atmosphere for the first time in her life, Mellis looked around with sparkling eyes. True to Gwen Academy’s reputation for hosting many events, there were plenty of things to enjoy.

Worried she might get lost in the crowded throng of people, she moved around while holding Garulus in her arms.

“Mellis, look at this! Isn’t this cotton candy huge? And it’s heart-shaped too!”

“Yes. Isn’t it so pretty?”

“Let’s share it! One bite for Garulus, one bite for Mellis. One bite for Garulus…”

As she walked down the street, chewing on the cotton candy that Garulus was feeding her, Mellis’s eyes widened in surprise when she spotted someone.

“P-Professor?”

In the distance, Nilton Hopnilman was wearing a pink dress and surrounded by students with a half-dead expression on his face.

“Kyaa- Professor, you’re so cute!”

“Professor! Please look over here!”

Even though pink was the dress code for the Heart Wing festival, what was with those fancy laces and voluminous skirt? It seemed he had been helplessly dragged along by the students.

‘S-should I go greet him…?’

Would it be okay to acknowledge him when he was in such a state? While Mellis was caught up in this rather serious dilemma, Garulus tapped her shoulder.

“Mellis, isn’t that Arsian over there?”

“Huh? Where?”

“But it doesn’t seem like him either… Arsian!”

When Garulus, who had been tilting his head in confusion, called out his name in a loud voice, Mellis also belatedly stood on her tiptoes to look for him.

In the distance, Arsian was wearing a white ruffle shirt with a light pink jacket, and his appearance was particularly splendid today. But what stood out most was his silver hair elegantly tied down to one side.

His silver hair, which looked like transparent spider webs hanging down, was sparkling and shining in the sunlight. His usually luscious hair that looked like it was coated with honey was nowhere to be seen.

“Mellis, there you are.”

Soon, Arsian spotted the two of them and approached with a bright smile. It wasn’t just his hair. His snow-white eyelashes that seemed to glisten with moisture and his blue eyes too. Mellis’s surprised eyes widened.

“I was worried we might not run into each other if I was late. Hello to you too, Garurururu?”

“I’m Garulus, I tell you!”

“Ah, hello.”

Mellis, who came to her senses belatedly, bowed her head in greeting. If Garulus hadn’t spoken up, she surely would have passed by without even recognizing that it was Arsian.

“Arsian, but why did you suddenly dye your hair white? I almost didn’t recognize you.”

“Ah, I wanted to walk around more comfortably today. And doesn’t this suit my current outfit better?”

With his eyes curved in a smile, he nonchalantly touched his hair. Arsian was a man who knew very well how to use his good looks.

“And, it seemed like someone might like this style.”

He looked directly at Mellis with a charming smile. At the same time, Mellis, who understood the meaning, blushed hotly. It was a smile that seemed to ask how he looked today.

What kind of reaction should she give? Just as the flustered Mellis was opening and closing her mouth, fortunately Garulus spoke up first.

“Really? Well, the white hair suits you incredibly well too!”

“You can touch it if you’re curious. What do you think, Mellis?”

“Ah, it, it suits you well!”

At his blatant question, Mellis stammered and gave him a thumbs up. Arsian usually dressed flamboyantly, but today the degree of his styling was different. Even the people passing by were glancing at his beauty and admiring it.

“The Food Studies Department is selling delicious things. Want to go eat together, Garulus?”

“Yeah! Good, good!”

Just as they were about to move locations, Arsian’s steps came to an abrupt halt. He turned his head and stared intently through the distant crowd.

“Just now…”

“What’s wrong?”

“No, I thought I faintly heard a shutter sound. Maybe I heard wrong.”

At Arsian’s muttering, Mellis also looked around, but there was nothing noticeable. However, it seemed stranger that there wouldn’t be a single camera at such a large festival.

“Maybe some newspaper company came to cover the event?”

“That must be it.”

The two who brushed it off casually toured various parts of the Academy with the excited Garulus. Perhaps because it was a place where many noble children attended, the scale of the festival was unbelievably large for an Academy event.

The three sat at a table placed in the middle of the Rose Garden, eating steak and dessert while watching plays. Garulus, who had purchased various souvenirs from the booths, was now snugly nestled in Arsian’s arms.

Just then, as Mellis passed by the shooting range, a certain doll caught her eye. It was a doll of a blonde boy with freckles all over his face, wearing lion clothes.

“Oh, doesn’t that doll somehow resemble Arsian?”

“…I thought I always worked hard on skincare.”

When the dejected Arsian covered his cheek with one hand, the flustered Mellis shook her head.

“No! I meant the blonde hair and lion part resembles you!”

“…Ah. I was about to feel hurt thinking that’s how I look in Mellis’s eyes.”

Soon Mellis picked up an air gun as if to show off, and Arsian asked in surprise.

“Mellis, do you know how to shoot?”

“Of course. I learned it all at the Academy. Since Arsian bought everything today, I’ll give you that as a gift.”

Mellis raised the sight with a triumphant smile and aimed at the target. Six bullets were provided, the target was one lion doll that resembled Arsian. With the remaining bullets, she planned to win another doll to give to Garulus as a gift.

She hardened her expression quite seriously and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Click- Bang, Click- Bang, Click- Bang.

“…”

As six bullets were fired in succession, the eyes of the two men watching the scene widened. Garulus, with his mouth wide open, pointed at the display case and shouted.

“Y-you didn’t hit a single one!”

“Ahem, the attempt was very good.”

“No. Mellis. What on earth do they teach at that Academy?”

Mellis bit her lips in shame and muttered in a shrinking voice.

“It’s because it’s been a while, it’s been a while… I can really do well this time!”

“Or should I try once? I’ve never shot before, but it looks fun.”

When Arsian touched the gun with a fresh smile, Mellis raised one eyebrow. Of course, she knew from the hunting festival that Arsian’s swordsmanship skills were excellent. Not only swordsmanship but archery as well.

‘But air guns are much more difficult to handle than you think.’

Air guns on the Continent had low power and were mainly used for entertainment or chasing away small game. Since their utility was low, few people bothered to learn them. Mellis had taken air gun classes simply because she lost out in course registration.

‘He’ll definitely think it’s easy…’

Click- Bang, Click- Bang, Click- Bang.

However, Mellis’s face, which had been full of confidence, gradually turned pale as the bullets were fired. Unlike herself, who couldn’t even graze the targets properly, dolls fell over with each shot he took.

“Too bad. I missed one.”

“Wow! Arsian, you’re really amazing!”

Garulus also jumped up and down cheering for Arsian.

‘If I knew this would happen, I shouldn’t have mentioned taking classes…’

As Mellis buried her face in both hands, feeling embarrassed, Arsian had somehow approached her side and gently tapped her shoulder as he spoke.

“Mellis, this is a gift.”

“For me?”

What he handed her was the lion doll she had mentioned just moments before.

“But this was something I was going to give to you as a gift. It looks like you, doesn’t it?”

“That’s exactly why it would be more meaningful if you kept it, wouldn’t it? Then you’d think of me at least once.”

“Th-that wasn’t what I meant by it…”

Flustered by his bright smile, Mellis awkwardly averted her gaze, and he offered the doll to her again as if it was really no problem at all.

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