Episode 235: Suspicion (2)
next morning. The early hours before class 1 begins.
Dolores visited the newspaper club club room.
The dark circles under my eyes are no joke, probably because I couldn’t sleep all morning because I was dealing with agendas for the student meeting yesterday.
‘There’s too much work for the National Collegiate League next week. Do I have to stay up all night today… … .’
Colosseo. mage tower. Varangian. Themiscyra.
All the official organizations of the Colosseo Academy were busy with the approaching annual event held jointly by the four most famous top academies throughout the empire.
Of course, the same was true of the student council, with Dolores as its president.
But despite working all night, her eyes were now burning with enthusiasm.
‘I’m going to finish the club work in the morning and go to the lecture today. And since afternoon classes are long, I went to visit Bikir… … !’
Dolores vigorously opened the club room door and entered.
“Good morning everyone!”
Morning greetings from always lively Dolores.
but. The attitude of her classmates, who would normally have greeted her with a pleasant smile, is strange.
All of them were looking at Dolores with odd smiles on their faces.
“Spring is now coming to our Dolores too.”
“A romance with a younger man is cool.”
“Younger~ Our Dolores is in a higher grade, but she is younger!”
“anyway. To be a couple with a junior on campus, I envy you!”
“You don’t even talk to us! it’s really too much! Do I need to know about my best friend’s relationship through a newspaper article?”
… … ?
At the scolding of her third-year classmates, Dolores only blinks her big eyes.
yet. Dolores saw a newspaper article propped up before her eyes.
It was a single article reported by an article from another newspaper that infiltrated the inside of the academy as a newspaper published outside.
[Exclusive] A spring day of youth for the student president of Colosseo Academy?
-It has been revealed that ‘Dolores Rune Quo Vadis’, known as the student council president of Colosseo Academy, is recently dating… …
Ms. Dolores not only possessed both literary and martial arts skills, but also attracted public attention with her beautiful appearance from the beginning of her schooling… …
Surprisingly, the opponent is group B, a freshman in the second year… …
Group B has been attracting attention since the beginning of admission with his extraordinary appearance, grades, and athleticism… …
The feelings between the two, which are presumed to have sprouted in the course of volunteer work… …
After passionate courtship on both sides of Dolores, it seems that they succeeded in dating… …
The Quo Vadis family has yet to come up with any position on this… …
On the other hand, the citizens of the ecliptic who saw Dolores’ devotion showed reactions such as ‘It looks nice’, ‘They are good men and women’, ‘I’m jealous, but if Dolores is happy, OK’… …
“… … What is this?”
Dolores opened her mouth.
I wonder why there have been a lot of paparazzi that seem to have come in from the outside lately. Could it be that they were covering themselves?
The third year classmates gathered around Dolores, devastated.
“Boy, kid. Here is this ‘student president’s man’, the person who is described as ‘the man the saint fell in love with’. He’s in first grade, right? Naphtali man! Why did you dress up as a girl during the festival?”
“Bikir can send our Dolores! Silent and sincere! More than anything, he’s so handsome!”
“I’m really sorry! You should have tipped us off! Then you could have helped from the beginning!”
“Our Dolores~ I’ve been saying that she seems strangely uninterested in men, but it turned out that she had high eyes, right?”
“I heard that a calm cat goes up to the stove first~ You! How dare you defy this sister!”
Girls Talk has started. It was a flow of conversation that was difficult for Dolores to adapt to.
“No, that’s not it! I’m just a little worried about him… … ! There are more than one or two suspicious things!”
But Dolores’ excuses only fueled the misunderstanding.
“Yeah yeah~ That’s how it all starts~ While getting a little bit concerned~”
“You listened to the prologue~ Now what about the main story?”
“What? Is Bikir suspicious? Well, he was suspiciously handsome. My eyes are suspicious, my nose is suspicious, my mouth is suspicious, my skin is suspicious, and I really want to be human!”
“that’s right. Did I feel intimidated when I saw you dressed up as a witch at the festival last time, even though I’m a woman? You don’t have to be like our Dolores!”
Everyone who has ever seen Bikir dressed as a woman at a festival still talks about it.
Realizing that all excuses are meaningless in this flow, Dolores quickly left the club room.
“Ugh… … This makes it harder to find.”
Meeting Bikir seemed like something I would have to refrain from for a while.
It’s because I don’t want to speed up the chirashi.
Right then.
“… … !”
As she left the lecture hall and entered the trail, something caught her eye.
“Aww! This mad dog again!?”
“die! Just die!”
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa bitten! it hurts!”
There were familiar voices coming from behind the building.
Dolores moved to the source of the voice and witnessed a startling sight.
Youth Sphere, Real Belt, Yellow Love, I’m Com, Redmin, South Middle.
The 2nd year bullies belonging to the Cold Weapons Donation Class B.
This group of 3 boys and 3 girls was making a fuss among themselves.
And in the middle, I see a black kitten puppy.
growl… …
It was an abandoned dog that Dolores calls ‘Choco’.
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When he was about to be expelled, he sent a delegation from the family level and prayed for it, so he received a memorandum saying that he would not bully the weak again, and he accepted it, but is he causing trouble again?
Dolores hastily stepped forward.
“You guys again!? You really should be expelled once… … !?”
But she couldn’t finish talking.
That would be the case, because the six men and women in front of me were all covered in blood in tattered clothes.
Choco. This black puppy was moving swiftly, baring its teeth and claws like tenacity, and biting six people.
… Growl!
If you see them moving, there is no beast. Despite his small body size, his fighting instinct was so great that his jaw dropped.
Its strength and speed were unmatched by most fighting dogs.
And these six clawed and bitten thugs were running away crying.
“Ah-oh! Unless it’s a promise with the saintess!?”
“Yeah, but I don’t think I can catch it even if I use mana! Just jump out!”
“Kyaaaagh! What the hell is that dog! You’re too fast! Why are you so scared!”
Dolores stood with a dazed expression, watching the bullies disappear in the distance.
Nuclear Nuclear Nuclear-
The black puppy wanted to chase them for a while, but soon turned around and walked away.
“Hey, it’s chocolate~”
Dolores called out to a black puppy walking the other way.
… … ?
The boy turned his head as if he had heard his name.
Dolores trotted over to the stopped black puppy and reached out.
The black puppy backed away and avoided his touch, but Dolores steadfastly followed and picked him up.
‘hmm… … Do you have an owner who takes care of you? It smells like fur.’
Dolores buried her face in the black dog’s chin and neck and sniffed it.
A nice scent wafted from the soft fur. A very familiar scent.
Dolores quickly recognized the identity of the scent.
‘The amenity supplied in the academy dormitory, it smells like basic shampoo. Looks like the owner is a student? Who is it?’
If your black puppy has had a bath, it’s probably in the dormitory.
Dolores opened her mouth, thinking she should find out which of the students living in the dorm had a black dog.
“you… … Are you stronger than you look? To chase six people away. But even so, you can’t fight recklessly like that. Those guys couldn’t move because my sister warned them hard~ I don’t think other people are attacking like this, right? You can’t do that.”
… … .
The black puppy is just looking the other way, whether he is listening to Dolores or not.
When the guy seemed to be ignoring her, Dolores opened her mouth, half joking, half serious.
“Choco, you keep ignoring your sister, and then get her neutered?”
Then the black puppy’s ears pricked up.
… Pod!
The boy hurriedly escaped from Dolores’ arms, kicked off the floor, and fled.
“Huh? Choco, wait!”
Dolores followed the black puppy, but it was much faster than expected and quickly disappeared into the bush.
“Oh, he’s a guy who doesn’t give up. like anyone~”
Dolores laughed.
These days, I think there are quite a lot of cases where men are different.
Whether the target is the night hound, vikir, or choco.
Right then.
“… … ok.”
A moan came from the floor behind me.
When I turned my head, I saw a male student who had been chased by a black dog lying on the floor.
Youth Spear. He is one of the bullies in the 2nd year of Cold Weapons Donation.
Dolores let out a small sigh and stood in front of him.
“Then why did you bully the mute puppy again?”
“Oh, it’s unfair, Chairman! This time, that dog… … No, the puppy attacked us first!”
“Does that make sense? How could that little kid attack you first?”
“No, you saw the president earlier too! Hey man, his teeth and nails are really sharp! And how fast it is, far faster than the wolves domesticated by my family… … !”
“stop. Excuse me now.”
Yuspear, who receives Dolores’ contemptuous glances, is truly unfair.
“ha. In the past, I was beaten by the ‘Night Hound’, so why is there so little luck these days?”
Dolores flinched at the words of Yuspeare, who seemed to be passing by.
“… … you. What did you just mumble?”
“yes? Ahhh. That doesn’t mean you’re out of luck… … I really don’t have anything going on these days… … .”
“Don’t do that. Previously.”
“yes? Ah, the night hound?”
Yuspeare hesitated for a moment, then brushed his bangs with his hand.
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Then, there was a faint knife scar.
“… … It happened before when I was walking down the street at night and got caught by some masked lunatic.”
“A madman in a mask?”
“Yes. But I didn’t know then. Now that I think about it, I have the same impression as the villain of that night.”
Yuspeare’s testimony was astonishing.
According to his statement, Youspear and five of his bullies had met the ‘Night Hound’ in person.
That was even before the news of the night hound’s actions was reported in the media.
Dolores inquired with a serious expression.
“… … therefore. The date you met the night hound is the freshman welcome day?”
“Yes, yes. Yes.”
“At that time, it was before the night hounds were even called night hounds. It means that it was before the terrorist act in the ecliptic. that’s right?”
“that’s right. remember it well The stork beak mask. A voice that sounded like scraping metal.”
Yuspeare continued, feeling intimidated by Dolores’ spirit.
“We also tried very hard to find it. He also hired an agency. But all failed. He said he couldn’t catch his tail.”
“That’s natural. Even though the imperial guards and the imperial army pursued it, they couldn’t catch it.”
“Because then the night hound wasn’t so notorious. Now, the secret agencies are crazy and will accept our request.”
Dolores is troubled after hearing Yuspear’s words.
‘Why did the night hounds attack them?’
Dolores had done a detailed investigation into the backgrounds of these six bullies in order to get them expelled.
According to the results of the investigation at that time, these six bullies were really frogs in the well, guys with no activity radius other than their own estate and school.
‘So I won’t have any grudges with people outside. What is that?’
The hounds of the night seem to have something to do with this academy.
I had such a strong feeling.
Yuspeare trembled and said, as if recalling the nightmare of that day.
“He knew not only our names, but also the names of our parents and the location of our family in detail.”
Dolores made a quick calculation.
‘If you’re that familiar with school information, you won’t be a freshman. At least 2nd grade, or 3rd grade?’
It is a hypothesis that has been thought about for a long time. As a result, the probability that the night hound’s informant exists inside the academy has increased.
Perhaps the probability that the Night Hound himself was in the academy existed, albeit extremely slim.
“… … .”
Dolores turned her head and looked down at Yousphere.
… Pod!
A white light rises and heals his wounds.
As Yuspear looked up with a dazed expression, Dolores spoke in a stern voice.
“you. Keep what you said now a secret.”
“yes?”
“I mean don’t tell anyone. I’ll take care of it from now on.”
At Dolores’ prompting, Yuspear nodded blankly.
Well, the eyes see something, perhaps he understood that Dolores was trying to steal the ball by reporting their testimony.
But the more bullies like this, the weaker the stronger.
Yuspear was only released after making a promise not only to himself but also to crack down on his friends.
“Remember. If anyone else hears this, you’re expelled.”
With Dolores’ bloody threats behind her.
