Chapter 124: Want to Protect
"Ah, Ella is there. Let"s go over to her." Elysia pointed to a girl sitting alone on a bench near the doorway.
"Um, looks like she"s been waiting for us." Evelyn nodded in agreement.
Their arrival was noticed by the girl with beautiful golden hair. Ella immediately stood up and greeted her two friends, who finally came out of the training ground.
"Sorry to keep you waiting for us, Ella. Have you been waiting long?" Elysia asked with concern.
"Mm... No, I just arrived and waited a moment here." Ella shook her head a little.
"In that case, thank goodness, the magic cla.s.s was somewhat extended due to the new teaching system." Elysia was somewhat relieved. She didn"t feel right if she had kept people waiting for long.
"Ella, we"re going to visit Starlight Apparel. Would you like to come with us too?" Evelyn invited Ella enthusiastically. She was planning to show off her best friend"s achievement that she just found out about this morning.
"Starlight Apparel? If I"m not mistaken, it"s a brand new shop for women"s clothing, right?" Ella rested her cheek on her hand.
"Yes! That"s right, you will be surprised later when you find out... Aw, Ely, why are you pinching me?" Evelyn stopped the chirp from her adorable mouth and turned to the side in protest at Elysia.
Elysia pinched her friend"s waist because of an exasperated reflex. Evelyn was so easy to spoil everything without further ado, like when they were still in Ella"s private area.
What would happen if it was a secret? Not to mention Evelyn almost blurted out about "Celestia" in a public place, despite Instructor Dillon asked them to keep it a secret.
"It is nothing." Elysia smiled and took her hand off her friend"s waist. Perhaps the message was conveyed.
"Well, so you"d be surprised to find out that Ely"s been made a magazine model." Evelyn did not understand the meaning of the light pinch earlier and conveyed what she wanted to say.
"..." Elysia was speechless. Evelyn didn"t understand the sign from her! She had to be careful about the sensitive information she shared with her! No one knew when Evelyn would accidentally spill it.
"Oh my~ that"s amazing! Has one of my friends become a famous model? Congratulations to you, Ely." Ella pressed her hands together in awe. Elysia had already done quite several things that a sixteenth-year-old girl could hardly accomplish.
"Un, yes. Thank you. So, shall we go now?" Elysia got a little awkward. It was tiring if she had to receive congratulations and respond again and again.
"Sure."
Right after Ella nodded her head, a group of senior students walking quickly towards them. Not because of a bad thing or something threatening, but Elysia seemed to want to run away when she saw Rosie, who was at the very front.
Rosie, Fran, Bianca, and Raylee came together. Rosie grumbled over an impromptu a.s.signment from a student council she needed to take care of before she could hurry over here, and Raylee just got involved.
However, when she saw that Elysia was still near the entrance to training ground 1, Rosie smiled with a sparkling expression as if her grumble a moment ago never happened.
"E-ly-si-a~ Glad to see you again on this sunny day!" Rosie greeted with a bright smile.
Elysia didn"t answer and instead looked up at the sky. What she saw was a cloudy day instead of a sunny day. Still, when she turned to look at Rosie again, the student council president was already nearby and seemed about to catch her.
On reflex, Elysia immediately avoided Rosie"s bear hug and hid behind Evelyn and Ella.
"What? Hee... Why dodge and hide? I"m harmless and won"t bite." Rosie smiled with amus.e.m.e.nt at Elysia"s behavior. The latter was like a little rabbit trying to run and hide from the big bad wolf.
"That"s just my reflex. Why do you suddenly show up in front of me and try to hug when greeting me? Then, it"s a cloudy day and not a sunny day."
"Well, as long as it"s not going to rain or something, then it"s a sunny day." Rosie was a little clumsy, and she played a strand of her hair without realizing it.
She wanted to hug Elysia because she was very much like Alisha, her little sister. Rosie used to greet her little sister with a hug, and Alisha never avoided her, but the rabbit at this time was a bit keen-witted.
"Good afternoon, Miss Elysia, Princess Evelyn, and Princess Gabriella. Nice to see you again." Raylee spoke up and broke Rosie"s awkwardness.
"Um, good afternoon too."
"Nice to meet you too, Prince Raylee. If I may know, is there anything about all of you coming here?" Ella was curious and wanted to know.
Their yesterday and today"s encounter was unusual. There must be something that caused it.
The group"s arrival from the student council president did not give Brian a breath of fresh air. His heart began to fill with suspicion and insecurity. It all came from this dashing man and a prince of dreams. Raylee was aiming for his idol girl!
"Nice to meet you too, Senior Raylee. Didn"t you say you were a busy person? Why can you still spare your time just to come to the first-year cla.s.s?" Brian greeted with a subtle sneer.
Yesterday, after the Holy Knight"s training was over, Raylee just said he was so busy and couldn"t give much direction other than words of advice. However, that busyness was evidenced by his presence here, in his busy time? It just p.i.s.sed Brian off.
"Oh, it"s you, Brian. How was your training? I hope you don"t repeat the same mistakes as yesterday. It can injure your muscles." Raylee tapped Brian on the shoulder in a friendly manner. He was like a good senior to his juniors.
"I know I won"t repeat the same mistakes." Brian moved to the side so that the pat on his shoulder would not continue.
"Oh? Then good for you." Raylee was good at reading body language and immediately ended their small talk. The purpose of his arrival was not Brian but Elysia.
"Ely, do you know the student council members? Looks like Senior Raylee knows you too?" Ella turned around to her friend, who was still standing behind her.
"I just got to know them."
"Um? Just got to know them, but they already seem familiar with you? Then this hyperactive student council president, I"ve never seen her want to hug someone in her greeting. That"s only done by people with close relationships." Ella tilted her head in incomprehension.
"Hey, who are you calling the hyperactive student council president? I just can"t stay still for a long time, okay? That doesn"t mean I"m hyperactive and annoying people, right? Eee, why are you guys looking away from me!"
Rosie protested to her little brother and her friends. They had to help her refute the false a.s.sumption rather than agreeing in silence.
"Hmph! Fine, I can be annoying sometimes, but I"m well-liked and fun." Rosie snorted with a slight pout.
"Pfft..."
The honesty of the student council president really made the students nearby unable to hold back from laughing. Still, the laughter was held back by the mouth and lips so that it did not break out loud and impolite... Only m.u.f.fled laughter.
"Ah, you are indeed the well-liked person, President Rosie. We"re going to Starlight Apparel. Do you all want to come with us too?" After catching her breath and making sure she wouldn"t laugh, Evelyn invited those who had come on purpose.
"Starlight Apparel? Clothing shop? Do you all want to shop for clothes? You"ve brought the right person. I"m very fashionable in my clothes and good at choosing." Rosie patted the upper side of her chest as if she was a very reliable person, her face beaming as if to support the impression she gave.
"Sure, sure... Ely, is it good we become a large enough group to come together?" Evelyn looked at her best friend for permission.
From Elysia"s invitation to herself, they were now not just two or three people, but ten people.
Surprisingly, Evelyn didn"t brag about Elysia at all as she did to Ella.
"That"s okay, Eve. You"ve already asked, and they want to come. Come on, let"s go now. I"m sure Senior Rosa is there right now, with all the orders she"s received." Elysia nodded subtly. If they wanted to go there, no one would stop them, so why should she bother?
"Okay! Then, let"s go now!" Rosie exclaimed as if she was the one who owned the business there.
Before leaving, Evelyn and Ella glanced and realized that Serena was standing a few meters away. Moreover, that girl was staring at them. The latter was visibly irritated before turning around and leaving with her maids.
The two of them didn"t forget what happened last night. They just didn"t pick it up because Elysia didn"t seem to want it brought up and discussed.
Even so, they only had to supervise the perpetrator and protect the victim. No one was permitted to harm the kind-hearted and gentle Elysia.