Chapter 14. Is This Woman Crazy?

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A1 Class Classroom.

Rustle.

As the classroom door opened and new people entered, those in the classroom naturally turned their gaze towards them.

After all, they were cadets who would be attending classes together from tomorrow. Everyone looked because they considered them classmates.

“Huh?”
“Isn’t that the C class uniform?”

But looking at Chunsung and Grecia who entered the classroom, most people couldn’t understand.

Why is a C class cadet in A class?

And among them was Leonhardt’s group.

As the cadets’ attention was drawn, Yumia, who naturally looked at them, blinked.

“…Oh, it’s Grecia? Who’s that man next to her?”

As Yumia, who was sticking close to Leonhardt, spoke, Leonhardt also naturally turned his gaze to the two who had entered.

First, he briefly looked at Grecia’s beautiful appearance that caught his eye, then the man who entered the classroom with her immediately came into view.

Black hair and black eyes. If anything, that was his distinguishing feature.

His appearance had a sharp impression, but his eyes were filled with curiosity as he looked around the classroom interior, which was quite intriguing.

A very alien feeling.

He seemed very different from the people Leonhardt had encountered so far.

Yet what stood out most was definitely the uniform.

In this classroom now, only that man had a different uniform. The uniform mixed with blue and black clearly symbolized C class.

“Well. I don’t know who he is, but I’m curious…”
“Leonhardt. You too? Well, Grecia disappeared right after being with us. Now she’s acting together with a ‘man’ like that.”

As Yumia with short red hair naturally emphasized the word ‘man’, Leonhardt nodded slightly.

Yet he was concerned.

How could that man act alone with Grecia?

Since she was with him, completely different from the women he had met so far. It would be a lie to say he wasn’t concerned.

Step.

As he thought this, Leonhardt took a step forward.

“Huh? Leonhardt, where are you going?”
“Going to have a chat.”
“…With a C class?”

At Yumia’s words, already trying to discriminate between classes, Leonhardt smiled slightly.

“Even if our classes are different, we’re all cadets of the same Academy. It can’t hurt to be friendly with anyone.”

Speaking gently, Leonhardt felt pure curiosity.

He was curious how that man could act together with Grecia, and he thought that by talking with that man and getting to know him, he might naturally learn that method too.

Step.

As Leonhardt went down like that, Yumia immediately moved to his side.

And they arrived in front of them.

Leonhardt opened his mouth with a light smile.

“Hello, Grecia?”
“Yeah.”
“It’s nice to see you in the classroom. By the way, who’s this cadet next to you now… ? You seem quite close. Can you introduce us perhaps?”

As he spoke gently, Leonhardt came to look at Chunsung a bit closer.

Was he surprised by his sudden approach, or was he nervous? He stared intently, which was quite intriguing.

“…Han Chunsung.”
“Han Chunsung?”

At Grecia’s short answer, I turned my gaze, and the man slowly nodded.

“I’ll introduce myself. As Grecia said, my name is Han Chunsung. As you can see, I’m C class… I came to look around the classroom while accompanying Grecia.”
“I see. My name is Leonhardt Loraiant. Feel free to call me Leonhardt. And the person next to me now.”
“…Yumia. I’m Yumia. I, Han Chunsung. I’d prefer if you didn’t call me casually.”

Even as I watched Yumia answer crookedly by anyone’s standards, I felt oddly apologetic.

“Ahaha. I hope you don’t view it too negatively, Yumia’s just a bit shy with strangers, I think.”
“It’s fine. I don’t really mind. But this is quite an honor, isn’t it? To see Leonhardt in person, the valedictorian of the entrance exam with a Legendary Talent whose name is well-known. Indeed, you feel completely different from other cadets.”

Looking at the man answering calmly, I felt curious involuntarily.

‘Feels different, he says.’

What exactly feels different, I wonder.

“Me being this year’s valedictorian, well. I was just lucky. What honor, we’re just fellow cadets.”
“I’m grateful you say that.”

Unlike his initial staring, as I saw Han Chunsung receiving my words well, he just felt ordinary.

Calm and tranquil. Just one of the ordinary cadets chatting normally.

‘…Ordinary?’

Then I suddenly felt doubt.

Being ordinary actually didn’t make sense.

This is the A class classroom. He seems to know everything, including that I received the entrance exam’s top score with a Legendary Talent and gave the congratulatory speech.

Yet this man named Han Chunsung is treating me so casually now.

His ordinary attitude seemed rather extraordinary to me.

At that moment. I saw Yumia smiling brightly.

“Grecia! So what’s your relationship with Han Chunsung? Are you perhaps lovers!?”
“…Yumia. What kind of rude thing is that to say to someone you’ve just met.”
“No~ I was just curious so I asked. When she was with us, Grecia seemed to keep an awkward distance, but now she’s getting along~ so well with a C class cadet. I wondered if they were lovers.”

As Yumia spoke recklessly rude words and looked around. Then, I could feel several gazes in the classroom turning towards us.

So I couldn’t stop her.

Because I was curious about Yumia’s words too.

How this man Han Chunsung could get along with Grecia.

I didn’t think they were lovers as Yumia said, but at others’ gazes, I unconsciously found myself looking at Grecia too.

“……”

But surprisingly, Grecia was calmly looking at us.

I thought she would be upset or show some other reaction. But she just looked indifferent.

‘Surely not.’

At that sight, I couldn’t help but wonder if she really was in a relationship with this man, when.

“We’re not lovers.”

Grecia denied it with a short answer.

Then, I felt relieved.

“Really? Then Grecia. What kind of relationship is it exactly?”
“We’re not any kind of relationship.”
“Aw~ You’re lying. Grecia, you acted so awkwardly with us. You left right after the entrance ceremony ended, didn’t you?”

As Yumia asked a bit persistently, I thought I should stop her, but… I couldn’t bring myself to speak.

‘What kind of relationship could it really be?’

Yumia’s attitude of asking bluntly wasn’t good to see, but at the same time, I was curious. Why Grecia was getting along with this man named Han Chunsung.

I may look at people without prejudice about classes, but to other cadets’ eyes, Grecia and Han Chunsung’s companionship itself must look strange.

ー A class and C class.

Moreover, because Grecia has quite an eye-catching beautiful appearance, everyone was looking at her knowingly or unknowingly.

In contrast to Grecia, this man Han Chunsung was C class. And while his appearance was certainly unique… that was all.

In short, the two were an ill-matched combination.

“…”

As I looked like that, Grecia slowly turned her head.

Then she intently took in Han Chunsung beside her. When there was no word for a while after that, I wondered what was going on.

“Um, Grecia?”

As Yumia asked as if finding it strange, only then did Grecia nod.

Something I felt when I first saw her too, but Grecia’s attitude was really strange.

“I’m not sure either. What kind of relationship I have with Han Chunsung. It’s a bit hard to explain in words.”

As she uttered such strange words.

For a moment, laughter burst out.

“What? What on earth does that mean, Grecia.”

Even as Yumia asked repeatedly as if she couldn’t understand, Grecia was just calm.

She just shook or nodded her head, giving only short answers.

That appearance seemed as if she didn’t care at all about others’ gazes or actions, so I paid more attention.

“Wait. I’ll answer this.”

Then as Han Chunsung opened his mouth, I wiped away my smile and turned my gaze.

It’s hard to learn anything through Grecia. I felt that clearly from her appearance just now.

Then perhaps I could get that answer from Han Chunsung.

He seemed relatively easy to talk to.

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People are consistent.

Whether in a good sense or bad sense, they’re really consistent…

Chunsung thought inwardly as he watched Grecia.

‘Should I say it’s amazing in a way?’

Until now, I thought Grecia was giving halfhearted answers because I had a Common Talent. But the reality wasn’t that.

This appearance now was just Grecia’s ‘nature’.

It’s really consistent how Grecia gives halfhearted and strange answers no matter who she’s dealing with.

“Grecia and I are just acquaintances who met by chance.”
“By chance?”

I nodded as I looked at Yumia answering.

Come to think of it, she was also one of the characters with a really nasty personality.

ー Yumia Lirpol.

A heroine with short red hair like the rising sunset and a bright, uninhibited personality.

She was also a ‘sunflower’ who only looked at the protagonist.

She’s extremely kind only to Leonhardt, and treats others really halfheartedly. A typical ‘face-con’ heroine character who fell for Leonhardt at first sight.

When reading the novel, her appearance of only liking the protagonist seemed really good, but being on the receiving end of her coldness didn’t feel good honestly.

“I met Grecia when taking the entrance exam. We chatted a bit and somehow became acquainted. And as Grecia said first, we’re not any kind of relationship. We’re just acting together by chance.”

I didn’t want to be the subject of unnecessary rumors.

Even now, it seems various things are being said about Grecia and me within the class, but I wanted to stop it here if possible.

“Hmm. Is that so? Well… I guess that makes sense.”

As soon as I answered, Yumia snorted and replied, which was really ridiculous.

“Yumia. Don’t speak like that.”

As Leonhardt suddenly answered coldly to that, Yumia was visibly flustered for a moment.

Looking back and forth between Leonhardt and me, she pondered and then opened her mouth.

“Um, Han Chunsung. I… Well. I didn’t mean it with bad intentions. You know that, right?”

As if telling me to answer like that, I just laughed because it was ridiculous.

“Right. I didn’t feel that way.”

Even as I responded appropriately like that, my gaze went to Leonhardt rather than Yumia.

Actually talking face to face like this, he really felt like the protagonist.

‘He’s really kind.’

The gentle personality embracing everyone that I saw in the novel wasn’t gone.

“Leonhardt.”

Then as Grecia suddenly spoke up, I wondered what it was about.

“Would you like to have a match with Han Chunsung?”
“…Me, have a match with Han Chunsung?”
“Yes. I’m curious.”

As an incomprehensible conversation suddenly took place.

“…”

Hearing that from the side, I felt like my thoughts stopped for a moment.

So I just stared blankly.

At Grecia saying such impossible things so casually.

‘What on earth is this woman saying?’

I really couldn’t understand what she was thinking to say such a thing, or her intention itself.

“I’m fine with it, but. Wouldn’t Han Chunsung feel burdened?”

As Leonhardt answered cautiously, I was about to nod my head vigorously.

To say it was nonsense.

But.

…I couldn’t do that.

“……”

Grecia was looking at me transparently.

Come to think of it, from the moment she first spoke up, Grecia had been looking only at me, not Leonhardt.

Even now, her characteristic blue eyes were shining brightly.

…I thought Grecia might just be crazy.

But.
Ironically, I strongly felt that if I refused here. It wouldn’t do.