Chapter Eighty-Eight: Unsociable
While Curt spends the day running around the Old Town for Cruise François' commission, Lizzie is almost overwhelmed by boredom. Curt was too busy gathering information and brawling with the thugs, while a bored Lizzie could only yawn on her desk.
The after-effects of the misuse of spells in the spirit state have been reflected in the body. The body and consciousness seem to be separated, and the separated parts can hardly move according to their own consciousness, and when they walk, their steps seem even more vain, and a few steps are a shaking.
When class passed by the art building in the morning, it was completely blocked off by barricades, and many students stood near the barricades to look inside despite the guards' obstructions. Through the gaps between the crowds, you can also see the traces left by the torrent of magic clearly carved on the lawn.
Shadows that should not exist on the edge of the horizon continue to flash, and pitch-black fragments wander through the space, gradually settling into the land that sunlight cannot reach. This is not a good phenomenon, because the "eyes" of the physical world should only be able to see the actual matter, and the fragments of these memories will only appear in the field of vision of the spirits. Now that Lizzie can observe the fragments of the black shadow through the naked eye, it undoubtedly means that the soul has not fully returned to **.
The remnants of the spells she unleashed were hard to recover, and the shattered fragments of darkness were the last fragments of the entire remnants that made up the building's image. Enduring these flashes of afterimages and inexplicable voices, Lizzie finally arrived in her class.
"That...... Good morning, Leinst-san. ”
Just when she was about to take advantage of the first class before it started and lay on the table to recover her body, a somewhat timid voice suddenly came from her ears. Lizzie, unhappy that her rest was disturbed, looked up in the direction where the voice came from, and a brown girl about Jon's age was standing.
Since she is here, she must be her classmate. Lizzie thought so, but she couldn't remember her name at all. She hadn't even remembered the names of a single classmate except Jon, and only a few of her faces stood out by her.
She frowned, the lifeless dead fish eyes became more gloomy because of the dark circles under her eyes, because of the identity she played, she couldn't directly refuse the conversation provoked by the girl, and could only respond to the other party's greeting in a voice full of tiredness: "Hmm...... Good morning, who are you?"
After the words were spoken, Lizzie realized that such a question was quite rude when others said hello. But it was difficult to collect the water, and it was difficult to take back what was spoken.
Hehehe......
It was still early, and there weren't many people in the classroom, just a few small groups talking in their places. As soon as Lizzie's words came out, several girls gathered at the front of the classroom immediately burst into a burst of crisp laughter. The laughter is as beautiful as a silver bell, but it is not very friendly.
Following the prestige of Liqi, she notices that their eyes are clearly focused on the brown girl, rather than on themselves who have raised the faux pas. Lizzie, who hadn't experienced complicated interpersonal communication for a long time, was inexplicably surprised by this reaction, and she had no idea what should be common sense.
Still, Lizzie felt that there was something subtle about the atmosphere around her, an atmosphere of rejection. She hadn't fully recovered to the visual boundaries of the physical world to see an uncomfortable black hovering over those people, and she didn't like it.
On the other hand, maybe I didn't expect Lizzie to respond to herself with such an attitude, and the smile on the brown girl's face froze significantly. But soon, as if she had made up her mind, she clenched her fists and took a step closer, looking into Lizzie's dull eyes with serious eyes.
The brown girl tried her best to make herself laugh, her body still trembling slightly: "I'm sorry, I didn't greet you when you moved in before...... I'm Miou, Mio Dustad. Leinster, if you don't mind, just call me Mio. ”
Her smile didn't ease the stiff atmosphere, and the air in the classroom was like water that didn't flow, and the almost frozen atmosphere made it hard to breathe. The girl named Mio seems to be about to suffocate in such air, and Lizzie is like a lifeline that she has finally caught.
"Mio Distad, right...... Do you have anything to do with me?"
Lizzie lay lazily on the table, unable to muster the strength to look at her, but glanced slightly at the small group at the front of the classroom that was peeking in her direction. Sensing that they had included themselves in the subject of observation, she suddenly looked at Miou, who had a stiff smile.
"Uh...... That, yes. ”
As if frightened by Lizzie's lifeless eyes, Mio visibly cringed. She took a half-step back, looking uneasily. When she saw the apprentices looking at her with malicious eyes, her shoulders shrugged visibly, and she lowered her head and muttered quietly.
After muttering to herself for a while, she finally organized her language and tentatively said to Lizzie, "Leinst, are you not feeling well? I see you lying on your stomach like this when you come to the classroom...... And your face doesn't seem to be very good, so I don't need to take you to the infirmary to have a look. ”
When Lizzie moved in, Mabel should have told the apprentices in advance about her "frailty" setting. There is a reason why her face is bad, but it is definitely not because she is weak and sick, she and Curt actually have no health problems.
"No, don't bother. ”
However, even if this is just a "setting" used to bluff people, it is still necessary to carry out this "setting" to the end in order to hide people's eyes. Lizzie put her hands on her head without a gesture, and turned her face slightly to look at Mio Disstad, the brown girl who was looking at her with trepidation.
Sure enough, the apprentices chuckled again at her obvious deliberate intention to prevent the topic from proceeding. Lizzie, who couldn't figure out what they were thinking, let out a long sigh and turned her head, seeing the expression on Mio's face that was almost crying.
"My problem is a family genetic disease, and it's an old problem. Even if it didn't feel like it was her problem, Lizzie didn't like someone crying next to her, so she simply explained to Mio, "It's useless for Curt to take me to the central hospital, and there's no point in taking me to the infirmary." ”
"W-That's it...... That's really hard work for you. ”
Because of Lizzie's explanation, Mio's expression looked a little better. Liqi still had some moisture in the corners of her eyes, if she hadn't explained it earlier, maybe she would have really cried...... Lizzie felt a headache. In the past, she had not been good at dealing with this kind of person.
With half a minute to go before the first lesson, Lizzie was certain of one thing - her plan to regain a little energy before class had been utterly defeated. Fortunately, the girl named Mio didn't plan to get to the bottom of it, otherwise she might have to spend time explaining what the so-called genetic disease was.
But Mio, who had caused trouble, did not intend to retreat, and somehow she began to find a topic to chat with Lizzie: "Leinster-san, is the Curt you just mentioned your family? I heard Miss Mabel say before that he is a very powerful mercenary. ”
What did Mabel say to these apprentices? Lizzie had the inexplicable feeling that Mabel had said all the things that should and shouldn't have been said when she didn't know it. What is it that makes Mio so desperate to communicate with Lizzie? Even this kind of typical thing that can't find a topic to talk about as a talking point, trying to get Lizzie to talk to her in an attitude that makes Lizzie not know how to deal with it.
For a long time, Liqi had only read to understand the so-called "interpersonal communication", and she always thought that ordinary classmates could easily achieve conversations, especially between girls. A quick chat about the recent fashion or recent rumors on the street, or where a new jewelry store has opened, and who in the same class has done something eye-catching...... and so on, as long as you can find a common topic, you can simply extend the conversation.
So in order to avoid accidentally revealing something that should not be revealed in this infinite stretch of conversation, Lizzie has always avoided unnecessary communication. Even if Jon was already an acquaintance, she would only talk to him about things in the academy and not touch anything else.
But the girl named Mio in front of her didn't know what was going on, and always planned to talk to Lizzie. Lizzie's refusal to talk to her has deterred many people who try to talk to her, but she continues to talk to her as if she is forcing herself.
"Ah, yes, he's my brother. Having decided that there was no way to guarantee a break, Lizzie simply straightened up and leaned back in her chair to look at Mio, trying to read what she wanted to say from her nervous face, "I work in the mercenary management office, and it is said that the standard is not bad. ”
Maybe it took a long time to finally find a breakthrough in the topic, and Mio Disstad's face instantly brightened a lot. She immediately began to find a topic about Curt, and the bored Lizzie leaned back in her chair and talked to her.
Over time, there were more people in the classroom. When the apprentices entered the classroom and Mio Disstad was talking to the always gloomy Lizzie, his eyes suddenly became strange. Jon, in particular, was visibly stunned when he walked into the classroom.
Although they all did their part, they ignored Lizzie and Mio, who were talking in a low voice. In the almost full classroom, only the two of them were located in a lonely island, and even the apprentice in the nearest seat did not join in the conversation.
Lizzie noticed, not that she didn't remember Mio's company, but that she hadn't been in her sight for the past few days, and she always hid in her corner when someone tried to communicate with her. Unlike Liki, who actively chose to be isolated, she seems to be isolated within the class.
And now she took the initiative to come to the door, probably because Liqi's own cousin Xiàn is also an unsociable individual. As the class bell jingled, she returned to her seat in the corner on the other side of the classroom. No one on the road cares about her passing, as if she is a shadow that does not exist.
Interpersonal communication is really complicated, and Lizzie can't help but shake her head.
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