I Became the Villain’s Childhood Friend Chapter 36

 

Although Senior Oscar didn’t seem to like Senior Rosie’s behavior, he didn’t say anything.

 

“Hurry up! We have to finish cleaning quickly and make plans for the club.”

 

Although I was fascinated by his face for a moment, I couldn’t just join this club like this.

 

“I’m sorry, Senior… I want another…”

 

At my words, Senior Rosie’s fierce gaze immediately turned towards me. I stopped talking when I saw her gaze.

 

“Another what?”

 

“If you’re going to say you’re going to join another club, you’d better stop.”

 

Senior Oscar gently took the white cloth from Senior Rosie’s hand, wrapped it around himself, and stood up.

 

“If you’re not here, our club itself can’t be maintained.”

 

“…”

 

F*ck.

 

I barely swallowed my curses.

 

“Of course I didn’t mean to say that!”

 

First, I smiled brightly.

 

“Another… club room, I was going to ask if there was any other of that.”

 

Only then did senior Rosie relax her expression and answer.

 

“No. We’re a club with a minimum number of people.”

 

Senior Rosie took one of the rags and started wiping the desk. Senior Oscar mopped the floor by stepping on the mop with his foot.

 

… The minimum number of people that can sustain a club would be four.

 

“Then where is the other one?”

 

At my question, Senior Rosie’s hand, which was wiping the desk, stopped. But even for a moment, she shook her head and opened her mouth.

 

“Pretend they don’t exist. Arlea will be run by the three of us.”

 

“…Then, is the manager Senior Oscar?”

 

After hearing what I said, Senior Oscar turned his eyes. However, he soon shrugged his shoulders lightly.

 

“I guess that’s what it is, well.”

 

…Could it be that the manager ran away?

 

It was an unknown club in many ways.

 

***

 

The day was sunny. I leaned against the bench and stretched. It would have been a more perfect day if there had been no class. That was a little disappointing.

 

Adele muttered, probably thinking the same thing as me.

 

“I want to go out and have fun…”

 

“Me too.”

 

I opened the ice cream wrapper. The bright yellow color of the ice cream and today’s weather went well together.

 

Adele, who had been leaning helplessly on the back of the bench, adjusted her posture to face me as if she had a good idea.

 

“You don’t have anything to do this summer vacation, right?”

 

I nodded, taking a bite of ice cream. Then Adele smiled brightly, as if everything went well.

 

“My grandmother runs a farm in the countryside. Let’s go play together during summer vacation. We’ll even have pajama parties at night!”

 

My eyes slowly widened at her words.

 

Just thinking about it made me excited.

 

I answered quickly, fearing that Adele might go back at her words.

 

“Of course I’d love to!”

 

“Alright, so I’m going to write a letter to her grandmother right away saying I’m taking my friend, so don’t get back at your words, got it?”

 

“You too.”

 

Adele nodded her head in response to my warning, saying it was natural. Then she whispered softly in my ear.

 

“Actually, this is my first time having a sleepover with a girl.”

 

Oh. This was a bit unexpected. Given Adele’s friendliness, I thought she must have had dozens of sleepovers because she had a lot of friends.

 

Not giving in to Adele’s words, I also whispered in her ear.

 

“Actually, me too.”

 

Then Adele giggled softly, saying.

 

“My grandmother’s peaches are really sweet. Let’s make a pie with them.”

 

Her cheeks were flushed as well, as if she was looking forward to this summer vacation.

 

“Let’s make vacation plans while eating lunch. There is no tea ceremony club meeting today.”

 

“Alright.”

 

I made a firm promise to Adele.

 

Today was the day I took a class with the Magic Department.

 

When I entered the classroom with Adele, as expected, people were crowded around Charis.

 

‘Just by looking at it, it looks like they’re lacking oxygen.’

 

This class was one of my least favorite classes. Because the Magic and the Magic Engineering Department took classes together, the problem was that there were too many people in the classroom.

 

“Let’s go quickly, Danae.”

 

After muttering that, Adele crossed her arms around me and walked towards Charis with great strides.

 

Honestly, I felt uncomfortable with Charis. It seemed like it was more because I thought he was a person I didn’t need to become friends with.

 

I tried to sneak away Adele’s arm, yet she said we had to say hello at times like this and led me towards Charis.

 

I couldn’t see it because there were a lot of people, but Julia was sitting next to Charis. Julia was very happy to be with her brother.

 

…Of course, as soon as our eyes met, her expression darkened.

 

“Hello, Senior!”

 

The good-natured Adele quickly smiled and gave Charis her greeting.

 

I ended my greeting by adding to Adele’s greeting and bowing my head.

 

Adele continued her conversation with Charis in a familiar manner, but I didn’t have the courage or even the intention to do so, so I just stood there shyly.

 

“Excuse me!”

 

At that time, a male student came up to me through the crowd and grabbed my arm.

 

When I pulled out my arm in shock, he lifted the hand that was holding my arm, as if he didn’t mean to startle me.

 

There were so many students that his name tag was hard to see. However, seeing that his name tag was black, the same color as mine, he seemed to be a first-year student.

 

“You’re Danae, right?”

 

“…You know me?”

 

What is he.

 

Even though I asked in a barbed tone without realizing it, he didn’t seem to care at all.

 

“I have something I want to ask you.”

 

“…”

 

“Are you dating Reynold by any chance?”

 

His voice was quite loud. Thanks to this, Adele’s gaze, which was talking with Charis, also turned towards me. Adele frowned and glared at him instead of me, who looked dumbfounded.

 

“Why would you ask something like that if you’re not even close to me?”

 

At that time, Julia, who had been listening to our conversation, smiled brightly and joined in.

 

“They’re surely dating, though? They’ve been hanging out every day since they were kids.”

 

I opened my mouth, suppressing the urge to punch her in the face.

 

“I’m friends with Reynold.”

 

“Ey, that seems to be a lie, though?”

 

He laughed and spoke in a mischievous voice.

 

“You guys have already started rumors.”

 

There was a rumor that I was dating Reynold?

 

I frowned unconsciously at his words.

 

‘Reynold and I… ?’

 

Even though we said hello and ate together at school, Adele was also there. So I never thought there would be such a rumor.

 

…So does Gloria know about this rumor?

 

I’m sure this rumor won’t cause the connection between Gloria and Reynold to disappear.

 

The fact that I ruined my friend’s dating business really bothered me.

 

He flinched because my face, lost in thought, was so harsh.

 

Without missing that moment, Adele fired at him.

 

“Where on earth have you been selling off your manners? It’s not right unless you’re the person involved. Are you talking about something that was rumored in front of the person involved?”

 

“No, the kids were curious, so I asked them as their representative.”

 

This is truly a ridiculous excuse.

 

I said to him with a wrinkled face.

 

“If you want to spread the word, keep doing that.”

 

“I was just asking, yet you’re also very sensitive.”

 

When I unconsciously took a step towards him, he flinched and took a step back.

 

“Did you just say sensitive?”

 

But at that moment, the front door of the classroom opened and the voice of Professor Urien, the person in charge of this class, rang out.

 

“You there, what are you doing now?”

 

At the professor’s voice, the guy quickly left.

 

That XX, I didn’t even see his name.

 

I tried to cool off my anger and go back to my seat. Then, Charis grabbed me and he asked cautiously.

 

“Are you okay?”

 

I never dreamed that Charis, who had never even spoken to me, would ask me how I was doing.

 

“Ah… I’m okay.”

 

What is this, his personality is really nice compared to Julia.

 

“I’ll warn Arlin.”

 

…He’s going this far?

 

Well, it’s nice that I don’t have to use my hands.

 

I nodded carefully and answered.

 

“Thank you for caring for me.”

 

Only then did Charis let me go with a satisfied smile.

 

…Is it because it’s been a while since I met a proper male lead? It felt quite strange.

 

I also thought I could understand why Gloria liked him. Adele was next to him and made a fuss about him, saying it was a good thing.

 

‘But why? I don’t even have a good relationship with Julia.’

 

There was something puzzling. But I stopped thinking about other things and focused on what the professor said.

 

“Everyone knows that the basic structure of a magic circle is a circle.”

 

Professor Urien drew a small circle on the blackboard.

 

“All magic begins with this small circle. And we call this circle a ‘Circle’.”

 

Professor Urien then drew another circle surrounding the small circle. It was shaped like a large circle embracing a smaller circle.

 

“Advanced magic doesn’t appear alone. It is always done in harmony with other magic. A huge magic is created from a single small magic. When two circles are created like this, we call this magic circle a 2th Circle magic circle. “

 

He drew more circles surrounding them. The size of the circles grew bigger and bigger, and only when the total number of circles reached nine did he stop drawing them.

 

“It’s said that the ancient grand wizards even drew the 9th Circle magic circle. But that’s just a legend. Currently, it’s best to draw the 7th Circle magic circle.”

 

The space between the curves forming the circle was empty. Professor Urien drew stars and other shapes in the empty space.

 

“We have to fill in the empty space between circles with formulas. So, as the number of circles increases, it becomes more difficult to maintain the magic circle. That is why the Magic Engineering Department is classified as a magic branch. Mages can never make magic tools on their own.”

 

Professor Urien drew another new magic circle to overlap the 9th Circle magic circle.

 

“A mage and a wizard are always a team. A wizard is often compared to a cook who makes food, and a mage is compared to the one who makes vessels for food. A magic circle is created at the joint so that the wizard’s magic and the mage’s tools can come together. These should overlap well.”

 

…I’m getting a little anxious about this.

 

And my ominous premonitions were never wrong.

 

“This task will be done in groups. Future mages and wizards will work as a team to create wonderful magic tools.”

 

Sighs were heard from all over.

 

“I will focus on three parts of your assignment. Aesthetics, practicality… “

 

“Surely it’s not something like cooperation?”

 

Adele also muttered, feeling ominous.