Chapter 23 Reveal
I stared at the spike in my hand for a while before I stopped using the elemental magic and it slowly disintegrated into nothing.
Then I looked upwards and shifted my gaze at the vast sky above me, it was filled with bright stars; nothing like the plain view I was used to in my own world.
"It's truly beautiful, isn't it?"
Then I put my hands inside my pocket and walked down the path that led to the door of my home. It was cold, so staying outside too much will be bad for my health; it will only cause trouble if I were to catch a cold at this point.
Hence, I entered my house and then shut the door closed. I felt kinda relaxed, the temperature here was much warmer than outside and it gave me a cozy feeling.
I took the corridor and walked to the main hall. There were stairs that led to my room and I was just planning on going there when my eyes caught the sight of someone standing there.
'Expected this much,' I thought upon seeing that someone.
It was none other than Anya, probably she's been waiting for me ever since the princess left. Well, it was reasonable since I never told her what I was gonna do.
Removing the stiff and emotionless expression from my face, I returned to the usual "me".
"What're you waiting for?" I asked while I continued to walk toward Anya.
She looked at me, pointing her sharp gaze right toward me. With her eyes narrowed she looked at me, as if saying, "You know exactly what I'm waiting for," or so it seemed to me.
When I reached beside her and stopped, she turned in my direction and spoke up.
"How did it go? The thing with the princess," she asked, a sense of nervousness in her voice.
Hmm, I wonder how I should reply to that.
"Sorry…I failed," I said, piercing her heart with my words.
And it seems like I succeeded because after hearing those words she just stood there, stiff, like a lifeless doll. Not a single word came out of her mouth, nor did she make any movement.
All I could hear was the sound of her breathing, which slowly turned into panting.
I patted her on the shoulder as I took my leave and went upstairs to where my room was.
When I reached the second floor, I stopped for a while and looked at Anya. She was crying, her body was still stiff as before, the only change was the tears rolling down her cheeks.
'Guess I went too far teasing her,' I said inwardly.
But the sadder she is tonight, the happier she will be tomorrow morning, so I will be leaving things as it is for now.
I cast my gaze away from her and made my way to my room. Soon I reached there, pushing open the door I entered inside.
All that I saw, no, all I wanted to see was my soft and fluffy bed, and it was right in front of me as of now.
I closed the door and changed into my night clothes, removing the black hoodie I was wearing and putting it back into the closet.
Then I went straight toward the bed and threw myself over it, soon I felt the fluffiness of the bed gently embracing me.
'Damn this is so comforting! Beds in this world are the best!'
I closed my eyes and took a breath of relief, a lot happened today. But well, that was to be expected, and there will be more happening tomorrow.
Soon I felt my consciousness fading away as I slowly started to fall asleep, I was pretty tired so it didn't take much time.
***
The next day, my sleep was broken by some loud noise.
'Can't I even have a good sleep? I'm not even going to school here so it should be fine, right?' was the first thing that came to mind.
I moved a little but honestly, I don't want to wake up now.
"Ah, just five minutes more!" I muttered, but my voice was not loud enough for anyone to hear.
The sound didn't stop, it was like someone was knocking on my door. Last night I locked it from inside so it must be the case.
And whoever they were, I sensed they had no intention to stop. I really don't have any choice I guess.
Somehow I forced myself to wake up, first I stretched out my body on the bed and then got up and stood beside the bed.
I rubbed my eyes to get the sleepiness out of them. Then I made my way toward the door; I yawned a few times in the process.
I reached the door, stood before it, and then opened it. The person who came into view was Anya.
'Ah...how should I even react to this?'
After everything that happened last night, I thought she would be having trust issues with me.
But soon that proved to be just my misunderstanding. The Anya who stood in front of me was clearly a different person, she was different from how she was last night.
Her face was bright, had a smile on her face. More than a smile out of happiness, it looked like a smile caused by a sudden shock or surprise.
"Wha~AAhh~, sorry, what happened?" I asked though I was interrupted by a yawn in middle.
"Don't you ask what happened! You know exactly what happened don't you?" she said in a furious tone, it showed she was a little angry after all.
I had an expression that showed I knew nothing of what is going on while I continued to scratch my head. 'I'm still sleepy~'
"Ahhhh you!!!" she said.
"Can you please explain?" I kindly asked again.
"No, it's the other way around, I'm the one who wants an explanation! Will you care to explain? How did my marriage with Walric got canceled? How did I get a letter saying I am invited to the magic academy? And not only that, how did the money in our family's bank increase all of a sudden? And most importantly, how did Walric's family is ripped off of the noble's status?"