Chapter 99 Coffee [1]
It was evening, the time was around 5 pm and I just entered the cafeteria building.
The place was crowded but not much, this time around students came here to have some evening snacks and relax with their friends. Among the many tables, most of them were filled, but I still caught sight of one that was.
Not empty but it was where I had to go. I headed over to the table—which was placed in the right corner; a person was sitting there already. I reached there and pulled a chair back, and I sat and faced that person.
She was none other than Ellyn; wearing the school uniform she was waiting here for me. Her expression was not the best—it looked as though she didn't want to do this but was doing it anyway.
Before I sat she was looking outside from the glass wall but as I sat there in front of her, she leaned back to the chair and faced me.
"Good evening," I greeted as I sat comfortably on my chair.
"…Good evening," she replied, unwillingly.
"So? What's the report for today? Anything unusual?" I asked.
Yes, this was the reason she was waiting for me here; the daily report she had to give me. After yesterday's incident where I had to escort her to the class A dorms, I decided that I'll have her report to me in the evening and in a public place; not in my room.
Meeting up in the room was a bad idea, to begin with, it was too risky. What would have happened if someone saw her coming to my room? She could have given some excuse and got away but that is only a one-timer.
If she kept on showing up daily and someone was watching then she won't have an excuse on why she—a class A student and the heiress of the Rosenberg family, is coming to visit a class B student who's just a normal noble.
It would've created several problems for me and my plan so it was not worth the try. Also, I don't want to escort her daily to her dorm building. The same problem will occur if someone from her side saw me.
That's why; meeting up in a public place was a better idea. Being seen by other people was an inevitable problem, but the probability of the other party thinking that she is here just to meet me will be low.
Many people who are not even aware of the other's existence, share a table in the cafeteria due to the crowd and lack of more tables. Her sitting with me can simply be described as a coincidence.
Anyway, getting back to the topic.
"No, his day went as usual," she said.
"I see," I nodded as I took the cup that was resting on the table and took a sip; it was coffee obviously.
"That was mine," Ellyn claimed.
'Well, I knew there was that possibility. But the smell of that coffee was so good that I wasn't able to resist.'
"I'll pay for it," I clarified.
"Tch! That doesn't solve the problem."
'Hmmm? It doesn't? Not that I care.'
Though it seemed there was something else on her mind as she quickly changed the topic and came back to Leon.
"I said his day went as usual, but there is something that has changed," she asserted.
"What?"
She didn't reply to that, rather, she tilted her head and looked in a direction beside me. After that, she said, "There."
I turned and looked in the same direction, a few tables away from us was sitting Leon with one other girl. The girl had blonde and green eyes, both were familiar to me; she was Anya.
I turned back and looked at Ellyn, waiting for an explanation even though I got the gist of it.
"After that incident where she was being harassed by those students and I and Leon saved her, slowly she's been starting to talk more and more with Leon. At the start, it was only limited to greetings and small talks in class but now, she's often going to the café with him."
"I see."
So this was it, huh? I was also observing this change but was ignoring it till now. After that incident—specifically, after she received that letter from X, she's been trying so hard to be friends with Leon.
Well, I can understand why she'd do that. The letter from X clearly said that if she didn't get into a relationship with Leon, I will be killed by X. Anya is the type to not put deep thought into things, everything she sees or hears, she takes it to face value.
And her doubts would have only been confirmed when she was attacked by those students; a thing that was mentioned in the letter will happen.
Since then, she is trying to get friends with Leon in order to save my life from X. And regarding them, I still don't know the identity of X. Mostly because that is not my main focus as of now.
The only thing I know about them is, that they are a student of this academy since they can keep tabs on Anya to confirm whether she is trying to get in a relationship with Leon or not.
Another and very big proof of this is the letters sent by them, you can't send a letter to any student until you are a student here yourself.
Secondly, whoever they are, they know about the storyline of loli_pop's novel and that this world is based on his novel. They also know that something was changed since Anya and Leon—who should've started dating by now, were not even friends.
Maybe that's why they are trying to get them close so the plot can say the same. And I can assure you they are doing a better job than me in this case. Anya is my sister, that's why I am not able to manipulate her in the way I do with other people.