Quiet Benny Shaiye secretly liked His.

While His spoke roughly, he occasionally showed a chivalrous side. Since the incident when His discreetly picked up Benny’s pen that had rolled out of the window during class, Benny’s gaze often turned towards him.

However, Benny couldn’t be unaware of the fact that His liked Idalia. So, Benny had consulted Alekto a few times.

“You’re good at human relationships. How should I naturally start a conversation with His? What should I do to approach someone who isn’t interested in me?”

Alekto found the relationship advice boring, but he listened for the time being. And he gave some advice. Since you’re so quiet, that’s why you’re unpopular. Go and be more assertive!

But what had he learned?

What was wrong with the counseling content? Come to think of it, Benny wasn’t present in class yesterday. Did she really try to approach him and get rejected?

“What did I do?”

Unable to reveal detailed circumstances to anyone other than His, Alekto defensively countered.

Taking advantage of that moment, Idalia stepped back a few steps, and His approached Alekto.

“Benny Shaiye likes me! Hey, what’s my position if you keep saying that! Benny hasn’t come out of the dorm since yesterday.”

What? Alekto was shocked.

It might be a rumor, they say. Since Benny could have given advice to someone else. But why would they attribute the source of that story to Alekto?

“What are you talking about! I’ve never said such a thing.”

To tell the truth, Alekto had brought up stories about Benny. In front of the two quiet kids in the class.

Well, they seemed unlikely to say anything……. Oh, and in front of Angarad and Lianon too? Those kids had no one to tell…….

But he couldn’t say such things, so Alekto first denied it.

“Liar! If not you, who else? Benny hasn’t talked to anyone but you!”

Aisling, who lived in the room next to Benny’s, approached and got angry. Aisling threw Alekto’s ink bottle to the floor while Alekto was bewildered. The surrounding kids screamed and quickly avoided it.

Crash. As the ink bottle broke, black ink droplets splattered on Alekto’s clothes and shoes.

Aisling was in a similar state, but tall and imposing with her strength and long arms, she expressed her anger without paying any attention, shouting.

“Watch and see! Just showing off, right? Talking about others’ secrets carelessly! If Benny gets hurt like this, I’ll kill you!”

Aisling’s threat was simple, but due to her height and long arms, she had an intimidating presence. Another kid next to them muttered.

“Yuna Berthold will kill you too. Why are you doing this?”
Yuna Berthold was also one of the kids who consulted Alekto about their concerns. Since the day before yesterday, Yuna had been glaring at Alekto whenever he passed by, but Alekto didn’t pay attention, thinking, “Is that person crazy?”

“Why Yuna?”

“She said I’m so ugly like a pig that losing weight is useless. Haven’t you pretended to be friends with her?”

Objectively, Yuna was just pleasantly plump, but she thought of herself as too chubby.

The cause was clear. Evaluations of appearance by boys of the same age. Hey, Yuna Berthold. Aren’t you losing weight? Look at Megara; how slim and pretty she is. If your face isn’t working, at least be slender…

Alekto noticed that he was ranked among the least attractive girls in the class along with Yuna, and he was quite concerned about it.

But wanting to appear bold, he deliberately got closer to Yuna, telling her that appearance was useless. Although she found comfort in those words, Yuna still disliked her appearance and reduced her meals to lose weight.

And every time other kids looked at her, she complained to Alekto that her heart was hurt because of her weight. Alekto was honestly annoyed but listened quietly.

There were times when Alekto had spoken about Yuna in a way that included criticism, to be honest. But it was only to a few people.

He hadn’t said anything to her directly. Wasn’t that patience in itself? Since everyone dislikes someone who complains, right?

But how dare she be so arrogant? Alekto retorted indignantly.

“What are you talking about? When did I?”

“Bad girl.”

Aisling whispered sharply. Around that time, the entire class had focused on this commotion, and they quickly turned their gaze to the sound of the classroom door opening.

“What are you doing there?”

Returning to the classroom, history teacher Mr. Humbert stared at Aisling, blinked, and then turned a blind eye. Aisling raised her chin with a face full of wounded pride, answered that it was nothing, and returned to her seat.

However, Alekto couldn’t shake off the suspicion that the hostile stares of the kids continued to be directed at him.

Listening to Diane’s story, Nerys nodded her head.

“That happened.”

“I was really surprised. I thought a fight was going to break out!”

Diane vividly described what happened during today’s 1st-year history class. There was some enjoyment in her description since the mockery targeted not only Alekto but also the wealthy McKinnon family.