“But I really didn’t know this would work. Did the teacher not recognize us?”
There was no way he didn’t recognize us.
It was because Noah-senpai clearly looked directly at the teacher.
It was so sudden that I pretended to kiss him, but I didn’t know this would work.
The teacher seemed very flustered.
I slowly opened the closet door. A gust of cool air rushed in and I saw an empty alley.
The closet was filled ❀ ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) with humid heat, so it felt very refreshing.
I looked at the ghosts floating around the closet and asked Noah-senpai.
“How does the head of the academic affairs department know it’s me?”
Then Noah-senpai turned his head in the direction of the ghosts, just like me. It seemed like he could sense the ghosts’ energy.
“I think you’re a person who can see. I guess you must have been floating because there were so many ghosts around the closet. It seems like you’ve always been aware that there are a lot of ghosts around you. You should be careful.”
I nodded at Noah’s words.
“Since there have been many incidents in the past, I thought they would naturally pay attention to me.”
I had expected this to some extent as I got involved in incidents and solved problems.
“Sister! Are you okay?”
“Senior, is something wrong?”
At that moment, Raven and Easton came running into the alley and checked on me. The two of them were acting so strangely that Noah stepped back with a flustered look on his face.
“Hey, get out of the way. She’s my sister.”
“Can’t I even worry? I’m also Hastings’s... my senior’s...!”
Easton couldn’t find the words to say and trailed off,
“You’re my junior.”
Raven laughed at him with a dull answer.
“What, what! Why are you laughing!”
Easton picked on Raven with a red face and the two of them started bickering again.
I left the two people alone for the time being and looked at the ghosts again.
Hee-ing-
The ghosts gathered around me with sad faces. They looked very upset because I didn’t pay attention to them.
The guys were still afraid of Noah, but they thought it was safe next to me, so now they didn’t care about my senior and gathered around me.
“Senior, did you understand everything the Dean of Academic Affairs said? Why is that person concerned about your health? I don’t think it’s just because your father came.”
Eston and Raven, who had been bickering, became quiet at my question.
“It seems like the Dean of Academic Affairs knows that I’m the king’s vessel.”
“Vessel? What are you talking about?”
Eston asked curiously, but no one answered.
“Let’s go back to the cafe for now.”
That was the moment he said that and was about to leave the alley.
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A ten-person steam carriage stopped in front of the alley. It was a shuttle carriage that circled the town and went up to the school.
“Damn, it’s broken down again.”
At that moment, the driver got down from the driver’s seat and looked around the carriage.
The alley was narrow, so people were barely able to pass by, complaining about the inconvenience.
We couldn’t get out of the alley either, so we waited for a while.
The carriage was packed with people.
“It’s full today, maybe because it’s a day to get in.”
It was a ten-person carriage, but there seemed to be at least twenty people inside.
The ghosts that had been hovering around disappeared somewhere in an instant.
The driver looked at the carriage for a while, then started banging on it as if he didn’t know why.
“Isn’t it because there are too many people?”
I muttered while staring blankly at the carriage, and everyone looked at me.
I opened my eyes wide in confusion.
“Why, why?”
“No.......”
Raven looked back and forth between the carriage and me with a puzzled expression.
“There’s no one in the carriage.”
The moment he said those words, the twenty passengers in the carriage simultaneously turned to me.
Their expressions were all the same. Their mouths were wide open and their eyes were missing.
‘They weren’t people.’
They clearly looked like people just a moment ago, but they must have been possessed for a moment. Looking at them again, they definitely weren’t people.
Were they evil spirits or shamans?
Judging from the fact that no ghost stories have occurred, they seem to be shamans rather than evil spirits... ... .
It was hard to make a hasty judgment.
“They don’t seem aggressive yet.”
At that moment, Noah-senpai answered.
“I think so too.”
Easton chimed in.
“What? Am I the only one who doesn’t understand what you’re saying? Is there a ghost in the carriage? It’s so stuffy.”
Raven was the only one who complained about the stuffiness.
And at that moment, the knight did something unexpected.
He knocked on the carriage and spoke to the passengers.
“It’s full. Those who got in last, please get off.”
Then, as if they understood what the knight said, the five commanders who were riding in the last seat quietly got up and got out of the carriage. Then, the main body of the carriage, which had been sitting slightly down, rose a little.
The knight returned to the driver’s seat and started the steam carriage, and it started up safely.
Soon, the carriage started. Before we could question the strange sight, the carriage disappeared.
“......What was that just now?”
The commanders who got out of the carriage naturally blended into the crowd and disappeared without a trace.
As we stood there with puzzled faces, looking at the place where the carriage disappeared, a passing man who seemed to be a villager explained.
“It often happens like that on the Night of the Dead. Are the dead riding it or something......”
As he spoke, a passing woman added.
“When something like that happens often, if you shout for them to get off the carriage like that, the carriage really gets lighter. It’s really amazing. I guess the dead really do exist.”
It was so amazing to see that even people who couldn’t see ghosts had such a knack.
While he was talking to the villagers, someone spoke to Noah.
“Noah?”
When he turned his head, a middle-aged woman wearing an extremely elegant dress and a middle-aged man wearing a stylish suit pretended to recognize Noah.
“What are you doing here? As a student representative, you have to greet the Crown Prince and the Pope and perform the ceremony.”
Noah greeted them with a very timid face.
“It’s been a while. Mother, Father.”
Huh.
Noah’s parents. Noah seemed like an unknown person who was born and raised alone, but it was strange to hear that he had parents.
‘Even I thought it was an absurd prejudice, but people are so perfect...’
While he was lost in thought, the Duke and Duchess of Eglinton looked back at me, Raven, and Easton.
“Ah. Lauderdale’s Youngsik was here too.”
“It’s been a while since I’ve greeted you, Your Majesty the Duke and Duchess.”
Easton greeted him with a sharp manner. It was the first time I’d seen him so nervous.
Certainly, unlike the Duke of Lauderdale, the Duke and Duchess of Eglinton had an overwhelming presence that overwhelmed people just by appearing.
Should I say that they felt an authoritative atmosphere that oppressed people just by their presence?
Their gazes soon turned to me and Raven.
“This is......”
“This is my roommate. She is the top student in her grade. This is the transfer student this time.”
Easton introduced me and Raven.
“Oh, you are the rumored perfect scorer on the transfer exam...?”
The Duke and Duchess of Eglinton looked at me with surprised eyes. They seemed to know about me.
I don’t know how far that rumor went. From what I heard, it seems like it was a big deal on the mainland.
‘Well, it’s a prestigious school, so they must be interested.’
It was a school so famous that even the crown prince and the Pope visited.
“It’s nice to meet you. It was a hot topic in the capital because it was the first time that a perfect scorer on the transfer exam came out.”
The Duchess of Eglinton said to me with an elegant smile. She was clearly smiling, but why was she so scared?
“I’m honored that you thought well of me.”
I greeted her as casually as I could. Then, the Duchess of Eglinton, who had been looking at me with a happy expression, looked at Noah this time.
However, one thing that was unexpected was that the look in her eyes when she looked at me and my siblings was completely different from the look in her eyes when she looked at Noah.
She asked Noah with a very cold face.
“I’m going to see an opera performance. Will you come with me?”
“I.......”
“I’m sorry, but I can’t refuse. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Holiness the Pope will be attending.”
I don’t know why she asked, but the Duchess of Eglinton said something like “no is no” and turned around without listening to Noah’s answer.
The Duke of Eglinton, who had been standing with a solemn face listening to the conversation, smiled and greeted us.
“Will the students come with you?”
I looked back at Easton and Raven. We were planning to see the opera performance tonight anyway.
The opera was interesting because it was about the story of Sister Gloria from 100 years ago.
When I glanced at Senior Noah, he smiled calmly and answered.
“Do whatever you want.”
He said we could go together. Raven and Easton gave me a strange look.
What does that mean?
Are you saying you want to go with the Duke of Eglinton? I tilted my head and thought for a moment before saying to the Duke of Eglinton.
“Okay. I wanted to see the opera too.”
Then Easton and Raven made a frustrated expression.
“Damn it. It’s uncomfortable.”
“We wanted to watch it comfortably together.”
Only when I heard the two whispering in mosquito-like voices did I realize why they had made such strange expressions, but it was too late.
‘I’m not uncomfortable... ... .’
Rather, since they were Noah’s parents, I was curious about various things and wanted to talk to them.
I felt sorry for Easton and Raven, but it was already a decision, so there was nothing I could do.
We ended up going to the opera with Noah and the Duke and Duchess of Eglinton.