The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed

34 – Testing

The next day.

As promised, we gathered in the club room and shared snacks brought by Aria.

Aria’s insistence that there should always be sweets, jelly, and drinks in the club room, Kane and Luna unexpectedly agreed with a small nod.

Drinking sweets and coffee, while listening to Aria’s plan to decorate the club room, she brought up the topic of the prom.

“Did you guys know that there will be a ball next week on the emperor’s birthday?”

I wonder if you waited for me to say that. Cried Arya, her eyes shining.

“Of course not!”

He continued talking with a mischievous smile.

“The dress is already perfectly prepared.”

Beside Aria, who shrugged her shoulders, Kane put on an annoyed expression.

“Why bother doing that~ I need to find a partner to go with.”

I agree with that statement. It was very difficult for me to find a partner.

“I heard a lot of people asking for a partner~”

She has a good personality, and if it’s Aria with a pretty face, she’s bound to be popular.

“I also asked to be a partner, but it’s awkward with people I don’t know. It’s annoying to be friendly.”

Kane had a skinny body that looked sickly, but her decadent appearance with her long, curly hair made her look quite attractive to the opposite s*x.

“I decided to go with my fiancé.”

When La Carr said that, Arya asked with her surprised face.

“Did you have a fiancé?!”

“Yeah, didn’t you tell me?”

While Aria eagerly asks questions about her fiancé, La Carre scratches her head and replies as if it’s no big deal.

I turned my gaze to Luna, who was quietly eating snacks.

As usual, Luna was holding a book in her left hand and drinking sweets and drinks with her right hand.

“Are you ready for the prom?”

As if taken aback by the sudden question, Luna let go of the snack she was holding and shrank.

“Oh, I….”

As she blurted out the end of her words, I bit her mouth shut in embarrassment at the way she slightly lowered her gaze with her left hand.

Couldn’t it be that you’re not attending the prom because you’re not feeling well? Maybe I asked a useless question, but I regretted it belatedly.

Avoiding the awkward atmosphere, I got up and told the members.

“Today is Sunday, so let’s search for an hour. You should enjoy your Sunday weekend.”

As everyone nodded in agreement, I added a comment.

“I’m going out today and I’m thinking of copying the club key and handing it out to each other. Even if I’m not there, you can always come to the club room and take a break or do club activities.”

Everyone had a happy face at my words. Having a hideout of one’s own at the academy was fun, even at an adult age.

We left the club room and continued the search we did yesterday. 1 Hour later, we came back to the club room again, but we didn’t have any harvest like yesterday. Everyone had a happy expression, probably because it was fun just to do club activities.

While Arya was lying on the bed in the club room and eating sweets, Kane took out her reagents from the table where her alchemy table was placed and did something of her own.

Sitting on the soft sofa, I looked at Luna reading the book she was holding in her left hand. When I left the club room with Lakar to go out, Aria, who was lying on the bed, shouted.

“Buy something to eat when you come!!!”

“Yes.”

After breaking up with Lacard, who had an appointment with my fiancé, I got an outing pass and went out to the streets of the capital.

I went to a store specializing in magic arts that I had known about beforehand and asked the clerk to make a copy of the key.

“A key engraved with magic, right? 4 Copies, a total of 8 gold coins.”

I was a bit taken aback by the higher price than expected, but I was able to pay the price because the bag of gold coins I received from Roel contained as many gold coins as it weighed.

I got out of the store after the clerk told me to come pick it up in two hours, and headed straight to the street where the clothing store was located.

I saw several students near the clothing store who, like me, seemed to have gone out to buy clothes to wear to the prom.

As I opened the door to the clothing store recommended by Lacard before parting ways, a woman with slightly burdensome makeup approached me.

“Nice to meet you, welcome to Pomrel’s Clothing Store.” You seem like a first-time visitor, what kind of clothes are you looking for?”

Hook, I didn’t feel bad about the strong perfume smell.

“What to wear to this prom….”

“As expected, I guessed it by looking at the school uniform.”

Before I could finish my words, Mrs. Pomrell pointed to her clothes and explained.

“Imperial trendy design. Based on aristocratic sophistication, there is no worry of contamination or wrinkles by using magic threads. It gives a point with the lace on both sides, starting from the line behind the back…. Doesn’t this look bad? So how about this one? With a design popular in the north….”

Let’s shake her head vigorously while listening to the explanation for about 30 minutes. It was only then that he showed me a black suit with a neat design, as if he knew my taste.

“A suit for the man who seeks perfection. It is a suit made by Loopra, a fashion designer in the study of magic, with a perfect finish with elaborately designed shawls and magic….”

“Yes, I will do this.”

I didn’t know what it meant even after hearing the explanation, but I like this one the most out of all the ones I’ve seen so far.

“Then, shall we adjust it to suit our body? Oh, if you’re going to wear it to a prom, you don’t need to open the back, right?”

Let’s scratch our heads and nod our heads roughly. Mrs. Pomrel put her hands on her waist and raised her eyes.

“This is why men…. Just leave it to me. I will make you the best.”

I nodded my head eagerly in gratitude for those words, and Mrs. Pomrell literally mended my clothes with magic to fit my body without stopping.

“Perfect. Add a bow tie here. Oh, you’re not going to leave that shaggy bangs covering your forehead at the prom, are you?”

“Uh… just what….”

Let’s answer a sudden question stupidly. Mrs. Pomrell put on a pitiful expression, and brought out a tin with a nice phrase drawn on it from somewhere.

“This is a product from ‘Lablanc,’ the most famous pomade shop in the capital. It’s about 10 minutes from the central fountain into the chocolate shop alley on the right.”

After applying pomade to her fingers and brushing her hair neatly back over her forehead, the touch of her hair held it motionless as if it were ice.

“Perfect. The gloomy impression has improved a little.”

Muttering to myself, adjusting the angle of my bow tie, dizzyingly moving back and forth from me, Mrs. Pomrell exuding enthusiasm, made me feel a little tired.

A long time later, after receiving a service on how to care for clothes, laundry, and even a container of pomade, I was able to change back into my school uniform, pay the price, and leave the store.

I came out and put clothes and pomade in the space storage. It wasn’t time to go find the key yet, so I went around the streets and bought snacks for the members.

After practice, I developed a habit. I had to stock up on some food in the space warehouse to feel relieved.

It was quite convenient that the food that went into the space storage, like the inventory, would not go bad or cool down.

Insert a package of inexpensive beef jerky and a large amount of chocolate. After purchasing chicken skewers and drinks according to the number of additional people, I went back to the sorcery shop in time to get the key while looking around the streets.

When I returned to the academy and went straight to the club room, I saw Aria sleeping deeply and Luna reading a book.

Let’s sit next to Luna who is reading a book. Taking her eyes off her book, Luna turned her head to look at me.

“You did a great job with your hair… ?”

Luna’s words reminded me of applying pomade, and I scratched the back of her head.

“I went to a clothing store and they did it as a service….”

“It suits you well.”

Seeing Luna say that with a pretty smile, I felt a strange feeling in my heart, as if a haze was blooming somewhere.

In the club room where only Aria’s regular breathing can be heard, we silently face each other 3 seconds later. Feeling incomprehensible shame, they turned their heads to each other and averted their gaze.

“… It is a gift.”

With the copied key, hand over yakitori and drinks from the space warehouse. Luna smiled happily and thanked her.

“Thank you. I will eat well.”

As soon as I received it, I put it in the storage room, so the chicken skewers, which were still warm, tasted like I had just bought them.

I don’t want to put pressure on you, so I got up and tapped the sleeping Arya’s arm.

“Wake up.”

“Ehh…. 5 Minutes only….”

“I bought some delicious chicken skewers… ?”

Whisper in Aria’s ear as she struggles to sleep. Suddenly, Arya got out of bed and held out her hand, looking at me with her hazy eyes.

“Please…. Lol.”

After receiving the yakitori and drink with her sleepy eyes, Aria gave all sorts of compliments to the freshly made yakitori’s warmth and taste, then she looked at me with her half-closed eyes.

“Why?”

“Maybe dinner can be delivered….”

“Go to a restaurant and eat.”

Because they sound cheeky, let’s feed them honey chestnuts. It made a strange sound like ‘Ah!’.

“Oh, don’t lose the key.”

Let’s take out the key from the space storage and hand it over. Arya, who received the key, held it tightly in her arms as if it were precious, and lay down on the bed again.

With nothing more to do, she leaves the club room and moves to the dormitory. An unknown student called me.

“Ross, Bella-senpai is looking for you. Please come to the lab.”

After thanking the unknown student for giving me the words, I turned to Bella’s lab.

Are you finally ready?

Let’s knock on the door of the lab with anticipation. I heard Bella’s voice telling me to come in.

Let’s open the door and enter. There he saw a woman, presumed to be a knight, and Bella drinking her tea.

“I have prepared the spear of destruction according to the deal.”

Said Bella, tapping the long box under the table with her foot.

“It was very hard to find. So I guess I’ll need some insurance in return.”

“Suddenly insurance?”

When I asked, frowning between her brows, Bella smiled charmingly, her golden eyes shining.

“Because it is a rental, not ownership. We need to think about the possibility of losing this to someone else.”

Saying that, Bella turned her gaze to the knight sitting in front of her. The knight got up from his seat and looked at me without saying a word.

The girl with blonde hair and green eyes had a cool look in her eyes, just like her cold impression.

“However, if you successfully attack the 4th Imperial Knight Claire, you will pass the test. Don’t you think this is a bad condition?”

I sighed at the sight of Bella smiling like a snake.

“Good. But should I get a separate reward for this?”

Maybe it was simply to test me, or maybe he didn’t intend to give me the Spear of Destruction.

If it’s the personality of the Bella I know, there must be some ulterior motive.

If only she could successfully attack once. I was able to pass the test with my abilities.

“Okay, what reward do you want?”

I said, raising one corner of my mouth to Bella, who smiled at her, as if satisfied that she had accepted her offer.

“We’ll talk about that later. I need time to think too.”

“Okay, if you can pass the test.”

Looking at Bella with a mocking smile, I smiled too.

What should I get this time?