Chapter 2: Episode 2
Episode 2
But something similar happened several more times.
After the swordsmanship class, when Felix and Adrian came out of the training center with towels on their heads equally, Lucy, who hesitated and approached, correctly identified Adrian and said what it was for.
It was also the same on a day when it rained quite heavily in spring, and on a day when I wore a cloak for a raincoat all the way to the top of my head.
Lucy Keenan was clearly distinguishing the Berg twins by something other than hair length.
"Hey, Alec. Do you have any moles on my ears?"
"dot?"
Alec, with a puzzled expression on his face at Felix's outrageous question, happily checked his ears.
"No."
Then, this time, Felix pushed the top of his head.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Ignoring the bewildered friend's words, Felix pulled up to Adrian who was sitting next to him.
"Look at me and Adrian's kiln. how is it? different?"
"… … It's the same."
I can't. Even the kiln position is the same.
Felix looked at his twin brother in surprise again. 'This bastard may actually be my doppelganger.' thinking nonsense.
It is neither a point nor a kiln. If so, that's all there is to it.
"… … Maybe I was a little more handsome than Adrian?"
Alec put on an astonishing expression as he looked at Felix who asked with a serious face that was too serious to be a joke.
"The two of you are the same, as if they were placed face to face in a mirror!"
In the end, the semester ended without even answering the question about Lucy Keenan. The academy was on summer vacation, and Felix, who returned to the duke's residence, vowed to himself not to worry about useless things any longer.
… … I definitely made a promise.
I kept thinking about it. I kept wondering.
What the heck is different?
What's the difference between us in his eyes?
It seemed that this useless worry would end only when Lucy Keenan found out the difference between herself and Adrian, which only Lucy Keenan could see, or when Lucy Keenan couldn't tell the twins apart.
So, the night before Felix left the duke's residence and returned to the academy, he cut off his long blonde hair by himself.
Standing in front of the mirror and looking at himself, he was remarkably identical to my twin brother. At this level, it seemed that even Lucy Keenan would not be able to tell them apart.
Felix thought so.
* * *
It's been a week since the semester started.
Felix, who had cut off his hair with enthusiasm, was slightly regretting his hasty choice.
When Adrian complained about it, he just joked about it and laughed it off.
"Adrian!"
"I am Felix."
"Adrian-kun!"
"This is Felix."
"Adrian? No, is it Felix? … … Adrian, right?"
"It's Felix!"
Felix, who threw the castle away after being misunderstood for an unknown number of times, walked down the hallway avoiding people. He was tired of explaining that he was no longer Adrian.
As he turned the corner, he met a man walking by with the same face and the same expression as him.
"Adrian."
He was the younger brother that people had been looking for so much for me. He also didn't look as good as himself.
"Hey, Felix."
Adrian called for his brother, narrowing his forehead as if he was tired of something.
Before he could speak in earnest, Felix quickly raised his hands and took a surrender posture. I already knew enough what my brother wanted to say.
"I'll grow it, hair. And I will never cut it again."
"… … That's the wisest thing you've said this year."
Adrian leaned against the wall and let out a shaky laugh. There was a dark shadow on his handsome face.
To the graduating class, to the student council president, to the librarian. The younger brother, who does so many things from east to west, looked quite tired in Felix's eyes.
"Are you okay?"
At Felix's question, Adrian slowly raised his head. Seeing his older brother's worried face, he quickly smiled.
"of course. I was just having a bit of trouble sleeping."
stupid child.
Felix thought to himself.
If it's hard, I'll be honest with you.
It was Adrian's old habit of pretending to be okay even if it was hard, hiding and struggling alone. Felix felt sad and frustrated at the same time.
"Can I help you with anything? What is this?"
Felix took the paper Adrian was holding.
The names of the books were tightly arranged over two pages.
"This is a list of books to bring in this semester. I have to take it to the library."
The operation of the Xenomium Academy library was managed with the librarian, Mrs. Erin, in the library department. With that fact, Felix's eyes lit up at a thought that suddenly popped into his head.
"I'll bring this to you."
Felix said as he grabbed the paper.
"Why don't you go into an empty classroom and close your eyes for a moment?"
Not noticing what his twin brother was thinking, Adrian smiled and nodded.
"thanks."
Adrian immediately left the hallway in search of an empty classroom.
Felix also took a step towards the library. He thought with a look that looked rather wretched.
this is the last
He decided to face Lucy Keenan one last time.
When I ran into her on campus a few days ago, she hurriedly ran away as if recognizing Felix. But before that, she almost mistakenly called him Adrian for a moment.
So, if your acting is perfect, you might be able to fool Lucy Keenan.
Felix arrived in front of the library, stood in front of the mirror installed in the hallway, and organized his clothes. He looked like a creepy Adrian when he was neatly buttoned all the way to the end of his neck, and he groaned for a moment.
Felix cleared his throat 'big' and entered the library. The librarian, Mrs. Erin, was nowhere to be seen, and near the bookshelf, a female student was busily pulling out books and stacking them on the floor. It was Lucy Keenan.
Felix approached cautiously, but she was so busy with her work that she didn't notice at all. The bottom of the school uniform skirt was covered in white dust as I got down on my knees and pulled out the book from the bottom of the bookshelf.
Felix cleared his throat again and spoke to her with a smile.
"Hi."
At the sound of a voice from behind, Lucy glanced back and turned her head back to the bookshelf.
"Oh, senpai."
She said without looking at Felix's face. Working hard in front of the bookshelf, she looked insanely busy.
"I can't possibly. There is absolutely no room for <The Complete Collection of Ashelad>."
Lucy pulled out the last book from the bookshelf and placed it on the pile of books that had already been stacked high. As the book pillar shook precariously, she hurriedly straightened her focus.
"Phew! Had I known this would happen, I would have asked the school to provide more bookshelves sooner. If I wrote the request now, it wouldn't come right away."
Seeing Lucy babbling and pouring out words, Felix widened his eyes. It was the first time I'd seen him talk like that.
"Is this a list of books?"
Lucy snatched the paper from Felix's hand. Then he flicked down the list with his finger.
"<Ashilad's Complete Works> Volume 40... … <The Spirits of the Empire>... … I'm going to have to throw out this old book. It was so old that a few pieces were torn. … … <Father Bertna's Sermonbook>? Why is this coming again? No one is borrowing it."
In Felix's eyes, it seemed strange that she pouted her mouth as if dissatisfied. It was because I never imagined that she, who had always run away with a firm expression when confronted with him, could make so many different expressions.
After checking the list, Lucy put the paper on the bookshelf and said.
"It would be a good idea to move these books to the library first."
Lucy picked up the stack of books closest to her and walked over to Felix. Then, as if holding a baby, he carefully handed it over to him. Felix abruptly accepted it.
"Ah, but I thought about it."
Without taking his hand off the book that Lucy had handed over, he suddenly opened his mouth.
"Senior, don't you have a lot of work to do?"
Lucy, who stood close with a pile of books in between, smelled fresh grass mixed with the scent of bitter herbs.
"I will take care of this."
Lucy laughed and took the books again.
"If you call Colin and move with him, it will be over in no time."
As Felix stiffened and stood still, Lucy tilted her head and looked up at him.
"Senior, where are you hurting… … ."
Lucy, who was about to say something, stopped talking. Her eyes widened and her lips parted slowly.
"Ah… … ."
Lucy's complexion, who shed a sigh of relief as if realizing something, quickly turned pale.
thump.
The books she was holding fell to the floor.
"Sin, I'm sorry!"
Lucy exclaimed.
"I thought it was Adrian-senpai… … ."
"Ah, I… … ."
Felix tried to say it was okay.
At that time, Lucy, who was walking backwards, touched the books he had stacked high, and the book tower collapsed. Embarrassed, Lucy hurriedly knelt in front of him and began to organize the books.
For a moment, Felix walked over to her side and tried to help, but then stopped.
As soon as he realized that he wasn't Adrian, Lucy's expression as if he had seen a ghost came to mind. Apparently, she didn't want her help.
Eventually, Felix turned around and left the library.
He walked down the hallway at his feet and ruffled my hair nervously.
What's so inconvenient?
He couldn't understand Lucy Keenan, who laughed and chatted well when he was with Adrian, and hardened as if he had encountered a monster when he faced him.
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