Chapter 33

༺ The First Letter (33) ༻

The hallways of the temple were submerged in silence. The only people around were the priests of the temple and some of the patients’ relatives. Besides those two types of people, there were only a few others who had been recently discharged, just like me.

There was no reason for it to be noisy anyway. Friends and acquaintances who came to visit a discharged patient could cause a little noise, but the temple’s atmosphere deterred possible disturbances.

It was common practice for people to leave the temple first before talking with each other.

I had also completed the discharge procedures, but no one was there to meet me.

It was because Celine had left.

Compared to when I fought with Seria or during the demonic beasts subjugation, my injuries this time were minor. I was going to go through the discharge procedures earlier today, but Celine came to me as soon as she heard about my condition.

Then, after ending our meeting like that, there seemed to be a tense atmosphere between us for a while.

When I thought about her, my mind got dizzy again. I scratched my head.

Celine had appealed to me how unfair it was till the end.

“I was just talking about her behind her back. That’s all I did! I never told them to bully her. I was just saying how unlucky you were!”

“That might have been the trigger…….”

“Then how many people do you think are being bullied at the academy every day?”

At Celine’s icy voice, I had no choice but to turn my head and bite my lip as she continued to grind her teeth in anger.

In the world of women, gossip was commonplace. It was something I wasn’t aware of.

“It’s that bitch’s fault for being a loner! There’s been rumors about her for a long time, but has she ever been harassed so blatantly before? Does it make sense for lower aristocrats to gossip about the Yurdina family’s blood?”

“……Then?”

“Of course, the high-ranking nobles are behind it, for god’s sake!”

Celine was so frustrated that she stomped her feet after saying that. Taking all of that into account, it seemed that Celine wasn’t the instigator.