Aster Veren
Epiaode 95's

- Kalea

Everyone was still silent in his place after hearing Teo's words. But the next second I heard Nadin's voice that I did not have time to realize his presence.

"Pft..," he muttered trying to hold back his laughing voice.

"Na–nadin?" The woman sitting in front of him. Seemed uneasy when he saw the views of everyone who had been fixed on them.

"You're so funny, Teo, the first time I saw you like this was for someone else." Nadin said after laughing.

"Why? She's good, doesn't she want to see her friend being bullied by them?" Asked the woman in front of Nadin glanced at the group of people who were looking for trouble on Sean.

"What did you say? That guy's not protecting a spoiled kid there." Obviously Nadin while glancing cynically at Sean who had also glanced at him in annoyance.

Apparently his consciousness has returned, right? His empty gaze had disappeared and his expression clearly showed that he would not remain silent anymore.

"Pft, a– spoiled child said he?" Said a man who got a fist earlier before bursting open to hear the words he heard. His friends secretly laugh at Sean who is called a spoiled child by Nadin.

"When his mother was very evil, but his son was called a spoiled child, pft ...."

"Who do you call a spoiled child huh?!" Said Sean immediately grabbing the collar of the man's shirt in front of him and looking at him sharply upon hearing his mutter.

"Heh~ so now you want to defend yourself huh? Just be quiet. And why are you offended? You're just his stepson–"

"Shut your mouth!"

"Why should I keep my mouth shut?" His question instantly got a fist on his face as he smiled sarcastically, this time it was Sean himself who floated a fist on the man's face.

"YOU!!" The man's growl returned Sean's fist, but he nimbly avoided it and turned the fist on the man's face.

"In the end they fought as well" Nadin murmured after sighing heavily and reaching for the drinking glass before him.

In a matter of seconds the atmosphere of the canteen was back as noisy as before, I who intended to help Sean was not able to do anything because his fights with those people were increasingly becoming. Then his friend also fought to help Sean, even Teo had joined in beating up children who ignored warnings from him.

"... but Nadin, if Teo doesn't protect Sean, then why would he bother to stop their fight? He even got into a fight like that because his warning was ignored," asked the woman in front of Nadin to attract my attention.

I, who was standing not far from where Nadin was sitting, listened to what they were talking about. Distracting me from the boy fight in front of me.

"Tia, you're not conscious yet?" Nadin said, while watching Teo fighting, "that person is protecting the daughter of the Veren family. He did not want the princess to hear this bad news in the academy. You recall? That kid's sick and hasn't been in class yet, is he? So he doesn't know anything about all the rumors going around." Continue to make women in front of him ber"oh" ria.

"Truely, he's a close friend of Aster's. Then the white-haired kid from that special class was also his close friend right? The youngest son of the Alterio family."

"It looks like the relationship between the Veren family and the Alterio family is very good huh?"

"I heard they've been friends from childhood,"

"Kok Aster can be friends with a troublemaker child like Carel huh?"

"But looking around, that kid's only good to Aster, right?"

Whisper some girls who secretly listen to Nadin talk with his friend in the midst of the commotion they see.

"Of course, anyone who bothered him would deal with him and the blond guy there. So just stop gossiping about the news" Nadin said as he got up from his seat and walked past them followed by his friend.

"You guys!" Shouting Nadin made the atmosphere in the cafeteria again quiet, everyone's attention began to be on him. "... really look like a fool huh?" He continued with a sarcastic smile on all of them.

"What did you say?" The growling of the unaccepted boy was fooled as long as his collar was firmly gripped by Teo.

"Who did you say was stupid?" Others follow emotions.

"All of you, who else?" She answered while brushing her hair, still with her sarcastic smile.

"I'm not stupid, anyway" Teo said with a flat expression, he also had not removed the collar of the man before him.

"You're as stupid as they are to be provoked by emotion when you hear them debating the news of the murder. The article has explained all the truth. Still making arbitrary assumptions ... isn't that a fool's name?" He continued with a voice loud enough to make everyone unable to dwell, as well as Teo.

I don't know why I feel ... Nadin was so cool now, my mind could not take my eyes off his figure who had walked towards the exit after looking down at everyone in front of him.

I can't do anything, defend my mother's good name I can't. But Nadin, somehow indirectly he looks like he's protecting me. He's completely different from me. He has always been the bravest kid than me. He was the one who always protected me and supported everything I did.

My only good friend. My mind was saddened by the reality I was receiving. Had that misunderstanding never happened, maybe I could still be on good terms with him.

"Why am I this weak? Though I had intended to protect Aster, but I was this weak. Can't be trusted!" I murmured at myself not having the strength to protect Aster.

Along with that Mr. Justin has come with the three girls who picked him up. Then Mr. Justin drove the children who were fighting to his office, including Teo.

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-nadin

"... Nadin?" Tia's murmuring made me look at her at a glance.

"Hmm?" I muttered lazily after taking a long breath.

"So, why suddenly call them all stupid?"

"Because they are stupid," I answered unable to remove the image of Kalea who looked upset standing not far from my seat.

After all who is not upset to hear the ravings of all those who mock their families? Plus, they called Kalea's mother a murderer. Though Aunt Claretta did not participate in the plot to kill Marta. And again the one who killed Madame Marta was the man of her grandmother Kalea, should be the one who deserves to be called a murderer.

And again, why didn't Kalea's grandmother open her mouth at that press conference? He just let Aunt Claretta open her mouth to explain all the truth, my mind wondered.

"You've done your job well, haven't you?" Carel's voice surprised me.

I saw that he was standing not far from where I was standing with his thin, meaningful smile.

A few days ago, he met me with Teo behind the academy. He asked me to take care of the situation like tonight if a commotion occurred while he was not in place. Not to protect Aster, but to protect Kalea so that he does not reveal his identity in front of everyone to quash rumors about the Veren family and his ex-wife, Mr. Albert.

Of course I rejected it because I still have a grudge against my former best friend. Why would I protect someone who betrayed me? It doesn't make sense if I protect her, does it? Though I have made his life suffer by being shunned by his friends. But in an unexpected situation like this, they instead asked me to protect her?

Then to convince me of something, Carel threw a diary in my hand. And asked me to check it out, and Teo gave me a white envelope on my hand in addition.

After that they left without saying anything more. I who felt played by them was upset and intended to throw books and envelopes in my hands. But I paused when I saw the name behind the envelope.

"You're really very annoying huh Carel," I muttered back at her thin smile.

"Lea?" Tia's voice I don't care about.

"Hee... So in the end you trusted the contents of the letter huh? Or do you trust the diary I gave you?" He asked with one of his hands in his pants pocket.

"Okay, what do you think?"

"I guess? It seems like soon I can see a good sight."

"Huh?"

"Forgot that, I came to ask for the diary back. I have to return it without the child's knowledge."

"Hee... ja–so you stole it secretly?!" I almost cried out when I saw him extend his right hand to me.

"Here you go, give it back!" He said after being annoyed.

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