Hanamizuki, Because Flowers Are Not Just Beautiful
Chapter 7: The Camelyum
“Amary-chan, are you ready for the flower magic tournament between academies next month?”
Amaryliss's gaze did not change from the book she read. In fact, he daydreamed.
“Amary-chan?”
The elder flicked his hand in front of Amaryliss to the point of surprise.
“I-Yes?”
“You okay Amary-chan?”
“It's fine! Why?”
“Last-lately you daydreamed anyway.”.
Amaryliss closed the book she read. He touched her hair.
“Elder-chan.”
“Ya?”
“When Riri-sensei stroked my head, her face adjacent to mine really kept reminding me of her, to Mr. Raflessia. Though the real Mr. Raflessia, never raised a face in front of me until that close.”
“Amary-chan..?”
“I know they are not the same person, but..”.
“Amary—”
“Elder-chan, do you know where Riri-sensei's house is?”
“Eh?! Why suddenly ask that? Don't-don't—”
“Don't think a no-no ah!”
Amaryliss's face flushed intensely to the point of making the Elder smile.
“Amary-chan must have wanted to give a gift to Riri-sensei when she didn't visit him in the hospital, right?”
“Elder-chan! Keep your voice down!”
“So so yes?”
Iris approached Amaryliss and Elder while draping her hands together.
“Why, Iris-san?”
“Umm..take me too..if you want to go to Riri-sensei's house..”.
“Eh?”
“Ngapain follows all!? This urusa—”
Spontaneous Amaryliss covered her mouth. His face turned red.
“What the heck does the tone forbid you, indeed why if not?”
“Uh...quiet first Iris-san..after all we do not know where Riri-sensei's house is...”.
“As I recall he doesn't have a home.”
From outside the window Alstromeria and Typha were walking to a standstill when they saw Iris, Elder, and Amaryliss who were talking about Riri.
“Ah was right too..at that time we even saw her in the garden chair.”
“Eh!? So you mean Riri-sensei slept out there cold without a single sheet of blankets?!”
“M-where do I know..”
“True, as long as Riri-sensei comes to this academy, he never tells me where his house is, then let's follow Riri-sensei and find out where his house is!”
The elder raised both of his hands excitedly with sparkling eyes.
“B-not that I don't want to come! B-but I have patrol—”
“Alstromeria-san definitely follow~”
Unbeknownst to the owner, Typha who was the shortest of them raised Alstro's right hand to make it immediately wrong behavior.
“T-Typha! You're in—”
“I also want to come because of curiosity~”
Continue Typha with her cute face.
“Well come Amary-chan!”
“Bu-not that I don't want to know his house but—”
“Iris-san? What are you doing?”
“Of course knit the blanket with all the love for Riri-sensei!”
“E-eh..”
“S-seven love?!”
Hearing that Amaryliss immediately sewot, then suddenly he was busy doing something.
“Be careful I won't lose!”
“Anu, if you want to follow Riri-san, you better hurry, he has already come out of the school gate.”
“EHHH!!?”
***
“Master.”
“Why?”
“There are 5 girls following you.”
Spontaneous Riri was a bit shocked. “L-five people? How?”
“They have been following you since, Master, do I need to go out and get rid of them?”
“Do not! I don't want to attract attention!”
“But I doubt your safety, if they are not removed.”
Riri took a breath, then she tried to behave as habitually as possible.
“Master?”
“View no, who is following me?”
“At least clearly see it, but..”
“But...?”
“Riri-sensei talk to whom anyway?”
“Ssst don't be noisy! Been caught!”
Precisely the 5 girls were Amaryliss, Elder, Typha, Alstromeria and also Iris. Their appearance is indeed suspicious with long clothes with glasses and hats.
“And I want to buy the latest Eriri-chan manga.gawat if caught by others from academy—”.
Riri became self-contained. While his necklace was unceasingly shaking in his chest. Her necklace is none other than Camelyum.
“You why the hell Came? Don't vibrate keep—“
“I can't let Master be stalked by a freak like that—”
“Sst! Just shut up and act like normal!”
“Understanding.”
But after that, Riri disappeared in the light until the 5 girls who followed him became shocked.
“EEHH!? R-RIRI SENSEI IS GONE!!?”
“What did Riri-sensei disappear with magic?”
“Since when did Riri-sensei have such magic abilities?”
“Riri-san is indeed unpredictable.”
“He is yes! If it does have high magic ability why continue to teach us defense magic?”
“Have given up, Riri-sensei must have known that we were following him—”
“No! There's no giving up in Iris's dictionary! I've worked so hard to make this loving blanket for her, how could I give up?!”
“Segenap love what sih—”
“What? You're jealous of not being able to sew, right?”
“Cash!”
“Hey you guys don't fight—”
“Alstro-san?”
Alstro stepped away from them and let go of all his disguises.
“Let's go home. Maybe Riri-sensei really does not want to be disturbed. Let's ask him directly tomorrow at school about his home.”
Typha followed him. Only Iris, Elder, and Amaryliss remained.
“Maybe the words Alstromeria-san have a point too.”
“Tomorrow I will ask him directly, how can he have teleport magic like that!”
...****************...
“S-Sickness..”
“You okay, Master?”
“Loh, where is this?!”
As soon as I opened my eyes, I only saw the trees around me. The blue sky looked higher than the one I had seen in the academy.
“This is exactly the road to the house given by the strange woman, Master.”
Without me knowing, Camelyum's body was above me, automatically our faces became close to each other.
“M-sorry! Master!”
In a hurry Camelyum got away from me, his cheeks blushing red but his face remained unchanged.
“Ah—wait, you said this is the way to my house? How did you know?”
“That strange woman hasn't told you about your house, has she, Master?”
Even Camelyum called Carnation-senpai a strange woman…
“Ah, yes too, when I received the key, I just left so happy that I forgot to ask for the address.”
“That's one of my abilities.”
“Your abilities?”
Camelyum stood behind me and pointed to the north.
“My ability is to know what someone forgot to tell you or vice versa, Master.”
“Eh!!? So you know about my home address because Carnation-senpai forgot to tell me?”
“Technically as such. I can also tell you the information you want to tell me before you ask.”
“Like mind reader?”
“No. The ability of the mind reader means being able to read the whole thought of a person long before that person says it verbally. My ability is more like question reader.”
“Uh..
Riri made a flat face to make Camelyum shake his head.
“What's the Master, we should find your house first before the stalker knows that you're here.”
“Anu—”
“Why, Master?”
“Call Riri only.”
“Huh?”
“It feels like the Master call is too formal, after all I have been used to being called Riri.”
Riri gave a funny grin on her mouth to make her teeth visible. Without knowing that Camelyum smiled to see him.
“So call Riri only huh?”
“Good, Master.”
“Riri only!”
“Sorry, Master.”
“Riri only!!”
“Oh-”
After a few minutes of walking, Camelyum stopped suddenly in front of me.
“This is your home, Master.”
“EEHHH?!!! LIE!!”
I'm not surprised, the one standing in front of me and Camelyum isn't home. But a castle!!
“Long—”
“Why, Master?”
“The strange woman is outrageous.time gave me a house like this..or does she mean that she told me to hitchhike here? Really cruel...”.
“This castle is empty, Master.”
“K-empty?”
“There's your name also here.”
I ran up to Camelyum and sure enough, to the right of the giant door of the castle, clearly inscribed ‘Hanamizuki’ made of gold plates.
“Long..ini..this is gold right?”
Camelyum answered with a nod.
“Hanamizuki this is definitely not me, you must be wrong way—”
“No, my instincts are never wrong.”
“Eee—?”
“See that garden, Lily and Camellia flowers.”
Camelyum is right, in the front yard there is a large garden, dominated by Lily and Camellia flower plants with various colors, but more are white.
“Very good..”
My attention was on the white Camellia flower. Is correct. Carnation-senpai knows best that I love Camellia flowers.
“Means...This giant castle is really my home..?”
Even if she's a strange woman, I owe her too much. I haven't been able to do anything worthy of replying.
“Not to worry, Master. I will protect you even in a castle this big.”
I smiled at Camelyum. Thank you, Carnation-senpai, in this way I can be alone with Camelyum without interruption.
***
“A-what is this all, Master?”
“Too many foodstuffs I rarely find in my original place! So it makes me curious to want to cook with those ingredients!”
Camelyum was amazed to see the amount of food on the table. Although from the outside of the castle, but inside it still uses the type of original Japanese-style house. Just bigger size.
“You sure spend everything?”
“Huh? You don't want to eat, Came?”
“Spirit flowers like me actually do not need to eat.”
“EEh? B-so yes..”.
“Because of the Master who made it, I will definitely eat.”
Camelyum sat on one side of the table, right next to Riri.
“I just found out that flower spirits do not need to eat..”.
Camelyum smiled briefly. “Master doesn't know much yet.”.
“Ah, call Riri just enough—”
“Sorry, Master. I'm still not used to.”
Riri just sighed. “Well then, if this doesn't work out now, I'll take it tomorrow to school for my students.”
“Murid?”
While giving a bowl of rice to Camelyum, Riri nodded.
“Yeah, you already know that I am an apprentice teacher at Hanatarou academy, at first I did not want to be a teacher there, because there is no intention.”
Camelyum still holding his rice bowl, he was confused to choose which side dish. (because Riri's habit is frayed aka too much cooking)
“But as time went on, I finally received my position as well, and again this time I became popular all of a sudden. Actually it's also thanks to you, Came-chan.”
Finally Camelyum took a piece of caragee and soup.
“Came-chan?”
“Camelyum is too long anyway, is it okay right?”
“If the Master did, no problem.”
While eating her rice, Riri continued her story.
“At first I was surprised because there was no man in the academy. Including teachers, officers at school and so on. As a result I was the only man there.”
“I-it's dangerous right?! What if they all hurt you?! That girl is more horrible than a boy!”
Spontaneously Camelyum raised a bit of his body looking at Riri with a worried look.
“Ahaha...just relax Came-chan, after all I've been killed several times by them there—”
“I told you, it's dangerous, Master!”
Riri just grinned. “Not to worry..buktinya now I even become popular there, in a way that I myself do not even know how.”
Camelyum returned to his seat. He gave her an empty rice bowl.
“Add again.”
“Ah alright.”.
Riri gave another bowl of rice to Camelyum and went back to eating it.
“Although you do not need to eat, but your appetite is a lot also ya—”
“I can't possibly ignore this delicious cuisine, Master.”
Riri was a bit surprised. “Oh...so yes..so you love my cooking...”.
“Whatever Master makes, I'll love.”
Riri smiled. “Then you guys are, there's a lot I want to say and ask.”
“What is it?”
Riri put her empty rice bowl.
“Spirit flowers exist...to help his Master reach the destination right?”
“Yes, that's what I have.” for
“Do you already know what I want?”
Camelyum placed his remaining rice bowl slightly, staring straight at Riri.
“I still haven't seen it clearly your wish, Master. But with me who has risen this, it means that your wishes should be clear.”
“Ya...it should be so right…? The reason why my flower spirit has just risen at my present age, must be based and influenced by my desires, so?”
“In short, the flower spirit will rise if its Master really needs it and his desire has been imprinted in the depths of his heart.”
Riri smiled back at him. “I saw my students in the academy who awakened their flower spirit first from me, just a glance at the eye, their desires strong and clear. Though I'm not sure if that's really their wish.”
“You mean, Master?”
“It about seeds.”
The clock shows 8 o'clock passing. The sound of the night animals is also getting noisy. Especially with the location of Riri castle in the middle of the forest.
“Is...the flower spirit exists..only to reach the seed?”
“…”
“Is it, Came?”
“Seed for the flower spirit is just like a real seed. The flower spirit needs the seed to return to its original habitat. Like me, the spirit of Camellia and Lilyum flowers, then I will get the seeds to return to my original habitat. Like real seeds needed to fertilize flowers and various other types of plants.”
“If the seed is not successfully obtained?”
“Then the spirit of the flower will disappear and never return.”
Riri slightly lowered her head. Then do not give the feeling to ‘not man’ if you do not want to get hurt.
“Not like that..”
“Master?”
“I...indeed want a seed that can grant anything.but I myself do not know what I want, even though the desire to get the seed has been in my heart.”.
Camelyum was a bit surprised, then after that smiled briefly.
“Then that's what I exist. So from that Master has 2 types of flower spirits like me.”
“What?”
“Master wanted the seeds, but did not know what to do afterwards. I rise not because of your desire to get the seed immediately, but accompany you until your true desire arises.”
Riri was amazed to hear Camelyum's reply, she revealed her smile.
“Well, it's not clear yet, but first, I just want my students to pursue their real dreams, not just to pursue seeds! That's one of them!”
“What is your real wish?”
“Not of course not! It was my wish as a teacher to guide his students!”
“So..”.
“Then..Came-chan..guide me to find my true desire after getting the seed..as my flower spirit.”.
“Of course, Master. That's why I got up.”
“But Came..”
“Why?”
“Entah why I hate..”
“Hate?”
“I hate it if everyone is only ambitious to get the seeds.like have nothing else to achieve...including.aku.”.
"..."
“Means I don't know anything. What it looks like, how to get it, and others. I recently read about the seed. I don't understand why the people of this world believe in the power of the seed after having obtained it.”
“In this science it is difficult to understand, Master.”
“That's what I am..”
“Until this second no one knows what the form of the seed came from. Only the impact is felt.”
“Ya...rasku...Lilyum..which runs out of space after fighting for seeds..”.
“One of them..express deep wounds..”.
Riri grew stronger clenching her hands. Seeing that, Camelyum reached out her right hand and gently rubbed Riri's hand.
“Raising to get the seed this time, I will make sure no more innocent victims arise, Master.”
As if knowing what she was feeling, Riri looked at Camelyum's smiling face at her.
“Thanks... Came-chan.”
Riri's mouth still felt like speaking, but I don't know what pillar was holding him back from continuing his question.