Chapter 37: An Awkward Intervention

Running back to the dormitory, Alice jumped straight onto the bed, burying her entire head under the covers.

Although she wasn’t rolling around in a frenzy, an intense sense of shame made her face burn bright red.

Although she had already promised Yagesi to help him get closer to Liya, this was Alice’s first time doing something like this—helping one friend pursue another, and a date at that… Alice was already starting to regret agreeing to Yagesi before.

Of course, what truly made her feel ashamed was not inviting Liya, but the scene she imagined—Liya and Yagesi both showing up for the appointment.

The real goal was to help Yagesi and Liya bond, but the connection point was herself. That is, on what was supposed to be a date, she had to squeeze between the two of them. Books called that being a third wheel… Thinking of that awkward scene, Alice felt extremely ashamed.

And she had never even had a boyfriend before…

‘Ah… if it were Cecilia, she would definitely handle this situation perfectly…’

Unlike herself, Cecilia was very sociable. If it were her, she could easily control the atmosphere during the date and steer things in the most ideal direction according to her thoughts. Hmm… she herself definitely couldn’t do it—completely inexperienced…

“Hey, Wingman Alice, are you okay?”

“What is it, Yagesi? Can’t you see I’m…”

Hearing the special nickname ‘Wingman’, Alice subconsciously responded… and then three seconds passed.

“Waaaaah!!! Y-Yagesi?!”

“Yo.”

Right by the bed, Yagesi was standing there with his trademark smile that looked calm but actually contained a hint of goofiness, waving at Alice on the bed.

“Why are you here?!”

Alice threw the pillow at Yagesi’s face, then hugged the blanket and retreated to the corner of the bed.

“Why? Of course to chase after you!”

“Ch-ch-chase after me?!”

Alice’s face instantly turned bright red, and she began to stutter. In contrast, Yagesi was unnaturally calm.

“Of course. I called you many times but you didn’t listen, and you ran straight here without looking back, so I chased after you. Although there were some obstacles along the way, with my excellent instincts I dodged them all. Pretty impressive, right?” Yagesi said with a hearty laugh.

“Whew, you scared me. So it’s not… No! Something’s wrong! Everything’s wrong! Everything is wrong! This is no place for you to be!”

“Huh? Is it dangerous here?”

Yagesi looked around, looking puzzled.

“Though it’s a bit different from my dorm, it’s no big deal. Since I’ll need your help as wingman, maybe I should move in too…”

“Impossible! Absolutely impossible! You can never move in here! Let’s move on to the next topic! What did you want with me?!”

Alice almost roared, cutting off Yagesi’s words.

“Hmm… didn’t you say to wait here for you to come back and tell me the result? But you ran off yourself… So, did Liya agree to the invitation?!”

“Uh…”

Alice froze, finally realizing.

At first, to prevent Yagesi from taking matters into his own hands and messing things up, she had told him to wait in the distance. But unexpectedly, he didn’t cause trouble; instead, she got cold feet…

“Of-of course! No problem!”

But she absolutely couldn’t admit that now! For some reason, Alice just didn’t want to admit it. She didn’t want to admit it in front of Yagesi… So she had to tough it out!

“Do-don’t worry! Liya and I have already made plans! You just need to wait for my notice! When the time comes, follow my instructions, pretend to run into us, and then you can naturally go on a date with Liya!”

“Really?! You’re amazing, Wingman Alice!”

Yagesi said joyfully, his eyes sparkling like a little kid seeing an idol.

“In-in any case! You need to leave right now! This is a girls’ dormitory! Guys like you are not allowed in! Go, go…”

Alice climbed down from the bed as she spoke and opened the window.

“Quick, jump out of here!”

“Huh? This is the fifth floor, pretty high up. I’ve used quite a bit of magic today…”

“Stop talking and just jump! Hurry, hurry, don’t dawdle…”

Alice pushed Yagesi toward the window, urging him incessantly. Yagesi scratched his head and had no choice but to comply.

“Alright, I’ll jump… But let me prepare a bit; I need to gather some mana.”

“Fine, fine, hurry up…”

*Bang bang bang!*

Suddenly, there came a knock at the door, startling Alice. She couldn’t even bear to imagine how terrifying it would be if someone found out she had hidden a boy in her dorm. Forget her good student image—she might even get expelled for misconduct…

“Who, who is it?!”

At that moment, Alice sincerely thanked herself for her habit of locking the door.

“It’s me, Liya!”

“Liya?! Ah! Oh! I’m coming! Just a moment!”

Alice glanced at the room. Yagesi was still by the window gathering mana, and the room was a bit messy. If Liya came in, she would definitely find it strange. Besides, she herself looked disheveled from the sudden incident… No, she couldn’t let anyone see her like this!

More seriously—

Alice glanced at Yagesi by the window. Time was running out. There was no other choice!

‘Sorry, Yagesi!’

“Okay, I’m almost ready. Wingman Alice, I’ll go now…”

Before Yagesi could finish, Alice pressed her hand against his back and shoved hard, simultaneously casting a silence spell at the window so that Yagesi’s sounds wouldn’t reach Liya at the door.

‘I’m really sorry, Yagesi!’

After solving this biggest problem, Alice immediately started tidying up the room and fixing her appearance to look as usual. Perhaps due to the urgency, Alice even felt that she was unusually efficient. In no time, she had reorganized both the room and herself.

“Whew… okay!”

After confirming everything was fine, Alice took a deep breath to calm her nerves, then slowly walked to the door and opened it.

“What’s up, Liya?”

“…Ah, nothing much. I just wanted to tell you that since we agreed to eat out tomorrow, but you didn’t mention the time and place, so I came to ask…”

“Oh!”

What to do, what to do?! She hadn’t thought about the time at all! Nine? Ten? Or maybe eight? As for the place… meet directly at the shopping street?!

“If you don’t mind, how about meeting at the dormitory gate at ten tomorrow morning?”

“Okay! Then it’s settled!”

Liya was really reliable! She had already thought of everything! And she was only ten years old!

“Uh, sure. It’s a deal then.”

“Mm, it’s a deal!”

After a moment of hesitation, Liya finally left first, though she seemed to have sensed something… But it didn’t matter! No matter what, she couldn’t have guessed that Yagesi had just been in the room, so it was fine!

Closing the door, Alice let out a heartfelt sigh of relief and sat down on the floor against the door.

“Whew…”

In every sense, today had been an extremely tiring day.

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