Chapter 3: Swing is a friend 4
"Stay with me, don't leave, help me!" Yaoyao held my hand, her eyes were red and seemed to be filled with tears.
This is her residence, an independent villa deep in the Red Knight branch, a luxurious yet isolated place. It is also where I have lived for the past ten years. Even a few days ago, I was still living here.
"I won't leave. I will always be with you. I will." I held her hand and promised, but I heard a slight cough in my ear. I guess it should be the voice of Mrs. Miyagi.
"Although I have to leave now, I will try my best to stay in TK Academy. I will stay here for you! I will do everything I can to protect you, Yaoyao."
"Although I have no way to deal with your current situation. But tomorrow, I hope you won't leave. If you leave, there will really be no one to help me." Yaoyao said while choking.
"I won't leave. I just won't live with you anymore. I still have a way to stay in TK. I'm in..." This is a bit embarrassing, but I can only tell Yaoyao, "I live with Suzaku now and I'm his bodyguard, so I will always stay by your side."
"I know, I know! Mingri, I really wronged you." Yaoyao said worriedly, "You have to be with that person and put up with him."
I thought of that guy and said hesitantly: "Yaoyao, maybe you can trust Suzaku!"
"He's Suzaku!"
"Hmm..." Mrs. Miyagi coughed again.
I endured the pain and stood up. Yaoyao held me and said the last sentence: "Mingri, I'm sorry for wronging you. Please help me stay by Suzaku's side and help me... you know."
I roughly understood what Yaoyao meant, and although I felt it was a little wrong, I still nodded. To me, Yaoyao was the only important person in TK Academy.
When I walked out of Yaoyao's room, sure enough, Madam Gongcheng was waiting for me outside. Seeing me come out, she smiled elegantly and seemed very affectionate, but said to me: "Tomorrow, I think it would be better for you not to come here in the future, at least not for the time being."
"I see."
"No, you don't understand."
Lady Gongcheng smiled and said, "Mingri, you are very good, a good girl. But you do not belong to our world. Our world is unimaginable to commoners. To become a noble requires a lot of sacrifices, and also requires giving up many things that commoners think are important. Yaoyao is at this stage now, she needs to realize her noble identity and realize who she will become. When she becomes queen, she will be grateful for the choice we have made for her now."
"So in order to become queen, she should lose everything she truly loves?" I couldn't help but ask.
A cold expression suddenly appeared on Mrs. Gongcheng's noble face, and she said to me coldly: "Mingri, have you figured out your identity? Do you understand who gave you all this? Do you really think you are qualified to question me?"
I didn't answer, and I didn't know how to answer.
After escaping from the villa of the Miyagi family, walking on the school road that seemed to have turned white due to the north wind, I suddenly didn't know where to go. I didn't understand what Mrs. Miyagi and Dean Takamiya were doing, and I didn't want to understand their behavior. Because just like they said, I was just a civilian, a bystander, and I shouldn't appear in their world, their story.
Now, I am walking alone on TK's road, my destination is Takamiya Suzaku's dormitory. I never thought that guy would appear in my life, nor did I think that I would appear in his life.
but……
Today in the Knight Hall of the Red Knight Branch, Takamiya Naoto wanted to expel me again, but it was Suzaku who protected me, allowing me to stay in TK Academy.
So, if I want to stay at TK Academy, I can only rely on him? On that guy? The guy who is about to expel his own brother?
I was in a bad mood thinking about all these messy things.
Suddenly, something seemed to appear beside me. Two girls came towards me, they looked at me, nodded in my direction, and then smiled sweetly. What was going on?
Is it something on me ? Or something beside me... I turned my head and saw only one person's arm. He was too tall, and my head only reached his shoulders. His long chestnut hair fell refreshingly and softly on his shoulders. I looked up and he just happened to look down, so I saw up close the smile that TK Academy voted for the most perfect smile for three consecutive years.
By the way, the winner of the TK campus online most expressionless award for three consecutive years is none other than the younger brother of “Mr. Smile” next to me, Akihiro!
"Senior Qiu Qianyuan." I called him in a bad mood. I really didn't have the mood to pay attention to those boring knight etiquette.
"Mr. Ming." He answered me cheerfully, as if it didn't matter that a normal knight didn't address him as "Sir".
Almost all the TK students along the way, no matter whether they were wearing red, black or white school uniforms, as long as they were female, would smile at the swing edge and act shyly like a "lovesick man".
The charm is really great, and I am walking with him now.
Suddenly, I thought of something and deliberately avoided him.
"What's wrong, Asuka-san?"
"Aren't you the chief moderator of the school website? You're also the editor-in-chief of the TK school newspaper, and the most gossipy person in this college!" I recalled what he did in the Knight Hall this morning, and said with lingering fear, "So, it's better for a commoner like me not to walk with you. If someone sees us..."
"They will definitely promote it with a headline like 'Suzaku's new girlfriend also falls in love with the popular Qiuqianyuan', right?" He said with a smile. I became alert because I couldn't tell whether he was joking or serious.
"Oh, why are you so humorless? How can you be like our Chihiro?" Speaking of Chihiro, Chihiro almost instinctively moved his hands to his face, pulled the flesh at the corners of his eyes and cheeks, and made a poker face exactly the same as Suzaku.
"You..." I almost laughed out loud, but I covered my mouth to hold it back. Then I suddenly screamed, "You are actually friends with Takamiya Suzaku!"
"Of course! I'm the second greatest knight, and he's the first, so of course we're friends! It wouldn't be an exaggeration to even say we're brothers! Otherwise, why do you think I would protect you all the way back to Suzaku?"
The swing is said as a matter of course.
I was so surprised that I couldn't close my mouth for a long time. I was just joking when I said that. I thought there was absolutely no one in this world who wanted to be friends with Takamiya Suzaku! That guy, he...he...he actually has friends!
"What? You look surprised. Could it be...Ahhh! Are you really attracted to me?"
This person...may not be as easy to get along with as he looks.
I weakly interrupted his wild thoughts and said, "Don't worry, no. I'm just curious, there is someone in this world who is the friend of that annoying guy."
"Are you referring to Suzaku?" When saying this, Qiu Qianyuan deliberately used a tone similar to the aristocratic accent of Country Y to speak the native language. I could see that he was deliberately imitating Suzaku's tone and couldn't help laughing.
"Mingri, do you think Suzaku is annoying?" Qiu Qianyuan suddenly asked me.
"Of course! He always acts so great, always talking about how great and talented he is, and always speaking in foreign languages with a strange accent that no one else can understand. And he also..." I said a lot without thinking, and when it came to the most important thing, I didn't know how to continue.
"What else did he do?"
"He also planned to expel Skylark, his own brother."
"Tomorrow, promise me one thing, okay?" Qiu Qianyuan suddenly stopped. The howling north wind swept the fallen leaves in the woods behind him. The rustling sound made the whole world seem as if suddenly there were only him and me left.
He looked at me with a serious expression and clear eyes. I noticed that his face was a little pale and he had just covered a cough with his hand. I heard that he was in poor health. How could such a beautiful and happy person be unhealthy?
"What's up?"
"You have to promise me first." He laughed again, his expression gentle, but his eyes seemed to see through my thoughts.
"I……"
"Don't you know that I have been sick? Don't you think it's too much to let a patient beg you in the autumn wind?" he said unhappily, as if he was really angry.
"I...ok." I agreed.
"Promise me you won't leave Suzaku alone, okay?" There was a power in his voice that I couldn't refuse.
"I...I'm just a civilian."
"But you are willing to walk into this war that is not yours, so... don't let Suzaku fight alone, okay?"
"Will he fight? For whom?" I asked sadly, and suddenly I felt the warmth of Qiu Qianyuan's palm on my shoulder.
"As long as you don't leave, you will know the result one day, right?" He laughed, pointed to Suzaku's house in front, and said to me, "I heard that he sent away all his servants because you came. So, if you don't go back, he will definitely scold you for not having dinner!"
"That bastard! He really thought I was his full-time babysitter!"
“Haha…” Qiu Qianyuan laughed, pushed me and said, “Go quickly!”
Although I was very unwilling, I still had no choice but to return to Takamiya Suzaku's residence. However, if he really scolded me for not having dinner as Qiu Qianyuan said, I swear I will definitely resist!
I was ready for a fight, so I opened the door and walked in, only to see a dark figure rushing out. Takamiya Suzaku was wearing a coat and tie, and looked like he was about to go out. Hey, isn't it time for dinner? What was he going out for?
When he saw me appear, he didn't even look at me, just opened the door and walked out.
"Hey! What are you doing?" I shouted at his back without thinking. He ignored me and walked in one direction.
I suddenly felt panic and inexplicably sad. What was this bastard planning to do?
"Hey! What on earth are you going to do? If you don't answer me, I'll follow you!" He still ignored me, so...
Regardless, I followed him.
