[ 21 ] Die For Him

The rest of the next few days went peacefully, but now even being peaceful worries me.

I don't even trust others shadows now—well, except Nova.

He just feels so real.

Like him accidentally bumping into me sometimes, or just him smiling embarrassingly, everything feels so real and sincere.

I think I would regret it if I didn't enjoy his company. Even if he were to pretend to be my friend, I don't mind it.

It's just a small price to pay for greater happiness.

But right now, I feel so uncomfortable...

Nova had brought his new friend to our table, and on top of that, he is an Alpha.

I can't help but feel uncomfortable inside, but I tried my best not to show it out.

I don't know if Nova is fake or not, but he has convinced me he is not.

I don't care about the consequences. I am ready to bear them and to have him accompany me.

I don't want to upset him. He had beared my shitty attitude and silent treatment a lot of time.

I can't just disappoint him and ruin his new friendship because of myself.

It would be very selfish of me.

I fake smiled at Nova's new friend; he was about to introduce himself. "Hello, I am Claude Mela. It's nice to meet you."

He offered his hand for a handshake. I did that too, in order to not appear rude and ruin everything set up by Nova.

I felt goosebumps as his hand touched mine; I don't like Alpha's.

I hurriedly pulled it back as soon as he lost his grip on my hand.

The atmosphere became a little weird.

"So, where did you find him?" I asked Nova, trying to soothe the weird atmosphere.

Hearing this, Nova said, "He was a late admissioner. I was told to accompany him."

"Because I didn't know anybody else, I brought him here to make friends. I hope you don't mind."

Hearing this, I nodded. He seemed to be trapped in this too, like me.

Claude just scoffed playfully at sitting in the corner.

We all started to chat with each other. Nova and our siblings are the main things to talk about.

I was a little shocked to hear that he had a little sister. It's rare to see a good brother like me.

But he is still far behind me in overall terms.

Nova blushed a lot as we kept mentioning him. He could only silently reply to everything.

He is just too soft and shy, but I guess he is trustworthy because of that too.

I mentally approved of Claude. There must be someone to protect Nova while I am gone.

I am in too deep stuff to take care of another person, and I think this Claude guy can perfectly fulfill it.

I just hope my division skills haven't rusted while learning and phemoneas.

Some days later, I found myself with Nova and Claude, running away from a demon wolf.

"Who's idea was this!?" I found myself screaming while running.

"It was Claude's," said Nova.

"You guys agreed to!" Shouted Claude.

"We didn't want you to drag us here! What should we do now?" I said this while running. I was getting tired, and this damn wolf doesn't seem to be stopping soon.

"Let me think for a while," said Claude. 

Some time went by like this, but Claude didn't say anything. Suddenly, Nova fell down. His knee started to bleed due to falling into a thorny bush.

I was about to stop and pick him up, but Claude was faster than me. Nova doesn't seem to be able to run anymore.

He seems to have gotten in touch with some poiseness plant while falling down. He needs medical treatment urgently.

Me and Claude both started to run again after he picked up Nova. Nova seems to have lost his counsioiusness, which must be due to that poiseness plant he came into contact with.

Claude's speed was visiblely lower; the demon wolf seemed to be caught up soon.

We had already used the spell 'speedo 1'. It seems the effect is even running off by now.

I have two options now: run for my life or be eaten by that demon wolf.

If I am thinking rationally, I am going to choose the obvious one.

But I felt a dreadful feeling creeping inside me as I looked at Nova and Claude's tired faces. Claude seems to be genuinely worried for Nova.

If they died here, I would lose some good friends. I don't know if someone would want to be friends with me after this.

But if they died, Nova's uncle Milo and Claude's sister Cylvia would be sad.

And I can't die either... I don't want Lucas to be sad. I can't just abandon him.

Just as I was about to run like a coward, I heard Claude say, "Louise, take Nova and run. I will fend off the Demon Wolf."

I visibly froze in my footsteps and was almost about to trip, but I somehow managed to stay calm.

What did he say?

How can he seem so selfless? Doesn't he worry about his life? What about his sister? Is he ready to leave her?

Suddenly, Claude smiled, but he spoke with utter seriousness, "Don't worry about me. I think I can make it out alive from here."

Alive? I looked back at that vicious demon wolf. I don't believe he can.

No matter what, it is almost impossible for a first-year student to defeat this thing. Let alone us, just here for about one and a half months only.

I looked at him with horror; he wasn't thinking about so-called playing as a savior by lying to me!?

"Are you sure about that? Don't you have a family?" I was worried about his decision.

"My mother and father are total pieces of sh*t; they don't care about me at all. The only person who cares about me is my sister; she will be sad if I die."

"But I can't let Nova die. We might not know each other for a long time, but I think I won't mind dying as a so-called savior for him."

I looked at him with shock. 

He just smiled at me. "And there is you too. I think I should protect my friends."

I felt something snap in me....I suddenly stopped in my tracks.....