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Several days passed…
It had been raining more or less continuously since that day. Sometimes, it stopped for a while, but there was rain more often than not.
It seemed like the rainy season had truly begun.
Charlotte had decided to postpone the investigation into the Demon God Cult case until the rain stopped.
However, the important issue wasn’t Charlotte or the investigation. It was Ellen.
The training grounds wasn’t the only place that Ellen had stopped going to.
Ellen hadn’t been showing up for the morning exercises, nor had she appeared in the dining hall for snacks as she usually did.
It was clear what was happening.
She was avoiding me.
Unless it was inevitable, she was avoiding all situations where she might encounter me.
Even when we crossed paths in the dormitory, she would merely pass by without acknowledging me.
It wasn’t as if we usually greeted each other or acknowledged each other’s presence in the past, though. We just practiced and ate meals together when it was time.
However, things were subtly different now. Even if we didn’t greet each other, we used to at least make eye contact. Now, though, Ellen wouldn’t even look at me. She was completely ignoring me.
I had many secrets, and I hadn’t shared anything about those secrets. That must have invariably led Ellen to think about her brother.
Someone who cared for her but didn’t tell her anything, someone who knew everything about her but didn’t reveal anything about themselves…
She didn’t want to see another person like that ever again.
She was sure that I would inevitably make her sad, and was trying to distance herself...
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