Chapter 91: Side Story – Millenia’s Struggles
[space_man][space_man]After leaving the collapsed Central Temple, Millenia and the others were about to head back to the Central Academy dormitory, but Yukto said he was fine now and entered the coffee shop they had originally planned to visit.
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[space_man][space_man]At the coffee shop, Millenia and Yukto ordered milk tea, while Laliane ordered café au lait. After waiting for a while, the milk tea was served, and Millenia took a sip and sighed. She felt that it was a far cry from the one Mary had brewed for her before.
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[space_man][space_man]”Mmm, this place is always so relaxing.”
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[space_man][space_man]Yukto said after taking a sip of his milk tea. There seemed to be no other customers besides Millenia and her friends. This shop was a coffee shop that Yukto frequented, and he had brought Millenia here when she was looking for a shop that served tea that tasted the same as Mary’s.
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[space_man][space_man]”So, how is it? Is it close to the taste you’re looking for?”
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[space_man][space_man]Millenia shook her head at Yukto’s words. The taste wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t the taste Millenia was looking for.
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[space_man][space_man]”You’ve been going around coffee shops in the central capital since the exam, but maybe you should just brew it yourself?”
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[space_man][space_man]Laliane said while drinking her café au lait.
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[space_man][space_man]”Yeah, maybe Mary-oneesama is special, and only she can brew that taste……”
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[space_man][space_man]Millenia said, reminiscing about the tea Mary had brewed for her. At the same time, she remembered the first time she met the two of them.
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[space_man][space_man]After the Central Academy entrance exam, Millenia suddenly felt like drinking Mary’s tea and entered a nearby coffee shop, ordering tea and a light meal. Yukto and Laliane were at a nearby table, checking their answers from the exam.
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[space_man][space_man]As for the content of the exam, Millenia wasn’t worried because Eld had taught her strictly. However, she couldn’t help but be curious when she heard them checking their answers and ended up talking to them.
[space_man][space_man]The two were surprised at first, but when they realized that Millenia was also an examinee, they agreed to move their seats closer and check their answers together.
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[space_man][space_man]As a result, all three of them had almost the same score. In the first place, the entrance exam was for class placement, so there was no pass or fail. And Yukto said that if there were no mistakes in the scoring, the three of them might be able to be in the same class. Laliane sighed at that, saying if their bad luck would continue.
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[space_man][space_man]Millenia noticed that Laliane’s expression at that time wasn’t one of annoyance, but rather one of happiness, with her cheeks flushed and the corners of her mouth raised.
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[space_man][space_man]Even Millenia, who had no experience in love, understood what this expression meant. And she thought that if they were in the same class, she would like to help them out. She was so preoccupied with this thought that she didn’t notice Yukto staring at her.
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[space_man][space_man]After that, they ate a light meal and went to see the exam results together. As their self-graded scores indicated, the three of them were placed in the same class. Furthermore, Millenia and Laliane were assigned to rooms next to each other in the dormitory.
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[space_man][space_man]From then on, Millenia would often invite the two of them to study groups, shopping trips, and other activities. During the study groups, they visited coffee shops in the central capital, looking for a place that served tea that tasted the same as Mary’s, but they hadn’t found one yet.
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[space_man][space_man]There seemed to be no progress in Yukto and Laliane’s relationship either. Yukto, in particular, didn’t seem to have feelings for Laliane beyond those of a childhood friend, and Millenia was wondering what to do.
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[space_man][space_man]”Speaking of which…… Millenia, you’re the daughter of the Faniaal family, aren’t you?”
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[space_man][space_man]Millenia, who had been lost in thought, was suddenly spoken to and looked at Yukto.
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[space_man][space_man]”Ah…… yeah…… huh? Didn’t I tell you?”
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[space_man][space_man]”No, I’m sure you said it when we were being shown to our rooms in the dormitory. You must have been preoccupied with something else and didn’t hear it. I wonder what you were so preoccupied with at that time~.”
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[space_man][space_man]Laliane said in an exasperated tone.
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[space_man][space_man]”Ah…… no…… yeah…… was that so……”
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[space_man][space_man]For some reason, Yukto looked away from Millenia.
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[space_man][space_man]”But still, I won’t give up, you know. Yeah.”
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[space_man][space_man]Millenia didn’t understand what he wouldn’t give up on, but she nodded anyway. Laliane watched them with a cold expression.
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[space_man][space_man]After returning to the dormitory, Millenia started making plans again to bring Yukto and Laliane together, but her efforts backfired throughout their time at the academy. On graduation day, Yukto confessed his feelings to her, and because she didn’t feel that way about him at all, she ended up rejecting him. But Millenia at this time had no way of knowing this.