Chapter 137: Melina’s Task
After Melina invited Keiko to her room to share the chocolates they had received, they kept talking and sharing stories and ended up meeting Melina’s two roommates when they arrived.
Keiko said that she was sharing a room with two noble girls from her country, but they treated her like royalty every time they spoke, so she felt like they weren’t truly her friends.
Melina wasn’t a fan of noble customs either, which was one of the reasons why she felt so connected to Ichiro at first since he would treat everyone equally.
The four girls kept sharing stories until late at night when they were interrupted after Melina saw her voice crystal glowing red and ran inside from the balcony to listen to the message.
Keiko was startled at first but was promptly reassured by Melina’s roommates about how normal it was for her to act like that whenever the crystal glowed, explaining to the girl how the magical artifact worked.
It was Ichiro asking her to check up on Reinar, who was researching a black pearl that would turn people into lesser demons and expressed that it was important.
In a strange way, Melina felt anxiousness and happiness. It was nerve-racking to think that she needed to research a pearl that could turn people into demons, but she was happy that she could do something more interesting than attending the academy classes.
"I gotta go!" she said to her friends, who were still sitting outside on the balcony.
"Where!? It’s late, you know?" Yuki asked with a preoccupied tone.