Chapter 49: School Festival (5)
“Mmm...”
It was only much later that I finally woke up—and by then, it was already dark outside.
Following the flickering light spilling in from somewhere, I found the silhouette of someone tinkering with something inside.
Scholar’s back was to me, hunched over some machine, flames flickering and metallic sounds ringing out through the workshop.
It didn’t seem like he noticed I’d gotten up.
He didn’t seem like a bad guy by nature, and it’s not like he’d kicked me out or anything...
Now that I think about it, falling asleep like that wasn’t a great decision.
The more I thought about it, the more I realized I’d been treating him a little too casually, just based on what I remembered from the game.
Maybe it was because I’d only been surrounded by good people up until now.
He didn’t seem like he intended to harm me—but if he had been a shitty person with bad intentions...
My small hand came into view.
“...”