"Juliana," Laurina called out from inside the bathing room, her voice echoing within it, "can you lend me some of your clothes for the night?"

"Sure," Juliana's voice came from the kitchen. Then, there was the sound of footsteps as she moved past the restroom door and into her room before entering the restroom and approaching the bathing room within it. "I'll leave it here," she said.

"Thank you."

Laurina stood up, allowing the water to stream off of her body. Her clothes still clung tight to her body, but she ignored it as she walked towards the door.

"Can you look the other way for a second," she said to Loganel as she brought her hands down to her shirt and prepared to take it off.

Loganel complied with her command and turned to face the wall with his back facing her. Then, he heard her opening the door and retrieving a towel to dry herself off. After she had changed into Juliana's casual wear, she reentered the bathing room.

"Ready to get out?" she asked Loganel, who shyly nodded in response. ""I hope you don't mind using a towel that I've used."

She helped Loganel dry himself, and then helped him walk over to the restroom area to get dressed.

"All better," Laurina smiled as she looked at the finished product. "You want to go to bed now?"

Loganel nodded, prompting Laurina to help Loganel out of the restroom and to his own room. Outside of the restroom, Juliana was waiting. She appeared worried as she asked if they needed any help but Laurina declined.

After helping Loganel back to bed, Laurina walked over to the dorm suite door. "I'll head back to my place for the night," she said. "I'll give you back these clothes tomorrow."

"No hurry," Juliana watched as Laurina closed the door behind her and left.

The remaining four were seated at the dining table with numerous plates of food in front of them. They had started eating their celebration feast.

"Well, it sucks he couldn't join us," Tetsuya said, trying to cheer up Juliana who appeared somewhat disappointed that she couldn't do anything for Loganel. "And I've always wanted to ask," Tetsuya continued, "what's your relationship with him? You two live together and all."

Juliana smiled as she recounted her past with Loganel, going all the way back to their time together at the Ainzloft manor.

"I'm his maid," Juliana answered.

"Maid?" Tetsuya appeared surprised.

"Yes, I serve the Ainzloft family. You might not have heard of them but they're small nobles near the western border."

"So he's a noble?" Sherriel appeared surprised.

"Yes," Juliana nodded. "I've served him ever since he was a child all the way until now."

"I'm sure with your care he will recover quickly," Tetsuya smiled. "Now, let us finish our meal before it gets cold."

***

The next morning, as Loganel opened his eyes, he saw a familiar figure before him. The figure was of a young man around seventeen years of age.

"You finally awake?" Redgilus smirked as he saw his younger brother open his eyes.

"Yeah," Loganel said, rubbing his eyes as he sat up.

"No enthusiasm from you?" Redgilus smiled. "I woke up early just to see you you know?"

Loganel looked at his brother's face. It was still the same sleepy look he was used to see. "I don't see any enthusiasm on your part either."

"That's why we're siblings you see," Redgilus half smiled. "Juliana's making breakfast right now. Need help getting up?"

"Let me try by myself first," Loganel insisted, bringing his legs off the edge of the bed. He then slowly got up, stumbled a bit, but was able to stand as Redgilus came over to help him. "Thanks."

The two of them then walked over to the dinning table which was in the living room-kitchen area. Redgilus helped Loganel take a seat before he sat down himself.

"Mom and dad must like you more," Redgilus yawned, "cause when sis and I came here, we had no one to serve us."

"I'm pretty sure they just think I wasn't mature enough to go by myself," Loganel took a sip from the warm cup of milk Juliana placed in front of him. "I wasn't the most mature kid back then."

"Yeah," Redgilus allowed his face to rest on his palm as he looked into the air and remembered the past. "You used to pretend to be immature and everything."

Soon after, Juliana brought plates of food over to the table, and the three of them ate in silence. Loganel took small bites out of his as he tried to ease his body back into its normal schedule. However, he had a hard time containing himself since he missed Juliana's cooking.

"When do you think I can be back?" Loganel asked.

"Hmmm," Juliana appeared to be in thought. "It's dangerous to be out fighting when you're not fully recovered. I say we give it a few days."

"Don't forget," Redgilus reminded them as he placed a piece of toast into his mouth, "you guys have classes next week."

"Oh right," Juliana appeared a bit disappointed. "But it should help us make sure that you'll be fine."

"What day of the week is it today?" Loganel asked.

"It's Wednesday," Juliana answered.

"Friday," Loganel muttered. "Friday I'll go out with you guys."

"Th-that's too early," Juliana appeared worried. She then tried to persuade Loganel to change his mind. "Master Redgilus, help me persuade him. It's too dangerous for him to go on Friday."

"Come on Juliana," Redgilus appeared as calm as ever as if nothing had happened. He didn't even look at either of them as he stabbed the egg with his fork and ate it. "You should know him better than that."

Juliana sighed at her defeat. "Alright, but you have to promise you won't overdo yourself."

"Don't be annoying, Juliana," Loganel answered back.

Juliana sighed as she walked over to the kitchen sink with Loganel and Redgilus' empty plates. As she walked, she looked up at the wall at the clock and was surprised at the time.

"It's already this time?!" she exclaimed.

"What? You late?" Redgilus asked. "Just go then. I'll take care of the dishes."

"Sorry," Juliana apologized to them as she rushed into her room to get dressed.

Then, there was a sudden sound of a ringing doorbell. Loganel looked over at Redgilus, who tried to avoid making eye contact. However, he soon gave up. With a sigh, he unwillingly got up from his seat and walked over to the door to open it.

"Ugh...this is Juliana's dorm suite right?" Tetusya asked. He was surprised at the sight of the unfamiliar young man that opened the door.

"Yeah it is," Redgilus responded. "What do you want?"

"Ugh...I'm wondering if Loganel's home? I have something that I need to give to him," Tetsuya said with an awkward smile.

"Go yourself," Redgilus stepped back and opened the door even more to reveal Loganel who was sitting at the dining table playing with Mazriel.

"Thank you," Tetsuya nodded.

He then entered, removed his shoes so that he does not track any dirt into the dorm suite, and walked over to Loganel, who was still playing with his cat despite seeing him walk up.

"Hey," Tetsuya initiated the conversation. "Nice to meet you."

"You too," Loganel responded simply.

Tetsuya cleared his throat as he prepared to speak. He then brought his hands to his pockets and took out a large, purple crystal. "This belongs to you."

Loganel looked at the crystal from the corner of his eye and then looked back at the grey tabby cat on his lap. "I never seen it before."

"It was on the monster you defeated in Ekeletas," Tetsuya revealed, placing the crystal down on the table next to Loganel. He then stood there, staring at Loganel.

"What do you want?" Loganel asked, looking at him with a somewhat annoyed look.

"Why didn't you correct them?" Tetsuya asked.

"What?" Loganel was confused as to what he was saying.

In the meantime, Redgilus was laying on the couch with his arm over his eyes to shield out the light. A soft snoring sound coming from him was audible.

"Why didn't you correct them that you were the one who killed the Cleaver, not me."

"Does it matter?" Loganel asked, looking away from the boy and back at his cat.

"No," Tetsuya muttered. "To you no, but to me..."

Loganel didn't say anything. Instead, he just let Tetsuya stand there, gripping his own hands tightly into fists by his sides.

"Tetsuya?" Juliana suddenly appeared from her room and called out when she entered the living room area and saw him. "Sorry for me being late. I made you come all the way here."

"It's fine," Tetsuya explained. "It's no big deal really."

"Let's go then," Juliana said, walking over to the door.

"Right," Tetsuya nodded. He frowned as he was unsatisfied with his conversation with Loganel, but he brightened up when talking to Juliana to hide it from her.

Loganel sighed as he set Mazriel down on the floor. He looked over at the purple crystal that Tetsuya had delivered.

"Eavesdropping is a bad habit you know," he said out loud for his brother to hear.

"It's not intentional," Redgilus sat up. "What're you gonna do with that?"

"I don't know."

"Hmm...you know," Redgilus walked over, picked up the crystal and studied it. "You're weapon and armor all broke right?"

"Yeah," Loganel responded.

"Let's go get you something new."

Author's Note:

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