The Maid helped Felimeth prepare a lavish feast, and they held a gathering in the courtyard. After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they set off. Felimeth persuaded the other classmates to help. They planned to purchase a large house and build an Orphanage to take in these Elf Race children. For this, Felimeth hoped to get help from those few Reincarnators, who happened to have nowhere to go at the moment.
The methods the Elf Race used to abduct children back then weren't exactly gentle, especially for the families of Reincarnators, which were basically eliminated by the Elf Race in secret. Now, even if they wanted to find their families in this life, the hope was very slim. Plus, they were all untrained commoners. If left to live on their own, they really wouldn't know what to do for a while.
So, even though they deeply despised the Elf Race and had conflicts with Felimeth, after calmly considering, they made this rational decision. Because even if they wanted to leave, first, they lacked the strength to survive in the wild, and second, they were penniless. In the end, they realized they could only survive under Felimeth's protection, looking as if they had already resigned themselves to fate.
However,
this matter was no longer related to her. Putting a Cream Puff in her mouth, Tsukasa watched Felimeth lead a group away, her mood not fluctuating in the slightest because of this. Although they were all old classmates and she had the ability to take them in, the bond between them clearly didn't reach that level.
"What are you doing?"
Tsukasa looked at the Vampire who suddenly stood in front of her. This guy seemed to have been acting a bit strange since earlier, making it hard for her to bring up the things she originally wanted to ask. What exactly was she doing?
Sophia examined Tsukasa, as if pondering for a long time, and finally couldn't help but walk up to her and ask, "You're a Reincarnator, right? No wonder you're not only so familiar with Master but also act together with Sister Gang. So you're a Reincarnator too!"
"So what?"
Tsukasa was puzzled by Sophia's attitude. Although she had indeed hidden her identity back in school, she hadn't done so later on. And even if her identity was known, what difference did it make?
"So why didn't you say anything? You made me think you were a native, and I had to consider a lot of things whenever I wanted to explain something to you!" Sophia looked very displeased. If she had known earlier that Tsukasa was a Reincarnator, there wouldn't have been a need to be so cautious, right?
So that's what it was about.
Tsukasa didn't take it to heart. Although it might have been frustrating for Sophia, such a trivial matter had no effect on her, and it wasn't her business to begin with. Ultimately, it was Sophia's own problem. If Sophia had been smarter and discovered her identity as a Reincarnator earlier, wouldn't that have been better?
"Is there anything else?"
Tsukasa saw that Sophia's expression was still troubled as she stared at her, making even the puff in her mouth seem less tasty. She wasn't very used to being stared at, especially while eating.
"...Shouldn't you tell me which classmate you are? You know who I am, but I don't know who you are. Don't you think that's unfair?"
Sophia really couldn't figure out which classmate Tsukasa was from their previous life's class. It seemed that, like herself, Tsukasa's appearance after reincarnation
was different from her previous life.
But her own identity was known to Tsukasa, while she didn't know Tsukasa's identity. That was unfair, and Sophia really wanted to know Tsukasa's identity from her previous life.
However, this was only Sophia's own feeling.
Tsukasa's response was: "I don't think so."
She didn't think there was anything unfair about it.
The reason she knew Sophia's true identity was because she got the information from Wakaba-san—it was the result of her own investigation. If Sophia wanted to know her identity, naturally, Sophia needed to put in the effort to investigate herself. That would be fairer.
Sophia didn't expect her to still refuse to say who she was at this point, muttering, "What's the big deal? Even if you say who you are, you won't lose a piece of flesh, right? Besides, we're all Reincarnators. What's there to hide?"
Tsukasa stood up from her seat, shook her head, and said, "If you want to know who I am, you can go ask someone who knows and see if they'll tell you."
Although there really wasn't anything to hide about this, what she feared was whether the natives of this other world, upon learning about Reincarnators, would endanger her safety. Among Reincarnators, this secret of hers wouldn't stay hidden for long. But as for which classmate she was in her previous life, let them guess for themselves.
Sophia didn't expect her to be so petty and angrily shouted from behind, "Even if you don't say it, I'll find out who you are sooner or later. Seeing how much you want to keep it secret, maybe you're one of those who did poorly in life, and you're too embarrassed to say it!"
Tsukasa shot back.
"Aren't you talking about yourself?"
When it came to those who did poorly in their previous life's class, Sophia's previous life definitely counted. In the class, Tsukasa was at least above average in grades and good-looking. But Sophia's previous life was not only average in grades but also average in looks.
If it came down to who felt more inferior about their previous selves between them, it was definitely Sophia who felt more inferior. However, Tsukasa was also dissatisfied with her own previous life, so she actually didn't want to mock Sophia either.
Sophia was the one who started this.
"Ugh!"
Sophia clutched her chest.
She had been emotionally breached.
Although she had now come to terms with it, she truly looked down on her past self, so bringing up this matter now, the rebounding words had wounded her.
"Don't just stand there, come in. Today, I'll specially allow you to stay overnight here."
Leona had been following the army and was still on the road, not yet returned. However, Leona wasn't in a hurry to return either, because Shadow Shurein would definitely credit her with a major military achievement, allowing her family's influence to advance further. The teacher had also taken that group out, and probably wouldn't return tonight. For a moment, the villa became empty, and it really felt a bit unfamiliar.
Plus, she had matters to discuss with Sophia, so she decided to let her stay overnight today, but only for this one night.
Seeing her attitude, Sophia couldn't help but mutter, "As if I'm that eager."
But grumbling aside.
She still readily moved in.
Who would want to go back to staying in a hotel when there's a grand mansion to live in? Such a simple logic, Sophia certainly understood. After all, this guy's mansion was truly luxurious, everything was of the highest quality.
It was even more comfortable than the villa she lived in among the Demon Race. This guy really knew how to enjoy life!
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