WeTried Translations

Translator/Editor: Arsène

Discord: https://dsc.gg/wetried

◈ Spring Never Comes to Stolen Fields ◈

Chapter 30: Yuri (5)

──────

Silence hung in the air.

The self-loathing inside me was about to explode.

Celia... my first love had just witnessed me licking a man's neck in real time.

Not knowing who was behind her, Yuri caught her breath as she called my name.

"Haah... haah... Siriuuus..."

Her strangely lewd breathing sounded especially loud.

Please, quiet down.

I gave Yuri a desperate look, but there was no way she would notice when she was so out of it.

In the end, I gritted my teeth and decided to explain myself.

"Lovely night, Hero. Ha... haha."

Still unable to shake off her shock, Celia nodded.

"I... the weather's nice...?"

Celia nodded again.

Please... say something... Ask me... Ask if what you saw was real...

I didn't want her relentlessly questioning my identity, but I also didn't want her to let a scene like this slide without asking about it.

Only then did Yuri notice Celia behind us and straighten her disheveled posture.

Her face practically screamed, ‘I did something suspicious’.

I was starting to think I might never expect anything from Yuri again.

"Sirius."

Celia called my name quietly.

"Do you like men?"

That was a fatal question.

I like women. Women, I said. I'm not the kind of person who sees a handsome man and has strange thoughts.

And strictly speaking, Yuri was a woman too.

But I couldn't reveal Yuri's identity just to clear up a misunderstanding.

A promise was a promise, and Yuri was still useful to me.

"I like women, Hero."

I answered with the most serious expression I could manage.

"Really?"

"Really."

Celia looked at me suspiciously.

Of course she did. Two boys were making moaning noises while one licked the other's neck. I deserved to be suspected.

"Then why were you licking Yuri's neck earlier? And why was Yuri just standing there and letting you do that?"

Now this was the difficult part.

"I got dizzy for a moment and lost my balance, so I leaned against Yuri. Right, Yuri?"

Yuri, who had been staring blankly, nodded vigorously at my words.

"Yes! Of course! Sirius, are you okay now? It looked like something really bad happened earlier!"

Yuri's acting was awkward, but she was doing her best.

No one would believe it, but seeing her try was a little touching.

"So Sirius has a habit of leaning on people and licking their necks until they're covered in spit?"

How good were your eyes, Celia?

To see all that from so far away, the Hero's eyes were terrifyingly sharp.

"Come on, that's not true. You saw it wrong, Hero~"

Even I knew by now.

Celia already knew I was lying.

No more forced explanations or excuses would work on her.

Still, being branded as gay hurt far too much.

My first love looked at me with disgust, thinking I was gay...

I crawled up from the very bottom of the Demon World just to save you...

Memories of the Demon World flashed through my mind.

It was so unfair that I felt like crying.

Ah... this isn't right... Seriously...

No matter what I was thinking, Celia only stared at me in silence.

"Sirius."

"Yes?"

"Then you don't have any reason to see Yuri again today, right?"

You blew up my private Innate Magic laboratory, so I guess not.

"Yes. We were on our way back to the Dormitory anyway."

Celia turned to Yuri.

"Yuri, if you don't mind, would it be all right if I took Sirius back?"

"I could take him back..."

Yuri tried to keep speaking, but Celia's expression overwhelmed her before she could finish.

Celia had a look on her face that said, Go on. Try finishing that sentence.

"I live right. Next. Door. To Sirius. It should be fine if I take him back, right?"

Celia was smiling, but her eyes were murderous.

Even I was scared just watching her.

Yuri was in no position to go against the Hero's wishes.

She had even disguised herself as a man to seduce Celia, so there was no way she would do something that upset her.

Yuri looked a little disappointed, but she handed me over to Celia.

"Ah, if you live next door, then that would be better. Ha... haha... I'll get going first, then. Sirius, don't be late tomorrow!"

With that, Yuri headed back to the Dormitory at an incredibly fast pace.

Celia and I were left behind.

When I had left the dining hall earlier and been alone with Yuri, I had felt a thrill at the thought of teasing her. Now, I felt like I was sitting on a bed of nails, my ass going numb.

"Shall we go?"

Celia spoke to me.

"Yes. Let's head back."

I thought she might stop questioning me here and return to the Dormitory.

But Celia wasn't as foolish as Yuri.

"Sirius, you said you were dizzy earlier, so I'll support you."

She linked arms with mine and pulled me hard toward her.

Maybe it was because she was the Hero, but she was absurdly strong.

I lost my balance for a moment and fell straight into Celia's arms.

In an awkward position, I ended up burying my face in Celia's neck.

"Oh my. Sirius, you must be really dizzy~"

Celia's neck, just as white as Yuri's, came into view.

"You were licking Yuri's neck so desperately earlier. Is my neck not to your liking?"

Celia asked as she stroked my hair.

Her skin seemed to carry the fresh scent of apples.

Honestly, Celia's neck was even more tempting.

"No. I think I can walk on my own."

I tensed slightly, pulled away from Celia's hand, and slipped out of her arms.

Celia clearly didn't like what I had done.

Her acting like this over and over made me very uncomfortable.

Of course, it was partly because I had declared that I wasn't Yuwol. But another thought crossed my mind. Had Celia acted like this with other men while I was gone?

If she had... I was willing to send those bastards who had enjoyed themselves in my absence straight to Hell.

Anyone who had tried something with my Celia had already used up all the luck they would ever have in life. They deserved to die.

"Is it because I'm not a man...?"

Celia's eyes trembled.

Having already been rejected once, she seemed afraid of being rejected again.

But what she was asking was something I couldn't deny.

"Haah... It's not like that... I think you're more than attractive enough as a woman, Hero."

"Then why did you lick Yuri's neck like you wanted to devour it, but leave mine alone?!"

Celia seemed thoroughly angry.

How was I supposed to explain this...?

"Hero... Your body is precious. It's not something someone like me should touch or lick."

I raised her up and lowered myself.

I could feel my self-esteem being chipped away again, but I thought I could handle this much.

Even so, Celia had no intention of stopping.

"I said it was okay! I did! The Hero! Me, Celia! I said it was okay, so why are you refusing me, Sirius?!"

The desperation in her voice shook my heart.

I had sincerely told her not to play games like this... I thought I needed to say it again.

"Hero."

"Yes."

She answered in a cold voice.

"I'll say this one more time."

"Say what?"

"I'm not Yuwol. I don't know what kind of person Yuwol was, but we only look alike. I'm a completely different person."

I spoke to Celia in an earnest voice.

It was both funny and sad that I had to seriously insist that I wasn't myself.

How had things ended up like this?

"So?"

"Excuse me?"

"So?"

Contrary to what I expected, Celia's voice was utterly confident.

No. I'm telling you I'm different from your first love, Yuwol. I'm telling you that you're mistaken.

I was so flustered that I started stammering.

"No, I mean... I'm not him."

"I know."

My eyes widened.

You know that, and you're still doing this to me?

You're acting this way toward a man who isn't Yuwol?

I was too shocked for words.

Celia was doing this with a man who wasn't Yuwol...

That couldn't be... It couldn't...

Like someone possessed, I walked past Celia without a word and entered the Dormitory building.

Celia followed me inside.

Click, clack.

We didn't say a word as we climbed the stairs to the sixth floor.

All kinds of thoughts raced through my head with every floor we climbed.

Had Celia forgotten me?

No, did she know I was Yuwol and insist that she didn't?

Or could she possibly already have plenty of experience with this man and that man?

I didn't know.

I couldn't understand what she was thinking at all.

Even though she acknowledged that Sirius wasn't Yuwol, I couldn't understand why she still wanted to come close to me.

When we reached the sixth floor, she broke the silence between us.

"Sirius."

"Yes?"

I looked at her with conflicted eyes.

"You really like women, right?"

"Yes."

I nodded.

"Then prove it."

"How?"

"Follow me."

She grabbed the handle to her room and opened the door.

"Hero, I'm not Yuwol..."

She pressed her index finger to my lips.

At her gesture telling me not to speak any further, I closed my mouth.

"The one I'm inviting isn't Yuwol. It's you, Sirius."

Until then, I had held on to my reason.

"I don't care about some guy like Yuwol."

I felt the tether of my reason snap.

Celia smiled seductively.

Footnotes:

Join our discord at https://dsc.gg/wetried