I gesture to Aradon with my hand signals.
'Make an excuse and get out of here quickly.'
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A certain Aradon who was busy worrying about his mother finding out about him suddenly saw his best bud gesturing toward him.
Andarel usually makes gestures like that when they are out camping, however, it is usually used to gesture distance and movement. So, in that situation, Aradon reads it as
'Step forward 3 steps and then step backward quickly.'
On autopilot, Aradon did as he was told. He steps forward 3 steps quickly. Princess Aelene was surprised by his movement as she was stepping forward to give him his medal.
Normally, with an elf agility, she can easily fix her posture, however, because she was half-assing the whole time as well as being half-asleep, she trips and falls forward.
However, at that moment Aradon was still on autopilot, after stepping forward three time, he takes one quick step back... Only for the princess to fall over him. As the peak male specimen of the elven species, of course he can fix his posture quickly and correct princess Aelene's fall. However, paralyzed by the fact that his crush was falling over him, Aradon fell backward after princess Aelene falls on him on the backfoot.
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At that moment, a certain Elf, let's call him A was gritting his teeth in the spectator seat.
His teacher on the other hand, was covering her mouth.
"Oh dear, oh dear. How forward! How elegant. What an elegant fall that is! He is truly his father's son."
Hearing that, student A grits his teeth even more. Oh no, his precious grand niece is being courted, by his teacher's son of all things. It is inconceivable. He may have left behind the crown to study magic, however, if his great grand niece married teacher Caemfaere's son, he will never hear the end of it back at the academy.
A certain student, let's call her B, has a clear view of the entire incident from up high. All the students present have abilities beyond any simple elf, however, a certain student, let's call her B used to be the crown jewel of the academy before her heartbreak.
Because of that, her mental abilities are a notch above even the average students. As she was not as hot and bothered like her teacher and the rest of the students, she can rationalize everything clearly.
"The movement is unnatural isn't it?"
"Huh? What do you mean?" The High Elven Archmage Elanna Caemfaere asks, because she was too busy gushing over the scandalous situation, she didn't notice the whole situation.
"His movement seems calculated." Student B says
Upon hearing that, a certain student A's face darkens. 'I'm going to kill him.' At that moment, he found a hand on his shoulder. It was the hand of their youngest, student C who looks at him with understanding. Ah, yes, sometime, there are things only another man can understand.
However, as A turns away, a smile slowly appears on a certain Student C's face. When he comes back to the academy, he is going to make fun of his senior for all his worth.
"Oh dear? Really? I was just joking about him being just like his father, but my Aradon has always been innocent. Oh dear, dear, did you teach your son all of your trick?"
The High Archmage keeps on blushing. However, like a hot knife through butter, student B's flawless logic cuts through all the nonsense.
"However, his movement looks to be trained. If he has intended for that to happen, there would have been other signs on his face, like a tick in his eyebrow or something. However, he reacts with surprise at the moment, meaning he didn't expect that to happen.
Before that happens however, that weird friend of your son gestures something to him. Didn't our youngest investigated and say that they are a pair?"
Student C raises his hand.
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"Yes. Apparently in the ranger corp, they are famous, Andarel, that elf's name was, acted as spotter for Aradon, teacher's son."
"Well, there you have it. As spotter and archer, they have ingrained training don't they? Aradon is used to reacting based on his friend's signal. What happened just then was trained movement. However, Aradon didn't intend it, that means-"
"His friend plans it for him." Student A finishes, finally realizing what his eldest sister means
"Hah! Teacher's son sure has a good friend. What I wouldn't give for a friend like that!" Student C laughs after realizing everything.
"Wow. Aradon's anonymous friend is truly a genius. I can't believe it, but he is actually a genius. Not only did he arrange for my boy to meet his crush, he even plans for this situation. How skillful!"
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'You idiot! What was that for? I told you to make an excuse and get out of there, why did you even step forward and cause that for?' I scream internally as princess Aelene falls and then scrawls over Aradon's prone form.
'I'm jealous! I want situation like that too!' a smaller voice screams, however it was mostly overshadowed by the first voice. Not only did Aradon did not get out quietly, he even gathers the attention of the crow-
No, this is good, this is very good. While Aradon is paralyzed with awkwardness and fear, I slips away during the chaos of the situation and let Aradon takes one for the team.
I mean, he probably enjoys the situation. That means I totally didn't sell him out at all, it is not against the bro code if your bro ended up okay and in an envious situation.
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I ended up in the market. Pulling my hood up, I made my way back to the barrack. The only thing I hope for is that nobody recognizes me. Today was too much excitement. When I go back to the barrack, I can write letter to my girlfriends explaining the situations. However, it is too risky out here, being seen by too many people after I became a small local celebrity.
However, just as I was turning the corner, I see a familiar face.
"Aradon!? What are you doing here?"
Aradon, my friend is also in his disguise, with his hood pulled up.
It is a typical ranger recruit look, there are hundred of us, and like this, we all look like each other.
Aradon looks around nervously, before turning toward me.
"I was running away from the princess."
"Running away from the princess?"
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After the princess falls over Aradon, her body rubbing against him, Aradon laid stiff on the ground. Slowly, something awaken deep inside him.
Cringe.
Not being able to take it anymore, slowly, Aradon helps the princess up while keeping a professional image. He keeps it up until she stands straight up, being very professional.
In fact, he was screaming internally very loudly, outwardly, he has adopted his (imaginary) perfect Ranger persona completely.
After helping the princess up, as her eyes look up and meet his eyes, Aradon whispers something.
"I'm sorry princess, but I can't receive this reward."
"What?"
"A ranger needs to be as silent as the wind."
"Huh?"
"I am only writing down the next part of the legacy of the kingdom of Hafthor like all my predecessors have. There are no need for reward."
"Wha-"
"Good day princess. May the light of the moon shines upon you eternally."
And then Aradon jumps into the crowd, and then disappears.
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"You were so surprised and frightened by the course of event that you started spouting generic line from that damned book and then run away? Damn it Aradon, many men would have killed for that situation. In fact I'm sure many men will kill you for being in that situation and then running away. What did I tell you? That book is bad for you. I'm going to burn it. Damn it, I'm definitely going to burn it when I get home."
"Andarel?"
While chewing Aradon out, suddenly I heard a familiar feminine voice behind me.
My girlfriend.
But which one?!