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sort of girls’ conversation that was never heard in the school building. Confused as he was, Elliot held his breath.
    Several voices and sets of footsteps were coming closer.
    “…Hmm? Did you hear something just now?”
    “Did you? I didn’t hear a thing…”
    “It must have been your imagination.”
    Ba-dmp ba-dmp.
His heart was thudding away. He was afraid they might hear it through the door.
    “Oh, the underthings I bought the other day are marvelous.”
    “They
are
a bit too bold, though, don’t you think?”
    The voices passed by the door and receded.
    Involuntarily turning red at the candid conversation, Elliot held very still. Silence filled both the corridor and the room.As he worked to get his ragged breathing under control, he thought desperately. He’d been so focused on chasing the white cat that he hadn’t even considered what the building he’d run into might be.
    But.
    Just maybe.
    It couldn’t be.
    What if.
    “I-is this place—” Elliot muttered. His voice was trembling.
    And then:
    “The girls’ dorm.”
    Abruptly, a voice spoke right by his ear, startling Elliot so much that he jumped. When he whipped around toward the voice, his forehead struck another forehead that was right next to him. Sparks filled his vision. When he managed to look, his eyes misting, the person who stood there was…Leo.
    “You! Le—… Mmph!”
    Elliot had been about to yell, but Leo clamped a hand over his mouth. He put the index finger of his other hand to his lips and whispered, “Shh.
    “I was walking around looking for you, and I saw you in the grove. When I followed you, you dashed straight in here. That was a shock. Right into the girls’ dorm. Do you know what’s going to happen if anybody sees you in a place like this? You do know, don’t you?”
    “Ugkh.” Elliot could only groan.
    The Lutwidge Academy girls’ dormitory.
    It was sacred territory, completely forbidden to boys. It was said that a horrible punishment awaited any boy who broke that taboo. No, worse than the official punishment, worse than anything: If word that “
The
Elliot Nightray sneaked into the girls’ dorm!” were to spread, what would happen to Elliot’s life at school?
    A murky image rose in his mind.
    No matter where Elliot went, in the halls at school or in the courtyard, the students around him would whisper:
    “Oh! That’s Elliot-kun!”
    “You’re right, it’s Elliot Nightray!”
    “Elliot Nightray, son of the House of Nightray, one of the four great dukedoms!”
    “Elliot Nightray-kun, son of the House of Nightray, one of the four great dukedoms, who sneaked into the girls’ dormitory and tried to peep~!”
    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaugh!
    Elliot was shaken to the core. His face was the color of despair.
    “Yes, yes, calm down.”
    Moving deliberately, Leo pinched Elliot’s nose, hard.
    “Fugah!” With a weird yelp, Elliot seemed to regain a bit of his sanity.
    Breathing hard, he glanced at Leo.
    “W-we’ve got to get out of here fast, or else—”
    When he’d gotten that far, he realized that something was odd. He’d leapt into the room, closing the door himself.
    When he’d entered the room, it had been empty.
    Even as he thought this wasn’t the time to be talking about things like that, Elliot had to ask.
    “Leo, how did you get in here?”
    “Huh? I already told you. I saw you go into the girls’ dorm like a savage beast—”
    “‘Like a savage beast’ is uncalled for…and that’s not what I meant!”
    Elliot glanced at the room’s window.
    From there? No, he was dimly aware that this was the third floor. That wasn’t plausible.
    Seeming to pick up on Elliot’s question from his gesture, Leo answered:
    “Oh, that.”
    In a casual motion, he pointed at the wall. It was just a blank, undecorated wall.
    “The wall?” Elliot looked dubious.
    “It’s been a long time, but I read a book about the school’s history once. It said