EP.168 A freshman who brings a storm (2)
“See you next time then!”
“Okay, go in carefully.”
Chloe took the textbook and left.
Left alone in the teacher’s office, I picked up the letter again. Time is getting closer to evening. I read the letter through the filtering sunset.
“To be honest, nothing is certain.”
The first princess, Lruel.
There wasn’t much I knew about her. It is inevitable. It had only been a few months since I had known her.
A few months or less than a year.
That is not enough time to understand someone. Wasn’t it only recently that I began to understand Cardi, whom I had known for over ten years?
So, I don’t know exactly about the person Leruel. I can only get a rough idea of what kind of person she is through the beliefs she whispers to me.
‘I don’t really know.’
Still, if there is one thing I can be sure of about Princess Leruelle, it is.
“So, Professor.”
“Perhaps this is just the woman’s guess.”
The point was that she was not a person who talked about her family easily.
“······.”
I narrowed my eyes.
Princess Lruel was a person who always acted confidently and haughtily. She said, ‘I’m not sure,’ and ‘This is a guess.’ He wrote a sentence in the letter.
You can make a slip of the tongue.
It is impossible to control every word that comes out of our mouths, so people make mistakes. But this was a letter. A letter that must have been written with painstaking effort into each and every word.
The sentences written in the letter are unfamiliar.
Does this mean that the situation is urgent enough to express speculation rather than certainty in sentences? I didn’t know yet. I continued reading the letter.
“My brother is a conniving man. He is an unknown person. What is more frightening than anything is that he never shows himself. He is a person for whom the word dark body is truly appropriate.
I had to take a peek inside.
Just as my brother planted ganja in me, I also planted ganja between my brother’s hands and feet. These are the things you were able to plant thanks to your efforts. Express your gratitude.
Of course, my brother is a thorough person.
Since I don’t easily trust anyone, the information that the planted agents asked for was at best meager… but most things start from small things.
[It’s annoying.]
The ganja were thrown away and people asked for information among the torn pieces. I collected them. After gathering and organizing, I succeeded in connecting one sentence.
[Aplia Academy is annoying.]
What I discovered was one line of sentence.
I don’t know the sentence that follows or the sentence that came before. It’s just annoying. From this one word I make many guesses.
Are you saying that talented people are annoying?
Are you saying that the academy itself is annoying?
Or, is it that Ayla is annoying?
I don’t know what it means. While I was trying to understand the true meaning of the sentence, events occurred one after another.
All of the royal family’s magic tools stopped.
The communication network was temporarily paralyzed.
Taking advantage of the chaos, my brother’s forces move.
And the person I mentioned earlier moved.
The madman, Kelhalm, heads to the royal capital. He announced his intention to visit Aplia Academy. Confusion increases. As if they had been targeted, incidents begin to unfold one after another.
···Maybe it was a coincidence.
By chance, all magic tools stopped.
By chance, Kelrhalm moved in the confusion.
Quite by chance, while my brother was offending the Aplia Academy, Kelhalm may have announced his intention to visit the Academy.
Everything is just a coincidence, so maybe all of this is just my delusional speculation. But I assume the worst possibility.”
“So, is it speculation or assumption?”
I muttered, resting my chin.
It was truly a letter that was truly hers. I laughed bitterly at the sight of Princess Leruel in the letter.
“You can be sure of this much.”
She must have a reason to be cautious. I have no idea what her ‘First Prince’ means to her.
Just guessing from this letter.
I hope you feel it from the sight of her the other day.
‘It looks like you’ve been through a lot.’
For Princess Leruelle, the First Prince was something like a nightmare. That’s just what I thought.
In the end, here’s a summary of the situation:
“So, be careful.”
The First Prince is targeting Aplia.
They are trying to commit ‘something’ by causing chaos in the capital and disrupting the communication network.
“I will do my best in my position. I will prevent confusion from leaking out. “We will restore the communication network and try to contact those who can correct the situation.”
I don’t know what means to use.
It may attack from any direction.
The group he can control includes not just simple troops, but even beings called superhumans.
“It looks like I’m asking you for a favor again.”
that.
“I feel ashamed that your face is the first thing that comes to mind in a confusing situation. Even as I write this letter… I feel a little dumbfounded.”
I must stop it alone.
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“I would like to ask you a favor.”
“Hold on while she sorts out the confusion.”
in other words.
‘Defend Aplia.’
That was the task given to me now.
In fact, it wasn’t even a mission. I let out a short breath. I muttered as I put the letter down on the table.
“It has to be done anyway.”
I see a pattern engraved on the edge of the letter.
A blood-red rose dusted with gold coins.
What I mean is, a worthy reward for the blood shed.
“It’s a fair price.”
Rather than writing down the reward in a sentence, she answered by engraving a pattern.
‘Anyway.’
I shrugged my shoulders and took out the letter from my pocket. It was a magic tool connected to Princess Lruel. It’s not working properly right now, but it’s a letter that she’ll definitely open right away if we can sort out her confusion.
“hmm.”
On it I wrote a reply.
There was no need to write it long.
-Let’s do something, okay?
Same answer as when I received a three-day escort mission.
After engraving it, I stood up.
“Anyway, there are no quiet days.”
The last week of August, two days before the start of school.
I think as I look at the setting sun.
It’s going to be noisy from the beginning of the semester.
2.
Ayla is confused.
A day before the start of school, she was tapping the table with her forehead. It’s because her mind can’t quite get organized.
“···I let my guard down.”
The words that leaked out are self-reproach.
Ayla feels sorry for herself. He reprimands himself for being excited about meeting up before the start of school. Ayla’s expression distorted.
‘I thought it would be okay.’
I thought it would be okay if I ran away to Aplia.
He said he had no intention of succeeding to the throne and withdrew from the power struggle early on. Therefore, he was able to divert his brother’s attention.
Treated like someone who doesn’t exist.
A presence that won’t be annoying.
I hid myself like that. She figured out a way to survive by hiding. In the capital, I always lived in a state of tension. Every moment was a series of choices.
“Aplia.”
However, the moment I arrived at Aplia, my tension melted away. I was caught off guard. As we walked away from the royal castle, my brother arbitrarily concluded that he ‘wouldn’t mind’.
[The first prince is targeting Aplia.]
That one line of sentence she received from her older sister took Ayla’s breath away. Her platinum-colored hair flowed across the table. Ayla looked at her wavy hair with her empty eyes.
It’s always like that.
As for the first prince, his brother won’t leave him alone. What is it that I don’t like so much? To Ayla, the First Prince was a symbol of fear.
“Those eyes.”
The first prince I saw when I was young.
Ayla remembers the image of the first prince she saw when she had just awakened her talent as Stella.
“Don’t look at me with those eyes.”
All humans have light.
Humans shine in various ways. However, he was not as good as that man. The person did not shine.
“Bow your head in front of me. Never raise your head. “Before I tear out those eyes with an abominable light engraved in them.”
It was dark.
It is something disguised as a human being.
However, Ayla could not tell it to anyone. Because the eyes and ears of the First Prince were everywhere. I saw people who disappeared without even a rat or bird noticing while gossiping about the prince. a lot.
Among them were my sisters.
That’s why Ayla chose to survive through silence. It was okay for her to be humble. Because she wanted to survive.
‘Brother, whatever you set out to achieve, you will achieve.’
If someone bothers me, I kill them no matter who it is.
If there’s something you don’t like, get rid of it.
What was decided was definitely accomplished.
Such a person is targeting Aplia. He targeted himself as he was attending Aplia. Knowing that an arrowhead was aimed at her, Ayla’s nerves were heightened to the limit.
“···why.”
My voice cracked.
“I gave up everything, why?”
Are you trying to devour yourself like this?
Ayla took a deep breath. He held back the weak sounds that were about to escape his mouth. Because a princess was someone who always had to be perfect.
‘You must not show weakness.’
She took a deep breath and raised her head.
Wear a mask on your face. Faking her usual smile, she calculates the coming crisis.
I don’t know from which direction it will come.
So, you have to be nervous.
You shouldn’t relax.
No one can protect you. You must protect your own body. Fortunately, he had the means to protect himself. Ayla closed her eyes and listened to the voice of the star.
‘Because the stars always gave answers.’
Prophecy.
In the coming crisis, the stars always showed Ayla a way to survive. It will definitely happen this time too. Ayla listened to the voice of her star.
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I listened and listened.
【■■■】
Tilted and tilted again.
【■■■】
However, I can’t hear it.
“···why?”
The voice of the star could not be heard.
Ayla opened her closed eyes. Her eyes wavered. A cold sweat ran down her spine. Her white pajamas were soaked with sweat. It sticks to her skin.
“Why can’t you hear me?”
A child loved by the stars.
A girl who trusted in the stars because she was loved.
“why···?”
The deeper the trust, the heavier the betrayal.
When the star’s voice is not heard, the girl feels afraid. She feels lonely when her prophet, who was always by her side and her companion, becomes silent.
Fear and loneliness.
The girl’s eyes shook more violently than ever.
3.
While the heat from the duel that took place not long ago has not yet cooled down, Aplia is about to start school. As September approaches, the air slowly becomes cooler. A procession of students leads to the main auditorium where the opening ceremony is held.
“Belnoa, Belnoa, look over there…!”
“Don’t look away and just follow me.”
Chloe was running around pointing out various facilities that started operating as soon as school started. Belnoir sighed and dragged Chloe’s arm towards the auditorium.
“Waha…!”
Even as she is dragged away by Belnoa, Chloe does not stop exclaiming in exclamation. For her, it was Aplia’s school opening ceremony, which she had been looking forward to. Her eyes sparkled.
‘Now that I think about it, you said that he would be the student representative at the opening ceremony, right?’
I saw it in an undergraduate notice.
The student representative declaration was usually made by the head of each department, but this year was a little different. This was because there was a special person among the enrolled students.
Fourth princess, Ayla.
She will make the student’s representative declaration.
Even if Aplia is treated equally as a magician by everyone, it would be impossible for anyone other than the princess to make a representative declaration for the group to which the princess belongs.
“You know, Belnoa.”
“why.”
“What kind of person is the princess?”
Thanks to that, Chloe’s expectations were sky high.
She is truly a princess. A person born with the noblest lineage in this land.
“hmm···.”
Belnoir expressed his disapproval at Chloe’s expectant eyes looking at him. What kind of person is Princess Ayla? In fact, she didn’t even know Belle Noah.
‘We haven’t talked much.’
We just made a representative declaration at the beginning of the semester. Belnoir slowly opened his mouth, remembering his first impression of Princess Ayla.
“A confident person.”
“Dangdang?”
“A person who is relaxed and confident.”
Belnoir said what he felt.
The princess he remembered felt that way. She is always relaxed and always confident. She was someone who seemed to have something to believe in.
“Well, you’ll know when you see it.”
Saying that, Belnoa pointed to the main auditorium.
If you see the princess standing on the podium, you will understand right away. Because he is a person who has the power to sway the public.
“Yes, I’m looking forward to it.”
Chloe smiled brightly.
With anticipation, she enters the main auditorium. However, those expectations were never met.
Ayla did not stand on the podium that day.
Fourth Princess Ayla did not attend the school opening ceremony.
