Chapter 167 – Misunderstandings bite their tails
Adalbert approaching Helen with a smile seemed like something out of a play about a tragedy. .
A villain who seduces the heroine with a smile and sweet words.
However, unlike the smile on his face, the overwhelming aura felt from him.
And the heroine is intimidated by such a villain and doesn’t know what to do, just staring at the villain.
If this was a story with a happy ending, then a knight on a white horse should appear to save her heroine.
However, this was reality.
Adalbert and Helen are not characters in a play, but people living in reality.
So, the fact that the prince on a white horse appeared and rescued her did not happen.
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It’s scary.
I was so afraid of this man standing in front of me that I couldn’t say anything.
“I was curious and asked… Why are you not answering my question?”
It looked as if the smile on his lips would disappear any second.
You asked because you were curious?
Curious?
Really?
Is that the only reason?
What kind of person would look at this person and think that he just asked because he was curious?
Surely he must have been thinking of trying to uproot it by asking how I got to know it.
Be careful.
If I make even the slightest mistake here, everything will go to waste.
“Uh, that, so… ….”
I’m going crazy.
Why are the words not coming out?
I have to say something.
I have to explain, but even when I open my mouth, I can’t think of what to say or what phrase to start the conversation with.
I wonder if all the contents in my head have been erased, and a white sheet of paper has taken its place instead.
What should I say?
What should I say so that he doesn’t misunderstand what I’m saying and the current situation can be resolved smoothly?
Helen, calm down and think.
Keep calm, stay calm, think.
“Hmm. Don’t you have anything you want to say?”
– Wooddeuk, ttuk.
Damn it. Adalbert started acting like I wasn’t giving him any time to think.
I can hear him clearly in my ears as he loosens his wrists and ankles.
Obviously, he must have practiced, but why are his wrists and ankles relaxed?
Yes. This is obviously a move to attack me.
If you make even the slightest mistake, an attack will come from now on.
‘Let’s stay calm. Calm down. No matter how strong the opponent is, I’ll be able to survive if I stay calm.’
I looked into Adalbert’s eyes and tried to see where his gaze was directed at me.
If you want to know where the other person is trying to attack you, check where the other person’s eyes are pointing.
That was the most important piece of advice in a fight, and that became flesh and blood.
However, I found that to be very difficult.
‘No, I can tell where I’m going to attack by looking at where my eyes are pointing, but I can’t tell where I’m looking!’
Because Mr. Adalbert’s eyes seemed almost closed.
I have to look at his eyes, but I have no idea where his eyes are pointing.
In short, the other person could clearly see where I was looking, but I couldn’t tell where the other person was looking.
‘This is difficult… ….’
However, there was one hope.
If Adalbert had tried to kill me, he would have been able to kill me while I paused the conversation.
But he didn’t kill me, he didn’t exactly attack me, he just stared at me.
“Well, if it is difficult to say today, I will listen to it later. I’m busy today, so I’ll go check it out, so let’s hear it properly later when you’re ready.”
After Adalbert said that, he turned around and headed for the dormitory.
I could breathe a sigh of relief at the sight he showed me.
‘I lived… ….’
I don’t know what kind of whim it was, but the important thing was that Adalbert had left.
However, that doesn’t mean I can’t stay still.
‘… …. ‘Today’ I’m busy so I’ll go…….’
He left the word ‘today’.
It was clear that he meant to visit him and explain in detail later, not today.
‘What should I do?’
I tried to help Mr. Adalbert with good intentions, but why did things get so twisted?
“Haa… ….”
I don’t know.
I really don’t know anything.
Isn’t that why I couldn’t properly convey what I really wanted to say to Adalbert?
Operation failed.
Anyway, I thought I should look for the next opportunity.
‘Before that, I hope Mr. Adalbert doesn’t meet the Executive Committee…’ ….’
For now, I need to go back to the dormitory.
And then, I thought I would have to think again, slowly, how to explain to Mr. Adalbert.
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Returning to the dormitory after parting ways with Helen, Adalbert took off his clothes and put them in the laundry basket before going into the private bathroom.
‘It’s strange. How did Miss Helen know what happened that day?’
Being bathed in the warm water, Adalbert was lost in thought.
Isn’t it possible that the executive committee members tried to lure themselves into a trap by using themselves as bait? He had an idea to do.
So I deliberately spread the aura thinly that day to see if someone was tracking me.
Fortunately, at that time, no one was tracking him and the executive committee members, and no one was waiting inside the library after setting a trap.
So I decided to follow the executive committee member, read the book, and meet the author of the book.
By the way, Helen wasn’t there.
The question kept running through Adalbert’s mind how she found out that she and the executive committee had met in the library.
‘Did you follow me? However, I didn’t see any signs of being caught in an aura.’
The aura spread by a soldier who reached the level of a sword master was so strong that even if he hid himself with stealth magic, he could easily find its location.
So there are enough people in Noble Academy to hide away from it?
He was a talent to be taken with the Elpario Empire right away.
However, he thought that such a talented person could not exist at Noble Academy.
If there was such a talent, it was because there was no way he wouldn’t have noticed.
No matter how well he hides, it is inevitable that someone who has reached the level of a master will feel a certain sense of incongruity.
‘Or else, did you see me and the executive committee coming out of the library?’
From noble mtl dot com.
Adalbert’s thoughts now reached that Helen had seen him and her execs coming out of the library.
‘By the way, do you think we would have spent time together just because we came out of the library together? Why?’
Adalbert felt strange here.
Just because two men came out of the library together, isn’t it strange to think that they spent time together?
“…… No way?”
Here, Adalbert added an idea.
What if Helen is a person who is obsessed with literature, a slang term for the so-called ‘rose’?
Then her misunderstanding was not unfounded either.
When Adalbert was active as a mercenary, there were people who told him about that type of literature.
He had accidentally stumbled across such literature while collecting information on traitors.
‘I will respect your tastes, but I like women… ….’
Adalbert had the idea that Helen completely misunderstood her.
‘The sooner this misunderstanding is resolved, the better. I need to meet Miss Helen right now and clear up the misunderstanding.’
He suffered from malicious rumors even while attending the Royal Academy, so he did not want his hard-earned second life to be ruined by the spread of strange rumors.
‘If necessary, I should consult with Nina.’
Adalbert washed himself carefully, even thinking about getting Nina’s help if he had to.
After taking a shower, Adalbert left the dormitory and headed for the classroom.
Even though it was still before class started, he was busy moving out of the dormitory and toward the classroom.
“Good morning. Adalbert.”
“Good morning. Miss Nenine.”
“Good morning, friend.”
“Good morning. Friend.”
On the way to the lecture hall, he met several people and exchanged greetings lightly before entering the lecture hall.
“Huh?”
“Ah… ….”
And he met Helen again there.
It was the point where less than three hours had passed since we parted ways promising later.