53. Guardian Knight (5)
53. Guardian Knight (5)
Lerisha jumped out of the Shiza Class Infirmary and ran straight to Area 1. She didn’t think much of it. She didn’t. She tried her best not to think about anything. Still, she couldn’t help but feel negative. She blamed someone else but she didn’t want to…
She couldn’t stop.
Because of Federik. Even if Federick didn’t step out. He apologizes to Woros for what happened last year. Taking advantage of her inertia, she also tells the story of Irina. Everything could have worked out. It would have been. However.
“…… “
Standing tall in her place, Lerry Shah looked down at her floor and clenched her fists.
“… Are you scolding Federick? I?”
Lerisha said she was so disgusted with herself, she gritted her teeth. What on earth was wrong with what Worros had just said? As he said, it is true that I acted carelessly.
She didn’t notice, even though people around her were watching, she questioned Woros and questioned him. After completing her joint combat trials this year, she repeated the mistake in her indoor gym. Rather than questioning her openly, she called Worros and talked about it alone, so she made matters worse.
That’s the case with this case alone. No matter how much she said she had to find Woros, it was a mistake to bring the guards to his store. Even seeing Denas Yeseul’s reaction, he knew that Woros was all right. He knew he was unharmed, so he just had to back off.
But I tried to use the guards to find out where Woros was. The royal family that he hated so much. By using the power of the princess. If only I hadn’t taken the guard to Woros’s shop. He wouldn’t have been beaten by Federick. I wouldn’t have messed things up like this.
“… It’s my fault, but who are you blaming?”
Lerisha looks up at the sky and closes her eyes. Then she remembered what her old tutor had said to her.
ㅡ’The princess, you don’t like the imperial family. I want to live like a normal girl. It wouldn’t hurt to give it a try.’
ㅡ’But the princess. If you live a little like that, you will understand. Since she was born as an imperial princess, she was born with her destiny that she could not live an ordinary life.’
ㅡ’Let’s say there is a swarm of ants passing by on the floor. Can the princess get past her ants without stepping on a single one? It is the same.’
ㅡ’If you’re a normal girl, she dates boys her age. I also go on a trip with her friends. You’ll have a fight too. If she’s normal, she’s right. But the moment the boy confessed to the princess. The moment she reports to the imperial family that the princess will go on her trip. The moment she fights with her friend. What do you think it will be like? Think carefully.’
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The tutor who had said that did not follow her further. She only made one gesture. Draw an ant on paper. A pressing gesture with her palm. At the time, she was in a bad mood and the behavior didn’t make any sense.
But now I can understand.
It is true that what I did to Woros is itself unforgivable. But what if I wasn’t the princess? If she hadn’t become the princess even after making the same mistake, would Woros have been so disadvantaged?
Fedric ran out of control, too. Because she hates the imperial family. He had told Federick not to bother with me because he was going to be normal. Federick, who was literally neglected, may have been on the verge of doing something.
Since I have him around, he is my guardian knight. I should have found out and cracked down on his actions.
In conclusion, everything is my responsibility. But who are you going to blame?
“But… You should see Federick.”
Lerisha said that to herself as she trudged toward District 1. Her appearance was precarious, as if it would collapse just by touching it from her side. However, no one would touch Lelisha.
That’s right, she’s the princess of the empire.
*
“Princess… sorry.”
“…… “
Lerisha looking down at the main building of Arisha Academy, Guardian Knight Federik imprisoned in the dungeon. Fedrick didn’t dare to look up at Lerisha like that, so he lowered her head.
“Fedric. Raise your head.”
“Princess… “
At the benevolent voice of Lerisha, Federik raised his head with hope. However, when he saw Lerry Shah’s eyes, he felt goose bumps all over her body. He is Fedric, who has been watching Larry Shah since her childhood.
Short is short, long is long. He was shocked because he was looking down on himself and not on anyone else with cold eyes that he had never shown during that time.
“Why did you do that?”
“That… excuse me.”
“I asked why?”
“… The princess, because of that student. I think she was in a lot of trouble. I couldn’t bear to watch it. So… “
“I see. Federick. I’ll be honest. I don’t want to see your face any more.”
“Wow, princess, nothing, what.”
Fedric’s face went pale.
“Assaulting a student. And to intervene in my work. It is all unforgivable.”
“Burr, I am prepared to be punished. But Princess, I’ve lived seeing you all my life. Please. Ha, one more chance-“
“No. Today will be the last time the two of us meet. You’ve worked hard so far. Federick.”
“Princess! I am for the princess-“
Federick, holding her behind bars, looks up at Larisha pleadingly. Lerisha opened her mouth without changing her expression.
“For me… Did you know that Federik? This was not something I needed to apologize to Worros for.”
“…… “
“I, unilaterally did wrong to him. Ruined his life. Even if he got down on his knees and apologized, it was not enough. Still. I thought of several ways to apologize somehow.”
Fedric continues to shake his head.
“Really, I tried to do everything I could. Because I made such a big mistake.”
“…… “
“Actually… I was able to solve it with words. Is it so. Sir Federick. If it hadn’t been for you, everything would have worked out by now. It wasn’t just me, Irina must have apologized to Woros.”
“Sorry—”
“Thanks to you, me and Woros. And there’s a hole between him and his sister that can’t be bridged. You. It’s because you came out.”
Lerisha sighs and turns her body around, as Federrick knocks on her bars.
“Sorry. Princess! I-I am for the princess!”
“For me… Are the Imperial Knights of the Meloyer Empire assaulting students? Even if it wasn’t Woros, my opinion is not different. If you do wrong, you do wrong, and if you do, you must be punished.”
“Woe, Princess!”
“I will be punished someday. Eh, maybe the punishment has already been received. So Federick. Thank you for your hard work.”
“No, no! I, I, I, the princess until now! Princess!”
Lerisha shook her head and walked out of the prison, leaving behind her pleading Federik.
“… It’s all my fault.”
Fedric, who promised to protect me ever since I was little. He is also a boy who was dazzled by a new life. Due to a misunderstanding, he stabbed his dearest brother, and also the girl he realized he had been misunderstanding.
Everything went wrong because of me. Everything the tutor told me when I was young was right. No matter how much I try to be like an ordinary girl, I am a princess. I shouldn’t have forgotten that part.
As the princess, I always had to be careful with my words and actions. As the princess, she had to control my articles well. So, you can’t blame anyone.
ㅡ’I can’t stand it anymore. This time, after being beaten by Federik, I definitely realized it. It means that I will never again be indecisive about the enemies who threaten my life.’
The story Woros told me is messing with my head. If Woros’ life had not been tainted with the filth of me, would her relationship with her sister have deteriorated in this way?
I know. I just entered the academy last year. If it were Worros, who was smiling and smiling with her eyes shining.
If it was a pure Woros who had not suffered like hell for the past year. Instead of focusing on avoiding her like he is now, he would have stepped forward and cared for her.
The light from the eyes. The smile disappears from your lips. Her situation must have gotten so much worse because she was cornered to the point of even attempting suicide.
Still. It was small, but there was a potential for a solution. However, that opportunity was blown away today.
“… How should I tell Miss Irina?”
Lerisha leaned against a tree and looked down at her floor. She is as dangerous as if she were crying right now. It was when she wanted to cry.
“… Uh?”
Something light fell on the top of my head. When she picked it up to see what it was, it was a handkerchief with the Melguard mark on it. Lerisha looked up at the top of the tree with a puzzled expression.
“If the way I delivered the handkerchief was wrong, I apologize. I don’t know the manners I should take with the imperial family.”
“… You are.”
“I saw you last time. This is Melgard Year 1 Rayplane Aginis. I was given the title of Wandering Swordsman.”
Lerisha wondered why Layplane had handed her the handkerchief. But before she knew it, she realized that she had been crying, and she hastily wiped her face with a handkerchief.
“Thank you. Sorry. I showed you my ugly side.”
“No. It’s okay.”
“By the way, what are you doing at this hour? It must have been a dorm curfew?”
“I don’t live in a dormitory.”
Rayplane said so and jumped down from the tree.
“But it is strange. It was the same with Rin, but this time the princess came to the tree where I was resting. Even with tears in my eyes.”
“That… that is.”
“No. You may not even tell me. I know very well that it is rude.”
Saying that, Ray Plain pulled out a rubber band from her bosom and tied her long brown hair into a ponytail.
“A new wind is blowing. Then I will go.”
“Now, wait a minute, Rayplane. You fought against the strong undead with me last time, right?”
“Yes.”
“That… I heard that your test scores are low compared to your skills. Of course, for some reason, that was the case, but in case. How would you feel if I asked why you did that in a crowded place?”
Ray Plain narrows her eyes and thinks for a moment.
“It must be annoying. In my case, it was annoying to take the test, so I took a rough look. Aside from that, it would be really annoying if someone asked about it.”
“I see. Then. I questioned those who had low test scores relative to their skills. In a place with a lot of people. But what if it wasn’t that he hid his power. If I did my best and got that kind of score, and if it was my mistake that he had good skills… “
Lerisha had said that and was unable to continue her words. Seeing her like that, Ray Plain took a step towards her tree and opened her mouth.
“Okay. If I said that to the same Melguard student, there would be no problem, but if the princess did that… It will bother you a lot.”
“… Yes?”
“Yes. If I had heard the princess say that my classmate and I had hidden our skills, I would have taken some interest in that person. If there was a student with a strong sense of victory, he might have challenged him. It’s better if it’s simply to check your skills, but… If you send a challenge letter because you want to look good to the princess… “
“Also… challenge?”
Lerisha opens her mouth in shock.
“Yes. Even me right now. I barely got the score to avoid failing, but I was challenged three times to win the title. I took all the challenges with only the scabbard, but if I didn’t have the skills, I’d be lost. If I am publicly accused of hiding my power from the princess… Hmm.”
“…… “
Rayplane looked up at the tree and continued the conversation.
“It must have been really difficult to go to the academy. Besides, if it was an illusion that I had good skills. I was pointed out by a bigwig like the princess, but in reality, it’s terrible? It’s fortunate if you think I’m a lousy person, but if you come out in front of me asking if you’re ignoring yourself for hiding your strength, you’ll really have no answer.”
Come to think of it, I’ve seen it before. That Warros had a bunch of bandages on his face. It wasn’t written in his diary, but no, he probably didn’t write it down on purpose.
Even though he knew that he was cornered because of me, he didn’t write a single line blaming me in his diary. Probably not a few people who hit themselves for that reason.
“Woros senior, right?”
“Uh… that is.”
“I have my eyes, so I know roughly. Rumors have already spread that the princess is hostile to Woros, and I climbed that tree and lay down all day. Knight Frederick is being taken away. The students didn’t even know I was resting upstairs, and they were talking about why Federik was being dragged in front of the tree.”
“…… “
Ray Plain took the handkerchief the princess was holding and looked straight into her eyes.
“Senior Woros… I didn’t look that incompetent. No, in my opinion, he was a very capable person.”
“…… “
“If the person the princess was talking about is Woros-senpai, then he must have made great efforts to change. And it was the princess who pushed me like that. I can’t even guess. He was a person who could not be completely used if he only heard rumors. To think that such a person has grown enough to show such competence.”
To change. To get out of that hellish situation. He has been trying And one of the products of his efforts, the shop, is because of Federik. Everything is ruined because of me.
“You have committed a great sin.”
“…… “
“Sorry if I was too direct. Like I said, I don’t know how to be polite to the members of the imperial family.”
“No. It’s okay. That… Thank you for listening.”
“No. Because I live on a tree anyway. There was nothing to lose in time.”
After saying that, Ray Plain bowed her head to Lerisha, and she climbed a tree. As if not wanting to talk anymore, he cuts his arm and lies down.
Lerisha turned her body to return to her dormitory. Then Rayplane’s voice is heard.
“No matter how badly the relationship is broken. If the wind permits, there will be ample opportunity to make up for it. Only when the wind permits.”
“Wind?”
“Yes. From my point of view, if the princess does something on her own, she seems to have a tendency to mess things up, whether she likes it or not. This is the advice I give you because you are such a person.”
At the word of advice, Lerisha swallows her saliva. Perhaps, it was because he thought that Ray Plain might give her a hint to improve her relationship with Waros.
“It is the wind. Until the wind blows, don’t go out. If you follow the wind, things will surely work out. Advice from a man who went against the wind and made a big mistake.”
I still couldn’t understand what he was saying.
“The princess still has a chance. Hey, I can never make up for my mistakes, but the princess is different. First, wait until the wind blows.”
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The sight of Layplane saying such incomprehensible words seemed lonely somewhere.
The wind? This Raplane is Gaius from Trails of Cold Steel?!