85. Arisha’s Legacy (3)
85. Arisha’s Legacy (3)
As I wrapped up her hair and lost myself in her troubles, Lerry Shah looked at me with her worried eyes. A1 sighs deeply when he sees that. Originally, I decided to reveal my identity to the world later next year.
The biggest reason I keep it a secret even from close people is because of the people around me. As I said before, as soon as my identity is revealed to the world, there will be many people who want to give me a line, and that influence will also affect the people around me. This is the reason I kept it a secret from my closest friend Nishia and confided in Eldenia.
Do you know my identity? Don’t you know? That difference is a big difference from the point of view of the wicked who will cause a case against me.
As for Eldenia, no matter what effect I have on her, her background as a holy woman is huge enough to protect her. In that respect, Lelisha was in the same situation as Eldenia. Doesn’t Lelisha also have a background as a princess?
As long as Larry Scha von Melroyer keeps quiet about her identity, she won’t have a problem telling her. Rather, talking about me can be a way to maintain a cooperative relationship. What I want is a partnership, not a friend. Even so, it would be better to listen to Larisha’s opinion rather than revealing it one-sidedly.
“… Princess Lelisha, I will ask you one thing.”
“Yes.”
“If the academy were to be in great danger, would you be willing to step in and fix things yourself?”
“Of course.”
It was an immediate answer. It was a question that didn’t even need to be asked in the first place. She was actually building a cooperative relationship with Ren to pursue the masked woman, Heylia, and would have been working in her own way. Lerisha in the original story was a person who could not forgive evil even if she sacrificed herself.
“I see. Danger can come to the academy. If you say that, then of course you will try to work things out.”
“Yes. It will. We need to thoroughly investigate this case.”
“There is no need to investigate this matter. The real danger is yet to come.”
“What do you mean?”
A shadow falls on Lerisha’s face. In this case, Sora’s ring opened the door to the toy factory, and A1, who saw it, froze the entire dormitory and defended the entrance using students.
From the moment I finished talking to A1 here, it means that the matter is over. However, Lerisha puts on an expression that she is not convinced. If I can’t get Lerisha to understand here, I’ll definitely do a background check.
This is the situation. Because of this situation, I wondered if I should reveal my true identity to Lelisha.
The walls of the princess are so high and thick. However, if the relationship between Shaiza’s heir and the princess becomes a barrier, the wall cannot be broken down, and I, who has more information, can gain the upper hand in the relationship. It is also necessary.
“Do you remember the title the woman in the mask used to call me before?”
“Obviously… She was said to be the heir to Shaiza, right? It was so impressive that I couldn’t forget it.”
“I see. She, the princess, must keep her secrets, risking her life for the facts she will face from now on. This is not a notification. If you can’t do that, please tell me now.”
Lerisha tilts her head as if she doesn’t understand what I’m talking about. But when she sees my serious expression, she gulps down her saliva.
“Is it related to the risk of the academy you just mentioned?”
“It has to do with mitigating that risk.”
“Then I will. I promise you with my authority as the princess of the Meloyer Empire.”
“Good. Then let’s go.”
I grabbed the spear and stood up. Then A1 looked at me and opened his mouth.
“Please take care of the aftermath of the incident. All of your comrades who came through the portal were abandoned in the dormitory.”
“Is the portal closed?”
“Yes. I will contact you if a second sealing attempt is observed.”
“Okay. Thank you so much for saving Sora.”
The assailants who were aiming for Sora’s ring must have contacted her from three days before she first activated her ring to today. Perhaps the reason why Ren contacted Sora was to sense her danger and protect her.
I’ll have to listen to Sora and Ren’s story about this. Thinking so, I raised the conch and put it on my back. It’s already hard because of her lack of strength and her stamina, but I can’t leave her here, so I had to take her.
“Woros, please explain in detail—”
“First, let’s go to my room and talk. Hey A1, if possible, try to make an exit close to District 6.”
“… Are you giving orders?”
“We are guests. There is also a person who will take care of the incident. If the case is not closed, the academy will try to investigate the truth while detecting magical powers. If that happens—”
“Kuh. I will open the exit to the maximum range without going up to District 6.”
I nodded. A1 twists her own red hair with her fingers once and opens a portal in her air. It was the moment when her foot was pushed through the opened portal.
“Waros Blood. Request. My mother’s… Preserve Arisha’s legacy.”
“I don’t know if this will be an answer, but I’m just following Shaiza’s karma.”
After saying that, I boarded the portal. After coming out of the portal, you can see the Dumchiddumchit tree bending its body from side to side. Yes. This place was the trail where Arisha’s mansion was located.
“Puha… uh huh This is… A tree.”
“Please calm down.”
“How can you calm down when the trees are dancing?”
“The Princess?”
“That… “
Lerisha lowered her head. She spends her spare time studying or practicing her swordsmanship, but she makes gestures of surprise when she sees a tree dancing in an ordinary way, twisting her body from side to side, perhaps because of her lack of knowledge about the world. When I look up at the sky, there is a moon with eyes, nose and mouth, and I will faint when I see it.
“Everything, the moon has eyes, nose and mouth! Okay. That’s what the threat coming to the academy said!”
I didn’t faint. It was just that his face was pale. I looked at the princess and shook her head. Afterwards, when she got off her trail and arrived at the Shaiza Library, Lerisha was so flustered that her eyes were spinning.
“I went out to the wall from the trail, but how could this happen to the library… “
I might pass out if I saw even a demon flower in my greenhouse.
*
As she enters the secret passage leading to my greenhouse, Lerry Shah draws her sword and looks around her nervously. She had a visual that seemed like a monster would come out of a secret passage, but she didn’t expect to be this nervous.
“It’s okay, put down your sword.”
“…… “
“This is the road that leads to my house. I guarantee your safety.”
“Hey, do you live in a place like this?”
Lerisha loses her sword in her hand. Then the sound of metal crashing reverberates through the hallway. Damp stone floor and stained ceiling. The walls are dented here and there, and it is damp, but saying that it is a place like this hurts me too.
For that reason, let me look at Larisha with my eyes narrowed. She takes two steps back and sits on her knees on the floor.
“I’m sorry. Sorry. Because of me… Also, if you go back… Let’s find a house together. Sorry.”
“Hey?”
“Huh… sorry. I’m all… I will compensate you for everything. Sorry.”
“No, what are you doing?”
The princess kneels down on her knees and apologizes as she sheds tears. If someone sees this scene, I might be accused of being a villain and put behind bars. It’s a shame because I did this in a place where no one was around. If I did this outside, my life could be in danger. In that sense, I lifted her up.
“Just do that. You are the princess You shouldn’t see me like this.”
“Wow, as a princess… I drive you-“
“If someone sees me like this, I will be blown away. Do you want to bring me down like that?”
“Eup… “
Lerry Shah, who was shedding her tears, covered her mouth with both of her hands. Then she shook her head as if remembering what would happen if someone else saw her doing this in front of her regular student, her own, the princess.
Lerisha wipes her tears, picks up her sword, and puts it in her scabbard. She lowers her head and closes her eyes tightly.
“Good. Then let’s go.”
“… Yes”
Larry Sha von Meloyer doesn’t like her own authority as the princess. Because her background as a princess becomes a great shackle to Lerry Shah, who dreams of becoming a normal student. Maybe that’s why she sometimes forgets. The fact that she was the princess, she said.
As a princess, you shouldn’t show your emotions easily to anyone. The reason why Waros Blood was cornered last year was because the princess forgot about that fact.
I stepped on the wooden steps leading to the conservatory, ignoring Lelisha’s whimpering. Sora was so heavy that he almost fell backwards while climbing the stairs, but Lerisha caught him.
“Thank you.”
“No.”
Lerisha holds Sora from behind her. I used this time to open the door to the greenhouse. When the door opens, an emerald light source illuminates the stairs.
“This, this.”
“Come up.”
After entering the greenhouse, I looked at Lerisha.
“Welcome to my greenhouse.”
“This is… greenhouse? If it’s a greenhouse in District 6… No way?”
Lerisha looked around her with her eyes wide open as if she had just sniffed. I put the conch on the white table that Eldenia had brought.
“Yes. It is Shaiza’s secret greenhouse.”
“Shaiza’s Secret Greenhouse… Wait, that means.”
“Yes. I am the owner of this greenhouse. According to Shiza-sensei’s intention, I will be Shaiza’s successor.”
Listening to my words, Lerisha sighed. She is very agitated, her eyes twitching wildly.
“This is the secret I told you about that you must keep unconditionally. And. A1. That’s why the girl we talked to earlier told me everything.”
“Woros Blood… You’re Shaiza’s heir… Since when.”
“It was from the beginning of this year. Sit down first. Because we have to share the details.”
I carried the conch on my back. Lerisha then sits in front of the white table and looks around her. Seeing her shoulders drooped, she seems to have lost her temper.
He had cornered Shaiza’s successor. You seem to think so. If Eldenia and I shared the secrets of the greenhouse as if we were sharing secrets between close friends, Lelisha and I only revealed our secrets as if we were exchanging business cards for a business relationship.
For that reason, I don’t know if she feels guilty or in danger, but it would be better to relieve her tension for her peaceful story. With that thought in mind, I headed to the break room, laid Sora on my bed, and took out the dried tea. Of course, it is a strawberry tea tree.
A sip of this tea will melt all your tension away. The serious story follows.