4. Rynella’s fate is decided by Rynella (11)
The decision to visit Elsie was an impulsive decision.
When I opened my eyes with a throbbing headache, I was already rolling on the floor. It must have fallen off the couch the night before.
Yawning, I staggered to my feet.
Fortunately, he didn’t seem to have forgotten to refill the canteen the night before. My eyes, which had been gulping down the cold water, slowly turned to the top of the bed.
There lay Lupine, who had fainted and fell asleep.
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Judging by his appearance, it seemed that he would be so faint for a long time to come. Still, it was fortunate that I did not wake up and say Tora.
Oddly enough, he was clear-minded.
He remembered all the detailed Lupine stories he had heard at a drinking party the night before.
As the memory came back, the taste of the water plummeted.
As I poured water into my esophagus, I relaxed my arm holding the canteen. The alcohol still lingered like steam, flowing out of my exhaled breath.
It was a painful past.
Lupine wouldn’t have said this to the end if he hadn’t been sober. High-ranking aristocratic families usually had at least one secret hidden like that.
Because their way of thinking was closer to abacus eggs made of flesh and blood than humans.
Elsie-senpai also became very close with me, but she never revealed such a past.
So I was curious.
What was the sincerity of Elsie, whom I bitterly rejected the day before.
Was she really trying to get revenge on me?
If not, did he just want to ask for help?
don’t want to go back
I don’t want to live the fate that my family decided again, so please help me.
What I refused that day was not a request, but a scream?
My brain was burning and my thoughts were entangled. A hangover accompanied by a headache came.
For a while I kept the early morning without saying anything.
I thought about it for a long time, but I still had some hesitation.
My name was Ian Percus. Not ‘Ian Rainella’.
I didn’t have the slightest element to entangle with the Rynella family. In the first place, it was rare for a lower-ranking aristocrat of the empire to have contact with a prestigious family like Count Rainella.
In other words, I was clearly an outsider of the Rainella family.
Every action needed justification.
Without a cause, it was difficult to receive official recognition for any act. As much as it was to prevent the marriage of the Rainella family, the responsibility that followed was also great.
After all, unable to give an answer, I drank cold water again.
Then, in my eyes, it was a coincidence that the letter caught my eye.
It was the fourth letter I received. I always carried it in my bosom, but for some reason it was lying on the table where I was drinking last night.
It must have been a drunken mistake, so my hand snatched up the letter again.
The sentence scrawled on the back of it was locked in my field of vision.
‘Throw away what to throw away.’
It was a short and simple text. Even so, I was just staring at that one line as if possessed.
Is Elsie-senpai someone I should throw away?
It wasn’t.
Senior Elsie was my precious colleague. Haven’t we crossed countless dead ends together? Such a surge of emotions soon became a power source.
I grabbed my sword and ax and left the room.
As I walked and walked, I was in front of the high-ranking aristocrats’ dormitory where Elsie-senpai was staying. Students who had not yet left the academy were gathered in twos and threes.
They looked at me with their eyes wide open at my sudden appearance.
You might be wondering why a celebrity from the academy came here early in the morning.
Even with less sobering up and looking sober.
The belated shame rushed in, but regret, no matter how fast, was always too late.
I sighed and calmed myself down.
It was obvious that whatever he did from now on would be accompanied by considerable embarrassment.
Fortunately, it didn’t seem too late.
Several people were escaping through the front door of the dormitory.
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Judging by their attire, they must have been knights from a powerful aristocratic family. And among those reliable men, a woman with a particularly petite body stood out.
It was a girl with her head down and down.
As always, Elsie was wearing a cone hat and an academy uniform.
It was as if yesterday’s flower arrangement was a lie.
So glad it was.
If it wasn’t for that cone-shaped hat, I would have been obscured by the phosphorus barrier and would have been unable to see Elsie-senpai.
My body delayed and blocked the knights’ path.
“… … stop.”
At the single word I uttered, the knights came to a standstill.
Senior Elsie, who was exuding a melancholy atmosphere with her head bowed down, raised her head in amazement as soon as she heard my voice.
Even after checking my face, Elsie-senpai closed and opened her eyes several times.
It was a look that made anyone look bewildered.
Like it or not, my words went on and on.
“Stop taking your hands off Elsie-senpai.”
It was a simple, clean request.
Even those who were ignorant of the circumstances of the Rainella family could understand its meaning.
There were already whispers.
The students in front of the dormitory were already forming a circle around the knights and me. They cast their gazes at me with eyes that sparkled with interest.
It was the gaze left with anticipation of what the hell he was going to do.
I was saddened by the fact that I had to live up to those expectations.
One of the knights trying to escort Elsie snorted. He looked at me with a mocking expression. It seemed that he hadn’t noticed my true identity yet.
He opened his mouth in a voice mixed with annoyance.
“What is this drunkard… … .”
“That’s me.”
However, after a while, when a knight who seemed to be a subordinate whispered in his ear, his attitude changed completely.
He cleared his throat and slightly averted my gaze.
Even the knights of the Rainella family could not ignore my reputation.
The Dark Church was the enemy of mankind, and I was a hero who rescued hundreds of orphans and princesses.
Even so, the knight stiffly raised his head.
“That, Prince Percus? It’s so sudden that I’m a little embarrassed. May I ask what your intention was?”
“It is literally.”
I let out a light sigh and spoke in a firm tone.
“Elsie-senpai, let’s leave it as it is. I have places to go with me.”
“… … Hmmm, a promise?”
The knight’s eyes glanced at senior Elsie. It meant asking for clarification.
However, Elsie-senpai only showed a confused expression after my appearance.
Eyes resembling blue sapphire were staring at me as if nailed. So, I decided to spit out what I should have said earlier.
“Just the two of us, we decided to go somewhere. In the meantime, change your clothes a bit.”
It was a reminder of the memories of the previous day.
There was no way Elsie-senpai could not understand this.
A misty water began to float in those blue eyes. Elsie-senpai rubbed her eyes and looked at me again and again.
Still, I was me.
That fact never changes.
I took a step.
“So I want you to come back… Senior Elsie, I will take you.”
The knights exchanged glances blankly.
Their only crimes were not revealing Elsie-senpai’s disturbing memories, and being instructed by the householder to bring Elsie-senior somehow.
There was no jaw to anticipate the situation in which the academy’s rising divinity suddenly stood in their way.
A knight with a puzzled expression blocked my steps.
Chin, and the man’s hand, which looked like a pot lid, was placed on my shoulder.
“Prince Percus, there seems to be a misunderstanding. Right now, I’m on a mission for the important affairs of the Rainella family, Ira… … ?”
But the man’s words didn’t even come to an end.
Suddenly, the man’s hand on my shoulder slipped down.
The knight who thought he had a firm hold on me just lost his senses.
It was only an afterimage as if the space was distorted.
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It was a skill that showed that. My steps continued to lead to senior Elsie.
Eventually, an impatient knight opened his arms and blocked my path.
“Princess Percus! No matter how close you are, it is very rude for a foreigner to interfere with family events… … .”
With a hook, a giant man clad in iron armor rose into the sky.
Because I kicked him in the calf with all my might.
Having reached expert not long ago, my physical strength was incomparable to that of an ordinary knight. He collapsed half-turned in the air, unaware of what had happened.
“Big, big… … ?!”
At most, he was kicked in the leg.
For a disciplined knight, it would have been a pain that could not even be attributed to the axis of injury. Even so, the knight sat down and had a dazed look on his face.
It was because I was being too reckless.
Like he said, I was just an outsider of the Rainella family. As now, there was no authority to intervene when deciding critical matters for the Rainella family.
The remaining knights seemed to take my actions as an insult.
An angry shout broke out.
“Princess Percus! If we keep doing this… … .”
“Don’t talk too long, just jump in.”
The knight, who had been shouting at my imposing attitude, actually hesitated.
My eyes staring at him were so quiet.
“Or, leave Elsie senior behind.”
“You should even insult me… … !”
In the end, the impatient knight kicked the ground and rushed.
The remaining articles are now three.
It only took seconds to deal with them.
Just show him the royal seal.
ohhh this sucks I’m going to skip a few chapters