4. Rynella’s fate is decided by Rynella (14)
At my criticism, the princess immediately died.
Of course, I didn’t want to disparage that effort. The princess even took a cute attitude, saying that she would imitate a puppy in her own way.
It was not easy for a woman of noble status to endure such humiliation.
It was like the imperial family pretending to be puppies in front of the lower aristocrats of the empire. Despite the obvious difference in status, it was as if the princess was playing tricks in front of me.
Dogs are creatures that instinctively crave human affection.
It was a pity that there were no passers-by on the road. If it had been the academy before vacation started, the princess’s honor would have been stuck in the mud again.
The fact that the princess pretended to be a puppy carried that much weight.
To be honest, it was difficult for me to guess why the princess was acting like this. It’s just that a pretty girl is doing cute things, so I thought it was cute when viewed objectively.
If it hadn’t been for the incident this morning.
Even if it wasn’t so, it was a car that gave me a headache from Elsie senior’s declaration of a pet. In the meantime, since even the princess was poking at that memory, there was no way I would get a good response from me.
When the reaction was not good, the princess immediately lowered her head.
“Sorry, sorry… According to rumors, Sir Ian enjoys treating women as puppies… … .”
“Absolutely not!”
I inadvertently raised my voice at the absurd misunderstanding.
The princess was a little startled and looked at me blankly with her eyes wide open.
“That is all nonsense. So, there was a misunderstanding… … .”
“… … Ahhh!”
The princess, who was carefully observing me with her light gray pupils, nodded as if she had realized.
“It was a secret! It’s worth it. So, pretending to be a puppy is only when the two of you are together… … .”
“Your Highness the Princess.”
The princess tilted her head. Suddenly, my voice grew cold.
“Don’t you hear a lot about not paying attention?”
The girl eventually had to droop her shoulders again.
“Mi, I’m sorry. Sir Ian… He seemed depressed today, so I wanted to ease Sir Lee Ahn’s mood.”
“The result of that consideration is to imitate a puppy, it is truly amazing.”
“I can do more if Sir Ian wants it!”
With a proud look, the princess’s body straightened up.
It was a look that made me proud of myself for saying that.
Not sure what to be proud of, though.
“No, I will do whatever you ask! So, if you need a Jung puppy, not Miss Elsie… … .”
“Because it isn’t.”
“… … yes, four.”
However, the princess’s energetic expression soon disappeared. It was because of the annoying voice coming out of my mouth.
The princess carefully looked at me with a crouching posture.
Still, it was hard to be more angry that he didn’t approach it with a bad meaning. Eventually, a sigh escaped my mouth.
To lighten the mood, I asked the princess an essential question.
“But is that all there is to it? Until Her Highness, the princess, deliberately steps forward to ease my mood… … .”
“Mu, of course I didn’t think that something like that would ease Sir Ian’s feelings.”
It was a lame excuse.
Regret passed by on the somewhat gloomy face of the princess. The first meeting wasn’t good in the first place, so after that, whenever the princess faced me, she showed a low attitude.
Even though I already had no feelings for the mistake the princess had made.
To be honest, when I heard the news that my sister’s commercial enterprise went bankrupt, I was upset.
However, a letter from my sister, handed to me just in time, helped calm my anger. Although the younger sister has not been revealed yet because it is a confidentiality, the younger sister is still alive.
Although he was annoyed by the bankruptcy of the upper ranks, he avoided a fatal blow.
My sister was always like that.
He was so resourceful that he was always quick to respond to crises. Even if he couldn’t fully withstand the wave, at least he wasn’t the type to sit down and face the approaching death calmly.
You’ll have to go back to the estate to hear the details.
When I remembered the warning, ‘Leave and see’ written in short words in the letter, a bitter smile spread across my lips.
She had no face with her younger sister who had an ugly older brother.
However, the princess, unable to understand the contents of the letter I received, was still hesitant.
“I… Sir Lee Ahn, do you know where Irene went?”
I was silent for a moment at the sudden question.
‘Irene’, no matter how much I searched through my memories, there was no one that came to mind. I wondered if there was something wrong, so I asked the princess again.
“… … You mean ‘Irene’?”
“oh! That, that is, the female knight who has always been by my side.”
The princess seemed a little taken aback by my questionable tone, but quickly added an additional explanation. Thanks to that, a person who passed through a corner of my head came to mind.
A beautiful female knight with blue hair.
At first glance, he seemed to be the princess’ closest aide, but it was even more suspicious to ask me whereabouts. Hmmm, I asked, swallowing my saliva.
“Why are you asking me about his whereabouts… … ?”
The princess put on a dumbfounded expression for a moment at my question, then hurriedly began to reveal the information she knew.
“Uh, huh? Irene said she was definitely going to see Sir Ian… … .”
Apparently, the article called ‘Irene’ came to me. The reason for this was unknown, but as of now, there was only one thing that could be inferred.
A female knight came to see me. And I have no such memories left.
Then the answer was obvious.
I pressed my throbbing head again and asked the princess a question.
“When was that?”
The princess looked at me anxiously, wondering if she had offended me. She glanced at me, then spoke in a timid voice.
“This was two days ago… … .”
I thought so.
Sighing again, I put my head down.
Two days ago, it was before I came to my senses.
In other words, Sir Irene met ‘I’ from the future, not me.
**
In fact, even if Sir Irene went missing, there was nothing I could do.
In the first place, memories had also evaporated, and there were no eyewitnesses at the time ‘I’ and Sir Irene met. What happened then was bound to be left in a labyrinth.
So I decided to put my mind off the matter for now.
However, after meeting ‘me’, Sir Irene left a note saying that he would leave the knight training, so he was only guessing the day of the reunion.
If I see Sir Irene someday, then I will hear the truth of that day.
It was time to return home tomorrow.
It was already sunset, and I was looking for someone to say hello to one last time.
It was Emma from the Faculty of Alchemy.
Even in the last raid, they were able to win thanks to Emma’s potion. Besides that, over the past few months, Emma and I have grown very close, so it was only reasonable to say hello before we left.
But I still had a little bit of anxiety.
The reason why I hadn’t been able to find Emma so far was due to anxiety that was stuck in my heart like a thorn.
Lady Lupesia recommended that I visit Emma.
The day I was discharged, Emma did not show her face.
She was kind and caring. Of course, there was no way he didn’t know the date of his close friend’s discharge. Naturally, I only knew that I would be able to say hello to Emma that day.
But Emma chose not to see me.
I already knew that there must have been a reason for that.
Because it was none other than Emma’s choice.
Still, on the other hand, he couldn’t help but be worried about Emma. She was as strict with herself as she was kind with others.
You could be blaming yourself for just a minor misunderstanding.
With a rather hasty step, I inquired about Emma’s whereabouts. First of all, Emma wasn’t in the dorm.
Then there was only one place for Emma to go.
My path led to Emma’s workshop.
The research wing of the Faculty of Alchemy was still popular even though it was vacation. Even if I went back to my hometown, I couldn’t do anything if I didn’t have research facilities.
In that case, it was better to stay at the academy and continue my research.
Many of the students who remained here must have been commoners with such circumstances.
Fortunately, Emma seemed to belong to one of them.
A faint smell of medicine wafted from Emma’s studio. It meant that at least not long ago, the studio was conducting research.
I didn’t feel the presence of people inside yet.
Still, considering the multiple eyewitness accounts, it seemed clear that Emma was in the studio.
I sighed in relief and knocked on the studio door.
“Emma, it’s me.”
My voice came out with a booming noise. But even after waiting for a long time, there was no reply.
Maybe you don’t want to see me?
My gestures, which were wet with light anxiety, became a little quicker. Knock knock, it didn’t take long before I knocked on the door again.
“Emma, are you okay? I guess I should say goodbye… … .”
But no matter how many times she knocked on the door and called her name, Emma didn’t respond.
For a moment, I doubted the eyewitness accounts I had heard.
Did Emma leave the workshop again?
Magical power spread throughout his body, and his senses became sharper. The nerve endings on the bristle were illuminating the scene beyond the door in unison.
Beyond the door was silence. A faint smell of medicine flowed out, and the sound of boiling liquid could be heard.
Other than that, there wasn’t much to find out.
If it was before I reached expert.
My senses, which had advanced one step, finally caught the sign I wanted.
A faint breath was heard.
The momentum was so weak that it was believed that no one was in the workshop. It was not the breath of a healthy human being.
My hair was dyed white.
“… … Emma? Are you okay?”
There was no change in the sound of breathing in the workshop.
If you don’t want to meet me, something has to change the moment you hear my voice. But no reaction was detected from Emma.
As if you can’t hear my voice.
Having come to such a conclusion, my head went white.
“Emma!”
I immediately kicked the door with a magical kick. A booming sound erupted, and fragments of the shattered door flew away.
As I hurriedly tore off the door and entered, the scenery in the workshop flashed before my eyes.
Countless research materials, alchemy materials, and boiling potions told us that Emma’s research was being conducted in real time.
And in the meantime, a woman with red hair collapsed with a pale face.
Emma passed out.