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Now I was in a situation where I was in two troubles.First of all, the memories that remain vividly in my mind right now
Back in time, when Marika personally summoned me to apologize…
At that time, Marika suddenly disappeared, and for some reason the memory comes to mind.
Scenes that were somewhat unfamiliar and familiar, as if they were seeing for the first time, were imprinted in my mind.
For some reason, the memories were imprinted so suddenly that even I couldn’t even foresee them, so I still get confused when I think of the feeling of that time.
At first, I felt uncomfortable because I couldn’t get rid of the uncomfortable feeling, but thanks to this, I was able to rescue Marika safely, so I didn’t feel particularly uncomfortable.
Rather, except for Marikae-gun, I could say that I had benefited from knowing vaguely what big and small things were going to happen in the future.
As if to say that I knew the future… or that I had information about the future…
It was a vague feeling that was difficult to define precisely, but as various things came to mind, it became clearer what I should do in the future.
Back to the point, there was one problem with this memory.
An event that came to mind vividly as if she really knew the future, and at the center of the event was the girl I was looking at right now.
“Aris! I don’t quite understand the magic theory I learned last time, can you explain it easily?!”
“Of course, I’ll let you know when I bring the textbook!”
Aris, an honor student who sits right in the seat of the class president and maintains a phenomenal grade of being 1st in the entire school that is worthy of his status.
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Now, I couldn’t take my eyes off Aris, it wasn’t that I fell in love with her or that it was strange, but because she was in a crisis situation at the moment.Because in the scene I mentioned earlier, Aris was being kidnapped by heathens.
Although the exact time is unknown, it is presumed that it is the time of day, and she is walking alone on a sparsely populated street.
Aris didn’t know that the people who attacked her were heretics, but she became wary of the dark energy she felt from the outside.
But he was only threatening because of his naive and good-natured heart who didn’t like to hurt others…
Due to the fatal flaw of having a very innocent personality, despite the ability to wipe them out in the end, they are helpless by their sudden attack, and the scene where they are kidnapped somewhere is naked in front of them.
It is a situation that cannot be overlooked after seeing this scene. In my memory, the time zone was definitely night, but I keep putting her in my sight just in case.
In the first place, my original purpose here was to arrest heretics, so an opportunity not to be missed.
In order to rescue the kidnapped girl, she had to find out the hard-to-find heretics, dig up information, and collect and combine various clues to find the place where Aris was kidnapped.
However, even that, several times, ‘It was already an empty prison after moving the seat!’ In the end, I had to do repetitive labor until I was able to do the same thing.
“Ugh…”
It is difficult to conclude that a future that is tiring to the point of nausea just thinking about it, of course, is a reality that will ever happen, but considering Marikae-gun, it was reliable enough.
If caught, you may be suspicious in a strange way, but for the time being, it seemed like you had to watch her.
“Harold? Where are you looking at that from before?”
And the second question…
“I called someone to focus on, but there was no answer?”
After receiving help from me, the princess has changed her attitude…
Even for the first time, he exuded a bloody atmosphere of slaps and boos in front of others, leaving a strong first impression of what kind of relationship I have with Marika even if a third person sees it…
In just a few hours, everything has changed…
“Look at me.”
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Now, it was as if he was showing too much of his subtle feelings beyond what he liked to me.“Isn’t the princess obviously the worst matchmaking since she was a freshman?”
“You look so friendly now…”
“During the competency test, the princess forgave me even though I lost the bet, didn’t that trigger a new feeling?!”
Thanks to that, I had to eavesdrop on rumors from my classmates to the point that I couldn’t stand it because my ears were itchy…
“Then are you two dating?!”
“The fact that the princess called a freshman earlier…”
“What, isn’t that right?!”
I couldn’t stand the flow of the story going in more and more strange directions.
“Hummm!”
When I, who could not listen, coughed and vaguely informed that I had been listening, all the people who had been weary shut their mouths.
“Something scary…”
“Did you see the final damage score earlier? It’s not at the level of a human…”
“What is it? Seeing that scene, I feel uncomfortable because I come to you as a slightly foreign entity.”
“What’s going on, Princess?”
Unbearable, I respond to Marika’s words and look at her face.
“”
However, after calling me to look at me, when I make eye contact, I show a strange reaction, such as blushing or avoiding my eyes.
“No… nothing.”
If that’s the case, why did you call me? It was a part I didn’t understand a little…
Anyway, you shouldn’t be distracted by watching Aris right now.
The moment I spit out those words to myself, my heart, which had been quiet, suddenly jumped at the sight unfolding in my sight.
Shake!
“Harold?”
Leaving Marika muttering her name to me, wanting to wake up wildly as if sprinting from her seat, I withdraw my steps.
Obviously before…
“Hey, where did Aris go?!”
A classmate who shows a bit of embarrassment at my slightly urgent voice
It was the students who were talking to Aris earlier.
“Uh… uh…?”
I was trembling because it was too sudden, but then I straightened my voice and answered my question.
“If it’s Aris, you went out alone because of something you had to see earlier?”
Hearing those words, it felt like lightning struck my world.
“Uh… huh?! Where are you suddenly?!”
I rush out of the classroom, leaving behind the student who calls me and hastened my steps.
Did you go anywhere alone? So you’re saying you’re going alone during the daytime?!
I wanted to shake off the rushing anxiety, saying it was my useless worry, but the more I calm down, the more the tension is amplified…
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Harold suddenly leaves the classroom…
He asked where Aris was and said he suddenly left?
Then I looked at someone earlier and…
Were you actually looking at Aris?
Was she paying more attention to Aris than to me who kept calling?
…….
Something is bothering me…
Until now, I was the type of person who complained
Seriously, I’ve never had a bad feeling for Aris…
Why is it real this time?
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“after….”
Fortunately, I was able to follow her on time.
I barely followed her, but I continued to follow her back as she slowly made her way out of sight and came to the outdoors.
I was doing my best whether I was walking fast or not, but it seemed to run for quite a long time.
“……..”
The distance with her that I barely caught up with, a situation in which if I don’t keep quiet now, she may find out
I had to hold back the breath I wanted to pant, make minimal noise and turn around.
It felt like something was being followed, but… I had no choice but to protect her.
As if in a familiar scene, Aris entered an unpopulated road alone.
For whatever purpose, she kept walking towards somewhere.
“I think something must happen here…”
But I’m afraid to mumble to myself like that…
“Who are you?!”
Aris’s voice filled with vigilance was heard.
When we focus our attention on him, an unidentified group is hiding in front of her.
It was clear if my memory was correct.
“”……..””
Heretics who are profane despite Aris’ words and are gradually narrowing the distance to her.
“If you come closer, you may cause harm, back away!”
With those words, she draws a magic circle by hand, but on the outside, hesitancy is barely visible.
Despite Aris’ warning, he continues to press on her.
“I can’t! Now…!”
After some hesitation, she got ready to cast her spell, but…
“O Almighty Old God, hear my prayer, and seal the movement of the rampant before me, Parrize.”
While Aris was contemplating, the opponent had already been cast and bound her with paralysis magic.
“Uh… uh…!!”
He heard a choking sound and informed him that he had become defenseless…
shudder! shudder!
The other personnel who did not miss the gap completely bound Aris with the magic chain.
It was a situation that ended in an instant, and it was a scene that taught a lesson that even the student president would be helpless the moment he hesitated.
“Huh, no matter how easy it was to get 1st place in the whole school, it wasn’t too difficult to overpower them… It’s so simple that I’m losing my mind.”
“I mean, you did something big! Ha ha ha ha!”
As the man’s hoarse voice speaks up first, the other personnel respond to his words and begin to chat happily.
“Eup! Eup!!”
On the other hand, Aris struggled as if to release him, but they didn’t care.
“Okay, let’s cast sleep magic and take her… I missed the princess, but I’m glad there’s still a good bowl left here.”
A conversation that is presumed to be their plan goes on and they try to kidnap Aris by taking over her consciousness.
“Rock cannon!”
However, I couldn’t let such atrocities stand still, and I quickly launch another surprise attack, aiming for the state they seem to be in a state of disrepair.
“What ㅡ?! Great?!”
A fairly familiar development, this time also started with one less person.
“What?! Someone else was there?!”
The heretic who was holding Aris went out in a stunned state, and the other cultists looked at their comrades and looked embarrassed.
Okay, now that I haven’t figured out the situation yet…
“Great shockwave!”
A more extensive shock wave, strongly pushing them away from Aris.
A group of darkness that received my magic and was pushed back equally, but fell to the floor and did not move.
The people who kidnapped Aris this time were not very strong, and despite their defensive magic, they were all stunned in the aftermath.
“Are you okay?”
Recognizing that the situation was over, I had to release the bonds of her, who was still conscious.
“Harold…?!”
The paralysis magic was released naturally when the caster was stunned, so when the handcuffs are removed, the body moves freely.
“Can you get up?”
Aris reached out to her to ask if she was in her condition, but just stared blankly at my face.
He did not know what to do as he had not yet grasped the situation, and he merely remained silent for a while.
By the way…
“Hey… Harold?! You… saved me?!”
He was afraid to tell if he had understood the situation right away, and his face was blushing, showing a more bewildered look.
“Yeah, I went out for a while and I happened to witness a scene where you almost got kidnapped and I helped you.”
I can’t say that I’ve been watching you all the time, so I’ll tell you a plausible excuse that I immediately came up with.
As she lifts her up and smiles kindly, Aris blushes even more and starts talking.
For some reason, he didn’t want to let go of the hand that raised him.
“Go… go… thank you Harold! For the moment I… was worried about what was going to happen…”
Although I was thankful for saying that, I was not particularly impressed because it was something I said was good anyway, but I nod my head brightly.
“Until thank you.”
However, I squeeze my courage out of my words and completely deny it.
“No! I’m so grateful I don’t know what to do! That… and I… It’s the first time I’ve ever been helped by a man like this…”
However, no matter how grateful I was, when I looked into my memories in the future, if I didn’t save them now, I would be more tired anyway, so the thought of helping me was a bit faint.
“It’s okay, I’m satisfied that I didn’t do anything big.”
When she smiles again, she smiles faintly and starts muttering something.
“Herald is kind, manly…”
I didn’t hear it very well, but looking at the expression on his face, it must have been a positive word…
“Are you free this weekend?”
In the meantime, Aris makes such a proposal.
“weekend?”
He trembled little by little as if he was very nervous, his face dyed the most red, and he didn’t even try to make eye contact with me.
“I want to be rewarded for my work in return, so why don’t we go around the royal capital together and visit various shops that I know? Of course, I will bear the price!”
I think it’s a little over-compensation, so it’s kind of burdensome, but…
Currently, I already have an appointment for the weekend.
The promise made with the princess of this country…
“How about the very next day after school?”
Even the date overlapped.
How should I do this, should I reject it? But it gets even more annoying when I get kidnapped again…
However, my choice is…
“Okay, I’ll free up time.”
I had to accept her offer.
“Really?! I’m glad you got it! I’ll come dressed up, so look forward to it!”
Aris leaves the place first, leaving only those words, with a nervous look and a very happy figure.
She rushed out, and eventually I was left alone on this deserted road.
This is why I accepted her request.
After all, the two of us don’t have a special relationship with me, and we have a common goal of repaying the favor…
Shouldn’t it be okay to meet both of these things?
thinking…
But why?
“Uh… did you mean to think about it a bit more?”
In an instant, the thought of regretting that the judgment was very wrong comes rushing in.
I don’t know what’s going to happen, but for some reason, I feel anxious.
“I’m a little worried, but… well, it doesn’t really matter, does it?”
With those words, I say my own words, and I also follow her and follow her.