180 – [Side Story] Student from the East Continent – 39
Go back in time, when the incident of Sherry hitting Tania Wentos occurred.
Martina Wilthard and Lecce Thiatis left the infirmary first, followed by Sir Wentoth and the elf maid who followed Madame Wentoth with scary faces.
Instead, the hooded maid who had followed Sir Wentoth stayed behind, standing guard over both Madame Wentoth and Tania Wentoth.
Just as I was starting to feel a sense of déjà vu looking back at him, Mikhail, the escort driver, got up from his seat.
“Just in case, I’ll be watching outside the nurse’s office.”
After Mikhail leaves, Tania Wentos is asleep in the infirmary, and Liliana Wentos stands by her side.
And only the maid, Prince Rex, who was standing there as if assisting them, was left.
How much time has passed?
Liliana Wentos, probably very tired, was fast asleep on the bed where her daughter was sleeping soundly.
In that situation, the maid in the hood was getting restless.
Is she a maid with little experience?
Usually, a trained maid would take action in that situation, such as moving her master to another bed without waking her, or, if that is not possible, covering her body with a blanket.
However, Rex, who felt that the sight was cute rather than pathetic, got up from his seat, picked up a blanket piled up in one of the nurses’ rooms, and approached it.
Then, she held out the blanket towards the maid.
“Please cover this.”
“Ah…Thank you. Rex…”
“Huh?”
Did you make a clear statement?
This maid should have followed Sir Wenthos in earlier.
When Rex looked at her closely, the maid lowered her head in embarrassment for a moment.
The déjà vu she had been feeling for some time seemed to be getting stronger.
Suddenly, someone came into Rex’s mind.
“…By any chance Miss Reese?”
“Uh…Well…That…”
Among the women that Rex spoke to after entering this country, the only ones who wore maid clothes were Alyssa Leifert, whom he met at the imperial palace, and a girl named Reese, whom he met on the street that day.
Rex was convinced that the girl in front of him was Reese.
Eventually, after some hesitation, she too took off her hood.
“It was you, after all.”
“Ah… That’s… I’m sorry. I had to cover my face inside the academy…”
“…There seems to be something going on.”
Why?
This girl named Reese before my eyes is an ordinary maid without any noble blood.
Although her appearance is pretty, it cannot be said that she is exceptional.
In fact, for Prince Rex, who had seen many beautiful women as a royal, her appearance was not that special.
But even so, she couldn’t take her eyes off her.
It was an amazing thing.
And it was the same for Reese…The real Alyssa Leifert.
This is someone I just met… And he must be an uncomfortable man due to what he experienced recently…
Knight Rex, his heart pounded as he looked at him.
“Shall we talk a little?”
Rex and her girl talked a lot.
It was mostly trivial chat, but it was quite a fun time.
However, Rex realized one thing.
The girl, Reese, did not talk about herself.
Even when she almost came out about herself, her face became pale and she tended to change the subject.
As expected, it seemed like something major had happened.
But the fun time ended in an instant.
Sirwenthos and the elven maid return, and as Liliana Wenthos, in her wake, carries Tania Wenthos on her back, Rhys is also forced to leave the place.
As I was waving my hands with a strangely regretful feeling, I felt someone’s gaze.
Sir Wentoth, it was her.
Perhaps she was angry that her own maid was looking at her with strange eyes.
Rex, realizing that this was an embarrassing behavior for a royal, immediately bowed her head.
Footsteps were heard, and Sirwentos stood still in front of Rex, who raised her head.
“…As expected.”
She was mumbling something.
… Certainly, she was such a beautiful girl that it was difficult to take one’s eyes off her.
Obviously, if we only look at her appearance, her appearance would not touch her at all.
But even so, she didn’t feel as attracted to her as her Reese.
At this point, unless Rex was an idiot, he had no choice but to realize it.
She herself is a girl named Reese…
“…Is it okay for a moment?”
At Sirwentos’ voice, Rex, who had been lost in sentiment for a moment, raised her head again.
Her bright red eyes were staring at me.
“Can I call you Highness Rex…?”
“…Yes, Lady Wentos.”
“Your Majesty Rex, please answer honestly. Do you know that child…”
“…I like it.”
When Sirwentos answered immediately, her eyes widened slightly.
But even for a moment, she smiled as if she was satisfied.
It was as if she knew Prince Rex’s heart from the beginning.
“Even if she looks like she does now… She looks like a completely different person?”
“…Well, maybe I wasn’t attracted to her looks.”
Prince Rex scratched her head.
Honestly, when it comes to beauty, there were many more beautiful women in front of her, such as Sirwentos, Martina Wiltard, and Lechetiatis.
What’s more, Alyssa Leifert, who committed today’s incident, also had a more beautiful appearance than Reese.
But she cared enough to realize that what she was attracted to was the girl named Reese herself.
At those words, Sirwentos smiled as if she was satisfied.
“That’s right, those who are connected to each other are connected mentally, not physically.”
“Yes?”
“…I’m glad she still has someone like you.”
The Lady of Sir Wenthos, who spoke something incomprehensible.
She smiled brightly, looked at Prince Rex seriously, and spoke.
“… From now on, please consider everything I say to be the truth and listen to it.”
“……”
“This is a story about that child…And about the future.”
Sherry was led out of the academy by Prince Rex’s hand.
It felt like she was dreaming.
Even after acquiring the body of the main character, Alyssa Leipert, nothing happened as per the original.
Martina Wilthard did not care about herself as much as dust, and even more so with the appearance of a character who was not in the original, Sir Wentoth.
This is why everything went to sh*t at the prequel stage, before even getting into the main story.
In the end, she was imprisoned for reasons she did not deserve and was sentenced to death.
I am the main character
To be treated in such an unreasonable way just by hitting a misbehaving little boy!
How many tears of resentment did I shed?
But it didn’t matter now.
It’s quite different from the original, but didn’t Prince Rex, his favorite character, come to save him?
I didn’t know the reason.
When we met briefly at a banquet?
Or when you hit a kid and make eye contact in a messy situation?
She didn’t know when Prince Rex had taken an interest in her, but the situation couldn’t have been more to her liking.
It wasn’t that I didn’t care about the captured prince and others, but it didn’t really matter anymore.
It would be nice if Prince Rex was there.
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“Miss Alyssa, from now on, you will leave this place at full speed.”
“Yes…Yes…!”
“Ah, but…”
As if he had just remembered something, Prince Rex slapped his hand and said,
“…If there are important items you need to take care of, I think you can afford to stop by, even if just for a moment.”
“Is that so…?”
“Yes, if there is nothing like that, I will leave right away…”
Important.
At Prince Rex’s words, something flashed in Sherry’s mind.
Yes, that’s it.
I hid it well, but if someone sees it or an accident happens…
Thinking of that, Sherry grabbed Rex’s shoulder and said.
“There is… Something important… You must take care of it.”
“Is that so? Then, please guide me. I’ll run right over.”
Sherry took Prince Rex to the mountains within the academy grounds.
Surprisingly, she was able to go without anyone noticing her on the way.
This mountain is often used as a practice ground when practicing actual magic combat, but the direction Sherry was heading was further in, a place that students rarely enter.
Despite entering such a place, Sherry kept going as if she was used to it.
“…It seems like a very important item to hide in a place like this.”
“Yes…It’s a very important item to me.”
Sherry was moving forward like that.
Soon, she arrived at a slightly messy vacant lot and cleared away the bushes there.
Then, she manipulated her magic power and began to dig up the ground.
“Did you bury it?”
“…Yes, because I don’t want to be noticed as much as possible.”
How much did they dig?
A package wrapped in blue cloth came out.
Sherry opened the package and checked what was inside.
It was a ring.
A simple gold ring made of gold, but without any special decorations.
The plating had already peeled off slightly.
“…Okay, let’s go now.”
“Um, can you show me that?”
“Yes?”
Sherry hesitates slightly at Prince Rex’s sudden words.
But she seemed to have made up her mind and handed the ring to Prince Rex.
What’s there to be afraid of? He’s on his side.
Prince Rex looked at the ring handed to him a few times, then opened his mouth.
“…Is this…The so-called ‘medium’? Mrs. Wenthos.”
A name that came out of nowhere, Wentos.
Before Sherry could understand the meaning of that name, a lady with blue hair appeared from the space behind her where no one would have been.
“That’s right. That must be the medium for the ‘mind exchange’ curse.”
When it comes to ‘curses’, Sherry has always crossed the stone bridge after hitting it three or four times.
But this time… I was intoxicated by the fact that my favorite man, whom I liked and loved so much, came to save me in a terrible crisis.
I ended up trusting someone who I shouldn’t have trusted, given the circumstances.