055. This is Romance (2)

The drawing room of Joheiden Mansion.

“Why did you call me? Zeke hasn’t come yet… … .”

Iriel said weakly.

“The instructor will come. wait. I called because I have something to say.”

She narrowed her eyes and looked at Iriel.

‘You look pretty bad right now. Yeah, I’d better talk about it at a time like this.’

With a graceful gesture, Serena brought the tea in front of her to her mouth and took a sip.

“… … Between us, did you have anything more to say… … ?”

“Don’t you want to protect the instructor?”

“… … .”

‘That’s why I should have brought Zeke here!’

For a moment, a furious heart rose from within Iriel, but for now, he decided to listen to her in silence.

“First of all, I’m fighting with you right now. I don’t want to lose my energy. So, I will simply talk about the main point.”

“… … great. I have a question for you too.”

“I will protect the instructor.”

Serena opened her mouth with a determined face.

“So, you hold a banquet at Justia’s mansion. Then I will go with the instructor and announce it there. Instructor is the benefactor who saved my life.”

“What!?”

Iriel’s eyes widened.

Serena decided to go straight ahead.

A banquet held at Justia’s mansion.

A place that the princess of Joheiden would never normally visit.

There, he informs the social circle that Zeke is Joheiden’s benefactor.

This would directly put pressure on Justia.

[I know Zeke is on your side. However, even knowing that, I accepted him as my benefactor. ]

In addition, those who attend Justia’s banquet are pro-Justia aristocratic families and neutral families.

If Zeke and Serena’s relationship is publicized in front of them,

From Justia’s point of view, it becomes even more difficult to reveal the fact that he is a spy.

It was indeed a political ploy.

However, from Iriel’s point of view, he couldn’t listen to the words straight away.

“Wait, what do you mean suddenly benefactor, and why… … . in our mansion… … .”

“The sooner the better.”

“I, why should I be!”

“That way, I can stop Justia from trying to deal with the instructor directly. It’s because it hasn’t been revealed yet that the instructor was from Justia. The order matters.”

Iriel bit his lip hard.

“Then I am.”

Now, Serena’s words were no different from saying that she would eventually set herself up as a bridesmaid and take Zeke.

“I’ll just go to a monastery, or get an unwanted engagement!?”

“Isn’t that a bit strange? Whether you throw a banquet or not, didn’t that happen anyway? I’m going to save one person while I go, but isn’t that a good thing?”

Serena crossed her arms and glared at Iriel.

In fact, from Serena’s point of view, it was literally more comfortable for her to leave the academy altogether.

but… … .

‘yes… … . The pressure should be like this. If he says he doesn’t like it until the end, the plan will go awry from the start.’

“Ramielli Academy, do you want to continue attending?”

“… … .”

“Yeah, I’ll help with that too… … . no sympathy It’s true that if you hold out because you don’t like it, you’ll get in trouble.”

Serena let out a deep sigh.

“To do that, I need to know what kind of relationship you have with the instructor first.”

Serena was willing to help her, but she didn’t want to do it for nothing.

So, what he asked for in return was the past of Zeke and Iriel.

However, Iriel did not immediately accept her words.

“… … Then, tell me what it means that Zeke is your benefactor.”

“yes.”

It was a rumor to be spread in the social world anyway, so there was nothing wrong with telling Iriel a little earlier.

Serena nodded.

Iriel opened his mouth as he watched the smoke rising from the teacup in front of him.

“therefore… … . Zeke is in Justia’s basement… … .”

Like that, memories of the past and Zeke flowed out of her mouth.

A relationship from a very young age.

Because of the difference in status, he always treated Iriel with respect.

However, despite the difference in status, Zeke always remained closest to her.

He was the only boy of his age in the Justia family.

Among strict adults, he was the only one who accepted her childishness.

Secretly knocking on Zeke’s door when he was scolded by his father and aunt.

Zeke comforted her when she cried.

On days when my father wasn’t there, I forcibly woke him up while he was resting and went around to play.

Learning daggers from him.

The occasional gnawing of hard bread with him.

Then, for the first time, the story goes that his eyes widened when he shared the bread he usually ate.

The trivial yet warm memories that had accumulated over such a long time flowed out of her mouth one by one.

The memories of the two tickled even Serena could hear.

I felt an emotional exchange much closer than expected.

‘It’s against the rules to be a childhood friend!’

Serena’s face hardened.

‘no way… … . Instructor… … . When you find your memory… … . I’m not leaving him… … ?’

Suddenly, in Serena’s head, Zeke, who had regained his memory, recalled saying goodbye with a sad expression.

Then a shady jealousy welled up.

Originally, Serena met Iriel and confirmed how much she wanted to protect the instructor,

I wanted to share the fact that he has amnesia.

If Justia’s princess would agree to protect him,

I thought it could be used as a political aid hand.

However, as I listened to her story, my heart gradually turned to the opposite side.

‘… … To be honest, I didn’t even get permission from the instructor, so wouldn’t it be morally right for me to casually talk about the instructor’s memory loss?’

Rationalization began to take place in Serena’s head at an alarming rate.

‘And if this woman approaches the instructor while citing memories of the past, she may be distressed because she will recall the wounds she received from the female general.’

Todok. Todok. Her fingers tapped the table nervously.

‘Now I’m a person who wants to forget all the painful past and live a new life! I don’t think it’s bad to bring back ominous memories like Justia’s dungeon. I really like Justia too. How can you give people only hard bread and water and make them live in such a harsh environment!’

As Iriel talked about her memories with Zeke, the corner of her mouth went up slightly, and she looked very happy.

To the point where he couldn’t even remember that the woman in front of him was the princess of the Justia family, who had been viciously tormenting him.

‘in a bad mood!!!’

Also, this woman is dangerous. It must be removed from Zeke’s side.

Serena glared at her, oblivious to the fact that he was biting his lip so badly.

“therefore… … . Using the family seal, Zeke… … . I called you to the Ramiel Academy.”

That’s how Iriel’s story ended.

“Oh yeah. I heard you. Then I will wake up now.”

Serena sighed and got up from her seat.

“for a moment!”

Iriel jumped up and grabbed Serena’s wrist.

“what.”

“They said they would let me go to Ramielli! And what is the benefactor relationship? You have to tell me that too!”

“… … I, ah, did… … .”

It was then.

Ailee opened the door without knocking.

“Sir, Serena! Zeke Kleiman is back! You will come here now!”

“Instructor!!?”

“Is Zeke!!?”

Iriel and Serena shouted at the same time.

* * *

Iriel and Serena.

Upon hearing that the two were together, Zeke went to the drawing room and was taken aback.

“Instructor!”

“Zeek!”

As soon as they both saw him, they hugged him and shed tears.

Then he suddenly dropped off, lowering his head and refusing to make eye contact.

“Ah, my makeup is all done because I cried… … .”

“Ah, it’s no coincidence that the old days were over because of the flower garden… … .”

They mumbled something, but it was hard to understand because they overlapped each other.

“Um, have you calmed down?”

“That… … . Instructor, can you give me a minute, maybe 30 minutes?”

“Me too… … .”

Eh, I didn’t know what was going on, but for now, Zeke nodded.

And in the drawing room I visited 30 minutes later, two women who looked much more glamorous were sitting in their seats.

No, Serena’s appearance was a little brighter to the extent that Zeke recognized that she had eaten half of it at her house.

Iriel also noticed this and rolled her eyes at Serena.

Serena turned her head with a stern expression.

“Yes, it must have caused you a lot of concern.”

“Instructor… … . I believed it, but I was worried… … .”

“Zeke, what happened? Didn’t you meet the Justia Assassins?”

Zeke shook his head.

“No, we met. The assassination leader’s swordsmanship skills were quite good.”

At those words, Iriel’s eyes widened to the size of a lantern.

‘Well, it would be better to be nice to Iriel now. It must be because there is rice cakes sprinkled on Justia. If you treat him coldly like before, you might get suspicious.’

He thought so, but the karma of the past came to Zeke’s head.

– Get lost, Iriel Justia.

– Wow!

– I guess I’ll say the same thing this time as last time. ha. get out of my way Iriel Justia.

– Fuck!

Other than that, I only had memories of treating Iriel coldly or answering indifferently.

‘Oh, um. Do you think you’ve come too far? what to do How can I be nice to you now?’

How a good adult should be able to apologize properly when improving a relationship.

Zeke decided to apologize to her first.

“Iriel… … .”

“… … .”

“The one who hit me earlier… … mi… no.”

The words didn’t come out of my mouth, perhaps because it was an awkward gesture to apologize.

‘Crazy bitch, you made a mistake first!’

Anyway, when Zeke somehow handed over the apology, Iriel covered his mouth with his hand.

“Yeah, also… … . I wasn’t wrong… … . Zeke, you me… … .”

“And what I told you to do is buy… … buy… … apologize At that time, the situation was the situation, so I had a feeling that I was talking too much.”

‘Can a person live like that? uh!?’

Ah, it seems that this was not the fault of my body, but my own will.

Tears flowed from Iriel’s eyes.

Zeke’s brow furrowed.

‘Why does he keep crying? Seriously, did you have a secret relationship with him and your body in the past?’

This is how things turned out.

Zeke realized that it was an opportunity to ask Iriel directly.

“Iriel.”

“Sigh. Yes… … . Gee, Zeke… … .”

“I wonder about you… … .”

Just then, Serena intervened from the side.

“Kyo, Instructor!!”

Zeke turned his head to look at Serena.

“Now, wait a minute.”

“Well?”

“Iriel, your makeup is all smudged.”

At those words, Iriel panicked and covered her face with both hands.

“Uh, that’s because one of my maids, Ailee, is good at makeup. Get some makeup.”

Iriel nodded and quickly opened the drawing room door and left.

Whoa.

Serena sighed.

I don’t know what the instructor was trying to say

He must have tried to ask about things related to Iriel.

Serena, who had already heard the story, didn’t want Zeke to hear it.

‘He’s the one who’s had a hard time because of the trauma! What if I knew that and then the painful memories came back to me!’

Of course, the fantastic rationalization was basic.

The man in front of me with the same appearance as usual.

His eyes, as always, were sunken and calm.

In front of him, Serena felt herself shrinking.

“Serena.”

“Yes, yes heh!”

“You seem to have gotten a little closer with Iriel. I’m a man, so I didn’t really care about that.”

“… … .”

Serena’s conscience pricked at his words.

‘No, that’s not the case!!’

That bit of conscience finally made her open her mouth.

“That… … . Me, Instructor.”

“yes.”

“… … Instructor, if you could go back to the past, would you like to go back?”