Academy’s Pure Love Dark Knight – Chapter 110

EP.111 32-1. The Unmelting Heart of the North.

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In the setting, the North is known for freezing even the sea, and it is also famous for its cold and harsh climate.

“Euhahahat!! The wind is blowing coolly!”

Because of that, I, Phine, and Drake Master are on an icebreaker using magic.

We were heading north, where there was a monster raid, cutting through the waves.

‘I didn’t know I would be going with Phine.’

I told her to stay back in the Imperial Palace, but it was no different from running away secretly, so she said that she would be scolded more if she went back, so I put her on the ship for now.

“Licht, do you know about the North too?”

“Actually, I don’t know much.”

“I thought you knew everything.”

If the Emperor finds out about this, I’ll be as good as dead.

Why is she so kind with the burn ointment? I couldn’t understand a woman’s heart.

“..You don’t know everything. Okay, that’s good.”

I don’t know what’s good. I felt my face burning as I watched her smile seductively at me. I’m really glad I’m wearing a helmet.

‘Should I have dated in real life?’

Phine is still clinging to me right now. Did I save her life from the Demon Lord, or is she grateful for retrieving her mother?

“Licht, aren’t you cold?”

“It’s a bit cold. Am I getting cold easily?”

Even if I compare it to the experience of almost dying, there’s no way I would fall in love just because I saved someone’s life.

“Hehe, it’ll be warm now.”

Slithering, again the snow-white wolf’s tail wrapped around one of my legs. It’s definitely warm. The feeling of soft and fluffy cotton.

‘Even if I die tomorrow, it’s a good funeral, Lee Soo-hyun.’

I almost blurted out vulgar words, so I covered the front of my helmet. Please don’t do this unconsciously.

“Phine, why do you keep wrapping your tail around my leg?”

“Huh? Therianthrope often do this with their families.”

I don’t know about that setting. You, who became the Nameless Saintess, didn’t do this either. I knew that Therianthrope were very similar to wolves, but there was no tail wrapping.

It’s definitely a lie. The princess is looking at the distant mountains while avoiding my eyes.

“Please don’t keep doing this. People will misunderstand.”

“..Okay. Licht.”

It was then. Phine hugged me. I couldn’t help but be flustered by the sudden unexpected behavior. A soft feeling that was pressed tightly.

“Then, is this okay?”

“..Just wrap your tail around me.”

Overwhelming first wife energy was sending me unspoken pressure, and I was dizzy from the breath that was being conveyed close to me.

Who hugs someone because they didn’t get what they wanted.

I’ve felt it before, but she’s very clumsy. It’s like she learned about dating and love from books.

‘She even said that if I do this, I’ll become a more precious person.’

Damn it, what can I do to reassure Phine? She’s the person I cherish and care about the most. How can I express this….

“Operation, success.”

The snow-white-haired girl even smiled, and then she released her arms that had been hugging me. I came up with a good idea when I saw her wrap her tail around me again.

“..Heu-at.”

“I told you not to keep doing that, Phine.”

I was bothered by the tail that kept wagging at the end, and I didn’t want to let her take the lead anymore.

“Licht.. the tail.. the tail is sensitive….”

Hugging me all the time is a nuisance, no matter who says what. I have to persuade Asha Aureus in the future, so she could be a hindrance.

“Phine, don’t try to hug me when there are people around.”

“Th, then.. is it okay when there’s no one around..?”

I gently stroked her tail in the forward direction. It’s amazing because it feels like a big cotton ball. Are all wolves this soft?

“Only when we’re alone. As much as you want.”

“I understand. Now, st, stop it. Licht… something’s weird..”

Phine’s cheeks turned red as I kept stroking her because it was so addictive. Ah, was I too much? I thought she liked being touched her ears, so her tail would be the same.

“I’m sorry. I’ll stop.”

She bowed her head and gently tapped my chest with her hands. It seems like it was the wrong choice.

The white tail that was wrapped around my leg had even more strength in it, to the point where blood couldn’t circulate.

“I’m angry. Licht..”

“Phine, it hurts. Stop.”

“Licht is bad, bad. You playboy….”

Why am I a playboy in the first place?

Don’t talk like a heroine scolding the male protagonist of a harem. I’ve never even glanced at another woman besides you.

“I was too much, so stop. Please stop… Besides, I’m not a playboy.”

“Then pervert, Licht is a pervert.”

The intensity of her hitting me with her fist is getting stronger. My ribs are ringing.

“Phine, please stop..”

Stop, I’m really going to die like this. There was even a sparkle in Phine’s eyes, as if she had cried a little.

“Where on earth did you.. learn this..!”

I really did something wrong. It seems that the tail is a sensitive area to Therianthrope. Just when I was determined not to do it again,

“Oh my, you guys are really putting on a show!!”

“…”

Drake said something after seeing me and Phine arguing. Then Phine’s rampage stopped right away.

“..Hmph, Licht. You can’t touch another woman’s tail.”

She turned her head away and expressed her anger. A cute pout while puffing up her cheeks. So does that mean I can touch your tail later?

“Disciple, are you really impotent? Or are you perhaps inexperienced in dating?”

“..I have no experience in dating.”

At the master’s question, who was looking at me and pounding his chest, showing his frustration, I had no choice but to confess the truth.

“The tail is to the Therianthrope…. No. That’s it. I shouldn’t have said anything!!”

At that moment, Phine’s tail wagged.

I wondered what it was and looked to the side, and the wolf ears on her head, with her head turned away from me, were perked up to hear more of the story.

‘..She’s not releasing her tail.’

It wasn’t a more serious action than I thought. Even in a pouty state, her actions of binding me were consistent.

“You have to deal with your karma!! Euhahahat!!”

I thought she would be disgusted and release the tail that was wrapped around my leg.

“Even if you’re about to die to my brother, don’t look for me!!”

“No, why are you suddenly shouting? Our Phine will be surprised.”

I pressed my hands against Phine’s ears to block them. My heart almost dropped at the thunderous sound that echoed through the deck.

“..Licht. You don’t have to do that.”

The platinum wolf who is looking at me again. Fortunately, she seems to be in a better mood. Actually, I don’t even know exactly why she’s pouting.

“Our..? Our Phine?! You, do you even know how scary my brother is?!”

“I know very well. He’s the Wolf King who even the Demon Lords of the Hero Cult fear.”

He couldn’t close his mouth like a shocked person.

Then is she our Phine or someone else’s Phine? At least until I find someone better than me, or someone she likes.

‘After all, Emperor Roque isn’t hostile unless they’re a Demon Lord or a hero.’

In the first place, that’s why I named my nickname Pure Love Dark Knight, and she’s the person who is like salvation to me, the person who sustains my life.

No matter how scary Emperor Roque is, I will become a Dark Knight who protects her.

“..Oh my, good heavens!!”

“Why are you doing that..? Master.”

Drake said something to me, seemingly dissatisfied after seeing me and Phine close. Drake, standing in front of me and pointing at my helmet.

“You definitely gritted your teeth and trained to protect a certain Saintess, didn’t you?! And yet you again….”

“It doesn’t matter now.”

Ugh, I had to cut him off quickly before he said something strange. If Phine knows that the Nameless Saintess is herself, she will hate me.

‘At least I have to catch the most important Magic Hat.’

Besides, it seems that there is still a route where she falls into misfortune unless I catch all the Demon Lords. I caught Head, the final boss of <Knight Heart>, but

“..Really?”

“Really, Phine.”

Unless I kill the Demon Lord of Truth in advance, the future where Phine dies in the sequel, <Black Heart>, will not change.

It was almost certain when I looked at the progress of the Grand Route and the penalties on the status window.

“It’s not true.. it’s a lie.. Licht..”

If I talk about love lightly and she dies, I will go crazy. I closed my eyes at the thought that was terrible just by imagining it.

‘Besides, come to think of it, it’s a death flag.’

If Phine really likes me in a very small probability, I will have to cross the line between life and death a few more times to deal with all the Demon Lords in the future.

“Phine, there’s nothing I value more than you.”

“..This time it’s real. I’ll believe you.”

I don’t mind dying for Phine, but she could be immersed in the sadness of losing me. I have to be careful about the flags, just like in other games of the company.

‘..Ah, should I check her favorability?’

Suddenly, I became curious about how the princess in front of me thinks of me. The romance level displayed in the status window is only 2 percent.

I should cross-verify this. A system that appears the same in parts 1 and 2.

A measure of favorability that indicates the probability of dating or the closeness to the characters.

After all, I also had the thought that I couldn’t trust the status window,

‘I need to check at least the favorability that I know.’

If the favorability, which appeared like a flag in previous works, is high, I might be able to figure out why Phine is like this.

Let’s make a dad joke with the name of the Northern Grand Duchess, Sophitia Coldheart.

She used to like these kinds of jokes.

“Phine, by any chance is the Northern Grand Duchess….”

“Don’t even talk about that barren woman.”

“…”

Oh, it seems like the favorability is at the bottom. Phine is even making small threats. She’s even revealing her small fangs.

‘Are they acquaintances?’

In fact, when she was the Nameless Saintess, it seemed like she didn’t even have anyone who knew her, friends, or family. Now, it makes more sense that the princess and the Northern Grand Duchess are acquaintances. In the first place, both of their fathers belong to the Ten Greats.

“Do you know Sophitia? Phine?”

“..I know her very well, so don’t say it. Licht.”

I’m scared. Is that our Phine? I felt like a lead weight had been put in my heart at her cold tone. It seems like I said the wrong thing.

After all, the North and the Imperial Family don’t have a good relationship. Is it because their powers are similar? I shook my hand as I watched Phine glaring at me.

“I’m sorry. A friend just told me about it, so I was just trying to make a joke.”

“..Is it a female friend?”

That gigolo is definitely a man. There’s no way he’s a woman who turned out to be a game addict. I’ve heard his voice when we’re raiding together,

“It’s a friend of the same gender!!”

He even clearly stated his gender as a man. He even said that a strong man in Korea should like bear Therianthrope.

‘He was the guy who criticized me for having a fetish after seeing me like the Saintess.’

But the Imperial Family is stronger anyway. He always complained that he had to be aware of Emperor Roque’s mood, no matter how much he flew and crawled in the north.

“And I don’t like bears. I like wolves more.”

“Licht, I don’t like this about you.”

There was also a chat where the Northern Grand Duchess was concerned about the Imperial Family before, so I gave her advice to cut off Lupus.

“You keep, coming in suddenly.”

“..You’re the same, Phine.”

I gently stroked her head so that Phine wouldn’t pout anymore. Her ears went back and gave way.

“Hehe.. Licht..”

The white tail that was spinning fiercely like a motor. I saw in a documentary that you can’t tame a wolf. Are Therianthrope different?

“Hey you idiots!! While you were playing with fire, we’ve all arrived!!”

It was then that Drake shouted at us.

The ship that was stopped at some point.

“..Licht, let’s go down carefully. The floor will be frozen.”

“Ah, thank you for your consideration, Phine.”

We arrived in the snowy north while talking to each other.

It’s so hot and humid in the Empire that it’s midsummer. The climate is completely different. She interlocked my fingers and started walking together.