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A carriage leaving for the examination hall.

In front of him, Katlena looked at Zeros’ face and spoke with a smile on her face.

“Then don’t be nervous and do well on the test, okay?”

“… Yes, I will do my best. I will do my best, my lady.”

Zeros speaks with a trembling voice.

Seeing this, Katlena held his hand tightly and said.

“Don’t worry too much. It wasn’t an easy test anyway and there wasn’t much time.”

“..Ah..No..That’s..Ugh..”

Zeros still had a dark expression on his face even after hearing Katlena’s words.

Seeing him like that, Katlena paused for a moment and looked straight at him.

and..

“!”

The next moment, Catlena hugs Zeros’ body tightly.

At this, a look of bewilderment began to appear on Zeros’ face, and Katlana spoke to him in a voice full of kindness.

“It’s okay. I know. I know that Zeros has done his best so far. That alone is enough for me to be satisfied?”

“Ka..Kattle… ”

“So. Don’t be obsessed with the results and just do your best for now. Got it?”

Katlena tells a story like a mother seeing off her son who is going to take an exam.

However, Katlena’s kindness only made Zeros feel even more guilty.

The condition of Katlena’s body, which still appears to be suffering from the effects of previous overwork.

Despite this, she was rooting for Zeros with all her heart, and this fact was literally tearing at Zeros’ conscience like crazy.

‘I really didn’t know that failing a test would be this difficult.’

Yes, but it was something I couldn’t give up after coming this far.

No matter how much it hurt, if I backed out here, it would be like blowing a huge opportunity.

In other words, this means that his chances of death will increase even more drastically.

I didn’t mean to belittle the value of a girl’s pure expectations and affection, but no matter what, they weren’t more important than life.

Zeros boarded the carriage, feeling as if his insides were burning with bitterness.

Immediately after that, he sat down in his seat, still feeling uncomfortable, and slowly raised his head.

however.

“… in?”

“Then, let’s go.”

A person who gives orders to the coachman right in front of his eyes.

The moment he realized who that person was, a look of confusion quickly appeared on Zeros’ face.

The only person currently sitting in the carriage with him.

In fact, he is the biggest reason why Zeros is going through these trials.

Helios Northhellat Dragona.

The fact that he was going to be alone with her made Zeros feel extremely nervous and a little bit of anticipation instead of the dark mood he had felt just a moment ago.

‘What is this… How is Princess Helios here? Ah… No. More importantly, isn’t this an unexpected opportunity?’

This carriage heading to the academy where the exams were to be held had to travel for at least two days.

During that time, being with Princess Elios, of all people, was a golden opportunity for Zeros, as he had to catch her eye.

Zeros then cheered at this unexpected good fortune and began to cautiously watch Elios’s expression.

Princess Elios is diligently looking over documents even inside the carriage.

Suddenly, looking at this, Zeros remembered that in the original, she was the president of the Academy’s student council at this time.

‘Well… the new semester will start almost immediately after the entrance exams, so there will be a lot of things to do early. Anyway, it’s good for me. If I can use this opportunity to become a little closer to her…’

Zeros glances at Elios from the corner of his eye while thinking about that in the moving carriage.

At that moment, Princess Elios, who had been silent for a while at the sight of Zeros like that, opened her mouth in a quiet voice.

“There’s no need to be so nervous. Just relax.”

“ㄴ… Yes? Ah.. Yes, I’m sorry, Your Majesty.”

Zeros becomes increasingly nervous about his first conversation with the princess.

At that moment, Princess Elios, looking at Zeros like that, put down the documents she was looking at and asked him in a calm tone.

“Come to think of it… I think I gave my little brother quite a hard time this time. I never thought that little kid would do that much…”

“Yes.. Your Highness, you have really suffered a lot for me, who is lacking. I can only apologize to you, Your Highness.”

Zeros speaks in a slightly gloomy voice, as he honestly still feels guilty about that part.

And then, Princess Elios spoke to Zero in a voice that sounded slightly dry.

“That’s right. I can honestly see how much effort that kid put in. But it’s up to you to see what kind of results that effort will bear.”

“… ”

Princess Elios looked straight into Zeros’ face as she said those words.

At the sight of her staring at him with blood-red eyes, Zeros began to feel as if his body was freezing for a moment.

‘Is this what they mean by ‘terrifyingly beautiful’? She really is no ordinary person. If she can give this feeling with just a simple glance…’

As Zeros was thinking that, Princess Elios spoke to Zeros in a voice that seemed a little cold.

“To be honest, when Katlena decided to take you in, I was quite surprised. For no particular reason, she made a boy who used to clean the floor her direct servant. It wasn’t my business, so I ignored it, but I could have done anything about it, but I would have probably opposed it.”

“Um..”

Zeros flinches slightly at Princess Elios’s slightly sharp words.

However, listening to this simple story from Elios, Zeros began to feel a little surprised.

‘What is this… Even though they weren’t enemies, I thought Princess Elios didn’t like Katlena that much at this time… But this feels like a normal worry.’

She is believed to have been watching over her younger brother’s activities and worrying about him behind the scenes, even though she didn’t show it.

Zeros asked the question cautiously, with some doubt in mind, and also to prepare for what would happen next.

“Excuse me, Your Majesty? Excuse me. Can I ask you a question?”

“What? Sorry, I don’t want to talk about the test questions.”

“No, that’s not it.. This is just a question from the perspective of a servant. What does Princess Elios think of Princess Katlena?”

Zeros asks questions, surprisingly thinking that this princess can tell even unfunny jokes.

Princess Katlena thought about this for a moment, then smiled faintly and said to him.

“For a young child, you seem to be asking some pretty serious questions. Yeah… To be honest, I don’t hate that kid either. It’s hard to be gentle with him, but I still think of him as a precious younger sibling with similar blood flowing through him. ”

“Oh.. I see.”

Elios’ story seems to be filled with sincerity.

Certainly, it was likely to be as she said, as the issue of succession, the biggest conflict between her and Katlena, had not yet arisen.

‘Of course, when the successor incident happens later, that’s when the real killing time will begin…’

Princess Elios was someone who could laugh and kill anyone she perceived as an ‘enemy’, even if they were her own younger sibling.

In that respect, Zeros thought that he had to follow her path as soon as possible in order to survive, and in order to do so, he absolutely had to fail this test.

‘I’m sorry to Princess Katlena, but… this is something I cannot compromise on.’

At that moment, Princess Elios spoke in a quiet voice while looking at Zeros, who was thinking like that.

“Then, this time I would like to ask a question.”

“..Huh?”

Zeros looks slightly nervous at her words.

Princess Elios asked him with a gentle smile on her lips.

“What do you think about your master, Katlena?”