episode_0045
by adminKwang
“Your Highness!”
“Beatrice!”
Arthuria and Sophia burst into the chief’s office, breaking the door.
‘This is maddening.’
Seeing their appearance, Beatrice felt a slight dizziness.
‘They really are a handful.’
“Are you okay, Your Highness?”
“Beatrice! Are you injured anywhere?”
The two women rushed to Beatrice, examining her body all over.
“There’s a wound here!”
Sophia pointed to a small scratch on Beatrice’s cheek and shouted.
Although the Holy Sword had healed all the injuries sustained in the battle with Robina, the faint scar on her face was caused by the fluctuating magic when dealing with Diavel’s magic afterwards.
“Hey, Saintess! Heal it quickly!”
“It’s just a scratch.”
“We should treat it right away! Recovery!”
It was a trivial, light injury, but Arthuria cast the advanced healing spell, Recovery, pouring out the power of the saintess.
It was an excessively high-level healing for such a minor scratch, actively utilizing the divine power of the woman known as the greatest saintess of all time.
“Phew. I’m relieved. I thought I’d lost you again, Beatrice.”
Sophia breathed a sigh of relief at the sight of even that small wound being healed.
‘It’s not even a serious injury to warrant this much fuss.’
It was such a small wound that even Beatrice herself didn’t realize she had it.
‘If she finds out that I was pierced by Robina’s shadow blade, it will cause a commotion. I have to keep that hidden.’
“That’s right! You said you were going to the restroom!”
Arthuria raised her voice, clasping her hands together.
“You said you were going to the restroom and never came back, then suddenly we felt a massive clash of power. We hurried over, but there was no one left at the scene. Do you know how surprised both of us were?”
Is that so?
They must have felt the aftermath of my clash with Diavel as the dimensional space was released.
So, they hurried to that place, only to find no one there, and ended up coming all the way to find me.
“I’m sorry, both of you. I caused you worry.”
Both of them are precious to me.
Although we haven’t met for long, I feel a special connection with them as I’ve somewhat found memories from my past life through dreams. Perhaps it’s because the emotions from our past lives have been transmitted as they were. That’s why, even though I know they are strong, I didn’t want to put them in such a dangerous position. Because of the hardships from my past life that I obtained through dreams.
Of course, I won’t tell the story of how I died once just to save Robina.
“Haha. At first, I really just wanted to go to the bathroom, but somehow I got involved.”
Secretary tried to laugh it off.
“Secretary. Can you please explain what happened?”
“Yes, Your Highness. Please explain what happened!”
Suddenly, at that moment, Robina intervened between the two women and the secretary.
“Oh my. I can explain that story. So could you please step back a little from our uncle?”
“Robina Cartesia?”
“Uncle? What are you!”
“Me?”
In response to Arthoria’s question, Robina extended her index finger and slowly returned behind the secretary.
Then,
“Huh!?”
She wrapped her arms around the secretary from behind.
“Is it fair to say that we share a special bond with our uncle after sharing such precious experiences?”
“!!!!”
Seeing this, the two women were astonished.
“Thank you for treating our uncle. But I hope you don’t get too close to him, new students.”
Robina smiled slyly at Arthoria and Sophia. A victorious smile.
Thud
“Hah. Even the stray dog who knows not where it came from has gotten tangled up.”
Sophia bent her wrist.
“Really… why is the prince so popular? He was my angel alone.”
The color of Arthoria’s pupils disappeared.
Kuooooo
The room’s temperature dropped sharply.
The extreme cold air, as if it should fold even the frigid air of the polar region at the end of the continent, blew in.
The three women glared at each other.
“Why are they like this again.”
Though Secretary had inherited numerous memories from past lives, along with the experiences and emotions, she never seemed to understand the situation properly in any lifetime.
“Ha… this is ridiculous.”
Beatrice let out a deep sigh as she watched three women fighting over one man.
Even when the imperial princess visited not long ago, those strong women fought over that student named Vissus.
Is that student Vissus really that special?
Judging by her skill in fighting against Diavel, she seemed more like a hero destined to save the world rather than an ordinary student…
Come to think of it, that princess.
She pulled down the emperor and took the throne herself.
…Surely she wouldn’t meddle in this too?
The princess who was a mage with a higher status than herself.
Now, thinking about the fact that she, who had become the pinnacle of the empire, would come to the academy, gave her a headache.
Ah.
I want to retire.
* * *
Imperial Capital
Imperial Palace
The people of the empire gathered in one place to see the new empress of the empire on the high balcony.
A massive crowd, too numerous to count, densely packed, praised the woman who had become the ruler of the empire.
“We celebrate your ascension, Your Majesty!”
“Long live the Empress!”
“May our Empress reign forever!”
Claudia, waving to the multitude of cheers, turned around.
“Greetings should be sufficient at this point.”
Clack clack
Claudia slowly walked towards her throne.
“Minister.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
The woman, dressed in a dignified uniform, responded to her call.
Based on memories from previous encounters, she was one of the new subordinates appointed by Claudia, having replaced the decayed former officials. This demonstrated how firmly Claudia had grasped the empire, swiftly removing the old officials and placing trustworthy and capable individuals in strategic positions amidst the urgent power shift of dethroning the former emperor and ascending to the throne.
“I want to hear the rest of the story about the academy.”
However, the current Claudia was not concerned at all about her new position, the capable subordinates of the empire, or the people praising her.
“Was there an outbreak of violence in the academy?”
All of Claudia’s attention was focused on just one person.
“Yes. It wasn’t easy to obtain information as most of it was concealed at the academy, but thanks to those who had been infiltrated as per Your Majesty’s orders, we were able to acquire some information. There are no reports of students losing their lives or suffering serious injuries.”
“I see.”
‘Thank goodness. I thought I might lose you again in a place where I have no presence. If that had happened…’
There would have been no reason for her to continue living in this world.
“The underlying cause of the violence is attributed to the terror acts of the student council president, Diabel. It is reported that he used special means to manipulate the minds of several students within the academy and assaulted other students.”
“Terror acts…”
‘In the previous term, such a thing wouldn’t have happened. How did things turn out like this? Is it because of Bonny?’
“And the one who prevented such acts by the student council president is none other than a freshman. It is Versus Grankeunel, whom His Majesty has taken notice of.”
“…Versus.”
“As expected of His Majesty. To recognize such talent at a glance!”
Due to the chancellor’s direct involvement in concealing information, very few knew that Versus had stopped Diabel’s terror acts.
Having obtained such information, the chancellor admired the Emperor’s discerning eye for talent.
‘Indeed, it should be said that it is you. To directly stop such a dangerous terror…’
However, Claudia paid no attention to the chancellor’s admiration.
“It seems like there’s no other choice.”
Claudia gracefully took her seat on the newly created Emperor’s throne for herself.
Numerous subjects looked up at her, anticipating her first words.
“I can’t just stand by and watch anymore.”
‘I tried to gain a little more ground with the words I said in the restroom at that time, but if I had done that, I might have lost you.’
However, what came out of her mouth was something slightly different from their expectations.
“I will head to Richten Academy.”
“…Pardon?”
Officially ascending to the throne and making the first statement as an emperor.
It had nothing to do with the empire’s future, vision, and the like.
“Right now.”
It was the pure desire of a girl who wanted to meet her beloved man.
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