episode_0057

Power was a powerful and useful thing, but it also brought with it great responsibility.

And in that regard, Elios, who was concentrating on his work in the student council room, had a mountain of work to do today as well.

In fact, as someone who was responsible for 10,000 students within the academy, there were many things to take care of and many choices to be made at every moment.

Especially, in a situation like now where final exams and the end of the semester are approaching at the same time, the burden is even greater.

‘I feel this way every time, but at times like this, I truly feel grateful to my mother. She gave me this powerful body that doesn’t tire easily.’

Duchess Rosetta, who boasts a physical strength greater than that of her father, the Duke, and honestly, has never shown signs of fatigue in her life.

Thanks to his resemblance to her, Elios also had no physical problems at all despite having to endure a murderous workload and study load every day that others would deem impossible for a human to endure.

In fact, the most fundamental reason she was able to show off her near-perfect appearance was ultimately thanks to her mother.

While thinking about that, Elios was moving his pen diligently without stopping for a moment…

At this moment, among the things her mother had given her, there was one thing that was not very helpful in the current situation, and it was stuck to her like a piece of gum.

“Hehe.. Sister Helios, are we there yet?”

“Haa.. Senel.. It’ll be over soon, so can you stay away from me for a bit?”

“Is it cold? My sister is cold, so she says it’s cool if she stays like this. Even without the cooling magic, it’s hot, so if we don’t do this, my little sister will just melt away like a snail.”

“… Don’t you even think about the fact that I’m hot?”

His younger brother Senel, who sticks by his side while he is working hard.

Although Elios expressed his dissatisfaction with this, he did not impose any significant sanctions on it.

No matter what others thought, from Elios’ perspective, Senel’s behavior was something very familiar, something that had been happening to her ever since she was young.

The second child who is not shy about showing affection to her older sister and younger sister, Katlena.

Whenever he saw that sight, Elios felt a little burdened, but he also often felt envious.

With that thought in mind, Elios finally finishes today’s work and puts down his pen.

Immediately after that, Senel spoke to Elios with his eyes sparkling as if he had been waiting.

“Finally finished? Then please give me some advice quickly as promised.”

“Haa.. Okay, okay. Okay. Tell me, what the hell is the problem?”

Elios leaned back in his chair, thinking that there was a high chance that he would bring up something worthless.

But immediately after that, Elios began to feel a little strange as he saw the light expression on Senel’s face disappear.

‘Isn’t this some kind of joke?’

And then, towards such Elios, Senel spoke to her in a voice that felt calm and concerned.

“It’s about Katlena. This is just my feeling, but… I think that kid’s been having some problems lately.”

“What’s going on? You said you’ve been adjusting well and training hard since joining Sentinel a while ago.”

“Yes, that’s definitely true. Even now, when I’m training, I always feel like I’m doing my best. However…”

“Just?”

Helios suddenly asks with a hint of anxiety at Senel’s words.

Senel spoke to her in a quiet voice about this.

“Katlena’s growth rate is definitely not bad. She’s already mastered the basics of condensation, so it’s obvious that she’s in the top tier compared to other students. The problem is… What she’s looking at right now doesn’t seem to be at that level.”

“… Sigh.”

Elios sighs deeply at Senel’s words.

At this point, she could roughly figure out what Katlena’s problem was.

“I never thought I would burden the child like this..”

“Anyway, Katlena still believes that she is her mother’s daughter. In that sense, it’s natural for her to compare herself to us.”

At Senel’s words, Elios began to feel a slight headache as he thought that this was not an easy problem.

Talent for magic varies from person to person, and is often greatly influenced by bloodline.

In that respect,

Mina Roseveta Dragona.

It was perhaps natural that Elios and Senel, who inherited the blood of the strongest witch in existence, had talents on a different level.

On the other hand, in Katlena’s case, it was inevitable that there would be differences since she was born from the body of an ordinary noble woman.

Although she was able to possess above-average talent thanks to her father’s bloodline, she was bound to be different from her half-sisters.

“As you’re worried, I don’t think it’s a problem that can be simply overlooked. If we’re not careful, something could happen related to the child’s birth…”

“I’m worried about that too. I’m worried that I might end up going down a strange path.”

That being said, they were not in a position to do anything special for their younger sister.

Pushing my younger brother, who was already training his best, was a meaningless action from the start, and telling him the truth was just nonsense.

In the end, for now, all we could do was send her warm gaze and encouragement as older sisters and hope that she would overcome it on her own.

“For now, I think we have no choice but to take care of it to that extent and think about countermeasures. It will be known someday anyway, but at least we can make the shock a little less painful.”

“Haa.. If my sister says that.. I guess there’s nothing I can do.”

If it’s Elios, of all people, who says something like that, then it means there really is no answer.

Senel sighed deeply at this and concluded that for now, he had no choice but to take a lukewarm approach.

*

“Ah, hello Katlena?”

“Yes, how have you all been?”

Katlena greeting her peers in the classroom.

Although, in the past, she had kept a certain distance from the kids in her class, in this life, she was treating others with a slightly more intimate feeling than before.

‘There’s no need to uselessly establish authority in front of others. When I was young, I didn’t know anything so I walked around with my head held high, but all I ended up doing that was increasing the number of enemies. I have to lower my gaze to be an equal so that I can gain more people around me.’

In other words, it could be said that Katlena’s attitude is more mature now than before.

Accordingly, there were quite a few people around her who could be called ‘friends’ who had been talking comfortably with her since the beginning of the semester, and when dealing with them, Katlena had a warm smile on her face as usual.

‘To be honest, it feels like I’m playing with kids, but… well, it’s not that bad. It’s also cuter than I thought.’

Katlena, who always has such thoughts in her mind, chats about meaningless things with her ‘friends’.

Then, one of them, a girl who thought that Katlena was quite cute.

Her name was Rania, and she looked a little weary as she rested her head on the desk and looked at the others.

“By the way.. is everyone well prepared?”

“Ready?”

“There’s that.. final exam..”

“… ”

“Haa… ”