episode_0157

“I heard that the situation was not good.

It’s a social club I brought to you, but I feel sorry, junior.

If I had been there, things might have been different… … ”

“No, senior…

No one was seriously injured…

It was a good enough experience… ”

How many days has it been since social gatherings ended and we returned to our daily lives?

After dreaming, you tend to wake up.

As always, after the social gathering ended, Anne returned to the academy’s training ground as usual, and heard an apology from Lucia, whom she met there.

In the end, after seeing her as if she suddenly popped out at the end, it was Lucia who never appeared again at the social gathering hall.

In a sense, Lucia, who was unable to fulfill her role as a guardian due to her social limitations, seemed to be offering a sincere apology to Anne and also promising sufficient compensation.

“I heard that Letland’s tears, which were a reward, were lost amidst the confusion.

It’s been a while since I became a villain, but the Wicked game was also disappointing… …

However, since it was my fault this time, I will take responsibility and provide compensation equivalent to the value of the prize… ”

“You don’t have to do that. I am… …

I want to say something different than that… ”

But Anne smiled brightly as if she was no longer concerned about such things.

An experience at a social club where so many things happened.

The fun times with friends I met for the first time, the first loss that was painful enough to bring me to tears, and the nightmare-like times that stuck like thorns and wouldn’t go away.

Are the experiences and memories that make up oneself swirling around, and as a result, something is broken?

Or is it not broken, but distorted?

“I see. What do you mean?

Shall we talk slowly?”

What is lost, what does not come back.

Is it selfish to want to be compensated for all that?

If not, is something else needed to fill it?

“I like Mr. Edward.”

Lucia’s eyes were trembling slightly as Anne opened her mouth with a thought that seemed long but short.

“That… Run… … This can be happen… …

but… I don’t know what you meant?”

“I saw it. At the Paulo Pavilion.”

“……”

Seeing Lucia’s sudden loss of words, Anne began to stare intently into her eyes.

“And this is just my opinion, but maybe…

That’s probably why you disappeared from this social church.

I don’t plan on doing anything that will get you in trouble.

just… … I wanted to tell you.

I am… He is my senior’s romantic enemy.”

How can you stay calm even in this situation?

Looking at Lucia, whose expression never changed, Anne began to wait for her answer.

However, as expected, there was no change in the fact that the words were sudden, and Lucia, who was taking a deep breath, blinked once and seemed to trail off.

Anne, who happened to be interrupting Lucia by speaking at just that moment, paid no heed to her and began to say what she wanted to say to her.

“Anne… … that… … ”

“I… I think I realized it.

Because I don’t have enough strength, because I don’t have enough resources.

So I can’t keep up with what others do.

I am just a bad daughter who made things difficult for my parents and my older sister.”

“What are you talking about?

You are better than you think… ”

“I wonder what will happen, who will I hurt this time…

I don’t want to live in fear anymore… !!”

“Are you afraid?”

“I’m scared… I don’t like it like this… !!

It’s enough to follow in the footsteps of a senior…

Because I won’t be greedy anymore… … I want to become stronger… … !!”

In the end, Lucia smiled self-deprecatingly at Anne’s honest answer.

Where did the girl go who was ready to challenge her by claiming that she was her enemy? But what she was offering to her was actually a hand hoping for help.

However, when Anne said, ‘I want to become stronger,’ Lucia was moving slowly.

Just like in the last meeting, Anne started to follow her as she walked out of the training ground, walking silently next to Lucia, who had been silent for a while.

And the place they arrived at was the flower bed last time.

Lucia seemed to be gathering her thoughts while looking at the beautiful flowers in bloom, and the next answer was starting to flow out of her mouth.

“’I’m afraid’… okay… Right… …

For a rival, he proudly reveals his weaknesses to his opponent…

That’s probably a girl named you.”

“…….”

“What is there to be afraid of?

No, to be precise, it is good to be afraid.

But you have to choose the right things to be afraid of.

Just because I’m you, you don’t think I have no fear, right?”

“Senior, do you have anything to be afraid of? ?”

“There is no way. Should I give a reward to my honest lover?”

At Lucia’s behavior of gently putting her arm around Anne’s shoulder, which was unusual for her, Anne stiffened slightly and leaned towards her.

“Now I am afraid of everything.

Just as you saw it, I am afraid of everything that makes me who I am now.

The duke’s virtuous daughter, a good and upright student.

As a competent and reliable assistant at the Department of Swordsmanship, and as his secret woman.”

“Why… … ”

Lucia’s words, quietly whispering in her ear, were causing Anne to feel confused.

“You also know that we are not in a normal relationship.

Mr. Edward has a fiancee named Professor Eloise.

So what happens if our relationship is discovered?”

“But… In the end, if Mr. Edward wants to choose a senior… !!”

“The position of Duke’s Lady, which makes almost everyone look up to me, is just my shackles.

Even though I long for his twisted love, it makes me stop trying to give everything.

It’s not just me, it’s no different for Teacher Edward.

He also has the shackles of Romenberg.

Those shackles are placed on all of us living in this academy and in this country.

The only thing that matters is whether you submit to those shackles or resist them.”

“Senior, you have everything… !!

Everyone envies…

You have the power to do anything… !!

How can it become a shackle… !!”

“The power you hold in your hands comes with its due responsibility.

A person in a precious position should never have any blemishes.

Borgia is higher than all of them, and only serves the king above it.

If the daughter of such a family cannot set an example, what will happen to others?

A person who wields power arbitrarily is nothing more than a bright tyrant.

Because I try never to be like that…

I chose to be bound by those shackles.”

Lucia, who decisively cut off Anne’s words, began to explain her beliefs while glaring at Anne with her unwavering eyes as always.

Hard, sturdy, and sharp like a refined sword.

As it felt like the unique side of Lucia that she had always shown was returning here, Anne began to look at her differently again, but unfortunately, it did not last that long.

“That’s why I’m afraid of everything.

I am… It’s like a fish swimming against the current.

Because I’m going against the beliefs I have for myself, drunk with emotion.”

Anne could not help but feel a sense of discomfort following the sudden change as her eyes began to shake after that.

Even though nothing had changed, not even his voice or expression, his eyes were losing their shine.

Anne’s eyes also seemed to be shaking at the sight of Lucia, who she thought was different from the one she wanted to risk everything to break.

“Isn’t it fun to think about it this way, Anne?

It’s a bit weird to think of saying this to myself.

As the best student in the academy’s swordsmanship department, I was respected and praised by professors and juniors.

As long as I have a sword in my hand, I will never be afraid of anyone standing in front of me.

The strong will be defeated, and the weak can be cut down.

But once I put down the sword, I’m actually nothing, just a pathetic girl trembling under the gaze of others.

As the atmosphere of the voice whispering in her ear changed, Anne, who felt a moment of rejection, pushed Lucia to get away.

However, Lucia, who tightly hugged her by the back of her neck, was not letting Anne escape easily.

“So… … Like a pathetic girl, I approached the teacher with petty lust!!

To the shining person who was working overtime in an empty office…

Insignificant and miserable… I showed off my body, the only thing I was proud of was that I was a virgin.

He desperately tempted me to somehow embrace and lust after me!!

I thought that as much as he looked after me and gave me affection, it would give me courage as a pathetic girl!!

but… … That wasn’t it!! okay… Maybe not… … ”

At the moment when Anne, who was listening to Lucia’s remark that was so self-deprecating and destructive, could not bear the pressure and screamed to get away from her.

Lucia’s voice returned to her original voice, and she slowly relaxed her arms and let go of Anne.

And her voice this time had the same dignity as usual.

“I am an honest and confident woman who is so pathetic that I cannot match your romantic rival.

But still… In the first place, he has no intention of handing over the teacher he already owns to you, and he has an obsession and self-consciousness that is bordering on ugly.

What am I to you?”

Anne was left speechless at Lucia’s condescending words.

Lucia’s attitude, putting aside fame, power, and wealth, and presenting only herself as a woman, was quite different from her own.

He cursed that he had nothing.

Instead of focusing more on developing his own abilities, he foolishly sacrificed his virginity for only a few pennies, thinking that he was being overvalued by Lucia.

It is rather shameful.

Even though she called herself her lover, in a situation where the difference in status was clearly revealed, Anne, biting her lip gently, was finally able to choose what she had to say.

“Someday I will become stronger… I’m going to steal your teacher.

Senior Lucia too… that… I don’t mind your fiancee either…

Even as a prosecutor… Even as a woman… …

Because I have nothing more to lose… …

Senior… It’s the enemy… It’s my goal… !!”

After Anne finished speaking, silence continued for a moment.

At a flower bed with a gentle breeze blowing, the two women were just staring blankly into space, as if they were trying to relieve the negative emotions in their hearts by looking at the beautiful flowers.

And that silence was put to an end by Lucia, and the girls seemed to be finding a way to move on to the next step again.

“Goal… … This is me… okay… …

I guess I’ll have to struggle again to find my original intention.

Let’s make up for this and go again.

There’s still quite a bit of vacation left… … ”

“Are you going again? Where… … ?”

“Anyone who competes with me must be able to become a great lady.

Otherwise, you wouldn’t even be able to compete with me.

Where, do you dare to follow me, my lover?”

At the sight of Lucia holding out her hand, Anne’s eyes, which took her hand without any hesitation, were shining with a cold determination that was different from coldness.

“Please take care of me, senior.”

The young girl, who was so embarrassed that she could not raise her face, but did not want to back down any longer, made an embarrassing declaration and prepared to chase after her lover again.

Because there were still so many mountains to overcome, the girl who was trembling between reality and romance became lighter and began to follow her goal.

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“Wait… What did you say?”

“Results of comparison with a total of 25 types of high-risk drugs…

No results were obtained.

It is completely pure blood, itself.”

“That can’t be… … This is ridiculous.

The effects of the drug dominate the body for more than a month…

Wasn’t the drug actually detected in the nearby dogs?

The test results must have been wrong.”

As she heard the test results in a firm voice, the man in uniform who appeared to be her subordinate broke into a cold sweat and began to present the results of his desperate efforts to avoid breaking anything.

“I thought this might be the case, so I contacted the Royal Medical Center again to inquire…

The prosecutor only heard the assurance that there was no mistake…

that… this time… I wonder if you misunderstood something… ”

At the voice of her subordinate questioning her in a trembling voice, Deborah slammed the desk and stood up, her short but soft bob hair flowing, and walked to the table on the other side, picking up the documents lying there.

“The lower-ranking people did drugs, and the higher-ranking ones didn’t… ?

Things like that… It can’t be possible, right… … ”

Although she didn’t show much on the outside, on the inside she was furious and her eyelids were fluttering.

Information about the suspects written in the documents and relationships discovered through the investigation.

And as Deborah’s eyes fell upon the name of Serkov, the large boy at the center of it all, another name that was not written there appeared in Deborah’s mind.

‘Anne de Monethen… …

Was it just a cover-up to avoid the situation? ‘

With the concept of a judicial transaction, it was Deborah who turned a blind eye to Anne, who was drunk on illegal drugs, and instead made a deal to hear the full story of the case from her.

She couldn’t help but feel extremely annoyed at the current situation, which did not produce the results she expected.

Even though the circumstances seemed to match, and I fully sensed the possibility, I agreed to the deal.

The only result that came out was a distortion field that was like a twisted gear wheel that didn’t fit together one by one.

‘Someone is lying…’ ‘

Could it be Anne, who gave away what she said was all the information, or perhaps it was the Royal Medical Officer who may have been caught up in the interests of the nobles and sent false information, or maybe it was Serkov who deceived everyone in some unknown way.

‘If not, what could happen?

Is something else involved?’

The girl named Aurora, who was said to have been a supplier of drugs, had long since disappeared from social gatherings and other places.

Even when I went to the address that seemed to be her home, there was only a shabby shack where other people lived.

‘You must have fucked me like this…?’

And how should we implicate Serkov, who denies any relationship with her and has no physical evidence of the drug?

As Deborah began to calculate the numbers of countless cases in the labyrinth of truth that was unknown, at least until now, there was only the endless question that one link would always end up empty.

‘I think I need to try moving myself.’

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