episode_0453

While Lilith was busy talking to the spirit, she figured out the identity of the chain around her neck.

At the dormitory door, Ethan and his other maid were talking about her.

“… So that’s why the release came in like that, Master.”

“Yes. I don’t care if other people misunderstand me, but I hope you, Lilith’s friend, understand. As you know, Lilith has a tendency to take risks without hesitation.”

“Release… definitely has that tendency.”

Isabelle recalled Lilith, who had rushed at Hookfang with her bare body a few years ago, when she had never learned any magic or swordsmanship.

Even though it had already been several years, it was a terrifying experience that still occurred in her dreams, so she couldn’t help but nod in agreement with Ethan’s words.

“It’s not that I don’t trust Release’s skills… but no matter how I think about it, this is too dangerous. It’s not a problem Release should be solving in the first place.”

“I think so too, Your Highness.”

“I’m sorry to ask you this, but if she tries to do something strange with the chain, please stop her as much as possible. If you’re an old friend, she might listen at least a little.”

“Choi, I will do my best!”

Although Isabel was one of the few who fell behind in terms of power, I didn’t really care.

She had a weakness for being soft on emotion in many ways, so she never really tried to use her power against herself and Katarina.

Isabel, who was prepared to throw her body away to protect Lilith from the start, simply nodded in a disciplined voice at Ethan’s request.

“Yes, please. I might be late getting home today, so please keep an eye on me.”

“Ah… Are you busy with the release work?”

“Yeah. Seeing him acting so obsessively, I think we need to resolve this as soon as possible. If we don’t let Lilith know that she doesn’t have to step forward, she might continue to act like that.”

“… If it’s a release, then maybe.”

The two people who had been watching Lilith closely for a long time had the same understanding and were on the same page.

“… I hope that my personality will become a little more docile before graduation, but am I asking for too much?”

After seeing Ethan walking away from her, muttering to himself, Isabel immediately returned to the dormitory. As soon as she returned to the dormitory, the sight of Lilith that she encountered was… .

“Release, I heard the whole story. The master told me to be quiet… .”

-Kkirik, kirik, kirik.

“… … Ah.”

“Release… ?”

It was a scene of a table attached to the dormitory floor being dismantled with a silver-plated hammer.

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“Release, since the master is going to be late today, I think we should eat dinner alone.”

“… Oh, right. Then I have to go down to the dormitory cafeteria, so just unpack for a moment… .”

“Huh? No. There are ingredients in the dorm fridge, so I’ll make it for you. Is that okay?”

“… Oh, I see. Then I’ll wait quietly.”

“What are you talking about, Lilith? Lilith needs to help too. You’re not going to leave me alone in the kitchen and do something weird, are you?”

“… … There’s no way that could happen.”

Isabelle, with a grinning expression on her face, half-forcibly took me to the kitchen with a chain around my neck.

The table dismantling operation, which was about 60% complete, was completely brought to a standstill due to Isabel’s appearance at Ethan’s instigation.

‘Now is not the time to be leisurely like this…’

Even at this very moment, I had no idea what the guys who had kidnapped Princess Mezlen were up to. And I had a responsibility to take responsibility for this changed story and finish it.

Since it was already a twisted story, there was a possibility that he would do something completely outrageous and different from the original, and if he were to do something like that, the fact that I would be the one who could handle it most flexibly would probably not change.

… The biggest problem was that Isabel was disturbing me in a way I never expected, so when she put her hand under the dagger under the table earlier, even I would have been terrified.

‘Eww!! What, what are you doing, Isabel?!’

‘What are you doing, Lilith? The Master told me to be quiet.’

‘Ah, even so, what if I put my hand under the dagger?! It’s dangerous! It’s a good thing I stopped just before, but what if I accidentally get hurt!!’

‘That’s what I’m trying to say, Lilith. Why do you keep rushing into things that are dangerous and could possibly lead to injury?’

‘Ah, no… . Well, it has nothing to do with Isabel… .’

‘I think the way the master has tied up the release like this is a bit extreme, but I think it’s better for me to stay quiet this time. So don’t even think about running away and just stay quiet in the dormitory until work is done.’

-Ugh.

‘I told you not to do it!’

‘Hey, don’t put your hands in there! I told you it’s really dangerous!’

‘It’s not dangerous as long as the release doesn’t do anything weird!’

Isabel and I had already had this kind of fight, so it seemed like she would really throw her body at me to prevent me from escaping.

Clearly, in the original, he was the character who gave us a way to get into Ethan’s room for the release and risked his life to buy time, but why is he on Ethan’s side now and not mine?

I felt like I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself if I accidentally hurt Isabel’s hand, so I had no choice but to loosen only three of the five table screws, and I was stuck in a state where I couldn’t do anything.

“Okay, Release. You look a little tired today, so let’s wash up after dinner and go to bed.”

“… … Yeah.”

“I don’t think you can wash by yourself in that condition, so I’ll help you.”

“… … .”

“Don’t try to sneak away while I’m sleeping. You know I’m a light sleeper, right? And since Master Ethan said I can sleep in the same bed as Lilith today, I’m going to cuddle up and sleep tight.”

… It’s really flawless. Why on earth is it so needlessly thorough only in this area?

In some ways, she was even more difficult to deal with than Ethan. I didn’t care about Ethan because I knew he wouldn’t get hurt even if I gave him my all, but Isabel didn’t care at all about getting hurt and just stuck her body in my dagger.

One of the people I least wanted to hurt in this world was Isabel. My first and best friend, yet someone who had little power and therefore always had to be protected.

And since she was a character who helped Lilith until the very end in the original, I wanted to keep her on my side forever… I wanted to avoid hurting her with my actions as much as possible.

“I ate well.”

“… I ate well.”

After an awkward meal where I was looking for a chance to escape and Isabel was watching me, our gazes going back and forth.

After I cleared away the table that was slightly shaky due to loose screws, it was Isabel who naturally led me to the bathroom, so I made up my mind that I couldn’t just be dragged around like this.

“Okay, release. Now wash up and go to bed.”

“Isabel.”

“Huh?”

“Slip.”

“… … Phew.”

-Thud.

Release’s third auxiliary magic skill, Sleep.

Isabel’s body, hit by my slip, tilted in the air and fell into my arms like a wooden doll with its strings cut.

“I’ll apologize properly later, Isabel.”

Isabel, who was easily put to sleep by a sleeping spell due to her lack of level and magic power, was quietly laid on the bed, and the remaining screws on the table were unscrewed with a dagger.

… The night hasn’t started yet. If we leave now, we won’t be late.

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“Me, Mezlen! What’s Mezlen’s condition?!”

Several maids and butlers arrived at the Academy Church with urgent steps.

Among them, the blonde maid with the most old-fashioned impression hurriedly rushed to the sickroom where Mezlen was lying.

“… I woke up a little while ago and fell asleep again. But I think I saved my life.”

“Ah, thank goodness… . I’m really thankful… .”

“She’s asleep now because she needs to get some rest. Serista and Lilgher… Miss Rosewood had a hard time.”

“Haa, I’ll definitely have to repay those two later… . Oh, and of course, the same goes for Bolt Warrior and Ethan Prince… .”

“Don’t worry too much. I just did what I had to do as a citizen of the empire.”

“… Still, it is the courtesy of the royal family to repay those who helped you. Especially since you saved my only sister, I will never let this favor go unnoticed.”

A future where he saves his younger sister, who was barely created after repeated failures in his dreams.

It was Gyeomjoseogi who spoke quietly to Seraphine, who was relieved to see the results.

“The reason Professor Harold visited the church earlier…is it because of Seraphine?”

“… Yes. Since you happened to visit the cafe today to meet Prince Ethan, I asked you to help me out just in case. Since you have the same blood type as my sister, I thought you might be able to help me out if there was a problem… .”

“I was able to save him somehow thanks to the professor who used the blood transfusion magic without hesitation, so I’ll thank him later.”

“… It must have been a difficult decision, but I’m glad. I thought you might refuse the blood transfusion magic because it would be hard on your body.”

“It wouldn’t be like that when the princess’s life is at stake. Perhaps even Silena, who is usually a brat, would not hesitate to use blood transfusion magic if Seraphine’s life was in danger.”

“Well, I don’t know because I fought with Miss Silena so many times. Maybe she wouldn’t like it if she had one less competitor.”

“… … .”

The expression on Seraphine’s face momentarily looks frustrated, but then it clears up.

As the final day of the Academy Festival drew to a close, a seditious crowd began to move slowly through the darkness.