Chapter 175 – 175. How to Comfort a Girl in a Healthy Way (2)
In the classroom where the commotion had calmed down to some extent, Elena looked down at the cookie bag she was clutching in her hand.
The fragrant scent of chocolate cookies tickled the tip of the girl’s nose.
As she smelled the scent made with so much care, the girl’s mind seemed to become more complicated.
It was that moment when it felt like my mind was slowly becoming dizzy.
“Aaaaah!”
A tearing scream was heard.
Elena reacted reflexively to that voice and tensed her body.
Could it be that the devil’s army has appeared again?
I think I heard that Hero Amy wiped out the remnants last time.
The girl circulated the magic power in her body, trying to erase her ominous thoughts.
But the girl soon realized that it was a useless worry.
“Tessia! Tesia has arrived!”
What the girl who screamed said next.
As soon as she heard someone’s name in it, the girl realized that her heart was pounding.
Suddenly, my head turned as it wanted.
She clearly saw a person standing at the end of her gaze.
“Hello, everyone.”
The plain nun’s uniform and the overflowing feminine beauty that contrasts with it.
Shiny silver hair, gold eyes filled with light.
It was the great saint, Tesia Rupilberg.
The saintess went straight to Elena’s class and faced Ariel, who had remained at her teacher’s table.
“What is it, Thesia? “Why did you come here?”
“Just. “I have some business to do.”
“Something to see?”
Tessia nodded her head and turned her gaze to the side.
Then she stretched out one finger and pointed to exactly where Elena was.
“Miss Elena Schubert. “Could you please give me some time?”
“Oh, yes?”
Elena, embarrassed, let out a disjointed voice.
It was the same with other students, expressing curious wonder here and there.
“Are you going to openly take away a student in front of the professor in charge?”
Ariel said, putting her hand on her waist.
The great saintess responded with a gentle smile to the slightly humorous expression of the wise man.
“I have something important to discuss. “Can’t I just borrow it for one day?”
“Hmm.”
The two heroes made eye contact.
They only exchanged glances, but in the eyes of ordinary students, even that felt like heavy pressure.
“… Good. Instead, it’s just for today?”
After a while, Ariel smiled lightly.
In response to the wise man’s reaction, which seemed to have caught a message, the great saintess only smiled softly.
“Thank you.”
Teshia answered briefly and walked into the classroom.
I felt elegance in every step.
There was love and mercy in the movements.
Looking at her saintly appearance, her students realized once again why she was called ‘the great saint.’
And the saintess stopped in front of the duke’s daughter, who was once considered the most promising candidate in the academy.
“It’s been a while, Elena.”
Although he was respectful, his tone of voice gave a sense of intimacy.
At the call of her saint, the azure girl bowed and raised her head.
“Yes, yes. “It’s been a while since I saw you, saint.”
“Would you mind hanging out with me for a moment? “I have something serious to discuss.”
The saint said with a very serious expression.
Elena nodded her head, although she was a little uneasy at the expression on her face that she had never seen before.
After nodding her head, the saint took the lead and headed outside her classroom.
Elena, who was following behind her, suddenly became aware of the gaze on her back.
“Currrrn while at least 10 seconds.”
There was a red salamander with its long tongue sticking out.
The familiar’s eyes staring at Elena somehow felt a little sad.
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The place we headed to with the azure head was the lily garden behind Creativo.
She had received a confession from Elena the other day, and the fact that she was heading to that place again gave her a somewhat strange feeling.
She walked among the pure white flowers in full bloom.
Elena, who followed behind me silently, did not say anything.
“The lilies are so pretty. “You can clearly see that they worked hard to raise and take care of it.”
“Oh, right, right? These are flowers carefully grown by the Academy’s exclusive gardeners.”
“It’s good. “I don’t know much about flowers, so I can’t even try to grow them.”
“What. That’s surprising. I thought Tesia would grow a lot of different flowers.”
“I am confident in bringing flowers back to life, but I don’t know how to grow them beautifully. Preconceptions are not good.”
“S-sorry…”
“Hehe, it’s a joke.”
We were having a light conversation.
As the sweet smell of lily flowers lightly tickled her nose, Elena’s stiff expression seemed to gradually relax.
It broke her heart to think that ashes would now be thrown at the bright girl.
Especially because I know how much Elena likes me.
But it must be said.
In order to prevent the girl from being ruined further, she had to speak bitterly.
She remained silent for a moment.
As if Elena sensed something about the interrupted story, her facial muscles tensed again.
“… “I heard the story from Ariel.”
There was no need to reveal what the story was talking about.
Elena had already figured out what she meant and was lowering her head.
“Please lift her head up. “I don’t mean to scold her for doing something wrong.”
“That… Are you going?”
“Yes. In the first place, I know very well that Elena works hard too.”
However, he took a moment to catch his breath.
The girl who was looking at me with a flushed cheek nervously swallowed her dry saliva.
Even while looking at that scene, I spit out the words I had prepared in advance out of my throat.
“I think Elena is having a hard time because of me.”
“It’s hard, I’m not at all… !”
The girl waved her hand.
A moment later, Elena lowered her hands and looked at the lily flowers with a downcast face.
“Elena probably knows. What state is she in now? “How broken she is and how serious the situation is.”
“…”
The girl was silent as if she was affirming.
“I’m sorry, Elena.”
When I said that, my face also became distorted.
It was painful. It was bitter. It was complicated.
The more I thought about the story I was going to tell the girl from now on, the more my heart felt like it was breaking.
Phew, I sighed.
She calmed her cold chest with a deep breath.
“Elena.”
He called the girl’s name.
Her refreshing face looked up at me again.
“… “I don’t like poetry.”
Have you already guessed what I’m going to say?
Elena shook her head, almost in tears.
The sight of him faltering and taking a step back was now even pitiful.
It felt like her guilt was tightening around my neck, as if it was driving her deeper and deeper.
But I had to say it.
In other words, I had to ‘choose’.
“I don’t think now is the right time, Miss Elena.”
“Ah… !”
The title was changed.
Elena moistened her eyes after hearing my words.
“Definitely my heart fluttered while being with Miss Elena. I was excited, happy, and had special feelings.”
This is a clear fact.
While I was with her, I realized her affection for me.
That’s why I was conflicted.
Even after hearing the warning from Sally, I thought about it for a long time and didn’t make a choice until now.
But.
“But it shouldn’t be like this.”
“Ah, uh… !!”
“I can’t ruin Miss Elena anymore because of my ambiguous and selfish greed.”
“No! “I’m not selfish!”
Elena desperately denies it.
The girl with water droplets falling between her wet eyebrows looked pitiful.
“… “If you only care about me, I want to share my feelings with Elena like this.”
It shouldn’t be like that.
I couldn’t ruin a girl’s solid path just because of my selfish greed.
Even though she hates the chains of being the duke’s daughter, she needs that title now.
In order to solidify her immediate position and secure her future, Elena had to become the duke’s daughter.
She will definitely blame me.
You may lose her affection, and you may end up with only bitterness, as is common.
Still, I had to choose.
For a girl I love.
To protect her bright future.
“… “If the Great Saint of the Nation’s Salvation cannot even save a girl’s life, wouldn’t she be dishonoring the empire that gave me that title?”
“Tessia…”
Okay. So.
This choice was definitely something she needed, both for herself and for me.
“… Elena. “No, Miss Elena.”
The tip of my nose stings.
My eyes are hot.
It feels like something is coming up through the throat.
I don’t want to say it.
I don’t even want to say those words.
Because of the extremely negative emotions, it was difficult to even open my mouth.
My throat is on fire.
The vision is dizzying.
Her chest feels tight.
Suppressing all her pain, she spoke to the girl.
“Can we keep our distance for a moment?”
