assistirfilmes Chapter 28
Chapter 28
“...Huh?!”
I tilted my head, looking at Helena, whose eyes were wide open in surprise.
“Why are you so surprised?”
“Are you serious...?”
Looking into Helena’s soft blue eyes, I blinked slowly. As if my reaction was frustrating, Helena let out a short sigh and continued.
“You were invited to Her Highness the Princess’s coronation ceremony?”
“To be exact, I was made to be her escort.”
“Anyway!”
When I told Helena I had been invited to Princess Ashillya’s coronation ceremony this Friday, she seemed more surprised than I expected.
“That’s completely....”
“It’s not like that.”
Of course, from other people’s perspectives, there could be some misunderstanding about the fact that Ashillya personally invited me as an escort, mainly about our relationship. But there was not the slightest hint of that feeling that people might think.
“She said it was simply to honor my family.”
The two most important events in a royal’s life are the coronation ceremony of the Crown Princess or Prince and ascending to the throne as Emperor.
The fact that I was invited as an escort to one of those events could be seen by others as marking me as a consort.
However, as everyone knows, Ashillya and I did not have that kind of relationship. After hearing my answer, she put her hand on her chest.
“Aha....”
For some reason, Helena let out a sigh of relief as if she was glad. I suddenly felt mischievous.
“I guess you’re so upset I’m getting a partner before you?”
“... I’m not upset...”
Helena stuck out her lower lip and spoke bluntly. Naturally stroking her head, I shrugged my shoulders. If she’s not upset, is she jealous then? As I burst into laughter, Helena poked my side with her elbow and turned her head with a humph.
“Anyway, you know well that we’re not that kind of relationship.”
Knowing from experience that Helena stays angry for a long time when she’s like this, I calmly soothed her in a steady voice.
“There there, I won’t leave you yet.”
“I do know...! I know, but....”
Helena seemed somewhat appeased by my answer as she mumbled something to herself. Ruffling her hair, I continued in a subtle voice.
“By the way, Helena.”
“Uh...huh...?”
Helena’s body naturally shrank at my voice. I took a step closer to her and whispered in her ear.
“You....”
“Yeah....”
She turned her body slightly, raising her shoulders as if ticklish. I smiled slightly at her reaction.
“Why haven’t you been coming to training these days?”
I had to do it alone yesterday, too. After we first trained together, it seemed like she was coming out quite consistently, but a few days later, Helena was nowhere to be seen.
Hard training is real training. Isn’t there a saying like that?
If you don’t get sore muscles after training, you didn’t train properly. When I told them my theory, Helena’s face turned pale.
“He’s really a monster....”
“Whew...! I think I understand why Helena calls you a training monster.”
Sylvia laughed leisurely with Helena hidden behind her back. I looked at Helena hiding behind Sylvia, then realized something and blinked.
Come to think of it.
“Sylvia.”
“Uh...huh...?”
Sylvia answered wide-eyed, perhaps sensing something unsettling in my sudden idea. I smiled and placed my hand on her shoulder so she couldn’t run away like Helena.
“Do you want to train too?”
“I-I’m a healing type, so I don’t think it’s really necessary...?”
At Sylvia’s words, knowing one thing but not two, I shook my head and started persuading her.
“No. Even if you’re a healing type, Sylvia, you will also be on the battlefield.”
“I-I guess that’s the case...”
“Of course. The monsters won’t suddenly avoid you because you’re a healer, right?”
Everyone is equal on the battlefield. Or rather, support roles like Sylvia’s are more likely to be targeted.
Isn’t it common sense to attack the healer first?
“So you need to be at least able to protect yourself, don’t you?”
“....”
Finally understanding the situation, Sylvia’s face turned as pale as Helena’s.
“He-Helena? W-will you help me...?”
She belatedly looked for Helena to help her, but she had already run far away when I brought it up to Sylvia, sensing my intention. Realizing that Helena was not behind her, Sylvia bit her lip resentfully as she watched Helena’s back.
“You traitor!!”
“I’m sorry...! I’m sorry!!”
Helena kept repeating that she was sorry like a parrot as she moved away from us. Sylvia, caught by me, had no choice but to face a dilemma: whether to run or not run away.
“Now then, we should go ‘train’ together, right?”
It was a pity that Sylvia and Helena did not know the importance of this training. At the same time, I was glad to be able to tell them about its joy.
“Eek...!!”
As I smiled at that thought, Sylvia let out a sharp scream upon seeing my smile. Holding her arm, I couldn’t help but hum as I headed to the training ground.
Everyone, let’s train!
And Pamela, who watched the whole situation while passing by, frowned.
“What are they doing...?”
Seeing Felix grinning grotesquely, Helena running away from him, and Sylvia... Pamela understood the situation and quietly hid herself, shaking her head.
“That guy seems really crazy.”
In Pamela’s mind, Felix’s evaluation dropped another level in this incident.