assistirfilmes Chapter 16
Chapter 16
For several days, Leonhardt remained quiet.
As if my concern that he might cause some trouble was unfounded, he did not confront me or anyone else. He did not return to the imperial palace either and seemed to be holed up in his own room.
“Hey, Sylvia?”
“Yeah? What is it?”
At Helena’s careful call, Sylvia looked at her with a slight smile.
Even Helena, who seemed a little uncomfortable with that harmless smile, was at a loss for words.
“Don’t you normally stay with your friends?”
Instead of Helena, I threw a question at Sylvia.
By now, she should have at least a few friends she hangs out with, so why isn’t she hanging out with them?
Even though Cain hasn’t returned yet... for a healthy academy life, it would be better to hang out with friends.
In response to my question, Sylvia tilted her head slightly and answered.
“Helena and Felix are my friends too, right?”
“... That’s true.”
That wasn’t what I meant.
Since I didn’t have many friends in the academy, I would have normally hung out with just Helena. The stares then were already uncomfortable.
With Sylvia joining our group, it was hard for me to ignore them.
However, Helena seemed to have a different problem with it.
“So there’s no problem, then?”
“Um... yeah.”
Since I couldn’t really refute it logically, I nodded glumly. After all, I was in no position to tell her to hang out with us.
“Felix, are you going to practice today too?”
“Yeah, of course.”
Traditionally, sword training was a daily routine that could not be skipped, even for a day. Missing a single day would result in a huge loss.
I nodded in response to Helena’s question. She seemed to ponder something for a moment, then nodded to herself.@@@@
“Okay.”
“...What?”
“Nothing.”
In response to my question, Helena also gave me an innocuous smile and waved her hand. Sylvia only managed a slight smile in response to my answer as well.
What is it? It seems like they’re plotting something.
I wondered what they could be planning, but nothing came to mind. It wasn’t like any major events would happen around this time, either, so I just let it go.
***
In the original novel, Leonhardt completely breaks down.
When he hears that Ashillya has ascended to the throne, he breaks down and receives consolation from Sylvia.
The problem, if there was one, was that Leonhardt could not get Sylvia’s consolation this time.
By now, I had done thousands of downward swings I had been doing. It seemed like it was time to try something else.
I gripped my sword again, resolving to practice the other basic stances taught in basic swordsmanship training starting tomorrow.
“Felix!!”
“...Helena?”
Just as I shook my hands and gripped my sword, I came to my senses at the voice calling me and turned my gaze. At the entrance of the training hall, Helena was smiling and waving at me.
“What’s up? Are you going to train too?”
Helena didn’t really like using the training hall. I don’t know why, but maybe she felt burdened by the stares of others.
I asked in bewilderment but then blinked slowly again when I saw Helena’s outfit. She wasn’t wearing her training gear but her everyday clothes.
“No, not that.”
“...Well, come in first.”
With her hands folded behind her back, Helena, who had been looking at me, smiled broadly at my words and walked towards me with small steps.
Why did she suddenly come to find me when she wasn’t even going to train? Today, I hadn’t completed my assigned amount yet, so I looked at Helena with an uneasy feeling.
“Were you training?”
“Yeah, that’s right. So what brings you here?”
Sweat drips down.
They say that sweat from heat is sticky, but sweat from exercise is refreshing. However, I felt an inexplicable ickiness since I hadn’t completed my assignment yet.
“Well...”
In response to my question, Helena hesitated, her hands still folded behind her back.
What’s taking her so long? Tilting my head, I looked at Helena. She closed her eyes and held out what she had held towards me.
“Dinner! I made some. Do you want to... eat together?”
“Dinner...?”
“Yeah... if it’s okay with you.”
At Helena’s words, I blankly looked at the lunchbox she was holding out to me.
Although I spoke like a glutton, I didn’t have a strict diet since I wasn’t a real glutton.
This body was Felix’s, and for some reason, the food of this other world also agreed very well with me, so there were no foods I avoided. Even though training would be slightly delayed...
Turning down the lunchbox she had so thoughtfully made felt rude, so I nodded.
“I don’t mind that.”
“Really?”
“Would I lie about something like that?”
Seeming pleased with my response, Helena smiled brightly at me as I scratched the back of my head.
“Let’s eat!”
“...Okay.”
I could just train later.