CH 130

Filina moved closer to Lee.

I put my hand under his nose and felt a faint breath.

He was not dead, but his breathing was very weak.

“No way…, you still haven’t woken up from the blows of the last fight.”

She hadn’t seen Lee since he had fought Huey, so it must have something to do with him.

Perhaps it was the aftereffects of the enormous divine power that poured down from the sky that made Lee do this.

That power belongs only to this child.

It was not a power that came down through someone else, but a power that Lee himself summoned.

After all, that was Lee’s last energy.

Philina’s fingertips trembled.

Her slender fingers touched Lee’s little shoulder.

The temperature was as cool as if he had died.

Philina knelt in front of him and took Lee’s tiny hand on his chest.

“Lee.”

Her languid voice spread.

“It’s not going to happen, right? I haven’t asked you anything yet.”

In the distance, Huey, leaning against a wooden pole and breathing heavily, turned his head to look at Filina.

“How can you get up? Tell me, please……”

She murmured in a thin voice, then dropped her head. The hand that clenched Lee’s hand twitched.

As if to condemn her, the black puppy licked the back of Philina’s hand.

As if to tell her not to hold Lee’s hand too hard.

Philina, who had been looking at the puppy silently, let go of Lee’s hand and stood up.

She turned slowly and walked toward Huey.

“Why are you here already?”

Huey, who had been quietly watching as Filina approached me, asked, furrowing his eyebrows.

She said, looking at Huey with an indifferent face.

“Let’s go back to the military academy.”

At Philina’s words, he shifted his gaze to the side and glanced at Lee asleep.

“Why? You don’t think he’s going to get up?”

At the sound of Huey’s voice, Filina quietly closed her mouth and made eye contact with him.

Huey raised the corners of his mouth awkwardly.

Apparently he had been fighting with me and had gone numb, and he was embarrassed to deal with Philina, who was desperately looking for Lee.

She turned her head dryly, her lips parting.

“…… It’s going to happen someday.”

“Why don’t you use your divine power?”

At his question, Filina let out a small sigh and looked down at my hand.

“When I get close to Lee, the divine power doesn’t come out strangely.”

At Philina’s low remarks, Huey laughed and patted her on the shoulder.

“That’s because your powers are similar to his.”

Filina said, frowning.

“What nonsense? Lee’s whole body is made of divine power. But how can my power and Lee’s divine power be the same.”

“Normally, when the priests with divine powers come in here, they are not as fine as you. Most of the time, the power of the divine power is so overwhelming that it makes me sick.”

At Huey’s words, she narrowed her brows. He spoke again to Philina.

“If you know how to handle your powers properly, you’re probably much stronger than Priest Masha.”

He twitched his eyebrows as if thinking of something, then muttered softly.

“But I think that maybe the reason I can get close to you is because your divine power is controlled.”

It was something I had heard from Masha one day.

At the time of her ordination as a knight, she had asked Filina how she had adjusted her divine power.

Filina gave a small gasp.

How far does this divine power go…….

Huey said, his face flushed more than usual.

“Anyway, we’ve got that guy’s location, so let’s get out. Maybe it’s because he’s insane right now, but the divine power doesn’t flow constantly, and it keeps flowing out, and I think he’s going to die even more.”

Filina nodded in understanding, then looked back for a moment.

Still breathing evenly, Lee was asleep, and two puppies perched beside him.

Filina, who had been watching silently, turned around at Huey’s urging and went back to the academy.

She was spending a boring time alone in the garden of the Imperial Palace.

Ian really didn’t come, and she had to waste her precious time.

“Miss, can I have another cup of tea?”

One of the maids approached and turned to Philina and asked, and she waved her hand in the air as if she didn’t need to.

“…… I’m bored.”

She muttered, yawning.

In his heart, he wished he could have done the training he didn’t get at the military academy here, but he didn’t know that he would be dragged to court as a suspicious person for wielding a sword in the imperial palace.

Filina scanned her surroundings with a bored face.

Ian’s garden of red roses was beautifully spectacular. The smell of rich flowers wafted in the wind.

Then Hestia came out of the palace and saw her walking with her maid.

Normally, she would have felt very comfortable being alone with the princess, but at this moment, she felt quite welcome.

Philina jumped up from her seat and called to Hestia, who was walking in the distance.

“Princess!”

Hestia, who had been walking down the street with a face indifferent to her call, stopped and turned her head.

At the same time, her eyes met Philina’s.

She walked over to Pilina’s in surprise.

“Debussy. You can’t train today, and you’ve been invited to the imperial palace?”

Hestia looked her head from side to side, and then opened her mouth again with a puzzled face.

“But where is His Royal Highness?”

Filina replied, raising the corners of her mouth awkwardly.

“He’s busy with his schedule.”

At her words, Hestia said with a face that she could not understand.

“Then why is Lord Debussy still here and not back at the military academy?”

“His Excellency the Crown Prince has told me that I must wait for him day and night, and I am eagerly obeying his orders.”

Philina smiled sweetly and told Hestia what Ian had asked of me.

I could see her brow furrowed in bewilderment.

“…… How can a prince and behave in such a stupid way.”

Hestia, who coolly expressed what Philina wanted to say, looked at her and asked:

“Shall I be your companion, Debussy?”

“If you do, I’ll be so grateful.”

As if she had been waiting for that, Philina replied coldly.

Hestia nodded and glanced at the maid who stood behind her for a moment. Then I saw her nod and retrace her steps.

Hestia sat down across from Philina and snorted.

“Ian has only brought two chairs so that no one else can sit here.”

True to her word, the chairs had been reduced from four to two, unlike when she first came.

Filina replied, shrugging lightly, as if it didn’t matter.

“Didn’t he ask me to not talk to the princess alone like this?”

Hestia laughed a little at her smirk.

“Debussy has a lot of trouble. Ian grew up with a strict princely upbringing, so he doesn’t behave like a child, but I think he behaves a lot in front of Debussy.”

At her words, Filina narrowed her eyes and said musely:

“Your Excellency the Crown Prince seems to be covering a man. He couldn’t have been more kind to you.”

“Well, I don’t know. It seems to me that Ian relies a lot on Debussy, right? I grew up watching him from a young age, so I think he’s comfortable with you.”

“I can only hope that he will share his comfort with Miss Cecilia as soon as possible.”

Philina said with a sophisticated smile, and Hestia nodded.

“Yes. Now that they’re getting engaged soon, their relationship should be a little closer……. Miss Cecilia still seems to be having a lot of trouble with Ian.”

“Your Highness, Crown Prince of Alvar, who will lead the country in the future, it is natural that it will be difficult.”

Philina spoke in a plain voice, and Hestia frowned slightly.

“But Miss Cecilia has to make a drastic turn if Ian isn’t on the right track. That’s also part of the role of the Crown Princess. In fact, I’m a little worried about whether Miss Cecilia will be able to take care of her role as a Princess Consort. Her personality seems so clear and pure…”

Then, suddenly, she looked at Filina and added:

“It would have been great if someone like Debussy had Ian chose. In fact, I thought Ian was going to propose to Debussy.”

At Hestia’s words, Philina waved her hand in delight.

“That’s nonsense, Princess. How dare someone like me get along with His Royal Highness. I don’t even have a chance to do it.”

At the sound of Philina’s firm voice, Hestia burst out laughing.

“Okay. Is it because you don’t want to marry Ian?”

At her direct question, Filina made a puzzled face.

Then Hestia added lightly, “Don’t worry, I’ll keep it a secret.”

Hestia gave a small smile and spoke in a light voice.

“I just said it because I was disappointed. If you were a princess consort…, I don’t think I would have wanted to miss someone like Debussy.”

As she slurred herself, she shook her shoulders and covered her mouth with her hand.

Then she quickly looked around, and then turned to Filina and said awkwardly:

“I said the wrong thing. Pretend that you didn’t hear anything what I just said.”

Hestia smiled embarrassedly and carefully brought the teacup that the maid had prepared to her mouth.

Her golden eyes glistened brilliantly in the reflection of the brilliant sunshine.

Philina, who had been staring at Hestia silently, opened her mouth with a relaxed face.

“If Princess Hestia had established herself as the Crown Princess—”

At the sound of Philina’s low voice, Hestia looked at her in surprise.

Philina looked at Hestia with a stern expression on her face and continued what she had not yet said.

“I would have helped her somehow.”

Hestia looked at Filina in bewilderment.

Crown princess?

It was the first word she had ever heard, but it was a position she had never coveted.

That’s because she had been told that women can’t ascend to the throne in the first place.

She didn’t have to ask why, she just thought it was obvious.

Just as it is natural that a person has two eyes and one nose.

But the stern look on Philina’s face at me made me think that maybe not everything she knew until now was true.

Her heart was pounding in anticipation, and Hestia didn’t know what it meant.

T/N: Finally, I completely edited from Chapter 121 to 130. Just go read that now. I’ve fixed those chapters!