CH 140

Chapter 140

Huey looked at her with a look of regret. His eyebrows were furrowed, and he looked puckish and sad.

Philina, who had been staring at him in silence, pulled her lips away in a pale voice.

“No matter how much magic you use, you won’t be able to do it. I don’t live in a world where magic works in the first place.”

“…… Doesn’t the magic work?”

He frowned, stared into the air, then tilted his head and said:

“By any chance, is the place where you used to live exist in this world?”

It was a simple question.

Philina shook her head, smiling sheepishly.

“So, where the hell did you live?”

Huey looked curious, but she didn’t answer.

After all, it’s a land that doesn’t exist in this world…….

Philina dropped her head in silence.

I felt bad for Huey because he felt sorry for me like that.

-ˏˋ ━━━━━━ ʚɞ ━━━━━━ˊˎ-

Filina, who had been granted the rest of her leave by Lawrence, paused to look back at the Oval Office building.

Since morning, instructors have been in and out of the Oval Office in a messy manner. Weaver was absent, as if he had gone out to the imperial palace, and Lawrence was frantically dealing with something.

Lawrence, who hastily stamped Philina’s leave papers, spoke with the instructor who rushed in, and she bowed her head and walked right out.

Before closing the door to the Oval Office, I happened to overhear a conversation between the two.

Apparently, Ian had lost the Cohen War.

The battle, which was supposed to be long, ended in a matter of days, and the cadets who had participated in the war did not seem to have returned alive.

Silently looking up at the Oval Office building, Filina let out a small sigh.

As the original story goes, the Cohen War is won by Henry’s great performance.

And Ian Alvar’s stature at the center of the war rises to heaven high, and the people recognize him as the next heir to the throne.

But now the story has gone awry. Henry listened to him, did not take part in the war.

A small smile slipped from Philina’s lips.

Even so, they never thought they would lose the war.

The only war that Henry did not participate in was defeat.

She walked away and headed for her dorm.

As he climbed the stairs to his room, he paused in the hallway where Huey’s room was supposed to be.

Philina’s gaze stared for a moment into the empty space where there were no people. Her eyes were not directed to Huey’s room, but to the room across from him.

Henry hasn’t been seen for several days. I was only told by his roommate that he was in the dorm.

According to the instructor at the infirmary, the fever had not healed yet.

But Filina didn’t think it was just a cold. Henry’s body was not weak enough to catch a cold as summer approached.

Of course, I had a terrible body ache once a year, but after that period, I would train with a healthier stamina, as if I had developed immunity.

‘Why don’t you be a little more honest with your feelings?’

Suddenly, Li’s voice flashed into my head.

Filina raised her gaze. He walked through the wide corridor and stared intently at Henry’s door, which was firmly closed.

I remembered him looking at me and saying he was in pain.

An untimely feeling of guilt came over me.

Philina’s hand clenched her fist slightly.

Henry……, how am I supposed to look at you now?

Gazing intently at the quiet corridor, she let out a heavy sigh and quickly climbed the stairs of the dormitory. I walked into my room with a helpless step, simply grabbed my bag and walked out.

This time, I walked down the stairs of the dormitory, but I didn’t stop halfway. The guilty face could no longer look into Henry’s room, and walked past him.

Approaching the entrance of the swordsmanship academy, he paid the coachman and got into the carriage.

Her face reflected in the window was uninspiring. It was because he had heard too many stories from Lee at once.

Moreover, now that I had to put everything in order, I didn’t feel comfortable going back to the mansion.

After running for a long time, the carriage came to a halt in front of the Duke of Debussy, and Filina got out of the carriage without the help of anyone else.

I wasn’t even wearing a dress anyway, so I didn’t have any trouble getting out of the carriage.

“Miss!”

When she entered the mansion, the employees who were working in the mansion were the first to greet her.

Filina stood in front of the foyer and looked around the spacious hall for a moment.

The mansion without Ariel was no different than usual. Time was still passing in the calm atmosphere.

Soon afterwards, Laura was seen rushing from inside the mansion.

“Miss! I told you I’m going to pick you up this holiday! Why did you come so early than you planned?!”

Filina stared silently at Laura, who nagged her.

Then, after chattering for a long time, she suddenly looked puzzled.

“Lady, why do you look like that? Did you get anything on my face?”

Laura tilted her head and ran her hand over her cheek. Filina smiled quietly and shook her head.

“…… Nope. It’s just nice that you care about me.”

Even in her answer, Laura wondered if she didn’t understand.

Filina caught Laura’s expression one by one.

He was going to remember them all before he went back to his own world. The only people who stood by me in the midst of my boredom.

“Where is your mother?”

When asked by Philina, Laura said that she and Enoch had gone out for a while.

“The master is in the study.”

“…… Is that so?”

As she was about to walk to her room, she turned and stepped toward the study.

Laura, who had been following closely beside her, said in a worried voice.

“Lady, why don’t you say hello to your master a little later?”

I didn’t know why Laura asked nervously.

Apparently my father had just moved into the study.

He has a tendency to be extremely averse to being interrupted in time in his study, so he said this out of concern.

But Filina didn’t stop walking. There was a lot of work to do for the rest of the vacation. Therefore, time could not be wasted.

After finishing the greeting quickly, I had to execute the next schedule.

Filina stood in front of the study, took a moment to catch her breath, and then knocked.

“Father, I’m Philina. It was a vacation, so I stopped by my house for a while.”

Philina’s muffled voice spread. There was no response from the study.

Laura let out a small sigh, as if she knew she would.

Philina, who had been silently staring at the door with only the quiet air, was about to remove her lips again, when she heard Gabriel’s voice.

“Come in.”

Laura looked at Filina in more surprise.

Gabriel, who would normally have been nervous in an angry voice, replied in a very ordinary voice.

Philina opened the door cautiously.

Then I saw Gabriel reading a book alone in a quiet study.

As she drew closer, Gabriel murmured, his gaze still on the book.

“Was the Swordsmanship Academy originally a place where you often gave vacations?”

Philina, who had been looking down at him intently, replied with a light shrug.

“I don’t think so. The swordsmanship academy is strictly meritocracy-based.”

At her words, Gabriel gave a small snort and raised his eyes.

“It sounds like you’re saying that you’ve got a vacation because of your ability.”

“Otherwise, how could I be here?”

At Philina’s smirk, he kicked his tongue as if he were the same. Then he set his gaze on the book again.

It was a gesture of something to get out of the way, not to disturb his time anymore.

But Filina glanced at Laura toward the door. Laura, who understood what she meant, nodded and walked out of the study.

The only sound of doors opening and closing sounded through the silence.

Gabriel was still preoccupied with the book. Philina, who had been staring at him silently, slowly moved her lips.

“In case you misunderstand, I didn’t reveal anything related to Ariel.”

Gabriel replied briefly to her plain.

“I know.”

Philina’s head tilted at an angle.

It was unexpected. Naturally, he thought he was going to blame himself.

Gabriel let out a small sigh and closed the book.

“…… Perhaps, just maybe, it’s a good thing that everything is true now. I’ve never had a day where I’ve been comfortable because of my past mistakes.”

Filina looked like she was about to burst out laughing.

Does he really not know that one thing he treats as a simple mistake can destroy a whole family?

To this day, I haven’t forgotten Amy’s hard face.

“Your mother and I talked to each other separately. I told him it wouldn’t happen again.”

Filina was genuinely curious.

I wonder if Gabriel, full of pride, would have apologized to my wife.

Perhaps the answer is not hard to find.

He didn’t see Amy as his equal.

So, I wouldn’t have apologized.

Philina spoke in a hushed voice.

“What are you going to do with Ariel?”

“First of all, I’m going to let you live alone. You won’t be able to bring them back home.”

That was an irresponsible response.

Would he let go of the accident and leave a girl as only sixteen years old to be out alone?

I was stunned.

She didn’t want to talk to him anymore, so she bowed her head in greeting and walked out of the study.

Gabriel, too, did not yell at him for being as polite as usual. He just silently scanned her as she walked out.

As Filina walked up the stairs through the wide corridor, Laura, who had been following closely behind, whispered softly.

“Lady, I have an appointment for tomorrow evening to meet with the guild member you asked me to do the other day. But there was no mention in his letter of how we would meet.”

Filina nodded and opened her mouth.

“Now that we’ve delivered the date and time here, we’ll leave the rest to them.”

At her words, Laura looked worried. He looked curious as to why he was going to meet a guild member.

Philina, who had been staring at Laura in silence, turned her gaze straight ahead and muttered softly.

“…… I’m just trying to make sure it’s okay. After all, this will be the last time we meet. I’ll never see you again.”

I’m going to convince Leone. So that they can no longer attack the imperial palace. And not to give Ian Alvar a chance to play.

If it was a story that was wrong because of me, if the world treated me as a hindrance…, I was going to destroy it all thoroughly.

…… So that the original story doesn’t flow properly.

So that an innocent person is not wrongfully killed just because he is not the protagonist.

Her hands made a strong fist.

Philina’s eyes flashed fiercely as she caught the flames.