CH 144

Chapter 144

Cool air flowed. Leone met her with a dry face.

“I’m not afraid of dying.”

At the sound of his voice, Philina’s expression wrinkled.

“…… Aren’t you afraid?”

“From the beginning, we were prepared to give up our lives. So it doesn’t matter if you die for revenge.”

At his words, Filina looked angry and cold.

I don’t know in front of whom I dare to take my life lightly.

“That’s not for Lord Leon to decide.”

He stared at Pilina with a frown contorted.

She glanced over Leone’s black pupils and tilted her head.

“No matter how much your colleagues risk their lives and dream of revenge, it may not be what it really is.”

“…….”

“When death is imminent, it’s easy to change your mind.”

His voice sounded as if he had experienced death.

Philina’s red iris looked directly at him.

“The ending is already decided. Only a horrible death is your pitiful ending. It’s reckless to know that your final destination is a brutal cliff and not stop. So, let’s turn the road now. Don’t look at the cliff, look at the wider world.”

Leone stiffened and said nothing. He just dropped his gaze and bit his bottom lip.

“Sir Leon’s father wouldn’t want his son to ruin my life with a dream of revenge. The same goes for my colleagues out there. There’s going to be at least one person who really cares about them.”

Leone’s clenched fists on the table twitched smallly.

Philina, who had been staring at it in silence, whispered softly.

“And I, too—”

“…….”

“He’s one of those who cares about Lord Leone.”

Only then did his black pupils look at Philina. Her eyes widened as if she had been startled by her words.

Filina added with a small smile.

“I don’t want Lord Leon to be in danger.”

Leone suddenly remembered the time when she had saved him from Henry on the Black Rocky Mountain.

She said she helped simply because she knew she wasn’t a bad person.

Even though he knew that he had threatened Carmen and that they were the head of a guild called the Rebels, he did not hesitate to help her.

That attitude is evident here and now.

There wasn’t much change in her expression when she was a cadet and now as the head of the rebellious guild.

In fact, when he heard from a guild member that Philina wanted to meet him, he was quite taken aback.

I didn’t know what the reason was.

All Leone could think of was that it might be a ploy to hand him over to the imperial family.

Even though he knew that she was the one who saved him from the black rocky mountain…….

Despite having such doubts, I could not refuse the meeting.

A carriage was sent to the Duke of Debussy’s residence to hide his residence, but to see if others would chase him.

So he sent one of the guild members disguised as a coachman.

However, as if this suspicion was ridiculous, she brought only one escort with her. Despite meeting a rebellious guild, he seemed overly defenseless.

It was then that I realized that Philina didn’t want to meet with me because of someone else’s sake.

That wasn’t enough, and she was genuinely worried about me.

Leone let a hollow smile out of his mouth.

I couldn’t understand her at all.

How can you be so kind to someone who knows your true identity?

He let out a cozy sigh and let out a gaze.

***

Filina returned to the swordsmanship academy before her vacation was over.

As soon as she came to her dorm, she headed to none other than Henry Argeni’s room.

For a moment, Filina stared silently at the tightly closed dormitory door.

In one of her hands she held an envelope of medicine from the hospital outside.

She stared nervously at the tightly closed door for a moment, then raised her hand to knock.

Suddenly, the door opened and a familiar face appeared.

“…… Huh?”

Filina gestured in the air with a puzzled face.

When Henry found her, he stopped as he walked out.

He muttered, his brow furrowed.

“Why is Sir Debussy here……”

Filina rolled her eyes, not finding the answer she deserved. In fact, her plans were not to meet Henry in person.

He was just going to pass the medication through his roommate.

But I can’t wait to run into Henry head-on.

Philina couldn’t hide her embarrassment, and bit her bottom lip.

Henry’s gaze lingered on Philina’s hand as he looked down at her. A white medicine envelope in her hand, to be precise.

Henry’s eyes, which had been staring at it intently, rose again and looked intently into Philina’s face.

He opened his mouth with a slightly rueful smile.

“Are you here because you’re worried about me?”

“That’s . . .”

When Philina could hardly answer, Henry paused for a moment and looked at her. His face looked paler than usual. Somehow, my lips seemed to be dry.

She glanced at Henry, and scratched her cheek in embarrassment at the gaze that met her immediately.

“I went on vacation and bought some cold medicine from the hospital. He’s a pretty famous doctor, so give it a try.”

Henry, who had been staring at the bag of medicine she held out in silence, asked in a dry voice.

“Why did Sir Debussy buy this?”

“…… That’s because you’ve been sick for days.”

“Do you know what makes me so sick?”

His grumbling voice reached Filina. It was then that her gaze landed straight on Henry.

“Because I hurt you, right?”

At the sound of Philina’s low voice, Henry spoke helplessly.

“You know that.”

Fragile emotions came out as if it were a vulgarity. Seeing him like that, Filina had nothing else to say.

She sighed and forced the bag of medicine she was holding into Henry’s hand.

“Don’t get sick, what do I say, to ruin your health like this?”

“…….”

“He’s the one who yelled bad things at you.”

She smiled a small smile and whispered softly.

“Isn’t it?”

Henry lowered his gaze and looked at her hand as he pushed the medicine bag into the middle of the room. His brow furrowed.

Then he urgently grasped Philina’s hand, which seemed to be about to move away.

“…… If you’re so worried.”

I could hear the bag of pills she had given me tumble to the floor.

“You don’t have to hurt me anymore, do you?”

Their fingers touched each other perfectly, without a single gap.

Filina glanced at my hand and looked up at him.

It wasn’t that he didn’t know what Henry meant.

She, too, wasn’t as pushy as Henry used to be.

He knew it was all his misunderstanding.

But isn’t it ridiculous to suddenly change your attitude? I just picked out such ugly words and did it…….

It’s not like he doesn’t know what Henry’s feelings are. I didn’t want to torture Hope for nothing.

Philina moved her gaze to face Henry.

“Get better quickly.”

“…… Sir Debussy.”

“I just came here to tell you that.”

Pulling out her hand from him, she picked up the bag of pills that had fallen to the floor.

She put it in Henry’s hand and turned her back. His hand tried to grab Philina again, but it didn’t work.

Henry just stared at Philina as she walked away from him.

***

After examining herself in the mirror, Filina immediately descended to Huey’s room.

Soon after, the tightly closed door opened, and Huey came out.

“Are you here?”

He greeted me with a nonchalant smile.

I could see that she was waiting for Philina to come.

“Let’s go.”

At her words, Huey nodded and pushed the door to the dorm door open with his foot.

He was the first to move ahead. Filina also stepped out after Huey, but suddenly stopped in the middle of the way.

“What are you doing, Philina.”

Huey, who had been walking ahead of her, turned his head with a puzzled face. Philina, who had been staring somewhere until then, moved again.

“Nothing…….”

She took a quick step in front of Huey. Huey’s footsteps, which had just stopped, began to move.

For a moment, Philina’s gaze met, and Henry’s visit was quiet.

Pilina headed to the kennel and easily calmed the monster in the cage.

As he brought his hand over the indigo door to the hallucinatory forest, Huey spoke beside him.

“I’m hallucinating and faint as soon as I go into the forest, so I want you to wait at least half an hour before you fight the dragon.”

Philina’s innocent gaze stared at him, and Huey sighed and added:

“That way, if you’re in danger, I’ll help you.”

His red eyes showed a glimpse of concern. Filina smiled and nodded.

“Okay.”

As if he liked her answer, Huey stroked Philina’s hair affectionately. Then she swung open the doorknob she was trying to grab.

A cool air swirled. A dry wind blew around.

“What.”

Huey muttered lowly, his expression contorting.

“…… Why don’t I faint?”

He muttered puzzled. Philina, too, frowned, looked at Huey, and then turned her head straight ahead.

Trees had disappeared without a trace on the desolate ground. A strange silence surrounded me. I had goosebumps on my forearms.

Huey spat out an expletive and looked around.

The last stop of his gaze was none other than the sky.

“Damn.”

There was only one reason why Huey didn’t faint when he entered the hallucinatory forest.

The corrupted divine power was not working, and it was destroying the forest of hallucinations.

In other words, Lee turned into a dragon.

Filina looked up at the sky. Just above where they stood, a huge dragon was waving its wings, staring at Huey and Filina.

A strange light gathered in the dragon’s mouth. At the same time, Huey grabbed Philina’s wrist and ran in the opposite direction.

Pow-!

A tremendous explosion sounded to their place. The dragon had attacked Huey and Philina.

The streaks of light bursting out of the dragon’s mouth were unceasing, and they followed Philina and Huey as they were.

In the end, the two flew in opposite directions, and the dragon’s attack also scattered into a huge flame.

She fell to the floor and coughed. Then, when he came to his senses and looked ahead, a transparent shield rose above the ground.

Huey was doing his defensive magic. However, the magic didn’t work, so she used the ground to protect her.

Filina stared straight ahead.

Lee could turn into a dragon at any time without his will. Having lost his reason, he was no longer the child that Philina knew.

She gritted her teeth and stood up. He quickly pulled a sharp blade from his waist.

Filina stared at the sky for a moment.

The calm air brought tremendous pressure.

The smell of death.

It was a terrible feeling that I had repeated in my past life.

Her red eyes took on a bloody glow.

I saw the dragon descending quickly to the floor.

A tremendous wind whipped up. A powerful energy gathered in his mouth.

“Philina, run away!”

I saw Huey screaming, but she didn’t budge. Instead, he broke through the defenses he had put up and rushed forward.