CH 148

Chapter 148

“Princess.”

Philina’s sophisticated voice flowed. Hestia looked at her with a puzzled face.

After keeping her mouth shut for a moment and making eye contact with Hestia, Philina spoke in a firm voice.

“I know I shouldn’t say these things casually.”

“What do you mean?”

Hestia’s beautiful golden eyes stared at her.

Filina spoke again, her face stunned.

“I wish you would be a little more greedy.”

She hadn’t even started to say the right thing yet, but Hestia blinked in bewilderment, as if she had guessed what she wanted to say.

Philina, who had been staring at Hestia, continued to say what she had not yet finished.

“Now that His Highness the Crown Prince’s power has been broken, this may be your chance to step up. Be greedy. How long are you going to let the time pass with a bored face? Are you going to be so bored for the rest of your life? Why? The position of the princess is a position of power that she deserves. Don’t hand over everything you have to His Highness Prince Ian anymore just because you’re a woman. Take whatever you can take.”

“…….”

“Even if it’s the end of the day, the succession to the throne.”

If it’s a broken story anyway…, I hope it breaks up more and more.

So if the end of this story ends with a bad ending, that would be the most ecstatic outcome he could have ever wanted.

It would be the most fitting thing that Philina Debussy, the villain of this world, could make.

Hestia stared at Philina with wide-eyed eyes, then quickly scanned her surroundings. I’m afraid that maybe someone heard her story.

Then he looked at Philina again with a blank face.

Hestia did not reject her words.

I didn’t even list the words that I had to say formally.

Filina smiled lowly.

Perhaps, even before he had seduced her, Hestia had coveted Ian Alvar’s place without anyone noticing.

It was just one of a woman’s natural desires for power.

-ˏˋ ━━━━━━ ʚɞ ━━━━━━ˊˎ-

As soon as Filina returned to the Fencery academy, she headed to the infirmary. I greeted the instructor and walked over to the bed where Henry was lying.

She looked down at Henry who was silently asleep on the bed.

All the well-known doctors from outside had already come and gone. In fact, he tried to get out of the swordsmanship academy and move to a large hospital, but the Duke of Argeny would not allow it.

They feared that the news of Henry’s injury would be known to the outside world and ruin the family’s image.

Duke Argeny had only asked him to settle it all from within, since it had happened at the swordsmanship academy.

Even though my son was sober, he was taking care of the image of the family.

It was absurd.

At the very least, you should come and check on Henry’s condition.

As a child, Henry tried so hard to get my father’s attention.

It’s kind of indifferent.

Philina pulled up a chair in front of the bed and sat down.

A short time later, the two remaining instructors in the infirmary left for a while.

In the hollow silence, Filina could only look at Henry in silence.

His brow furrowed from time to time over his excessively white face. Philina, who had been staring at him intently, raised her finger and pressed it between Henry’s eyebrows.

Then, his brow, which had been distorted nicely, straightened as if he had never seen it before.

“…… Henry.”

With her chin resting on one hand, Philina called him plainly, and whispered softly:

“Hurry up. That way, I can feel safe and go back to where I came from.”

In fact, it was enough to leave Henry alone and prepare for his own ending.

Wasn’t that what I wanted?

The opportunity to finally end the terrible regression is right in front of you…….

But why…….

“…….”

Philina’s hand, which had been lingering near Henry’s face, brushed lightly down his cheek.

My skin, which was finer, was hotter than it needed to be. Henry’s eyelashes quivered finely.

After staring at him for a long time, Philina let out a small sigh and stood up.

As she was about to turn to leave the infirmary, someone grabbed her by the hem of her dress helplessly.

Philina’s shoulders shook.

There was a calm air.

As she slowly turned her head, her gaze met Henry, who was lying on the infirmary bed, staring at Philina.

He smiled slightly. Filina bit her bottom lip and crumpled her face. He squeezed his hands hard.

My heart sank.

“…… Sir Debussy.”

A very weak voice sounded out of place against Henry. He closed and opened his eyes slowly, looking around for a moment.

Then he looked at Filina again and asked in a low voice:

“Are you okay? I was hurt . . .”

I felt like I was about to burst out laughing at his words.

I didn’t understand who had just fallen and opened their eyes, and I couldn’t understand who was asking.

Filina put her half-turned body back in place.

I opened my mouth as I carefully removed his hand, which still clutched the hem of my robe.

“Are you okay?”

Henry stared at her slender fingers as he overlapped his hand with a blank face.

“…… Yes, that’s fine.”

His gaze was still on Philina’s hand, and he replied in a slightly stiff voice. Then he glanced at her.

Henry looked embarrassed.

The look on Philina’s face as she looked at me seemed genuinely worried.

He looked so worried and surprised that he realized how cold he had been to Henry all this time.

Why have I been saying so many harsh things so far?

Belated regret came flooding in.

…… I’ll just let it all take care of itself.

What are you going to do stupid for me, blow yourself up to your body.

Anyway, it was all something I had to deal with by myself until now…….

No one remembered me in the endless repetition of my daily life, and my life was so full of despair that everything was dull. So, it was really nothing to me.

She forced herself to hold back tears that seemed to burst out at any moment.

Henry pulled his lips apart with a confused face.

“Why…, you do that? What happened, Lord Debussy?”

He tried to force his upper body to stand up. But the pain in my back forced me to lie down again.

Of course, I had to furrow my brow once more at the outside of the bed that I was immediately touching again.

His upper body was tightly wrapped in a white bandage. Philina tried to heal her wounds using her divine powers, but it didn’t work.

The divine power was only affected by her mental state, which was even more disturbing. The more he worried about Henry, the less divine power worked.

“It’s going to hurt because of the wound. If you can, don’t move.”

Philina let go of the hand that had been holding Henry’s, and pulled the blanket over him.

Then Henry, nervously, took her hand and asked in a puzzled voice:

“I was worried a lot, were you?”

“Absolutely. You hurt me while helping me.”

“…… But don’t you know that I was really sick because of the dragon wounds?”

He said in a raspy voice, averting his gaze. His pointed eyes were clear. Philina, who had been staring at Henry for a while, laughed as if she couldn’t help it.

“So you bought me some medicine. I’m sorry.”

Henry’s eyes naturally caught up with her gentle voice.

Filina added, her lips up softly.

“First of all, I have to tell the instructor that you woke up. That way, you can see if there is any pain elsewhere.”

With that, she moved her feet as if she was about to turn around. Then Henry hurriedly took Philina’s hand.

“…… I’m fine. Everywhere else is fine.”

“Do you know how much blood you’ve shed? I wasn’t feeling well, and I fell down while wrapping myself around it.”

“Is that why I was worried? How worried were you? Did you keep thinking about me?”

His voice made Filina look of bewilderment.

Does it matter how much you care? I couldn’t even see what I was doing.

He even seemed to be in a pretty good mood. That was outrageous.

Henry whispered in a gentle voice, his eyes curling smoothly.

“Just stay like this for a while. That alone would be good for me.”

“…….”

“I’m going to be…, I don’t want anyone else to come.”

He muttered, blushing slightly.

Filina lowered her gaze, not knowing what to say. Immediately I could see his hand holding it.

Henry’s large palm had completely covered her little hand. A hot warmth came through his skin.

My heart was beating faster and faster. The feeling was unfamiliar to him, and he furrowed his brow slightly. Then, when he looked up, his eyes met Henry, who was staring at him.

He glanced away, as if embarrassed. The tips of your ears will be open.

Filina suddenly had a strange thought.

No way, you didn’t hurt me on purpose to get attention, did you? No matter how unwell he was, if he were a normal Henry, he would have wielded a knife at least once.

Thinking of him being wrapped around him and helplessly being beaten by the dragon, he wondered.

Henry had waited for his fever to rise in order to get his father’s attention in his previous life.

A small sigh slipped from her lips.

Now I have to go back to where I came from. What should I do with you?

When I saw him blushing with an expression of ignorance, my heart was heavy.

“…… What do you think?”

Henry asked, looking at her cautiously. He looked at her intently, wondering what was going on in Philina’s mind.

“Get better.”

Filina said, smiling lightly.

Henry raised his mouth as if he were in a good mood.

“If I’m healed, is there any reward?”

He shamelessly asked me if I had anything to pay for saving me. Filina nodded.

“The swordsmanship academy gave me a ticket to go out. As a reward for killing a dragon.”

At her words, Henry wrinkled his nose.

“What I am asking is not the reward that the swordsmanship academy gives to Sir Debussy.”

“Let’s go out together with that.”

At the virtuous sound of Philina’s voice, Henry looked surprised. His purple eyes, resembling his amethyst, were large.

She opened her mouth with a small smile.

“Why do you have such a stupid face?”

“…… Did you ask me out on a date?”

Henry asked in disbelief. Then he shook his head and muttered, as if he couldn’t make sense.

“It can’t be. Sir Debussy said he hated me. You must have reached the point of liberation. Like you’ve told me before……”

Henry buried his face in the palm of his hand in a distressed voice.

“It’s not like that.”

Philina whispered in a low voice.

“…… I just want to spend time with you.”

Henry looked up at her. Philina, who had been quietly making eye contact with him, furrowed her eyebrows slightly.

“I don’t hate you anymore.”