I Became the Heavenly Demon of the Academy

Siegfried (2)

“I will refuse.”

As soon as Prince Siegfried finished speaking, Carol refused with a voice as cold as frost.

“hmm. then do this You don’t have to abandon Princess Riena. support me later It would be better for Princess Riena too. Among the imperial family seeking the throne, I am the only one who truly understands Princess Riena. If you want, you can even arrange a wedding with Princess Riena. Bernstein deserves it.”

Prince Siegfried said calmly, holding up the tea.

“I will refuse. And I have no intention of letting Princess Riena get caught up in the imperial family’s strife. Also, important issues like marriage are for Princess Riena to decide for herself, and it doesn’t seem like Her Highness is concerned.”

“Apart from marriage, it is impossible not to get involved in the imperial family’s strife. Such is the fate of the imperial family. Against her own will, Princess Riena will be involved. Even if it’s Princess Riena, who doesn’t become an emperor by birth.”

With a wry smile, Prince Siegfried shook his head once.

“We will make it possible. There will be no such thing as Princess Riena getting caught up in dirty imperial strife.”

“Are you…?”

A strange light flashed in Prince Siegfried’s eyes.

“That’s right.”

“how?”

As if sincerely curious, Prince Siegfried looked at Carol intently and asked.

“Can I talk about which world?”

Carol met Prince Siegfried’s eyes with an expressionless expression that didn’t even show emotion.

“Try it.”

Nodding slowly up and down, Prince Siegfried accepted.

“Even in that world, the imperial family existed. And there were also martial arts masters. On this continent, uninhabited states interfere, but it was different there. States and unmanned groups upheld the principle of mutual inviolability.”

Carol, who was struggling with how to express it, eventually decided to say it in an ‘aristocratic’ way. I didn’t prefer this method, but it seemed like it would be the most appropriate for Prince Siegfried.

“I guess the imperial family of that world just left it alone and watched it? In this Franz Empire, even a mere mercenary cannot escape the strict laws of the country.”

The unusual story made the prince’s eyes shine as if he was interested.

“There were many who tried to control it. From the point of view of those in power, uncontrollable force was an evil in itself. At first glance, it seemed successful.”

“Hmm…”

Prince Siegfried stroked his chin and fell into thought.

“At some point, when those who tried it were asleep, daggers began to be placed under their pillows one by one. Even if thousands and tens of thousands of people were guarding it, it was meaningless. Whether the target is a high-ranking official or the imperial family…”

“no way….”

As Carol paused slightly, Prince Siegfried blurted out his words as if realizing something.

“…Either the emperor of that world. It didn’t matter.”

When he uttered the last words, Prince Siegfried’s eyes widened beyond measure.

“I can’t believe… I can’t believe that the idea of an imperial citizen, and even a high-ranking aristocrat with a high reputation like Bernstein.”

“In the eyes of His Highness, how far do you think I can go?”

Carol emitted a calm yet tyrannical force.

“You are…”

With slightly trembling fingers, Prince Siegfried picked up the teacup. It seemed like he could finally get a glimpse of what kind of person Carol was. It felt like the truth of Carol, which had been ambiguous even after accessing a lot of information, had been revealed at least a little bit.

It was the first time Prince Siegfried had ever seen this type, so he was completely mistaken. It was a complete misjudgment.

Prince Siegfried discarded all the plans he had made in his head. Against a person like Carol, that was rather counterproductive.

The world said that Prince Siegfried had a dragon tongue, but he knew that behind the words was a sarcastic meaning.

There were secretly those who said that they lure people with cunning words like a snake’s tongue, but they didn’t care and ignored them. Because there was no reason to avoid it just because others said about one’s strengths.

At first, I was moved to tears by Carol’s words that were nothing short of threats, so I thought about punishing her for blaspheming the royal family.

quit right away that was the worst

widely.

Having made a decision, Prince Siegfried put down the teacup.

“I apologize for speaking carelessly about Princess Riena.”

After choosing a few words, Prince Siegfried finally decided to apologize. It seems that the part that Carol reacted most sensitively to was Princess Riena.

No need to take heavy responsibility, just one word.

It was nothing difficult.

People like Carol are basically harmless, but if you turn them into enemies, they’re a dangerous type.

If you can soften the hostility with a word, it will be eaten cheaply.

“it’s okay.”

His eyes were still cold, but a strange glance passed through Carol’s eyes. It was never common for a member of the royal family who was aiming for the emperor to admit his mistakes right away.

“Conciliating you was impossible in the first place.”

Prince Siegfried shrugged and sighed as if he had given up.

“…”

Carol was silent with a slightly softened expression.

“You will be with Princess Riena, right? Looks like Riena calls her Master and follows her.”

“yes. Unless Princess Riena leaves me first. It is meant to be.”

“hmm….”

Prince Siegfried frowned and put a hand on his forehead.

“What do you mean by apologizing? If you are by Princess Riena’s side.”

Suddenly, as if my throat was burning, I gulped down the last cup of tea and took a deep breath.

“My older brother, take care of 1st Prince Gunther Krein Franz. Of course, this may sound like I’m just trying to keep my brother in check. So, whether or not you believe it is up to you to judge.”

“I will be grateful for your advice.”

“Okay then let’s go out. I’m sorry to waste your time unnecessarily.”

“no. Enough then.”

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Just like when he first entered, Carol calmly walked outside.

After Carol had left, Prince Siegfried, who had been sitting still for a while, got up slowly and walked toward the window.

Then, with his hands behind his back, he stared at the smiling Princess Riena and the calm Carol leaving the building.

“Hilde.”

After the two completely disappeared from sight, I lowered my voice and called someone.

“…”

A woman in silver armor appeared from an empty place in the corner of the room and quietly knelt down on one knee.

“How did it look to you?”

Hilde, one of Prince Siegfried’s finest swords and his direct escort, frowned.

“Can I be honest with you?”

“okay. That’s your strength.”

Hilde, who had been struggling for a while to organize her words, began to open her mouth.

“Your lord has been patient. Overcoming the author’s outrageous threats was also close to the best option in my opinion.”

“Hmm… is that so? What is the power level?”

“It is impossible to judge.”

Prince Siegfried crossed his arms and nodded.

“I’ve heard from the swordsman before. That the author’s force surpasses himself.”

At the time, I laughed it off, telling me not to joke about it, but now I see it wasn’t like that. The expression of the swordsman shaking his head with a serious expression flashed through Siegfried’s mind again.

“…yes. You will be right. When I was pumping out the momentum earlier, I actually focused it on me.”

“I must have known you were hiding. Wasn’t even the magical tools made with great care in the Imperial Mage Tower meaningless?”

“I am sure. And the momentum… To be honest, it was hard to stand still. Even the Duke of Baden couldn’t do that to me.”

Hilde’s hands were damp with sweat, as the tension still persisted from Carol’s tremendous momentum.

“Fortunately, the author basically possessed the qualities of a king.”

“Paewang… you mean?”

“okay. Ordinary people live according to the world. But such a person is different. Prioritize your own standards over the standards of the world. And if such a person even had the ability, there were many cases where everyone became the king.”

“Why do you say that is fortunate? Wouldn’t that be more of a problem then?”

Hilde tilted her head.

“If the author has worldly ambitions, then yes. But no. To the author, Hwangwi is just a rather fancy chair. It’s a way of thinking that I can’t understand, but it’s for sure.”

Even religious people who would normally be far from the world often harbored an honest desire for power.

But Carol was like a sincere seeker.

It didn’t look like that at all. I was sure because it was Prince Siegfried who had seen and experienced more human groups than anyone else.

And the fact that there was such a person among only academy students, Prince Siegfried felt somewhat fresh.

In a way, he was a person who was the exact opposite of himself, having never thought of anything other than becoming an emperor since he was born.

Rather, it was like the two sides of a mirror, the opposite figures, so Prince Siegfried was able to understand Carol faster and more clearly than anyone else.

“Then you don’t have to worry about obeying other people who are aiming for the throne.”

“okay. No one aspiring to the throne would be able to give the author anything to satisfy. I’m glad I found out sooner. Others will wake up later and suffer.”

Prince Siegfried laughed heartily as if he was having fun.

“No income is income. Surprisingly, it’s not a bad feeling.”

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Just looking at his appearance and actions, it seems thoroughly calculated, and in reality, it fit to some extent, but this kind of human appearance that he often shows is probably what makes people follow Prince Siegfried.

‘Me too.’

Thinking so, Hilde lowered her head and smiled slightly.

* * *

As I left the student council building, I had a question.

The Prince Siegfried I had seen was not a figure that Princess Riena would be reluctant to see.

He took Princess Riena, who had been waiting outside the reception room, and went to a chair in the nearby garden and sat down side by side.

“Your Highness, may I ask you one question?”

“yes.”

Looking at Princess Riena with a calm expression on her face, she felt something like a premonition. Better to ask the question now.

“Did something happen with Prince Siegfried when you were little?”

“…”

Princess Riena, who had been silent for a while, clasped her hands together and looked down, smiled bitterly.

“I was different from other members of the imperial family from the beginning.”

“Is it because you are of mixed blood?”

“Yes, it is. Still, I remember that when I was very young, I got along quite well with other members of the imperial family.”

As expected, it must have been a childhood problem.

“Of course, everyone’s attitude changed the moment they got out of their childhood.”

“Did Prince Siegfried do the same?”

“no. Brother Siegfried has always been the same.”

Princess Riena bit her lip bitterly.

“If it were always the same…”

“Ever since I was young, when I first saw my brother, my brother did not see me as a human being.”

“…”

“Other members of the royal family still had emotions in their eyes looking at me. Favor in a very young age, contempt and hostility later. Basically, I was treated like a human being. Because I don’t usually look at a stone and despise it. But Siegfried’s brother…”

“You mean you didn’t have any feelings?”

It was completely different from the image of Prince Siegfried I had seen, to the point of embarrassment. Even when he was talking to me, I could see his emotions at first glance.

“yes. No matter how much I talk to you, no matter how close I pretend to be. Not even for a second did he ever pretend to do anything to me. It was considered completely inanimate. The feeling of not being treated as a human being at all… it’s more miserable than I thought. I was too young back then.”

As I was listening to Princess Riena’s words, a question suddenly popped into my head.

“Were there any members of the royal family who treated Her Highness kindly?”

“Yes, only one. Only my older brother, Gunther, has acted unchangingly towards me. As we got older, we almost stopped interacting with each other, but he would often send flowers or something to the princess’s palace where I was staying.”

….

There was obviously something behind it.

Right now there is too little information.

“All right. Thank you for talking about the difficult situation.”

“What is it, but it feels a bit relieved to tell Master. It’s not really a big deal, it’s just small things from my childhood.”

“Originally, childhood memories last a lifetime. You can never take it lightly.”

“is that so. Maybe so. Thank you, Master.”

Princess Riena put her head gently on my shoulder with a cool smile.

“I’ll stay like this for a while. Is this enough?”

“Yes, whatever.”

Under the sunlight filled with the thick smell of summer grass and soft air. For a while, Princess Riena rested her head on my shoulder and closed her eyes as if she were comfortable.

* * *

After meeting Prince Siegfried.

Summer vacation has just begun. Everyone is busy leaving for their families.

Among the many means of transportation, a wagon with a striking appearance was seen.

“Here-!”

The front of a stylish carriage studded with the Flemish family crest, with several small yellow lilies on a blue background.

Selina waved and called us over.

“Is this the mass production type?”

It is said that as soon as Selina saw the carriage that did not require a horse, which Dean Amelia had made before, Selina borrowed all the power of her family and even the power of the Bernstein estate, and collaborated with the academy to quickly start mass production.

Although it is still only used in a small number of people of the Flanders family and the Bernstein estate as a test.

In the future, maybe the entire continent will be covered with something like this.

“Isn’t it cool? I was a bit involved.”

Selina looked up and down the carriage with a grinning gaze, as if proudly holding the large magic book tightly.

“Right. Definitely great In terms of appearance alone, it’s better than the one Dean Amelia made.”

“Anyway, his tastes are a bit anachronistic… No, he’s classic…”

She cautiously approached me, and in a whisper, demeaned Amelia’s dean’s taste.

“Well, even if you look at the place you are staying, it’s no different from a witch’s house.”

“Right? Amelia’s dean’s taste is a bit old-fashioned. It’s not like that these days.”

“…Dean, aren’t you a bit old? Things like that happen, too.”

“If I said that in front of the dean, you’d be very angry? I like all of Prince Carl, but I need to learn a bit about women’s hearts. I don’t know anything else, but it’s taboo to tell a woman about her age.”

Selina sighed and shook her head.

“Do I really need to learn?”

“…Now I can truly understand how Her Highness Princess Riena feels. You always grumble.”

“Master, I’ll go in first!”

As I was talking with Selina, Princess Riena, who had a lot of luggage on top of the carriage, screamed and went inside.

“Me… Me too, Master.”

After that, Yulia, who was holding the sword I had gifted her, hurriedly followed.

Because the Flanders family had moved their base to Bernstein, it was eventually decided that the four of them would leave for the north.

Yulia also followed this way, saying that there was no need to go to the Rosenberg family.

Princess Riena had already said it before.

“Then we go too.”

Selina took a step forward as if she was somehow happy. Even though it seemed like something noisy, I wasn’t in a particularly bad mood either.

So the northbound journey began.