Love Letter From The Future

3. Dragon’s Eye, Human Mind (62)

The academy’s central street was crowded with students who couldn’t overcome boredom.

‘Homecoming Festival’ was already a week ago. Of course, all the lectures had long since ended, and since the grades had been announced, there was no reason for him to remain at the academy.

Even so, there were still many students left in the academy.

It was because the post-processing of the last raid had not yet been completed.

Now, personnel dispatched from the Empire, the Holy Kingdom, and the Ten Kingdoms were inspecting the academy in detail. The fact that the Dark Church was behind the mobilization of hundreds of demons was just as shocking.

It was a group thought to have disappeared thousands of years ago.

Followers of the evil god, Omerus, were known for their cruelty. Even the magic beasts that attacked the academy right away were the result of terrible biotransformation.

Not only did they touch the beasts, but also the human body, and the anger and fear toward the Dark Church, which damaged the dignity of mankind, grew day by day.

However, this was a story limited to investigators in each country.

The students of the academy recently passed the crisis of their lives, but the shock gradually began to fade as time passed.

First of all, it was decisive that although there were many wounded, there were few dead.

The more friends got up one by one, the sound of laughter returned to the academy. Recently, the atmosphere before the homecoming festival has been restored to some extent.

However, there were people who couldn’t adapt even in such messy entertainment.

A typical example was a girl walking with a gloomy expression on her face.

The 5th Princess of the Empire, Shien.

She was enjoying her prime within half a year after entering the academy. At one time, everyone loved and respected the princess.

However, there was not even a trace of the glory of the past left on the shaded face.

On the contrary, even those who had been laughing and chatting glanced at Sien with a slightly displeased expression. The sound of whispers passed by his ears and pierced Shien’s chest.

“Did you hear? The family head of the Percus family is ruined… … .”

“No matter how misunderstood it may be, isn’t it too hasty? The royal family is frightening.”

“I heard you haven’t seen him smile since then.”

“What do you do if you regret it after you fail? There are already unemployed people in the Percus Territory… … .”

All kinds of information poured out of the mouths of the students, who had nothing to do but gather in groups of two or three and chat.

Among the academy students, the ratio of nobles was quite high. And since intelligence was essential to survive in the social world, there was a lot of news in their ears, whether they liked it or not.

Such rumors go through several rounds of processing and are accepted as established facts within the academy.

Of course, there was also a lot of information whose authenticity was unclear. For example, there was a rumor that ‘the Percus Territory is overflowing with unemployed people.’

The family head of the Percus family was not very large. In the first place, Ian’s younger sister was a minor who would meet the academy’s entrance requirements only next year.

It hadn’t been long since they had gone up, and therefore the amount of capital rolled by the guild was not great.

It wasn’t until the upper ranks were small enough that it wouldn’t matter if they failed. But even so, one of the top ranks was not at a level that could dictate the future of the Percus Territory.

In the first place, the defeat of the Percus Territory was prepared in several stages.

The top was just the starting point. After that, relations with neighboring territories are severed one after another, and the movement of goods begins to decrease, and daily necessities become scarce in the Percus territory.

While the public sentiment was so vicious, the Yurdina family’s detached unit was scheduled to fight.

Then, despite the lack of circumstances, there will be no choice but to squeeze troops somehow, and the more you do, the more the public sentiment gets worse, and the Percus territory gradually sinks into the mire.

However, the rest of the plans were long since cancelled.

In order to withdraw this, Shien also needed to do a little too much. Still, I couldn’t help it. Because I thought it was the minimum condition to be forgiven by Ian.

Nevertheless, there was one thing that could not be stopped.

The bankruptcy of the upper house of the Percus family was due to the fact that the order to withdraw was too late.

Shien hadn’t laughed once since hearing the news.

On the contrary, even as I moved, I would sometimes stop and tremble. As if unable to handle the overflowing chill, her light gray pupils convulsed repeatedly.

What should I do?

Recalling the question that had occupied his mind from the past day, Shien bit his thumb nail lightly.

Until now, I thought I could fix it somehow.

It was a fatal mistake that bothered Ian and even touched the people around him. But there was still room for forgiveness.

Because it had never done them irreparable harm.

Fortunately, Lady Lupesia seemed to have no intention of referring Ian to the disciplinary committee. She didn’t even need to convince Shien, it was enough if she became a bad bitch.

Besides that, there was no need for Cien to step out.

Everyone naturally turned their backs on Shien. Instead of praising Ian, the new hero, they pointed to Shien as the scapegoat to atone for their sins.

In this way, Shien was sacrificed on the altar of hatred and anger, and became a burning sacrifice alone.

Yes, I was willing to do so.

To be honest, it wasn’t that I didn’t feel bad about it. After all, isn’t everyone an accomplice? However, the biggest sin was Shien, so it was possible.

It would be nice if Ian’s reputation could be restored.

Even if the nightmare of childhood suddenly resurfaces and chokes the girl’s breath, it is the car that has finally found the ‘real’ that she has been searching for her whole life.

I could have accepted it with a smile. Tears were enough to shed every night.

He has not yet been forgiven by those who stay by Ian’s side.

However, this was also a problem that could be solved with time. Improving the relationship was difficult to achieve in a short period of time in the first place.

Only the bankruptcy of the upper ranks became an irreparable mistake and confused Shien.

With full support from the imperial family, he could have created a richer upper rank. However, the network and trust accumulated over the years were assets that could not be obtained no matter how much capital was invested.

How long have you been running the top?

It might take years to rebuild the top. Time is also an intangible asset. It was hard to imagine the loss Ian’s sister must be feeling.

Out of breath, Shien stopped walking and squeezed his neck.

Kek-keek, along with a muffled moan, tears leaked from his eyes. The trembling light-gray pupils were talking about the state of Shien, who was devastated as soon as he was devastated.

Memories of childhood, which had been dug into the depths of my brain, surfaced again.

The figure of the mother strangling Shien.

Whenever that happened, Shien had no choice but to ruminate on the truth he had come to realize that day.

everyone hates me

Everyone is wearing a mask of pretense and treating me.

Even your mother who loves you, everything.

It was too cruel a truth for a girl who was only a few years old to bear. And it was the same even now as a young adult.

The light gray pupils split vertically at will. Between the gasping breaths, the whispers of their voices could be heard. And even the faint hostility that oozes out of it.

Shien’s body convulsed once, like a fish with a knife stuck in its spine, then staggered backwards. Looking at it from the side, it looked like it might have been vertigo.

No matter who saw it, I could feel the look of being noticed by the people around me in an unstable appearance.

Soon after, a female student cautiously approached Shien. she asked in a worried voice.

“… … Me, Her Highness the Princess? Are you all right?”

However, the girl had no choice but to hold her breath and stiffen her body.

It was because the light gray pupils facing her were torn like those of a reptile. Cold sweat formed on the girl’s forehead from the strange pressure.

It was an unrealistic sight, so the female student rubbed her eyes after coming to her senses.

After that, Shien’s pupils returned to their original state. The princess didn’t say anything for a while, and then only gave a miserable smile.

“yes I’m okay… I haven’t been able to sleep lately.”

There was a subtle sense of distance in his words, and the girl had no choice but to smile awkwardly and withdraw.

And Shien staggered away. to go somewhere

The female student who had been watching his back for a while, soon joined her group and immediately started chewing on Shien.

“Ah, I’m not cheap. Is it all about the royal family?”

“Tsk tsk, what kind of worries are you about the royal family~ Even if Her Highness collapses or faints, there are people around to help her.”

So the girl didn’t know.

Seeing how cold the eyes of Shien, who was walking with her head down, were sinking.

The sound of grinding the girl’s teeth resounded. The woman’s light gray eyes even had a faint ghostly energy, giving off a bleak atmosphere.

Shien thought again.

As expected, everything is just ‘fake’.

There was only one ‘real’.

The princess wanted to have that ‘real thing’.