Love Letter From The Future

3. Dragon’s Eye, Human Mind (65)

As soon as I came to my senses, the first guest I greeted was senior Neris.

Of course, if I had to follow the order, the encounter with the saintess came first. However, since she was a resident of the temple in the first place, it was ambiguous to call her a ‘guest’.

Therefore, the first customer who came to me was senior Neris.

However, Neris-senpai did not look very happy even after receiving the honor.

On the contrary, it seemed that he was feeling fear.

It was because I had asked them to keep the news of my awakening confidential. To both the saintess and senior Neris.

Senior Neris seemed unable to guess the reason.

Of course, the reason was that it was nothing special anyway.

So I had to ask with a faint smile, to reassure her.

“What’s wrong?”

“No, I… that… … .”

Senior Neris seemed a bit hesitant at my question.

After hesitating for a long time, she asked with her eyes tightly closed, as if she had finally made up her mind.

“Oh, why! Cow, are you throwing and catching a hatchet… … ?”

As soon as I heard that, my eyes turned to the hatchet thrown into the air.

The hatchet, which went up in a straight line, went straight down and returned to my hand again. Repeatedly throwing it into the sky and receiving it, I was in the process of regaining the feeling in my hand.

That was one of the things I could do even if I just raised my upper body in bed.

Apparently, senior Neris was puzzled by that.

So I replied as if it was nothing.

“Yeah, I have to write it soon.”

Neris-senpai’s face began to turn white.

The look of fear in his eyes grew thicker, and soon after, senior Neris trembled and hurriedly lowered his head.

A muffled voice leaked through her lips.

“Sweetie, I’m sorry. Please tell me without hesitation if you have done something wrong in the past… … .”

“What kind of grain is it?”

I said it as if I was dumbfounded, but senior Neris was still just glancing at me. A tsk, a clicking sound came out of my mouth.

Since senior Neris was so scared, I thought it would be okay to postpone regaining my senses.

Still, I couldn’t help but feel sad. It was the reason for the banging noise when my hand set the ax down on the table.

Senior Neris hiccuped with tears in his eyes.

I hoped that she had calmed down a little now, and I explained the reason for calling her.

“Her Highness, the Princess, what happened?”

“Ah, that, that… … .”

It was a simple question, but it took some time for the startled senior Neris to calm down.

Neris-senpai’s explanation, which continued stuttering, was not much different from what the saintess had told her in the end.

“So to sum it up, you blamed everything because you were sorry for what you did to me?”

“Yes, yes, yes.”

“Your Highness, being influenced by those words again, did you think it was wrong?”

“Yes, maybe… … .”

My hand was placed on top of my forehead.

I sighed and shook my head.

“… … It’s sh*t.”

In fact, the princess’s crime was not that great.

Of course, touching the people around me was a bit problematic. However, since the imperial family was touched by a lower noble, it wasn’t that they didn’t understand.

Above all, it did not cause irreversible damage to Leto or Celine.

The princess was a girl who had just become an adult.

He had a lot of scars in his childhood, and he had a lot of distrust of people. Naturally, it would have been difficult to form a normal human relationship. The more you do, the more likely you are to make a wrong decision.

If you don’t understand that immaturity, there are so many people in the world who will fall down before they become adults.

However, it was clear that the princess had done something wrong to me.

Senpai Neris looked at me and asked if she was concerned about that.

“About that, your sister’s guild… … .”

“You don’t have to worry.”

While saying that, I waved the envelope I received this morning.

It was a letter from my sister. Neris-senpai, who couldn’t guess the contents, couldn’t help but look at me with puzzled eyes.

A bitter smile formed on my lips as I inadvertently tried to explain the situation.

It was something that didn’t need to be discussed now. However, I spoke again with more force.

“My sister, don’t mind. More than that, senior Neris… That anesthetic poison you used on me before.”

Neris-senpai’s body stiffened again at the memories of the past that he had brought out out of the blue.

She stiffened her body and broke into a cold sweat, then sneaked away from my gaze.

It was like a nightmare from that day.

A branch of the Imperial Intelligence Service was destroyed by just one academy student, so that was understandable. Senior Neris stuttered again and opened his mouth.

“Yes Yes. At that time, I dared not even know the subject, and such poison… … .”

“Are you using it by applying it to the poison needle?”

Neris-senpai’s words stopped abruptly.

As if she couldn’t understand my intentions, she carefully examined my face. However, no matter how I looked at it, it was impossible to read my inner thoughts.

It was a question I asked out of pure curiosity.

Neris-senpai continued talking, still not erasing the look of caution.

“of course… It’s not like that. It is poison collected from a rare creature called ‘Dolphin Spider’ living in the Great Forest. First of all, if you insert it into your body, it will take effect immediately. Not to mention paralysis, the main toxic effect is the coagulation of magical power in the body… … .”

At first, the explanation started in a hazy voice, but senior Neris, who was very fond of poison, soon became excited and laid out all sorts of information.

It was fortunate that he was full of enthusiasm.

But I didn’t have time, so I had to get to the point.

“Give me that one.”

Then Neris-senpai broke down in tears.

“That, it’s so precious that even within the intelligence department, only a limited number of people… … .”

“Give me one.”

In the end, senior Neris had to take a vial out of his chest with trembling hands.

There was even a misty water in his eyes.

Poison is so good, I felt a little sorry inside, but I couldn’t help it.

Because everything was for the imperial family.

Immediately after leaving Neris-senpai, I also took advantage of the absence of anyone to leave the temple.

Of course, it was without the saintess’ permission.

After a while, I felt like I should listen to nagging.

**

My journey in search of the princess came to an end not long after.

I heard a buzz and went to find it, but there were countless people there. Where they were looking, there was a fallen princess with tears dripping down her face.

The appearance of the princess knocking her chest several times and retching in vain did not seem normal even at first glance.

Even approaching people with bloodshot eyes.

Negative perception of the princess was revealed in the whispers. Most of them were insults to the princess, or most of them lamented that they had no body as they became members of the royal family.

Of course, there was one thing that the majority agreed on.

Something is wrong.

They didn’t know why the princess was reacting so violently.

She had memories of being severely bullied because of her ‘dragon eyes’ as a child. Even my mother had been strangled, so I couldn’t even imagine how big the wound would be.

Then, since she was being bullied again, how great would the loss of the princess be?

He even almost got killed by the maid who was manipulated by the Dark Priest. He was an aide who had been with him all his life.

It was a situation where I had no choice but to stay sane.

But people don’t know that. Maybe he didn’t want to know in the first place.

Because what they needed was insults.

Even so, as the situation reached this point, anxiety slowly drifted into their eyes.

The princess’s back boat was the imperial family. A strange sense of fear spread among the students that if the daughter had been ruined like this, the Emperor’s wrath might attack the academy.

In the end, someone had to work it out.

Even the pain of the princess, and even this situation that had reached its limit.

A sigh escaped my mouth.

Then, a few who recognized me hesitated and started to step aside. I didn’t refuse and walked through the gap without hesitation.

Soon the whole crowd split up.

Only me and the sitting princess were left on the boulevard. The princess, who had been shedding tears, stared blankly at me only then.

The cries stop.

However, the tears welling up in the corners of the princess’ eyes increased. Staggeringly, the princess clung to me as if crawling.

The girl cried and begged.

“Lee, Sir Ian… my, i was wrong Not much, right? All this time, I’m sorry I didn’t get to know you all this time. I’m sorry for being condescending… Ugh, black… … .”

Many words of apology pour down.

“I-I’m trying to harass Sir Ian, so you’re coming back like this, right? uh, little sister… Alas, I’m sorry. Sorry. Sorry… uh, somehow… I should have done something.”

I was silent.

“Please, please forgive me. Sir Ian… I’ll do anything, anything. If only you would forgive me… that, yes! With the honor of the imperial family, I will never hold you accountable for anything.”

It was then that my mouth opened.

“… … Staking the honor of the imperial family?”

It was a low but powerful voice.

At least, the sound of words pierced the ears of those watching this scene. The crowd, realizing that things were going something interesting, rose up again.

The honor of the imperial family.

The nobles of the empire risk their lives for honor. If it was the nobles, if it was the imperial family, it would be even worse.

Of course, it was not something that a single princess could offer.

The imperial family could only be represented by the emperor. However, as long as those words came out of the mouth of the imperial family, it was a reality that could not be ignored.

At this point, no matter what he did, it was difficult to do anything openly.

Of course, if he judged that he had gone too far, he could have been secretly summoned. But this, too, was unavoidable.

In the first place, the fact that I was already the owner of the dragon blood character meant that I had to be summoned to the imperial family.

I didn’t know how to get through it, but at least it was a definite future in that I couldn’t get the princess to speak up.

There was no way the princess didn’t say that when she asked for something to cure me.

In other words, there was no particular additional risk to bear for me.

“Yes Yes… Of course. If only I could be forgiven… … .”

“… … If you can only be forgiven, can you do anything?”

I intercepted the princess’s words one last time and asked again.

The princess frantically nodded. My eyes scanned the crowd around me.

They were looking at me and the princess with their mouths closed from whispering. It was an interesting look at how I would come out.

They were really bad people.

When he was bullying, he simply joined in, and when the tide turned again, he casually cursed at the princess.

And when a problem arose, no one came forward and was just trembling, but now his eyes were shining as if he had found something to see.

So I wanted to leave a warning.

It was then that a pure white trace was drawn in the air.

It really happened in the blink of an eye.

I thought my hand was fumbling around my waist, but before I knew it, a hatchet was pulled out and hit me and the princess’s shoulder. It was a blow that went deep enough to shatter cartilage.

The princess’s eyes widened in disbelief.

The same was true of the onlookers around. Their eyes widened as if they would pop out.

Blood spattered, and the princess’ body stumbled and fell backwards.

As I watched the scene, my mouth spat out a word.

“Then, let’s get a few hits.”

Right after I hung the hatchet from my waist again, my body landed on top of the princess’s body like a swift beast.

And then, with a bang, the fist hit the princess’s cheek.

“Kyaa, ah… Apat, kyaagh!”

It was a moment when the surroundings became solemn at once.