I Became The Necromancer Of The Academy - Chapter 228
“W, what are you doing! Princess Eleonora is right next to you!”
“W, what are you doing! Isn’t Princess Ellena right beside you!”
“Shut up! How dare you insult me in front of Father? Did you want to look so good in front of Father? Even to the point of selling out your brother?!”
“No, n, no, brother! What are you talking about! I was simply telling you a way to subjugate the Demon Beast!”
“Then why did you insist on bringing up the reasons why you failed the last subjugation attempt! You can’t possibly not know that I was the one leading the army!”
“Th, that’s.”
“Do you know how Father looked at me because of that? That damn bastard!”
Rahul looked as though he wanted to strike a few more times, but he made eye contact with Ellena, who was watching blankly from the side, clicked his tongue, and walked outside.
It wasn’t the kind of appearance one would want to show in front of a princess from another country, but it was a part of him that showed how emotional and self-centered he was.
“Damn it.”
Rahul wiped the blood flowing from his lips and stood up, apologizing to Ellena.
“I showed you something unsightly.”
Rahul scratched the back of his head awkwardly, forcing a wry smile.
But Ellena shook her head.
“I didn’t know Sir Rahul would be so uncomfortable. It’s my fault.”
Because Ellena was the one who had advised Rahul on the strategy for subjugating the large Demon Beast.
The Griffin Kingdom had grown in size through invasion. This meant that they had often faced not only the original inhabitants, but also Demon Beasts, so they had various strategies for dealing with large Demon Beasts.
It was a different experience from the German Kingdom, which had lived in a place like the Sahara Desert, where even Demon Beasts had a hard time surviving.
At Ellena’s apology, Rahul shook his head vigorously, saying that it wasn’t true.
“No. Thanks to you, I was recognized by Father, and I think he’ll call me for the next subjugation. It’s all thanks to you.”
Rahul was sincerely grateful because Ellena had shared one of the Griffin Kingdom’s strategies for subjugating Demon Beasts.
But at those words, Ellena’s expression darkened.
“Isn’t that dangerous?”
“Huh?”
“The method I told you requires some skill along with magic.”
“…….”
“On the other hand, Lord Rehul is a very gentle person. He is calm and peaceful in everything he does.”
Rehul’s expression darkened slightly at those words.
* * *
“Haha, this is so embarrassing.”
The second prince, Rehul, scratched the back of his head as he ate the grapes in the room.
Rehul, along with the first prince, Rahul, and the third prince, Serhul, had also failed in their participation in the subjugation of the Devil, but his expression did not seem too bad.
“I told you I would send you back to Griffin, but I failed. I’m sorry.”
The second prince, Rehul, smiled kindly.
He had a relaxed and leisurely air about him, like a cloud, but Eleanor could see the greed in his eyes.
“Father was quite angry. On top of that, the fourth prince, Rerulta, said that there was a problem with Brother Rahul’s strategy, so brother’s position is in shambles.”
Eleanor smiled broadly as she listened to the story.
“Still, it’s nice to see that you brothers are close.”
“……Hmm?”
Rehul asked with a subtle expression what she meant, and Eleanor replied, recalling what she had seen.
“The first prince, Rahul, was certainly angry, but he still reconciled with the fourth prince, Rerulta.”
“……Reconciled?”
“Yes, so Rerulta decided not to participate in the next subjugation. Brother Rahul needs to rebuild his trust with His Majesty the King.”
“…….”
“It’s only natural since you are the next successor.”
The second prince, Rehul, looked at Eleanor with an expression that said he had no idea.
His leisurely expression had turned serious.
“Ahahaha, I see. I didn’t know that.”
“It happened suddenly in my room. I was surprised too.”
“…….”
“But I was a little worried.”
Eleanor muttered with a worried expression.
“The eldest son, Prince Rahul, tends to be a little too emotional. As a princess from a neighboring country, I was a little worried.”
“……Yes, that could be the case.”
The successor to the neighboring country is emotional, and a woman has also made it clear.
Rehul could tell that Eleanor was wrapping up her words so that they would not look so bad from her point of view.
“On the other hand, your Highness Lehl seems to be a very gentle person. He’s always so relaxed and peaceful, no matter what.”
“Thank you.”
Lehl glanced at Eleonora as he spoke, as if he were pondering something.
* * *
The third prince, Serhul, was a man of few words. But that didn’t mean he was anything like Deius Verdi.
It was more accurate to say that he simply didn’t have much to say, so he chose to remain silent.
Even though he had come to Eleonora’s room alone, he sat there in silence, watching her without saying a word.
Scratch, scratch.
Eleonora was currently drawing a picture.
She had asked Prince Serhul for a canvas and some art supplies, and he had brought them to her.
“Who are you drawing?”
Serhul had secretly hoped that she would draw him.
However, the person in the drawing was a handsome young man with black hair and an indifferent expression.
“Deius Verdi.”
“The paladin of Griffin? He’s been quite famous lately.”
Eleonora had drawn Deius so many times that she felt like she could draw him with her eyes closed.
As the drawing neared completion, Eleonora felt her heart grow calmer.
Even though it was her own drawing, she felt happy whenever she looked at Deius’s eyes.
“Heehee.”
It was the first time she had laughed like a young girl since coming here. As Eleonora giggled and hummed a tune, Serhul asked her with a subtle expression.
“Do you like that man?”
“Yes.”
“……”
Serhul was quite shocked that she would answer so decisively, but he didn’t let it show on his face.
“But it will be difficult. He already has a fiancée.”
“……Yes.”
“Well, it’s just a one-sided crush. I can’t help it.”
Serhul’s heart ached more than he thought it would to see her looking so sad.
He was jealous of the paladin who had won the heart of this charming princess, even though he already had a fiancée.
Then, as if she had realized something, Eleonora looked back and forth between the pictures of Serhul and Deius and smiled.
“Now that I think about it, Deius and Prince Serhul have something in common, don’t you think?”
“In common…?”
This man and himself?
Serhul had dull gray hair and copper-colored skin. He was also relatively short and thin, but he had well-defined muscles.
Serhul was also a warrior, so his hair was a dull gray and his skin was copper-colored. His height was also small for his age, and his body looked thin, but he had fine muscles.
* * *
“Do you know what’s really bad about her?”
On our way to the Kingdom of Germania, passing through the Forest of Marias.
Aria, who came over to our carriage, said with a dried squid in her mouth.
“Did you just call her that to Her Highness?”
Deia, who was sitting next to me, exclaimed in surprise, but Aria didn’t care.
“The fact that she uses everything she can without any hesitation is very bad.”
It was an ability that could be seen as an advantage, but Eleanor was different.
“She really doesn’t care what she does to achieve her goals. Do you know how hard I worked to save the kids who were brainwashed by her in the old days?”
Aria shook her head as she bit into the squid.
Deia had no idea what she was talking about.
It was a story from the first round.
“But thanks to the professor, I’m glad she’s completely changed. What kind of illness was it?”
At Aria’s words, I closed my mouth for a moment and shook my head.
“It’s not an illness.”
“Yes? But Eleanor I know now is very different from Eleanor I know.”
One is a fallen princess.
As the leader of the rebellion, she used propaganda to turn the academy students into rebels and make them dissatisfied with the kingdom.
The other is the innocent Eleanor.
Now I’m just drawing pictures. If you insist on calling it a deviation, it’s just that she sometimes draws strange pictures and laughs to herself.
So you could see them as completely different people.
“Eleanor hasn’t changed much since then.”
In the original story, the innocent Eleanor was trapped in a dream, and only Eleanor, who remained as a royal, was active in reality.
But now, the two personalities have become one.
So.
“It means she can be both.”
“….”
At my words, Aria swallowed the squid leg and asked me with a subtle expression.
“Don’t you think she’ll have an accident?”
To that question.
“….”
It was difficult to answer separately.