"Whew~, that felt good. Elena, hand me the ring to cast healing spells on them."

"Here you go, my Lady." (Elena)

"By the way, you can see, I already put a blanket over them."

"really, she can use magic, haa~ I'm not even going to ask" (Aurora).

"Every time I reaffirm to myself that being their enemy is the worst thing that could happen." (Silvia)

"I know, right? she have no respect for her enemies." (Aurora)

"Th-this is normal for the nobility?" (Lys)

"No, Miss Lys. She's the rare one, don't take her as standard." (Elena)

"Yes, only that she would mercilessly beat her fiancé and a passed out guard and leave them in that potion without remorse." (Silvia)

"My big sister is unique, isn't she, big sister Cordelia?" (Alice)

"Yes... she is." (Cordelia)

"But besides tying them up... she too leaving them in this position... now that I think about it, the incident of the guys being tied up..." (Aurora)

"Hey, Aurora, I heard you! Don't jump to conclusions, everyone saw me in class that day! Ahem... well, let's go back inside, nothing happened here..."

I said to the girls, as I started walking out of that maze of roses.

I left the pair of fallen men, covered with a sheet, and as Elena asked me not to leave evidence of my beating, I cast some healing spells on them with delayed activation.

When they start working, they will attract attention, and by the time they figure it out, the bigger wounds will be healed.

They will just think they had an intense romantic night in the corner of the garden, to the point of falling asleep and exhaustion.

"Big sister, that was great! With one punch you took that guy out." (Alice)

"Ahem... I am strong after all."

"You're just using a cowardly trick." (Aurora)

"But , I'm strong enough to use that cowardly trick. Besides, I could still have defeated him."

"You? Since when did you become so strong? Even though you looks like a wimp...., but I'm stronger.... Let's fight!" (Cordelia)

"Hey... Do you want to fight? Hum... Well, when we get back to the academy, I can have a duel, is that okay with you?"

"Yes!" (Cordelia)

Yes, I think I'm getting the hang of dealing with Cordelia, I think the point when I talk or address her, is to be direct with my questions.

As for her comments, I just have to ignore her tone of wanting to look for trouble, some words that seem derogatory and misused, as well as the provacative and hateful ones and in the end it would be something like:

["Wow, you really are strong, even though you didn't look it! Why don't we fight to deepen our friendship?". ]

Or well, that's what I want to believe. If I think about it on the alternate future, she was challenging me to fight a lot.

Maybe that was his incomprehensible way of helping me become stronger and spending time with me, so that we would be closer.

Although all she earned was the hatred of my alternate self—and awakened in him a desire for revenge for all those beatings—it somehow worked.

He was definitely more motivated to grow stronger and finally put an end to the cycle of beatings.

Although, the part about getting closer definitely didn't work out the way she wanted it to.

Rustle!

It was at that moment when I heard a movement on the walls of this large labyrinth of roses, I became alert, I had forgotten it for a moment, but who knows if terrorism would start, nothing better than kidnapping important people and holding them hostage.

"Miss!"

Bang!

"Huh? Tristan?"

Suddenly a man came out of the bushes and I reacted to his unexpected approach by punching him downwards detecting his impulse, I didn't hold back, but I didn't use my art either.

It was only after that I realized that although the man looked haggard, he was someone I recognized, I had lived with him for the past three years, I realized it was Tristan, my servant, whom I had not seen since I entered the academy.

The blow did nothing to him, but he immediately crawled over and clung to my dress and began to plead with me.

"Miss, please help me, save me."(┬┬﹏┬┬) (Tristan)

"Hey, what's wrong? Stop crying and clinging to my dress, you'll wrinkle it, what happened, did your wife...?"

"No, miss, you have to save me from your father, please stop him." (Tristan)

"Huh?...My father? What did you do?"

"I didn't do anything, it's about Chris, since he knows that between you and me there is something he doesn't know about, he hasn't stopped harassing me. Besides, I can't say anything because of contracts. Please help me miss, at least tell him the truth about Christian and you." (Tristan)

"Hey, wait, stop there, I understand. Come here for a moment."

I dragged Tristan, desperate, to a corner where the girls wouldn't hear.

luckily this idiot to begin with can't say anything important, still, who knows what they will misunderstand, especially Aurora who keeps actively probing, because of my provocation.

So I took him away and dragged to talk what specifically it was that had him in such a desperate state.

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POV: Third person

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"She lied to me. She's got something going on with Chris after all."(Aurora)

"Huh?"(Silvia)

Silvia, who was watching the duo walk away, heard Aurora's muttering beside her. He didn't understand what she was referring to.

According to Phina, Aurora lived in her bedroom and was, partially, part of her harem, although she didn't understand what that meant, Silvia thought that having spent enough time in her personal space, she should already know Phina's secrets.

And by the confident way Phina spoke of Aurora a few weeks ago when she explained her situation...Silvia really thought that Aurora had already formalized or started their relationship.

But if Silvia thought about it, it was likely that when that happened, Phina would come to tell her and show off directly.

Even so she was not entirely sure, since from her conversations with Phina it seemed that Aurora should know many things.

Perhaps understanding her doubt Alice who came to her side clarified it to her, telling her in a low voice.

"Silvia, regarding that... Aurora doesn't know the matters regarding my older sister."(Alice)

"What? Really? But I thought that-"(Silvia)

"well, my older sister says that, it's a matter of time, that's why my older sister doesn't mind her living in her room."(Alice)

"Hey, I heard that! I already said I'm not into that matter. Besides, I live with her because of a problem with my condition, nothing else."(Aurora)

"You live with her?"(Cordelia)

"Hey, Cordelia...why are you looking at me like that? I mean, yeah, I've been there for a while. Is there a problem?"(Aurora)

"...No. That explains why I never saw you leave there."(Cordelia)

"What do you mean by that?"(Aurora)

"...Nothing."(Cordelia)

"Hey, Silv, what are they talking about? I don't understand."(Lys)

Lys, who had also approached and didn't seem to understand anything either, asked Silvia in a low voice.

Silvia had many complicated thoughts, regarding Lys who was her friend, for many things related to Phina and Chris and the future.

In the end she didn't have much courage to get involved beyond what she should, so she could only sigh and answer.

"Haaa~ nothing, just a personal detail about Phina. Well, sooner or later you will know."(Silvia)

"oh, I see"(Lys)

"Wait, Silvia, you know what it is? you know, everything she seems to keep?"(Aurora)

"..... well yes, there was circumstance and now I know"(Silvia).

"if you know, you who get along with both of them , you must know the relationship, what those two have?, she lied to me and said there was nothing, but from what that man said just now, she must have lied to me, she even made Selene lie to me"(Aurora).

"Eh?, the relationship?, between them?, hum..., Elena, don't I understand the situation?"(Silvia)

Silvia did not understand to what extent she could talk about this and more so with the rest who do not know about this matter here present.

in fact, she wanted to stop this conversation if it was possible, but she didn't know how to do it, she could only ask for help to Elena who was calm just observing, she would really like her Imperturbability.

"about that , my lady, she said that if she found out something on her own, she will tell her the rest, apparently she has no qualms about telling her or her finding out."(Elena)

"What? Because she would do it that way,?... no, you know what, I bet it's just a whim, or she found it funny, she gets arrogant when her are in control"(Silvia)

"yeah, it bothers me how she is avowedly presuming that I won't guess, plus she keeps throwing me clues all weird and nonsense, I bet they were all lies, like she had no relationship with Chris, you'll see she will pay me back when she comes back"(Aurora)

"uhm, but if she doesn't mind telling, she wouldn't be the type to lie, and Selene. ..oh! I know what she is doing here"(Silvia)

Silvia finally understood what Phina was doing to Aurora and how she was playing with the circumstances, and as if to back her up Alice said.

"yeah, my big sister is not lying, everything she told Aurora is true"(Alice)

"they are, seriously speaking!!!"(Aurora)

"haa~ she's just playing with the technicality, haa~ she really just does what she wants..., Aurora, for your mental health, don't play along with her and let her tell you if she wants to tell you. putting something together will only drive you crazy." (Silvia)

"Hey, that's exactly what Eira said too! Seriously, she's strange no matter how you look at her, and yet she still..."(Aurora)

"What secret are you talking about, is it something important?"(Cordelia)

"Oh, mhh... big sister Cordelia... well, about that... mmm... Elena ."(Alice)

"Yes. Regarding that Miss Cordelia, My lady has some things she prefers to keep secret, and only she can reveal them. I hope you understand that."(Elena)

"...I understand, but..."(Cordelia)

"Oh, I'm back!!! they were talking about me?..." (Seraphina)

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