For several days, Leonhardt remained quiet.
As if my concern that he might cause so trouble was unfounded, he did not confront or anyone else. He did not return to the imperial palace either and seed to be holed up in his own room.
“Hey, Sylvia?”
“Yeah? What is it?”
At Helena’s careful call, Sylvia looked at her with a slight smile.
Even Helena, who seed a little uncomfortable with that harmless smile, was at a loss for words.
“Don’t you normally stay with your friends?”
Instead of Helena, I threw a question at Sylvia.
By now, she should have at least a few friends she hangs out with, so why isn’t she hanging out with them?
Even though Cain hasn’t returned yet… for a healthy academy life, it would be better to hang out with friends.
In response to my question, Sylvia tilted her head slightly and answered.
“Helena and Felix are my friends too, right?”
“… That’s true.”
That wasn’t what I ant.
Since I didn’t have many friends in the academy, I would have normally hung out with just Helena. The stares then were already uncomfortable.
With Sylvia joining our group, it was hard for to ignore them.
However, Helena seed to have a different problem with it.
“So there’s no problem, then?”
“Um… yeah.”
Since I couldn’t really refute it logically, I nodded glumly. After all, I was in no position to tell her to hang out with us.
“Felix, are you going to practice today too?”
“Yeah, of course.”
Traditionally, sword training was a daily routine that could not be skipped, even for a day. Missing a single day would result in a huge loss.
I nodded in response to Helena’s question. She seed to ponder sothing for a mont, then nodded to herself.
“Okay.”
“…What?”
“Nothing.”
In response to my question, Helena also gave an innocuous smile and waved her hand. Sylvia only managed a slight smile in response to my answer as well.
What is it? It seems like they’re plotting sothing.
I wondered what they could be planning, but nothing ca to mind. It wasn’t like any major events would happen around this ti, either, so I just let it go.
***
In the original novel, Leonhardt completely breaks down.
When he hears that Ashillya has ascended to the throne, he breaks down and receives consolation from Sylvia.
The problem, if there was one, was that Leonhardt could not get Sylvia’s consolation this ti.
Despite his ridiculous personality, she stayed by his side because she owed him sothing.
To put it simply, it was because of a sense of indebtedness.
Sylvia was being subtly ostracized, unbeknownst to her. Although she had so children she could call friends, she was being subtly ostracized by the other students.
Cain had been protecting her from this, but with him being busy, Leonhardt would have originally looked after Sylvia.
Even if it was out of Leonhardt’s selfish belief that Sylvia belonged to him, it was still sothing she would have been grateful for when she was alone.
After that, Sylvia received a lot of help from him, and because of that, she stayed by Leonhardt’s side when he broke down.
Thanks to that, he ca to his senses, reford, and sincerely cherished Sylvia…That was the story in the original novel.
However, the future had already changed. Unintentionally, I and Helena were by Sylvia’s side when she was supposed to be alone.
Furthermore, the fact that Ashillya would ascend to the throne, which Leonhardt was supposed to find out much later, was revealed to him much earlier.
As a result, he broke down much sooner.
Therefore, the sense of indebtedness that Sylvia was supposed to have towards Leonhardt also disappeared, which ant that he would suffer alone.
The future where Sylvia and Leonhardt ended up together also beca a little uncertain.
But what’s the big deal?
I’m no saint, so there’s no reason for to feel sorry for Leonhardt, who treats like a dog. I just need to rember that the original content has already been distorted and not cling too much to it.
It’s even fortunate that Sylvia won’t end up with soone with such a disgusting personality.
Of course, considering her personality, she might still feel sorry for Leonhardt… but that’s up to her.
No, the probability of that happening was definitely high.
‘…As long as Leonhardt doesn’t cause any serious trouble.’
Brushing off the stray thoughts, I continue swinging my sword like before. After focusing more on training these past few days, the sword’s tip felt sharper, which was very satisfying.
Unintentionally smiling slightly, I raised my sword and repeated the swinging motion. Although it was essentially the sa action, a sense of accomplishnt welled up within with each increase in my skill.
Is this what they call a sense of achievent?
Before, I was just swinging the sword based on the sensations engraved in this body; now, I feel like I’m sowhat controlling the sword.
And the more that feeling grew, the broader my smile beca.
In my previous life, I didn’t like physical activities. My only hobby was reading books or watching movies at ho rather than exercising.
But after coming to this world, I’ve enjoyed physical sword training. I don’t know whether it’s because I have a talent for it or because I didn’t have any talent in my previous life.
I simply swing my sword silently.
‘Let’s get better results in the next joint training.’
Although there was no real need to get good grades at the academy, if I could get better results than before in the joint training, that would represent the fruits of my training.
With that resolution in mind, I swing my sword.
Clearing my head of stray thoughts, I swing down. I focus on the sword strokes drawn in the air, correcting the wavering sword tip.
Many academy students often neglect the basics. However, for those at the highest levels in any field, the basics were the most important.
You had to build a solid foundation so that you wouldn’t easily crumble even when you climbed higher.
“Whew……”
Exhaling shortly, I wipe the sweat dripping from my forehead with the back of my hand. The cool evening breeze soon started to cool the sweat.
By now, I had done thousands of downward swings I had been doing. It seed like it was ti to try sothing else.
I gripped my sword again, resolving to practice the other basic stances taught in basic swordsmanship training starting tomorrow.
“Felix!!”
“…Helena?”
Just as I shook my hands and gripped my sword, I ca to my senses at the voice calling and turned my gaze. At the entrance of the training hall, Helena was smiling and waving at .
“What’s up? Are you going to train too?”
Helena didn’t really like using the training hall. I don’t know why, but maybe she felt burdened by the stares of others.
I asked in bewildernt but then blinked slowly again when I saw Helena’s outfit. She wasn’t wearing her training gear but her everyday clothes.
“No, not that.”
“…Well, co in first.”
With her hands folded behind her back, Helena, who had been looking at , smiled broadly at my words and walked towards with small steps.
Why did she suddenly co to find when she wasn’t even going to train? Today, I hadn’t completed my assigned amount yet, so I looked at Helena with an uneasy feeling.
“Were you training?”
“Yeah, that’s right. So what brings you here?”
Sweat drips down.
They say that sweat from heat is sticky, but sweat from exercise is refreshing. However, I felt an inexplicable ickiness since I hadn’t completed my assignnt yet.
“Well…”
In response to my question, Helena hesitated, her hands still folded behind her back.
What’s taking her so long? Tilting my head, I looked at Helena. She closed her eyes and held out what she had held towards .
“Dinner! I made so. Do you want to… eat together?”
“Dinner…?”
“Yeah… if it’s okay with you.”
At Helena’s words, I blankly looked at the lunchbox she was holding out to .
Although I spoke like a glutton, I didn’t have a strict diet since I wasn’t a real glutton.
This body was Felix’s, and for so reason, the food of this other world also agreed very well with , so there were no foods I avoided. Even though training would be slightly delayed…
Turning down the lunchbox she had so thoughtfully made felt rude, so I nodded.
“I don’t mind that.”
“Really?”
“Would I lie about sothing like that?”
Seeming pleased with my response, Helena smiled brightly at as I scratched the back of my head.
“Let’s eat!”
“…Okay.”
I could just train later.
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