I Possessed The Villain’s Childhood Friend

35 – Change

A week has passed since Rex attacked Arcana.

Of course, Arcana was upset.

Because the barrier of Arcana, where all the nobles of the empire gather, and boasts her best defense, has been breached.

All lectures were immediately stopped, and all students of Attribute Magic had to respond to the investigation.

Would it be easier if I told you all about Avatar?

I thought so, but I didn’t put it into practice.

Avatar has been secretly working in the history of the empire for hundreds of years.

The reason why they were able to be active until now is because they completely disappeared if they seemed to be caught in the slightest.

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Perhaps if I announce the presence of Avatar here, it will be impossible to completely wipe them out.

“Who was he?”

“Okay.”

The prince was very concerned about Rex’s existence.

Of course there is no one who doesn’t, but he seemed to sense something through his intuition.

“It is very fortunate that no one was seriously injured.”

“It’s all thanks to Prince Ike’s hard work.”

And for some reason, my rating went up.

It was the reason why he held out by himself even when everyone was down and waited until reinforcements arrived.

Even Dean Ender, who must have been suspicious of me, held my hand and congratulated me for the hard work.

I didn’t think he fought with all his might, but he didn’t say that without notice.

Lastly, if there is one more thing that has changed.

“Hello, Prince Ike.”

“Hello. Miss Reina and Miss Sophia.”

I don’t know why, but Reina and Sofia seemed very close for some reason.

At some point, the two started hanging out together, and Sophia was clearly smiling.

Until now, he hadn’t shown any signs of being frightened.

I didn’t know, so I went to Sofia and asked her a question.

“Yes. Always treat me well. If there is anything you don’t understand, kindly teach me.”

, He replied with a smile.

“I heard that Prince Ike and Reina-nim are childhood friends who have known each other since they were little. What kind of person was Reina-sama?”

And now, rather, he approached me first and talked about Reina.

When I asked Reina, she only replied that nothing had happened with a cold expression.

Of course, it’s definitely a good thing that Reina and Sofia became close.

It was proof that all my efforts were not in vain.

“Young master Ike. You seem to be having a lot of trouble lately.”

“Is that so?”

But why?

“Can I give you some advice?”

“It’s okay. I’m just tired lately.”

“It certainly deserves it.”

I have less time to talk to Reina.

I just felt a bit lonely for some reason.

★

It was a tidy room.

The room was literally like new, without a single mess.

“Welcome, Ms. Sophia.”

Sophia kept her tension and slowly removed her shoes and stepped into her room.

It was an awkward feeling.

She never came to her partner’s room, thinking she would never meet alone.

“Oh, hello. Miss Reina.”

I slowly raised my head, and there was a girl standing there.

She felt Sophia from the first time they met, but she was such a beautiful girl.

Her platinum-colored hair reminded me of the moonlight.

Her purple eyes gave off a dreamy feeling, and she seemed to be stunned without realizing it.

The light blue indoor clothes and calm atmosphere made me feel like I was looking at a doll.

“Is your left arm okay?”

“Yes. It left no scars. Come in at once. I didn’t prepare much, but….”

At the center of the table as he said that, there was an expensive refreshment that anyone could see.

If Sofia hadn’t entered Arcana, she would have been refreshed on a level she would never see in her entire life.

“Thank you.”

“I wanted to prepare like the last tea party, but….”

“Gwa, it’s okay. Because the dean told us to refrain from using outside facilities as much as possible in case of an unexpected situation.”

Three days have passed, but the shock caused by the assailant’s attack has not gone away.

For that reason, most students were spending their lives confined to dorm rooms.

She

She Of course, she wasn’t dissatisfied with the measures, but she wanted to prepare a little more luxuriously, so Raina felt sorry for her.

“….”

Time passed without any conversation between the two sitting across from each other.

‘It’s awkward.’

A thought passed through Sophia’s mind.

It was a matter of course.

While she was in Arcana, she was someone she thought she would never talk to for the rest of her life.

For Sophia, it was a girl named Reina Rogelia.

Never thought she’d have a place like this with her until the last time she had her rant to herself.

Actually, the current situation still felt like a dream.

“… Miss Sophia.”

It was Raina who opened the door to the story first in an awkward atmosphere.

“I honestly don’t know how to say it.”

There was no change in her expression at all when she said that.

“Still, I wanted to say this. I’m really sorry so far.”

However, seeing Reina slowly lowering her head, Sophia could feel her sincerity.

“… I’m not sure what to answer. So please tell Reina-sama’s story.”

Sophia’s answer made Reina look startled, and she slowly began to tell her feelings.

The sincerity without any concealment.

★

“In the end, they are all excuses. No matter what education I’ve been through, or what hardships I’ve been through, it doesn’t change the fact that I uttered abusive words at Miss Sophia. Even if it wasn’t sincere.”

After Raina finished her story she looked like she was in a state of grief.

And Sophia was in trouble.

The strict duke’s environment and the disappearance of a dear servant. A break with his childhood friend, Prince Ike.

For Sophia, a commoner, the story of Reina, the daughter of a duke, was a difficult world to understand.

Even more so because Reina still seemed to be hiding something.

“… Reina-sama, then why do you want to talk to me?”

So Sophia decided to continue the story a little longer.

Because I thought that fundamental things would not change with Reina’s unilateral apology.

“To be honest, it wouldn’t be a problem if Reina-sama didn’t apologize to me. After all, there is a clear difference in status between Reina-sama and me.”

It was as Sophia said.

The duties given to nobles in the empire are great, but the power that comes with them is also enormous.

If that’s the case with Reina, the eldest daughter of the 2nd duke, her power beyond her imagination is guaranteed.

At most, there will never be a problem with the fact that he uttered abusive language to Sophia, a commoner special student in Arcana.

No matter how much Arcana insists on equality for students, talent exists at the root of it.

Because nobility in the empire is a symbol of talent.

“Nevertheless, I think Reina-sama is apologizing to me because there are many reasons. I want to hear why.”

“….”

Hearing those words, Reina was agonized.

Is it really okay to tell Sophia all these things?

It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t worried.

But after Raina got her heart together slowly, she made up her mind.

She said she wouldn’t run away anymore.

“I, I always thought I was alone. Even if she had a close childhood friend with a dear servant, in the end, as the eldest daughter of the Duke of Roselia, she believed that she had to walk alone in the end.”

That was Rogelia’s strictness that Raina had learned so far.

It was Duke Ricard’s teaching that those who lead in front of her are always lonely.

“But she has been through a lot lately and realized. The fact that finding precious things now is more important than despairing imagining an unknown future.”

If only I knew this sooner.

When Anna left. When she lost contact with Ike. She

There would be no Reina who would only think about it and not act on it.

She went to find Anna herself, and she must have gone directly to Akkad to meet Ike.

Reina said she regretted the fact that then she didn’t do anything, she regretted it so much.

“Now I want to change too. I want to get out of this narrow view and small world and learn more. Even for the person who told me about this.”

“Is that person Prince Ike by any chance?”

“… Yes. There is only one, my knight.”

When she said that, Reina’s face turned red as if she was embarrassed.

She looks like an ordinary girl that you can see everywhere.

Sofia smiled nonchalantly.

The uncomfortable feelings she had felt until now slowly melted away, and a feeling began to settle in Sophia’s heart.

The feelings she felt when she first met her.

She said she wanted to be friends with this person.

To be honest, I’m still a bit scared, but I want to get to know this person who can make such a cute expression.

So it was inevitable that Sophia’s lips would go up because of her personality, who likes to play pranks.

“Hmm. But I’ve been afraid of Reina-nim until now. But since I’m a commoner after all, I should follow Reina-sama’s words, right?”

“Uh. Oh that. My, how do I do it?”

Reina seemed to be genuinely taken aback as she shuddered and turned her gaze back and forth.

It was fun to see her like that too, but here she thought that if she played more, she would be in real trouble, so Sophia clapped her hands and immediately changed her words.

“So, shall we start from the beginning?”

“From the beginning… ?”

“Yes! I am Sophia Eris, who entered Arcana as a special student this year. Please take good care of me.”

Raina was stunned by Sophia’s words for a moment.

But when she realized what it meant, she caught her breath.

Then she gently held her chest and slowly opened her mouth.

“I am the eldest daughter of the Roselia duchy. No, this is Reina Roselia, who entered Arcana as the second-ranked student this year. Please take good care of me, Miss Sophia.”

“Yes, Lady Reina!”

Originally, the two would never have been able to understand.

Looking at each other like that, they smiled softly.

“Then why is it me?”

Sophia asked Reina, who was drinking her tea.

Unable to understand the meaning of her question, she opened her left eye softly and looked at Sophia.

“What do you mean?”

“The story from before. If you needed someone to tell everything to, it was because I thought there were many people around Reina-sama, even if it wasn’t me.”

Right now, Helen seemed to get along well with Raina at the tea party.

Atal would have welcomed such troubled counseling.

Considering that, Sophia’s doubts were natural.

“… I didn’t need someone to talk to about my concerns.”

Raina slowly began to answer that question.

“You did not leave Arcana even after I verbally abused you several times. Rather, there were times when he came to apologize to me saying he was sorry. During this raid, they listened to me without question.”

“It was.”

“I saw that and thought. Unlike me, Miss Sophia is a really strong person. I thought that in order for me to change, I should imitate you, not anyone else.”

Strictness is an important virtue for self-development.

However, that did not immediately lead to the strength of the mind.

Raina envied Sophia’s strength, who did not run away even when scared.

“I’m not that great of a person.”

“I wanted to be friends with Miss Sophia, who is not a great person?”

When Reina said that, she was clearly smiling mischievously.