I Possessed The Villain’s Childhood Friend

45 – Precious Things

“Can I know what you’re thinking, Ms. Sophia?”

After returning to Arcana from the Magic Tower, Sophia was called by Reina and went to her room.

And what was waiting for Sophia there was Reina with the coldest eyes she had ever seen.

“Le, Lady Reina?”

“I asked what you were thinking, Miss Sophia.”

Sofia was able to grasp her at once.

Reina is really angry right now.

“I’m sorry.”

Sophia said that and walked in front of Reina.

Then she quietly knelt down and showed signs of remorse.

Sofia could easily understand the reason for Reina’s anger without worrying.

‘As long as it’s fine in front of me, can’t we get along comfortably with each other?’

On the way back from the mage tower, she couldn’t think of anything other than the request she had made.

“What is the purpose of the request, whose intention is unknown?”

Because of Reina’s cold eyes, Sophia’s body naturally grew chicken skin.

She felt as if her whole body was frozen.

As expected, I shouldn’t have done anything to dig up her hidden parts.

It was inevitable that I would have such regrets.

Sophia didn’t move, and continued to sit quietly on her knees.

Her attitude of reflection has not changed at all even though an hour has already passed.

In the end, it was Reina who gave up first due to Sofia’s upright attitude.

“Ha ha.”

Reina let out a sigh and held out her hand to Sophia.

“Wake up. It must be very difficult.”

“Oh, no. Because I was wrong.”

“It’s okay, so sit comfortably and talk.”

In the end, at Reina’s continued dissuade, Sophia slowly stood up holding her hand.

But.

“Ah?!”

She said, of course, her legs went numb from what she had been sitting on her knees for so long.

Her strength was undone by the recoil, and she let go of Reina’s hand and fell naturally to the floor.

“I’m sorry. Her leg is badly numb.”

Seeing Sofia not moving for a different reason than before, Reina sighed again.

“I think I was punished.”

“… Yes.”

Sophia covered her face in her embarrassment and answered in a weeping voice.

After Sophia’s numbness in her legs finally went away, the two of them were able to sit across the table.

“Can I hear the story now?”

Unlike before, Reina’s heart was in a much calmer state.

She wasn’t all gone, of course she felt embarrassed, but she had already passed, so she couldn’t help but think.

“Yes.”

And Sophia too. After slowly clearing her mind, she slowly started pouring out her thoughts.

“… That’s how it happened.”

Sophia said everything she thought except for Leon’s request.

Starting with the story that Raina said, she wants to be with Ike again like before.

She even wants to see Reina smile more often.

She told the truth without any lies.

After hearing all of that, Raina was at a loss for words.

Even if the result went strangely, everything Sophia moved was for Reina’s sake.

Reina was not a heartless person to the extent that she could talk about it coldly even after knowing such a fact.

“I am very grateful that Ms. Sophia thought of me that way. The offer was embarrassing, but in fact, I was also delighted.”

Of course, the method is wrong, so I will be strict about that part.

“But once a rumor starts to spread, it gains weight and grows bigger. It doesn’t mean that you act like that. Because rumors have that kind of quality.”

“Yes….”

“Thinking of that, I think Sophia’s request is inappropriate. Even Prince Ike was taken aback.”

“I’m so sorry.”

Seeing Sofia downcast, Rayna thought it was like looking at her dog.

“Still, I understand that you did it because you took the words I said seriously. Thank you, Miss Sophia.”

“Raina-sama….”

After she talked with Sophia, she realized that somehow she was confident that she was being withdrawn to her.

But this change is much better than the stifling days before, Reina sincerely thought.

★

“Then see you tomorrow, Ms. Sophia.”

“Yes, Lady Reina.”

After sending Sophia back, I lay down on the bed and stared at the ceiling.

“Ha ha.”

How can I express the sense of distance between me and Ike?

It was an unchanging fact that they were precious childhood friends.

But if you think about it, we haven’t talked to each other since that tea party.

Recently, we only studied together at Sophia’s request.

It was all a coincidence that I went to the Magic Tower together this time.

“… You must not run away.”

Although I know that now I have to approach first, there was a me who wanted you to approach me like before.

I thought you might have been disappointed at the tea party.

I was afraid of that, and I had a weak self that I couldn’t help myself.

Even though I knew better than anyone else that that couldn’t be the case.

“Ha ha.”

Relax your breath slowly.

Recalling the feelings of the time when I thought I should change, I took her heart.

Remembering the days when I laughed and chatted with you in the past.

★

Of course, Sophia’s request was turned down.

He also told Sophia never to tell her secret to anyone.

Of course I don’t think that’s going to happen, but rumors start to spread at the slightest opportunity.

Of course it’s good for me if there are more situations where I can talk comfortably with Reina.

There was no situation where I could talk to Reina separately after that tea party, so it was a proposal I wanted to welcome enthusiastically.

But I wanted to minimize the possibility of Reina’s future being distorted.

If the prince broke off the engagement because of my friendship with Reina.

Because I will never be able to stand it.

The current prince might not be such a person, but isn’t there a saying called the butterfly effect?

Even if the story has already been twisted, you have to be as careful as possible.

I was seriously thinking that way, without any doubt.

The next day after returning to the Magic Tower.

From tomorrow, Arcana classes will resume.

In other words, it was the end of vacation.

To enjoy the last day of vacation, I visited a cafe that I became a regular after visiting on the first day of the entrance ceremony.

“Oh, Ike.”

“It’s been a while, Your Highness.”

And there I met the crown prince.

He was interested in the time I was staying at the Mage Tower and asked me a lot of questions.

“Ah, is that the research Charles talked about then?”

“Yes. It was a good time.”

“Helen will be very envious when he hears it.”

“I ran into it by chance before I came here.”

Helen, whom I met like that, dug into one after another what I had done in the Mage’s Tower, and I had no reason to hide it, so she answered meekly.

“… I felt sorry for some reason.”

As Charlotte said, Arvein’s research is useless to Helen.

But after hearing all of my story, she got angry, and that’s why.

“Yes. It would be natural for her to know that Helen’s character allows her to fight against her superior knights.”

As the prince said, it was because of the sparring with Arvein.

“So, starting tomorrow, they said to increase sparring.”

“Cheer up.”

Rumors circulate that the progress that has been overdue for a month is rapidly progressing. Will I be able to engage in sparring with Helen while following the class?

She honestly said she wasn’t confident.

“Your Highness. Prince Ike.”

The moment you try to soothe your sore stomach with egg and bacon toast.

Someone called me and the prince.

“… Ms. Raina.”

“It’s been a while.”

There stood Reina wearing a calm water-colored dress.

“There are a lot of people.”

At Reina’s request to talk, we moved.

The place where I met Reina after a long time since I came to Arcana.

It was the Garden of Fog.

At first, the prince heard the story and said he would step aside for some reason, but eventually gave up when Reina said that the three of them wanted to talk together.

A meeting between the crown prince and the second duke.

Of course, it was an incredibly striking combination.

I could feel the stinging gaze from the seniors around me.

“Obviously, it wasn’t such a popular place.”

Certainly, the Garden of Mist was quite far from the dormitory, so there were fewer people looking for it than the Garden of the Sun, Garden of the Moon, and Garden of the Stars.

That’s why it was a place often used when the crown prince and Sofia met separately in the original work.

But now, for some reason, there were a lot of people taking their seats.

Fortunately, there were no people under the huge old tree, which is the symbol of this place, so I was able to sit down easily.

“As a precautionary measure after the raid, we have limited the number of gardens that can be used. Today it will be this place and the lake garden.”

“Are you constantly being restricted like this?”

“No. Until today, the holiday period. It doesn’t matter from tomorrow.”

The important thing was that there were a lot of people right now.

Reina seemed to want to tell a story in a quiet atmosphere, which she didn’t want anyone to hear.

“… Shall we move?”

“No. You don’t have to.”

To Reina’s suggestion, the prince responded by snapping her fingers.

Then, the atmosphere around them, which had been tumultuous just a moment ago, calmed down in an instant.

“I opened the soundproof barrier. Now you won’t be able to hear the surroundings, and our conversation won’t leak out.”

“Thank you, Your Highness.”

After laying the mats provided by default in the park, the three of us sat side by side.

No one opened their mouths and there was silence.

The prince and I were waiting for Reina to open her mouth first.

But Reina seemed to be nervous, which was rare, and she kept her silence as she turned her gaze around.

“Miss Reina. Any problem?”

“Ah, no, Your Highness. Just taking a moment to organize my thoughts.”

When Rayna heard that, she quietly took a deep breath.

Then she turned her head and looked this way and opened her mouth.

“Young master Ike. Do you remember what Miss Sophia said when she returned to Arcana yesterday?”

“… Yes?”

Are you talking about that request?

No way.

Now the prince is sitting between us.

That request will never be accepted.

“Can I hear what you mean?”

“This is the request Miss Sophia asked me to be comfortable in front of her.”

“….”

I couldn’t open my mouth.

Why?

Why are you talking about that now?

“Prince Ike replied yesterday that it is difficult, but I am against it. No, I’d rather live like I used to in front of other people, Ike.”

What is going on?

Confusion overtook my mind, and I couldn’t quite clear my head on what to say.

The crown prince was clearly sitting between me and Reina.

By the way, did Reina speak casually and casually with me?

Is this a dream?

“Le, Miss Reina. Wait there.”

“It’s not Miss Reina. Call me Reina.”

“Now, Your Highness is in front of us.”

“I told you. Even in front of other people, like before, I want to be a childhood friend.”

Her eyes were firm.

The prince also opened her eyes and looked at Reina, but she didn’t seem to care at all.

“Le, Miss Reina. I’m not sure what you’re talking about. We usually keep the etiquette like this and talk….”

“Your Highness. I want to be comfortable with Ike like before. Even if it creates a scandal, I don’t want to change this opinion.”

“Reina!”

It was a nonsense story.

If a scandal arises for Raina, it will also damage the reputation of her fiancée, the Crown Prince.

There is no way the crown prince would grant such a request….

“Do whatever you want. Because I don’t care.”

Never, never.

“Ike. I don’t want to get away from you because of those rumors. Because I now know that there are more important things than reputation.”

Raina’s beautiful shining purple eyes pierce me.

I couldn’t open her mouth to those eyes.