Academy Munchkin Enslaved

55 – The World Where He Disappeared (4)

“Please, please… you… What is this? Stop kidding… “

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Ian and Julia’s wedding. That last moment.

Ian cut off his contract with himself. Yulia’s body trembled at his unexpected action.

Of course, I was relieved because I signed a contract at the 6th tier level.

And since he also said that he would love him for the rest of his life as well as the terms of his contract, he honestly felt a strange sense of relief the moment the words came out.

It wasn’t that Yulia wasn’t without worries about this marriage.

He was frankly dissatisfied with the emperor, who easily agreed to the marriage without even thinking about it.

But the first reason was that I wasn’t in a position to argue about that now.

In a way, the reason why he became so uncooperative was his own fault.

She had a sense of responsibility, and as the second princess of the Empire, she felt that she had to give anything to set her situation right.

Her second reason is, can she really find happiness in her marriage with him? It was because the answer that came out when I asked was yes.

Honestly, I didn’t think he would love me right away. Of course.

But he slowly cleared up the misunderstanding, and since Ian said he would sign the contract himself, I thought that at the end of the day, we would still bond as a couple.

There was also arrogance. I also thought that there would be no man who would refuse such a beautiful self.

And after all, it wasn’t that Yulia didn’t like Ian either.

Anyway, he was the warrior Yulia wanted, he was cool, and he was kind to most people except himself.

If she threw away the prejudice she had formed during their first meeting and the pride she had built up until then, it would have been more difficult for Julia to dislike him.

Honestly, Ian was better than getting married for political reasons to a high-ranking aristocrat whose name I don’t know.

No, it was good. As long as he’s being nice to himself, because there are actually few men in the world better than Ian.

Her heart skipped a beat the moment the story of her marriage with him came out, but at the time, she immediately put those feelings aside.

Because she knew what her mistake was, she had to correct it first.

So, I thought to set aside everything else and focus on restoring the relationship between the hero and the imperial family first.

Resolving the marriage was an afterthought.

“Goodbye. A beggar world.”

However, the words he spat out were so low that only Yulia, who was standing right in front of him, could hear them.

When Julia heard that, all the reasons were meaningless.

At the same time he said that, the Pearl of Yeohwa he received from the imperial family began to emit light, and mana from all directions gathered towards him.

A vivid white light that I have never seen before. It was probably a state that no one on this continent had ever experienced.

-Oh… ?!

When they witnessed the beautiful light for the first time, the people at the ceremony hall were simply in awe.

I think he also thought it was some kind of performance. That light was definitely a powerful flow of mana that surprised even the owners of the mage tower.

It was also because, in the first place, the common sense of this world made it impossible to imagine that individuals could cross dimensions with their own magic.

No one sitting there could have thought that he was now returning to his original world.

Except for Julia, who is right in front of you, of course.

Severing the contract only for oneself. And that expression that came back and still hates himself.

Crucially, his anticipation that Yulia had never seen before.

For the first time in his expression, Yulia found a sense of anticipation.

As much as she was able to notice at that moment that he was saying goodbye to this world and going back.

“Oh, no… you… ! Oops… !”

Of course, there was nothing she could do about it.

She couldn’t hold him back or stop his magic.

Because the magic he is calculating now is a high-level magic that no one on this continent can understand, and even approaching that powerful mana flow was difficult.

For her part, she had no choice but to step back and watch him go.

Paat-

“Ohh… ?”

“Ah… How beautiful… “

“Ah, ah ah… no… Oh no… “

Someone shed tears of emotion when they saw him disappear, while others shed tears of despair when they realized that he had disappeared.

The miracle he left behind. The magic that could be called a miracle was a good inspiration for the wizards, but it was not beneficial to the continent.

Of course, to Yulia, who was sitting in front of him. And to Lorraine and Miya, who were looking at it in vain.

“Yeah, but where did the hero disappear to?”

“Your Majesty, this was also planned… ?”

“What is this… “

Of course, the fact that the hero vanished in an instant was not something to laugh at.

As everyone saw, it wasn’t just a simple movement in space. Everyone quickly noticed that he wasn’t just performing as a hero.

“Huh, huh… ugh… “

Then, where did he disappear to?

Of course, I couldn’t find the answer to that question right away. I couldn’t even understand the phenomenon in the first place.

However, the princess, who was sitting on the podium, was weeping in despair, and this wedding ceremony could no longer proceed.

That fact was the only sure thing, and the wedding ended with only questions left.

And it was revealed that he had returned to his original world after about a month.

***

After the wedding and after the academy vacation.

Yulia said she chose to return to the academy.

The incident of the wedding ceremony was a considerable humiliation from both the imperial family’s point of view and Julia’s point of view.

And it was also true that the situation in the imperial family got worse after that.

But even more so, Yulia had to go to her academy.

If she gave up and refused to go to the academy, it could be interpreted as suggesting that the imperial family had already collapsed.

Rather, she had to show a stronger figure so that she could endure without falling to the bottom.

“Hello Yulia! It is an honor to be in the same class.”

“I am also honored, Lady Hughes.”

Even if that happened, no one insulted her princess or looked at her with pity.

No matter how you say it, an empire is an empire. Their history was not short enough to collapse right away.

Only they would know what the other aristocrats in the class were thinking, but they maintained a fake smile on the outside.

“… Joy.”

If there was one person who visibly ignored her, it was only one person.

Lorraine Dearheart, the eldest daughter of the Dearheart family, the biggest pillar of the empire.

She was the highest noble in the empire outside of the imperial family, and she even reached the 4th rank during her vacation.

Even if she openly gave Yulia a rude glance, there was no one she could talk to now.

If it wasn’t for the Dearheart family, the empire would have been in a much more dangerous situation than it is now.

Because she knew that fact, Yulia didn’t bother bumping into her.

The relationship between the two was originally mediocre, but after Ian was at the academy, things weren’t so good.

In addition, since Ian had to leave the world because of this incident, honestly, I hated her from Lorraine’s point of view.

But she knows that won’t change anything, so Lorraine just prepares her own plan.

“Haa… “

Somehow, the days at the academy were passing by.

It seemed like everyone was pretending, but I never felt stressed, and classes are going smoothly.

There are still some repercussions of the wedding incident, but maybe as time passes, the story will gradually fade away.

Yulia, who has recovered her mentality a little, is crouching down for a moment.

Because when the situation was so bad, the relationship with the nobles was important.

“Princess. Would you like to dance a song with me?”

She also attended socialite parties.

Her value was still high, and her marriage to a warrior was also calculated, so even if it broke up, it didn’t stop her marriage.

Her value was still high, and there were still noble men who spoke to her.

Of course, I had no intention of meeting anyone right away.

I didn’t even have the thought of sharing my feelings with anyone yet.

Just now, she spread her colorful feathers to erase her memory of that desperate moment.

She had to look like that so that her torn insides wouldn’t be revealed.

“Willing.”

Yulia held her hand, which was handed to her, with an embellished smile.

He was not a very bad man. He had good manners, and his temperament itself seemed noble.

Probably from the knight academy, his body and face were of a very high level.

He could clearly see that there were many young ladies who would cling to him, even if it wasn’t him.

What country did he say was the prince?

He would be lacking no matter who he was, but it was certain that this man would not be inferior to anyone.

He had no intention of doing well with him, but he wasn’t too ugly to ignore invitations to dance.

I just thought it would be okay to dance like this sometimes without thinking about it with a decent guy I don’t know.

“Did you enjoy the party?”

“All right. Not bad.”

He kindly made eye contact with himself.

His appearance was a bit lacking compared to Lee An, but his dripping eyes were not bad.

“Does the princess have any future wedding plans? She’s learning magic at the academy, I’ve heard of it.”

“I have been interested in magic since I was a child. He’s doing pretty well. Perhaps she will continue her research into magic all her life. The level of magic in the imperial family is also inferior compared to the magic tower, so I have a desire to take responsibility for that part.”

“As expected. It’s like the second princess of the empire.”

Actually, she made up her mind to learn her magic when she was very young.

She started with the thought of wanting to adventure with the hero as a wizard while reading the story related to the hero.

Now, it has no choice but to be used as a means to pretend to be cultured like this.

Because heroes no longer exist in this world.

“Would it be okay if I stopped by the academy once in a while? Sometimes I miss that youth.”

“Whoops. I know you just graduated from the knight academy.”

A cheesy joke.

He was definitely a good person.

Even if she tried to hide it, Tina was doing her best to make her princess feel better.

Thanks to that, Yulia felt a little better, and she smiled slightly.

I wonder if that’s why she felt better. She looked up at him with an uncharacteristic wide smile.

It was a fleeting moment, but I wonder if I had even a slight crush on the kind man.

“There is a cafe I like nearby. It’s a place I often stop by with my close friend, Lady Erie Weiss… “

A little bit, just a little bit.

The moment when he began to reveal his heart a little bit, hoping for a happiness of a feeble size that even he would not be aware of.

“Keep it off… ?!”

Her contract, imprinted on her like her shackles, began to forcibly close her heart again.

“Keep… ! Uhhh… Haaah

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“Woe, Princess! Why is that! Hello! Right now… !”

A pain as if being put in a coffin full of thorns and being crushed all over the body.

It felt like all my organs were being pierced and all my muscles were being cut off.

As if some power that didn’t exist in her was torturing Yulia, mercilessly hitting her from all sides like threshing her, and she didn’t know why, she twisted her whole spine and suffered the pain as it was. I had to endure it.

I couldn’t avoid it. I can’t see the form, no, it didn’t exist.

No matter how much she crouched down and struggled to escape, the pain existed in Yulia’s nerves itself, and no matter what she did, she couldn’t escape the pain.

Just a contract imprinted on her body. She could never run away from her pain, for she was only feeling the pain herself by her contract.

She was just so ungainly crawling on her banquet hall floor that she had to feel the sheer pain she didn’t even know what kind of ugliness she was showing.

A pain that cannot be overcome even with mental strength. It’s just that the shape doesn’t exist.

In the end, Yulia had to feel her pain as she twisted her whole body until she lost her mind.

The pain imprinted on her muscles and nerves, causing her to convulse even while fainting, twisting against her will.

So that contract with Ian, no, it would be more appropriate to call it a curse.

It was so cruel that it did not allow even to imagine fleeting happiness.