I Became the Golden Sun That Steals the Academy’s Aircraft

80. Camilla’s Companion

It was an evening filled with the quiet sound of insects crying. Before we knew it, the sun had set over the foot of a mountain in the distance, staining the sky red, and the dark curtain of night began to follow behind it.

After returning to her home, Lily was staring blankly at the sky, leaning against the terrace of her room.

Since when did Lily look up at the sky whenever she had time and get lost in her thoughts. She wasn’t thinking about any topic. She just continued to think shallow thoughts as they came to her mind.

She thought about the future, and she also reflected on her life at the academy.

She had no rambling thoughts, and she delved into whatever came to mind at the time.

Then, when she had nothing more to think about, at some point she began to recall things from the past.

It was about her childhood, when she innocently played in the garden, or when she accompanied her father to inspect the estate.

But the thoughts always came down to one thing.

Gilbert Lionheart.

Lily’s fine eyebrows narrowed. Just thinking about it made her uncomfortable, and the name came to mind again.

Somehow the wind blew and Gilbert, who was no better than a madman, changed.

In the entrance mock battle, he showed off his unconventional giant soldier control skills and suddenly became the exclusive disciple of the sword saint Brianna.

Not long after, he contributed to the operation to eradicate the resistance and was even awarded a knighthood as an academy cadet.

Up until this point, it was a move that could not be considered an ordinary academy cadet.

And the unprecedented attack on Demayer Academy that occurred not long ago.

Through that incident, Gilbert became a hero.

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Gilbert even disregarded his own life and struggled to protect his cadets and imperial subjects. He didn’t care how many giant monsters the enemy had, he only defeated them to buy time for the people to evacuate.

How could that appearance not be sublime?

Even Lily, who had a bad feeling toward Gilbert, couldn’t criticize him.

Lily probably developed the habit of looking at the sky around that time. The reason was that when he faced Gilbert’s changed appearance along with the apology he had made previously, his mind became disturbed.

It is true that I hated him, but seeing him change and move forward made him feel a little shabby for being stuck in the past. However, when she accepted his apology, the wounds she received as a child were so deep that she was at a loss.

“Ha… You bad guy. It would be better to remain trash until the end.”

Only when the moon rose did Lily come out of her thoughts, let out a long sigh, and muttered. If he was literally still an asshole, he would feel free to hate him, but that wasn’t easy now.

I didn’t know that maybe her good nature came out in a bad way in a place like this. She was kind to everyone except Gilbert, and she believed that everyone should be given a chance to make up for their mistakes.

The only problem was that before, Gilbert’s life was so bad that it wasn’t worth giving him that opportunity, but now that things have changed, I thought it might be right to give him that chance.

She wandered around the terrace unable to come to a conclusion until late at night, and it was only when the moon rose high in the sky that she made up her mind.

Putting her complicated thoughts aside for a moment, she decided to face Gilbert once again.

She said she was going back to the estate, right?

The place where Lily’s relationship with Gilbert broke down a long time ago. She reminded me of Wiesbark.

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It was the day after the sparring that Gilbert headed to the warp magic circle heading to Wiesbark. After the sparring, he planned to head straight to the warp magic circle, but Count Tristitia caught him, so he had to postpone his schedule a day.

It wasn’t because of the emotional exchange that occurred during the sparring with Gilbert. As he was about to head straight to Wiesbark, Camilla was also preparing to leave for Wiesbark.

Her daughter, Count Fool, could not stand by as her youngest daughter, who had no pain in her eyes, returned home in less than a day. She naturally had the Count’s ulterior intention to force Camilla to stay in her house even for a day by keeping Gilbert captive.

This was possible because Gilbert, who could not overcome the pressure of Count Tristitia and his three sons, who had a hidden intention behind their words and had fire in their eyes, raised the white flag.

Gilbert, who had no choice but to stay overnight at Count Tristitia’s house, headed to the warp magic circle as soon as the day dawned. He planned to leave Camilla away if he could, but Camilla, who was quick to notice, had already made all her preparations and was waiting for him.

In the end, he accompanied Camilla, paid for the warp magic circle, and arrived at Teline Territory, a transit point on the way to Wiesbark. Even though the warp magic circle could drastically reduce the distance traveled, it was impossible to cross half of the empire and go straight to Wiesbark.

As the distance traveled became longer, the stability of the warp magic circle decreased, so if the destination was far away, one had to go through a transit point.

And finally, he was able to arrive at Visvark via the warp magic circle from the Teline territory.

It’s been a while.

Gilbert was impressed by the familiar, yet unfamiliar scenery of Wiesbark. He felt like he was going to be kicked out. He was very worried about whether he would be able to make it until he headed to Demia Academy, but the situation had changed a lot.

Not only was he awarded the rank of knight of the 5th grade, but he also became the only disciple of the Sword Saint. Even more so, weren’t the Empire and the Academy dressing him up as a hero and using him as propaganda?

Before leaving the Lithuanian territory, he took advantage of the last opportunity that his father, the Margrave of Iron Blood, had warned him about. At least it was very encouraging that there was a time to rely on myself even if I was kicked out of the earldom.

“This is Wiesbark!”

Camilla looked around here and there, her eyes sparkling.

It was her first time coming to Wiesbark, which was famous for being beautiful in her empire. Her father, who was naturally overprotective, encouraged her to stay within his estate as much as possible.

Camilla also understood her father’s feelings, so she did not bother to go outside her territory. This was because she had a plethora of things of interest within her territory anyway.

But these days, the object of her greatest interest was Gilbert. No matter how much her father tried to dissuade her, she had no choice but to follow Gilbert. He was the center of events at the academy, and there was never a dull moment when I was with him.

Of course, I did not wish for another unfortunate incident like the Academy attack to occur. I just enjoyed the changing atmosphere of the academy and the flow of daily life.

In that sense, I was curious about what his worries were. I wanted to know what he was worried about and worried about, as he always did ridiculous things with an expressionless face.

And it was Camilla’s heart that she wanted to help him if she could. She had finally made a fun friend, and it was uncharacteristic of Camilla to pretend not to notice her friend’s difficulties.

“So, Gilbert, where are we going now?”

“Does it come naturally?”

“Of course! The reason I came here is because of Gilbert?”

How cute is it? Seeing him winking, Gilbert shook his head.

I couldn’t bring myself to keep up with Camilla’s tension.

He thought that if he left it behind, it would become more noisy later, so he headed to the Count Hart family’s mansion without saying a word.

He relayed the story of returning to the Earl of Hart, but did not convey the exact time, so he did not have a carriage waiting for him like when he arrived at the Rigdus estate. In part, he did not send an arrival date because he felt it was a hassle for the coachmen to bring the carriage for no reason.

On the outside, he was a young man from a count family, but on the inside, he still had the sensibilities of a modern person living in the 22nd century.

But not long after heading to his mansion, Gilbert was able to recall a fact he had overlooked. I mistakenly thought that everyone around me has changed these days.

As he began to walk down the main road to Count Hart Street, he could feel countless eyes secretly watching him. When he looked around to see something, the gazes that seemed like they had been there for some time disappeared.

But when I started walking again, eyes started to follow me. At first, I thought the Sigurdians had already arrived, but that wasn’t the case. If they were disciplined, there was no way they would have given such a blatant look.

As he was lost in thought, ignoring Camilla chattering next to him, he soon realized that the owner of his gaze was none other than Wiesbark’s territory. And at the same time, he realized why they were looking at him.

I am the problem.

I was suddenly overcome with silence. It was set up as a mess with just one line of text, but to the people in the territory, that insignificant line of text could have felt like hell. What’s worse is that the name they call him is a bastard.

He came back to handle the main scenario without any damage, but to the people of the territory, he just came back as a bastard who was behaving badly. There may have been rumors circulating in the estate that he had become a knight, but how could all the rumors be believed?

Perhaps they did not acknowledge that he had changed. This was a fact that could be seen even now just by looking at him avoiding him.

Gilbert, who had unintentionally created a sense of discomfort, quickened his pace. Trying to avoid eye contact with them as much as possible, he headed towards Count Hart’s.

It seemed like what he had to do in Wiesbark wasn’t just clearing the main scenario.