Surviving as a Villain at the Academy

Chapter 65 – Change and Awareness. (2)

After Prah left, the emperor remained alone, sipping tea and speaking.

“You did a good job raising your son, Ed.”

“I think he grew up well. Recently, I lost my mind for a moment and thought I was going off the rails…… He seemed to come to his senses after that. If anything, it’s better than before.”

“Better than before?”

“Yes. Before, I was blindsided by Aris Winslet. She probably heard from Your Majesty often too. This guy is following Aris Winslet around. “I didn’t like that.”

The Chancellor, Edmund Lancell, spoke to the Emperor in a relaxed manner.

“There were definitely a lot of rumors going around. Isn’t Winslet and Lancel coming together…? … “There was a story going around.”

“Well, unfortunately, that no longer happened after that incident, but it seemed like Prah had been freed from some kind of bondage.”

“I was released from my captivity, La.”

“He blindly followed Aris as if he had to. Of course, it is true that the two people had a good relationship, and that Prah had put Aris in her heart, but…… It was more than enough. Then, after the last incident, Prah seemed to realize something.”

The Emperor silently offered tea to Edmund, who was sitting in front of him.

“Thank you.”

“So, are you going to keep hiding Prah’s credit?”

“If he wants…… He plans to keep hiding. “It’s hard to believe that he killed Behemoth in the first place.”

“The knight commander reported that he saw it himself. “I, like you, did not believe it, but I could not bear to doubt the eyes of the knight commander.”

“When did I become that strong?” ….”

“Has anything in the environment surrounding Prah changed from before? “Ever since he tried to rape Aris Winslet.”

After hearing the emperor’s words, Edmund gently stroked his chin with his finger.

“Well… …. Ah.”

“Is there something?”

“Yes. Things changed after I started hanging out with a girl. “In a positive way.”

“That girl couldn’t be…” … “Is this a girl named Asti?”

“How did you know?”

“The knight commander told me. There was a child with great magic skills next to Prah. “They said that the child played a significant role in defeating the Behemoth this time.”

“Is that so? “I knew he had great magic skills, but I didn’t know it was to that extent.”

“It seems you didn’t know either.”

“It has to be that way. I won’t have to worry about a commoner girl. “I found out because Prah brought me here.”

“Are you saying you are staying at Lancel’s mansion now?”

“Yes. “Since the girls’ dormitory was completely destroyed in the last demon incident, I’ve just been staying in the mansion.”

“Wasn’t the dormitory rebuilt again?”

“It was rebuilt, but for some reason they continued to live here. “It’s not like we’re causing any problems in the first place, and we don’t say much because we both have good grades.”

“Then there will be a conflict.”

“Me too…… “It doesn’t really matter.”

“Even though you are a commoner?”

“If the knight commander praises you for having excellent magic skills, wouldn’t it be easy to get a noble title?”

“But there is such a thing as tradition.”

“Your Majesty didn’t care about that either. “The Empress also made a lot of noise about that.”

“Uh-huh! Noise. There is no woman so wise…… The nobles just didn’t know her true value. “Now that she is here, don’t even her nobles support her?”

In fact, the current Empress was praised by everyone for her naturally gentle personality. She was also the princess who inherited her character.

Usually, the emperor of an empire would take in concubines, but the emperor was famous for his pure love and devotion. So much so that he made a woman who was a commoner his empress.

“It’s the same. After observing her daughter for a long time, Astira found that there were no particular flaws in her character and behavior. That’s enough. She said, “Isn’t the reason that traditions are respected because there is dignity that comes from keeping them?” She said that the child was a child whose dignity was felt just by existing. “When I first saw him, I thought he was from a famous noble family.”

“hahahaha! “I guess you liked it that much.”

“To be honest, she’s better than Aris Winslet. “If only she were to become a daughter-in-law.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes.”

“Anyway, it’s fascinating. “How on earth did they find such a child?”

“Well, didn’t Prah introduce a sponsorship system to the Academy?”

“That’s right. “I remember giving permission to her extraordinary heart.”

“It turned out that Astira’s child was a child who had benefited from the system. It is said that when Prah committed her sin, her heart broke as she saw Prah left alone. If you think about it, that child was able to attend the academy thanks to Prah.”

“hahahaha. “I never thought it would lead there.”

“Anyway, Prah can rest assured now. He said that these days he is learning sword skills from a knight commander, and that his skill is improving.”

“I heard that too.”

“Anyway, how is the princess these days?”

“What? That child is also growing very well. These days, he’s learning monarch cranes, and I like him because he’s so brilliant. He can’t help but be harsh on the outside…… “That child knows why I do that, so he can’t help but be happy as a father.”

“It’s the red robe of the empire.”

“To be honest, even if Frah wasn’t Lancel’s successor, he thought of the child as a mate for the princess.”

“Did you plan on making him the sire of the Empire?”

“If only you had one more son or daughter. However, she gave up long ago because Lancel couldn’t disappear, and Aris Winslet was there. I don’t want to be like Lancel’s successor just for the sake of myself. “It’s a long time ago now.”

“hahahaha.”

“But anyway, if my daughter says she likes Prah, I plan to pretend she doesn’t know and allow it.”

“Didn’t you just say that Lancel shouldn’t disappear?”

“That’s true, but there are many nobles with multiple titles in the first place, so it doesn’t matter. “She can be both sire and Lancel’s owner.”

“The nobles will not sit still. “They will probably put pressure on us in many ways by linking it to the recent Aris Winslet incident.”

“There was no actual rape, and it was only an attempted incident, and the punishment was appropriate, so it is not a big problem. Was there ever a nobleman who was that flawless in the first place?”

“But that too…” … No, more than that, Her Royal Highness doesn’t have much chance of meeting Prah in the first place.”

“Oh, about that.”

“Is there something more?”

“The princess will enter the academy next year.”

“…… Yes?”

“Speak well to Prah. “Please take care of me.”

“No, what is that?”

Edmund looked at the emperor with a puzzled expression. The emperor just looked at Edmund with a questioning smile.

* * *

Aris Winslet felt a chill down her back. She didn’t know why she felt this creepy, but something about her was sinister.

She had been feeling uneasy for some time now. A lot of that too.

It was noticeable that the relationship between Prah and Asti was getting better. If this continues, I feel like I won’t have a place. Right away, anyone could tell that Prah had a good complexion these days.

She was not the only one who knew that he, who always walked around with an expressionless expression, subtly smiled a lot when he was with Astina Wen and her junior girls.

After realizing her feelings, Aris wanted to somehow make time to reconcile with Prah. But she had no choice. Because Asti was always watching her.

‘…… ‘That foxy b*tch.’

It was as if Asti knew what she was going to do, and whenever Aris tried to approach Prah, she led him in the other direction. Holding his hand tightly like a lover.

It wouldn’t be a lie if I said that her jealousy didn’t rise at the sight of her attitude as if she had no place there anymore.

Even before the demonic flood incident occurred, she did not like that fact.

The academy was closed due to the demonic flood that broke out not long ago, so I couldn’t even meet Prah. Aris hated that fact even more.

Because Asti was staying at Lancel’s mansion.

In hindsight, she had no choice but to regret it. In the past, when Prah showed that he liked her, he should have caught him. I had no idea that her vague feelings at that time, the feeling of being excited but lacking something, would lead to such great regret.

Did she say that there is no friendship between men and women? She realized those words keenly. Once she felt his absence, she realized how precious he was to her.

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It wouldn’t be possible without him. Aris thought so.

…… We must not remain silent like this.

If that happens, everything will go as Asti thinks. Prah’s smile, his devotion, his consideration, his warm words and comfort.

Aris couldn’t bear to think that all of that would fall to Asti.

‘I have to go in person. To Lancel’s mansion.’

She made up her mind. I didn’t want to wait until the academy reopened. The longer it gets later, the less room there will be for her.