I Possessed The Villain’s Childhood Friend

22 – Tangled story – 2

“It’s been three years since I got engaged to Miss Reina. But she’s met with her alone less than 20 times, even before the dance competition. Even if you ask me questions like that, there is nothing I can say.”

The prince drank all the black tea left in the cup.

And looked at me with sunken eyes.

“Even when I was invited to a social event like a ball, I never had a private conversation with Miss Reina. She’s missing everything except what’s really necessary.”

The road is blocked.

As long as there is no Anna, the person who has been closest to Reina for the past three years must have been the Crown Prince.

But what the hell is he supposed to do if he has no information to get him either.

“Ike. Was this the answer you were looking for?”

“… Thank you for your time.”

I didn’t answer the prince’s question, instead answering by lowering my head.

I couldn’t afford to sit here any longer.

It’s okay even if it’s very trivial, so I had to gather information.

Even if the story was changed, I didn’t think Reina in that state would have a happy ending.

She was worried that she would suffer a more terrible ending.

“Then I’m done.”

I poured all the black tea the prince served me into my mouth and stood up.

“Wait Ike.”

Then the prince grabbed me as I was about to leave the dormitory room.

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“There is something I want to talk about for a while.”

“… I’m a bit busy right now.”

“I closed my eyes and listened to your story when you suddenly came without an appointment. If you knew that, wouldn’t it be worth investing a little time no matter how busy you are?”

It was a perfect theory.

In the end, I had no choice but to sit back and face the prince.

“Okay. Shall we talk again?”

“I hope you can finish it as soon as possible.”

“Yes. Let’s get right to the point. I think you know it too, but I don’t feel a crush on Miss Reina as a member of the opposite s*x.”

Of course I know.

In the first place, Reina’s death in the original work was ultimately the root cause.

“But apart from that, she is my fiancé now. No matter how political reasons are intertwined with each other, that fact does not change.”

“I guess so.”

“That’s why I want Miss Reina to be happy. In the end, it would not be a good thing no matter how you look at it if the companion you will be with for the rest of your life is unhappy. So.”

The prince slowly lowered his head.

It was a strange feeling.

I know what kind of person the crown prince is.

Even though he smiles brightly on the outside, he is the cold-blooded human inside that is Leon.

That’s why, no matter what happens, he doesn’t reach out to others first.

Do not act for others.

“Save Miss Reina.”

He must have been that kind of person.

“… Did you know?”

“I have no problems. I’m not immature enough to be fooled by a laugh that says, It’s hard to see those cloudy eyes and think it’s normal. I was quick to notice in that part from before.”

Raina has changed.

She has changed into a look that can go straight to the worst.

It’s probably because of me.

If there is a gear that has changed in this world, it must be Ike.

But it wasn’t all over, and I couldn’t give up.

“So. Can you do my favor?”

The prince smiled brightly as he said that.

In the original work, his bright smile usually meant that it didn’t matter what happened.

“No matter what.”

But I decided to trust his laugh.

“When I met Miss Reina last month. Did you have a maid named Anna Margret with you?”

“Anna Margret?”

I hadn’t even thought of asking the crown prince this question.

There’s no way he can answer that since he doesn’t even remember Reina’s birthday in the original story.

“Ah. You mean her tall brown-haired maid?”

“That’s right.”

However, the current crown prince remembered not only Reina, but even Anna.

I don’t know why he changed.

But that change came as a definite help to me.

“Coming to think of it, the lady-in-waiting was with me from the first time we met until we met right after the dance competition.”

“That means.”

“Yes. When we met last month, she was with another lady-in-waiting.”

As expected, the biggest key piece missing was Anna.

“Thank you, Your Highness.”

“I’m glad I was helpful.”

I bowed my head to the Crown Prince this time, feeling sincere gratitude.

★

“Cheer up, Ike.”

The prince muttered as he looked at the door to the dormitory that Ike had just opened.

If you think of Reina’s cloudy eyes and artificial smile that you saw last month, it’s definitely not an easy task.

When Ike came to visit the crown prince, he was already aware of Ike’s purpose.

If it was him before, he wouldn’t have paid any attention.

On the outside, they cheered and laughed, but in their hearts, it was clear that they would have turned their backs without hesitation.

“The debt has been paid. Raina, Ike.”

But the prince was able to change thanks to them.

The Crown Prince was a genius. He

Because he was a genius, he could understand many things at once.

However, when he was young, he did not know that his abilities were outstanding.

Why can’t people around me do these easy things?

Why do you wrap your head around simple things?

That was something I couldn’t understand because the crown prince was a genius.

The year when the crown prince turned 5 years old.

His body heated up like a ball of fire.

It was a horse that his body couldn’t adapt to due to his innate magical power.

It was a dangerous disease, but on the other hand, it was also a symbol of talent.

Only then did the prince realize.

It wasn’t that other people were weird, he said he was weird.

He slowly began to let go of his expectations of others.

“… Lost.”

And about 3 years ago. The final of the Heros Dance Contest.

The crown prince, Leon, tasted defeat for the first time.

His opponent was Ike, the disgrace of the Duke of Axus, whom he had ignored even before the start of the match.

The first time Leon met Ike was on his socialite debut day.

Ike trembled at the unknown attack and just looked at the situation.

But when his childhood friend, Raina, was in danger, he rescued her by unleashing her ridiculous stab of speed.

I was coveted for his skill and invited him to join the faction.

And he was immediately rejected.

After that, Leon heard that Ike was going to Heros’ dance competition.

He wanted to compete with him, so Leon also participated in the dance competition.

I hid my identity to prevent any unexpected incidents.

Qualifiers. Ike’s skills were disastrous.

I couldn’t see the beautiful stab Leon had seen on his social debut.

R16 and quarterfinals. It got a little better, but that was only it.

River 4. In his match with Helen, Leon was even more disappointed.

She had no intention of putting Helen down, but her weaknesses were clear.

I couldn’t understand why they went through such hardships to exploit that weakness.

That’s how the finals started, and it was natural, but Leon overpowered Ike.

Ike seemed to have prepared various strategies in his own way, but it was no different from child’s play to Leon.

Disappointment and anger filled his throat.

So I thought I’d finish the finals quickly.

Leon saw it and decided to finish it off with the stab he had respect for.

And Leon was defeated.

Ike, who did not give up and relentlessly attacked, was defeated.

It was absurd, but I couldn’t think of anything more than that.

Until I saw that scene.

“I won, Reina.”

Ike raised the thumb of his right hand.

He smiled as he stretched out his hand toward someone else, not the defeated Leon.

There was Leona’s fiancee and Ike’s childhood friend, Reina Rogelia, who shed tears.

A certain emotion swept through his heart.

What could not be expressed in one word, Leon slowly ruminated in his mind.

“Yes. I saw something really beautiful thanks to you back then.”

If it hadn’t been for that sight, Leon would have slowly lost what was truly precious.

Things that cannot be obtained through abilities alone.

“That’s why I don’t want to see you guys lose that precious thing.”

I couldn’t help much, but there was no lie in my heart.

Just like when he won the dance competition, he looked at Reina and smiled brightly.

Whenever Ike talked about it, she seemed to smile brightly.

“I hope the two of you can smile as brightly as back then.”

Leon smiled heartily as he said that.

★

“What happened to Anna?”

It seemed clear that Anna had something to do with the reason Raina had changed so much.

“Perhaps, because of a request I made at that time?”

Anna is a character who does not appear in the original work.

But when Raina first appeared, she didn’t feel like that.

In other words, if there is a difference here, it must be my last request.

How the hell did that request produce such a result?

“No matter what happens, I want you to protect Reina by her side.”

“It feels like you are asking for her daughter.”

“Well, it’s an old friend.”

That was the only conversation I had with Anna when I left Heros three years ago.

Could the situation get so twisted with that conversation?

No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t even think of a very low possibility.

“… Also, should I ask myself?”

But how?

You can’t have a conversation like this in a place where there are a lot of people.

In other words, we should be alone, but Reina has already drawn the line with me.

Isn’t it already impossible to start with the situation of being alone?

Whether we can talk or not is the question after that.

“It’s all over the place.”

I couldn’t come up with an answer at all.

From the knowledge of the original that I remember, there was no silver bullet that could change this situation.

“Do you have any concerns?”

“Yes?”

Someone put a hand on my shoulder and spoke to me.

Let’s look back. The one person I’ve forgotten so far.

The president of Arcana Academy. Ender Arcana was standing.

★

For some reason, I was called to the consultation room early in the morning.

It is 7 o’clock now. Arcana’s class starts at 9 o’clock.

I honestly couldn’t guess why it was called.

At most, it was like scolding a commoner who came in as a special student yesterday.

But the fault was clearly on that side.

Even if that was an overreaction, there was no way I could point out that part.

When a commoner commits a negligence against an individual aristocrat, the disposition is solely left to the person concerned.

And it was strange that it was called so early in the morning for just that reason.

“I will go in.”

No answer came back to the words thrown with the knock.

“… I will go in.”

“Come in.”

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Perhaps the dean didn’t hear, so I knocked again and the answer came back.

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Perhaps it was early in the morning, his voice sounded a bit subdued.

“Yes.”

The door opened with a gurgling sound.

Let’s smile. As usual, give him a soft smile like he said before.

In the counseling room I entered with such a promise.

“Welcome, Reina.”

I thought I would never want to see it.

He was sitting there thinking he didn’t want to show this anymore.