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The next day, Vivian heads to the A-class building to meet Eva. But he instead met Reina in the middle of the journey. The two girls finally got into a fight.
It all started with Reina bringing news of Vivian's engagement to an old man. Vivian immediately refused on the spot.
The two girls still continued to mock each other even bringing their respective mothers along. Until Vivian finally slapped Reina because she did not accept her mother insulted.
***
I tried to stop Vivian from attacking Reina. And I did not expect that the girl would hug me suddenly and cry.
"What's really going on?" i asked. But Vivian only responded to me with her sobbing so I undoed my intention to ask again. And try to calm him down.
While Lilac, on the other hand also won Reina who was on the verge of crying from being hit by a slap.
"You okay?" lilac asked worriedly as she touched Reina's flushed cheeks.
Reina's eyes glazed over, almost crying. His expression was extremely pitiful as if he was receiving unfair treatment. "It's okay..."
I looked at Vivian and Reina back and forth then sighed. I'm sure this is just a fight between women. Their relationship from the beginning was not good either. So of course they would fight each other when they met.
I can't defend anyone. Regardless of whether both are equally wrong. I know Reina provoked Vivian with her mouth. But Vivian also couldn't resist her actions and slapped the girl.
Actually what kind of provocation did Reina do so Vivian actually exploded like this?
While Sayn was just peeking in the back. He was not interested in interfering at all. The fight of the two girls was not at all important to her, aka not her business at all.
I pulled Vivian to leave this place. I didn't force her to explain everything or apologize to Reina.
But it's different with Lilac. He disagreed with Vivian's attitude so he demanded an apology from her. "Vivian, I don't know what happened. But slapping someone like that. shouldn't you apologize?"
Vivian stopped her crying. He gritted his teeth now because of Lilac's words. Honestly speaking, she did not want to be considered ugly in Lilac's eyes. They've been good friends lately.
"I'm sorry..." Vivian said softly before she finally ran away quickly.
"Lilac, you take care of Reina. I'm going after Vivian. Don't forget that Reina can use her magic to heal herself. So don't worry too much" I said, before catching up with the fleeing Vivian.
Seeing that Eva had already left this place, Sayn followed her. Lilac sees Sayn tailing Eva and leaves her alone. I don't know why he was disappointed by that. He doesn't know what's wrong with him.
***
Vivian stopped at a quiet place. He sat down with a lethargic face on an empty park bench.
I walked over to her and sat down next to her. But I said nothing and just sat in silence.
"Am I a bad person?" Vivian opened her mouth.
I looked at him fixedly. "Everybody is not perfect. Some people may think you are bad. But I don't" I replied flatly.
"...."
"I'm sorry..."
"Why are you apologizing to me?"
"It's okay. I just wanted to apologize"
Vivian sighed then leaned her body on the chair with her head turned up in the sky. "I may be cursed"
I immediately clenched his forehead. "Don't talk weird. What exactly is going on?"
Vivian began to explain about her engagement arrangement in a sad tone. "Do I really have to get entangled like that? Can't be free at all? I don't want to get engaged.." Her eyes started to tear up again, she wanted to cry back. "But I can't go against my destiny, just because I'm a noble. Pathetic"
"If you don't want to, don't do it." I replied solemnly. "My engagement was also arranged by my parents. But if I don't want to, I can cancel it. Besides, as long as it hasn't been announced, it'll just be a rumor..."
But I didn't expect Marquis Zent to arrange an engagement for Vivian. In the past, the relationship of the two people was indeed fractured. But Vivian only ended up being evicted from her home and lost her peerage. There is no forced marriage.
"Don't cry, I'll help you. You're not getting engaged okay." I said seriously. "If the Marquis wants to get you engaged to the old Count. I'll protect you. Don't worry"
Vivian looked at Eva with a sad face then she started hugging him again. "Thank you." Of course Vivian believed Eva's words. He believes he can oppose the marriage with the Duke's help. But it will be the last option. He will try to defend himself for now.
They hugged for a while until Vivian's crying again subsided. Eva remained silent as she stroked the back of her best friend. Sayn was observing everything up close. There was a hint of displeasure on Sayn's face when she saw the two little girls hugging. More precisely he envied Vivian who was currently in Eva's arms. Although she knew her envy was quite embarrassing.
After stopping crying Vivian again strengthened herself to tell everything she heard at the Marquis's residence. About duke Court's assault plan.
My eyes widened in disbelief when I heard Vivian's story. I know that the royal faction hates my father. But I wouldn't have expected that they would plan evil things to hurt my family. This is really outrageous.
I actually wanted to tell my father everything. But based on the ferocious nature of Duke Court, he would start a war with Marquis Zent and cause a commotion in the capital. That's the thing I don't want the most.
Not that I consider Duke Court weak. But the fight will lead to an ever-greater conflict with the royal family. So the king might be hostile to us. And the people too. We might be criminals here since our family's reputation is not good because of the rumors.
From the information I obtained, I was more curious about the black-robed mysterious man than about something they had planned. Who's the guy? Why would he be able to cooperate with Marquis Zent and even keep everything a secret from the king?
"Eva? Eva.." - E..." Vivian kept calling out to him when she found out Eva had been pecking for half an hour, just to daydream.
"Yes..."
"Don't be afraid. I don't know what my father planned. But you can report everything to the king. My father was very obedient to the king and he might have stopped the evil plan if the king had sent it."
I looked at Vivian with pity eyes. When I heard her innocent rant, I could only shake my head. If I do what he says, my family will be wiped out quickly.
"We cannot tell the King. The king will not believe me nor my family, since your father is in the royal faction. I can't tell my dad either because there's going to be a war if he finds out" I'm worried.
"So what should we do? We have no power to fight back. We are still children." Vivian said desperately.
"I'll probably ask grandfather for help to investigate everything" I murmured involuntarily.
"Grandfather? Dean Magic Tower?"
I nodded with a small smile. "So don't worry too much okay. Since the situation is already starting to get dangerous, you should also be careful. If there's anything, you need to call me quickly" I'm afraid that the black-robed man may have harmed Vivian.
"Of course."
After that, we closed the topic. Besides, this topic is pretty sensitive and secret, you're grateful Lilac isn't here. After all, the little Gadia knew nothing and she could have misunderstood hearing everything. And as for Sayn, I don't care at all that she hears everything. I believe Sayn Sudaj is aware of the internal conflicts that have been going on in this Kingdom since that man ran the underground organization.
Then, I told Vivian to rest back in the dorm since the girl had really not slept at all. His face looked crumpled and expressionless. I'm afraid his mental health will be compromised.
Vivian initially refused. But I kept persuading him. Even I gave him spell paper to escape and more protective artifacts that could be installed in front of the room door. Vivian finally gave up and returned to the dormitory.
"Till my apology to Lilac if the boy comes back" this is the last message Vivian delivered before she little ran back to the dormitory.
Lilac yes...
I'm not sure he'll come back here. Reina would definitely hold him back and Lilac would definitely accompany him. After all in Lilac's eyes, Reina was still a Goddess.
"Need help?" Sayn suddenly sat down beside me, looking at me meaningfully.
I smiled wryly. "thank you. Please help~" I did not refuse the help offered by Sayn. The best way is to use the power around us as much as possible.
Seeing Eva not rejecting her offer, Sayn smiled happily. I don't know why his mood is blooming right now. So he subconsciously moved his face and kissed the girl's forehead in front of him.
The cup!
"I won't let you down~"
I was quite jolted with Sayn's sudden action. Reflex, my face flushed in shame.
"Ehem, ahem"
There was a made-up sound of coughing. The sound shattered the atmosphere between them in an instant.
I looked at the source of the voice and turned in shock to "Ren.um I mean, teacher Wilson. What are you doing in this place?"