The Noble Lady of Lust

Chapter 81: An Old memory

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POV: Third Person

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”ahhhhh!..., I’m tired of this.”

sighed Seraphina as she sat near a large campfire, surrounded by many people, inside in a camp full of tents with the same symbol that belonged to the Avaloria kingdom.

A man nearby noticed her discontent and approached her to speak to her. She was someone who always gave off a noble and distinguished aura just by standing still, and even with her grumpy face she attracted many glances towards her, and the man thought he would take this opportunity to approach her.

”What’s the matter, little Phina, why so glum?”

”Damn it, don’t call me ’little Phina’, you imbecile! And what do you care how I feel?” replied Seraphina, irritated.

”Hehehe, I see you have a sharp tongue as usual. But come on, tell me, this senior can help you with anything, is it something to do with your goddess, did she give you a difficult mission?”

”I told you it’s none of your business, Haaaah.... whatever. It’s nothing important, I just got dragged in again by these idiots and I’m tired of it,” Seraphina replied, frustrated As, she scratched her head.

Her demeanor was anything but feminine, but she was still so beautiful that no one cared.

”I see, it must be hard, right? Having so many love rivals and all.”

”Damn, who the...! Haaaah..., whatever. Hey, since you’ve been here for so many years, I wanted to ask you something before ’He’ arrives...”

Seraphina wanted to deny the man’s insinuations, but ended up giving up in the end she sighed again and deicide to change the subject.

There was something she always wanted to know since she arrived and she thought this was the opportunity to ask him, this senior, meddlesome man.

”Tell me, does the crown prince hate William because he threatens his position or something?” he thought it was such a simple thing at first, but over time he noticed it wasn’t so simple.

She wanted to know the reason, for whether she liked it or not, her destiny was intertwined with William and she needed to be prepared.

”ooh!?, I see you noticed. It’s true that, given the circumstances, you’d think it was all about the crown, but it’s not nearly the reason. Let me tell you what really happened...”

The man glad that the conversation would continue, did not hesitate and eager to impress the beautiful Seraphina, began to speak. But at that moment...

”Hoye, at least put up an anti-hearing barrier. If he hears you, he might kill you.”

said another man who seemed to be paying attention. The first one realized his mistake and quickly erected a sound barrier before continuing even with the risks.

”Listen, you didn’t hear it from me, but... you see, the crown prince had a sister who was part of the second generation, of potential representatives.”

”Huh? Wait, I never heard of her, why didn’t I meet her?”

”Wait, let me finish. Her sister was the daughter of a secret mistress of the emperor, something that was kept hidden. So, outside of the royal family and a few nobles, she wasn’t well known. Maybe your father knows something...”

Seraphina didn’t understand what this had to do with William, but decided to keep listening.

”You see, the problem is that he adored his older sister, to the point of being a dangerous siscon, that was his only flaw. But during the election period of the second generation, that is, you guys, a tragedy happened.”

Seraphina was caught up in the story, she had never heard of this, and now she was seriously intrigued, when she originally asked without expecting anything.

”The princess, apparently, tried to kill William.”

”What, did that happen... Oh! ..., don’t tell me it was...”

”You seem to remember that incident already..... Look, what I’m about to tell you is something you shouldn’t know, so don’t tell anyone, understand?”

”Yes” at this point seraphina thought that if that guy who without bad she doesn’t remember was mob 43, she didn’t continue the story she would kill him herself.

”Since you were at that incident, you should know what I’m talking about? The person they executed that day was the princess of the kingdom. That information was concealed, and was passed off as the execution of a spy, who infiltrated among the students.”

”(°Д°) Bloody hell... wait, wait, explain how it happened. I want to know everything.”

”Calm down, little Phina. What I’m about to say is just a rumor circulating among us, we don’t know if it’s completely true. But if you listen well, you’ll realize that it most likely is.”

”....”

”You see, the princess apparently had a blessing from an evil god. Whether it was given or inherited is not known. And that was already a big problem, but no one knew about it and, being part of the royal family, she had free access to the academy and class A, but she asked to be put in another class to rise on her own merits without her status and family name interfering, so no one knew there was a princess among the students. The prince himself said so, so it’s true.”

Seraphina was beginning to see where the story was going, but kept listening for confirmation.

”As I said, the student who attacked William was the princess, the same one who was publicly executed on that occasion, it’s not common to see executions so it was a hot topic even reached us, here in this place.”

”But, even so, shouldn’t there be...”

”Exactly as you think, normally things wouldn’t have ended up like this, being a princess. The problem was that, upon examination, the church discovered that she had the blessing of an evil god, as well as an ability to change her appearance. That combination led to the belief that someone had taken the place of the princess, this information, we were told by Evangeline herself, before the princess was executed.”

”So...”

”Yes, Unable to get anything out of her because of a contract that bound her, she was sent to the guillotine until the end she claimed she was the princess and she didn’t do it willingly, but that was all. The problem was that, even after her death, she did not change her appearance. Only then did they realize the truth. It was a big mistake, and the event was covered up. Only a few know that they executed a princess of the kingdom that day.”

”(°Д°)” Seraphina was sweating; she didn’t know what to think.

”We found out because the prince was one of those informed of this and had a colossal outburst that day making us connect the dots. He believed what his sister said about not doing it willingly, unfortunately he was here and couldn’t participate in anything, by the time he found out it was too late. Since then, he has been a bloodthirsty berserker, killing every demon that crosses his path. We don’t know where he got the information that demons were behind it, but that’s been his mission ever since. And as for the hatred for William, well, even though he didn’t do anything, he was the origin of it all.”

”I understand... but then why... why does he... treat me so kindly? I mean, I know I’m beautiful, but he treats me like his sister. Could it be that...”

”Yes, we think that...”

”Are you done?”

”GyaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAA”

Hearing a third voice, the man telling the story immediately realized he was screwed and with his survival instinct honed , he quickly thought of what he thought was the right thing to do in this situation.

He simply conjured up a rock and shot himself in the head, rendering him unconscious and sparing him from a worse fate.

”””....”””

Everyone was silent, staring at the passed out man. Even Seraphina and the third voice Maximilian ,who was the person in question they speak of, chose to ignore him and his pathetic performance.

”This, Maximilian...”

”Tell me, big brother.”

”Uh, I mean... B-big brother... I’m sorry.”

Seraphina did not know how to act. She had even unconsciously called him ”big brother,” something she always avoided doing when he asked her to.

Without knowing why, he apologized. Now he regretted his curiosity and asking that senior idiot who simply ran away fainting.

”huoh!! You called me big brother! Snif... Yes, I’m your big brother.... Bhuaaaa.”

”Uh, no, what I mean is... about before...”

Seraphina didn’t know what was going on. The man who used to be a bloodthirsty lunatic, who only treated her well, was now crying.

Everyone present looked at him in shock, especially the second generation like Seraphina who only knew the bloodthirsty side of him, no one said anything and some just looked aside out of respect or fear.

If this had happened before, Seraphina would have chalked it up to his insanity, but now, knowing a little more of his history, she stood there, hesitating whether or not to speak up.

She didn’t even know how much she had heard of the earlier conversation.

”Snif... yeah, I had a cute little sister, but... snif... you’re a lot like her... snif, that’s why I can’t help but spoil you.... Just tell me who’s bothering you and this big brother will protect you...”

”No, what I mean is.... did we really look alike?” Not knowing what else to say, Seraphina asked.

”I mean, she was like you made the same face you make when I ask you to call me ’big brother’ she was a lonely girl, and of few friends.... And not to mention... she always said that, she liked women... like you told me the first time I saw you.”

”Huh?” ’Isn’t that a bit forced...besides I’m not a loner I have Elena.’

Serafina thought. Leaving aside, the first thing that made her doubt if they really got along, it was true that she used to tell the boys who approached her that she liked girls, but nobody believed her and they only thought it was an excuse to reject them and be by William’s side.

So she was a little surprised that he believed her, maybe that was the real trigger for him to see her as his younger sister.

Not to mention that hearing what he said he regretted that someone who shared his preference had died, even though it was within his reach at the time.

Especially if it was someone beautiful, she regretted not finding that hidden route and reclaiming that heroine who, unbeknownst to her, met a bad end.

But well, now it was spilt milk and she could not go back in time. In the end, to comfort the prince, she stayed for hours listening to stories of her time with her sister, and although she was obviously biased, Seraphina was increasingly regretful, for the loss of a great prospect for to harem.

She listened to him to the end, she owed it to him; the prince had helped her so much, and it was the least she could do. Besides, now that she saw that his intentions were not as a possible love interest, she thought it wouldn’t hurt to get along with him.

That perhaps was the day Seraphina finally made her first true male friend, and a truly genuine friendship between ”men,” though only Seraphina would think so, was born.