.｡.:✧ Chapter 80 ✧:.｡.

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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“So she agreed to meet him tomorrow?”

“Yeah, that’s what she said.”

Late at night, listening to Tana’s words on the rooftop, my heart felt heavy again for some reason.

Although Eve had agreed to meet, fortunately, she had asked for a little more time, so she was set to meet Charlie tomorrow.

“I think it’s best to go and talk to her first.”

“I’ll have to.”

Sighing, I glanced at Sen standing next to me, and she smiled slightly, crossing her arms.

“I’ve also found out about the counselor. Sean Porche. He belongs to the royal family, but his recent performance has been poor, making it difficult for him to renew his contract next year.”

“…”

“That’s probably why he’s acting so desperately.”

“Thanks.”

“No, it’s only natural for a mission.”

“…”

Ignoring Sen’s matter for now, I told Eve I would be back and headed to her room.

Being late at night, there was no one in the hallway, but perhaps because of my previous entry into the girls’ floor, surveillance had been strengthened.

Thanks to Tana and Sen distracting them, I was able to knock and enter easily.

“Phew, the professors have really stepped up their monitoring.”

I thought I should have just climbed over from the rooftop window.

“Daniel, you’re here.”

As if she knew I was coming, she looked at me bluntly and replied.

The atmosphere seemed as if she had suppressed her emotions, like Sen. I felt her condition was getting more serious.

‘Romance Reader Syndrome.’

Tana had said that Eve seemed to have developed trauma in the romantic aspect because of Charlie, as if something had gone wrong.

“Eve, aren’t you tired?”

“Huh?”

“Constantly running away like that, isn’t it hard?”

In the end, she was just running away.

“Running away? I’ve agreed to meet Charlie tomorrow.”

“No, you’re running away. You’re killing your own emotions and acting as if what’s happening in front of you isn’t yours.”

“You sound just like Tana.”

“That’s because it’s your current state.”

Eve slowly sat down on the bed, clasped her hands tightly, and murmured in a low voice.

“I just need to endure tomorrow. Then we can go back to our normal routine.”

“And the real Eve will be more broken.”

“…What are you trying to say?”

I smiled slightly at Eve, who was frowning a bit.

“I told you, isn’t running away hard?”

“I’m not running away…!”

“You are running away.”

When I answered firmly, Eve’s eyes reddened slightly. When Eve got emotional, she shed a lot of tears, as if revealing her fragile heart.

“I’m telling you, I’m not! I’m telling you, I’m fighting! I’m going to meet that person tomorrow, reconcile, forgive him! I’m going to fight so they can’t harass you anymore!”

“Yeah, you’re probably making excuses to yourself like that. Because you know it’s the easiest way.”

“What do you know, Daniel!”

Eve stood up abruptly and approached me, crying and stomping.

“Daniel is strong! Stronger than anyone and upright, so you can say that! I’m just an ordinary 18-year-old girl. This is the best I can do! I’m telling you, it’s too hard to do more!”

Eve stood there, covering her eyes with both hands and sobbing. I gently placed my hand on her head.

“I know, you don’t know what to do. It’s unfair, it’s infuriating, it’s upsetting. But what I can do is limited. My ability ends there. So you’ve decided to do this, telling yourself that.”

I saw myself in Eve.

To be precise, my past self from the first timeline.

When I was about to be expelled.

“But there are surprisingly many ways. I’ll teach you from now on.”

At that time, I also thought being expelled was the best solution for me. I thought running away from those pointing fingers was the only way I could protect myself.

But that wasn’t the case.

After a long time had passed, I regretted many things.

What if I had done this?

What if I had done that? Would something have changed?

The regrets that everyone has when reflecting on the past, I also carried deep in my heart.

So I didn’t want this child to go through the same thing.

When I was given another chance after my death.

In fact, there were surprisingly many solutions laid out in front of me, and I had no choice but to admit that I simply lacked the courage.

‘What I could only do after dying, I hope you can do now.’

My little Eve.

Suddenly, Ares’ words came to mind.

“Precious, and because it’s precious, you can’t give up.”

“…”

I smiled at Eve, whose eyes had turned bloodshot as she looked up at me, crying.

“I’m sorry, even if you get hurt. I won’t give up, because you’re that precious to me.”

After that, I told Eve to wash up and change her clothes.

“Hah, hah! D-Daniel?”

“It’s okay, let’s try again.”

Our sweaty night deepened like that.

***

“Goodness, the cafeteria?”

Counselor Sean was itching to leave this academy as soon as possible. These impudent kids picked fights at every turn and had foul mouths.

“Anyway, Aios is done for.”

For reference, Sean was a graduate of Palace Academy. A prestigious school considered a rival to Aios Academy.

But after coming directly to Aios, he was convinced that Palace was superior in terms of the quality of students.

Just look at the current situation.

Even if there was no space, to hold the counseling session in the cafeteria?

The dean had said that even so, there was a need for distance between Eve and Charlie, so it would be better to do it in the spacious cafeteria.

‘Don’t they have a single empty lecture hall here?’

Or maybe they just didn’t want to give it to him.

Anyway, Sean headed to the cafeteria with Charlie.

“Charlie, you go in and sit first. They said they cleared out all the people inside, so there should be no one.”

“Yes, thank you.”

As Charlie entered the cafeteria, Sean gave strict instructions to Demerk, who was following behind.

“I don’t know what those kids will try to pull today. If the counseling gets ruined, who knows how much longer we’ll have to stay here.”

“That’s why I brought everyone today, skipping the shift rotation.”

“Good, I’ll wrap this up quickly.”

At a glance, there were about ten of them.

With a satisfied smile, Sean went inside, and Eve and the dean soon appeared.

“Dean, please step out for a moment.”

“…Really?”

“Uh, um, yes. Charlie might feel pressured seeing you.”

“Then, thank you.”

The dean waved his hand and left, saying his understood.

‘What’s this?’

The dean he had seen so far would have certainly insisted on staying, but he backed down so easily?

It felt strange, but anyway, Sean proceeded with the counseling session.

Sitting in the center of the two people who were keeping some distance.

“Well then, Charlie. You have something to say, right?”

“Yes, Eve. I’m really sorry about that time. I was so in love with you that I lost my mind and impulsively committed a crime. I’m truly sorry.”

Good.

He spoke concisely and clearly, as they had practiced, while mixing in that it wasn’t intentional.

Sean, who was recording, smiled inwardly. If Eve just said it was okay here, he planned to end it right away.

There was no need to drag it out unnecessarily.

If she responded that it was okay because it was impulsive and accepted the apology, that in itself would serve as evidence that Charlie didn’t commit the crime in a premeditated manner.

‘She’s a timid kid anyway. She’ll answer quickly.’

The Eve he had seen so far was too fragile, even for her gentle nature. The type to get easily swept up in the flow.

She was an easy kid to handle.

Yes, the Eve he had seen so far.

“Did you really like me?”

“Huh?”

Eve slowly stood up from her seat, looked straight at Charlie, and asked, and Charlie nodded after a moment of confusion.

“Yeah, I like you. Actually, I still like you even now. Eve… you’re really beautiful.”

“D-Don’t say unnecessary things!”

Sean hastily stopped Charlie in a panic. This damn kid was suddenly accelerating and ruining the situation.

“Actually, that’s why I came here, even if I had to force myself to see you, Eve. I missed you so much that I even made a contract with that bitch.”

“What are you talking about, Charlie!”

Sean tried to stop him somehow, but Charlie’s rampage was already unstoppable.

“Eve! You’re close with Daniel, right? Do you like him? But let’s be clear. The first Daniel you met was me. I was Daniel.”

‘This crazy bastard!’

Breaking out in a cold sweat, Sean tried to cover Charlie’s mouth, but as Eve slowly approached Charlie, he also pushed away Sean’s skinny body and headed towards Eve.

“Ugh!”

Sean hit his head on the table and collapsed.

He didn’t pass out, but he was bleeding slightly, and it was a strange force.

“Eve, you understand too, right?”

“I had a lot of conversations with Daniel yesterday.”

“…”

Charlie’s expression immediately soured at the mention of Daniel. But Eve continued.

“Charlie, you have a strong sexual desire, right? You know how exciting it is to spend the night with the person you like?”

“D-Don’t tell me you slept with that guy?”

Eve shook her head at Charlie, who shouted with veins bulging on his forehead.

“No, we did special training overnight. I thought I was going to die from exhaustion.”

“S-Special training?”

“Charlie, can you give your testicles for a friend? Of course, while wearing protective gear.”

“Wh-What? I can’t follow what you’re saying.”

“I’ll forgive you.”

Eve smiled kindly and stretched one leg back, then…

“But you won’t be able to function as a man ever again!”

Eve’s instep, stretched out like kicking a ball, accurately struck Charlie’s groin. It was so strong that Charlie’s body momentarily lifted off the ground.

“Daniel-style vital point strike, special move: Forced TS!”

“Ugh, uuurgh!”

“Die! Die! Die!”

It didn’t end there, and Eve started stomping on Charlie’s head as he fell to the floor.

“Because of you! Because of you! Do you know how much I suffered? Because of you! I developed this weird trauma and just smiled even when other girls clung to the guy I like!”

“S-Save me…!”

“Shut up! Do you know how many times Daniel hit me with this yesterday so I could use this special move on you? He was wearing protective gear, but do you know how it feels when the person you like awkwardly smiles and tells you to kick his testicles again?”

Thud thud thud.

“Forgiveness Punch! Forgiveness Kick! And this… Ah, whatever. Forgiveness Punch again! Forgiveness Kick!”

Eve’s strikes rained down mercilessly.

Forgiveness Punch! Forgiveness Kick!

Hearing Eve’s desperate shouts from inside the cafeteria, I couldn’t help but chuckle, and Elise, who was next to me, spoke with an annoyed expression.

“You could have just told me. I would have taken care of it in one go.”

“You’re hiding the fact that you attend the academy. I thought there must be a reason, so I didn’t ask for your help.”

Since the only people who knew she was a princess at the academy were me and her maid Bertia, I didn’t really want to borrow her power.

I assumed she had a reason for hiding it.

Then Elise looked at me with touched eyes.

“As expected! Master! You spoke harshly to me, but you were actually cherishing me? But it’s okay. This Elise, whenever it’s for you…!”

“Enough, I’m leaving now.”

“Aww, what a shame.”

The soldiers who were waiting leisurely in front of the cafeteria tried to enter when they heard Charlie’s screams.

“…It’s you again?”

“Our kid is forgiving him inside right now, so wait, you impatient bastards.”

Demerk frowned as he saw me blocking the entrance.

“Blocking here now is obstruction of official duties. Dean, please say something too.”

He called out to the dean who was waiting outside, but he pretended not to know and did something else, irritating Demerk.

“Sigh, don’t blame me if you get hurt, kid.”

As Demerk approached, cracking his knuckles, I smiled brightly at him.

“Okay, it’s a deal. I won’t blame you if I get hurt either?”

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