My dear witch, please turn evil according to the script!

Chapter 38 Your smile is your protective color

"Hmph~~Hmph~Hmph~~"

Iluvia hummed a cheerful tune in front of Roland, tiptoeing from time to time and turning her head to see if Roland was following her, as if she was afraid that he would run away.

Of course Roland wouldn't run away.

Although the group of guards did not leave the station with the two of them, it was obviously not a wise choice to refuse the invitation of a princess.

After all, I still have to go to school at the Royal Capital Magic Academy.

Although he might be dragged into political struggles, as long as he was still a student at the Royal Capital Magic Academy, it wouldn't have much of an impact.

This academy, founded in the smoke of the Demon King War to train elite magicians, has always been a reserve of talent for the empire.

An official in charge of local government affairs, a promising future star in the military, or a talented magic technology engineer in a research institute.

The Royal Capital Magic Academy has always been rich in talent, and has always been regarded by the powerful, high-ranking officials and even the royal family as a place to recruit talent in advance.

However, with the unnecessary sacrifices and deaths caused by the internal struggles among major forces, over time, all forces have reached an unspoken rule.

Students are students and should not be disturbed too much.

If you are a formal student of the Royal Capital Magic Academy, no matter which faction you subjectively belong to, no matter whether you are already a member of a faction.

As long as you haven't graduated yet, even the hostile faction will not take the initiative to cause trouble for you.

This also makes it easier for different factions to poach students after they graduate.

Of course, the reason for this unspoken rule is that as the Royal Capital Magic Academy has developed over the years, it has become a faction that cannot be underestimated.

The shadow of the Mainland's Society of Reliable History began to appear behind them.

This enormous force, on par with the Holy See, has provided unimaginable support and resources to the highest institution of learning in the southern continent.

This was also the reason why Roland could ignore the political struggles in the royal capital and come to school with peace of mind.

As long as he doesn't take the initiative to provoke other forces, no one dares to cause trouble for him.

Of course, all of the above were promises made to me after I learned of Iluvia's identity after the assessment.

That is, I will never bring my own troubles to him.

Roland was skeptical about this.

"Hey Roland, why don't you say anything?"

"What shall I say, Your Highness?"

"Um... I already told you to just call me by my name!"

Roland spread his hands and said, "Okay, okay, Iluvia, what do you think I should say?"

"Anything is fine."

Iluvia stopped and turned to look at Roland: "Why don't you tell me what happened in Riskan?"

"I heard something happened over there recently, didn't I?"

"There's nothing much to say. I'm sure a report on this sort of thing will be sent to you soon, right? The details in it will definitely be more detailed than what I've said."

Roland's willingness to tell the story was not very high.

The reason is nothing, there's just a lot of attention being paid to me now.

Iluvia took him to a commercial street.

There were people everywhere, and everyone knew Iluvia.

It is obvious that the knowledge of the natives of the royal capital is far better than that of an outsider like me.

Iluvia's appearance is no secret to the residents of the royal capital.

So when she and Roland appeared on the street, countless curious eyes were focused on Roland.

only……

The look in their eyes when they looked at Iluvia, besides curiosity, seemed to be more of... fear and disgust?

Roland did not express his doubts directly, but just silently noted this point.

After this discovery, Roland changed his tone: "Forget it, there's nothing wrong with talking about it. Let's find a quiet place."

Seeing that Roland agreed, Iluvia was in a good mood, and then she led Roland to a park as big as a block in the center of the royal capital.

After finding a bench in a secluded corner of the park, Iluvia and Roland sat down together.

"Let's go here. When I was a kid, I often sneaked in here to play and read books." After sitting down, Iluvia still kept a certain distance from Roland. She sat against the armrest of the bench, and her black-gloved hands were placed on her thighs.

Then she lowered her head and stared at her hands.

This guy who was extremely enthusiastic when we first met has now become quiet.

It was about the same as when Roland first saw each other.

But at that time, Iluvia was more indifferent and kept people at a distance, with a cold look on her face that said "Don't bother me".

And now she... seems to be mostly melancholy and sentimental.

Roland glanced at Iluvia.

This princess who released terrifying spells during the assessment can also be classified as a witch.

But compared to Kalia, this person's ability is more terrifying in terms of sensory perception.

Decay, rot, death... Any target touched by her spell, whether it is a living creature, prop, or weapon, will complete this process within three seconds and then turn into a skeleton or a piece of scrap metal.

If the casting distance wasn't limited, my assessment might not be so difficult.

But if it weren't for his intervention, those forces that used various means to target Iluvia's innate spells in order to kill her in the assessment might have actually succeeded.

No matter how powerful a spell is, it will only be effective if it hits the enemy.

"Roland, why don't you start yet?" Iluvia looked up at Roland.

"It just feels like after you came back here, you've become more like the person you were when we first met."

"You like it?"

“More real.”

Roland finished speaking, and after a moment's deliberation, he spoke again, "Compared to a princess who pretends to be happy and arrogant in front of me."

"You are more like the 'Iluvia' I know now, rather than Princess Iluvia."

Iluvia covered her mouth with her hands and chuckled softly, then leaned back in her chair and looked at the clouds drifting across the sky: "You've noticed it too, right? The way the citizens are looking at me?"

"Ah."

"Don't you have anything to ask?"

"No. I don't have the hobby of digging into other people's pasts. Of course, if they take the initiative to talk about it, I'm still happy to listen."

Iluvia continued to stare at the clouds dotting the blue sky, lost in thought: "...Really?"

"But you'll always find out from other people."

"Then do you want me to know?" Roland laughed.

"Of course not." Iluvia answered decisively: "But this is not something I can stop."

"So, you still want to hear the story?"

"No need. I know everything about Riskan."

Ilvia spoke words that were completely different from before.

"Forget about the story...just stay here with me for a while, it will only be a little while."

"Besides... after leaving the capital, have you really never thought about me?"

The slightly dejected tone prevented Roland from answering as decisively as he did at the beginning.

After struggling for a while, Roland finally said, "Well, I thought about it once or twice when the incident happened to Riskan."

Complaining in my heart that you are troublesome and hard to understand, does that count as remembering it?

"Humph, I knew you were lying!" Iluvia turned her head to look at Roland and chuckled: "Are you thinking that it would be better if I were here?"

"……Um!"

This really doesn't exist.

Of course, Roland couldn't possibly tell the truth at this time.

Grandpas, please keep reading!

Also, if you don’t read the full minute, it will not be counted as a follow-up reading. I just learned this from the editor (speechless)

It’s urgent, grandpas!
Please, this is really important to me!

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