Chapter 556 – 45. Dezak Empire – The Rapidly Changing Situation (3)
Adele Ulrich was not very perceptive.
He wasn’t the type of person to care much about others anyway, and he was in a position where he didn’t have to.
Although he didn’t like the goodwill he got from being called a genius mage.
Anyway, she was the type of person who brightened the mood with her cheerful personality rather than worrying about others.
Nevertheless, the current situation made even Adele feel something.
“…”
“…”
Natalie is turning her head away, silently avoiding her student’s gaze.
Adele is looking intently at her teacher.
No one noticed this abnormal air current in the strange atmosphere.
‘Oh, now that I think about it, I was so busy that I couldn’t finish this work.’
Wilhelmina whispered in his ear in a low voice.
“Uh, do something!”
“Umm. Here?”
“Whether it’s here or somewhere else, hurry!”
Wilhelmina’s eyes fell on Theresa for a split second.
She was more worried about her own brother than anything else about her.
“If Natalie and Adele are not in a good mood, Tessa will have a hard time.”
“Oh, I guess so.”
It may be a long time later, but the current hero party has little contact with the two women of the Magic Tower, except for Valdez.
Unlike Princess Theresa, who has her older sister named Wilhelmina in the hero party, the two are not related.
At least Valdez had been to the magic tower a few times, and he had gotten to know her through Theresia. Today was the first time Natalie had come to the palace as her guest. Aside from a couple of times, Adele has never been here. This is mostly because Valdez went to the Magic Tower to meet the two.
So, the hero party is only inconvenient for now, but Theresia is different.
Considering her introverted personality, it was inevitable that she would struggle and struggle between the two.
Her older sister, who cared for her younger sibling, wanted to stop it.
Moreover, isn’t Valdez the root cause of Natalie and Adele’s problems?
“We’ll retreat, so quickly!”
Wilhelmina must have been in a hurry, so she stood up from her seat, even showing respect.
And in an awkward manner, he went into the room with the three of him, Yuri, Fiora, and Sasha.
“Ahaha, I was taken care of.”
Adele said that and sat down next to Valdez.
It felt very natural, but I couldn’t help but notice that there were only four people left.
“…”
“…Why, why do you guys look at me like that?”
Adele looked embarrassed and linked arms with Valdez.
Even though she was the one who had sex with him several times and did his dirty deeds.
I was nervous and embarrassed because I had never shown affection like this in public.
Isn’t the person watching not just anyone else but a teacher and best friend?
In particular, Natalie was like her teacher and parent to Adele.
Although she now seems to be a love rival at the same time.
“I just saw it.”
Natalie, who mumbled, clung to Valdez as if imitating Adele.
The expressions on Adele and Theresia’s faces when they saw that were complex.
Although the meaning of each emotion was different.
“Master…”
“Ugh. Why, why are you doing that?”
“…”
Theresia doesn’t talk to me after calling me.
Natalie’s face became even redder under the student’s gaze.
It was as if her eyes were reprimanding herself.
But she had no intention of backing down or changing her mind.
Her work underground taught her so many things.
“Hmm…”
Contrary to Natalie’s concerns, Theresa didn’t say anything to her.
It was just that she was not good at talking, and as she tried to choose her words carefully, her speech slowed down.
Of course, she didn’t have anything good to say, apart from the surroundings.
In the end, she wasted so much time that she got embarrassed and ended up saying nothing.
“Did you…?”
“…Huh?”
“Te, Tessa?”
A meaningful predicate missing a subject and object.
Natalie and Adele, as well as Theresia who spoke, were momentarily taken aback.
Valdez, the only one with a bad personality, was among the three, watching as if it was fun.
I keep my mouth shut about the subject that is the biggest culprit in my work and just laugh about how things are going.
“Uh…”
It was an embarrassing statement, but it wasn’t that difficult to deal with.
Since she only threw out a predicate and said something ambiguous, she would have let it go even if I had given her another excuse.
But unfortunately, the embarrassed princess did not have the ability or leisure to do so.
Finally, she pursed her lips before sinking her rock fastball into it.
“You did it with Valdes…”
“…?!”
A question from a student, not an unexpected rival.
“Uh, well, well, I mean.”
Natalie couldn’t answer properly, just stuttered and glanced at Valdez.
And that was an answer so confident that I didn’t need to hear any more.
“Well, as expected. …That’s right.”
Adele bowed her head.
She also expected it to some extent.
Although they may not have noticed, the change in Natalie was quite evident after the two returned from being locked in the basement.
Although her head hurt from cleaning up after her, her expression was brighter than before.
Also, out of the three members of the Ulrich family, Natalie was the last to be distraught about Grand Mage Robert.
But now there is no longer any sign of concern about it.
This was just a list of positive changes.
Sometimes she laughs alone for no reason, her cheeks blush, and she gets lost in her own delusions.
The image that Natalie showed to Adele was clearly that of a woman in love.
‘Because I was like that too… There’s no way you wouldn’t know.’
Calm self-objectification is an essential virtue for a magician who raises his level.
Maybe Natalie didn’t have the heart to hide it, but she just couldn’t do it.
I don’t know what it would be like for other people, but at least Adele could know for sure.
“Ha.”
“Ah, Adele. That’s it.”
Adele bowed her head and sighed deeply.
Natalie couldn’t bear to ignore her and tried to comfort her flustered student.
No matter how hard she was, Natalie was basically good-hearted.
Adele is her precious pupil whom she raised with love like her own daughter.
Her love for Theresia was enormous as she was her only two students, but Adele was a little more special to her.
“…”
“I didn’t aim for it on purpose, it just happened. When I fell into the basement…”
“Jeon…”
Flinch!
“I’m sorry! Teacher, it was all your fault!”
She doesn’t leave Valdez, but she bows her head and apologizes to Adele.
Adele was speechless when she saw Natalie, who she had never seen in her life, bow her head.
Ever since she could remember, Natalie had been a high-ranking mage and an elder of the Magic Tower.
Afterwards, he became his caretaker and teacher, and after Robert’s fake accidental death, he became the Lord of the Magic Tower.
Basically, it is not easy for a wizard with a high opinion and high status to bow down to others.
Moreover, regardless of title, the Imperial Magic Tower lord is an honorable and authoritative position who does not have to bow to anyone except the emperor. Although the range of human relationships is limited, Natalie’s apology was that special and sincere.
‘If it’s really like this… Even if you try to hate me, you can’t…’
Adele let out a small sigh and finished what she was about to say.
“If it’s Master, I think it’s okay.”
“…Uh?”
“Adele…”
“I was going to say this. So, you don’t have to apologize.”
“Ooh, Adele…”
“Of course, honestly, it’s unfair. I liked him first, and I did it first.”
“…”
“But… You can’t control people’s emotions. … Also, it’s probably your first love, Master.”
Startle.
“Oh, isn’t it?”
Valdez, who had been quiet until now, asked.
“Oh. Isn’t that your first love?”
“That’s actually true…”
“Pfft.”
“It would be a little embarrassing to say that I have never loved until this age…”
In the end, it seems like he said it out of useless pride.
Not only Valdez, but even Adele and Theresia laughed it off.
“Oh, you too, Master.”
“Ugh, but…”
“Anyway! I told you honestly!”
“…Yes. Thank you so much, Adele.”
Natalie finally uncrossed her arms and stretched out her arm to take her student’s hand.
Although they are a teacher and a student, their appearance is not as different as you might think.
Not parents, but roughly aunts and nephews, or older sisters with a considerable age gap.
The two beauties looked very cheerful as they held her hand and looked at each other with affectionate eyes.
“Hey, that’s good. To be honest, I was worried.”
The picture would have been better if there had been no flirting Valdes in the middle.
When Valdes spoke lightly, as if jokingly, both Natalie and Adele’s heads turned at the same time.
“This is all because of you!”
“That’s right. You stole from both the teacher and the student. You can’t even mediate, but you stay quiet.”
“Well, I thought it would get more complicated if I got involved. It worked out better because I stayed still.”
“Hmm…”
“It’s true in the end, but I’m still angry about the process.”
“That’s right!”
The atmosphere between the three of them was very good, perhaps because they immediately reconciled.
There are still some things that need to be resolved and coordinated, as well as many truths that Valdez is hiding.
It wasn’t something that needed to be resolved right away.
“…”
Of course, Theresia, who was the only one who could not fit in between the three, and who knew at least one thing more than Natalie and Adele, felt very uncomfortable.
‘Not only the two… Sister too… While there… !’
It’s about the relationship between Valdes and Wilhelmina.
Thanks to this, Princess Theresia found Valdes’s smile really eye-catching.
I can’t believe they were laughing and talking like that between teacher and best friend while there was at least one more woman.
Adele believed that even if you have never lied, intentionally hiding something is no different from lying.
In other words, in her view, Valdes was an extremely outrageous liar.
He cleverly withholds words and harasses women.
‘Ugh…’
So this was anger towards this bad Valdez who was deceiving her teacher Natalie, her friend Adele and maybe even her older sister Wilhelmina. It is by no means an ugly emotion like jealousy, envy, or resentment. Theresa consoled herself like that and gathered her thoughts.
And then he jumped up from his seat.
“Hehe. There are three of us next… Ah. Tessa.”
“Oh, sorry. We were just talking amongst ourselves.”
“I didn’t really leave you out…”
“Bad guy…”
“Tessa…?”
Adele couldn’t believe her ears.
I can’t believe that kind, sweet Theresa came out of her mouth and cursed like a bastard.
Moreover, it was my first time seeing such an angry face.
“Uh, huh?”
“Tessa, are you okay?”
Natalie and Adele looked at Theresa with concern, but she didn’t care.
No, there was no time for that.
Theresia only glared harshly at Valdez.
The 4th princess, who had a gentle nature, did not know how to get angry.
So she spit out what she thought was a really mean thing to Valdez.
“Uhm, Tessa. If you have something to tell me… Ah.”
And that wasn’t enough for her, she strode up to him and punched him in the chest with her fist.
Tuk.
“…?”
I was afraid that I might get hurt, so I made a fist without any strength at all.
“Hey, Tessa?”
“…”
Theresa realized that her fists had lost so much strength that she looked foolish.
The princess blushed for a different reason than before and hurriedly ran away from her place.
