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Volume 6 Chapter 5 Part 7

Translation and editing by Team Foxsunes

He didn’t say anything and he bent down and placed his lips on my back. In response to his body temperature that could be felt through the wet fabric, the comfortable yet burning temperature made by tears flow again that had stopped due to the surprise of seeing Edi. I reincarnated from the previous world and met this man. I wonder how precious that miracle is to me and how blessed I am. Something that was allowed for me to have isn’t allowed for the princess and it made me really sad. I know that she doesn’t want me to think like this and that she is someone who’d give up saying it couldn’t be helped considering her social status. I know that very well but I couldn’t help but feel frustrated at the lack of my ability to do anything but cry. The man’s lips left my back and his arms wrapped around me from behind the waist. I was enveloped in his silent warmth, feeling his kindness through his silence, I couldn’t help but to wish that the medium would be a support for the princess. 

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Noisy footsteps started approaching. Princess and the mam weren’t in the room and I was alone passing my time with the needlework, I stopped my hand and looked up. At the same time, the door was opened noisily.

｢Filmina! Give me asylum!｣

With his messy iridescent hair the invader, the medium shouted the same line from before. Isn’t this the time where the youth Heinrich was supposed to take a full revision, a test of politics? It could be deduced looking at the situation that he had once again escaped from the studies. ｢Oh my, my.｣ I stood up from the chair. 

｢Your highness, if you don’t study now, you’d face problems later .｣

｢Not you too Filmina, I have my friend. No  matter what happens to me my friend will help me out so there isn’t a problem.｣

｢Oh my, Snow-sama…｣

The medium’s cheeks got puffed at my response. He sat down on a chair in front of the chair I was sitting on, it felt weird seeing him like that. What the medium is saying probably isn’t wrong. The spirit that’s his friend would do its best to protect the medium no matter what I would’ve agreed just like that but it’s a different story now. That’s not good enough now. I have realized that it isn’t enough. 

｢I’m really sorry your highness.｣

｢Hm? What is it? I wouldn’t mind if there aren’t any snacks but don’t refer to me like that but instead…..｣

｢Filmina-dono isn’t apologizing because she doesn’t have sweets to serve with the tea.｣

｢Hng!?｣

The medium literally jumped off the chair upon hearing the voice that had entered our conversation. His bronze red eyes were opened wide and he turned towards the source of that voice behind the bed covered with the curtains. Upon looking at the person who had appeared from behind the curtains the medium screamed and jumped off the chair and took a few steps back. 

｢He…Heinrich!? Why are you here!?｣

Even after hearing the medium dialogue mixed with scream, Heinrich who was behind the curtain didn’t lose his calm smile. But I could see an image of a dark cloud forming behind him. Even I am scared when I’m not the one he is glaring at, the medium must be really scared of being glared by Heinrich’s odd eyes. It could easily be noticed that his healthy olive skin albeit it’s complexion had  turned pale. Heinrich saw him turning pale and deepened his smile. 

｢I had assumed that if the medium was to run, he’d run to Filmina-dono. So I had come here beforehand.｣

｢What!? Filmina!?｣

He gazed at me as if he was questioning my loyalty. His eyes were eloquently asking me if I had betrayed him. Umm, it pains me to be looked at like that but it couldn’t be helped.I’ll repeat it again, if it was me from yesterday things might’ve been different but now, I’ve decided that I wouldn’t be just soft for the sake of the medium and the princess. 

｢I’m really sorry medium-sama, I’ll serve tea after Heinrich-sama’s lesson so, for now please…..｣

｢Umm~ no! I hate both of you!｣

The medium screamed in the middle of my sentence. Reacting  to his voice, the windless room got filled with the wind and the door that was closed got opened up abruptly. The medium glared at me who was worried about it being the doings of the wind spirit and Heinrich who had a frown. The medium turned around and left the room, I couldn’t get time to stop him. I was baffled looking at him go out, the youth Heinrich who was next to me let out a sigh. 

｢That child is a handful. If he didn’t have any potential I would’ve given up on him.｣

I couldn’t find any words to throw at Heinrich who was complaining about not being able to get rid of the medium due to him having somewhat of a potential. I just stayed there with a bitter smile on my face. I would like to think that he has matured since he isn’t using his powers to hurt anyone. The youth glanced down at me and smiled, his smile was different from his usual smile. 

｢I wouldn’t have thought that you’d assist me in capturing the medium.｣

His tone was calm but I felt like it had hints of sarcasm in it. It was really different from his previous tone which was calm but like an order rather than a request when he asked, ｢The medium has escaped.He’ll come here so, you’ll help me out right?｣ He is quite the sly one since he had no intention of being declined in the first place. But even if I wasn’t forced to, I would’ve helped him out. Even if it meant to lay waste to the medium’s trust that I had built up since I had realized that it was something I needed to do. I got a flashback of my conversation with the princess which had triggered my current attitude towards the medium. The princess has already made up her mind to stand alone as the monarch and this was the only thing I could do to help her out.

｢It was really late but I have come to realize a bit of what you were saying back then.｣

Really, it was pretty late. Educating the medium as the king consort so that the medium would be worthy enough to stand next to the princess, Heinrich probably meant it like that. This youth who is smart wouldn’t do anything unproductive. The reason he is patiently educating the medium is because it’s necessary to do so. It’s completely my fault that I didn’t realize that and was spoiling the medium. The youth had noticed my thought process behind my words and his light green and opal eyes shone as if he had heard something unexpected. 

｢Oh my, my, what kind of change of heart is that?｣

｢It may be a bit different from a change of heart but the princess will certainly seal off her feelings for the sake of her status, the princess herself told me that that was how a Queen of our country should be. So I want the medium to be able to assist the princess.｣

｢I see. So, what about it? That isn’t the only thing that came to your mind right?｣ His tone sounded like a challenge but I don’t mean it in a bad way. His tone was far more friendly than before. I’m sure Heinrich thought of me as a naive lady who lived in her dreams, till now. He wasn’t wrong there and his perception of me wouldn’t be wrong in the future either. But there are few things that I could say because of it. 

｢Heinrich-sama. Even if that’s how things should be, the princess doesn’t only have a side of a public figure but she also has a side where she is just a lady. And I want to  remain friends with the princess who is a lady.｣

The princess needs not only the skilled king consort in public affairs but also a personal partner to take care of her body and the heart. It’s a simple story if I think of it like that. If Heinrich is going to train the medium for “Her Majesty, The Queen” then I would train the medium for “Clementine”sama. And so, we would turn the medium into a man whom the princess could not help but get attracted to. 

｢I’m hoping for too much like wanting her to fall in love.But if it were possible, I want the medium and the princess to think of each other and support one another in the public and the private life. ｣

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