I Tried to Become a Worthless Scumbag to Break Our Engagement for His Happiness, but Instead I Was Hugged, Kissed, and Sworn Eternal Love by the Ice Knight (BL) - CHAPTER 12
Fleck returned home carrying heavy wounds on his body. Though his family was shaken, they accepted him.
Fleck’s deeds had been reported to his family, and they held hopes— that he would return with achievements, be hired somewhere as a government officer, and have a stable future.
But the Fleck who came back had lost his left eye. His right leg was ruined as well.
When his family scolded him, saying no such report had ever reached them, Fleck only answered,
“Over in the East, this much is called a small injury.”
He answered with the common sense of the eastern front.
At that, his father held his head, his mother’s face went pale, his sister sighed in disbelief, and his brother’s expression looked as if he had bitten into something bitter.
“Brother, you look like you have something to say.”
“Ah… well, actually… I am now teaching at the Royal Academy.”
Unlike Fleck, his brother was very talented and held a post as a teacher at the academy. Since their elder sister had already secured an excellent husband to carry on the Torino family name, the brother was free to work outside.
He was already married as well. Truly, one wondered how such a youngest son like Fleck had been born and raised this way—yet their family bond had always been strong. Because of that, his sister’s husband, his brother, and even his brother’s wife was always kind to Fleck.
Even now, they looked at him with concern, as if they already knew what sort of story his brother was about to tell. Fleck suddenly felt a very bad premonition.
“At the academy… there is now a so-called Saint…? But, well, she’s a bit of a problem.”
His brother spoke in a way that asked for confirmation from the family and the servants. It seemed this was something that should not leave the room.
Of course, only old and trusted retainers who were known to be discreet were present. So his brother gave another sigh… and then dropped a bomb.
“This ‘Saint’—she only calls herself that, you see? But among the noble sons in her class, they all believe she truly is the Saint. And those sons are completely devoted to her. It’s, ah, well… a little reverse harem situation.”
A Saint was a woman recognized by the kingdom and the church, one blessed with the power of healing magic.
When a Saint awakened, she was said to cure any disease and wound, and to wield magic that could destroy calamities. Such beings appeared perhaps once in a hundred years. That was why a Saint must be revered just like the king himself—such was common sense.
“Calling yourself a Saint… that’s a grave crime, isn’t it?”
From time to time, young women who might awaken as Saints were discovered, and they were given the title of Saint-in-training. But for any woman who was neither awakened nor a recognized trainee to call herself a Saint—such a claim could throw the kingdom and neighboring countries into chaos.
For this reason, in the Kingdom of Kamiokande, self-proclaimed Saints were to be executed at once.
When Fleck pointed this out, his brother’s face twisted, showing both bitterness and grief.
“The First Prince… is one of them.”
At those words, Fleck was struck speechless.
“And also, the Second Prince, the current Knight Commander, the Chancellor, along with several other high nobles, young heirs, and even foreign exchange students…”
It was true. Among those around Fleck’s age, many were heirs of the central figures of the kingdom.
Naturally, being nobles, they attended the Royal Academy.
But who could have imagined that such people would all be caught in such a situation?