The Lady Who Was Rejected with 'I Love Someone Else' Turned Out to Be the Strongest Sorceress – The Fate of the Prince Who Abandoned Her and the Lady Who Found Freedom - Episode 26

“Um, um…”

I was approached by a timid-looking student. She’s the one who recently started joining the after-school training.

We’re at a distance where we’re trying to get closer.

She approached me alone, not with her friends. I was also just by myself at that moment.

When you spoke to me, I thought you had a question about magic, but I was wrong.

“Um, I was asked to deliver a message, and, um…”

“Message?”

“Y-yes. Lord Edgar wants to talk, so he asked you to come to the square right away.”

Lord Edgar? What could this mean? He is always someone who helps me. But other than that, we don’t have much interaction. I want to get closer, but since he is royalty, I can’t just approach him casually.

Calling me through a student like this is so unlike him. Just as I thought that, I noticed the pale face in front of me.

I thought it was the tension of being asked to deliver a message from Edgar, but it’s different. Are you afraid of something?

“What’s wrong?”

I’ll ask, but…

“No, it’s nothing… nothing at all.”

She won’t answer. Why is she so frightened? What is she afraid of? There’s something going on. I can’t believe Edgar-sama would do anything to scare her. Besides, if he had something to discuss, he would come to see her in person.

In other words, it wasn’t Lord Edgar who was summoned. What could their aim be? When I thought about it, the faces of Prince Alfred and Vanessa came to mind.

Is it those two again? I wish they’d just stop already.

“Could it be that you’re being threatened?”

Lower your voice so that those around you can’t hear. Speak at a volume that only the person in front of you can hear.

“……”

She doesn’t answer. She just nods slightly. As expected, something is being done to her.

To go this far… I can’t forgive this. Maybe I’m being watched even now. I try to sense the surroundings, but I can’t tell. It seems better to act as if I’m being watched.

“Yeah”

If I ignore this, she who came to convey the message might be in danger. I can’t abandon her. Thinking that, I decided to respond to the summons.

“Got it. I’ll be back in a bit.”

“Ah”

She, who came to convey the message, let out a small voice.

“It’s okay. You were just caught up in it. There’s no need to feel burdened.”

And then, I headed towards the square at a brisk pace.

I arrived at the square, but there was no one there. As I looked around, I felt a strange sense of discomfort. At that moment, magic flew in from behind. I instinctively cast a defensive spell. There was a small impact on my back.

“Tch! Don’t block me!”

The owner of the displeased voice was Vanessa.

She had hit me with her serious magic out of nowhere. The magical power she had infused was sharper than during class.

The force behind it was strong enough to cause serious injury if it hit.

To be attacked like this out of the blue. It was easy to defend against, but very unpleasant. I couldn’t forgive such a sneaky move.