I Possessed The Villain’s Childhood Friend

6 – The Ice Princess

“Wow!”

The one who collided with me and collapsed was a young-looking girl.

“Sir, sorry! I’m busy and running in a hurry!”

Auburn eyes with scarlet hair so bright that one could mistake it for gold.

The way she got up quickly and bowed her head in apology reminded me of a young animal.

And as soon as she realized that, her body stiffened.

“Well, since I’m fine….”

She had to send the girl away somehow quickly.

Don’t get involved with Reina.

She had to pass it off as if nothing had happened.

“No matter how urgent something is, even if it’s a mistake, there are things that shouldn’t happen.”

But that kind of thing Reina wouldn’t tolerate.

Since she acted more like an aristocrat than anyone else, she couldn’t let her go.

Why did this happen?

She didn’t notice anyone in here.

Everybody except me didn’t know.

Just now, Reina Rogelia took one step closer to her destruction.

“For commoners to harm the bodies of nobles.”

“Ah, sorry! I’m really sorry!”

A girl who constantly bows her head and apologizes to Raina, who is colder than usual.

The girl enters the future of the Empire’s educational facility, ‘Arcana Academy’, as a special student.

The girl becomes the center of events in Arcana in the future.

The girl steals the prince’s heart in the future.

And the girl becomes a saint who saves the world in the future.

The girl was the heroine of ‘She heals the wounded world.’

“For a commoner to harm the body of a noble is a serious sin, even if it is a mistake.”

We have to get over it somehow.

For the heroine to leave a slight impression on us.

But no matter how much I thought about it, it was impossible.

She is more aristocratic than anyone else.

She’s strict with herself, so she’s an ice princess who’s strict with her opponents.

The character Reina Rogelia does not take this incident lightly no matter what.

“If you knew what the rank of nobility meant, you wouldn’t have made this mistake no matter how hurried you were. Even if you were to seriously injure yourself, you should have twisted your body.”

A logic that could be considered irrational and far-fetched.

However, all of Reina’s words were irrefutable arguments.

Aristocrats are a privileged class in the Astraia Empire.

And that privilege all came from talent.

For example, the heirs of the Duke of Axus are born with the talent of knights.

The legitimate children of the Duke of Roselia have brilliant brains.

Some families are very good at magic.

The nobles are the class that protects the empire by utilizing their talents.

“Because even the slightest wound to this person could lead to enormous damage to the Empire.”

“Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry….”

The heroine continued to bow her head and apologize.

She probably wouldn’t have caused a big problem if it was just me or another ordinary noble.

She was a glaring mistake, and she got up immediately and bowed her head.

But the opponent was really bad.

She said this happened when she was with Reina.

Is there any way to stop her?

The heroine should avoid accumulating bad feelings towards us as much as possible.

“So no matter how wrong it was, at least….”

“Sir, sorry! Please!”

“Let’s stop.”

When her heroine’s face turned pale at Reina’s words, she stopped her unconsciously.

It was a word that I said without really thinking about it.

“Princess Ike?”

“It’s okay. I am not hurt at all.”

“That’s a relief, but that and this are separate issues.”

At Reina’s stern words that I couldn’t just let go, I said nothing.

“You don’t have much time right now, do you? We have to go to the lake too.”

“Wow!”

Oh.

Fortunately, what I just said seemed to work.

Because Reina immediately frowned upon her.

Okay. It was Raina who suggested that we go see the lake first today.

Now there is no time.

If you spend time like this, you probably realized that you could go home without doing anything.

As expected of Reina who was strict with herself, she did not carelessly deal with light promises.

“… All right.”

In the end, Reina accepted my words even as she bit her lip.

“You. Be careful going forward. Other nobles could have been really dangerous.”

Reina gave the heroine her own advice for the last time and she turned her back.

I wanted to say that the atmosphere has flowed like this because of you, but I’ll have to put up with it.

“Thank you! Thank you!”

Leaving behind the heroine who bowed and greeted us, we left the market.

“What? What do you mean you tried to punish me? At best, I was just trying to teach you what the class of nobility was like.”

“… Really?”

“Of course not. What the hell did you think of me?”

I could never say it was strict, cold, and scary.

While having lunch with Reina by the lakeside, I brought up the topic of what happened earlier.

It was Reina’s answer to my question that she bumped into her but wasn’t hurt, and that it was a mistake and that she was overreacting to punish her.

“There is no way you would not know that it was a mistake to apologize while bowing your head that far. Of course, if I had been more confident, I could have punished it at my own discretion.”

“But didn’t I say it too harshly? I was very frightened when I saw it.”

“Of course you have to be scared. Nobility is such a class. Suppose I passed quietly without any reprimand. You might look at that and think, ‘Oh, I can just get over it with an apology.’ If that happens, I don’t know what will happen.”

“… I don’t think that would be easy. Even if most of them were other nobles, I think they would have passed lightly.”

“It’s not easy, it’s never going to happen. And sometimes there are Those who only abuse the power of the noble class.”

… I may have been fundamentally misunderstanding something.

I’m sure Reina is cold and strict towards others, but that doesn’t mean she’s cold-blooded. She

Even though she said she wanted her to be happy, I wonder if it wasn’t me who acted because she was trapped in the image that she was an ice princess more than anyone else.

But, and Reina had her say.

“Well, to be honest, I overreacted.”

It was a casual tone.

“I was shocked at the moment because the part I hit was my right breast.”

But she was biting her lip with a distraught look on her face.

“Is that so? I had no idea.”

I had no choice but to pretend not to know anything and turn my head away.

“… I’m glad.”

After that, we chatted, ate the whole lunch, and parted ways.

I guess the way to make Raina’s first impression of her to the future heroine is to fail.

By the way, why did we meet the heroine today?

Raina and the heroine must have met for the first time in Arcana.

I couldn’t figure out why the story was reversed.

And no matter how much I thought about the female lead’s name, I couldn’t remember it.

To be honest, although I enjoyed watching the original, the only character that remained in my memory was Reina.

I should have asked you before we parted ways.

I won’t be seeing you for a while.

★

“Ha!”

I swung my sword with all my might.

It was a blow of conversion that an ordinary person would have been cut without even knowing what had happened.

But my father blocked my sword with just a light twist.

A blow of conversion is a surefire move to turn the tide at once when cornered.

In other words, when you miss, the person who becomes dangerous is yourself.

“It’s soft!”

My father’s favorite sword drew five lines in an instant.

“Keuugh!”

One. Two. Three. Four.

I was able to block the 4th attack somehow, but my defense was broken in the last 5th attack.

“Ugh!”

Blood flowed from his left flank.

I hurriedly channeled my mana to stop the bleeding.

“Concentrate, Ike!”

My father rarely took care of me in Dalian.

Of course there were no fatal injuries that were life-threatening, but he didn’t hesitate to cut them either.

Even after sparring is over, it is forbidden to seek treatment from a doctor immediately.

I had to live with first aid myself until the evening.

“Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.”

Considering that, today is too harsh.

I already had severe bleeding from cuts all over my body.

All I can do in Dalian is first aid.

Basically, it didn’t heal the wound, but even with a slight movement, the blood leaked out again.

“Enemy opponents don’t look down on them if they get hurt!”

“Keuugh!”

My father moved to my right before I knew it and mercilessly struck the sword.

If he hadn’t pulled his body back in the split second, the blow would have been fatal.

No matter how you think about it, something strange happened to my father today.

Normally, he would have overcome the situation with only minor injuries, but somehow he threatened me with the biggest blow.

If it wasn’t for Ike’s body, he would have died hundreds of times.

No, he probably didn’t even know he was dead in the first place.

I couldn’t keep up with the visual acuity and reaction speed.

“Ike, how long are you going to stop!”

“Whoa, I’m going again!”

I kept asking questions, but I didn’t have time to focus on those things right now.

Because my goal of becoming stronger is not shaken at all.

It felt like I had caught up with the movement at the prom by only about 10%.

Although it was difficult, I could see that sparring with my father was definitely helpful.

It would have been convenient if I could have directly received help from the voice I heard back then, but I haven’t heard it once since that day.

I wonder if it felt like a one-time perk given to possession.

It was a voice full of emotion for such a thing.

“That sucks! Aiming only at the opponent’s vitals is not a good attack!”

Until today, I have had countless sparring with my father.

In the meantime, there have been times when I’ve been able to get a few effective hits.

But today was different.

Today’s father did not allow even the slightest offense.

It was a very one-sided sparring, different from before.

The father let go of the deep thrust he thought he was aiming for, and let go of the sword.

“Zen, Chang!”

I didn’t expect to throw away the sword!

Then, burrowing into my arms, my father mercilessly hit my stomach with his elbow.

With a very grave expression.

“… !”

I couldn’t breathe the moment I was hit.

I couldn’t even get out of my voice.

With my thoughts stopped, I flew about 10m.

“Woo-wook.”

I barely managed to hold back my nausea and barely stood up.

I burned my fighting spirit that it wasn’t over yet, but what I heard was my father’s declaration that the fight was over.

“You worked hard, Ike.”

“Thank you, Father.”

I picked up the sword I had lost in my hand and put it back into the sheath before catching my breath.

And as I tried to go back to my room to get first aid and rest, my father caught me.

“Ike.”

“Yes, Father.”

“Finally, this is my first appearance.”

“… Yes?”

“I will go to Heros, Duchy of Roselia, next Thursday, so make sure to prepare.”

With those words, my father left the training ground.

But I couldn’t move even a single step.