Chapter 10.2

Chapter 10.2

All of my classmates were relieved of their worries and anxieties about the future by obtaining the status of prospective nobles and preferential treatment for academy scholarships.

In March, when flowers bloom after the winter, we will enter the academy as scholarship students and learn how to handle attributes, combat skills such as swordsmanship and magic, and culture as to-be nobles.

If we graduate safely from the academy, our status as a noble is guaranteed. There is a high probability of starting as a baron, the lowest rank in the aristocratic class, but it is possible to become a viscount or an earl if we achieve very good grades in the academy.

So, along with the other dreamers, I started pre-learning in preparation for higher academy grades during the winter.

Under the support of the imperial family, Ji-hye, Ah-young, Princess Amer and I are studying magic, while Min-ho, Ji-hoon Choi, and Hye-rin are training in swordsmanship.

It seems that Hyerin is slightly disappointed that I am learning magic and not swordsmanship.

But Id rather be protected in the back lines than fight in the front lines while getting all sorts of wounds.

My comfort always comes first.

How is the swordsmanship class? Is it any good?

Yeah. Its tiring after its over, but its quite fun. I feel like Im improving more and more with each class, so I feel a sense of accomplishment...

Hyerin and I went to the flower garden in the palace to take a walk together on our way back to our rooms after the class executives' meeting.

Since the attribute check, her personality has become more lively.

Since arriving, Min Hye-rin had been a voluntary anti-socialite, ducking conversations with her other classmates with short answers and focusing only on her studies.

She said I was the only person in our class who she could have a short, but down-to-earth, conversation with.

Now, she often has moderate conversations with her other friends as well.

It seems that while awakening the mythical-level attributes in the attribute test, she also recovered her self-esteem that had been chipped away because of me and became more relaxed.

It would have been nice if we could learn swordsmanship together... Im sorry.

It is because Im not good at using my body. Youve never seen me exercise, have you?

Come to think of it, thats right. Heh, it reminds me of high school. Even during PE class, you and I only studied in the corner of the gym...

Actually, its only been a few months, but it feels like a story from the past. Since then, a lot has happened Starting with Hyerins tears-

Ahh, I told you not to bring that up!!

We passed through an arch of flowers in full bloom with magic, even in the middle of winter, while having silly conversations.

I am the only person in my class that Hyerin is close enough to go for a walk together.

My dominance still holds.

I led her to a bench in the corner of the flower garden.

Because of this, I felt strange inside because I felt like I had become a flirt with another woman besides my Jihye.

Though, one should pay more attention to the fish that are almost caught rather than the fish that one has already caught.

In this world, polygamy and harems are possible, so long as I have the ability, I am innocent of any crimes.

Pink petals landed on Min Hye-rins ears.

I slowly reached out my hand toward her immaculate face.

Her pupils trembled and her eyes slowly closed.

Her facial features were so beautiful that it took my breath away.

Soon, boys who are attracted to her attributes or beauty will go after Hyerin. Before that... I have Hyerin to myself.

My fingers cleared the petals and then ran through the strands of her hair.

I brushed her black hair gently behind her ears.

There were petals.

I cant see who your husband will be.

Thats a lie. In order to fulfil her destiny, this is the only lie allowed to avoid the restrictions.

But you will definitely be happy at the end of your life.

Regardless of your will.

So you cant be allowed to give your heart to Park Min-ho.

It seems like its already too late.

Fate whispers to Soniel.

She could not change anything.

Amer said, Uh, yes... I get it... and then she went back to her palace.

Soniel also returned to her abode, the Palace of Heaven.

She lay in the middle of the wide bed, staring at the ceiling.

Her holy eyes can see the essence of the night sky hidden by the ceiling.

Two moons floating in the sky.

A cluster of stars in the sky.

The stars flow without free will along the path set by the Heavens.

All a star can do is to emit weak light and guide one on the way it should go.

The road can only be changed by Heaven.

She is but a pitiful star.

Soniel recalled the scene where all time stopped at the imperial palace inspection station.

The moment he awakened the [Heaven] Attribute, Soniels star was embedded in the sky with Jihoo.

Even today, her attributes, which were subordinate to the sky, urged her to go and see her master immediately.

That moment was not far off.

***

Do you know the difference between a maid and a bedmaid?

In light novels or web novels, maid is usually expressed without much difference, but the status of maid and maid is vastly different.

Housemaids are the masters assistants.

She assists her owner in his work, manages the property, and gives professional advice.

Usually, a noblewoman of a lower rank than the master becomes a maid.

Senri di Henriart, the emperors maid of honour whom I met this morning, is a member of the royal family of the Henriart Kingdom, which is the family that divided the continent into halves before the founding of the Empire, judging by her surname.

On the other hand, the status of a bedmaid is a slave.

A bedmaid is the property of her master and merely obeys her given orders.

What do you plan to do with me?

Ireina, the maid who was not tamed, looked at me from inside my room and asked.

Even though she was very nervous, it was clear that she was trying hard to put on a front of calmness.

But I have a plan.

And the first step in it is to educate this cheeky maid who spits unflattering words at her rightful owner.