A Fortune-telling Princess - Chapter 179

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I have no idea what’s gotten into him.
Everyone else has recovered just fine, but this fool still seems out of it. Does that even make sense?!
“Why are you acting like this?”
“Like what?”
“I already told you I’m not in pain anymore.”
This isn’t like him at all—I can’t fathom what scheme he’s cooking up.
I already knew well enough that he no longer despises me the way he used to.
‘But this is way too much. He’s absolutely not the type to pull something like this!’
What’s even more amusing is that he won’t even meet my eyes, acting like someone burdened by guilt.
Ravi, you bastard! Could it be…?!
“Be honest with me, brother. Did you do something behind my back?”
At Camilla’s question, Ravi remained silent for a long moment. He seemed uncomfortable speaking, repeatedly running his hand through his hair in irritation.
But as Camilla continued to press him with an unwavering gaze, he finally relented and opened his mouth.
“…I didn’t want to.”
“Didn’t want to what?”
“I didn’t want to regret it! Why are you asking?!”
“Regret?”
What is he suddenly talking about? Regret?
My eyes widened as I asked again, and he irritably ran his hand through his hair once more.
I’d only recently learned this—it was an old habit of Ravi’s. Whenever he felt anxious or found something difficult to say, he’d always brush his hair back roughly like that.
I used to think it was just his temperament, but apparently that wasn’t it.
“Not sending you away.”
“Sending? Me? Where?”
“…To that man.”
“That man?”
Who is that man… wait, could it be…?!
“Duke Escra?”
My suspicion seemed correct, as he clamped his mouth shut again.
“Hey! Why are you closing your mouth right now?!”
Do you want to see me lose my mind? What are you suddenly saying?! Why is that man’s name coming up here?!
“Speak properly this instant!”
“Ugh, seriously! If that man had taken you with him, you wouldn’t have gotten hurt in the first place!”
“What?”
“You…”
While Camilla lay unconscious, I kept having such thoughts.
If Duke Escra had taken her with him, wouldn’t she have avoided all this pain?
Wasn’t she getting caught up in dangerous situations precisely because she was here?
What happened at the Jebillen Household was one thing, but it was strange how incidents kept occurring ever since she returned to this place.
I kept wondering if perhaps she wasn’t where she was meant to be, and that’s why all this was happening.
“I have nothing to say.”
“What are you trying to say?”
“To that man.”
What if something happened to him because of this?
“I think I’d regret it.”
Holding you back. Not sending you to him.
Eventually, Ravi’s head dropped forward.
Thwack!
“Ugh!”
But he had to lift his head immediately, cradling his aching jaw and letting out a groan.
“Hey! What are you doing…!”
“What? You idiot.”
Camilla had simply headbutted his jaw. Ravi, who had been crying out in pain, had to quickly shut his mouth.
With her hand planted on her hip, she was looking at him with an expression that said this was ridiculous.
“Do I look like such a good sister to you?”
“What?”
“Do I look like someone who goes when you tell her to go and doesn’t go when you tell her not to?”
“That’s…”
…No, it wasn’t.
“Idiot.”
“Hey!”
“Quiet! Want another headbutt?”
“Mm.”
Ravi gingerly touched his sore jaw and took a small step back.
“Anyway, your talent for digging is something else.”
Why? Do you blame me even when you trip on the street?
Camilla exhaled a short sigh and sat on the edge of the bed, studying him intently. At her gaze, Ravi furrowed his brow and glanced away.
‘How embarrassing.’
So now he’s feeling shy?
“It was my choice.”
“…Do you regret it?”
Duke Escra. Not following him. Every time I saw Camilla after he left, I wanted to ask.
If she was truly fine with it. If she regretted not following him.
But I was too afraid to hear the answer, so I never asked once.
“I might.”
“What?”
“If you keep acting like an idiot the way you are now.”
“…”
He really was something else.
Ravi had become uncharacteristically dejected. It was his trademark to remain shameless even when he was in the wrong.
Seeing him so dispirited, a laugh escaped me.
“Brother.”
He didn’t answer.
Camilla rose from her seat and approached him, meeting his gaze directly.
Then she quickly seized both his cheeks with her hands as he tried to turn away.
“What are you—!”
“I’m not going anywhere.”
“…”
“This is my home, and it always will be.”
Unless I’m cast out, that is.
*Stretch!*
“Ow, ow, ow! Stop!”
Only after pulling his cheeks with all her strength did she finally release him.
“So stop worrying about pointless things.”
“You can’t do that to your older brother!”
“Here, take this instead.”
“…What is this?”
“A newly discovered mana stone.”
“What?”
It was no larger than an adult’s thumbnail, yet the mana radiating from it made Ravi’s eyes widen.
The magical power flowing from it surpassed even the highest-grade mana stones the Ghost Merchant Guild dealt in.
“It’s produced in extremely limited quantities.”
This wasn’t a lie to inflate the price—it was the truth. It had been discovered not long ago and hadn’t even been released to the market yet.
The mining yield was genuinely so scarce that only Duke Sefra and Arsian knew of this mana stone’s existence. Today, only one more person had been added to that knowledge.
“I’m going.”
Ravi vanished on the spot.
Unable to tear his eyes from the mana stone as he cast his teleportation spell, he looked just like a child mesmerized by a new toy.
He’d likely be holed up in the Research Laboratory for quite some time again.
“Yes, that’s much more like my brother Ravi.”
Thinking it was far better than constantly digging up that unfunny tomb, Camilla laughed softly once more.
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*Tap.*
In the deep darkness of late night, a figure slipped nimbly through the rear gate of the Sorpel Estate.
“Phew.”
The one exhaling a short breath while gazing back at the estate he’d escaped was none other than Jainer.
“Having a mage in the house is rather inconvenient.”
It was impossible to use a teleportation mana stone while evading the eyes of Ravi, a mage of considerable skill. He would sense the mana immediately.
‘Though it would be entertaining if I were caught.’
There was a certain amusement in watching Camilla fret over the possibility of her identity as the master of Khan being revealed.
He was genuinely curious about how she would react if someone actually grew suspicious, and whether she would take his side.
“Of course, I’d rather not be despised for it.”
Jainer had no choice but to wait until he was sufficiently distant from the Sorpel Estate before retrieving and activating the teleportation stone.
Whoosh!
But the moment he attempted to use the magical stone, he twisted his body urgently and evaded his position.
A sharp blade pierced through the space where he had been standing in an instant.
He hurled himself backward, but another blade pursued him relentlessly. Only after dodging several more times could he finally catch sight of his attacker’s face.
“For a jest, isn’t the killing intent on that blade a bit too thick?”
Jainer shook his head lightly as if genuinely disappointed, offering a quip to his opponent.
“So it is you.”
But his opponent showed no inclination to exchange banter, raising his blade again with a frigid voice.
“It’s you, isn’t it?”
“I’m not sure what you mean, but I’ll say no for now.”
“It’s definitely you. The one wearing the mask back then.”
Arsian, who had attacked Jainer, wore a smile tinged with murderous intent.
The man he had encountered when he was destroying the Khan Branch of the Assassination Guild Kan.
Though he couldn’t see the face properly because of the mask, he remembered that voice distinctly.
“It’s not me?”
“It is? Then die as you are.”
“Hey, that’s not fair.”
Dodging the attacks hurtling toward me with agility, I cried out urgently.
“There seems to be some misunderstanding!”
“Is that so? If there’s a misunderstanding, I’ll apologize after I kill you.”
“No, that’s really not it!”
He seemed to have already made his decision, and no other words would reach him.
Suddenly, black energy rippled around Arsian. Realizing he was about to use magic as well, Jainer cried out again in desperation.
“I’m Camilla’s older brother!”
He paused.
‘Oh.’
So this man only reacts to one thing?
“That’s exactly why I can’t leave you alone.”
But seeing Arsian’s aura grow even more ferocious, Jainer clicked his tongue lightly.
“Why, then!”
“Because someone like you shouldn’t be anywhere near that girl.”
Does he not know? This shameless bastard dares to suggest he should be at her side.
“When you were trying to kill her.”
“She knows.”
Arsian, who had been about to cast an offensive spell while emanating thick killing intent, froze.
“…She knows?”
“She does. Because I already told her.”
More precisely, Camilla had discovered his identity first, but that hardly matters right now, does it?
“Do you think I’d believe that?”
“You’re welcome to go ask Camilla right now.”
“….”
The crucial point was that Arsian’s killing intent visibly diminished upon hearing that Camilla already knew everything.
“She knows and still lets you off the hook?”
“Because he’s my brother.”
Jainer placed particular emphasis on the word “brother.”
“….”
Whether it was the effect of that word, Arsian’s gaze remained sharp, but her momentum had noticeably dulled.
“Tch.”
Finally, Arsian clicked her tongue briefly and even sheathed the sword she’d been holding.
If she had decided to let that bastard off, there had to be a reason. There was no need for him to intervene.
“What? Is it over?”
Arsian turned away without answering.
She disliked that man as much as before, but there was nothing more to be done here.
‘Cunning bastard.’
Even now, he hadn’t exerted his full strength against her.
He made it seem difficult and strained on the surface, but she could read the composure hidden beneath.
Jainer’s abilities were formidable—evident from how effortlessly he’d evaded her sword strikes moments ago.
“Ha.”
As Arsian departed, a hollow laugh escaped Jainer’s lips.

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