A Fortune-telling Princess - Chapter 361

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Camilla always told me the same thing. If something dangerous happened, I should just stay still, not try to help, and only think about my own safety.
“Huh?”
Rio’s eyes widened slightly as he recalled Camilla’s repeated warnings and obediently sat back down.
Through the dying flames near the window, he saw black mist seeping toward his classmate’s feet.
“Watch out!”
“Ahhh!”
Rio rushed over and pulled the child away before the black mist could engulf him.
But the black mist was faster. It swallowed both children in an instant!
“Rio!”
[Kid!]
At Sena’s cry, Zetti, who had been sent flying in the opposite direction, called out to Rio and hurried back.
Whoosh!
[…!]
But in that moment, the black mist that had consumed the two children vanished in an instant.
Parting the black mist—no, drawing it in—a figure emerged. It was Arsian.
“Br… Brother?”
Rio, still clutching his classmate tightly,’s eyes went wide as saucers at Arsian’s appearance.
This had happened before too. When I was kidnapped back then, Arsian had appeared like this to save me.
“Brother!”
Rio immediately ran over and wrapped his arms tightly around Arsian’s waist. Arsian caught the child and gently stroked his head.
“I’m sorry I’m late.”
Shake, shake.
Rio, embracing Arsian’s neck, shook his head vigorously with a bright smile.
“…”
Arsian stroked the child’s head once more, then set Rio down to the side.
Creep, creep.
Even as he did, the black mist was rapidly gathering again.
[This is really getting tiresome.]
Zetti ignited his flames once more. But his fire, already exhausted, was visibly weaker than before.
Whoosh!
Crack!
Then, just as when Arsian had appeared moments ago, the black mist split apart, and figures emerged from within.
[…Yeah! Why are you just now arriving!]
No one was more delighted to see them than Zetti. His tone was rough, but his words overflowed with joy.
Whoosh!
[…]
Luna approached, devouring the darkness just as Arsian did.
[Roooaaarrr!]
Boom!
King came forward with a tremendous roar, tearing through the black mist.
[Do you have any idea how much I’ve suffered alone!]
At the appearance of the two Shinsu, Zetti flew at them without a moment’s hesitation, as if she’d been waiting for this.
“Arsian.”
Sena, who had finally caught her breath at the arrival of the two Shinsu, rushed over to Arsian.
“….”
Arsian scanned Sena from head to toe, and only after confirming the child bore no injuries did he nod.
“We need to draw the sword.”
“The sword?”
“Yes.”
Sena relayed everything she’d heard from Rue to Arsian—that drawing the sword lodged in the corpse would resolve this situation, but that doing so wouldn’t be easy.
“Guard this place.”
After hearing all of it, Arsian issued his command to the Shinsu.
“Brother?”
Rio called out urgently to Arsian, who was leaving the Auditorium.
“I’ll be back soon.”
As Arsian departed with those words, Rio couldn’t tear his eyes away from him.
Outside was dangerous….
Tap, tap.
Something gently tapped Rio’s leg—it was Luna.
[….]
At Luna’s gesture, as if to say not to worry, Rio nodded vigorously.
“Right, it’s fine! Brother is invincible.”
A bright smile bloomed across Rio’s face once more.
* * *
“Ugh.”
For the first time, a groan escaped Arsian’s lips as he advanced toward the place where the black fog was thickest.
“Tsk.”
The black fog, deprived of other life force to sustain itself, clung tenaciously to its only prey.
Though I drew the fog endlessly inward with the power of darkness, there were limits to what I could absorb.
Soon, wounds began to appear across my body.
“Camilla will worry.”
I needed to hide these wounds before leaving.
I didn’t stop walking. Before my eyes, something lay wrapped tightly in black fog.
‘There it is.’
The moment I stepped closer, as if guarding it, the black fog rushed at me with frenzy.
I too drew upon more of the darkness’s power and pressed forward.
The black fog converged on me intensely. My clothes tore, and flesh split open.
Boom!
“…?”
In that instant, a powerful force surged in. The black fog surrounding me began to burst outward.
Footstep.
A figure approached Arsian slowly.
“…Duke Sefra?”
It was Duke Sefra himself.
* * *
“Camilla.”
“…Father.”
Camilla stood gazing at the Academy shrouded in black mist, her lips trembling with anxiety as familiar figures approached her side.
They were the three Dukes and two Shinsu, excluding Zetti.
[Growl….]
[….]
King and Luna immediately rushed into the Academy.
“Are you alright?”
“Yes, I’m fine, but….”
Even as Camilla answered Duke Sorpel’s concerned question, her gaze remained fixed on the Academy building that had swallowed the two Shinsu.
‘At least with them inside, things should be manageable, right?’
They were Shinsu. Stronger than anyone against such profane forces….
She tried to reassure herself this way, yet the unease refused to dissipate entirely.
Arsian, you’re alright, aren’t you?
“Arsian is in there.”
“Yes….”
At Duke Sefra’s question, Camilla bit her lip again.
Should I have stopped him completely? At least I should have held him back until these people arrived….
Stroke.
“…!”
As Camilla’s head drooped lower and lower, she suddenly lifted it at the sensation of a hand gently patting her head.
“Don’t worry.”
“But….”
“He’s not the kind to die and leave you behind.”
A faint smile appeared and vanished at the corners of Duke Sefra’s lips.
He turned immediately toward the Academy. Dark power bloomed in his hand just as it had in Arsian’s moments before.
“Duke!”
Watching the black mist surge forward to engulf him, Camilla called out urgently to Duke Sefra.
At her voice, Duke Sefra turned his head slowly.
“At least once….”
A bitter smile crossed his previously expressionless face.
“I should save him at least once.”
My child….
With those words, Duke Sefra vanished into the black mist.
Camilla tried to stop him again.
“Leave him be.”
“When he gets like this, he won’t listen to anyone.”
Watching Duke Sorpel and Duke Jebillen shake their heads slightly, Camilla slowly withdrew her outstretched hand.
Another long sigh escaped her lips.
I don’t even know what this black fog is, yet I keep throwing people and Shinsu into it. At this rate, everyone will die…
“Camilla.”
“…?”
Then, an unexpected voice reached her ears. Turning her head quickly, Camilla could see Jainer approaching while firmly restraining someone she’d never seen before.
“What are you doing here?”
Who was this man? Why was he being held so tightly, as if he were a criminal?
“The one you were looking for.”
“What?”
The one I was looking for? Ah…!
Only then did Camilla realize who Jainer had brought. He’d found the ghost she’d met on Armis Mountain—Able’s Son.
“But the situation right now is a bit…”
Camilla exhaled another short sigh. It was difficult to have a proper conversation with Maian in the current circumstances.
“It’s him.”
“What is?”
“This friend here is the one who made it like that.”
“…What?”
At Jainer’s following words, Camilla’s eyes gradually widened.
Following the direction Jainer pointed, her gaze toward the Academy slowly began to gleam with a cold light.
“This guy did it.”
“Yeah.”
“You’re saying this black fog engulfing the Academy right now is because of him?”
“That’s right.”
To Camilla’s repeated questions seeking confirmation, Jainer calmly explained the entire situation.

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