For the heart - Chapter 35

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Chapter 35

 

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“Hmm hmm~”

 

A humming tune flowed from Tila as she headed toward the Satellite Palace.

 

Tila was in a good mood thinking about making Nina’s favorite piruha pie for dinner.

 

Pieruto, who was walking alongside her, took a big bite of the fresh piruha and his eyes widened in surprise.

 

“It’s really delicious, Tila! This is the first time I’ve had piruha this tasty!”

 

“People say piruha is a common and tasteless fruit, but they only say that because they don’t know better. If you choose properly ripened ones, piruha is more delicious than any other fruit in the world. You have to carefully examine the color, the size of the spots, and even the curved shape of the stem to pick truly delicious piruha. Her Highness loves the piruha pie I make so much.”

 

“A pie made with this piruha would be really delicious. Hehe. Should we call Emil too?”

 

“Of course we should! We’ll invite His Highness too.”

 

When Tila cheerfully replied while adjusting the fragrant basket on her arm, Pieruto smiled brightly.

 

When they reached the entrance of the Satellite Palace, four people blocked the path in front of Tila and Pieruto, who were discussing tonight’s dinner menu.

 

Tila confirmed who they were, widened her eyes, then greeted them with a displeased expression.

 

“Miss Puako. What brings you to the Satellite Palace?”

 

“I heard various people have been coming and going from the Satellite Palace lately, so I stopped by while passing through.”

 

“I didn’t know you had an interest in the Satellite Palace, Miss Puako.”

 

Tila disliked both of Lillien’s maids, Ivana Hydrick and Michelle Puaco, but she found Michelle particularly distasteful.

 

This was because she knew that while Ivana was often not actively involved when Lillien committed cruel acts against Nina since childhood, Michelle would incite Lillien to act even more viciously.

 

“That’s right. I was curious about how you manage to seduce men into coming and going from such a shabby place.”

 

“Seduce?! Have you forgotten this is Princess Nina’s residence? How can you say such things!”

 

Smack—!

 

“Ugh!”

 

“Tila!”

 

A sharp hand instantly struck Tila’s cheek.

 

Startled, Pieruto quickly moved to stand beside her.

 

“How insolent. How dare you look me straight in the eye?! What’s so special about a place where a princess who eats cheap piruha stays?”

 

Michelle sneered while looking at the piruha in the basket hanging on Tila’s arm.

 

“You don’t even know that Princess Lillien is looking upon you with kindness, yet you act arrogant? She may be called a princess, but she’s neither human nor anything else.”

 

Tila glared at Michelle, her body trembling with anger.

 

“Do you need to be hit more to come to your senses? Or should I pluck out your eyeballs?”

 

“Apologize.”

 

“What? Ha! Did you hear what she said? A commoner telling me, the daughter of a count’s family, to apologize? Are you insane?”

 

“Miss Puako just insulted our princess. Why isn’t the princess human? She’s more human than anyone else. She’s someone who sacrifices herself for Arsed. She’s someone who deserves respect and reverence.”

 

“Hahaha! This is really ridiculous.”

 

Michelle glared at Tila, who was looking straight at her with threatening eyes.

 

Everyone in the world clearly knew that Princess Nina’s situation was rock bottom, having a commoner-born maid as her nanny.

 

And yet she calls herself a princess, does she think she’s something special?

 

“A princess who lets men come and go talking about respect and reverence! I think you’re the root of the problem.”

 

Michelle approached Tila, who was glaring at her, and whispered.

 

“You, with your lack of proper upbringing, must have whispered to the princess about how to seduce men. You must have added your schemes with that worthless food of yours. The more I think about it, the one who needs to be eliminated most from this Satellite Palace is you, isn’t it?”

 

“From what I’ve heard, Princess Lillien also invited Prince Casian several times. I heard he even visited her bedroom. Then Princess Lillien also seduced a man, and Miss Puako, as the maid who influenced such decisions, would also be the root cause of Princess Lillien’s bad reputation.”

 

“What, what did you say?!”

 

Michelle, shocked by Tila’s unexpected words, snatched the basket she was holding and threw it to the ground.

 

Then she began trampling on the piruha with her feet.

 

“What are you doing?! Stop it!”

 

“Agh!”

 

Startled, Tila pushed Michelle away with her sturdy body and quickly gathered up the piruha.

 

Michelle, who had fallen on her bottom from Tila’s strength, shrieked at the servants who came with her.

 

“What are you all standing around for?! Grab that wench right now! Break her arms so she can never cook again!”

 

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“I’m sorry. While Kushis was rampaging, the girl disappeared without a trace. It happened in an instant.”

 

It meant they had lost the Saint.

 

Nina’s spirits completely deflated upon hearing the news from the guild member.

 

“We’ll find her again soon. Don’t worry too much.”

 

“Yeah. I’ll have to wait.”

 

“I don’t regret it. Killing Kushis instead of securing the Saint.”

 

Casian stated firmly.

 

Nina had asked him to go after the Saint, but he hadn’t done so.

 

He couldn’t leave Nina alone as she charged at Kushis with just a dagger.

 

The moment he saw Nina hanging limply from Kushis’s mouth, he felt a fierce killing intent surge within him.

 

With only the single-minded determination to kill Kushis with his own hands, he charged forward and thrust the iron rod into it.

 

The force was so great that it tore a hole in his palm, but he didn’t even notice the pain until Nina’s healing was complete.

 

“Thanks to that, there were no civilian casualties. If we hadn’t killed it then… Kushis would have definitely rampaged more.”

 

Thank you. Nina couldn’t bring herself to say those words that rose to her throat.

 

Even though she was grateful to him, she felt that if she spoke those words aloud, something inside her chest would ripple and then burst.

 

Afterward, the two returned to the Imperial Palace in silence.

 

Evening was already approaching.

 

Casian continued to follow Nina as she headed toward the Satellite Palace.

 

“The Western Palace is that way.”

 

“I’m going to pick up my attendant. He’ll be there without a doubt. Probably thinking he’ll have dinner if Tila offers it.”

 

At Casian’s answer, the corners of Nina’s mouth curved up slightly.

 

Emil would probably be at the Satellite Palace just as Casian said. These days, whenever he had free time, he would come to the Satellite Palace to chat with Tila and Pieruto.

 

Noticing the faint smile spreading across Nina’s face, the corners of Casian’s mouth also quietly lifted.

 

However, the moment the two entered the entrance of the Satellite Palace and saw the piruha crushed on the ground, their expressions hardened.

 

There were too many to be accidents, the basket was roughly crumpled and rolling on the ground, and the flowers that had been neatly planted nearby were also in a mess.

 

“Tila!”

 

Nina immediately ran into the Satellite Palace.

 

“Your Highness!”

 

Pieruto, who came running out at Nina’s voice, burst into tears.

 

“Tila, Tila, waaahhh!”

 

Nina passed by Pieruto and went inside.

 

“Tila.”

 

“Ah. You’re here, Your Highness…”

 

“I said I would heal her, sob!”

 

“Pieruto, Her Highness said you must never use healing power before she comes of age. So you can’t!”

 

Tila scolded Pieruto with her cheeks and eyelids reddened.

 

Tila was crouched tightly with her right arm turned inward toward her body.

 

Nina approached Tila sitting on the sofa and gently lifted her arm.

 

“Ugh!”

 

“Who is it. Who did this to Tila.”

 

“…”

 

Tila kept her head down and her mouth shut.

 

“I asked who. Tell me who came and did this.”

 

Even at Nina’s cold voice, Tila slowly shook her head as if she wouldn’t speak.

 

Then at that moment.

 

“Puako! A noble lady named Puako suddenly came to the Satellite Palace and insulted Your Highness! She hit Tila who asked her to apologize, and trampled all the piruha! She had her servants grab her arm, her arm… Waaahhh!”

 

Pieruto, who had been angrily pouring out his words, remembered that shocking scene of the servants holding Tila and breaking her arm, and burst into tears again.

 

Nina immediately understood what had happened despite the boy’s incoherent words.

 

Nina, who had been kneeling on one knee, lowered her gaze and stood up.

 

Then she went straight into her bedroom.

 

“Your, Your Highness! You can’t!!”

 

When Nina came back out, what she held in her hand was a sword already frozen blue.

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