I’m The Real Daughter, But I Don’t Want To Go Back To The Duke’s Estate - Chapter 82

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A few days later.

Milena was waiting for Rudrick with a face full of tension.

‘Ha, what should I do? I’m dying of anxiety.’

Of course, she had heard that a formal letter of gratitude was sent to Rudrick in the name of the Rusert Ducal Family.

But this time, didn’t I owe him my very life?

So I wanted to personally express my gratitude.

Knock knock.

Just then, the sound of knocking echoed.

As Milena jumped up from her seat, the door opened.

“Princess Milena?”

Rudrick, who had just entered, couldn’t hide his surprised expression.

Milena bowed deeply at the waist as if she had been waiting for this moment.

“Thank you so much, Teacher!”

“Huh? No, please get up. Why are you suddenly doing this…?”

A flustered Rudrick quickly tried to help Milena up from her position.

Finally straightening her posture, Milena looked at Rudrick with a serious gaze.

“Teacher, you saved our family’s lives. If it weren’t for you, something truly terrible might have happened.”

“That’s…”

“I sincerely thank you.”

With those words.

A bright smile spread across Milena’s face.

Rudrick stared at that smile in a daze.

Somehow his heart was fluttering.

For quite a while.

“…sir.”

“…”

“Teacher?”

Ah.

Rudrick blinked his eyes blankly.

What exactly was this feeling?

This ticklish sensation, as if a feather was touching his heart…

“Well then, about… what happened before.”

Rudrick, who had been trailing off for a while, carefully asked a question.

“…Do you forgive me?”

For a moment, Milena was at a loss for words.

‘Even after saving my life, he’s still reading my mood?’

Such a Rudrick was both cute and somehow pitiful.

“Hmm? I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about, Teacher.”

“What?”

“Did something happen between us by any chance?”

At that cheeky answer, Rudrick finally showed a relieved expression.

Milena, who burst into giggles, opened her mouth.

“I’ll endure it even if you give me a lot of homework today.”

“Hmm, are you sure it’s okay to be so confident?”

Rudrick also replied playfully.

“I don’t think I would do that. Can you really handle it?”

Ugh.

Milena flinched.

Then, as if carefully reading the situation, she held her forehead and dramatically exclaimed.

“Su-suddenly my head hurts so much! So let’s cancel the homework talk…”

“It hurts?!”

A startled Rudrick approached Milena.

His gaze, full of worry, looked her up and down, and then he suddenly placed his hand on Milena’s forehead.

“Where does it hurt? Haven’t you fully recovered yet? You don’t seem to have a fever…!”

The problem was that Rudrick seemed too shocked.

Milena, who was blinking her eyes in bewilderment, carefully opened her mouth.

“I-it’s a joke.”

“A joke?”

Only then did color return to Rudrick’s face.

Milena nodded and added in a voice as small as a mosquito’s buzz.

“I’m fine. I’m sorry for startling you…”

“Sigh.”

The sigh of relief was brief.

Rudrick glared with fierce eyes.

“This won’t do. As punishment for worrying me, we’ll have a quiz on magic circle efficiency in the next class.”

“What?!”

“So study properly. Understood?”

Whine.

Milena became dejected.

Watching her, Rudrick couldn’t help but burst into loud laughter.

Somehow he felt extremely refreshed.

* * *

Finally, all the classes were over.

Unable to resist Milena’s tearful pleading, Rudrick postponed the quiz to the end of this month.

“Thank you, Teacher!”

Milena waved her hand with a bright smile as if she had gained the whole world.

“See you next week!”

“Yes, see you next week.”

Rudrick also found himself waving back without realizing it.

And so the carriage departed.

Only after Milena’s figure completely disappeared beyond the window did Rudrick slowly lower his hand.

Unable to overcome his frustrated feelings, he clenched his molars tightly.

‘I don’t know what’s what anymore.’

It was the first time.

The first time his world, which had always been clear, became this chaotic.

When Milena fell into the river, that sensation of his heart sinking was still vividly present.

Simply because she was a student I was teaching.

So… was that why I was so shaken?

Moreover, the person who had put Milena in danger, whether intentionally or not…

‘The Mage Tower Master.’

Rudrick’s eyes sank as cold as ice.

Regarding the situation where magic power wasn’t properly controlled this time, he did receive a direct explanation from the Mage Tower Master.

That the magic circle installed on the pleasure boat had clashed with the magic power.

He even personally visited the Rusert Ducal Family to bow his head in apology.

‘But was it really a mistake?’

The Mage Tower Master was, after all, the head of the Mage Tower.

That meant he was the most outstanding magical engineer in this empire.

If he had seen the magic circle design, there was a high probability he would have noticed the problem.

‘Such a person made this kind of elementary mistake?’

Moreover, wasn’t there also the magic power ointment leak incident before?

Overall, it was all too coincidental.

Of course, it could be that Rudrick was being overly sensitive.

But.

‘It’s definitely suspicious.’

Rudrick’s eyes narrowed with suspicion.

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