I Quit Saving the Academy Heroes

Ingratitude

There is only silence in the room.

But it was a silence that could not last forever.

The quiet pressure of the Countess and Lucy tightens Felice’s neck moment by moment.

Her mother was just asking for an answer without saying anything.

A cold sweat was flowing.

I had to give an answer, but my mouth never fell.

Now, Felice was in the mood to faint again.

That she had heard from Louis but didn’t warn him.

It was very difficult to say that the damage would have been greater if it hadn’t been for Louis.

In addition, if you bring up that story, you will end up talking about what happened at the time of the gargoyle subjugation.

No matter how strong a knight she was, she was still a girl who hadn’t even graduated from the academy.

It was so difficult to admit that the estate was destroyed because of him and that his father died.

Again, after that.

mother, sister.

The count’s vassals and servants.

Soldiers and residents of the family who may have lost their family, friends, and comrades.

Felice didn’t have the confidence to accept all of them’s resentment and hatred.

Felice was already half-conscious with her father’s death and guilt about Louis.

So, it shouldn’t be strange that she tried to escape from such pressure that even an adult would find difficult to bear…

In the end, what Felice chose was a lie.

“… I also warned you in advance in a letter.”

Felice’s voice crawls out of shame and sorry for Louis.

However, it sounded good enough to both of them.

Lucy is outraged.

“What… ”

“I’m a little late, so maybe the gargoyle attack didn’t deliver the letter properly. Still, I am glad that Louis Wallenstein’s warning arrived on time.”

I lied once, and since then, I’ve been outspoken.

Among the words Felice had just said, there was only one truth.

The only part was that it was fortunate that the warning from Louis arrived on time.

After hearing her words, Lucy jumps out of her seat and gets up.

Anyway, I didn’t know that my sister would do this.

Lucy shouts angrily.

“Do not lie! If so, why didn’t you say anything until I took out the letter!”

“Since you thanked Prince Louis at the academy, I knew that the letter he sent was properly delivered. There was no need for me to speak again.”

Felice adds.

“I thought my mother knew. I didn’t know that he would send a warning in my name.”

Lucy again tried to fire at Felice, but this time the countess spoke too quickly.

“The ignorance that Louis Wallenstein said in the letter must have been in anticipation of the situation in which the letter would not be delivered.”

Lucy puts on a nonsensical expression.

Wasn’t it written in the letter?

There is no one who will listen to you but you, so if anyone asks you, give her Felice’s name.

If you’ve read that sentence, ‘I’ve already warned Felice Ansberg, but just in case you don’t know, I’m sending you this letter.’ The meaning of the sentence can also be inferred.

That doesn’t mean I’m worried that Felice’s warning might not be delivered properly.

It means that Felice is concerned that she will ignore Louis and not give a warning.

Lucy tries to counter it again.

Lucy’s appearance like that was very distasteful for Felice.

The main reason Felice lied was that she was afraid of the resentment that would be poured out on her.

Felice’s resentment towards her mother and sister was also somewhat present.

Lucy, who opened the letter without even giving her a chance to explain it, was disgusting.

In this situation, Felice resented Lucy for attacking herself.

So was my mother.

In the first place, even if my mother didn’t say useless things to my father.

Even if he hadn’t said that he was hanging out with Louis for nothing at the dinner that day, he wouldn’t have been caught by his father.

It might not have been the result of the gargoyle swarm attacking her because she had fallen out with Louis like this, ignoring his words.

Although, considering the facts, the problem is that the Count told him not to hang out with Louis.

To Felice, his father’s words were absolute, and now the Count is dead.

So, rather than her father who ordered her not to hang out with Louis, it was Felice who resented her mother for letting her father know about it.

I thought it would be a little unfair to hear from those two that the estate was destroyed and their father died because of you.

He didn’t do anything good, though.

“Sister, do you really have a conscience? Tell me the truth!”

Lucy continues to be angry, but Felice ignores her.

“You’re right that my sister ignored Prince Louis’ words! If it wasn’t for Confucius… ”

Lucy’s words cut Felice’s chest.

‘Please, please stop… ‘

Felice pleaded with her inwardly.

Everything Lucy said was true, and the guilt was weighing down on her because she had just lied.

“Stop it, Lucy.”

“However… !”

“I told you to stop.”

Perhaps Felice’s heart had reached him, the Countess stopped Lucy first.

However, the ensuing Countess’ questions again troubled Felice.

“Felice. How did Louis Wallenstein know about the gargoyle attack?”

Again, Felice was speechless.

As for the question of why the warning was not given in advance, how did it pass as a lie.

Yes, the opportunity to tell the truth is gone.

Felice decided to avoid this question with a lie.

With her head that didn’t work well, she began to retell the story of the gargoyle subjugation.

The gargoyles, whose nest has become a mess, would lead a horde to attack a nearby village, Louis predicted.

Upon hearing this, the party members worked together to deal with the gargoyle, trying to prevent it from joining the group.

But eventually the gargoyle was missed, and something happened.

‘Yeah, at least it didn’t diminish the achievements of Louis.’

Even in the midst of suffering from guilt, it was Felice who did minimal self-rationalization.

The lie he had told was so cowardly.

Instead, somehow apologize to Louis Wallenstein.

repaying the favor

She was determined to do anything for him.

Now, I have no father to say anything to.

If her father were still alive, she thought, he wouldn’t have done so badly for Louis for Ansberg.

First of all, at the family level, I will reward him as much as possible.

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Just thinking about it made me feel a little bit less guilty.

After hearing Felice’s explanation, the countess put on a face that seemed to understand.

Felice was now at his limit.

Feeling like she can’t stand the conversation any longer, she asks if she can leave.

It was a meeting to discuss future work.

“Yeah, you must have been shocked too. Go in first and get some rest.”

Since it was Felice who just woke up after falling down, the countess said that, worried about her.

After Felice leaves the room helplessly.

Lucy, who still has a bumpy face, continues to argue.

However, the Countess restrains such Lucy.

“Lucy. This is the family’s situation right now, so do I have to make it difficult for you as well? It will be very difficult for you too.”

It was Lucy who reluctantly agreed.

Because her mother also looked very tired.

“Yes, got it… ”

While Lucy and the Countess, who had become so calm, were talking.

Lucy brought up the story of compensation for Louis Wallenstein, which she had been thinking about for a long time.

“If it wasn’t for Confucius, the damage could have been greater than it is now. It would have been dangerous for me and my mother, too.”

“right.”

“You should give Confucius the greatest appreciation of the family, right?”

Lucy’s words were natural.

In fact, having been warned in advance, the damage could have been reduced even a little.

How many more would have died had it not been for his warning.

It must have been so, but it was the Countess who thought about it without answering Lucy’s words.

The Countess was also a worn aristocrat.

“… Lucy. With this, perhaps the family may fall.”

It wasn’t an exaggeration.

“Right now, there is not enough money to even restore the ruined estate, let alone the relief of the residents.”

Lucy looks at her mother in disbelief.

“If we recognize his merits, the reward we owe him is enormous. It would be better to use that money to treat the people of the family and help the people of the territory.”

“Mom!”

“He is Wallenstein. If we acknowledge his achievements, we do not know how far we will try to rip him off using that as an excuse.”

Lucy was stunned.

Although she knew that her parents hated Wallenstein.

He could never have imagined that his mother would be someone who would not even repay the favor.

“Confucius is not that kind of person! You know when you see that you helped us!”

“Even if he is not that kind of person, his family is different. The traitorous Wallensteins owe the imperial sword Ansberg… Isn’t that too cunning?”

The Countess gets up with the letter.

“Lucy, since you said that Felice warned you in the first place, the rest of the family doesn’t know that Wallenstein was involved in this.”

Lucy looked at her mother with a look of hope.

And Lucy’s prediction was correct.

“Felice said he also sent us a letter. Lucy, be careful. The warning we received was from Felice, not from Louis Wallenstein.”

saying so

The Countess threw the letter she had received from Lucy into the fireplace.