# 228
Helmut
Episode 228
But she turned around. The movement was so straight that I wondered if the pause for a moment was an illusion.
The woman surrounded by the knights soon disappeared into the awning without hesitation.
It seems like something was dug up and passed by. Regret pierced my heart.
‘You couldn’t have seen me… no way.’
She probably just looked down at the audience.
Many people here looked at her. Could he have been seen clearly with the eyesight of an ordinary person from this far away?
Helmut is just a black-haired boy who resembles her abandoned son and who she may have now completely forgotten.
A joke was made from the back seat.
“Are you in love? You’re a beauty, aren’t you? No matter what, a young guy shouldn’t be coveting a married woman… Hehe!”
The man who told the joke faced Helmut’s black pupils and leaned back, gulping down air.
Helmut did not punish him. There is no point in staying here any longer.
He moved his gaze, took one last look toward the awning, and left the place.
*
“What was it?…”
Grand Duchess Linosa muttered, looking back toward the railing. My mind was agitated.
What she saw…
The lady’s face was filled with sadness. The maid sitting next to her offered words of comfort.
“You seem worried. My Majesty was bleeding… They say it was a minor accident for a swordsmanship competition. “You’ll get treatment, so you’ll be okay.”
“Oh, yes.”
She suddenly came to her senses after being dazed. Charlotte.
Grand Duchess Linosa came to see her daughter at this swordsmanship competition.
While watching the stage, Charlotte suddenly started bleeding… It seemed like she had won, but she was startled and ran to the railing and looked down.
Then, suddenly, I felt eyes on me. A gaze so intense it seems to pierce.
She unconsciously turned her eyes towards me.
She was used to people looking at her, but those eyes were unfamiliar to her.
The other person was a boy who appeared to be around the same age as Charlotte.
Black hair, black eyes. The boy with a familiar color looked vaguely familiar to her.
There was a short, sharp pain, as if a flash of light had passed by.
Above all, those eyes…
‘look alike.’
Grand Duchess Marguerite of Linosa was startled by the thought that came to her mind.
Distant memories buried in the lake of memories surface. It was a memory that had sunk very deep.
It was easy to forget because there were no memories, but I did not forget.
Because that’s what children are to parents.
Marguerite slowly closed his eyes and opened them. My breathing, which had suddenly become heavy, regains stability.
‘That can’t be… no way. The kid is dead.’
The maid suggested, draping a shawl over her shoulders.
“You should go see Her Majesty Charlotte. “You will be waiting in a separate room.”
“Oh, that’s right. “I have to go see that kid.”
Magritte calmed down again. I became worried about Charlotte again.
“Let’s go quickly.”
“Your Highness the Grand Duchess.”
*
The door opened and a beautiful lady walked inside.
Charlotte saw her and quickly stood up.
“mother.”
“Yes, Charlotte. “Are you okay with your injury?”
“I got treatment and everything got better.”
The wound had already disappeared on her cheek, but Marguerite stroked it as if she were feeling sad.
Charlotte was perfectly fine. Although I was a little tired, I felt good.
This is because her mother came to see her and also confirmed her advancement to the second round.
But Magritte’s complexion did not calm down.
“I knew the swordsmanship competition was tough, but watching it in action was truly heart-wrenching. “You could have died.”
“It doesn’t die. “Because we are prepared for accidents on stage.”
Charlotte smiled calmly.
Even so, it is not possible to immediately block the sword being struck, but if you can still breathe, you may be able to save it.
If you think about all those risks and become scared, you won’t be able to become a prosecutor. Charlotte was a prosecutor.
“You are truly amazing, swinging your sword in a place like that without even blinking. “I couldn’t even see how you moved.”
Mother seemed to have seen Charlotte again.
To her, Charlotte was just a young daughter who knew how to use a sword.
“I have been using a sword since I was young. “I’m used to it.”
“Still, you have to be careful. “If I had known it would be like this, I wouldn’t have taught you how to use a sword…”
Magritte started out with words that were only hopes. Anyway, since you are a member of the Grand Duchy of Rinosa, you have to learn the sword.
Even Michael learned to use a sword a little. Then, because I was sick, I no longer learned.
“I like swords. You don’t have to worry. “I’m taking enough care not to get hurt.”
“That’s right. “I’m glad that you, who are only a freshman, have shown an excellent performance as the academy representative.”
“you’re welcome.”
Marguerite patted Charlotte on the shoulder. Charlotte felt better after being recognized.
Even if it was just Michael’s trick that my mother came here, what is it?
She was still young and at an age where her mother’s attention was lacking.
“How was the venue? Was it easy to see?”
“It did. I saw it at a glance. Normally, Michael would have been there to watch, but he was sick… Michael told me about your game. “He thinks about you a lot these days.”
Magritte spoke softly, as if inviting reconciliation.
“Michael… I hope you get better soon. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to visit the hospital.”
Charlotte accepted it calmly. It wasn’t just because Charlotte was participating in the competition.
Michael hated Charlotte coming to visit him when he was sick. He probably feels inferior.
Charlotte quickly changed the subject.
“Didn’t anything special happen? Did you see something different? It’s been a while since I came to see a swordsmanship competition. “Right?”
“okay. yes. “What’s special is…”
Magritte’s eyes narrowed. She opened her mouth, shaking off her heavy heart.
“I saw a black-haired boy in the stands. I couldn’t see his face, but he seemed to be around your age. He had black hair and black eyes, just like His Highness the Archduke. “It was really black as darkness.”
Now that he thought about it, Magritte thought that the boy looked similar to Charlotte. Charlotte tilted her head.
“Are you senior Helmut by any chance? “There is no game today, so I guess I came to watch.”
“Helmut…?”
Marguerite’s hand twitched. Charlotte did not notice the agitation she showed.
“Do you remember? I think I probably said it during vacation. He is a year older than me, and he is from a commoner background and has great skills… He says he is a commoner, but I wonder if he is a collateral branch of our family. “He may have inherited Rinosa’s bloodline, even if only remotely.”
“Why did you think that?”
“I heard that you look similar to that senior.”
To say that the Grand Duchess of Linosa, who inherited the royal bloodline, and a commoner resemble each other.
Outside the Academy, it would not have been enough to decapitate the person who said those words.
However, the academy students do not know Charlotte’s identity. I was just saying whatever I could.
Since they were mostly nobles, they had no hesitation.
“okay? “They say you resemble commoners.”
Marguerite frowned. She has lived as a high-ranking noblewoman her whole life.
Even if he did not ignore the commoners, he had never placed himself as equal to them.
“But I think they look a lot alike. “They said that if I stand next to that senior, we look like brother and sister.”
Charlotte herself felt a vague intimacy with Helmut. Even though it gives such a cold and somewhat eerie impression.
Charlotte thought it was probably because she and Helmut looked alike.
“They look so similar….”
Magritte trailed off. Charlotte takes after her father. In other words, he resembles Grand Duke Rinosa.
That boy named Helmut must have resembled Archduke Rinosa.
Charlotte said without much thought, but it was a situation that raised suspicions about outsourcing.
But Magritte did not entertain such doubts. She quietly frowned.
I felt hot inside. Magritte could not overcome the turbulence that raged within him.
‘Nonsense.’
This cannot happen. But what is this premonition? Sometimes there are things that cannot be explained in words.
Magritte was being pulled by an unknown force that could not be ignored as if nothing had happened.
Charlotte, perhaps sensing Marguerite’s distress, quickly added:
“Don’t think too deeply. It’s just my guess. “I heard that that senior is not from Rinosa or the Empire.”
The Grand Duke of Rinosa had never left the empire or Rinosa for nearly 15 years.
Moreover, Grand Duke Rinosa would have treated his own blood relatives fairly well, even though he was an illegitimate child. Or kill it completely.
He was not the type to allow his illegitimate child to grow up as a commoner without his knowledge.
“Does that kid named Helmut have such great skills? “I see you care so much.”
“I can assure you that it is strange that your senior Helmut did not win this competition. “As a fellow prosecutor, he is a senior whom I can emulate a lot.”
“That’s… interesting.”
Marguerite received the words with squinted eyes. Her confusion gradually regained clarity.
I just didn’t know what to do. I think I know what to do now.
‘I need to meet her.’
Magritte made up his mind. Charlotte, who thought she was beginning to become interested in Helmut, quickly spoke.
“That senior just advanced to the second round and has a game tomorrow. It will be over soon, though. “Because Helmut doesn’t like to take a long time.”
Even if I don’t join the Black Wing Knights, there’s no harm in making Grand Duchess Rinosa look good.
Charlotte thought comfortably.
“I see. I get it.”
After answering, Magritte slowly continued speaking a moment later.
“I guess I’ll have to take a look.”
“Isn’t His Highness going to observe?”
Unlike Magritte, the Archduke was interested in sword fighting competitions. Because he was also a prosecutor.
“His Royal Highness was away from Latona due to an incident. “He probably won’t be back for a while.”
“okay.”
Charlotte didn’t ask any more questions.
The only person who can ask more than that is Grand Princess Rinosa. The one here was Charlotte, a Greta Academy selection member.
“Then it would be best to go in and rest.”
“I guess I’ll be able to see you tomorrow from afar.”
“After the competition, return to the palace immediately.”
“Your mother.”
The conversation ended with a smile. But the confusion about the newly learned facts had just begun.
Marguerite placed his hand on his chest as he watched Charlotte leave the room first with a bright face.
My heart was beating rapidly. She hoped she could find out the reason for this palpitation.
The dead cannot come back alive.
But Magritte had to confirm it.
‘After checking…’
I still didn’t know what happened after that.
