“What do you mean the student didn’t have a younger sibling?”
Sennus looked around at the group. It seemed that no one understood what he was saying. It was only natural that Sennus had the same reaction as them when he first discovered this fact.
Sennus, who had finally come out of the building, looked back at the academy building that was about to collapse and spoke again.
“It’s true. The person I thought was the twin didn’t have a younger sibling.”
All the students and professors there at the time clearly saw the twins walking together every day. There was no way they could have mistaken that.
How could one be mistaken? There was such a massacre at the Academy, and the reason for it was the disappearance of one of the twin brothers.
But when Sennus returned to the academy after 20 years, no matter how hard he searched, there was no trace of the twin brother.
When he looked through the admission documents, records, and even the test score reports from that time, there wasn't a single sentence about him.
As far as Sennus could remember, the younger twin brother was quite the top student. Therefore, even if most of the records were lost, it would be normal for at least some records of his grades to remain.
But there was nothing. As if all his memories of that day were illusions and fantasies.
It's like everyone was mistaken and thought someone who never existed in the first place existed at the same time on the same day.
“But that incident actually happened. If the younger brother hadn’t existed, that incident wouldn’t have happened.”
Simone, who had been listening to him for a long time, opened her mouth.
“Does the older brother exist?”
“Of course. The records of that person are not lost and are all still at the Academy. I can show you if you want.”
“No. I don’t want to look at all the records. I have a general idea of the situation. Are you sure that the director isn’t the only one who is mistaken about the younger sibling?”
Sennus shook his head.
“That’s not possible. The incident was so big that there are no records within the academy, but it is definitely recorded in the memoirs of the students at the time.”
"is it so?"
“Yes... Why is that?”
Sennus looked at Simone with an anxious expression at her meaningful expression.
Simone's eyes widened.
“What is it?”
“It seems like you have something to say...”
“No, I have nothing to say. It’s just that, I suddenly thought of something like that.”
“What... are you talking about?”
Simone chuckled heartily.
“There’s a saying, ‘Why?’ If a person is shocked too much, they change their memories of it, or forget it, or something like that.”
At her words, Louis' expression quickly hardened and he looked at Sennus.
“...What do you mean?”
Sennus just tilted his head with an expression that still did not understand what Simone was saying. Simone looked at his expression and shook her head as if it was nothing.
“I just suddenly thought of it. Anyway, since things are not going well right now, let’s end this story here. I’ve taken care of the ghost in the broadcasting room, so please, Director, don’t think about anything else and just focus on solving the academy.”
“Oh, of course. Don’t worry about that.”
Simone signaled to Sennus that it was time to go, and Sennus hurriedly left the place.
As Sennus completely disappeared, Louis, who had been looking strangely uneasy since earlier, asked.
“Did you get something out of what the director said?”
Simone shook her head but still spoke in a flowing voice.
“If you can’t prove anything true, it’s better to leave it as a guess.”
So what I'm saying is, I won't bother explaining something that isn't that important in this crazy situation.
“What do you mean? Aren’t you going to tell me?”
But as Louis kept pressing for an answer, Simone finally opened her mouth again.
“No matter how much I think about it, I wonder if one male student with a kitchen knife could subdue and kill that many people by himself.”
At Simone's words, Louis and Jace stopped in their tracks and exchanged glances.
Come to think of it, that's true. According to Sennus, the older brother was so angry at his younger brother's death that he killed all those people on his own.
But does that make sense? On the other hand, doesn't that mean that a lot of people who were killed by him were rushing in at once and trying to subdue one male student?
The Precia Academy teaches not only academics but also swordsmanship. Most students know how to defend themselves and attack against armed opponents to some extent, but how can they attack as a group and defeat one student?
It's a story they would never have believed if Sennus hadn't told them directly that it really happened.
'Then, what about Director Sennus' story...?
As Louis was blankly watching Simone walk ahead, Jace approached him and spoke in a cautious voice.
“Your Highness, considering what Lady Simone said to the director earlier, perhaps...”
"There's a saying that goes when a person is shocked too much, they change their memories of it or forget it."
Louis' expression hardened. Another story began to form rapidly in his head.
On that day, an incident occurred where many professors and students died at once. However, those who survived did not want this to be known to the world.
So, they made up a plausible excuse to blame everything on one easygoing person and even created a false memoir about what happened that day, and they talked about it as if it were the truth.
Now, 20 years later, the parties involved have come to believe and believe that their lies are the truth.
As if the truth of that day never happened.
Louis looked in the direction where Sennus had disappeared with a surprised expression.
If this thought is what Simone thinks, Sennus...
‘What on earth happened that day...'
Jace gently tapped Louis' arm.
“Your Highness, there must be a reason why Lady Simone wants to pass this on.”
“...I see. Thank you, Jace.”
Simone is not the type of person to just let something like this go. That is why she must have given Louis enough thought to make his own judgment.
But the reason she didn't actively explain or question Sennus was probably because she thought it was more important to put the Academy's work behind him and focus on the Demon King's work right now rather than holding on to that matter.
Louis nodded and walked over to Simone, who was already far away, along with Jace.
“Lady Simone, I will take you to Rydell. I have prepared a place for you there.”
“Huh? Who cares?”
“Yes? I told you that I would prepare it so that you could stay in the capital without any problems.”
Simone rolled her eyes and smiled awkwardly at Louis, who was looking at her with a bewildered expression as if asking if she had forgotten about that.
“Oh, I see. You must have found a good house for me, right? Hahaha..."
“...”
She tried to brush it off, but this time she got looks from people asking if she was laughing at this situation and from others asking if she was talking about a nice house out of the blue.
'Wow, you even use the phonetic alphabet.'
It's not easy to convey your intentions like that with your face, but Louis does it.
As Simone turned her head back without saying anything, Louis sighed and said.
“Anyway, it was good that you prepared in advance. The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Illestone will also be coming there.”
A smile of relief finally appeared on Simone's face. She was finally able to finish her work at the Academy and rest.
After a while, Simone, Louis, and Jace boarded a carriage sent by the Illestons family and headed to Simone's house in the capital city of Rydell.
This is a mansion so large that it seems like it belongs to a national hero, with beautiful gardens, servants waiting just for Simone, and a neat interior that suits her taste.
If it were the usual Simone, she would have been looking around with a satisfied expression on her face, but today was not the day.
“Jace, Simone! Why are you here so late?”
“Are neither of you hurt?”
“Oh my goodness, I was so shocked to hear the news from the Academy. I couldn’t wait to check on your condition. Are you okay?”
“It’s okay, Mom. Thank you for worrying about me.”
“Oh, I’m fine too.”
Simone felt her eyes slowly closing as she listened to the worried nagging of the Illestons.
How tired must one be before nagging sounds like a lullaby?
“Mmph... On and off. Tsk.”
Geneon looked at her pitifully and tugged at the hem of Grand Duchess Florier's skirt.
“Let’s stop here and let the kids rest. If we stand any longer, we’ll collapse.”
Only after hearing Geneon's words did Grand Duchess Florier send Simone to her bedroom.
Only then was Simone able to get some deep rest.
'Ha. Let's take a rest now.'
Simone's eyes slowly closed and she fell into sleep.
Without any idea what would happen a few days later?
Sennus looked around at the group. It seemed that no one understood what he was saying. It was only natural that Sennus had the same reaction as them when he first discovered this fact.
Sennus, who had finally come out of the building, looked back at the academy building that was about to collapse and spoke again.
“It’s true. The person I thought was the twin didn’t have a younger sibling.”
All the students and professors there at the time clearly saw the twins walking together every day. There was no way they could have mistaken that.
How could one be mistaken? There was such a massacre at the Academy, and the reason for it was the disappearance of one of the twin brothers.
But when Sennus returned to the academy after 20 years, no matter how hard he searched, there was no trace of the twin brother.
When he looked through the admission documents, records, and even the test score reports from that time, there wasn't a single sentence about him.
As far as Sennus could remember, the younger twin brother was quite the top student. Therefore, even if most of the records were lost, it would be normal for at least some records of his grades to remain.
But there was nothing. As if all his memories of that day were illusions and fantasies.
It's like everyone was mistaken and thought someone who never existed in the first place existed at the same time on the same day.
“But that incident actually happened. If the younger brother hadn’t existed, that incident wouldn’t have happened.”
Simone, who had been listening to him for a long time, opened her mouth.
“Does the older brother exist?”
“Of course. The records of that person are not lost and are all still at the Academy. I can show you if you want.”
“No. I don’t want to look at all the records. I have a general idea of the situation. Are you sure that the director isn’t the only one who is mistaken about the younger sibling?”
Sennus shook his head.
“That’s not possible. The incident was so big that there are no records within the academy, but it is definitely recorded in the memoirs of the students at the time.”
"is it so?"
“Yes... Why is that?”
Sennus looked at Simone with an anxious expression at her meaningful expression.
Simone's eyes widened.
“What is it?”
“It seems like you have something to say...”
“No, I have nothing to say. It’s just that, I suddenly thought of something like that.”
“What... are you talking about?”
Simone chuckled heartily.
“There’s a saying, ‘Why?’ If a person is shocked too much, they change their memories of it, or forget it, or something like that.”
At her words, Louis' expression quickly hardened and he looked at Sennus.
“...What do you mean?”
Sennus just tilted his head with an expression that still did not understand what Simone was saying. Simone looked at his expression and shook her head as if it was nothing.
“I just suddenly thought of it. Anyway, since things are not going well right now, let’s end this story here. I’ve taken care of the ghost in the broadcasting room, so please, Director, don’t think about anything else and just focus on solving the academy.”
“Oh, of course. Don’t worry about that.”
Simone signaled to Sennus that it was time to go, and Sennus hurriedly left the place.
As Sennus completely disappeared, Louis, who had been looking strangely uneasy since earlier, asked.
“Did you get something out of what the director said?”
Simone shook her head but still spoke in a flowing voice.
“If you can’t prove anything true, it’s better to leave it as a guess.”
So what I'm saying is, I won't bother explaining something that isn't that important in this crazy situation.
“What do you mean? Aren’t you going to tell me?”
But as Louis kept pressing for an answer, Simone finally opened her mouth again.
“No matter how much I think about it, I wonder if one male student with a kitchen knife could subdue and kill that many people by himself.”
At Simone's words, Louis and Jace stopped in their tracks and exchanged glances.
Come to think of it, that's true. According to Sennus, the older brother was so angry at his younger brother's death that he killed all those people on his own.
But does that make sense? On the other hand, doesn't that mean that a lot of people who were killed by him were rushing in at once and trying to subdue one male student?
The Precia Academy teaches not only academics but also swordsmanship. Most students know how to defend themselves and attack against armed opponents to some extent, but how can they attack as a group and defeat one student?
It's a story they would never have believed if Sennus hadn't told them directly that it really happened.
'Then, what about Director Sennus' story...?
As Louis was blankly watching Simone walk ahead, Jace approached him and spoke in a cautious voice.
“Your Highness, considering what Lady Simone said to the director earlier, perhaps...”
"There's a saying that goes when a person is shocked too much, they change their memories of it or forget it."
Louis' expression hardened. Another story began to form rapidly in his head.
On that day, an incident occurred where many professors and students died at once. However, those who survived did not want this to be known to the world.
So, they made up a plausible excuse to blame everything on one easygoing person and even created a false memoir about what happened that day, and they talked about it as if it were the truth.
Now, 20 years later, the parties involved have come to believe and believe that their lies are the truth.
As if the truth of that day never happened.
Louis looked in the direction where Sennus had disappeared with a surprised expression.
If this thought is what Simone thinks, Sennus...
‘What on earth happened that day...'
Jace gently tapped Louis' arm.
“Your Highness, there must be a reason why Lady Simone wants to pass this on.”
“...I see. Thank you, Jace.”
Simone is not the type of person to just let something like this go. That is why she must have given Louis enough thought to make his own judgment.
But the reason she didn't actively explain or question Sennus was probably because she thought it was more important to put the Academy's work behind him and focus on the Demon King's work right now rather than holding on to that matter.
Louis nodded and walked over to Simone, who was already far away, along with Jace.
“Lady Simone, I will take you to Rydell. I have prepared a place for you there.”
“Huh? Who cares?”
“Yes? I told you that I would prepare it so that you could stay in the capital without any problems.”
Simone rolled her eyes and smiled awkwardly at Louis, who was looking at her with a bewildered expression as if asking if she had forgotten about that.
“Oh, I see. You must have found a good house for me, right? Hahaha..."
“...”
She tried to brush it off, but this time she got looks from people asking if she was laughing at this situation and from others asking if she was talking about a nice house out of the blue.
'Wow, you even use the phonetic alphabet.'
It's not easy to convey your intentions like that with your face, but Louis does it.
As Simone turned her head back without saying anything, Louis sighed and said.
“Anyway, it was good that you prepared in advance. The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Illestone will also be coming there.”
A smile of relief finally appeared on Simone's face. She was finally able to finish her work at the Academy and rest.
***
After a while, Simone, Louis, and Jace boarded a carriage sent by the Illestons family and headed to Simone's house in the capital city of Rydell.
This is a mansion so large that it seems like it belongs to a national hero, with beautiful gardens, servants waiting just for Simone, and a neat interior that suits her taste.
If it were the usual Simone, she would have been looking around with a satisfied expression on her face, but today was not the day.
“Jace, Simone! Why are you here so late?”
“Are neither of you hurt?”
“Oh my goodness, I was so shocked to hear the news from the Academy. I couldn’t wait to check on your condition. Are you okay?”
“It’s okay, Mom. Thank you for worrying about me.”
“Oh, I’m fine too.”
Simone felt her eyes slowly closing as she listened to the worried nagging of the Illestons.
How tired must one be before nagging sounds like a lullaby?
“Mmph... On and off. Tsk.”
Geneon looked at her pitifully and tugged at the hem of Grand Duchess Florier's skirt.
“Let’s stop here and let the kids rest. If we stand any longer, we’ll collapse.”
Only after hearing Geneon's words did Grand Duchess Florier send Simone to her bedroom.
Only then was Simone able to get some deep rest.
'Ha. Let's take a rest now.'
Simone's eyes slowly closed and she fell into sleep.
Without any idea what would happen a few days later?
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