Helmut: The Forsaken Child - H.F.C Chapter 198 (Part 2):

‘I don’t want to become a great villain either.’

He hoped to find his mother. Not only her but also family members whose fate he did not know.

For their sake, Helmut needed to keep a low profile.

As with Alea, who lost her parents due to Heike’s actions, creating enemies would harm his family. And not just the temple.

‘Eventually, a fight is inevitable.’

Whenever it would be, Helmut was destined to fight the temple. Naturally.

However, there was no need to walk that path with a spirit of revenge. Here was one person, another who would walk the same path.

Alea nodded, “Okay.”

Neither of them enjoyed bloodshed. They had no desire to trample others and reign supreme.

Perhaps gaining the power to secure peace for themselves was their wish.

After their conversation, silence fell. They sat side by side on a tree stump.

Having cleared the area with her magic, Alea was recuperating her magical power. She needed to use teleportation magic to leave this place.

As the forest, now shrouded in darkness, became silent, Alea felt somewhat awkward and fidgeted with her hand.

Maybe what she felt when she met Helmut was not the fate of a mage but that it was going to be like this.

His presence had firmly wedged into her tightly closed heart.

The unfamiliar throbbing of her heart would need to become familiar in time.

Helmut suddenly asked, “But what do we do now that if we’re together?”

He understood that their relationship had changed, but what came next was unclear. Alea seemed to know the answer.

But she didn’t know either.

“…Let’s think about it when we return to Baden.”

Alea put on her bracelet. As the magic took effect, Alea transformed back into a boy. Her magical power had recovered enough to use teleportation.

“It’s time to go.”

Helmut looked back towards the forest.

“Will this incident lead to them tracking us?”

“Since the High Priest regularly contacts the temple, they will soon learn of this anomaly. We are far from Baden, so I hope the Greta Academy won’t be suspected.”

A white light emanated from Alea’s hand. After communicating through a crystal ball, Alea explained, “I’ve erased the traces roughly, but it’s not enough. I’ve informed Heike, so soon the traces here will be completely erased. The High Priest’s party will seem to have vanished from this forest. It will be clear that traces were artificially erased, but suspicion won’t fall on us.”

The person Alea had just contacted was Heike.

Relying on Heike for this was not preferable, but Alea’s magic was not in perfect condition. No one could clear this place as definitively as Heike could.

If all else fails, Heike would cover it up. After all, Alea had turned against the temple because of her.

Alea quickly added, “Heike doesn’t know about you. She might guess.”

At most, she might think of him as a bold and thoughtless guy who fought the temple because of his girlfriend. Feeling somewhat embarrassed, Alea cleared her throat.

“Let’s head back.”

She reached out her hand towards Helmut. Without a word, Helmut firmly grasped her hand.

Their newly defined relationship felt strange. Whether it was right to involve another in such a tangled fate was unclear.

‘Was this the right choice?’

That was something to be observed. But what mattered now was that it was irreversible. It felt like he had something for the first time.

He did not want to let go of this hand out of fear or worry. It was his decision, and he had to accept it.

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Not long after Alea and Helmut had disappeared, a beautiful woman with silver hair appeared.

She surveyed the forest, where a faint magical aura lingered, and read the memories of the land.

The archmage’s magic perfectly revived the scattered memories.

“A child with the seed of darkness…”

Heike furrowed her brow. She had sensed early on that the boy Helmut would become special to Alea. She had secretly observed the festival.

At that time, she had felt a strange sensation watching the boy named Helmut. But she had buried it until now.

“She has chosen a troublesome one, just like my granddaughter.”

Attaching such a person to Alea might not be a good thing.

Heike already had many enemies. There was no need to add another. If necessary, she won’t hesitate to eliminate him. For Alea’s sake.

“But that boy, he risked his identity to save Alea.”

Heike tilted her head. In such situations, there were plenty of guys who would abandon a girl they liked and save themselves.

But Helmut had not done that. Instead, he had chosen to take risks and fight.

“Except for the seed of darkness, he seems likable.”

Heike did not ponder long. As an archmage, she was almost devoid of prejudice.

For now, she would observe.

“Well, I refuse to interfere and earn hatred.”

Alea did not consider Heike family. She had lost her parents because of her, so it was understandable.

Heike accepted even Alea’s hatred and cold treatment. It was her fault, so expecting forgiveness was too much.

Hated or not, Alea was the only family Heike had left.

Something she must protect at all costs.

“No matter what kind of guy he is, as long as he doesn’t harm Alea.”

Muttering as if making a vow, Heike cast a spell.

She completely erased the traces here. Even if the temple pursued her, the suspicion would fall on her.

That was Heike’s role.

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