Helmut: The Forsaken Child - H.F.C Chapter 200 (Part 2):

In any case, that’s why Liam Weiss decided to help her. He had also heard the reasons why she had become a public enemy of the temple.

“…Alright. I’ll accept your words that you had no choice. I will turn a blind eye to this matter. However, if a similar situation occurs again, Alea will not be able to attend the academy.”

[Well, that child has also achieved decent results. Soon, Liam, you’ll also hear some news from the Mages’ Guild.]

“What news is that?”

It was a suspicious look wondering if she had caused another incident. Heike shrugged lightly.

[The heir to the legacy of the Archmage Lampione has appeared.]

“What? That can’t be.”

[Yes, be proud as the dean to have such a student.]

A large extra-dimensional space like Lampione’s Dungeon affects other extra-dimensional spaces. Through those ripples, the Mages’ Guild was able to detect the changes that occurred in Lampione’s Dungeon.

It just took time to detect the ripples spreading slowly, but they could estimate the point of change quite accurately.

The dean already knew that Alea was away on this assignment. It was better to let him know in advance before he guessed.

Liam Weiss muttered in admiration.

“Another great mage will emerge from Greta Academy.”

[It was destined. Just accelerated. But…]

Heike tilted her head.

[Don’t you feel greedy or jealous?]

“That must be what you’re feeling. Even towards your own granddaughter.”

Heike, who was interested in Lampione’s magic, chuckled.

She was already planning to coax Alea into reading Lampione’s magic books anyway.

[Not the latter, but the former is correct. That’s why you can’t become a great mage.]

“I’m satisfied with this position. Heike, I hope you’ll contact me with good news next time.”

[Well then, farewell. Take good care of Alea. You know I’m always grateful to you?]

Heike smiled sweetly. After ending the communication, Liam brought his hand to his brow.

“I suppose so, indeed.”

All that was left was a sigh and worries.

The mission assignment period, which was exhilarating at first, was slowly coming to an end.

The second-year students who had left for Baden were returning to Greta Academy, no exceptions.

It didn’t seem like the disappearance of the High Priest had spread as a rumor yet. At least not to the students. They all had carefree faces.

The forest where the High Priest was killed was about a week’s travel from Baden. It was not yet time for those eyes to reach Baden.

With other students’ eyes on them, Helmut and Alea had to stop dating.

It was around the time when Helmut was reading the 7th gloomy book titled ‘The Secret of the Wooden Doll’.

“You know? Don’t make a mistake. Act like nothing happened.”

Alea cautioned Helmut. Of course, even though they were dating, they couldn’t show it. Otherwise, Alea’s gender would be suspected.

For some reason, the gazes directed at each other, or the changing eyes and tone. They had to adjust those subtly.

Actually, Helmut didn’t have a big problem. He wasn’t the type to show things easily.

The problem was Alea. Everyone knew that she treated Helmut specially, but it became more obvious.

“Should we pretend to have fought?”

Alea asked seriously. Helmut didn’t think it was a good idea. He didn’t want Alea to shun him.

In fact, the other guys weren’t a big deal. The two noisy ones around were the problem. Moreover, one of them was quite perceptive.

Asuka and Sian had also returned to Baden. The two blabbermouths had become as close as a pair of dung beetles.

As soon as they arrived, they grabbed Helmut and excitedly babbled about the trivial incidents that had happened to them.

“Yeah, this tiny carp just leapt up in that valley!”

“Could it have been the valley’s guardian or something?”

After rambling on, Sian tilted his head and asked.

“You guys came back a bit early, didn’t you? You left pretty quickly.”

“Ah, the mission ended smoothly.”

“You were just messing around in Baden? It must be nice having Alea around.”

“We were eating the assignment.”

Asuka grumbled. But he had also left Sian in charge of the report.

“But, um, something is…”

Looking back and forth between Helmut and the nonchalantly sitting Alea, Sian made a suspicious expression.

“The atmosphere is strange? It’s like you’re close but also distant. What’s this feeling?”

Helmut and Alea were together. Normally, if these two showed up, Alea would have already left, but for some reason, she didn’t leave and just stood there.

The two were standing quite close together. The previous distance was gone without a trace.

“I’ll be going then.”

The stung Alea coldly left her spot. Glancing at her, Asuka blurted out,

“Did you guys fight?”

“Yeah, they fought and made up!”

Sian clapped as if he had just figured it out. Nodding his head, he asked,

“Why did you fight?”

“Well…”

Helmut watched Alea’s departing figure silently.

The secret was revealed, but another secret was born.

And so, the assignment came to a safe conclusion.

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