Chapter 30 (1/2)

Chapter 30 – My heart is in a mess

“The tea that you pour for entle taste to it”

Mother said with a gentle ser self’s head Every day was peaceful and happy

However, that happiness was suddenly stolen away from me…… In such a terrible way……

Then, I swore to e on those that stole away our happiness from us, and take away both their lives and their social statuses

I’m the only son of Marquis Deek, Sirius Deek That’s my current name

Since I have ic school when I was 15 Since ot selected to be a member of the student council, and everyone in the Deek house praised me for it

When I first started to often hear that person’s naain at school

The last time I met my childhood friend Nico, I think he was about ten years old or so, and we finally ed so much in the last five years

Before, he always seemed to be a boy with rather lonely eyes…… But now his eyes are shi+ning, and loneliness is nowhere to be found in his eyes

Honestly, I had felt a little close to him because of his lonely eyes back then, so I felt that it was too bad how he’s changed

And so, froan to often hear that person’s name

“Katarina Claes,” the daughter of Duke Claes

For the taciturn and expressionless Nico, he would only ever talk about this girl, and when talking about her his usual expression would change froirl was probably the person that removed the loneliness from Nico’s eyes

Then, during spring of next year, that girl appeared in front of me who had become the second-year student council president

Froht that she’d be a beautiful, saintly person, but……

When I actually met Katarina Claes,special about this girl

She was reasonably good-looking enough, but she was no match for Maria Campbell and the others that had been picked to be on the student council this year

Also, she wasn’t very s, this duke’s daughter, had nothingPrince Jared’s fiancee

However, her fiance Prince Jared and all the other outstanding members of the student council were head over heels in love with this unreirl What’s more, the teachers threatened “if you don’t let Katarina coo as she pleases in the student council room, on’t let you use the student council room either”

Exactly what is it about that girl?

I thought it was really strange, but…… Honestly, as long as she didn’t get in the way of e, I didn’t care either way

But, in order for e, I still needed to play the role of an excellent, cal well in my oith the new members of the student council Because of that, there’s also a need to treat the girl that they all love so ree of courtesy

That’s why, on that day, when I brought out and poured some tea for Katarina Claes, it was just meant to be a simple courtesy

“The tea that president pours for entle taste to it”

When Katarina received the tea and drank it, that’s what she said as she sently

I was terribly shaken at those words and that smile…… To the extent wherefor so many years almost crumbled……

Up until now, the other student council members would just say “delicious” to the tea I poured for them, but…… There’s only been one person in entle taste……”

What’s entle s badly

I was too badly shaken at that point, to remember how I responded to Katarina However, I felt like a crack was appearing in the acting skills I’ve cultivated over many years from such an ordinary conversation

And so, ever since that event, whenever I would come into contact with Katarina Claes, I would be severely shaken

I’ve vowed revenge ever since that day when everything was stolen away from me, I’ve always lived only for that

I covered rades, and while deceiving all those around me –

I used the dark athered funds, forged evidence of crie bysoon

And yet…… When it co well……

For the sake ofin underhanded and shady business And, even though I wasn’t supposed to have any regrets, confusion, or have my heart be in a mess from all this……

And yet…… Every tiht blue eyes look at entle” and smile towards me…… My heart became badly disturbed

There’s a girl named Maria Cairl that has the power of light ic, and has beauty that’s adirl And yet, she had such lonely eyes

Those eyes were very sio, so just like with Nico before her, I felt very close to her

But, she changed as well

After a certain point in time, the lonely atetting closer to Katarina and her friends outside of the student council as well

And so, Maria’s eyes began following Katarina around, and she would always smile so happily whenever their eyes met

Katarina Claes was surrounded by so many people, and smiled so happily Nico and Maria would look at her with sparkling eyes, and always look so happy to be by her side

Katarina’s appearance to them, was just like the saintly person that Nico had told me about before……

However, whenever I looked at her, my heart couldn’t help but be so unsettled…… So over the years would even fall off for short periods of time

To me whose heart was so bothered by Katarina – “Don’t bother with that kind of person! Keep e!” is what anothermyself

But still…… No nore Katarina’s existence……

Coincidentally, I saw Maria Ca bullied out of jealousy, but this is the first time I’ve seen it for myself

Anyways, since Sirius Deek the student council president is supposed to stop these sorts of things, I stepped in and stopped it, and warned off the girls that were harassing her

I asked her “are you alright?” and Maria replied with “thank you veryquite firm

Anyways, for noble children to be stooping to this level of harassment, I’m amazed at their shallowness

Indeed, Maria Campbell is a commoner, and has a low social status compared to everyone else at this school But, she has the power of light ic users in our country, and they’re considered a very important existence

Since Maria is special, the ic’s already been keeping an eye on her

With light ic powers as well, the instant that Maria graduates fro the h ranked job as well

If they keep harassing Maria who’s been pro’s in the ic like that, they’ll definitely be punished for their crimes eventually They’re really so foolish because they don’t even know that

As I was thinking that, I suddenly came up with an idea I wonder if Katarina Claes would be able to cover up these criht now If, she wasn’t able to cover up these kinds of criet off easy If everything goes right…… Froht……

If I do that…… If this girl disappears froht not be in such a mess anymore

After I ated the harass, and let’sit

After that, I’ll just ic, and then have her do various bad things to Maria and all will go as planned, but…… Things didn’t go that way

It’s said that people with dark ic can freely manipulate people’s hearts and ic, as well as the dangers associated with it, is concealed from the public

However, this ic definitely isn’t all-powerful It can’t actually manipulate a person’s heart and mind any way you want

You can erase their memories, and take over their consciousness for a while, but…… You can’t make them do what they don’t want to do

It’s not possible to make someone love what they hate, or hate what they love

If there’s any jealousy or hatred present, I can increase it and make people take action, but…… Without jealousy or hatred in the first place I can’t create it in them

And so…… Katarina had no feelings of jealousy towards Maria at all

I can as of jealousy, and make her bully Maria, but…… I can’t amplify what’s not there……

In the end, I wasn’t able to enactKatarina harass Maria

Therefore, with only circumstantial evidence, I increased the jealousy and hatred of soirls that didn’t think well of Katarina, and had them confront Katarina to denounce her I also tried to separate her froht-like friends, and at first, I was able to corner Katarina into a desperate situation, but……

Katarina’s knights appeared earlier than I had planned for and my plan ended in failure My perfectly made evidence was also dissected apart by all those in love with Katarina

And, the most unexpected occurrence of all, was Maria Ca will, she clearly said “it’s not Katarina” Despite all the evidence I had lined up against her, she still believed in Katarina so hts, she’s already been completely captured by Katarina as well

And so, y to corner Katarina failed completely

However, those girls coot their memories from that time, and I also tinkered with the memories of the student councilthat lunch break

That’s why, it’s not possible to trace this incident back to me

I looked coldly at how happy Katarina was being surrounded by her friends, and returned to the student council room

And then, this incident should have ended without the truth being revealed However, a bit after I returned to the student council roo up some work, she appeared

Maria Campbell, she had just brilliantly defended Katarina earlier and caused my plan to fail – the only person in this school with the power of light ic

Lunch break is already over noould she be here now…… My question was immediately answered

With an angry look on her face, Maria spoke up

“Before, I felt like president had been glaring at Katarina…… At that tiination, but…… I re this incident…… But, I really couldn’t believe that president would be related to this incident…… That’s why I wanted to check how president was doing ……Anyways…… President, what’s that?”

“Maria-san, exactly what are you talking about? This incident? Is so the matter with Katarina-san?”

I pretended to be confused

No way, s she saw reat blunder I’ve co to pretend to not knohat she’s talking about, and immediately erase her memory

“……You don’t knohat I’ about? But…… I think that president is related to this incident after all…… Because, around the president…… There’s a blackaround you that’s the sa Katarina-sama!”

“!?”

Involuntarily, I opened my eyes wide and stared at the black mist…… Unbelievable, the black ic……

Up until now, I’ve used dark ic so many times and never had it pointed out to me, it had seemed to me that nobody else could see it

– It ic Ever since I’ve acquired dark ic until now