Chapter 39 - Volume 3 (2/2)

When that happened, it became hard to talk to her in a different sense.

Although Yurushia calls him [Elder Brother], the two of them weren’t brother and sister.

Seeing the good looking [Prince-sama] and [Princess-sama] together was exactly like witnessing a scene out of a fairytale, the female students all writhed about going *kyaa kyaa* in delight.

Their delusions had progressed to the point that the boy that the girl called [Brother], didn’t treat her as a [Sister] but rather as a [Woman].

Although they wanted to speak, they couldn’t, as they were overwhelmed by Yurushia’s sheer [Presence] in the classroom. Since they couldn’t invest themselves into their lessons, to keep up their grades and stay the classmates of the [Princess-sama], they cut into their sleeping times to study.

More challenges awaited those classmates.

At first they were delighted. After the trauma that was planted in them at the entrance ceremony unintentionally and automatically, the [Fear] of Yurushia had gradually relaxed.

Like the people around her, she too was pleased that they had finally reached that stage, but realised that it was a mistake.

Although it was a story that only she knew, but she recalled the time when she was only two years old.

That she would be [A beautiful flower at 10 years old]………

The root of others’ [Fear] of Yurushia was the sheer [Presence] that came from her huge Demon’s magical power, rather than from her status or title.

That [Fear] came from Disparity.

Overwhelming beauty and force of presence packed in her intense gaze, all stuffed into an adorable infant, it was way too unnatural.

To put it in an extreme way, it would be like an infant showing off an adult style kitchen knife to cook in the park.

As she approached nine years old, she had grown taller, and her body had also taken on a soft roundness, transforming from a child into a [Young Lady]. The unnaturalness started to fade, and in place of  the [Fearsome] appearance was a dazzling [Beauty].

It wasn’t her friends or family that felt the [Change] in Yurushia first, but rather her classmates.

They wanted to speak to her, but couldn’t……… The reason was different from before, though.

Thanks to the easing of the fear, they could exchange greetings with her, but they couldn’t continue on from there.

They would return her greetings, but their faces would flush when they saw her smile and their heartbeats would quicken and that would spell the end of the conversation.

She could never figure out how her classmates were thinking.

Before they could get used to it, they had already been [Fascinated] by her very existence.

She would be nine years old soon.

More beautiful than the year before, and would be more beautiful the next.

There were eight years until she graduated from the academy. Her classmates would all spend their days in these hard, painful, and yet [Sweet] days.

So they thought.

By that time… they hoped that they could be friends with the [Princess-sama].

Author’s Notes: A round of explanations for the present state of affairs. It’s slightly short.