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From Cain’s perspective
It was the princess who knocked and entered the room.
Since the Saint knows about me, the princess must have heard about me as well.
Or rather, I knew it the moment she walked in—her expression was different from usual.
It wasn’t the cold gaze one might direct at a villain, but rather the look one might give to something on the verge of breaking. A strangely intense gaze.
“…What’s wrong?”
When I said that, the princess kept her head down and
“I’m sorry…”
she said in a voice so soft it was barely audible.
“Why are you apologizing…”
“Because… I took away the title of the man who saved my life…”
“…That can’t be helped…. Now that it’s out in the open, let me be clear: the timing of your arrival back then was just too perfect. So it’s no wonder you misunderstood.”
When I said that,
“…Why… why did you decide to work behind the scenes?”
she asked.
It was the last question I wanted to hear.
“I don’t know.”
“Why did you go out of your way to cast spells on everyone and take such roundabout methods just to help us from behind the scenes?”
“I was thinking the same thing earlier—what exactly?”
I said.
Just like when she was the Saintess, she paused for a moment to think, then
“Anyway, why did you help us from behind the scenes?”
she asked.
“If I had helped you out in the open… I wonder how things would have turned out.”
When I said that, the princess fell silent, as if she understood what I meant.
Really… how did it come to this?
It’s true that the plan was full of holes.
Even so, I’d managed to pull off the deception every time.
But at some point, things started to go wrong.
I don’t know if it was just a coincidence or not.
“I understand… Please… absolutely… never… sacrifice yourself again… It’s… more than enough already…”
With that, the princess left the room.
I’ve never seen her look like that… not even in the original story.
What… should I do?
All I could do was hold my head in my hands.
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