Chapter 60: Whatever You Do, Don’t Go Yandere

Hall’s mind went numb.

He knew Leticia had feelings for him because of what happened before his amnesia, but her affection level couldn’t be high enough for her to send him a love letter, could it?

She was very conservative.

‘What on earth did I do before I lost my memory?’

Logically, his past self had gone looking for the Rainbow Sky Sword for self-preservation. Survival must have been the priority; it was unlikely he would have developed such a good relationship with a heroine.

Leticia wasn’t a high-risk heroine like Christine, the Northern Empress, or Lorraine, but he had never played a route where Leticia had high affection for Hall.

Considering the unpredictable minds of the game’s creators, it was very possible for Leticia to have a high-risk plotline.

‘To go, or not to go.’

Today was Friday, and the appointed time was sunset tomorrow.

Hall had time to think.

Not going was definitely not an option. Breaking an appointment was a serious matter and could easily cause Leticia to resent him and turn dark.

Although the Faxtius family was led by an admiral and a duke, Admiral Faxtius’s ancestors had no background. They had relied purely on military achievements and his wife’s family’s power. Compared to the Child family.

Their prestige was still a bit low.

Leticia was the actual person in power in the Child family, whereas he was not the head of his family yet.

Furthermore…

Those old men in the Child family had probably already noticed Leticia’s unusual behavior. If Leticia got angry, they would surely want to personally come and slice him to bits sooner rather than later.

“Hall, you’re here so early today?”

Himan had just entered the classroom. Since realizing that Hall might not be as the rumors claimed, she had been in a good mood for the past few days.

She would basically put on light makeup every day before going out, and since she hadn’t been angry with Hall, her brows were mostly relaxed.

“Yeah.”

Hall had been acting like a model student these past few days, but the books he read in class were mostly about the international situation or the livability of various cities within the Papal State, which he had bought from the Underground Street.

This was his current area of research.

The plot he was in now was still a bit different from the original game’s plot.

“I feel like you’ve had something on your mind recently.”

“Ah, it’s nothing.”

Hall glanced at Himan, only to find her looking like she had something to say but was holding back.

He felt she had something on her mind.

So he asked back, “What about you? I feel like you have something on your mind too.”

“Me? I just heard a rumor about you.”

“?”

‘What rumor now.’

‘I haven’t heard any rumors about myself.’

‘How could Himan know before me, the person involved?’

Himan hesitated about whether to tell Hall, but after hearing the news last night, she hadn’t slept a wink.

“You don’t know?”

“How would I know?”

Hall was rendered speechless by Himan’s question.

If he knew what rumor was going around about him, how could he be looking at Himan with such a puzzled expression?

“Actually, I’m not very sure if this news is true. My mother told me last night.”

“Huh, what’s up with my aunt?”

Hall had a rather good impression of this aunt; she was a responsible mother in the story.

However, she seemed to support him and Himan being together, which was a problem.

“Come here and listen. This should be a state secret. The College of Cardinals might be investigating you because of this…”

Himan was very hesitant.

“Oh.”

Hall was also very curious.

‘Such a big secret?’

So, under the gazes of the few people who had already arrived in the classroom, he leaned closer to Himan.

Himan whispered in his ear, briefly explaining the matter.

And then Hall was shocked.

It wasn’t that the news shocked him.

It was why Himan knew about this now.

Because what Himan said was.

—It seems you have a fiancée who is an Eastern princess.

“Do you think this is true or false?”

After they pulled apart slightly, Himan asked Hall with some apprehension.

She was a bit annoyed. Ever since her mother told her about this last night, and kept muttering things like, “To think an Eastern girl got to him first, it’s all because you haven’t been trying hard enough these years.”

It was really bothering her.

Indeed, for many years in the past.

The entirety of Saint Louis had acknowledged that she, Himan, and Hall had a good relationship, even though they all knew they were cousins.

But many people also tacitly assumed she was Hall’s future fiancée.

Marriage between close relatives was not uncommon among the papal nobility, let alone between cousins.

But now, a fiancée had suddenly appeared, and she was an Eastern princess.

This had kept Himan awake all night.

‘—He must have been set up again. That Eastern princess is a major spy. Given the current relationship between Great Xia and the Papal State, how could they let an admiral’s son marry an Eastern princess.’

Anyway, she held onto this thought, frantically brainwashing herself.

That’s why she was annoyed.

But, she wasn’t very sure, so she wanted to confirm it with Hall.

If he had a fiancée, Hall should know the situation, right?

Now, seeing Hall’s puzzled and shocked expression.

Himan felt a little relieved, thinking that since Hall didn’t even know yet, this matter was probably false.

“No matter what, you have to be careful.”

“Yeah, I know.”

Hall nodded.

He didn’t directly answer Himan’s previous question.

He was just thinking that the people who had this information should indeed be the higher-ups of the Papal State. At least those old folks in the College of Cardinals all knew.

The fact that Himan knew this news now might also be a leak from the College of Cardinals.

He thought about it and then decided to let it go. Anyway, when Ye Wangxue arrived, everyone in Saint Louis would surely know.

The main thing was that he didn’t know how Leticia and that witty saintess, Christine, would react when they found out.

In the game routes, this plot only had the outcome after Ye Wangxue broke off the engagement; the specific process was not mentioned at all.

And then he thought about Leticia meeting him tomorrow at the place where they first met…

‘Time to slack off, time to slack off.’

‘Every hour I can slack off is an hour gained.’

The next day at dusk.

Hall arrived on time for the appointment.

He didn’t dress up much to meet Leticia, just wanting to lower her affection for him as much as possible.

And the location was his former middle school—the Saint Louis Noble Academy.

As a middle school, it certainly wasn’t as large or had as many students as a university like Holy Light University. There were very few bookworms here.

It basically only enrolled children from noble families.

Since it was Saturday, there were hardly any people on campus.

But the gatekeeper recognized Hall, a former celebrity, and even asked why Young Master Hall had time to come back to his alma mater.

Hall gave a perfunctory reply, and after officially stepping onto the campus and seeing the rows of teaching buildings in the distance.

A strong sense of familiarity washed over him.

In the game’s plot, Hall’s time studying at the Saint Louis Noble Academy was mostly mentioned as a background setting and wasn’t detailed.

But he should have memories of it nonetheless.

But his only memories of this place were.

Only the bad memories after he was reported.

As for the memories before he was reported, they were very vague. He had them, but couldn’t recall any details.

‘Forget it, remembering those things is also very dangerous. I must have lost my memory for an extremely dangerous reason. I should find Leticia first.’

He headed deep into the garden on the back hill of the campus.

But before Hall could see Leticia.

He first saw Moyel, standing with her sword planted on the main path of the garden.

She looked at him, but her expression was unreadable.

Hall didn’t plan to pay any attention to Moyel.

But seeing that he was about to leave, she spoke first.

“Young Master Hall, do you have a fiancée? She will be coming to Saint Louis soon. My lady has lost sleep these past few days because of her.”

Hearing this, he had only one thought: ‘Please, whatever you do, don’t let Leticia turn dark.’