Heroine Netori

"Luina! Good morning!"

"Siwoo! Good morning to you too!"

"It's Lucius..."

"If I call you Siwoo, then you're Siwoo, hehe."

Recently, Luina had changed. The always cold and seemingly fragile Luina had disappeared, replaced by a warm and positive energy. It was as if she had returned to the self Lucius had fallen in love with during their childhood.

Her smile, which was rare to see even a few times a year, now never seemed to fade throughout the day.

Though Lucius regretted not being able to change Luina himself, he preferred this transformed version of her. His feelings for Luina, which had cooled, were rekindled.

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"First, unbutton and lift your clothes just enough to reveal your heart."

"Okay..."

Luina felt embarrassed exposing her skin but didn’t show it. She had undergone many examinations in her past life. Although it was her first time being seen by a man in this life, it wasn’t an embarrassing part of her body, and it was for an examination, so she followed his instructions.

"This is... the erosion has already reached here... Miss Luina, what have you..."

The man's reaction during the examination was unusual. Looking at her pure white skin, he soon started to cry.

"It must have been so painful and agonizing... No one could understand the pain you were going through... You've held on well until now."

"Ah..."

It was empathy. The kind of empathy only someone who had suffered the same disease and watched a loved one die could offer. It was the first empathy she had received in both her past and present lives.

Tears naturally welled up in her eyes. She tried to hold back, but seeing the man cry for her, she eventually let her own tears flow.

"'God’s Jealousy' is a curse that burrows into the heart, tormenting the person and feeding off the pain to spread throughout the body, eventually leading to death. But you've already suffered so much from the curse spreading. You must have felt pain so severe every day that you wished for death... It’s truly incredible that you've endured it."

His words were true. Ever since she entered the academy, there hadn’t been a day without pain, as much as she needed medicine with every meal. Yet, she could endure because this level of pain was nothing compared to what she had suffered in her past life.

Finally, a chance to escape this suffering had come.

The man completed his diagnosis and began the treatment.

"Let’s start the treatment from the periphery. Treating the heart directly right now might backfire."

"Please, go ahead."

The man placed his hand on Luina’s lower abdomen and began using a healing spell. At first glance, it could have seemed like an inappropriate touch, but the green particles bursting from his hand convinced her it was indeed a treatment. And it was effective.

The moment his warm hand touched her abdomen, the pain vanished. Instead of feeling nauseous, she felt heavenly comfort spreading throughout her body as he moved his hand clockwise.

'It’s amazing... It feels so good. Warm and cozy... not painful at all...'

She closed her eyes and fully felt his touch, smiling faintly without realizing she was making a soft moaning sound.

"Ah..."

When he finally withdrew his hand, she involuntarily let out a sigh of disappointment.

"How was it? Did it feel good?"

"Yes... very much so..."

Thus, Luina’s first treatment concluded. Contrary to her expectations, the treatment was incredibly satisfying, and she felt refreshed. It seemed a hopeful future awaited her.

'I can cure my incurable disease, escape being single, and now I can live happily ever after!'

However, her happiness didn’t last long. On her way back to the dormitory, she witnessed the prince pestering Aria.

'Ah... why did I hide? I decided not to care about the prince anymore... Just go on.'

Quickly hiding behind a tree, she felt ridiculous but couldn’t bring herself to leave. She was curious if the rumors of the prince pursuing Aria after abandoning her were true.

"Aria, are you free this Friday?"

"Yes, yesyesyes? Uh... I am?"

"Then come with me somewhere."

"Uh... yes? This is, uh..."

'Ha! Just as I thought! A flirt! Look at him hitting on another girl just like that!'

Seeing the prince use the same lines on Aria that he once used on her, Luina felt hurt. She quietly stepped back and fled the scene to avoid being noticed by them.

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After setting a date with Aria, the prince sent a signal, and one of his subordinates emerged from the bushes.

"Your Highness... was the operation a success?"

"I told you it would work. Women are creatures of jealousy."

"But what if she goes to Lucius or Jin?"

"Tsk tsk. That’s why I’m going shopping for a gift. It’s more effective to disappoint her first and then surprise her with a gift."

"Wait, so you actually made a real date with Miss Aria?"

"Why not?"

"Your Highness, what are you..."

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"Come with me?"

"Ugh... It’s too intimidating to go alone, and since it’s my first time there... I'm asking you, Cecilia!"

What should I do? That fly is sticking to Melts again. But he wants to go buy a gift for Obery together... Hmm... Is the prince pestering Obery too?

Disgusting trash. He really doesn’t know his place, does he? Maybe it's time I 'educated' him and his bodyguard.

"It can’t be helped. I was planning to meet them anyway, so I’ll accompany you. ...But it's really disgraceful. Why do you keep devaluing yourself?"

"Uh... what?"

"Didn’t I tell you to think only of your father, Melts? Do you want to be punished again?"

"Uh, uh uh... What? No..."

"Other men are just disgusting to you, aren’t they, Melts? You're only interested in your father’s, you know what, right?"

"That’s... disgusting? That kind? Uh... Right! That's it! Right, Cecilia! I only need my teacher’s, you know what!"

"Hehe, right. That’s all you need, Melts. That’s your purpose."

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"Wow, I never expected Cecilia Asil to be such a beauty!"

Such a disgusting person. I didn’t groom myself to be paraded before you.

"All the worries I had because of the rumors, and it turns out they were just caused by blind jealousy!"

...What is he even talking about? These aren’t things he should be discussing carelessly.

"Anyway, nice to meet you, Cecilia. You know who I am, right? Aria? Haha, she didn’t recognize me for over a week."

"Lower your voice, Your Highness."

"Jin! What’s there to worry about with you by my side!"@@novelbin@@

Ah... it was good to come and check. A hopeless trash with no redeeming qualities. A human scum better off erased from the world for everyone's sake. And you, just watching, are no different.

Really... this is stressful.

"Uh? Ugh... eugh..."

"What...? Suddenly, ugh... who? Someone call... ugh..."

-Thud!

"Ahhhh! Wh-what's happening? Suddenly both of them collapsed!"

"It has nothing to do with us, right?"

"Uh... right, that’s true."

"So, nothing happened today. Just go back to the dormitory, Melts."

"Yes, I understand!"

Now... what should I do with these two pieces of trash? Erasing them from the world is easy, but cleaning up afterwards is a hassle. But if I leave them be, they’ll keep bothering Melts and Obery... Maybe I should do what I thought of before?

Hehe, even I think it’s too cruel, and I wasn’t going to go this far... but I have no choice.

So, Prince and bodyguard... may you find wonderful love together!