I Became the Tutor of the Royal Twins - Chapter 201

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Chapter 201

Translator: Yonnee

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‘Have I packed everything?’

Sera checked her luggage one last time, confirming where her last gift for Rosé and Ferre was.

The boxes were wrapped with the twins’ favorite colors, and each contained the items she had carefully selected for them. She also wrote letters for them.

The week had passed in the blink of an eye.

Sera’s eyes were filled with regret. She couldn’t believe that it was time for her to give these gifts already.

Except for the incident at the beach, each day had been peaceful.

Throughout the day, she and the twins read books and played fun games together. Sera also shared stories about her daily life with the twin prince and princess.

It was a peaceful harmony that made it feel like they were family.

However, it was time to say goodbye. She had prepared these gifts beforehand for that very reason, after all.

Sera left the boxes in a drawer, thinking that it would be better to give these to them tonight or tomorrow morning.

Knock, knock, knock.

At that moment, three raps on the door came.

‘Their Highnesses arrived late today.’

All week long, the children looked for her from the very daybreak, but they hadn’t sought her out yet today. So, she wondered when they’re going to find her.

Rising from her seat, Sera approached the door.

“Miss Popo.”

“Your Majesty?”

Sera found an unexpected visitor instead. For a moment, she gaped at him openly, but she soon came to her senses and curtsied to greet him.

As Helios was standing quietly there, he made a gesture to her to say that she didn’t have to greet her with such courtesy, even in such a place.

Of course, he never really made their gap in status apparent, but during their time here at this palatial villa, he was even more lax about it.

‘Is it because he’s still worried about what happened last time?’

Even after Rosé and Ferre had gone to bed, he insisted on walking her back to her room.

He also checked her condition several times a day, and he took good care of her in a friendly and concerned manner.

‘To the extent that I want to misunderstand.’

“Where are Their Highnesses?”

Hiding her trembling heart as though it was nothing, Sera tried to look for Rosé and Ferre who were nowhere to be found.

The corridor was quiet, and that was enough to say that only Sera and Helios were here.

Helios glanced down at her in a comfortable manner, he gave her a low smile.

“Something came up for my younger siblings.”

“Something came up?”

Usually, the twins wanted to do everything together with her. Feeling that there was something amiss, Sera asked back.

“I don’t have to go to them? Normally, Their Highnesses would have sought me out in the morning.”

She told him an obvious fact, but a hint of conflict seemed to pass through Helios’s eyes as she answered.

“Ah, really?”

And he answered a beat late, too.

Sera looked up at him perplexedly. Judging by his reaction, he must be hiding something.

However, with a mysterious smile, he brought up something else.

“Are you busy right now?”

“No, not exactly…”

“Then, would it be alright if I borrow some of your time?”

Helios spoke in a soft, casual tone. As if he was asking his lover out on a date.

Catching a glimpse of his beautifully curved eyes, Sera felt her heart skip a beat.

Her heart was beating fast, but it wasn’t just once or twice that he acted this way towards her.

But the way Helios looked at her was different from the way she looked at him.

Helios added,

“It won’t be for a long time—just about three hours. It’s nothing serious either, but it would just take a little while…”

At Helios’s suggestion, Sera nodded.

She thought it over and came up with one plausible guess.

Early tomorrow morning was the time that they’re scheduled to leave. It’s clear that preparations would be hectic for their departure, so the children might be preparing something for her today.

It was the same when she had a graduating class of sixth graders before.

She had prepared photos and letters for the children early in the morning, but as the principal briefly came by the faculty office, he told her,

“Teacher, you can’t go to your classroom yet.”

Without thinking too deeply about it, she had thought that it didn’t make sense for her not to go to the classroom.

However, when the children told her that she had to close her eyes before entering the classroom, that’s the only time that she understood their intentions.

Therefore, Helios seemed to be in charge of guarding the children’s secret, just like the principal back then.

He’s the one stalling her while Rosé and Ferre were preparing something.

As she was hit with nostalgia, Sera felt a bit sad from the memories. However, she soon smiled as she usually did.

She could vividly imagine the scene of the twins begging Helios to take up this role, and he wouldn’t have won against them.

“Your Majesty. By any chance, are Their Highnesses…”

When she tried to say what they both already knew, Helios shook his head before she could finish the thought.

He already knew what she was going to say.

At that moment, he drew near to Sera. With smiling eyes, he reached behind her as their eyes met.

Perhaps he was just trying to close the door behind her. However, the distance between them had become much too narrow now.

Click.

And there, he shut the door in a manner that implied she had no escape now.

Now that she noticed what his younger siblings were up to, this seemed to mean that he should stick with her for a while.

However, this narrow distance was dangerous.

Her face must have turned bright red already. The reason behind this was one thing: she was completely entranced by his fresh scent, and she couldn’t come to her senses.

Sera tried to turn around to avoid him slightly.

“You can’t, Miss Popo.”

But with a light, joking tone, he stopped her from doing so.

He wasn’t trying to stop her from avoiding her as if running away from him—just trying to prevent her from uttering her words previously. She knew that well enough.

Perhaps under a rosy illusion, however, Sera couldn’t stop her heart from fluttering.

She looked up at him clearly, and he pursed his lips before a low voice leaked out.

“If you say it out loud, Rosé and Ferre will be sad.”

Ah. As expected, her guess was right on target.

“So, you have to pretend that you don’t know. Rosé and Ferre are already looking forward to giving you a surprise.”

Helios smiled brightly at her.

And Sera felt her chest aching because he was just so dashing.

“Yes, Your Majesty. I’ll pretend not to know.”

She answered with a smile, but it felt as if she was saying that to herself.

Don’t get caught. Pretend you don’t know.

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