I Became the Tutor of the Royal Twins - Chapter 239

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Chapter 239

Translator: Yonnee

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And it didn’t take long for the vague suspicion that they’d been caught to turn into a solid conviction.

The sounds of Sera and Helios’s sighs weighed heavily over the closing door of Rosé and Ferre’s bedroom, filling the wide corridor with a stifling atmosphere.

With a concerned expression, Helios, releasing his grip on the doorknob, was the first to speak.

“It seems like the most dangerous person has found out.”

“Yes… Your Majesty. Actually, she mentioned it as if she already knew earlier this afternoon.”

Even Sera, who recalled Rosé’s appearance a while ago, muttered in a tired manner.

The gaze, the tone, the ambiguous and meaningful sentences directed at Helios and her—everything was difficult to explain in any other way than the fact that Rosé knew.

“Ferre, don’t be too sad that Sera is dating someone. Love doesn’t always go the way you want.”

It was a comforting gesture from Rosé, who, under normal circumstances, would have nagged Sera terribly for dating someone. She placed a consoling hand on the drooping Ferre’s shoulder, who usually would have been jumping around at the news.

As Sera and Helios looked at Rosé, a strange thing happened. Rosé, who should have had a louder reaction, showed no response.

“Your Highness Rosé?”

Rosé’s green eyes met Sera’s, and the little girl’s lips curled up in a mischievous smile. She leaned closer to Sera and whispered in her ear.

“I don’t know anything, Sera.”

Startled, Sera gauged Rosé. Tilting her head to the side, Rosé was wearing an undeniably mischievous expression. That’s what she said, but it seemed like Rosé already knew everything. Sera couldn’t shake the feeling that she had been caught.

“Sera, Heli Oppa. I’m good at keeping secrets.”

“Secrets?”

“Yes. And I heard that it’s the most fun to have a secret love, right?”

“What? Secret love? Where did you hear that?”

“I overheard the maids talking. Keeping secrets and holding hands in secret, away from people’s eyes—they said that’s the most fun. Sera’s having fun these days, right?”

Why didn’t you just tell me directly. Rosé smiled alternately at Helios and Sera.

While Sera and Helios maintained an awkward silence, the attempts to create time for just the two of them continued incessantly.

Rosé even went so far as to brave against Ferre’s opposition, sparing no effort to create some special alone time for Sera and Helios.

“Ferre, let’s go to bed early today.”

“Huh? I want to play with Sera and Hyung though.”

“No. I’m too tired today, Ferre. We gotta sleep early. Oppa, Sera, turn off the lights quickly and leave.”

“Hey, Rosé. I’m not sleepy yet. Why should Sera and Hyung do what you’re saying anyway?”

“No, I’m sleepy.”

The fact that they could come out into the corridor faster than expected was all thanks to that. However, despite the prolonged time for just the two of them, Sera and Helios couldn’t gauge where their relationship was exposed.

At the moment their eyes met, they both laughed, perhaps thinking the same thing.

“Rosé has always been quick-witted.”

“Girls usually catch on faster than boys, but Rosé is especially sharp.”

“Still, I didn’t expect her to find out so easily.”

“I think our secret is showing a bit. We need to be more careful.”

Sera looked up at Helios and said as they walked side by side, matching their steps.

When Helios gave her a gentle and warm smile, focused solely on her, Sera tilted her head and took a step back, putting a little more distance between them.

“But why?”

Sera didn’t understand the meaning of Helios’s action, and he shrugged his shoulders.

As if conscious of the knights and maids scattered throughout the corridor, Sera briefly glanced at them and then lowered her voice to respond.

“It seemed like we were standing too close. I was afraid someone might suspect something.”

Helios’s eye corners curved beautifully. Closing the gap as much as Sera had stepped back, he approached her and whispered softly.

“Wouldn’t this be more noticeable? We’ve never walked this far apart.”

Ah, now that he mentioned it, it seemed so. Thanks to Helios, who treated her with such ease, she realized that the distance between them was excessively close for just acquaintances.

“But why are you smiling this prettily?”

Helios asked with an affectionate expression.

‘How did I smile?’

Sera, feeling awkward, rubbed her cheeks with both hands, attempting to soothe her reddened face.

“Just because saying ‘us’ sounds nice.”

Seemingly satisfied with the answer, Helios chuckled softly. They exited the long corridor, and in front of the Star Palace’s door, there were a few knights and the horse that Helios had ridden during the hunting competition.

Sera naturally thought he would head back to his office, so she looked up at him with a curious expression. Helios swiftly picked her up as he chuckled and effortlessly placed her on the horse.

“Your Majesty!”

Sera scolded him with a voice filled with reprimand and concern, given the many onlookers around them right now. Helios, holding her without any sign of strain, gently placed her on the horse.

“The guards are good at keeping things to themselves, so don’t worry too much.”

“But…”

“The place we’re going to isn’t that far away, so all you have to do is hang in there for just a moment.”

Helios smoothly mounted the horse.

As his hard body touched Sera’s stiff back, she reflexively tensed even more. Perhaps thinking that she was scared, he drew closer.

“Mmh…”

Unidentifiable sounds escaped Sera’s lips.

“Did you feel uneasy last time too? Is it too frightening for you? You don’t have to go if you don’t want to. Shall I just dismount?”

Full of concern, Helios didn’t urge the horse forward. He waited for Sera, and as she slightly turned her head to look at him, she saw that his playful smile seemed to want to say something.

“No, at that time, it was frightening, but now, I like it. It makes my heart race.”

Sera quickly poured out these embarrassing words.

Afterward, she promptly turned her head forward again, facing the road ahead with a composed posture.

With a small exclamation of, ‘Ah’, Helios felt his heart skip a beat but tried to smooth it over with a fake cough.

“I also… like it… Probably, even more.”

Hearing the unfamiliar but ticklish words near her ear, Sear lowered her face. The desire to hide her reddening ears was strong.

“Well then, let’s depart.”

Somehow, when Helios whispered, his voice trembled minutely.

He overlapped his hands with Sera’s over the reins, and it was as though they were tenderly holding hands.