I Became the Tutor of the Royal Twins - Chapter 254
Chapter 254
Translator: Yonnee
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“Oh?”
“Hmm?”
“Heli Oppa?”
“Heli Hyung?”
“What’s this, what’s this?”
“What’s going on?”
The twins blinked their large, jewel-like eyes at the scene unfolding before them, their eyes as round as saucers.
Their mouths hung open in disbelief, not believing what they were seeing.
Last time, Helios had secretly watched, but today, he embraced Sera tightly right in front of them!
“Your… Majesty?”
Confused, Sera froze without even raising her hand to Helios’s back. Her hand hovered awkwardly in the air.
He had said he would come in the evening, yet he suddenly appeared at the Star Palace now. And to embrace her like this in front of Rosé and Ferre!
As soon as the door opened, Helios walked briskly over and hugged her tightly.
It was a relief there were no maids in the room.
“If you do this…”
Sera hinted to him that it might not be appropriate with Their Highnesses Rosé and Ferre watching.
Helios, perhaps undergoing some emotional change, didn’t let her go and whispered softly.
“Just a little more.”
“Pardon?”
“Can’t we stay like this for just a little more, Sera?”
Helios’s voice was not as bright as usual, which startled Sera, making her look up at him.
His gaze, meeting hers, looked somehow blurred, and his complexion was so worrisome.
“Your Majesty, did something happen just before?”
Linking it to his hurried departure earlier, Sera tried to read Helios’s expression.
“…No.”
As if feeling her concerns, Helios smiled faintly and shook his head.
“Then why all of a sudden….”
“I just wanted to see you.”
His voice was soft, but his face did not seem alright.
Sera wanted to ask more about the situation, but Rosé and Ferre rushed over and wedged themselves between the two, making her miss the timing to ask.
“Hyung, why did you suddenly hug Sera?”
“Oppa, do you like Sera that much?”
Rosé and Ferre clung to Helios’s legs, tugging at his clothes.
Helios slowly let go of Sera, bending his knees to meet his siblings’ eyes.
Rosé and Ferre’s eyes were filled with anticipation and excitement.
“Well. That’s a secret I can’t tell.”
Helios spoke with a teasing look, and Rosé and Ferre shook their heads vigorously.
With chirping voices like little chicks, the twins chattered away.
“Eiiing? Hyung! How can you do that?”
“Yeah, Oppa! There shouldn’t be secrets among family.”
“Sometimes, secrets are necessary for the sake of the other person.”
“Huh? What does that mean, Hyung?”
“Secrets aren’t nice, Oppa!”
Helios smiled faintly, picking up Rosé and Ferre, who were dangling from him.
Sera watched this scene quietly from behind, her lips curling into a soft smile. It was a warm, loving family scene.
But somehow….
She felt a trace of bitterness crossing Helios’s smile.
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“I told you. You should just give up.”
Saruvia, trying to stand up using the chair for support, lost her balance again and fell uneasily.
As she raised her head, digging her nails into the carpet, an involuntary cough burst forth.
“Ah.”
Seeing the black smoke on her hand, she let out a groan. A tremendous amount of smoke escaped from her mouth, which had opened wide in a moment.
“It’s useless, I told you.”
The black smoke, now taking shape, spoke as it faced Saruvia.
The dark figure, identical to her in appearance, gleamed only with sinister red eyes.
With a slight tilt of the head, Belzebuth gave a wry smile.
“You should have pretended not to know a little longer. It wasn’t for nothing that you let yourself believe it was just a dream.”
“Belzebuth.”
Saruvia struggled to get up, but her body had long since stopped obeying her will.
Since that morning, when she realized that the dream she had was reality and confronted Belzebuth.
The Belzebuth that had only been wandering in her mind seemed to have been waiting to overpower her and took over her body.
“It seems the time has come to keep our first promise.”
“What promise? The price has already been paid long ago. You possessed my body in exchange for saving my life.”
Saruvia hardened her expression, looking at Belzebuth who, in that black, billowy form, spoke with her own voice.
“Foolish Saruvia. Did you really think ‘possession’ meant only talking inside your head? You and your parents are just the same.”
“Stop it.”
Despite Saruvia’s protest, Belzebuth still had a face full of mischievous menace.
“Saving a sick child by summoning a demon, and then when the daughter’s mind starts to wander, they get scared and pretend they don’t know.”
As soon as Belzebuth finished speaking, a spark of red flame flickered from Saruvia’s fingertips.
But the calm flame was just that, and the magic did not properly cast.
“Your magic was realized with my power, so stop wasting your energy.”
Belzebuth slowly approached Saruvia and wrapped her hand around the one Saruvia was using to try to cast magic.
A sneering laugh spread across the demon’s face.
“It was fun to see you struggle to win over the Emperor, Saruvia. I even waited to see if you could really have him, but now it seems completely unlikely.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Oh, for the Empress of the Empire to bring it to ruin! It seemed like fun a fun idea, but it seems impossible now to have the Empire that way.”
“Destroy the Empire? What are you thinking?”
Saruvia’s unsteady eyes fixed on Belzebuth.
Belzebuth gently caressed Saruvia’s hand.
“What I’ve always wanted was the Empire. I’ve tried several times and failed, but this time it seems possible. Fortunately, this is thanks to you.”
Belzebuth left the fallen Saruvia and stood up.
The black smoke that had formed his body transformed into flames and then quickly into a red-haired girl with red eyes.
He exhaled lightly, and the black smoke exited his mouth, forming a small train.
The train whirled in the air, then tilted as if about to screech to a halt.
The collapsed train then transformed again, this time into an imperial palace, which began to burn fiercely.
“A grand party is in order.”
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