I Became the Tutor of the Royal Twins - Chapter 262
Chapter 262
Translator: Yonnee
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She was overwhelmed by the burning pain. Struggling to speak and in agony, Helios frantically examined Sera.
‘Are the tips of her fingers turning black?’
“Sera? SERA!”
The words the mages had muttered over Helios’s head flashed through his mind.
Absorbing a demon is no different to a curse.
“Come to your senses, Sera. Sera!”
Helios began to infuse Sera with divine power as she started to fall unconscious.
Bright golden light endlessly aimed at Sera, and a few priests, noticing the urgency, came beside Helios to also infuse her with divine power.
“Seeing you not surprised by my actions, it seems you know my true identity, Your Majesty,” Saruvia said, bound by the confinement spell.
As Sera’s expression found peace and her breathing slowed, Helios, relieved, stood up with a cool gaze.
“What is your purpose?”
“Purpose? You must already know.”
Saruvia’s eyes turned towards Sera.
Seeing Sera tremble, face pale and trickling with cold sweat, Saruvia let out a snicker.
“You know, but Sera Popo doesn’t, right?”
Helios did not answer.
“How harsh of you, knowing everything yet not sharing important facts. It seems the Emperor doesn’t want to see his beloved sacrifice herself.”
As he exploded with anger, divine power flared around Helios.
“Pull it out.”
Noticing the knights, priests, and mages gathering once more, Helios commanded fiercely.
“Really? Is it possible?”
Saruvia laughed inappropriately, looking around at those who bound her.
Then, with a rumbling sound, black substances began to emerge under her feet, swirling around.
“Capture her!”
A knight shouted, leading the charge as all the knights with swords rushed towards Saruvia.
As if she had been waiting for this moment, Saruvia slammed her arm down to the floor.
BANG!
All the barriers and chains of light surrounding her snapped away as if being flung off.
The knights were blasted away with a loud boom from the recoil.
Startled by the force, Helios protected Sera, standing in front to shield her.
Divine power buzzed around Helios, his hands and neck veined with effort.
“As you can see, divine power is of no use. There’s only one person my curse doesn’t affect. Today was unexpected, though.”
Saruvia’s eyes bore into Sera sharply.
Sera, supported by the priests, flinched under her gaze.
After a moment, Saruvia clicked her tongue as if annoyed by the complication.
“Still, that woman will end up being handed over to me. Make a tough decision, Helios. I quite enjoy this kind of game. Sacrificing others. The train ‘accident’ was quite fun too.”
Helios’s divine power turned into sharp daggers, flying towards Saruvia.
However, as if to show the attempt was futile, the divine power simply passed through Saruvia’s body and scattered against the wall.
“She’s gone.”
“Your Majesty, what should we do?”
By then, Saruvia had already disappeared.
* * *
Rosé and Ferre emerged outside, cradled in Raphael’s arms.
The outside was chaotic with injured people and those looking for lost family members, but as the flames slowly died down, the people’s excitement also gradually subsided.
“Where’s Hyung?”
“Where’s Sera?”
Fearing the worst, Rosé and Ferre, receiving divine power from the priests, asked Raphael with tearful faces.
As soon as the twins regained their senses amidst the terrifying blaze, they immediately looked for Helios.
“His Majesty is… still inside,” Raphael hesitated before revealing the truth.
“In the fire?”
“That’s dangerous!”
“When will Hyung come out?”
“Oppa! Hiic… hiic.”
Rosé burst into tears again. Holding Rosé’s hand tightly, Ferre eventually burst into crying, ‘Uwaah!’
“Where’s Sera? Why isn’t Sera here?”
“I can’t see Sera either!”
“Hyung and Sera…”
“Uhooong.”
“Uwaaahh.”
“SERAAAA!”
“OPPAAAAA!”
Knowing he had no talent for comforting children but hoping to offer some solace, Raphael gently rubbed the backs of the two children.
“He will come out. His Majesty has divine power. And Miss Sera… she’ll come out too.”
With an anxious face, Raphael murmured to himself as if to reassure himself, taking comfort in the fact that Jean had gone back inside with the priests, mages, and knights, so it wasn’t a lie.
‘But Miss Sera…’
Raphael tried to hide his uneasy expression. It was ominous.
The incident was no doubt the work of the demon… And the fact that Sera, who was with Helios, hadn’t come out yet was troubling.
‘It seems this fire was deliberately set for Miss Sera…’
Though he hadn’t expected her to appear at today’s founding anniversary, it was a reasonable suspicion.
“Now that the priests are here, take Their Highnesses and quickly go to the villa.”
Raphael told the weeping Rosé and Ferre, entrusting them to the maids and priests before standing up.
There were things that needed to be done now. Ensuring the princes were in a safe place and managing the situation here was the priority.
As Raphael walked with unfocused eyes, weighing the decisions he had to make, he knew Helios well.
Even if Helios managed to rescue Sera safely, would he really use her to seal the demon?
Or should they now prepare for war?
Raphael looked up as his shoulder was bumped.
“Duke Cross?”
Saruvia stood before him, perfectly unscathed by the fire, her appearance immaculate.
Feeling an unusual aura from her striding away, Raphael hurriedly chased after and grabbed her.
“Duke.”
“Move.”
As Saruvia flung off her grasped wrist—thud!—Raphael was thrown backwards.
As Raphael fell unconscious to the ground, the people around screamed, wondering what was happening.
Saruvia was heading straight towards Rosé and Ferre.
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