I Became the Tutor of the Royal Twins - Side Story 10

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Side Story 10

Translator: Yonnee

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Rosé, understanding their surprise, patted their backs.

After taking deep breaths in sync with Rosé’s pats, Helios and Sera asked about the child who had made Ferre fall in love.

“Who does Ferre like?”

“Yes, who is it?”

“That girl is Lily.”

“Lily?”

“Lily, you say?”

“Lily Ferna.”

Hearing the name Ferna, Sera could picture the child, thanks to her position as the academy’s headmistress.

“Oh, I know who that is. The one with strawberry blonde hair in your class?”

“Right! Yes, that’s Lily.”

Rosé clapped her hands in excitement at Sera’s confirmation. Then she opened her mouth, signaling she wanted more chocolate.

Helios broke a piece of chocolate and put it in Rosé’s mouth, and she continued her story while chewing.

“Lily was really nice to Ferre. So much that Ferre fell for her.”

“How so?”

“Umm… Lily always greeted Ferre with ‘Hello, Your Highness!’ and acted like she wanted to be his girlfriend! She even tried to help him with difficult tasks. But then, a few days ago, specifically two days ago, something happened.”

By now, Sera and Helios were completely engrossed in Ferre’s love story.

To keep Rosé talking, Helios placed another piece of chocolate in her mouth.

“Ferre saw Lily’s diary. Of course, Ferre didn’t mean to. The diary was just open on the desk. Ferre saw it because it was right there. But then….”

“What? What happened?”

“From that point on, Ferre was shocked.”

“Why was Ferre shocked?”

“There were a lot of photos in the diary… and every single one of them…”

“Every single one?”

Rosé looked up at Helios with her sparkling eyes. She put down her empty milk cup and pointed her finger at Helios.

“They were all photos of you, Oppa.”

This can’t be!

Sera and Helios’s mouths dropped open, while Rosé shook her head and sighed.

Could it be that Lily liked Helios?

Sure enough, Rosé confirmed it with a sad nod and continued her story.

“Lily is a huge fan of Heli Oppa. Actually, I noticed it when I talked to her, but Ferre didn’t realize. Lily only ever talked about Heli Oppa. Ferre didn’t know this and just bragged about Oppa every day. The more he talked about Oppa, the more Lily liked you. Ferre thought Lily liked him because she listened so eagerly. What do they call it… a misuse cycle?”

“…It’s not ‘misuse cycle’ but ‘vicious cycle’…”

Helios corrected her with a troubled expression.

“Yeah! Vicious cycle! So, Ferre was very shocked. But when Ferre saw the diary, he realized Lily wasn’t being nice to him because she liked him, but because she liked Heli Oppa. There wasn’t a single picture of Ferre in that diary.”

“My goodness.”

Sera covered her mouth with both hands. No wonder Ferre was so upset.

“After finding out, Ferre became quite depressed.”

“I see…”

“So that’s why Ferre is like this…”

“Yeah, yeah.”

Rosé, relieved to finally share the secret, continued pouring out the story, not forgetting to ask them to keep it a secret.

Sera and Helios gave Rosé a pinky promise with a complicated smile.

“We’ll definitely keep the promise. But Your Highness, did you ever tell Lily that His Majesty is already married?”

Sera cautiously asked Rosé.

Rosé nodded vigorously, saying she had mentioned it several times.

“Of course I did! But Sera, Lily…”

Rosé’s gaze turned back to Helios.

Helios felt guilty for Ferre even though it wasn’t his fault and rubbed his temples.

“Lily said she’s ‘fine just watching His Majesty be happy’. Finding that out made Ferre become even more shocked. I think Lily was nice to Ferre because he looks a lot like Oppa.”

Sera and Helios looked at each other with sympathy for Ferre. No wonder he had been looking so down lately. The pain of a first love could be quite harsh.

“I told Ferre that the best way to forget the pain of love is to find someone new, but he still seems to like Lily.”

Rosé, looking wise beyond her years, sighed deeply.

Helios and Sera reminded Rosé to brush her teeth before bed and sent her off.

They were quite worried about Rosé and Ferre’s tea party next week.

They hoped Ferre’s heart wouldn’t get hurt any further.