The Chosen One Was Me, Not You

7 – {J-Ha Academy}[Introduction to the story]

{J-Ha Academy}

J-Ha Academy.

It is the most famous academy in the Arkhan Empire and has long been established to train talented people to help the empire.

Thanks to that, even commoners could enter the school if they had talent.

‘Would you like to leave here for a while?’

Yuria, a silver-haired beauty, was taking a walk inside the lower academy and realized that if she went to study abroad in the Britannia Empire, she would have to leave this place for at least a year.

Then she felt a little bit sad.

She worked hard in every way to the point of being ranked second in the swordsmanship department of Jeiha Academy. And she also had relationships built here.

“Yuria!”

She caught sight of a schoolgirl with red hair in neat ponytails approaching with a brisk smile.

Her name is Ashley Panicello.

She is the daughter of a writer after Panicello, located in the northern part of the Arkhan Empire. She has been friends with Yuria since childhood.

“Ashley.”

Yuria also looked at her and smiled at her slightly.

“What if I run fast? What if I fall?”

When Yuria told her what she was worried about, Ashley said with a bashful smile.

“Then YuRia will hurry up and accept it, won’t it?”

“Anyway.”

Ashley asked YuRia, who smiled thinking that she was her friend who couldn’t stop it.

“Oh, by the way. Did you hear the news?”

“News?”

“Yuria, your fiancée. Most of the girls shed tears when Theodore Skylord said he was leaving for J. Ha Academy, and among them, the 3rd year seniors cried as a group.”

Yuria felt cold at those words.

She didn’t know if something had cooled, but she felt it anyway.

“…Was that all?”

“No, some of the seniors in the third year went to Theodore and confessed to him and begged him not to go to study abroad. But do you know what Theodore said?”

“What did you say?”

YuRia asked this question, but she thought that Theodore, who lived with that great taste, wouldn’t have accepted another woman’s confession in her presence as she was her fiancée.

He loves himself, and apart from that, that would be impossible for his personality.

“That ~ Kyaa! Isn’t it so cool? As a man, I’m happy and grateful that someone like you made this confession, but I’m sorry I said I had a fiancée and swore to be faithful only to her!”

Looking at Ashley’s excitement while running like a rabbit with her eyes shining, Yuria seemed to know what she was imagining.

She said maybe she was imagining something romantic.

‘It’s not like that.’

It would have been a lie if Yuria hadn’t been interested in Theodore’s handsome face and outstanding abilities.

Especially, he was not a stranger, he was an officially engaged fiancée, and he had no particular problems with his behavior, and he was polite and responsible to himself.

But she thought that everything was meaningless for Yuria, who knew that he only treated her obligatory and did not love her.

“Yuria, how long are you going to be cold to Theodore?”

“What?”

“There’s no way that our kind YuRia did anything wrong, so I think Theodore did something wrong… I thought it would be better to just take a strict stance if it’s something you can’t forgive, and if it’s something you can forgive…”

YuRia smiled softly and said to her childhood friend, who gets away with it when it comes to her own affairs.

“It’s not like that. It’s just that Theodore, I don’t get along with him because he seems to have the worst compatibility with me.”

“Huh? So you’re not doing anything wrong?”

“Hmm, if you have to argue, it is. We didn’t do anything wrong between us, but we should just say that we didn’t get along well because we knew some secrets, right?”

Ashley looked a bit sullen at Yuria’s words, as if she was expecting something dramatic.

“Ah, I thought there might be something.”

But she quickly regained her energy and said,

“But Theodore left J-Ha Academy this time and went to study abroad together for more than a year, didn’t he? He said he was going to study abroad alone with you, and he even agreed to escort you?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

It was famous that Theodore decided to double escort Yuria.

Yuria knew that he only swore to protect him for his duty as her fiancée, but the engagement relationship meant that she was the most beautiful woman in the Arkan Empire and the most handsome man in the Arkan Empire. Theodore’s combination, which is not an exaggeration, would have created a lot of gossip.

“Honestly, I think I’m cool. A fiancé who volunteers to be an escort to protect his fiancée. Theodore is famous for keeping his word, isn’t he?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“But honestly, I don’t know why I don’t get along with him. Wasn’t Yuria’s ideal type to be a responsible man like Theodore?”

Ashley asked, as if she didn’t really understand.

As a childhood friend, she knew very well what Yuria’s ideal type was, as she and her childhood friend shared things that were embarrassing to share with others.

“There’s just something like that. Theodore honestly wouldn’t love me? It’s just a responsibility to treat me well.”

While saying that, Ashley gave a slightly dissatisfied expression to Yuria who drew a line between her, but she didn’t ask any more.

“Yeah, um~ Then Yuria. Shall we have a party just the two of us before we go to J-Ha Academy?”

“…Just the two of us?”

“Yes! I am YuRia’s closest and old friend, right? A lot of people will congratulate YuRia for her success, but I still want to congratulate YuRia deeply because I, as YuRia’s best friend, want to do it. YuRia, Even if you go there, can’t you forget me? You have to write every letter, okay?”

“hehehe, I got it.”

Yuria smiled at her friend’s words, and Ashley smiled brightly at her smile.

“Wow~ So you promised?”

“Yes.”

The sight of a 21-year-old woman with red hair jumping like a rabbit and being happy, and a silver-haired beauty of the same age watching over such a friend while smiling kindly attracted the attention of passing students.

“Wow, it’s really amazing every time I see it.”

“If it’s not Theodore’s fiancée… I’m going to make a confession.”

“Hey, wake up. It’s Theodore Skyrod, no one else. Shit, but that’s enough, so the most beautiful woman in the Arkan Empire must be his fiancée.”

I could feel the scenes of male students passing by having a desire for Yuria’s beauty.

However, Yuria was used to this kind of gaze from her childhood, and she didn’t care much because she knew that they didn’t cross the line and just felt sorry for the flower she couldn’t have.

“Wow! Theodora!”

“Theodore! Please take a look!”

“Please smile at me!”

“Theodore, let me hold your hand!”

And I could hear the voices of the female students at J-Ha Academy cheering at the level of screaming.

Girls claiming to be his followers gathered around Theodore, who was just walking quietly down the street, cheering while calling his name.

Watching that scene, Yuria felt a bit uneasy.

Theodore was showing that she draws a line where she doesn’t pay attention to other women and she doesn’t give any room.

Besides, he was now coming closer to where he was, and she could feel that his eyes contained only her.

However, Yuria was feeling displeasure for an unknown reason.

“Hello, Ms. YuRia. You look dazzlingly beautiful today too.”

I saw Theodore’s painted smile floating on his handsome face. Even though she thought that smile was unlucky, she greeted YuRia with a smile.

“Yes, Theodore. I’m glad you look well today too.”

“It’s a relief that you’re healthy too. I’m in trouble when you’re sick.”

Kyaaa~

Students around me said Theodore’s words, “If you’re sick, my heart hurts and I’m in trouble.” She seemed to have interpreted it to a degree, but she felt her hand lightly clenched into her fist because she knew what his words actually meant.

‘It means I’m glad I’m healthy and not bothered by pain.’

After she did the interpretation, she was somehow more pissed off.

“Yes, I’m glad. But what are you looking for?”

Theodore replied to YuRia who asked while maintaining her forced smile.

“It’s nothing. I just want to talk to you alone for a little while.”

“Only the two of you?”

“Okay. Now it’s time to leave. Let’s talk.”

In response to Theodore’s words, even Ashley said, “Oh, oh, oh!” While covering her mouth with her hand, sending her admiring glances.

Her eyes look like the expression “Yuria, your fiancé, you seem to be sincere.”

However, she felt that even if she said that, she would be seen as a framer, so YuRia put her thoughts aside and nodded her head.

“Okay.”

There was still a week left before she left, but it was important for her to talk with him beforehand, so Yuria meekly accepted the offer.