I Became the Tutor of the Royal Twins

No, I really am fi…”

 

However, as Sera tried to say that she was fine, tears flowed from her eyes.
Now that she was in a safe space once more, the fear she had for the duke, which she had been enduring until now, broke out and she couldn’t do anything about it.

 

Sera bit her red lips hard.

 

If she were to be perfectly honest with herself, none of this was fine at all.
She was lucky on the day she went for the tutoring consultation with Elijah.
She didn’t expect that Duke Bethmann would do such things in broad daylight—inside the imperial palace no less—even if there weren’t many people around.

 

She knew that she should avoid the duke, but this incident was something she didn’t have control over because she wasn’t able to predict his sudden appearance at all.
At that moment, she felt it thoroughly, this sense of helplessness from not being able to wield magic.

 

And when she tried to struggle and get out of the duke’s arms, no matter what she did, he didn’t let go.

 

If Helios didn’t come…

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Would she have gotten slapped in the face?

 

Or would he have done something much worse than that?

 

This was why when she heard Helios’ voice, she almost collapsed right then and there from the sheer relief that flooded her veins as she saw Helios before her.

 

It happened not once, but twice.
As the unpleasant smell around the duke seemed to overpower her senses once more, Sera pulled the coat tighter around her without realizing it.

 

“Ahaha, really, I would have been in big trouble if Your Majesty didn’t save me.”

 

With an awkward laugh, Sera lowered her gaze and stared at the marble floor.
She wiped away the tears that flowed down, the hands reappeared still shaking.

 

Helios had a grim expression as he looked at her.
Then, he slowly went down on his knees just the same as he did with his younger siblings.

 

“Miss Popo.”

 

Helios placed a hand on her shoulder, patting her like whenever he comforted Rosé and Ferre.
Seeing the angel-like smile on his face, Sera knew that he was treating her just as though she was a younger sibling, but still, her heart fluttered.

 

The violet eyes that were as deep as the night sky looked into her own eyes, smiling warmly as if soothing her.

 

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“You’ll be just fine now.”

 

A calm voice whispered.

 

Immediately, a warm, golden light flowed from his hand and seeped into her body.
Like last time, a sense of warmth that was as soft as a cloud surrounded her.

 

Thump, thump.

 

Her heart had been pounding earlier because of her fear of Duke Bethmann.
And here, those tremors started again, but this time, it wasn’t because of the duke.
It was a much softer, more ticklish, more pleasant throbbing.

 

A bright peach color lit up her face as she was looking at the hand on her shoulder.
Then, she slowly raised her head.

 

What met her gaze was Helios’ own eyes.
He blinked once, his long eyelashes following, then smiled.

 

Thump, thump, thump.

 

That smile once again accelerated her heart.

 

‘No.
Never.’

 

Sera realized what it was, these emotions that she should never, ever have.