Give Up Caring

Considering that Olivia’s condition wouldn’t improve so quickly, Flora temporarily gave up on reporting.

However, she didn’t plan to spar with Shawn either, and simply observed the performances of others.

After the practical exercise class, everyone returned to the classroom and began the last class of the morning.

Perhaps it was their classroom performance these past two days that aroused the teachers’ curiosity.

According to the information on the roster, the teacher for this class should still have been neutral, and the other students hadn’t designated any teacher to take action.

However, the teacher still specifically called on Flora, asking her to answer a question.

Flora’s excellent performance once again made it clear to the other students that the combination of Flora and Shawn was truly “both civil and military”.

It was simply wishful thinking for ordinary people to try and make things difficult for them.

Among the geniuses in the academy, the only one with the ability and willingness to act was that person—

“Sey, why hasn’t Justin taken action yet?”

“I don’t know. He said he would take action on the first day, but it’s been more than a day and there’s still no movement. Could it be that he’s afraid?”

“How is that possible! Justin is the one who instantly killed that female gorilla!

But he’s also a high and mighty Crown Prince after all. It’s normal to chicken out at a critical moment, right?”

On the way to the cafeteria, Flora and Shawn heard similar whispers… well, they weren’t whispers at all.

Many were saying it directly for them to hear.

It was probably to get Shawn to go and cause trouble for Justin.

Shawn naturally wouldn’t fall for that trick.

However, he was still a little surprised that Justin hadn’t come to bother him.

Flora was also surprised, but that was after looking at the roster and roughly understanding the other party’s information.

Because this Solar Knight, Sey Justin, was truly a straightforward simpleton, lacking in everything except martial arts.

And he was also very popular among the young people.

His fame came from a disaster relief operation two years ago.

At the time, he was only sixteen years old.

He single-handedly rescued the people surrounded by floods on an island, and then tirelessly joined the work of building embankments and transporting food…

He worked for several days without rest, doing the work of a hundred people, and rescuing countless victims.

Hearing of his deeds, His Majesty called him the tireless sun among the victims.

From then on, he received the title of “Solar Knight” and was recruited and admitted to the Holy Anthem Knight Order.

After that, he also lived up to this title.

Occasionally passing through remote villages attacked by bandits, even with only two guards by his side, he would bravely fight against dozens of bandits,

And after winning, he would chase them all the way to their mountain stronghold, completely wiping out the one hundred and eight bandits who had been wreaking havoc in the area.

Occasionally encountering arrogant and domineering corrupt officials, he would immediately press them down and escort them to the lord’s mansion.

When the plague broke out, everyone avoided it like the plague, but he took the initiative to lead the mission to assist in the areas most severely affected by the epidemic.

When the demons in the Southeast region rioted, he was also the first to lead the vanguard of the Holy Anthem Knight Order to attack…

The vice-captain of the Holy Anthem Knight Order, Kevin, had inexplicably admired this young knight, whom Flora had never heard of in the north.

From Justin’s public performance, Flora believed that he should be a very admirable person.

Therefore, Flora couldn’t understand why such a person would be hostile to Ryan without distinguishing right from wrong.

So, after eating lunch and leaving the hall, Flora tried to get more information from Shawn, who knew Ryan.

“I haven’t really interacted with him, I just know there’s such a person, after all, he’s already somewhat famous,” Ryan said.

“As for his hostility towards me, I have an idea, you don’t have to worry too much, I… I will try to hold back.”

“Your Highness Shawn, what is the reason for this?”

Flora naturally wouldn’t be foolish enough not to hear that Ryan had already tacitly agreed to fight the other party.

“It’s nothing.”

Shawn avoided the topic.

“Your Highness Shawn, this is very important.”

“Let’s not talk about this, report on the situation of Olivia Bradley earlier,” Shawn clearly changed the subject.

Considering that this matter was indeed more important than the unknown person Justin, Flora quickly told Shawn the answer she had thought of beforehand.

She wouldn’t fabricate things, but Flora was good at saying things ambiguously, or only telling partial truths.

The only problem was that when she realized she was doing such despicable things, Flora would feel a little guilty in her heart, but on the surface, she was still peaceful and able to develop safely, and revealed a happy smile.

“Then, why did she look at you with that expression during the last class just now?” Shawn suddenly asked.

This question stunned Flora a little.

She had thought of all kinds of excuses and schemes to deal with Olivia.

But her explanation to Shawn was that she had shown Olivia a high-level technique that aroused Olivia’s curiosity, and then taught Olivia the correct method to become stronger using the principle that all things are inseparable from their origin…

There was nothing wrong with these words, and even if there were loopholes, it could barely be justified.

But normally, Olivia’s emotions towards her after that should be gratitude.

But during class, Olivia was looking at her with an expression of surprise and confusion, yet not knowing what to do…

This was clearly problematic.
(Crap, this impromptu approach was too poorly considered…)

Flora quickly thought, but before she could think of how to answer, Shawn said lightly:

“It’s okay, neither of us cares about the truth, nor do we want to know.”

Flora immediately understood something.

Ryan was using this to respond to why he hadn’t explained before.

You have things you don’t want to say, and I have them too.

Let’s not ask each other, and just maintain this tacit understanding.
(…)

Honestly, among these people, the one who truly had secrets that couldn’t be told was Flora.

This wasn’t the first time she had been secretive, saying nothing, and silently accepting Ryan’s unique care.

Perhaps it was because she recalled the regrets she had thought of during the first class, or perhaps it was because she thought of the things she had struggled with after comforting Olivia, or perhaps it was because she recalled the various things from the past…

Flora’s mood suddenly became heavy, unable to let go.

She couldn’t help but feel that she was wrong.

She felt that she was deeply sinful.

“I don’t understand why you’re so conflicted… But I don’t think that hiding something is necessarily a bad thing.”

Ryan saw her struggle.

Or rather, this was Ryan’s purpose.

The previous use of the wooden sword, temporarily not asking her about what happened, deliberately not explaining anything… were all to comfort her at this moment.

But after understanding this, Flora’s heart became even more painful.

Whether it was the fact that she was deceiving the other party.

Or the sins she had committed in the past.

She really didn’t deserve to be cared for so much.

Therefore—

“Even… if I harm others because of it?”

She had to make the other party give up.