As if to match the atmosphere of whispering, the system also lowered its volume.

"In fact, Adrian did not confess directly, but advised Hill to put the relationship aside and focus on her studies, since she had finally gotten into the prestigious Atheran."

"If I didn't know he was a hopeless romantic, I would have thought he was just trying to take advantage of Hill's healing abilities for free."

Willy pointed this out incisively, but was amused by his own thoughts and couldn't help but laugh.

The system glanced at Adrian, who was standing next to him, his gaze fixed intently on Vili, and remained silent for a moment.

The character is definitely love-struck, but whether the original work reflects this is debatable...

It pretended not to know anything and changed the subject.

"Hill didn't want to get involved in another relationship so quickly, so he began to study healing magic diligently, which soon caught the attention of a professor."

"That's the same mentor that host used to threaten me about choosing first..."

Vili's eyes flickered for a moment, then he waved his hand.

"That's all in the past, don't worry about it."

The system didn't seem to want an explanation; it was just a little joke it played on its host.

"The mentor decided to make an exception and guide Hill, even taking him out in the field for practical experience."

"He must have been in first grade at that time. He's really a prodigy."

Unlike him, who only started his first field trip at the age of six, having always been stopped by his teachers before.

Vili sighed with regret.

"..."

The system felt inexplicably conflicted, as if it had been thoroughly humiliated, but it forced the conversation to continue.

"But on the way, they were attacked by monsters and got separated during their escape."

"But that monster only chased after Hill, until it cornered him and drove him into a dead end."

Vili keenly sensed something was amiss, and he boldly guessed:

"Is there something related to the original owner of this body?"

"Mmm!" the system replied hastily. "Host, you guessed right! Actually, the original owner secretly sprinkled some kind of powder on Hill to attract monsters. Otherwise, the forest they went to would have been very safe."

"Although the main characters broke up, the original owner saw Aiden's daily dejection and felt that as long as there was a chance, the two would get back together, so he decided to take direct action to eliminate Hill."

“That’s really wicked,” Vili sighed, shaking his head. “I would never use such a dirty trick.”

"If Hill dies, won't it be discovered immediately when the body is examined?"

"...Anyway, right at this critical moment!" the system pretended not to hear anything, "another important supporting character has appeared!"

"A sharp sword pierced the monster's heart like lightning, and blood gushed out, but not a drop touched Hill; it was all blocked by the man in front of him."

Amidst the deafening crash of the enormous monster to the ground, Hill could only see the figure of that person. He couldn't tell whether his heartbeat was due to the fear of being chased or the shock of what was happening before his eyes.

"—This is the description from the original work."

"Alexander".

The system's voice overlapped with Willy's, and the two uttered the name simultaneously.

Throughout the entire kingdom of Serdos, almost every child has heard the story of the Royal Knight Commander.

He was born a commoner, and although he possessed a talent for light magic, it wasn't particularly outstanding. His life would have been ordinary, like many others, but everything changed after he signed up for the selection of the Royal Knights.

During the competition, he defeated countless opponents and stormed into the finals.

Among these opponents were soldiers and generals much older than him, seasoned by battle, noblemen who had been taught knighthood since childhood, and even former candidates for pope, who were far superior to him in magical power.

But all of these people lost to him.

He seemed to be a born knight, winning the knight selection at the young age of fourteen.

Because he was about the same age as the prince, the king allowed him to live in the palace and study with the prince, so the two could be considered childhood sweethearts who grew up together.

On the same day that Aiden passed the entrance exam for Aetheran, he was also appointed as the Royal Knight Commander.

No one objected. The knights who had witnessed his growth were all convinced and willingly called him captain, even though they were a few years older than him.

Alexander Wald thus became a role model for transcending class in the hearts of ordinary people, and countless young men and women admired him, perhaps even more so than princes.

And even such a person was impressed by Hill in the original work.

Unaware of Vili's thoughts, the system continued:

"Alexander, as the current Royal Knight Commander, is actually a direct subject prepared by the king for his son. For him, the prince's orders have even higher priority than the king's."

"The old king trusted his son quite a bit."

Vili gave a cryptic smile.

"After all, he only has this one son."

"However, Aiden did not disappoint his father's trust. Despite wielding the powerful authority of the Royal Knights, he only sent Alexander to protect Hill."

Everyone who sees this will say it's true love.

"But he didn't expect that during the days he was secretly protecting Hill, Alexander would gradually be moved by his kindness and goodness... and thus fall in love with him."

"..."

Vili recalled that at the very beginning of the story, he had noticed that Alexander was monitoring him on Aiden's orders, and later, he met him for the first time in that alley...

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