Chapter 124 "So you are really a commoner?"
"...What is this?" Shelly paused, and before he could take a closer look, Edith quickly withdrew her hand.
He suddenly realized that he was outside and closed his mouth tacitly: "No problem."
Just save the limbs.
Edith nodded with relief - it was worth it for her to cut off her finger.
Although there may be suspicion later, after all, the playing field was covered with minced meat, and it is difficult to say without solid evidence.
The two returned to the laboratory. Shelly gently placed Edith on the soft chair, squatted down, and carefully examined his teacher's leg: "Some silk threads are stuck inside and have not been taken out. They were wrapped inside when the wound healed. It must be painful when you walk."
He stood up and frowned: "...Why didn't you say it?"
Such an injury would not have occurred suddenly. The teacher must have been suffering from leg pain when he left the venue. Why did he have to wait until he was asked before admitting the injury?
Just like... just like some memories that are not pleasant to recall.
He thought of the teacher who had once concealed his injury.
"It's nothing serious." Edith lowered her eyes, gestured on her skin with her fingers, and rotated the magic wand quickly and neatly. The skin and flesh on her calf suddenly tore open, blood and flesh splattered, revealing the white bones inside.
Shelly's expression tensed, but Edith picked up the magic thread hidden in the flesh and blood as if nothing had happened. She grasped a corner with her fingers and applied a little force. The thread immediately turned into tiny bits of magic power and dissipated in the air.
Processed.
Edith breathed a sigh of relief and waved her wand again, trying to cast a healing spell on herself.
——Unexpectedly, a green light reached her body first.
"Thank you." Edith's magic power was indeed consumed a bit too much, so she would be willing to help her deal with it at this time. She raised her head, but found that Shelly's expression could be described as terrifying.
"......What's wrong?"
This was the nth time she had asked this question today.
Shelly suppressed his irritability, knelt on one knee, and patiently poured a whole bottle of healing potion on Edith's legs.
An indescribable feeling of comfort spread throughout her body. Edith squinted her eyes and asked, "Is it necessary to use a painkilling potion for this kind of injury?"
"It is necessary." Shelly stressed coldly, his face terribly gloomy, "...Teacher, how badly were you injured in the competition just now?"
The blood from such a large wound was enough to make him feel painful and uneasy, but Edith's robe was completely soaked with blood and was even dripping from it.
He didn't dare to think about the game scene at all.
"A lot of the blood is from Joe, not me." Edith shook her head. "I'm not really hurt."
Shelly: "I am very familiar with your magic fluctuations. I know exactly how much of the blood on your robe is yours and how much is that guy's."
Edith: “…”
It never ends, right?
In order to avoid the subsequent concern, Edith forcibly changed the subject and directed the question back to her previous question: "Let's not talk about this for now, it's all in the past - why on earth did you suddenly appear at the practice field today?"
Now it was Shelly's turn to remain silent.
He stood up, took the small box beside Edith, placed the broken fingers on the test bench, and drew the formation bit by bit. Edith also stood up, came over unceremoniously, tilted her head and observed: "Why don't you speak?"
Shelly: “…”
Shelly: "I have something urgent to do, so I came back for a while."
Edith snorted, "Really?"
After that, she took out a bean-sized unknown black object from the bottom of the magic wand and slapped it in front of Shelly with just the right amount of force: "What's the matter with this magic detection device?"
Shelly didn't even raise his head and remained silent, as if he already knew what was inside.
"I know you're worried about me." Edith sighed, "But please respect my choice, okay?"
She didn't like being watched, even if it was just watching her magic to determine her vital signs.
She knew that Shelly would not come back for no reason, and he had indeed discovered the problem.
"......Feel sorry."
Edith: "...You don't sound apologetic." I feel like the subtext is that I would do it again.
"It's just a magic test." Shelly handed the treated finger to Edith, "It won't involve other privacy... But since you hate it, I can deal with it at any time."
He just wanted to keep Edith safe.
When the purpose was mentioned, the other party's momentum suddenly subsided, and the tall man knelt on one knee again, and in Edith's eyes, he seemed a little insignificant. She compromised for the last time: "Then I will take you one more night today."
It just so happened that a group of them were going to explore the cave, so having someone outside to help with testing would provide an extra layer of protection.
Shelly seemed relieved.
The two of them briefly exchanged information about the competition. The other party listened carefully, wrote down all of Joe's abnormalities, and said that he would go to the association library to check.
"That's fine." Edith breathed a sigh of relief. "There's no rush. You should study first. We've only borrowed the lab for three days, so you must use it all."
She drank a few more bottles of healing potions and energy potions, and after Shelly's careful examination confirmed that there were no other wounds, she turned around and left.
......
There seems to be a lot of attention today.
As Edith walked along the road, she felt countless hot gazes on her. In addition to the most common curiosity and exploration, there seemed to be some meanings that were inconvenient to express.
Those random glances made her feel a little uncomfortable, but Edith tried to ignore them. She walked through the academy with her sword on her back as if no one was around, returned to her dormitory, and planned to lie down and rest for a while.
I didn't expect to see three people sitting upright when I opened the door.
Edith: ""
She looked at the house number hesitantly, confirmed that she was in the right place, and poked her head into the room: "What's wrong?"
Heda pursed her lips and asked, "What did you say when you were interviewed by the newspaper?"
"What did you say? You didn't say anything—" Edith suddenly realized and raised her voice, "The newspaper is publishing it now?"
"But isn't it afternoon now?"
"To grab the front page, the most important thing is to be fast." Bell suddenly said, "If there is no newspaper that can publish it, then publish a special report and sell it separately - 20 minutes after the game starts, this thing will be all over the street."
Edith's reporting deserves the newspaper's indulgence.
The printing spell made the production of newspapers extremely easy, so the competition among newspaper companies was about the speed of writing articles. Edith said very few words, and she really couldn't figure out how these people could write a long article that could fill this two-sided booklet in just ten minutes.
She casually grabbed a book from the table, glanced at the title, her expression froze, and her whole body suddenly stopped strangely.
"...Guessed it." Bell confirmed his thoughts after seeing Edith's reaction and sighed, "Ten minutes is not enough time for them to look up information and investigate the matter. They can probably only get a little information in a hurry and then use their imagination freely."
That is why there are three special reports with three different introductions.
"I didn't expect you to take the initiative to admit... your civilian identity." Mu Lin looked a little happy.
Her eyes curved, with a sense of relief after finding a companion, but more of worry: "Is it really okay to say this now?"
After all, according to their original speculation, in order to avoid establishing a civilian idol, some guys hiding in the dark would definitely make trouble. But at that time, Edith had not yet publicly announced her origins, so they were not in a hurry to take action. But now that the matter has been reported, it is different.
"It's only a matter of time." Edith didn't care much. She just kept frowning as she flipped through some reports. "If I don't say anything, they won't target me?"
It would be better to catch people off guard and announce it before they can react. I guess that group of people are anxious right now.
…But the newspaper did catch her off guard.
"I thought it would be at least tomorrow..." Edith sat down. "If I want to be more rigorous and write a more in-depth article, it will take half a month just to investigate Oliver City. I still have at least half a month of buffer time... It's too tight now."
She was so speechless that she put down the article in her hand.
......
"So you really lived in a garbage dump since you were a child, and you didn't see your parents begging for a living. Only after you were found and taken away by Hedda did you get to eat normal bread?" Amy didn't even eat today, and asked excitedly while sitting in the restaurant.
Edith numbly shoveled soup into her mouth one spoonful at a time.
"Why is it that the version I watched was that Edith grabbed hold of the Turner family's passing carriage, hung on the crossbar under the carriage for half a month, and finally arrived at the capital after traveling across the entire kingdom?" Tattle said suddenly.
Edith: "......Why are you watching too?"
Tuttle coughed lightly: "I am a little concerned, sorry."
"And why are they all Heda?" Lynch said weakly, "Where is my family?"
"Do you really want your family to appear as villains in the story?" Bell looked at his brother lovingly, "Eat, you should be glad that no one remembers the Charles family."
Amidst the chaotic discussion, Xia Zhi's voice suddenly rang out, startling everyone at the table: "So, what is the truth?"
Edith looked up with a hollow look in her eyes. "She was born in a normal family. Her parents died later and she ended up living on the streets. With help, she was placed in Charles' family as a companion. Half a year later, she was poached by Heda and brought to the capital."
It was hard, but not as hard as the reports portrayed it to be. I was lucky, but not as lucky as the reports portrayed it to be.
"So you are really a civilian?" Xia Zhi's eyes suddenly widened. "I thought the report was just nonsense!"
"The process is made up, but the main content is correct." Hedda fell back confidently, "For example, the part about the great Miss Turner reaching out to save the day."
These reports all put her in the position of a benefactor, so cool!
Edith shrugged her shoulders and said, "After all, the ones speaking out now are small newspapers, so it's normal for them to make up stories. In a few days, when the newspapers of the big families have finished their investigation, I guess they will reveal my true life story."
Go ahead and investigate. He was born with a clean background, is strong and independent, has never done anything wrong, and he raised his younger sister despite having suffered so much. He fully deserves to be called great.
"I'm now very curious about what my classmates - no, all the other students think." Bell was eager to see the fun, "Are you ready to be watched in class tomorrow?"
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