The villainous prince who bullied Feng Aotian was actually myself.

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Forget it, a love built on lies can't last a lifetime.

If Helena knew the truth, she would definitely kill herself.

Alas, what a tragedy!

“Mr. Leon, thank you for helping Helena. I am truly grateful. You should have told me in advance. Your unexpected visit caught me off guard, and I have nothing to offer in terms of hospitality…”

Anna looked at the simple food in the kitchen and smiled awkwardly.

Posters announcing Helena's wanted status were put up in Peaceful Town. Although Anna was illiterate, she knew about it from what the townspeople had told her.

She then went to Rosen to inquire about the matter, and Rosen replied, "Don't worry, His Highness Leon will take action."

At the time, Leon was acting as regent, and the people were buzzing with rumors about the new supreme ruler.

Therefore, Anna believed that if someone as influential as Leon intervened, Helena should be safe.

A few days later, she heard from Rosen that Helena was safe, but that Leon had been dismissed and demoted to the southern border.

"It's alright. I've already had a meal with the Imperial Knights at the post station. I just came to see you."

Leon smiled and spoke.

"Look at me?"

Anna was puzzled.

"Yes, Helena and I both studied at Guberland University. I was a year ahead of her, and we were also very good friends. She often mentioned you to me. She always thought about you. Before she left, she asked me to come and see how you were doing on her behalf."

Leon explained.

"Oh, thank you for your help, sir. I am doing very well. Tell her to take good care of herself. I will wait for her to come home no matter what. Please pass on this message to her."

Anna pursed her lips and said solemnly.

"Okay, I will."

Leon nodded in agreement.

"Mr. Leon, what exactly did Helena do wrong? She has always been a very well-behaved and sensible child. Why did she suddenly become a wanted criminal of the Empire?"

Anna said, feeling distressed.

Only a few high-ranking officials in the Empire knew the reason for Helena's situation; Anna, of course, could not possibly know.

Rosen knew the reason, but it was a secret and he couldn't tell Anna.

"She's been framed by villains, so she has to go abroad to hide for a while. But Miss Anna, please rest assured, I will do everything in my power to restore Helena's freedom and innocence. She will return safely."

Leon lied.

Leon was absolutely certain that Helena would return safely. Although he didn't understand Helena, he did understand what it meant to be a "proud and arrogant woman"!

After entering and having some tea, Anna, who was quite guileless, chatted with Leon for a while, and the distance between them grew considerably.

"You help Helena because you like her?"

Anna asked.

"Yes."

Leon stated definitively, "My love for Helena's story began one breezy morning when I was queuing for breakfast at the school cafeteria. I was immediately drawn to Helena, a junior student as lively and bright as the morning sun..."

In his previous life, as a struggling writer who earned a meager monthly income of a little over 500 yuan, Leon had his own unique way of crafting stories.

So Anna believed it.

Rosen wasn't stupid; he knew Leon was making up stories, but he also knew Leon meant no harm. So, he would occasionally chime in and help the villain. Eventually, he, like Anna, started listening with great interest.

"Sister Anna, is that yard over there Helena's house?"

Leon stopped telling his story of youthful heartbreak and suddenly asked a question.

"Yes, she hasn't come back to live here for almost a year."

Do you have a key to Helena's house?

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"May I go in and take a look?"

Leon was still quite curious about Helena's bedroom.

"This……"

Anna hesitated.

“We’ll be family sooner or later, Anna. Helena likes me too, and Rosen can testify to that.”

Leon looked at Rosen.

"Ah, yes, I can."

Rosen chimed in, "His Highness and Miss Helena were already in love while they were in the palace."

"That's fine."

Anna agreed.

Anna would be okay with Helena being with Leon.

Leon is handsome, speaks kindly, and almost sacrificed himself to save Helena, which shows his sincerity.

P.S.: I was delayed by the final assignment yesterday, which broke my perfect attendance record that keeps me writing these posts out of passion, and I even lost nearly a hundred favorites. Waaah, there's nothing to look forward to this month. [A grown-up's breakdown...]

Winter break is here, and I'll be back to updating twice a week or more soon, speeding up the pace.

Chapter 49 Helena's Diary

Accompanied by Anna, Leon entered the home where Helena had lived since childhood.

This bungalow is not big; it has only one living room and two bedrooms: a master bedroom and a slightly smaller secondary bedroom.

Anna said that Helena hadn't come back to live there for almost a year. In Leon's previous life, when he left his university dormitory for a month during summer and winter vacations, there would be a lot of dust on the table when he came back. But Helena hadn't been back for almost a year, and the house was still very clean and tidy.

It seems this should be...

Leon looked at Anna beside him.

“I regularly take care of Helena’s house so that she can move in as soon as she gets home.”

Anna explained.

Was Helena born in Peace Town?

Leon asked, "These original episodes didn't mention it. After all, it's an anime series, with only about twenty episodes, each only a dozen minutes long. It's impossible to explain everything."

"No."

Anna shook her head. "Helena was already three years old when her family moved to Peace Town."

"And then, you just stayed here?"

Leon asked, "Regarding Helena, I've always known in my heart that the main reason I publicly declared my love for her was to save my life. But... I found myself gradually becoming more and more concerned about Helena, and subconsciously wanting to understand her."

Alas, when falsehood is taken for truth, even truth becomes falsehood!

Damn it, could it be that I've actually fallen for that brat while lying?

"Yes, she lived at school until she went to middle school and only came back on school holidays. After she went to university, she came back once a year."

Anna replied.

Even if she didn't say it, Leon could guess it.

Living at school, attending classes, eating, sleeping, then attending classes, eating, sleeping... It seems that Feng Aotian's early life was quite comfortable and boring.

In addition, I am one year older than Helena. The original owner was a well-known figure at Guberland University, but I had never heard of any campus rumors about the pretty junior Helena. This shows that Helena was probably a low-key and introverted person who did not like to make a name for herself, but whose grades were neither bad nor outstanding.

Of course, "not outstanding academic performance" here refers to the fact that at the University of Guberland, which is full of academic elites, those who can get into and graduate from the University of Guberland are all highly educated intellectuals in this world, and they are all truly talented individuals.

Take the original owner of this body, for example. Everyone says that the original owner is a waste, but that's just the high expectations people have for the future emperor, and the hurt caused by Leon's comparison.

The original owner was quite capable. Putting aside the professional knowledge he learned in university, just knowing so many languages ​​was already pretty impressive, Leon thought. You have to understand that in his previous life, he had studied English for more than ten years and still couldn't understand it!

Entering the master bedroom, this should be Helena's parents' room.

The bed in the room was made of only wooden planks, and all the belongings were wrapped in canvas bags and piled up in the corner and in the wardrobe.

On an old, worn-out clothes rack hung a sheathed longsword.

The scabbard bears a white phoenix totem that has been worn somewhat dull, a symbol of the Fchester Empire, whose national flag is the White Phoenix Flag.

Leon walked up to the sword, reached out and grasped the hilt, trying to draw it, but found that he couldn't pull it out at all; the blade and the steel scabbard seemed to be welded together.

"The sword has been sitting for over ten years, and it's completely rusted inside."

Anna explained.

"Sister Anna, you must have met Helena's parents, right?"

Leon asked curiously.

"Yes, I was young then. I only remember that her father was a very tall and handsome man. He was very kind and would always grill meat for me."

Anna recalled, "He was a member of the Imperial Knights. Later, it was said that a war broke out in the northern part of the empire, a battle against dragons. Helena's father went to war with the Knights and never returned."

"And what about her mother?"

"Leon asked."

Leon had already investigated Helena's father and knew about his identity as an Imperial Knight.

"Her mother was a very beautiful woman, but I don't know anything else about her. She was said to be the daughter of a down-on-his-luck merchant."

Anna replied.

Helena's parents passed away early, and Anna was just a child at the time. Little kids don't think that much.

"However, according to my father, he was classmates with Helena's parents in high school. Helena's mother was very beautiful in high school, and many boys in the class liked her, but later Helena's father got the girl."

Anna added.

Ok……

As you can imagine, this is a very normal love story between ordinary people. The original anime didn't mention that Helena's parents were actually young masters from some aristocratic family.

Leon left the master bedroom and went to the second bedroom. Unlike the desolate master bedroom, this room had a unique, simple, girlish charm.

Hand-painted landscape posters adorn the walls of the room, colorful petal-shaped wind chimes hang in front of the bed, and blue checkered bedding is neatly folded. A half-meter-high mirror hangs in front of the wardrobe, and various styles and colors of small hair ties, hair clips, and several small scissors and wooden combs of different sizes are placed on the shelf next to the mirror.

Inside the room, there was an old small desk and a wooden chair, with only an oil lamp and an empty, pale vase on the desk.

In the corner of the room, there was a dusty wooden box.

“Those are all Helena’s books.”

Anna saw that Leon's gaze had fallen on the wooden box, so she explained.

Helena's books?

Leon immediately became interested.

"I can't read, so I don't know what kind of books they are. I guess they're her school textbooks or something."

Anna said as she saw Leon walk toward the wooden box.

textbook?

Leon opened the wooden box.

It does contain serious textbooks, as well as literary classics, poetry collections, and other miscellaneous books, old newspapers, and magazines.

It seems that little Helena is indeed pure and lovely, and did not keep any black-and-white comics or emotional stories produced by succubi in the small box.

If this box contains Leon's textbooks, then naturally, he'll be killed.

Helena's books are all in excellent condition; even her elementary school books are still usable. Unlike Leon, who lost all his books from the nine years of compulsory education when he was in college. He even happily sold his three years of mock exams to an old man who drove a cart to the school for a dollar a pound.

Leon randomly flipped through a few books. The books contained dense but not messy notes. Helena's handwriting was beautiful, as delicate and lively as she was. Thinking about his own handwriting... although it wasn't terrible, there was no harm without comparison, which somewhat undermined Leon's confidence.

Thinking this, Leon put down his book and randomly picked up a few more textbooks, including some short essays written by Helena, which were, of course, proper essays.

This writing is quite good!