A Narrow-Eyed Nobleman Is Always Misunderstood

Episode 184 – Time Does Not Wait

Prelda, dean and senior professor of Noblesse Academy.

She was processing her papers her her her her in her office her her her her.

After Adalbert and Damran’s disappearance, he thought that more documents than usual would come to him for processing, but surprisingly, it wasn’t much different from usual.

While she was carefully examining each document and choosing which to reject and which to pass, she heard the secretary say that someone was looking for her.

“Someone came to visit me from the Kingdom of Alberium?”

As she doubted whether what she heard was real, she asked her secretary what she had heard.

For what reason is the Kingdom of Alberium coming to visit her?

No matter how much she moved her head this way and that, she couldn’t figure out who had a reason to come to her.

So she asked the name of the person who came to see her, just in case.

“This is an elf who identified herself as Seluna Emeraldia. They say she came to visit the senior professor… Do you know her?”

“Ha. “I know someone.”

The moment she heard her her name her her, Seluna Emeraldia, a sigh came out of Frelda’s mouth her her her.

How can Frelda not know her name?

Didn’t she cause a man who could have been the benefactor of the elves to be misunderstood due to her hasty judgment, and ultimately drove him to the brink of death in an unexplored area?

If she had not been Queen Lumio’s favorite child, she would have been an elf who was considered a traitor and should have been banished from her nature.

“First of all, it looks like you’re waiting at the front door. What do you want to do? If you say you’d like to meet me, I’ll tell you to wait in the living room.”

“We should meet. I think I know why you came here.”

Prelda seemed to know the reason for her visit to Noble Academy.

Of course, the reason she wanders this world is to find Alberto and ask for his forgiveness.

And this is where Alberto, no, Adalbert was headed recently.

However, the person Seluna was looking for was not there.

Why?

He disappeared from this world in the explosion in Maroonbah City.

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“You stupid troublemaker. Why did you come here?”

As soon as Prelda arrived at the drawing room and opened the door, she started hurling her harsh words at Seluna.

“P-Frelda.”

As Frelda looked at herself with a look of disdain on her face, Seluna’s shoulders slumped over her.

She tried to locate Alberto with the help of Prelda, but found it difficult when her helper turned hostile towards her.

“Okay. “What did you have to do that made you shamelessly show your face in this place and ask to see me?”

“Well… That’s what I mean… “

When Frelda forced her way out, Seluna was even trying to forget why she came here.

Seeing Seluna’s face slowly turning blue, Prelda sighed and opened her mouth again.

“This is why you came here. If it were obvious, it would be obvious. Just wait a moment.”

Prelda looked around her and snapped her fingers.

As soon as she snapped her fingers, the mana that gathered around her completely covered her living room.

Now, no one outside will be able to overhear what is said in this space.

“I placed a silence spell on the entire room.”

Seluna swallowed her saliva at the sight of Frelda deploying a silence spell that covered her entire room with a simple snap of her fingers.

If she made even the slightest mistake in her words, Frelda’s terrifying magic would strike her.

“Okay, now that you’ve calmed down to some degree, I’ll ask you: Why did you come here?”

Prelda looked at Seluna with her smile.

Her smile put a lot of pressure on Seluna.

To some, it may seem like a benevolent smile, but she seemed to be putting unspoken pressure on Celluna, saying, ‘I know everything, so I’ll tell you the truth.’

“Ah, I came looking for Alberto Salihar Madern.”

So she revealed to Seluna that she had come to Noble Academy.

“Why are you looking for that person here?”

Prelda knew that Seluna had come here to look for Adalbert, but she deliberately pretended not to know.

“Because I heard he was here.”

When Frelda pretended not to know, Seluna spoke to Frelda, saying that she would hold on to even the slightest glimmer of hope.

“That’s interesting. Who said that?”

“It’s my judgment.”

“There is no one named Alberto here?”

Prelda replied to her Seluna that the Alberto she was looking for was not here.

The reason she said that was because she wanted to see how far she had come.

If Seluna went back like this, she was not qualified to meet Alberto.

“I know. He may be operating under a different name. Adalbert.”

“Hmm.”

Prelda was suspicious when Seluna said the name Adalbert correctly.

Where did you actually hear that name?

Frelda tried to ask Seluna about this, but she was one step ahead of her and struck out.

“I just need to make sure he’s here. I’ll wait even if it takes two years, three years, or even ten years.”

Seluna confessed her resolve to her Prelda.

She said she would wait forever until he met her.

“What is he waiting for?”

Frelda guessed everything, but she still pretended not to know and asked Cell Luna a question.

“I’m going to wait for a chance to ask him for forgiveness.”

When Seluna asked her Prelda, she said what she wanted.

After hearing her answer her, Prelda let out her sigh.

“Are you here to ask for forgiveness even though you did something wrong to him?”

And, Frelda’s gaze as she looked at Seluna was full of contempt.

“You are truly shameless. What was your purpose in asking for his forgiveness? Were you asking for his forgiveness because you feared your safety his would be threatened if you incur his wrath his?”

“That’s not it!”

“Or did you come to ask for forgiveness from him because he was angry at our elf people and his anger would endanger the safety of all of our people?”

“Well, that’s…”

Seluna didn’t know how to answer Frelda’s question.

What was I really trying to ask him for forgiveness for?

Is it for my comfort?

Or was it for the safety of my people?

What was I trying to ask him for forgiveness for?

Seluna felt her mind becoming confused by Frelda’s question her.

What was I really trying to ask for forgiveness from him?

“Seeing as you can’t answer, it seems like you haven’t come to a clear conclusion.”

“…”

Frelda’s words hit the nail on the head for Seluna.

It pointed out exactly what she was trying to ask for forgiveness for.

“Forgiveness is something that the victim does for the offender… But it is ultimately the victim’s responsibility.”

Frelda was once again teaching Seluna about the concept of forgiveness.

“No matter how much the offender asks for forgiveness, if the victim does not forgive, no matter how hard he tries, it is of no use.”

“Well, then what should I do?”

“You should convey at least a little bit of your sincerity to the victim. However, a true apology is not for me or for anyone else.”

“So, what is a true apology?”

“For a true apology to come out, you have to realize that your actions were wrong and do what the victim wants.”

When Frelda said that a true apology is doing what the victim wants, Seluna nodded and realized what she had to do.

When told that she must realize that her actions were wrong, Seluna reminded her of what she did to Alberto.

And only then did she realize how big a mistake she had made.

She framed others and spoke unconfirmed truths as if they were true, citing many people and causing someone’s death.

How many people can truly forgive that?

But, nevertheless, she had to ask Alberto for forgiveness.

It’s not about making her feel at ease.

It wasn’t even for the safety of his fellow countrymen.

Everything was in the hope that the wounds in Alberto Salihar Madern’s heart would be healed even a little.

If he wanted to die, he was willing to give up his life.

Even if I did something worse than that, I was willing to go into the fire if he would forgive me.

“Frelda. What should I do to receive his forgiveness?”

“Well, I don’t know about that. Don’t you need someone to forgive you to ask for forgiveness?”

At Frelda’s words, Seluna felt as if she had been hit on the head with a hammer.

“Well, what do you mean by that?”

“The person you were trying to ask for forgiveness. Alberto Salihar Meydern does not exist in this world.”

Prelda slowly began to explain to Seluna what had happened.

“Ah, ah…”

And then she realized.

I am too late.

I’ve come too far back to ask for forgiveness.

Seluna sat down in the middle of the living room and began to sob silently.

Frelda, who was looking at Seluna like that, was also very confused.