Chương 149: The Little Princess's Heartache

"I... I have no such intention!"

Upon hearing Richard's comment, Sylvia quickly waved her hand in denial.

Richard raised an eyebrow, still staring at the girl.

Several seconds later, Sylvia couldn't take it anymore. Her delicate face flushed slightly, and she gripped the hem of her skirt tightly with her small hands. She said softly, "Okay, I've thought about it a little bit, but it's not to the point where I really want to put it into practice—" Knew it.

Richard pursed his lips and said, "Promise me you won't put it into practice, or you'll really see Principal Bernd scream like a red-hot kettle."

"puff----" Sylvia was amused by Richard's analogy, and then nodded very seriously.

Richard turned around with satisfaction, intending to leave.

But just then, a girl's soft murmur came from behind.

"Teacher, if I were Isabella, would you have felt comfortable letting me do that?"

Richard turned around and stared wide-eyed.

Wait, how did this get involved with Isabella again?

Beside her, Grace narrowed her eyes, sensing something was amiss. She gave Richard a "You handle this yourself, I'm going now" gesture and walked away from the carriage on her own.

Miss Richard rolled her eyes.

He was 100% certain that although the guy seemed to have walked away, he was actually still secretly spying on them!

Forget it, I can't be bothered with this evil dragon.

He rubbed his temples and walked over to Sylvia.

Inside the carriage, the little princess looked at the charming 20-year-old face, sniffed, and then poured out all her recent thoughts.

Although upon closer examination, her relationship with Richard wasn't particularly close, as they had only known each other for about ten days.

But now, for some reason, she is willing to confide in this person.

Seeing this, Richard also patiently became a quiet listener.

Sylvia's idea was actually not complicated.

Despite being a princess, she always felt somewhat inferior because she had so many outstanding older brothers and sisters.

In this situation, the Robin School became her natural safe haven.

Here, she immersed herself in poetry and music, thus forgetting the fact that she was inferior to her peers.

She fell in love with the school from the bottom of her heart.

But now, the robin has been thrown into chaos by the Styx Guardians, both of her maids have been injured, and she herself has been banned from entering the school.

Her safe haven vanished in an instant, and her original inferiority complex, accompanied by a deep sense of powerlessness, once again took hold of her heart.

That's why she was so eager to do something to help everyone and get the school back to normal, even if it meant putting herself in danger.

"—Teacher, do you think I'm useless? If I were a powerful paladin like my sister, could I have killed that Styx Guardian right away?"

After pouring out her heart, Sylvia felt much better, but the lingering negative emotions still drove her to ask Richard the same question.

Richard smiled and shook his head.

"On the contrary, Sylvia, after hearing your thoughts, I not only don't think you're useless, but I also think you have the precious potential to become a benevolent ruler. Just this alone surpasses countless nobles—" It's at least better than Phoenix's.

Sylvia blinked, then lowered her head shyly: "It's not that exaggerated, teacher, what nonsense are you talking about—"

"6 Believe it or not, I'm serious~ Richard shrugged, then changed the subject: "Besides, even putting aside potential, just looking at things now, I don't think there's anything useless about you, because you're still a 16-year-old student."

"A student's duty is to study hard. If a student is considered useless simply because they can't sacrifice themselves to eliminate the ghosts, then what about us helpless adults?"

"An immature goblin with the height of a dwarf, the wisdom of a giant, and the strength of a fairy?"

Sylvia couldn't help but laugh out loud again.

Richard raised an eyebrow.

"So, why think so badly of yourself?"

"Even if we take a step back and say that you are a 16-year-old student, if you really have a role model you want to be, it's not too late to start working on it now."

"To be honest, a little over a year ago, I was weaker than you, but look at me now~" Sylvia's eyes widened: "Teacher, are you serious?"

Richard patted his chest: "Of course it's true, back then I didn't have any adventurer teams willing to take me—" —Although I relied on the system to rise to power later on, as a member of the royal family, you have ample resources. If you really wanted to work hard, you could at least achieve one-fifth of the system's results.

With that thought in mind, Richard then recounted in detail to Sylvia his hardships back then.

A few minutes later, the gloom between the girl's brows completely disappeared.

Richard, seeing that things had progressed sufficiently, finally said to Sylvia, "In short, Sylvia, you are far better than you think, so don't let momentary emotions cloud your judgment and lead you to do anything foolish."

"You know, if you act recklessly, even your sister Isabella will be in big trouble."

"I'll tell you a secret, but you absolutely mustn't tell anyone, back in the Gulf region, Isabella once accidentally fell into a burrow like a wild boar—" Richard squinted and briefly recounted how Isabella had been trapped by the Killing Order.

I'm sorry, Your Highness.

But you never said you would keep this a secret forever, and besides, I'm doing this to comfort your own sister!

Yes, that's right, it's what I should do.

On the other side, after listening to her sister's story about food, Sylvia completely let go of her worries.

She thanked Richard and swore to the gods that she would not risk her life.

Richard also assured Sylvia that he would do everything in his power to deal with the mischievous ghost and restore the little princess's beloved Robin's School to normal.

Two minutes later.

Under Sylvia's reluctant gaze, Richard said goodbye to his companions, only to turn around and bump into Grace, who was grinning mischievously.

"Hmm~ That wicked poet is seducing young girls again~"

"First of all, it's a teacher's responsibility to guide students. Secondly—what do you mean 'again'? I think this is the first time I've done something like this. Don't tell me you consider insulting Zoya as seducing a girl; that girl is old enough to be my grandmother—" Grace snapped her fingers, immediately bringing Zoya into the conversation: "Pah! You damned poet, don't underestimate me! I'm not that young! I'm old enough to be your great-grandmother!"

Damn it, these female dragons have a different concept of time than humans. Their sarcastic remarks about their age are completely pointless.

Richard rubbed his temples, gave up arguing with Grace and Zoya, and focused on getting home.

However, what he didn't know was— At that moment, another carriage carrying someone he knew was parked on a nearby street.

The familiar faces in the car were none other than Dorian and William.