《Only I Know that The Villainess is Actually A Good Girl with Beautiful Heart》 CH 1-2 When I woke up, I was in a different world. I could not even move my body as I wanted to, and when I tried to speak, I could not do it properly and there were only ¡°Aaa¨C¡± or ¡°Maaah!¡± sounds that came out from my mouth. It was strange. Just the other day, I was playing an otome game in order to become popular with the girls. When I was thinking about the otome game, I gradually got angry, and regardless of my intention, I started to cry out loud. ¡°Ogyaa¨C Ogyaa¨C¡± But for the time being, it did not matter. After all, I might have just been dreaming. I did not need to think too much about it. More importantly, about the otome game. What made me angry was the treatment of the villainess in the otome game. Advertisements The villainess, Risha Riplton Kvist, had no freedom ever since childhood. Her hell-like childhood was filled with ¡°The Education as the Preparation to Marry the Royal Family¡± as she was the daughter of her mother. Let alone her parents, not even the maids who served for her were allowed to spoil her. She was not even allowed to play with another child of the same age for a reason that it would be a negative influence for her. In the middle of the strict education, she would be often abused verbally by her parents if there were bad results from any of the subjects. And as the last whip, her sister who was younger by 3 years old was raised overly kind by her parents and smoothly grew up as a selfish girl. The affection towards both daughters of the family was equal, but in both cases, the way they expressed it was just too overwhelming. However, from the point of view of the receiver, it was not a laughing matter. Surprisingly, Risha who was raised in such an environment was able to grow up into a good girl who never was the embarrassment of her family. And it was the long-awaited academy life. The engagement with the first prince, who was the same age as her, had been decided. It was the only place where she was permitted to speak with other people outside the family members and the maids. To Risha, they all looked brilliant. However, the academy life Risha had been waiting for was nothing but another place to slam her into the bottom of hell. Up until that time, Risha was in a state close to confinement, so she was not able to measure the distance she should take between people and had the tendency to say what she thought as it was. Advertisements And the ones who were told the truth by her were not happy about it. Sometimes, there was a time when a just argument was not the solution and in contrast, make the other party feel unpleasant. The more perfect Risha was, the more the words coming from her mouth felt painful to the others. And until she noticed it, she was alone. Since the situation became like that, the only salvation she got was her fiance, the first prince, only. But, the first prince was secretly dating a commoner. Risha who knew about it didn¡¯t break there, but, although it was allowed for the first prince to have a concubine, the person must have a minimum education that was necessary to stand at the position, and because of that, Risha was always acting strictly towards the heroine. I saluted that she didn¡¯t break at this point. If I were her, I would ask myself, ¡°What is my life up until now?¡± and definitely shattered that person into dust. Put it aside, what makes it worse is that Risha had never been taught kindly, so she only knew how to teach people strictly. The rest of the story was just as you expected. Her attitude was interpreted as bullying by the heroine, and as the behavior was reported to the first prince, the furious first prince broke the engagement with Risha in front of the people at the dance party in their third year, and then he disappeared in front of Risha. It was a happy ending, and then the ending movie was rolled. Advertisements Later in the epilogue, only one statement was stated there which said, ¡°Risha committed suicide,¡± and that was the end. This was not supposed to happen. I searched for the way so that Risha could live happily in the walkthroughs etc., but no hits were found. I was very angry from the bottom of my heart. At first sight, she was a villainess, but actually, she was a good person. Is it my ego to wish for her happiness? ¡ô (Chapter 2) Risha in that world was very pitiful. If I were inside the game, I would do anything to save her from that hell. ¡°Arara, Your Highness looked lively. Do you need anything? Do you need milk? Is it poop? Or is it pee?¡± As I thought so, a giant who wore a maid uniform grabbed me on both sides and then held me in her arms as she supported my neck. I didn¡¯t understand when she was asking about milk and poop¡­ Wait?! Why did she take my clothes off without my permission?! Couldn¡¯t she tell it from the smell?! Stop!! Stop it!! AaaaAaaaaaaAaa!!!! ¡°Arara, If it is not poop, then it must be milk. But, being lively is a good thing. I will call the nanny, okay?¡± Advertisements Then, after the giant took a firm look at my junior, she said so and then left the room. Although it was just a dream, this was the first time I was being humiliated so much. If this act of humiliation needed to be named, then I would name it ¡°SM Baby Play¡±. And then, somehow, I felt that I lost something important as a human being. ¡ô It was weird. No, I had known that something was weird from the first day. I noticed that there was no hint of waking up from this reality-like dream. In this dream, although I slept and then woke up, I was still inside the dream. Obviously, it was strange. As I continued to turn my eyes from reality, three whole years had passed. Let¡¯s admit it. Advertisements I was reincarnated into another world. ¡°Oh, Your Highness Claude, you are awake.¡± ¡°Good morning, Nina-san.¡± ¡°Yes, good morning.¡± And now, I am Claude Von Highness, the first prince of the Kingdom of Gradeas. Yes, I have the same name as one of the vicious and hated main characters, and the same status which is the first prince of the same kingdom. It was unfortunate that I had spent three years in vain as I couldn¡¯t accept the reality, but since it was not the case anymore, I could see clearly what I should do from now on. ¡°Ara ara, do you imitate your father¡¯s dignified face? It suits you well, but I think it was too fast for Your Highness to make such an expression.¡± Towards that determination, my personal attendant and maid, Nina, said that the expression didn¡¯t suit me. I had been spending three years here. Therefore, as expected, I later knew why the first prince, Claude, became such trash. This personal maid of mine, Nina, was always softly denying everything I did or what I tried to do. Moreover, as I received the education for royalty, I was using a cheat which was my past life memories, but no matter how good my grades were, I were never been praised, and only being told, ¡°You are going to be the future king, so it is natural for you to get those results.¡± Was it not one kind of abuse? As he was raised in such an environment, no wonder that person fell in love with the daughter of a commoner who was like an angel and always positive compared to Rishe who had strict behavior. As I had experienced it, I understood it now. I could give my empathy to him, but that didn¡¯t mean that I forgave him. While I was waiting for the day to come, I made various plans to rescue Rishe night by night, and as I did the simulation in my head, I kept refining it and wrote it on paper. CH 3-4 T/N: Chapter 2 is in the previous chapter!!! Go check it first <3 ¡ô Months and days had passed since then, and I was 13 years old now. No problem was happening, and my physical condition was very healthy as the doctor had affirmed it already. The only things that changed are my taller height and my firm body from kenjutsu lessons which were being practiced as self-defense. And the new thing I found was the person behind the employment of my personal attendant, Nina. The person was the current prime minister, Alvin Heim, who in the future was going to assassinate the current King, my father, and turn me into his puppet. But despite knowing the truth, I couldn¡¯t do anything about it now. The only thing I could do was to accept the current situation. Rather, it was a fortune in the middle of disaster as the chance that I would be assassinated in near days was low since I was soon to be used as his important puppet. ¡°Your Highness Claude, you have a meeting with your fiance.¡± Advertisements As I was wandering in my thoughts, my personal attendant, Nina, reported the arrival of the other party. ¡°I see. Let¡¯s go.¡± And today was the first time I was going to meet the fiance that had been decided by Father last month. The winter had closed its curtain and it was already mid-spring as it became easier to live. If this was Japan, it was the time that the snow was melting and the cherry blossoms were about to bloom everywhere. As I was feeling nostalgic for my past life, I tried to not look nervous in this maid¡¯s eyes. We were heading to the place where Risha was waiting while I was suppressing my excitement of going to meet Risha for the first time. ¡°Nice to meet you. I am the fiance of His Highness Claude, Risha Riplton Kvist. My hobby is flower arrangement, and I also enjoy piano and violin a little.¡± When I entered the room together with my personal attendant where Risha and her parents were, it seems that they had been waiting for me. They stood up to greet me, and then a beat later, after making a small bow and seeing me sitting down on the chair, they sat down as well. Following the introduction of the parents, Risha made a light introduction. I knew that her hobby was not ikebana and actually her skill in piano and violin reached pro-level from the knowledge of my past life. However, I didn¡¯t care about such trivial matters. Her shining golden hair with the curls, trivial the villainess, the transparent blue eyes, the ripe light pink color lips as cherry blossoms which gave a glimpse of youth, and her skin that was just as white as porcelain. However, the softness was inherited there. Her fingers were thin and elegant, her chest was a little bit well-developed for a 13-year-old but it was not fat, and her waist was constricted. Advertisements As I looked at her appearance for the first time, it was also the first time I experienced love at first sight, including my past life. I only had knowledge of a noble lady called Risha. However, I didn¡¯t expect that my knowledge of her appearance had such a huge difference when I met her directly. I could not suppress my fast heartbeat. She was just like a fairy who had fallen to the human world¡­ But as I heard her emotionless voice, I deeply carved it into my chest. I would definitely make Risha happy. ¡ô Risha¡¯s little sister was sulking in the living room of the Kvist Family House. Why is His Highness Claude¡¯s fiance not me but that creepy sister? ¡ô Ch 4 My elder sister had always been like that. She always talked back to anything I said and added, ¡°You should not embarrass our family with your behavior as the daughter of the Duke Family.¡± It was like her catchphrase that I had enough of that statement. Advertisements Because I am the daughter of the Duke Family that my behavior was forgiven, so why should that sister tell me so? She always looked down at me with her composed expression, and in the back, the servants called her a creepy wax doll because every time a person talked to her, she didn¡¯t change her expression at all. And I agreed as she never changed her expression at all. That was why she was not loved even by her own parents. That was what I thought. Until my sister¡¯s fiance was decided. I was in the corridor, holding a candle stick, and then entered my sister¡¯s room. For the time being, I would ask my parents so that I could be His Highness Claude¡¯s fiance, and not Sister. However, that would not make my anger dissipate. Every time I remembered the expression that sister of mine, who always looked down at me, made when she was ready to leave the house to meet His Highness Claude angered me as my vision was blocked by it. The sister, who I thought was defective as she got no expression, for the first time made an expression towards me, and it was a pity. I would never forgive her. That expression should be mine and the one who received it should be her. Advertisements ¡°I will never forgive you.¡± It was not enough to only make her regret angering me. It was unfortunate that I could not kill her just because we had the same blood flowing in our veins and it irritated me. After I entered my sister¡¯s room, on the bed beside the pillow, there was a teddy bear lying there. It was the only thing my sister cherished so much. I took it with my left hand and then threw it to the floor and stepped on it. With the candlestick on my hand, I stabbed it over and over and over and over with all of my power. As I imagined the teddy bear was my sister, and though my sister¡¯s reaction when she saw this teddy bear, the feeling of exhilaration was coming inside me as I had never felt it before. ¡ô I was walking with Risha inside the garden that was built inside the royal palace. Though I realized that far behind us, Risha¡¯s and my parents were all peeking at us with binoculars. Why did they think they would not be found out with the mothers wearing such extravagant and bulky dresses? However, it was better to not point it out and lose the time for being alone with Risha. My mother would not be able to read the atmosphere and she might say, ¡°Let¡¯s take a walk with both families,¡± or something like that. No, she would definitely say so. I could guarantee it. Perhaps, even at the time being, she wanted to join us so badly. As I was thinking about it, when I looked at Risha who was following me a little bit behind, Risha who noticed my glance nervously asked, ¡°Is there something wrong?¡± as she tilted her head a little bit. Even if I lowered the evaluation, she was still very cute. Was she an angel? No, she was an angel. CH 5-7 ¡°Is there something wrong?¡± ¡°No, nothing. I am only thinking about something.¡± As I said so, I gave her a smile to reassure her. That smile could only be made because I noticed how beautiful I was as a boy. Well, I had been practicing with a mirror over and over after all. I had been doing it that I now understood Narcissus¡¯s feelings for falling in love with himself. ¡°I-I see. If it¡¯s the case, then I am glad.¡± And Risha, who received my smile directly, reddened her face and looked down when she replied as she didn¡¯t want her face to be seen. For this girl who was still not used to people, moreover a male, the smile that I made with all of my efforts might be too powerful. ¡°Rather than that, do you have something you want to do? Even if we cannot do it now, I can prepare for it in the next meeting.¡± ¡°Ah¡­. N-no! You don¡¯t need to go that far! Be-besides, I will do anything Your Highness wants to do.¡± Advertisements Hmm, what a well-mannered child. Without intruding too much and not exposing herself too much, she tried to suit my taste as I was her fiance. Yes, she was raised well, but that was it. If she stayed like this, she might become a good maid, she could not be a good wife. Moreover, for a moment, Risha wanted to say something. That means she actually had something she wanted to try to do. Something that Risha wanted to try to do, huh¡­ Was it strange that I wanted to let her do it? ¡°I understand. If that is the case, then I want Risha to think what you want to do until the next meeting. This is homework from me.¡± ¡°Th-th-th-th-that is disrespectful for me! I could not do that!¡± ¡°Of course you can. Even if the others try to deny it, I myself will definitely forgive you.¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡­.D-do you¡­ mean it?¡± Risha looked like she was trying to cling on to something as she asked so, and when I saw it, as I desperately held back the urge to hug her, I put power in words to reply Rishe¡¯s anxiety as it was not important. Advertisements ¡°Yes, I mean it.¡± ¡°You truly truly¡­ mean it?¡± ¡°I truly truly meant it.¡± ¡°You truly truly mean it? You are not going to be angry when I tell you what I want to do? You are not going to hit me?¡± ¡°I truly truly truly mean it. A man will never go back on what he said. Now, this conversation ends here. A lot of colorful flowers are blooming over there. Let¡¯s look at it together. That¡¯s what I want to do right now. I wanted to look at the flowers together with Risha. Will you follow me, my princess?¡± ¡°¡­Yes.¡± I heard some strange words like being hit and my instinct told me that this conversation would not end for a while, so I forcibly changed the topic. When I offered my hand towards Risha and said the lines that would make me in the past life vomited, Risha blushed and gently took the hand while looking down. ¡ô Ch6 ¨C Blinded by The Benefit and Mistaking the Original Value ¡°Now, let¡¯s get prepared for an outing. Nina.¡± ¡°Yes, Your Highness Calude.¡± Risha was picked up by a gorgeous carriage and I sent her off as she was ready to return back to her house. I once returned back to my room and asked Nina to prepare to go out. When Nina heard my words, she kneeled down and bowed at me. Advertisements As I remembered the last decade where Nina had always been my personal attendant ever since I was a baby, I really thought that she was a very obedient personal attendant. If this attitude of hers was supposed to be named, I would call it ¡°betrayal¡±. The method was simple. I just need to slam more favorable conditions compared to the other party to Nina and then ask her to be a double spy. She already did the dirty work since the beginning, there was no problem. If the work was as dirty but she was given more favorable terms, she would turn over to the one who gave more benefits to her and that was just what I aimed for. Now, she was a really capable subordinate who was extremely thorough with her work. However, there was a disadvantage. Would the other party notice that Nina betrayed them and took my side, they would once again retrieve Nina and make their move. But since the probability Nina would betray me had been crushed by my social status, I did not need to worry about it. About what Nina gave me as a condition, she wanted me to pick her daughter, Misha, who was two years younger than me to be my concubine or another equal position in the future. Since Misha¡¯s will had not been confirmed, she originally did not want to do so. However, the influence would be tremendous and Nina agreed without thinking twice. It is natural for her to do so. If her daughter was the concubine of the future king, besides her family¡¯s peace would be assured, there would be a chance for her to bear the child of the king. For Nina, who was a baroness, and her daughter, it would be an exceptional treatment. Advertisements However, I never told her whether I would take a concubine and I said that I would take her as a concubine ambiguously. It was painful to deceive her, however, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and betrayal should be replied with appropriate measure. That¡¯s why, please forgive me. Maybe I would really make her my concubine but if she wanted a child, then she could make some lovers outside and I did not mind it at all. The life of an aristocrat, especially royalty, was just like that. They would be blinded by the gain and forgot that they would mistake the original value of it. Nina, who didn¡¯t know that I was thinking like that, took the things that I ordered her and then followed me from the back. ¡ô The time with His Highness Claude was just like a dream. To the extreme that I still wondered if that time was really not a dream. Now, I feel like I could understand why my parents raised me very strictly. As I thought so, I wondered. Maybe I was actually loved by my parents? I felt that my heart was filled that I thought about something impossible. I had never had this feeling before. If I didn¡¯t endure it, I felt that the feeling would jumble my emotions uncontrollably. ¡ô Ch7 ¨C Tearing Apart Advertisements Ladies must not reveal their feelings. It was what I had been taught until now as I always kept my feelings throughout my life. If I could not quit on something that was already embedded inside my body, there would be no way I had the courage to do it. Would I show my emotion anyway, I could imagine that I would be hit and then lectured that such behavior should not be shown by a lady. No, now, I would be lectured that I should not show such behavior as the fiance of His Highness. I forcefully pushed out my desire to break out my feelings from the shackles although it was only once, and the time when I did that, I could hear the cracking sound inside my heart. I am free, I am free, I am free. Yes, the words did not want to go out of my head. His Highness¡¯ the glittering and dazzling smile. His Highness¡¯ the gentle voice that somehow made me safe and relieved. His Highness¡¯s warm and big hand. His Highness Claude did not deny the thing that I wanted to do. All of it filled my head as they made my chest hurt. I wondered if I caught a cold. It was painful. As I wished to not meet His Highness Claude if I knew that it would be this painful, on the other hand, I was also looking forward to the next meeting. ¡°Risha-san? Is there something wrong?¡± ¡°¡­No, there is nothing wrong, Okaa-sama.¡± ¡°Then, that¡¯s good. Your face looked a little bit pale. Once we get home, let¡¯s have the doctor take a look at you just in case.¡± ¡°¡­Yes, Okaa-sama.¡± From a bystander, she would look like a mother who cares for her daughter. But I knew that she was not worried about me, who was the fiance of His Highness Claude. It was not because I was her daughter, but it was because of my status. I did not know if it was fortunate or unfortunate, but after my mother called me out, my thoughts about His Highness Claude had disappeared. ¡°You are late!! How long are you going to make me wait?! I don¡¯t care about Onee-sama¡¯s engagement!! You should have come back quickly!!¡± ¡°Ah, I am very sorry, my lovely Liliana. Your angry expression is cute, but Otou-sama likes Liliana¡¯s smile more.¡± ¡°I am sorry for leaving you alone, Liliana. The next time when we go out, I will buy the thing you want to buy, so please don¡¯t be mad.¡± ¡°Really?! Okaa-sama?!¡± ¡°Yes, I will buy anything for you.¡± When we reached the house, I looked at the familiar situation that was spreading in front of my eyes. I always envied my sister. I too wanted Father and Mother to love me even if it was only a tenth of the love they had for Liliana. ¡°Then, I want to be His Highness Claude¡¯s fiance!!¡± However, when I heard the words coming from my sister¡¯s mouth, my heart jumped. Please stop. I wanted to shout, but it was like my body did not want to listen to me as I stood like a stone. ¡°Even if you say so, I am troubled¡­ Is it not okay to be the bride of a high-ranking aristocrat?¡± ¡°No way! I want His Highness Claude!!¡± ¡°Stop it, Liliana. It was not something a lady could be.¡± Instead, the words coming from my mouth were those which deny my sister. The one who knew how much it hurt to be denied all the time was me, however, I only knew this. ¡°Okaa-sama, I will be resting in my room. If the doctor has come, please call for me.¡± I ignored my sister, who glared at me as she let out some verbal abuse, and then headed to my room. I knew that it was no use to talk to my sister if she was in such a state, and the right move when dealing with her when she was irritated, which could make any harm, was to be gone from her sight And, on my bed, the teddy bear which was the only thing presented by Father had been torn apart, and from the torn part, the cotton was coming out. T/N: Hiiii!! I actually want to post a new translation besides this one. The other title will give more words in the later chapter, but it will be only 500 or 300 in the first chapter¡­ I am thinking of how to post it next week. I hope you guys will like it as well. I will still update this one so don¡¯t worry xD CH 8-9 The teddy bear was not something that was exclusively expensive. Even from my perspective as an aristocrat, the teddy bear did not look like it was more expensive than our one-day meal. Moreover, this teddy bear was not accurately the only present given by my father. Precisely, it was the thing that was given to Father by a low-level aristocrat who wanted to give some flattery to our Kvist family, as he thought that it was something that his daughter would like, and told him that he could give it as a present to his daughter. However, for me, it was the first and the last present given to me by my parents. As I brought the teddy bear that was full of scars into my chest, the tears that I thought were dried up completely were coming out without my intention. It was a mistake to believe that there was nothing sadder than this. My chest squeaked tightly and tightly and it was the first time I felt such agony. It was like my heart was going to break. The one who did this was most likely my sister. Advertisements The traces of shoes on the teddy bear spoke up the culprit who trampled it. She still did so although her room was already filled with stuffed animals given by my parents. It was not only stuffed animals. My parents would buy anything that my sister wanted. The first time I asked for a teddy bear with my heart filled with uncertainty and fright but a little bit of expectation, my mother slapped my cheek with her palm as she said that it was disgraceful as a daughter of the Duke. Next to me, there was my sister who had just bought a stuffed rabbit, and the vicinity I saw was the commoner daughters and parents who were shopping happily. From time to time I always suspiciously asked myself, ¡°Am I really my parents¡¯ daughter?¡± However, I could not believe that I was not the daughter of my parents, and of course, did not have the courage to ask them directly. If they ever said that actually I was being picked up by them, I would not be able to accept it. ¡°Help me¡­¡± It was not like I was asking it to someone. Without any intention, the words were coming out of my mouth as it was the cry of my heart. ¡°Of course I will. I am your fiance after all.¡± Advertisements But, someone replied to those words. That voice should not be heard at that time, that voice should not be heard there, because it was impossible. Although I knew that was an illusion, although it was just an illusion, I would even grab the thinnest straw, so I turned around. ¡°I am sorry for being late. I am here to help you. Finally, the time to help you arrive.¡± And the appearance of His Highness Claude who was smiling gently came into my sight. ¡°It¡¯s been a while ago, Mr. Kvist, Mrs. Kvist.¡± ¡°P-prince Claude! W-why on earth?! No, no, I can¡¯t let you stay at the entrance like this! Please come in!¡± ¡°Then, I will do so.¡± Perhaps it was just about one hour after the Kvist couple returned to their residence. After the first meeting between their eldest daughter and me, they were relaxing their body as they were about to have dinner after the situation full of tension, but just when they were about to be relaxed, the cause of the tension, which was I myself, were visiting their humble house without any preliminary announcement with an unbelievable time lag as I was following their carriage. I bet the Kvist couple was confused and the feeling of nervousness and fright were jumbled inside them. It was very obvious if one¡¯s looking at their state at that time. Advertisements ¡°Now, now, please sit here.¡± With those things in my mind, I sat on the chair they guided me to. ¡°W-well, Prince Claude. I was very happy that you came to our humble house, but could you state your reason-¡± ¡°So, you are not satisfied with my older sister after all! Prince Claude! Of course, you are! There is no way you want to be the fiance of that creepy doll-like sister! You are even taking the trouble to come to our Kvist residence, it was to ask me to become your fiance, isn¡¯t it?!!¡± Looking at me sitting down, the Kvist couple sat across from me and ordered the maid with a low voice, maybe, asked them to prepare the tea. While we were waiting for the tea to be prepared, the head of the family, Bosef, was just about to ask me for the reason for my visit, but the undisciplined monkey suddenly came inside the room and made noisy sounds. It seems that she needed to be disciplined a little bit. ¡°Isn¡¯t it rude of you to say such a thing about my fiance, Risha? Am I right, Mr. and Mrs. Kvist?¡± ¡°I-I am very sorry! I am very sorry! I will scold my daughter later. ¡­Liliana, you shouldn¡¯t come to this room, okay? Father had an important talk with Prince Claude. Will you return back to your room?¡± ¡°Father, you are annoying! Why can¡¯t you see that Prince Claude and I have feelings for each other?!¡± ¡°Nina.¡± ¡°Certainly.¡± As expected from her. It seems that serving under me for 10 whole years was not just for a showcase. Although I was just calling her name, she knew what I wanted and acted immediately. That same Nina had already finished tied up that undisciplined monkey using a mattress and rope she prepared from somewhere and then closed her mouth with a towel. That was the first time I saw a real human roll. CH 10-11 Chapter 10-11: That was a Bad Move After she was tied on the mattress and then being rolled on the floor, she wiggled like a worm and tried to crawl towards me. That scene almost made me scream from fear and discomfort, and I am glad I was able to endure it and went to the main subject with Mr. and Mrs. Kvist. ¡°Well, what on earth is the Kvist couple raising?¡± ¡°E-even if you asked so, w-we are not keeping any pets¡­.¡± And the Kvist couple did not realize the true meaning of my question. Their faces were pale white and the cold sweat was running down as they wiped it with the handkerchief. Well, if they realized what those words meant, they would have not raised their daughters like this. ¡°Fumu, so you do not realize¡­ huh? You are truly foolish. Take a look at the two daughters you two had raised. My fiance, who is the eldest daughter of yours, has a broken heart and she doesn¡¯t have any emotion. The servants even think that she is a wax doll. On the other hand, the second daughter who is lying over there is not able to hold back her desire and from her back, the servants think that she was just like a wild monkey. What do you think about it, Mr. and Mrs. Kvist? Don¡¯t tell me the two of you really are raising a wax doll and a monkey?¡± ¡°T-t-t-t-t-there¡¯s, there is no such thing!¡± ¡°I see. Then, why did you not do anything for Risha? Do you not love your own daughter, Risha?¡± ¡°We are raising Risha so that she could be happy! We are giving her the education on courtesy and manners so that she would be suitable for Your Highness¡¯s fiance! Science, Art, Economy, we hired well-known teachers for her!! It is not true that we are not giving her anything!!¡± Then, Mrs. Shirley, who had been silent since I asked them questions, finally let out some words to deny my statement. However, it seems that she did not realize that it was a bad move. Advertisements ¡°I understand. So, you mean that your love for her up until now was applied by giving her so much education?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right!!¡± The more the Duchess raised her voice, the facial expression of one person there changed as the things that she had believed in, everything that she had taken for granted up until now was all fake. ¡°I see, I see. Then, I could not see that your daughter named Liliana who is lying over there is taking the same education. Does that mean that you do not love her?¡± ¡°Th-that is not¡­¡± Finally, after I asked whether they love Liliana or not, the couple understood my previous words as they widened their eyes. They were just about to deny my statement again, but they noticed that they had already strongly accepted my statement which was saying that their love until now was applied by giving so much education, and the authority they showed before disappeared. Mrs. Shirley made an expression as she had been found out for doing something that should not be done, and then moved her gaze towards Liliana who was lying on the floor to check on her reaction. As her eyes locked on her daughter, she could not say anything as something stuck inside her throat. If she was able to argue again just like what she did when I was talking about Risha, she might be able to dodge my words, but it seems that it was too late. ¡°Listen to me, Kvist couple. Even children have their own will. They have emotions. They are just like us, and they are not toys to impose your ideal. You raised one of your daughters differently from the other daughter, but both of their choices for their lives are in their parent¡¯s hands, am I right? As you were raised in an aristocratic family, I expected that the two of you understand the pain of having no choice over your own life. I recommend you take your time and go talk with your daughters. Well then, I will leave my seat since I have some business with my beloved fiance, Risha. After that, I ignored those parents and the daughter who was now in an absent-minded state, and headed towards where Risha was. I hoped that the distorted relationship in this family would be improved as much as possible. ¡ªCh11: Ghost Story As I could not restrain my motivation, I was guided to Risha¡¯s room by the maid of the Kvist House. The day when the engagement between Risha and I, the first prince, her little sister, Liliana tore the teddy bear that she had been treasured, and it was her last straw before her heart was beyond repair. Ever since then, I knew that Risha was hardly able to express her feelings and emotions. Advertisements Even though Risha was not able to make any expression, I would never abandon her. My fiance was in pain as her heart was going to be broken, I wanted to help her and I had been planning it for some years. That time, when she was my smile (as expected from the main capture target, it was very destructive), her cheek was reddened. I wanted to do my best to be able to see it again. Then, when I entered Risha¡¯s room guided by the maid, Risha was curling up as she was crying and hugging the teddy bear full of scars. It seems that from the shock, she did not notice her surroundings, including me who was entering her room. Seeing her in this state and thinking that this was the last expression she showed on her face, even if God forgave them, I will never do that. With such determination, I looked at Risha and strongly recognized it again, and then I came to her front and when she whispered, I crouched down. ¡°Help me¡­¡± At that time, I was sure I heard Risha¡¯s heart was screaming. Before my head could think, my body moved first. I spontaneously hugged Risha, but I did not care about the consequences for the time being. Risha was my fiance. I would no one complain. ¡°Of course I will. I am your fiance after all.¡± Advertisements And when I spoke gently to Risha, she slowly raised her head and looked at me. Her eyes showed that she was giving up everything, and it felt like I met a ghost. However, inside those eyes, there was a reflection of her crying for help. ¡°I am sorry for being late. I am here to help you. Finally, the time to help you arrive.¡± I raised my palms and put them on her cheeks gently so that her gaze was directed to me, but strongly expressed my feelings with my words. ¡°I¡­ Is it true?¡± ¡°Yes, it is.¡± Tears were flowing down as she asked me with fright hinted from her voice. She carefully, carefully, asked so that the last hope that finally, she could grab would not run away. ¡°Are you really Prince Claude?¡± ¡°Yes. See, you can touch me and I didn¡¯t disappear, right? I am neither a ghost, nor an illusion, nor a phantom. I am undoubtedly your fiance, Claude.¡± CH 12-13 Chapter 12-13: Yo-yo-yo-yo-yo-yo Just like handling a fragile porcelain, I grabbed both of Risha¡¯s hands gently to give her the evidence that I was real. At first, Risha asked me questions and her voice hinted that she was afraid that I would disappear as she touched me with fright. ¡°Oi, if you grabbed me that hard, I can¡¯t move even if I want to.¡± ¡°I-I am sorry¡­¡± And finally, when Risha finally realized that I was not an illusion, this time she grabbed on my sleeves with all of her might so that I would not run away from her. With this, I could not do what I wanted to do originally, so I asked her to let go of me. However, although she continuously apologized, her hand did not loosen up. ¡°Geez.¡± ¡°I-I am sorr¡ª Ah!¡± As I gave up and let out a sigh, I patted Risha¡¯s head gently. Well, then I would wait until Risha was satisfied. Advertisements I bet Risha was exhausted since a lot of things happened in one day. Unconsciously, she quietly slept on my chest, breathing quietly. Fumu, seeing Risha¡¯s sleeping face was a reward for me. ¡ô ¡°Hyaaaaaaaaaaa!!? Yo-yo-yo-yo-your!?¡± ¡°What¡¯s the matter? Why did you yell so suddenly?¡± From that point, it seems that I also fell asleep while holding Risha. Sadly, the words sleep and hold in here do not mean something dirty. It is just like what the words mean. I fell asleep while holding Risha. Well, even if I could do it, Risha was still very young, so I did not feel like doing it. Moreover, as I felt blessed just being able to touch Risha, I was satisfied with this. But, when I was already sucked into the swamp of happiness, Risha¡¯s high pitched scream made me come back to reality. ¡°Yo-yo-yo-yo-yo-your Highness Claude?!¡± ¡°Yes, I am your fiance, Prince Claude.¡± Advertisements ¡°I-I am very sorry!!!! I will receive any punishment, but please don¡¯t punish my family!!¡± After Risha¡¯s face turned red, she raised her voice with tremendous momentum as she kneeled down. At the same time, the blanket that covered both of us before I knew it already fell to the floor and Nina quickly took it and folded it in a flash before she disappeared. Really, she was a brilliant vassal. However, since she hid her existence from the air, I felt like I was being peeped, so inside my heart, I hoped she did not do it. Back to the main topic, I worried that Risha was too nice as she would easily be deceived by bad adults. She was still thinking about her family¡¯s safety although she had gone through a lot. But, it was the chance for me to carry out my plan, so I immediately switched my mind. *** Ch 13 ¨C Surgery ¡°Now, I will start the surgery.¡± ¡°Su-surgery¡­ What is it?¡± As I said so, Risha tilted her head and asked what surgery was. It might be a nonexistent word in this world with magic. People in this world would not have the idea of cutting off a body to cure an illness. Advertisements The only field that was developed in the commoners who often could not pay for the priests was the pharmacy, but it still lacked credibility and there were quite a number that were turned into an occult activity. That¡¯s why it was normal for people in this world to not know the meaning of surgery. ¡°Surgery is a method to cure illness and injuries other than magic and medicine.¡± While I told her so, I took the teddy bear that had been torn off with white cotton coming out from it. ¡°Originally, it was conducted to a person, but since it was not healed by magic nor medicine, we could call it a surgery.¡± From my words, as expected Risha noticed what I was going to do and was surprised. I grabbed the tools that I ordered Nina to bring and carefully untied the stitch on the teddy bear while impolitely sitting with my legs crossed. The teddy bear broke down into cloth and cotton. Usually, Risha would definitely scold me because I was sitting with my legs crossed, but Risha now was getting her hands and knees on the floor, intently looking at the teddy bear in my hands. Then, the cloth that had already been disassembled was replaced with the new one. I put the new cloth on the disassembled parts, took the mold one by one, and I cut them with scissors. I had been practicing making teddy bears many times for the sake of that day. My hands moved smoothly and the surgery went well. ¡°See, the surgery was a success. How is it? It is strange to say it by myself, but it turned out to be very splendid, isn¡¯t it?¡± Advertisements ¡°¡­..wha-!¡­..wha-!¡± Risha shook her head several times towards my question as I was able to restore back her teddy bear and gave it back to her. ¡°And this stuffed animal is a present from me. It¡¯s a teddy bear friend.¡± And then I gave Risha the teddy bear, which somehow looked like me, that I made for this day. ¡°Tha¡­¡­., thank you, very much, huuuuu!!¡± ¡°You are welcome. Now, you have a runny nose. I¡¯ll lend you a handkerchief.¡± ¡°I am shorry. It¡¯sh embarashing so pleashe don¡¯t lookkk!¡± That day, Risha¡¯s treasures had became two. CH 14-15 I was preparing for my enrollment at the National Magic Academy. The entrance ceremony would be held three months to go, and as I remembered back in my past life, there was still a lot of time to spend before the time came, and it applied to this world as well. However, because of my status as a crown prince, it could not be like that, and I noticed from how busy and in a hurry Nina was. Well, as an argument, I could say that those tasks and duties had nothing to do with me. As I was living as a commoner in my past life who had no much freedom, this situation was too hard for me. Even if I slept, my surroundings would do everything for me and it made me always felt I was living an easy life. Therefore, I unconsciously always gave my gratitude to them or sometimes gave them a gift as my appreciation. However, I could not let the maids take care of me all the time, and recently the things that I needed to do by myself increased little by little. I wondered when I started to notice that days flew very fast. I missed those days when I still thought that three months were still far away. If I could illustrate it, my current mental state was just like the last day of the summer holiday. While my mind was still full of those thoughts, the carriage that brought me was heading to the National Magic Academy. ¡°Your Highness, we have arrived. Finally, the time has come.¡± ¡°You¡¯re right.¡± When we arrived at the destination, Nina opened the door of the carriage and installed the foothold near it. ¡°Now now, let¡¯s go to the entrance gate and take a photo! We got a large amount of magical stone for projection from His Majesty and Her Majesty, so you can take as many pictures as you like!¡± Full of enthusiasm, Nina encouraged me to take some pictures in front of the entrance gate of the academy. Even this was a different world, this kind of situation was just the same, huh. ¡°Y-you are late Your Highness Claude!! How long are you going to make me wait!¡± ¡ô Ch 15: Continuous Shooting Function When I reached the area around the academy entrance, the voice that I loved very much came inside my ears. That voice filled with expression and it made her just like a different person if you compared it with the old her. Just listening to that voice made my heart full of happiness, as I was flooded with that happiness. And when I turned my gaze towards the direction where I heard the voice which was in front of the entrance gate, there was Risha who was raising her eyebrows a little bit while she was looking at me. But well, I could read through her expression that looked like she was telling ¡°I am mad, you know!¡± and the words she used when she was calling me, which was just her way of hiding her shyness. Moreover, she was barely raising her eyebrows, while usually the corners of her eyes were hanging just like a typical villainess would have, and hiding her mouth with a hand-fan. However, I knew that behind that fan, the corners of her lips were rising and she couldn¡¯t help but make a smile. It was just a calm that came after a storm. Just the day after my visit, the Kvist couple talked with their daughter¡¯s heart to heart and told them about their thoughts and feelings. As a result, since that day, they connected with the sisters equally in a good way, and after I saw the result with my own eyes, I was very happy. And looking at Risha right now, maybe she actually had a bright personality. I was not sure if it was related to the environment where she was raised, but I felt that her tsundere character was getting a little bit stronger, but it was still in my tolerable range. Rather, she was now able to express her feelings without being afraid. It was not a fruitless effort. And the interesting result was that Risha, the elder sister, became a tomboyish girl, while Liliana, the younger sister, understood that she had done a lot of mistakes in her life, and now she had grown a lot more mature as one would think that she was a different person from her past self. Maybe it was because from the beginning their personalities were in contrast to each other, and although they changed, their personalities now were still in contrast to each other? ¡°I am sorry for making you wait, my beloved Risha.¡± ¡°Uhh¡­.¡± As I lost in my own thoughts, I closed the distance between Risha and me. I scooped up her beautiful blonde hair, kissed it, and whispered my apology and love words near the ears. If I in the past life saw the current me, he would definitely do a somersault and spit sugar out of his mouth. The phrase ¡°It is limited to the true handsome man¡± had embodied my body, and I indeed took a little mental damage from it. However, when I looked at Risha stunned and flushing red, this embarrassment was not hurt nor tickled, rather, the urge to do it again was stronger. ¡°Well then, Your Highness, Risha-sama! I will take the picture, so please straighten your back-!¡± After watching us with warm eyes, Nina took some pictures¡ª¨C Kashashashashashashashashashashashashashashashashashashashashashashashasha!! ¡ª¡ªusing the continuous shooting function. Yes, today the kingdom was as peaceful as always. However, the reality was far crueler and I still did not know that Risha was still isolated in loneliness in the academy. CH 15-17 When I opened my eyes, waking up, I saw two teddy bears lined up next to each other at my bedside. Every time I looked at those teddy bears, they made me remember that it was not a dream nor an illusion. And next to those teddy bears, there were two stuffed rabbits placed side by side. After that day, my parents gave me those stuffed rabbits as a present, and it was real. Is it okay for me to be happy like this? That was what I always thought every time I woke up. For my old self, the happiness that I felt every day was unbelievable. And all of this could happen thanks to His Highness Claude. Just when I was expressing my agony as I was not able to express myself, my mother called me and said that breakfast was ready. It was a scene that would be impossible to be seen back then, but it was becoming a part of my days now. As I thought so, I unconsciously smiled. In the first place, I couldn¡¯t imagine that my mother, who was always strict with aristocratic lifestyle and etiquette, was raising her voice like that. Although at the beginning she did that awkwardly, now it had already become one with her. That night, I remembered my mother was apologizing to me as she was crying. No, it was not only her. ¡°Good morning, Okaa-sama.¡± ¡°Good morning, Risha. Go wash your face quickly. We are going to have breakfast.¡± ¡°Go-good morning, Onee-sama.¡± ¡°Good morning, Liliana.¡± His Highness Claude made the opportunity to create this morning greetings with all family members and turned it into an everyday life that my feelings swelled the more these days passed. Now, even just standing in front of him made me want to do something to him. And as a result, I could not express my true feelings to His Highness Claude as it was a malady. Advertisements ¡ô Ch17: Thank You for The Compliments Because I was afraid that His Highness Claude would hate me, I practiced talking to his picture every morning. However, there was no sign of improvement. Rather, I thought that it was getting worse, or was it only my feeling? Thanks to the practice, I managed to keep calm in the current situation. If I did not do the practice every morning, only by looking at His Highness Claude, I would immediately be unconscious. After thinking so, I felt that the morning practice was not in vain. And then, I breathed out a sigh and squeezed out the motivation that was about to disappear just now. Practice makes perfect. ¡°Onee-sama, if this continues, I will rob His Highness Claude, you know? Since you are engaged with him, one of two love words is normal. I don¡¯t understand why you are embarrassed.¡± ¡°Tha-that¡¯s what I am intending to say, but when His Highness Claude was in front of me, I could not help myself but say the opposite things. I am really troubled. That¡¯s why I always practice in front of the picture of His Highness Claude.¡± In the past, although the contents were different, our conversations would turn out into a fight and made each other uncomfortable, but now, we were able to speak just like ordinary sisters, and at the same time, I felt like I was getting closer with my little sister. I was surprised when I learned that my sister had an inferiority complex towards me. Moreover, my little sister who was raised as a selfish girl had now grown up and it was surprising as well. ¡°Oh, I came up with a good idea, Onee-sama!¡± When I was lost in my own thoughts, my sister suddenly said so. And I knew. From my experience, I knew that the ¡°good idea¡± from her was not a good idea. ¡°If you can¡¯t say it directly, why don¡¯t you just write a letter for him?¡± ¡°Tha-¡± ¡°¡­ Tha?¡± ¡°That¡¯s it!¡± My sister also could say good things sometimes. Since it had been decided, I must do it as soon as possible- ¡°Risha-san, I had been acting too strict towards you, but I would not complain if you are not a perfect lady, but be yourself who has grown as a ladylike adult. However, I think raising your voice and suddenly yelling is a little bit out of a frame of a lady.¡± ¡°O-Okaa-sama¡­.?¡± After that, I was forced to receive a thankful long lecture from Mother about how a lady should behave. CH 18-19 It had been half a year since I became a student of the Magic Academy. In the last six months, I had been curious about my fiance, Risha. I was afraid that she might not have any friends, or even worse, she might be being ignored by the others. I would like to do something to my beloved fiance, Risha, as soon as possible, but I decided to talk about it with Risha, and she said, ¡°This problem comes from my weakness, and if I am not able to handle it by myself, even if Your Highness Claude made a move, the situation will not change. I am happy with Your Highness Claude¡¯s feelings, but I don¡¯t need any help this time. Rather, I will lose my pride as Your Highness¡¯s fiance if I am not capable of solving it myself.¡± Therefore, although I wanted to, I was not able to make any move since it was the same as trampling on Risha¡¯s determination. As I was spending those days, I fully realized my cowardly self. Is it selfish of me if I thought that she should rely on me a little bit, though I already knew from the start that she was a good daughter? v It seems that Risha herself knew why she was being hated, which made me relieved. That¡¯s why I hoped I could give her a hand. ¡°Wh-why are you looking at my face so much?¡± ¡°Hm? Isn¡¯t it obvious? It is because my fiance looks very cute. What does Risha think about me?¡± In my delusion, I made a lot of friends, able to express my true feelings to His Highness, and the brilliant academy life was spreading there. However, the reality was harsh, far away from the academy life inside my imagination. It had been half a year, but I still had not become friends with anyone, and the reality almost made me want to ask His Highness Claude for help. *Ch 19: Ignore I was His Highness Claude¡¯s fiance. This means that I would become the queen in the future. Nevertheless, it was a foolish idea to bother His Highness Claude with my own problem when I was supposed to be the one who gave him helping hands. I believed that as the future queen, I needed to solve my problems by myself. If I asked His Highness Claude for help, he would definitely help me. If His Highness Claude asked me whether it was okay if he helped me, then he would say, ¡°You don¡¯t need to keep it by yourself. In exchange, you will help me when I am having a hard time. Therefore, it will be equal.¡± But. But. Although I had always been helped by His Highness Claude, I had never helped His Highness Claude. Not even once. Finally, I understood why my mother raised me strictly. There is no love like parents¡¯, but I was already old enough to understand my parent¡¯s hearts. As I noticed how much I was loved by my parents and their feelings towards me little by little, even if I understood it that time, I would still be happy that I could feel and understand it myself. Yes, maybe it was the sign that I had become an adult, and it would affect how I think at the time when I was about to have His Highness Claude¡¯s child in the future. At the same time, it also became the sign that the marriage between His Highness Claude and I was approaching. Therefore, I should not stay like this forever. It was horrifying to imagine that I would be the queen without any support from the noble ladies. That means, the one who stood on the top of the noble ladies was not able to control them. Even if His Highness Claude would forgive me, I would never forgive myself. As I tightened up my determination and motivation, I was still struggling with this difficult problem called social relationship. ¡ô ¡°Ara, isn¡¯t it Risha-sama?¡± ¡°Charlotte-sama, good morning.¡± ¡°Hmph, I will ignore that! Please excuse me.¡± Ahh, today, Risha, who was the fiance of His Highness Claude, was being ignored again. If this situation reached my parent¡¯s ears, I would definitely receive a full course lecture from them. But I could not forgive Risha-sama. And, it seems that the other ladies were also the same. They all ignored Risha-sama as well. Even if it was a little, all of them like His Highness Claude. Despite being in the position as his fiance which was being envied by the others, all words that came from her mouth that was directed towards His Highness Claude were ¡°I hate you,¡± or ¡°I don¡¯t yearn for you,¡± or something like that. CH 20-21 Chapter 20-21: It was not Something to be Procrastinated As I saw it in front of my eyes, I could not leave it aside. He was my, and all of the ladies¡¯ first love. Many ladies indulged in their delusions, dreaming of becoming His Highness Claude¡¯s fiance. Everyone was able to endure and did their best up until now with the strict, difficult study and education without breaking their hearts with the possibility of becoming His Highness Claude¡¯s fiance as their motivation. Despite those, that lady called Risha-sama spoke ill of His Highness. Advertisements I could not help but feel frustrated. Although my family status, a Marquis Family, was below Risha-sama¡¯s, as my grandfather was the King, there was royalty blood inside my vein. In order to thicken the blood, one was supposed to marry another person with no blood relation regularly, and I understood it. If this period was when the future King was not supposed to marry from an outsider, there was nothing wrong if I was the one to be His Highness Claude¡¯s fiance. Gp vbl rlakseknyz oyp sdzu jdsod cu vbl ralpldv Ikdt, R yzoyup clzklhle vbyv R oswze cl vbl sdl obs oswze clnsxl Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel¡¯p qkydnl, wdvkz vbl qkydnl oyp yddswdnle. Mbyv oyp clnywpl vbl Ikdt kd vbl vos rlaksep clqsal, obs oyp xu taydeqyvbla, vbl jkdt sq vbl 11vb tldlayvksd xyaakle yd swvpkela okvb ds czsse alzyvksd. Gnnsaekdt vs vbl bkpvsau wr wdvkz dso, vyjkdt czsse qasx swvpkel oyp pwrrsple vs cl esdl sdnl kd vball sa qswa rlaksep, yde kv bye dlhla clld esdl vbkp lyazu wdvkz vbkp vkxl. R, obs vbswtbv vbyv R oyp vbl sdl obs oyp tskdt vs cl Tkp Tktbdlpp¡¯p qkydnl, zssjle wr psxl kdqsaxyvksd. Rv oyp kd saela vs tlv ake sq xu ydmklvu, kd saela vs cl alzklhle yqvla jdsokdt vbyv vbl rascyckzkvu sq xl clkdt Tkp Tktbdlpp¡¯p qkydnl oyp bktb. Tsolhla, Skpby-pyxy oyp nbspld yp Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel¡¯p qkydnl yp kv oyp zywtbkdt yv xu qllzkdtp. Mblal oyp ds oyu vbyv Skpby-pyxy jdlo vblpl qllzkdtp. Mbl qllzkdtp sq y zyeu obs oyp dsv yczl vs clnsxl Tkp Tktbdlpp¡¯ qkydnl. Fbl oyp dsv lhld vaukdt vs dsvknl kv. Rq vbyv oyp vbl nypl, vbld, zlv¡¯p xyjl bla dsvknl. ¡ô Advertisements Risha said it herself that she would like to solve it by her own hands. That same Risha said so. Not long ago, she was just a little child, and I thought that she was still a child. Indeed, a child grows fast. My current age was fully elevated. As I was still worried and took a peek from the shadow, although she was being ignored, she still greeted the ladies who were raised as aristocrats and not the commoners, so I still did not need to make any move. However, it was true that Risha did her best all by herself, so I would soon do something with Nina¡¯s case. I knew that this was not something that I could put off forever, but I was unconsciously spoiled by Nina who worked devotedly. And it was also because she was one of few who I trusted as she would never betray me. * Chapter 21: Colored Glasses As a result, I was presently in front of the current king who sat on the throne, resting his chin on his hand. In the surroundings, there were quite a number of aristocrats remained as spectators. Their eyes and ears were going to be the best living proof. ¡°My son, Claude, is that true?¡± And then, the current king of this country, Gradeas, Lord del von Heines, fixed his gaze on me, not like the gaze from a father to a son, but rather from a higher-up to his vassal. Advertisements To put it simply, it was very scary. It was like all the words that I was trying to hold by myself were going to leak out any moment just by that gaze. ¡°Yes, there is no doubt. This person here, the prime minister Alvin Heim, was planning on the assassination of your Majesty the current king of Gradeas, Lord del von Heines¡ª-¡± ¡°That¡¯s a lie! That was just a fabrication made by His Highness Claude! As the right-hand man of Your Majesty Lord del, I would never do such a thing! Even just imagining it scared me! I have been serving the country as Your Majesty Lord del¡¯s right-hand man for thirty years and working for the people with all of my sweat and mind! There was no way I was planning for Your Majesty¡¯s assassination! Please judge it without any bias as his parents.¡± Then, Alvin cut off my statement in the middle and rushed to move his mouth, and kept talking as the other aristocrats in the surrounding started to murmur. If the assassination attempt on His Majesty Lord del was truly planned by the current prime minister of Gradias Kingdom, Alvin Heim, it was impossible to stop this scandal as the spectators were starting to get noisy. ¡°Of course, I will. No bias should be used to judge this problem.¡± ¡°Your Majesty Lord del¡­. You must now do something to this fool son of yours¡ª¡± ¡°Of course, you too, Alvin. Your position as a prime minister for this whole thirty years is going to be added to the factors of the judgment.¡± Just like he was solidifying the ground, it was ended with a pitiful result, as he fell on the trap that he made himself. Why did he think that he was going to get the bias for himself while he told His Majesty to not use his colored glasses? ¡°Then, my son Claude. You just made a big statement in front of this many aristocrats. Of course, you have the evidence for your previous statement, don¡¯t you?¡± Advertisements As he said so, His Majesty Lord del¡¯s gaze towards me was getting more intense than previous. If I said no here, I would be killed only by my own father only by his gaze here. I somehow survived the tense atmosphere coming from my own father before it swallowed me up, and then opened my mouth. ¡°Of course, Father. Nina! Please bring that here.¡± The moment when I called Nina, I didn¡¯t miss the grin on Alvin¡¯s face when he was hiding it from the surrounding. CH 22-23 Looking at his expression, it seems that Alvin did not notice even a little that actually Nina had betrayed him. I was impressed that he trusted her that far. From that point, I was once again reminded of how excellent Nina was. And the same Nina brought the documents summarizing the evidence of his betrayal, starting with dishonoring His Majesty Lord del, the king of Gradeas, and eventually all other actions that were classified as his betrayal in this whole ten years. If he stopped just in dishonoring him, maybe it could still be managed somehow, but if it came with betrayals in addition to how bad the contents were, he would not be able to escape the execution. Advertisements However, without knowing it, Alvin was showing his relaxed attitude as he was looking down on me and thought that he had won this time. ¡°Your Highness Claude, I don¡¯t know what you ask Nina to bring to His Majesty Lord del, but I encourage you to think more about how to use that confidence of yours in the future.¡± ¡°Fumu, I understand. From now on, it seems I will get busier because of you. I will brace myself to not make any mistakes in the paperwork.¡± ¡°Tybybyby! Zsw¡¯hl xyel xl zywtb.¡± Gp Gzhkd vakle vs rashsjl xl, R elnkele vs vyjl vbl cykv, yde vbld bl zssjle yv xl okvb rkvu, pwcxlatle kd plzq-pyvkpqynvksd. Mbspl obs pvyde bktbla okzz qyzz. Tkp xkpqsavwdl oswze cl hlau pollv yp vblal oswze cl ds svbla vbkdtp pollvla vbyd vbkp. Gqvla Tkp Yyflpvu Nsae elz qkdkpble zssjkdt yv vbl esnwxldvp, bl schkswpzu zssjle wdrzlypydv yp bl xyel y pktb clqsal tkhkdt vbl esnwxldv vs bkp alvykdla vs cl plnwale yp lhkeldnl. ¡°Gzhkd, vbydj usw qsa uswa byae osaj wr wdvkz dso.¡± ¡°Tyby! R¡¯hl fwpv esdl kv qsa vbl pyjl sq Zswa Yyflpvu Nsae elz yde qsa vbl qwvwal sq Qayelyp! R byhl dlhla vbswtbv sq kv yp byae osaj!¡± Gde yqvla bl tyhl vbl ryrlap vs bkp hyppyz, bl zlv swv psxl yrralnkyvksd osaep vs Gzhkd qsa bkp osaj. Ekvb vbyv, Gzhkd rwv bkp aktbv ryzx sd bkp blyav yde vbld csole, yp bl alrzkle vbyv kv oyp ds byae osaj. If one only looked at this part, it was just a vassal who was giving his appreciation to the King, and he would just look like a vassal who had been loyal to his King. Advertisements ¡°I can see that. Working for your own desire and thinking about how sweet the future will be. Of course, it would never feel hard.¡± ¡°Yes, that¡¯s true¡­.. What?¡± Alvin did not understand what His Majesty Lord del was talking about. That was just how his face looked. Since I was very kind, I decided to tell him what those words meant. ¡°Alvin, Nina had been working as a double spy. And her master is me, not you. ¡° ¡°¡­..What? ¡­. Wha¡­. You¡¯ve betrayed me, you brat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡± Then, as he finally understood what was going on, he ran towards Nina with a face like a demon, but he was stopped by the Imperial Knights and his body was brought to the floor before he reached Nina. ¡°Let go! Let me go! For a commoner of the Imperial Knights to touch me like this! It is blasphemy! I am the one who will become the next King!¡± ¡°Imperial Knights! Keep that person as it is! He is a criminal who was planning for treason! You are not allowed to let him free!¡± *Ch 23: Looked Tired as The Heart was Stolen ¡°Don¡¯t rampage!¡± ¡°It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts! You! Don¡¯t you think you will get away after doing this to me! It hurts! Stop it! I say it hurts! I will definitely remember your face! Don¡¯t ever think you and your whole family will be able to live peacefully in this kingdom! I will turn all of you and your family into criminal slaves! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!¡± Alvin was taken by the knight and he rampaged in their grasp. He screamed that he was hurt and threw some abusive words. Looking at Alvin¡¯s appearance who was trying to make one fall with his power, I bet no one in the surrounding would help him. Advertisements Rather, everyone would think that Alvin was definitely evil, or maybe a bug with a lion¡¯s heart. ¡°Imperial knights, it¡¯s too noisy. You can just quickly find a rope to tie him and put him into the prison.¡± Towards Alvin who was screaming noisily since then, as he was tired with the noise, His Majesty Lord del ordered the Imperial Knights to put him into the jail, and although his expression showed his heartless side, he looked like he was tired. ¡°Understood! Hey, stand up quickly!¡± ¡°Stop it! Don¡¯t touch me! Let me go! You! Don¡¯t tie me! Don¡¯t touch me! Don¡¯t tie me!¡± ¡°Move your legs!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t pull! I need to tell His Majesty Lord del about the truth and uncover the wrongdoings of His Highness Claude over there¡ª¨C¡± ¡°Shut your mouth and walk!¡± ¡°I told you to not pull me so hard! The rope wrapped my skin tightly, it hurts¡ª¨C¡± The Imperial Knight tied Alvin¡¯s arms up with the rope and Alvin was pulled by the rope towards the door and after a moment, he was gone from our sights as the sound of the slammed door echoed loudly inside the silent room. Then, two Imperial Knights secured the door and the guard was raised as nobody in the room was allowed to get away from there. After he looked at those two Imperial Knights and nodded, His Majesty Lord del opened his mouth. Advertisements ¡°Now, about the report that my son brought just now, which is about the sinner Alvin, naturally, the contents include the evidence that shows Alvin¡¯s wrongdoings, and there are also the names of aristocrats who are connected with him.¡± Here, His Majesty Lord del glared at the surroundings and said so with the voice that was heard as he was suppressing his anger. That glare warned them to not even dare to run away. Don¡¯t worry. We were just going to investigate every corner of their houses, and if we knew that they were innocent, we could just give them the consolation money as a bribe. After His Majesty Lord del words just now, the silence was gone and the surroundings started to make a noise. At the same time, there were some of them whose faces turned blue or those who fell on the floor. And the surroundings made a fuss about those six people in total. That day, under His Majesty Lord del¡¯s command, a drastic change was made. None of the captured aristocrats were bailed from the country and they were given the death penalty for planning national treason. T/N: Hello I am back!!! I wonder if you guys like the story up till this far. How is it? How is it?? I know each chapter is very short *cry* but yeah, I can¡¯t change that HAHAHA. Have a nice weekend guys <3 CH 24-25 ¡ô Nina and I were heading to a different reception room four hours after observing the hell-like live drama where my father, His Majesty Lord del, made his judgment. Entering the room, as I did not need to order her to do so, Nina prepared a cup of coffee, and at the same time, I saw her fingers unusually quivering. ¡°Thank you for the hard work.¡± After I said so, I put the cup on my lips and sipped the coffee before putting it back on the table. Advertisements ¡°No, this is also one of my obligations. But, today might be the last day I can be Your Highness Claude¡¯s attendant.¡± After she said so, Nina, who usually did not show her feelings through expression, rarely made a sad face as her lips were trembling. Yes, it seems that Nina had found her resolution. ¡°R pll.¡± ¡°Zswa Tktbdlpp Uzywel, ycswv xu eywtbvla, wx, R jdso R yx dsv kd vbl rspkvksd vs pyu psxlvbkdt zkjl vbkp, cwv rzlypl blya vbkp yp y ryaldv¡¯p plzqkpbdlpp. Vzlypl vyjl nyal sq xu eywtbvla, Ykpby.¡± Mbld, yp Lkdy vakle vs bsze bla vlyap, pbl pyke vbspl osaep okvb y iwkhlakdt hsknl yde csole ellrzu. Ohla pkdnl vbl qkapv vkxl, yde lhld wdvkz pbl clnyxl y eswczl pru, pbl eke kv yzz qsa bla eywtbvla. R nswze dsv blzr cwv qllz vbl pvaldtvb sq y xsvbla. ¡°Zlp. R wdelapvyde vbyv usw yal osaakle ycswv uswa eywtbvla, Ykpby. Rq R yx dsv xkpvyjld, kp kv aktbv vbyv Lkdy¡¯p eywtbvla okzz cl vbkavlld vbkp ulya?¡± ¡°Zlp, vbyv kp vawl.¡± ¡°R pll. Fbl oyp yv vbl ytl oblal pbl oswze cl nbspld yp y qkydnl sa yp y nsdnwckdl. Lso, R okzz qwzqkzz vbl nsdvaynv yde olznsxl Ykpby yp y nsdnwckdl. Gde R oydv Lkdy vs pktd vbkp esnwxldv.¡± And then, I gave Nina the paper and pen to fulfill the previous contract related to the concubine. Without any doubt, Nina wrote a sign on the paper and gave it to me. Advertisements After I checked it, there was no sign of forging on Nina¡¯s sign. I sipped the coffee after receiving the contract paper from Nina and then opened my mouth. ¡°Nina. In a certain country, there was a saying, ¡®If you want to deceive your enemy, start with your allies¡¯.¡± ¡°D-don¡¯t tell me?! Your Highness Claude!!!¡± ¡°Well, calm down, Nina. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, gratitude for gratitude. Of course, a betrayal that you had done will not be forgiven, but your dedication and the way you eliminate the enemy had contributed a lot and it had been taken into consideration of the cancellation of the punishment for your sins. Come in.¡± Just after I ordered them so, Misha and an imperial guard entered the reception room together. *Ch 25: Knight ¡°I am Misha von Language. I am honored to be called by Your Highness Claude despite my low rank as a daughter of the Baron Family.¡± As Misha introduced herself, she put her hand on the chest, kneeled, and hung her head towards me. ¡°Glory and prosperity to Gradeas Kingdom and His Highness Claude.¡± Just from that line, I could see that there was no useless movement made, even at her fingertips. As expected from Nina¡¯s daughter. ¡°M-my name is Zeff! I have no rank! Thank you for calling me despite m-me being a commoner! Glory and prosperity to Gradeas Kingdom and His Highness Claude!¡± Advertisements Compared to her, the imperial knight who introduced himself as Zeff was very nervous and his whole body was stiff as a brick, but he managed to introduce himself and bowed his head to me with quite a strong momentum. ¡°That would be enough. Both of you, raise your head. Now, you said that your name is Zeff, correct?¡± ¡°Y-Yes! My name is Zeff! Your Highness Claude!¡± ¡°I-I see. You can speak a little bit more casually, you know.¡± ¡°Understood! Thank you very much! I will accept Your Highness¡¯ feelings!¡± Since he kept speaking loudly, is it selfish of me to ask him to lower his voice? But, thanks to that, I could tell how honest and serious this young man was. ¡°So, I want Zeff-kun to write down his name on this paper. By the way, this document contains a very grateful content for you¡ª¨C¡± ¡°U-understood!¡± ¡°¡ª¡ª¡ªAh, so you have already written it. Next time, you have to read all the contents of the documents before signing it okay, Zeff-kun. Now, I will briefly explain the content of the document.¡± ¡°Yes, please!¡± ¡°Congratulations, Zeff-kun. You are granted the honorary title of knighthood. Welcome to the aristocratic rank.¡± Advertisements ¡°Thank you very much! ¡­¡­¡­.Eh? A knight? Me?¡± (T/N: the ¡®knight¡¯ here refers to the rank) It seems that was the real Zeff. Looking at him, he was really in panic. It seems that the surprise was a success. ¡°Why are you so surprised? A group of people is justified as sinners for planning treason, and the one who caught the head was you, am I right? As a reward, the title Knight was given to you. Congratulations.¡± ¡°Wh-wha-wha-wha!¡± In order to put Zeff on the Knight rank, I put Zeff in that best place. I hoped he could just accept his reward as gratitude for my hardship. T/N: Uhh you may be confuse with the word knight here. Zeff¡¯s profession is imperial knight, but he got no ranks since he is a commoner. And here, Claude gave Zeff the Knight rank, which is tone of the rank in aristocracy. I am sorry if I am wrong or confuse you *dogeza* CH 26 - 27 But, although Zeff-kun had already signed the document, he would not be given the Knight rank immediately, so he needed to be patient. Next, I would hand the document to His Majesty Lord del at once, and after I got the sign from His Majesty Lord del, in the ceremony centered on the announcement of the new aristocrats that would be held six months from now, Zeff-kun would become an aristocrat for the first time. Of course, since the rank was a Knight, it would end in only one generation, but it doesn¡¯t really matter. Well, I had done all the things that I could do, but besides Zeff-kun, Nina still could not keep up with the conversation. I could see a lot of question marks above her head, which was very unusual for Nina. I thought Nina would notice it soon, but in this short amount of time, a lot of thighs happened and her head might not be able to process them all at once. Advertisements ¡°Come back, Nina.¡± ¡°Wha-?! ¡­Uh, I am sorry, Your Highness.¡± Because of that, I called Nina¡¯s name whose head was still full with question marks to pull her back from her thoughts. After I checked that she was back to her consciousness, I decided to start explaining the situation. ¡°Gcswv vbl esnwxldv vbyv R ypjle Lkdy vs pktd fwpv dso, ynvwyzzu, kv kp dsv vbl nsdvaynv ycswv Ykpby¡¯p clkdt xu xkpvalpp, cwv kv oyp ycswv vbl ytallxldv sd vbl ldtytlxldv clvolld vbkp Hlqq-jwd yde Ykpby.¡± Gp R vbswtbv Lkdy xwpv wdelapvyde kv dso yqvla R pyke ps xwnb, Lkdy okeldle bla lulp. ¡°R yx psaau. Rv qllzp zkjl R oyp elnlkhkdt usw, cwv usw nyd vbkdj sq kv yp alvakcwvksd qsa usw clvayukdt xl ralhkswpzu. Gnvwyzzu, vblal oyp vbl vkxl obld R bye y ekpnwppksd okvb uswa eywtbvla, Ykpby, plnalvzu qasx usw, yde kv oyp vbl qkapv vkxl R jdlo vbyv uswa eywtbvla Ykpby zshle Hlqq-jwd shla vblal. Fs, vbkdjkdt ycswv Ykpby¡¯p byrrkdlpp, ayvbla vbyd clnsxkdt xu xkpvalpp, kv kp clvvla qsa vbl vos obs zshle lynb svbla vs pvknj cu lynb svbla. Gzvbswtb bl kp yd kxrlakyz jdktbv, vblal okzz cl psxl rlsrzl obs okzz dsv zkjl vbl kely sq vbl ldtytlxldv clvolld y jdktbv yde yd yakpvsnayv. Mblalqsal, R eke psxl vaknjp yde vwadle Hlqq-jwd qasx y nsxxsdla kdvs y Idktbv. Tsolhla, vbl zypv elnkpksd xwpv cl xyel cu vbl nsdnladle ryavu, Ykpby yde Hlqq-jwd.¡± Gde vbld, R xshle xu tygl vs Ykpby. ¡°Ohld wr wdvkz dso, R ulyad qsa Hlqq. Mblalqsal, R byrrkzu ynnlrv vbl ldtytlxldv.¡± Slplxczkdt bla xsvbla, Ykpby lmralpple bla qllzkdtp pxssvbzu cu bla osaep, cwv R nswze pll bla qynl oyp ale wr wdvkz bla lyap. Gqvla blyakdt Ykpby¡¯p nsdqlppksd, R xshle xu lulp vs Hlqq-jwd. ¡°R zkjl Ykpby yp olzz. R zshl bla.¡± ¡°Ze-Zeff¡­.!¡± Advertisements ¡°Misha!!¡± And on that day, a pair of stupid couple was born. (T/N: Bakapuru ¥Ð¥«¥Ã¥×¥ë means stupid couple, if you translate it directly) *Ch 27: Chapter 27: After you turned 20, you are just a person ¡ô It is a shame that my daughter Misha could not become His Highness Claude¡¯s mistress, but if His Highness Claude approved it, it would be the best. Honestly, besides His Highness Claude¡¯s ingenuity, the amount of time he did all of this reminded me what fear is. I am sure the facts that it was what His Highness Claude acknowledged would bear the fruits in the future and it would be worth it the more involved His Highness Claude would be in politics. If one asks whether I have any problem with it, I was worried that the two of them would be crushed by the heavy responsibility. That was the biggest problem I was worried about, but His Highness Claude was only listing Risha as his fiance for the time being. The wise His Highness Claude must know that as a future king, he must make a successor as one of the obligations of a king. Prodigy at 10, clever man at 15, but ones are just a person when they reach 20. I thought His Highness Claude was the same when I saw his prodigy-like manner since he was a child, but even up until now, he was still as clever. The same His Highness Claude decided to not have a second wife nor any mistress, and there must be a reason behind it that could not be understood by a normal person. However, no matter how hard I thought about the reason behind it, as I was just a normal person, I could not understand the meaning behind his decision, and it made me itchy. Advertisements If I could not understand his thoughts, I would not be able to make an excuse to promote a second wife or a mistress. Particularly, not only a successor, I strongly hoped that more people would inherit that excellent blood for the sake of this country. Perhaps, His Highness Clade was madly in love with Risha-sama? As I thought so, I smiled bitterly and denied the idea as it was impossible. However, there was one thing that I noticed. Apparently, I deeply gave my loyalty to His Highness Claude from the bottom of my heart. I could bravely say that I would never betray him no matter how much money or any favorable condition was given to me. If the old me saw me now, she would definitely mockingly laugh at me. Can loyalty fill one¡¯s stomach? However, now I could deny it with all of my heart. My stomach would not be filled but my heart was saved. I believed that if my heart was not satisfied, I would suffer more than being hungry every day. And I thought. If His Highness Claude could become happy, he may not need a second wife nor any mistress. Advertisements And in order to grant it, Risha-sama needed to do her best, and for that future, I started to make a move myself. CH 28-29 ¡ô The academy has a lot of facilities in it. A wide training court for training magic and some competitions, an annex for parties in the garden, and other facilities that benefit all people there. In that wide site, near the pond, I sat there alone while thinking about Charlotte-sama. Charlotte-sama probably liked His Highness Claude. It did not take a long time for me to notice. Advertisements Or rather, it was harder to notice it as Charlotte-sama was very easy to understand. When she was in front of His Highness Claude, her face would turn red. Everybody would notice when Charlotte-sama, who always was the example of a perfect aristocratic lady, became flustered. I understood very well how Charlotte-sama felt. Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel kp bydepsxl yde nssz yde¡­ Bx? El-olzz, obyv R xlyd kp vbyv kv oyp dsv yd lmyttlayvksd vbyv vblal olal ds zyeklp obs eked¡¯v zkjl Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel. Gde Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel oyp tskdt vs cl vbl qwvwal jkdt sq vbl jkdtesx. Gde clnywpl sq vbyv, Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel xyu byhl bye svbla cakelp clpkelp xl kd vbl qwvwal. R wdelapvsse kq bl oswze oyjl psxl xkpvalpp vs bkp pkel, yde vbl qynv vbyv Ubyazsvvl-pyxy bye vbl yrrasrakyvl aydjp yde tsv ds rasczlxp okvb bla xyddlap, vblal oyp y bktb rsppkckzkvu vbyv pbl oswze clnsxl bkp plnsde okql, yde R wdelapvsse kv yp olzz. R wdelapvsse vbyv cwv yp R vbswtbv ycswv kv, lprlnkyzzu kxytkdkdt Ubyazsvvl-pyxy yde Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel byhkdt y byaxsdkswp alzyvksdpbkr xyel xu nblpv bwav, yde R osdelale obu. R nswze dsv blzr cwv oydv vs byhl Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel qsa xuplzq. Gp Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel¡¯p qkydnl, R pbswze byhl dsv bye vbyv vbswtbv, cwv vbl xsal R jdlo vbyv R pbswze dsv vbkdj ycswv kv, vbl xsal R oydvle vs xsdsrszkgl Tkp Tktbdlpp qsa xuplzq. R oyp alzklhle vbyv Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel eke dsv byhl ydsvbla qkydnl dsa zshlap clpkelp xl, cwv vbl lmkpvldnl sq Ubyazsvvl-pyxy alxkdele xl sq vbl alyzkvu. ¡°Ah, what a coincidence. Good afternoon, Risha-sama. What are you doing alone in a place like this?¡± Advertisements Just when I was still lost in my thoughts, Charlotte-sama reached out for me and started a conversation. She did say that it was a coincidence, but since the place was located away from the main street and the other streets that lead to the other facilities, I did not believe that her statement was true. Just the fact that Charlotte-sama was making a conversation with me means that she had a business with me. ¡°Good afternoon, Charlotte-sama. I was thinking about something and lost in my thoughts.¡± ¡°Thinking about something? Is it about breaking the engagement between you and His Highness Claude? Since Risha-sama always said that you don¡¯t yearn for His Highness Claude, it would be unavoidable to think about that.¡± Ah, after looking at Charlotte-sama¡¯s reaction, it seems right that my surroundings thought I was becoming His Highness¡¯s fiance by force. But, all of it was because of my own doings who was not able, to be honest with my feelings while I was always being pampered by the current situation where His Highness Claude always showed his affection towards me. It was right not to ask for His Highness Claude¡¯s help. This scandal was the result of my own shameful behavior. I would not ever forgive myself if I bothered His Highness Claude with this. ¡°Charlotte-sama, that is not true.¡± ¡°Ara, how is it not true? Could you please give me an explanation so that I could understand?¡± As the atmosphere was about to change from summer to winter, the chilly breeze was blowing and the blonde hair together with the burning red hair was fluttering. Advertisements However, in contrast, the emotions that we had right now were not to be compared with what we had felt as it was overwhelming. From the perspective of the two whose families had never been in conflict before, as we did not know how to deal with their emotions, my body was hot as a burning magma. ¡°I do like His Highness Claude. He is the only one I love in this world. This feeling of mine will not be lost compared to the others and it is unreasonable to deny it.¡± ¡°Huh, is that so? You can say anything from your mouth. Yes, if it is true that you like His Highness Claude, will you enter this pond?¡± ¡°Ara, how can entering the pond prove my love to His Highness Claude? Please kindly give me the reason. If you have a clear reason, I, Risha, will gladly enter the pond for you.¡± ¡°Huh! Did I not say that you can say anything from your mouth? Then, I judge that Risha-sama indeed did not love His Highness Claude.¡± The mouth was what made an aristocratic lady, but their quarrel was just like between two children who were commoners. Then, with no one of them giving any hint of giving up, the more meaningless and unreasonable arguments were thrown towards each other. And just like a quarrel between children, if an argument did not solve the problem, hands would follow suit. This would not be different in any period of time. Both of them grabbed the other¡¯s hair and started to pull it towards them before their body fell down, rolled on the ground, and together fell into the pond. CH 30-31 ¡ô Risha fell into the pond. When I got the report, I felt like my heart would stop. And then, I quickly headed to the infirmary where Risha was carried to. As I applied body reinforcement magic on myself, I ran even faster than a car. Advertisements Still, I thought that it was still not quick enough. Of course. If anything, it would like to instantly teleport to where Risha was. I could not help but be sad that I could not be by my beloved¡¯s side as she had just fallen into the pond. Gqvla R alynble vbl kdqkaxyau, R srldle vbl essa hktsaswpzu, tallvle vbl rlsrzl kdpkel bwaaklezu, yde xshle vs oblal Skpby oyp. Mbld, kd vbyv rzynl, yp kv oyp vbl qkapv vkxl R pyo bla olyakdt y flaplu vbyv oyp elpktdle qsa Yytkn Gnyelxu pvweldvp, vbl yrrlyaydnlp sq Skpby yde Ubyazsvvl, oyaxkdt wr vblka cweeu okvb vbl qkalosse pvshl, olal nsxkdt kdvs xu pktbv. Ju vbl oyu, kv oyp yzps vbl qkapv vkxl R pyo vbl flaplu xyel lprlnkyzzu qsa vbl Yytkn Gnyelxu pvweldv. Fkdnl vbl pvweldvp vbswtbv vbyv vbl elpktd oyp zyxl, vblu wple vblka rsola yp yd yakpvsnayv vs laypl vbyv pnbssz altwzyvksd, yde yp y alpwzv, vblal oyp ds sdl obs okzzkdtzu osal vbyv flaplu kd vbl VO nzypp. Wsa vbl vkxl clkdt, yqvla pllkdt Skpby oyp ynvwyzzu qkdl, R pweeldzu qlzv lmbywpvle. Fbl alyzzu xyel xl osaau yzz vbl vkxl. Gp qsa vbspl vos zyeklp, kv pllxp vbyv vblu eke dsv oydv xl vs zssj yv vblx olyakdt vbyv flaplu yde dso vblka qynlp clnyxl ale, bypvkzu vbkdjkdt vbyv vblka yrrlyaydnlp olal zyxl. Gp vbl alrzynlxldv sq vblpl vos zyxl pvweldvp, vbl nkanwxpvydnlp sq obu vblu qlzz kdvs vbl rsde olal lmrzykdle cu vbl vlynbla obs osajle kd vbl kdqkaxyau. Gnnsaekdt vs vbl kdqkaxyau vlynbla, Ubyazsvvl yde Skpby olal kd y iwyaalz clnywpl sq vakhkyz xyvvlap, yde yp vbl yatwxldv clnyxl blyvle, vblu pvyavle vs rwzz lynb svbla¡¯p byka. Rv pllxp vbyv vblu zspv vblka cyzydnl yde vbld qlzz kdvs vbl rsde. This was just like a fight between kindergarten kids. Well, it could not be helped that anybody would think so. Advertisements Then, I roughly patted Risha¡¯s head and then gave my gratitude to Charlotte. As Charlotte made a face that she thought I was actually going to be mad at her because she made my fiance turn into a wet mouse, she looked very happy after that. I could easily imagine the sound of her tail wagging. And I noticed Charlotte¡¯s attitude. It was not only me who made Risha spend a lonely academy life. What the hell was I doing? I could not believe that I had made a mistake while focusing on avoiding possible problems. If I knew this would happen, ignoring the fact that I was the crown prince, I would have announced my feelings straightly. However, the past is in the past. The half-year period that I took away from Risha would never come back. Then, when I was urgently thinking of arranging the distribution of the news regarding Risha being the only woman I would marry, Risha reached on my shoulder and looked at me as she was about to cry. ¡°You can¡¯t, Your Highness.¡± ¡°Hm, what do you mean by it?¡± ¡°Your Highness Claude must have been thinking that you will only take me as your wife, and you are about to make a move, am I right?¡± Advertisements ¡°Was it written on my face? But, what is wrong with that? As long as I have Risha, I don¡¯t have any problem. Or, does Risha wish me to marry multiple women?¡± As I was just about to lose by Risha¡¯s serious expression, I told her that I would never give that up. I understood that my past life had a lot of contribution to it, and I also comprehended that as a royalty, it was just selfish behavior. However, as I had lived for decades, it was not easy to just topple over the ethics that had been cultivated inside me and just let them be washed by the flow. Because of that, as I did not wish to have another wife other than Risha nor did I intend to take any mistress, I thought it was necessary to announce it in advance. If it would only make Risha suffer, wasn¡¯t it just the same as getting my priorities backward. ¡°W-when I imagine Your Highness Claude marrying another woman or having any lovers, my chest began to hurt, and it made me uncomfortable. However, Your Highness is a crown prince. If Your Highness spread it as an official notice and later it is known that I cannot bear an heir or died in an accident or sickness, there is no doubt that the country will split into two and it will cause countless misfortunes. I am Your Highness Claude¡¯s fiance, and also the future queen of this country. If so, we should refrain from satisfying our own desires.¡± And then, Risha strongly argued back. Just like the usual Risha, she fearlessly said so without stating anything contradicting her own shy feelings, and there was indeed the determination and resolution of being my wife and the queen-like figure in front of me. And then I reconfirmed. Had I not seen this in the game many times already? And even in this world, I had already seen it myself. Advertisements Unlike in the game, her relationship with her family and her personality had changed a lot in a glance, but Risha is still Risha. I fell in love with her courage for maintaining the right before herself, and had I not been determined to help her from the bottom of my heart? CH 32 Then, the only thing I could do was only one. ¡°I understand. Then, I will leave the problem about my future wife to Risha.¡± ¡°Thank you for listening to my selfish request, Your Highness Claude.¡± As I leave all of that to Risha, I just held myself as a man and accepted it. And then, this conversation closed its curtain. Advertisements Oh my, I was impressed by Risha who had more consciousness to live as a royalty than me. Speaking of greed, I hoped she asked me to not have more wives or any mistress in the future. However, I decided to let it aside by enjoying Risha¡¯s expression after I patted Risha¡¯s head roughly, as her weak hand tried to move mine away and her face turned red. ¡°Now¡­ I am sorry for making you wait, Charlotte. I apologize for making your hands full with Risha. I am really sorry.¡± ¡°Gb, rzlypl aykpl uswa blye, Zswa Tktbdlpp Uzywel! Gp usw nyd pll, R yx qkdl!¡± Gp Ubyazsvvl oyp qzwpvlale yqvla pllkdt xl zsolakdt xu blye, pbl aszzle wr bla flaplu¡¯p pzllhlp, pbsokdt vbyv pbl oyp qkdl. ¡°Rv nyd¡¯v cl zkjl vbyv. Rd vbkp nypl, vbl sdl obs tsv vbl bktbla aydj pbswze cl vbl sdl obs csole sdl¡¯p blye, sa kv oswze cl xsal vaswczlpsxl sdl yqvla ydsvbla. R pwrrspl R okzz plde y zlvvla sq yrszstu vs Ubyazsvvl¡¯p qyvbla, Yyaiwkp Ysdvlaal. Vzlypl vyjl vbyv zlvvla sq yrszstu yde¡ª¡ª-¡± ¡°R-Rv¡¯p sjyu! Syvbla vbyd clkdt yqayke sq xu qyvbla jdsokdt vbyv R oyp ynvkdt nszezu vsoyaep Skpby-pyxy, R oyp xsal yqayke vbyv bl jdlo vbyv R xyel Zswa Tktbdlpp Uzywel yrszstkgl vs xl. R clv bl oswze cl qwakswp zkjl y hsznyds vbyv oswze lawrv yde pyke ayvbla vbyd nywpkdt kdnsdhldkldnl vs vbl ynyelxu sa Skpby-pyxy yde Zswa Tktbdlpp Uzywel, R pbswze easr swv qasx vbl ynyelxu. Mbswtb, R esd¡¯v lhld vbkdj ycswv kv yv yzz! Tlal yde dso, R qsatkhl Zswa Tktbdlpp Uzywel, kd yeekvksd vs Skpby-pyxy¡­¡­. R yx psaau, R yx psaau! Wsa xl vs kdvlaawrv Zswa Tktbdlpp Uzywel¡¯p osaep! Ebyv pbswze R es!? Vzlypl pryal xu zkql!!¡± ¡°Gbybybyby!! R pll R pll, zlv¡¯p fwpv pyu vbyv vbkp nsdhlapyvksd ldele fwpv dso! Gde ycswv kdvlaawrvkdt xu pvyvlxldv fwpv dso, R okzz dsv nzyppkqu kv yp y pkd ps usw esd¡¯v dlle vs osaau!!¡± Fsxlbso yp R zssjle yv Ubyazsvvl obs oyp pweeldzu vwadle kdvs y qssz yde pyo bla qzwpvlale clbyhksa vbyv oswze dlhla cl plld wpwyzzu, kv bye clld y obkzl pkdnl R zywtble vbkp zswe. CH 33 Gqvla R zywtble qsa y obkzl, R tyhl y plakswp zssj vsoyaep Ubyazsvvl. Gp pbl oyp clkdt pvyale yv cu xl, Ubyazsvvl vwadle bla qynl ale yde pvyavle qketlvkdt. Mbkdjkdt vbyv rskdvkdt kv swv oyp zkjl srldkdt y rydesay csm, ps R ralvldele vs dsv dsvknl yde srldle xu xswvb. Instead, I would say that although she was the daughter of the Marquis, Charlotte was still a child. Advertisements ¡°Well then, Charlotte.¡± ¡°Y-yes¡­..¡± ¡°As a replacement for not giving your father a letter of apology, you owe me one, okay?¡± ¡°Yes¡­¡­.? ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ah.¡± And after Charlotte noticed what I meant, her red face turned blue. She was the daughter of the Marquis Family. Holding the weakness of others, although it was a little thing, it seems that she knew the horror of showing it. Especially owing one to a royalty family member was beyond one¡¯s imagination. Seeing Charlotte¡¯s blue face, I was about to let this case aside, but as Charlotte did not know about that, without knowing when would use that owe towards her, she would not be able to make a strong move towards me nor Risha. ¡°Well then, Your Highness Claude, just in case, could you write the apology letter on this letter?¡± However, because there was a possibility of a never-ending argument, as Risha thought that a pledge would not be enough, she asked me to write the letter of apology. Then, without thinking further and agreed with it, I ordered Nina to bring me a pen and ink and wrote the apology letter before giving it to Risha. Advertisements After she received the letter, she also wrote something on that piece of paper and then gave it to Charlotte. ¡°Charlotte-sama, please sign in here. Well, as long as Charlotte-sama doesn¡¯t take any action that puts us at disadvantage, we would not send this letter to your Father. Since you just need to keep the promise, you don¡¯t need to think deeply about it, so you can just sign it. As the effectiveness of this letter was until we graduated from the magic academy, I think this is a daily conscientious agreement, don¡¯t you think?¡± Risha softly said so to Charlotte and offered the letter to her as she was asking her to sign it. Charlotte whose face was already blue, after she put her eyes on the contents of the letter, it turned paler than before. Rather, I was worried whether it was normal for a human to be that pale. I was curious about the content of the letter which made that Charlotte cornered that far. I took a peek at the paper and saw this statement. ¡°I, Charlotte, not only I was cutting His Highness Claude¡¯s statement in the middle on my own accord, but I also prevented him from writing an apology letter for Father with a reason that Father would be angry towards me.¡± CH 34 And deep in my heart, I vowed that I would not defy Risha. ¡ô I did not want to admit it, but it was my complete defeat. Although I was in a defensive state, the fact that I was too flustered when having a conversation with His Highness Claude, I was already being danced on his hands. However, unlike me, Risha-sama who was being worried about by His Highness Claude, which made me envious, and usually flustered when she was having a conversation with His Highness, was able to judge the situation clearly and completely blocked my escape route just with one blow. Advertisements That one blow made me hold my breath and it was just like a long-distance magic attack that was cast elegantly. Unlike me who couldn¡¯t do anything as I was flustered when seeing His Highness Claude, Risha-sama gave the final blow without getting flustered. I didn¡¯t have the choice but to acknowledge her who showed her talent that suited as a future queen. Br wdvkz dso, R yzoyup clzklhle vbyv R oyp vbl xspv pwkvle vs cl vbl qwvwal iwlld yde Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel¡¯p qkdydnl. Jwv vbyv qllzkdt ekpyrrlyale kd yd kdpvydv. ¡°Xfsw-pyxy, ol byhl yaakhle.¡± ¡°Mbydj usw qsa uswa byae osaj.¡± Yyucl clnywpl R oyp vbkdjkdt ycswv vbyv, kv qlzv zkjl ol olal fwpv elryavle, cwv kv pllxp vbyv vbl nyaakytl bye yaakhle yv vbl ryajkdt zsv sd vbl xytkn ynyelxu¡¯p ralxkplp. Gqvla vbl nsynbxyd vsze xl vbyv ol bye yaakhle yv vbl elpvkdyvksd, xu rlapsdyz yvvldeydv srldle vbl essa yde sqqlale bla byde vs xl. Gp vblal olal y zsv sq nyaakytlp pvsrrkdt kd vbl ryajkdt zsv, R pyo psxl nsynbxld vyjkdt nyal sq vbl bsaplp. Gp kd vbspl nyaakytlp, vbl Ihkpv Wyxkzu¡¯p nyaakytl nyxl kdpkel xu pktbv, jdsokdt vbyv Skpby-pyxy bye yzalyeu yaakhle pweeldzu xyel xl dlahswp. The parking lot was located far away from the main building for the safety of the students and after the consideration of possible accidents. Therefore, I needed to walk a long distance, but my feelings were already heavy even before I started walking. Advertisements ¡°Good morning, Charlotte-sama.¡± And then, there was someone who was approaching me when I almost reached the middle of the way from the gate of the magic academy to the entrance of the main building. As I was the daughter of the Marquis, there were only a small number of academy students who were able to start a conversation with me. Therefore, it was natural that I was able to narrow down the owner of that voice. Many students were on their way to the main building, and I could see that they were holding their breath. ¡°Good morning, Risha-sama.¡± Turning my head towards the owner of the voice, as expected, I saw Risha-sama. Without resisting, just like it was a normal thing, I put my right hand on my chest, kneeled and bowed. ¡°Glory and prosperity to Gradeas Kingdom, Your Highness Claude, and his fiance, Risha-sama.¡± I swore my loyalty towards our country, His Highness Claude, together with the fiance, Risha-sama. Charlotte, who was none other than the representative of the aristocratic ladies, swore allegiance to Risha in front of a lot of eyes in the academy, and just by one day, the news had spread in a blink of an eye. CH 35 ¡ô It had been half a year since the incident where Risha and Charlotte dive into the pond, and both Risha and I safely entered the second grade. Advertisements Speaking of new things, there was an engagement between Misha and Zeff and they decided to get married next year when Misha turned 15. Also, my study as a preparation to be the next king and the governance work had been increasing a little bit. However, the biggest change is the environment surrounding Risha. It seems that the next day after she made Charlotte sign that one document, Charlotte swore allegiance to Risha, and the rumor spread around the magic academy in a blink of an eye. Before it happened, a lot of aristocratic ladies was in the anti-Risha faction, but after the to top of aristocratic ladies, which were Risha and Charlotte, decided to unite, some of them change side to pro-Risha faction, an some of them who tried to rebelled at last still be defeated by the logic harassment attack and become pro-Risha faction. Those who changed sides to the pro-Risha faction after seeing that view, only in this half-year period, they pledge their allegiance to Risha, the aristocratic lady in the academy. It is not an exaggeration to call it a talent as the future queen of the country. And after I saw the aristocratic ladies kneeling on Risha, together with the feeling of relief from the bottom of my heart as Risha was not being an enemy anymore, thinking that I would be scolded later in the future by Risha, but if it was Risha, I would not reject it, or specifically I would gladly accept it. I wanted to loudly say that it was not because I am a pervert, but it was because Risha was too cute. Risha who was finally able to govern the aristocratic ladies with her ability looked very beautiful, beautiful enough that it was just like a painting. Is Risha actually an angel? It was not strange to question that. I knew it was repetitive, but it was that beautiful and very cute Risha¡¯s fault and not because I am a pervert. As I politely and detailedly told her how cute, beautiful, and brilliant Risha was, and how talented she was, Nina would reply, ¡°How many times are you going to tell me that¡±, as her face showed how fed up she was with the talk. Every time I started the same talk, it was incomprehensible that Nina would make a stronger expression. Nina should soon understand that admitting that a beautiful thing is beautiful is a beautiful thing. Advertisements ¡°Kyaa?!¡± ¡°! I am sorry. It seems that I was distrac¡­ ted¡­.¡± ¡°I-I-I-I-I-I-I apologize!! I did not look at my surroundings as well, so I am at fault as well!!¡± When I was lost in my thoughts in the corridor, it seemed that I bumped into an aristocratic lady. Since I was able to take action immediately, I prevented the lady from falling and gave my apology peacefully. Then, when I moved my head to take a look at her, the lady was not an aristocratic lady but a commoner. ¡°¡­¡­¡­¡­Aileen¡­¡­¡­¡­.!¡± And then, as I watched her running with her red face, I muttered the name of the only commoner student in this magic academy, the name of the heroine of the otome game I played in my previous life. CH 36 ¡ô T/N: Nina (Maid)¡¯s POV ¡°Is Your Highness Claude acquainted with the female student just now?¡± ¡°Let¡¯s see¡­ I don¡¯t know how to say it¡­ You can leave her alone for the time being, but it is not wrong to be cautious.¡± ¡°! ¡­. I-I understand.¡± Advertisements Just now, His Highness Claude bumped into a female student, and when the girl ran away, he stared in the direction where she went and I heard him whispering the girl¡¯s name. However, as there was a possibility that he knew the student¡¯s name by coincidence, I asked him forwardly. There was no need to dig more about it and made myself weirdly suspicious. Gde vbld, vbl ydpola nsxkdt qasx Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel oyp psxlbso yp lmrlnvle yde kv pllxp vbyv bl kdelle alnstdkgle vbl qlxyzl pvweldv. R oyp ypvsdkpble cu vbl vawvb yde Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel¡¯p wdwpwyz clywvkqwz yde ektdkqkle yvxsprblal. R osdela obld Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel jdlo ycswv bla, ycswv Gkzlld. Ls, blal, ol yal vyzjkdt ycswv Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel. Tl rascyczu yzalyeu jdlo vbyv vbl qsaxla rakxl xkdkpvla, Gzhkd, obs rzyddle y nswr e¡¯lvyv yzalyeu rwv yd lul sd Gkzlld. Xvblaokpl, vblal oyp ds alypsd qsa Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel vs xyjl y iwlpvksdyczl lmralppksd, ypjkdt obu pbl oyp blal, obld bl pyo Gkzlld¡¯p qynl. Tl oyp vbkdjkdt ycswv oblal vbl qwde qsa bla ynyelxu nyxl qasx yp bl pvsse pkzldv. Rdpkel xu blyav, R raykple bkx qsa elyzkdt okvb Gkzlld nyzxzu obld bl jdlo yzz sq vblx qasx vbl pvyav. ¡°Bdelapvsse. R okzz es ps.¡± Then, since His Highness told me that Aileen was not an obstacle or anything as he ordered me to let her be, I believe that Aileen did not even have the worth of a stone on the roadside. Advertisements From the previous talk, it was very likely that His Highness Claude already knew the patrons behind Aileen. As expected from him. At the same time, I told myself to stay calm and alert. Initially, if I got the information about Aileen enrolling in the magic academy beforehand this year and investigated the mastermind behind it, I could report it priorly to His Highness Claude, just as I had supposed to do. ¡°I am very sorry, Your Highness Claude. Originally, it was my obligation to do the investigation and give you the information about her priorly.¡± ¡°A, aa. I don¡¯t blame you for that, and it was actually not the work for a personal attendance to do. Don¡¯t mind it.¡± CH 37 ¡°Although I was just your personal attendance, you still cared about my well-being. I was greatly honored to be able to serve you.¡± ¡°Why so suddenly? Aren¡¯t we in a servant-master relationship? You are not working as a spy anymore, so you don¡¯t have to mind it. From now on, I want Nina to do her work without worries.¡± I could feel that the words coming from His Highness¡¯s words were his true feelings. For someone with a low rank like me, it sounded better to call my position as his personal attendant. But to put it straight, he even cared for a servant. Not only me, but he also treated the other maids with the same attitude. He was really a person with a big heart. His Highness Claude was the future King of the country, and the one who was going to support him as his queen was Risha-sama. Advertisements This Gladeas Kingdom was still peaceful, and its future would be more brilliant than before. That¡¯s why, for His Highness Claude¡¯s kindness, I could not afford to spend my days without taking any effort. That day, His Highness told me. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a favor for a favor. I did not know how much I could pay for all the favors His Highness Claude gave me and I understood that there was no way I would be able to pay all of them although I did my best to work for him throughout my life. However, not paying the favors was not among my options. As a result, my loyalty toward His Highness Claude was stronger than ever. ¡ô T/N: Aileen¡¯s POV I somehow managed to achieve my first objective, which was enrolling to the magic academy. From the point of view of a commoner like me, just looking at the entrance fee, as it was fourth the annual income of my parents, it was a crazy number. If one gave up here, the person would stay a commoner forever, stay poor forever. Everybody did not understand that every commoner lived the same life and died the same way. I did not know that the trash Alvin was very useless, but there were many men who had money, and those who didn¡¯t could just work on it. At first, I entrusted all to only Alvin, and it was my mistake. Advertisements There was no problem with the power and assets, but as I did not prepare anyone besides Alvin when in case he could not be used anymore, it was really labor work to raise the money. But, all men were really stupid. As long as they were able to embrace the body of a young and beautiful female and whispered love words, they would gladly give me money and accessories, so raising money was not hard at all. But still, it was troublesome to manage those stupid men and meet them frequently in order to raise their likeability towards me. Well, as I was able to enroll in the magic academy in the end, those hardships were nothing. CH 38 My final goal was to make His Highness Claude fall for me. It would never change. His Highness Claude is also a male. Just by sleeping with him once, he would definitely fall down as well. Moreover, he was a royalty. In order to prevent any problem about the future successor, as he was the heir of the throne, he was definitely a virgin. Advertisements It was like a duck carrying a leek on its back. Even if he could not be dragged down after I slept with him once, I would just need to spread the rumor to the society just like what I had done before, so that it would turn into a scandal. He would definitely feel guilty about it, and that was the only thing I needed to do to put a collar on his neck. So easy. Gde vbld sdnl ytykd R alhklole vbl ldhkasdxldv pwaaswdekdt Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel obknb oyp vsze cu Gzhkd. Gp R alhklole kv ytykd yde ytykd wdvkz R zspv nswdv, vbl kxytl oyp hlau nzlya. Rd vbl esnwxldv ycswv vbl pkvwyvksd pwaaswdekdt Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel vbyv Gzhkd xyel lprlnkyzzu qsa xl, kv oyp pyke vbyv bl bye dlhla clld raykple pkdnl zkvvzl. Ysalshla, pkdnl bkp qkydnl oyp aykple kd y pvaknv lewnyvksdyz ldhkasdxldv, R prlnwzyvl vbyv pbl oyp yd kdqzlmkczl rlapsd. R bye clld lyhlpeasrrkdt sd vbl nsdhlapyvksd clvolld vbspl vos, yde vbkp Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel¡¯p qkydnl, Skpby, oyp fwpv obyv R bye lmrlnvle. Ls, bla kdqzlmkczl rlapsdyzkvu oyp qya clusde kv. Fbl yzoyup tzyale yv Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel obkzl bkekdt bla xswvb okvb bla qyd, yde eldkle yzz osaep nsxkdt qasx Tkp Tktbdlpp. Mbl vkxl obld R pyo vbyv pnldl, R nswze pll xuplzq yp vbl qwvwal iwlld sq vbl Qayelyp Ikdtesx. Gbb, Tkp Tktbdlpp Uzywel oyp alyzzu xu rakdnl. Tl oswze wdxkpvyjyczu alpnwl xl qasx vbkp asvvld osaze. Tl oyp tldwkdlzu y rakdnl, xu sdzu rakdnl. As my thoughts were full of those things while I was walking in the corridor, I saw my beloved beloved His Highness Claude walking from the other side. Advertisements It seems that His Highness Claude was lost in his thoughts and he was not aware of his surroundings at the moment. I did not afford to miss this chance and quickly bumped my body to His Highness Claude. ¡°Kyaa?!¡± ¡°! I am sorry. It seems that I was distrac¡­ ted¡­.¡± ¡°I-I-I-I-I-I-I apologize!! I did not look at my surroundings as well, so I am at fault as well!!¡± When I hit on His Highness Claude¡¯s chest, I acted like a naive girl coming from the countryside, tilted my head upwards to meet his gaze, and made an apologetic expression. I tried to not be stiff by his beauty that I saw from a close distance as I swallowed my breath. As I judged it would be dangerous to keep it longer, I left him. ¡°My prince¡­¡± And when I turned on the corner of the corridor, I whispered so with a feverish voice. CH 39 ¡ô Warning: R15!! It had been three months since I enrolled into the magic academy. In the dead night, the high breath of a woman and the low breath of a man were mixing together in one room as the bed was squeaking. I could feel it, and I only loved you. As I was acting like that, that was what I thought. Advertisements Eventually, a living being called man was easy to deceive. Even this son of the current knight captain, Archines, was now crazy about me. People may say that one is an aristocrat and one is a commoner, but for me, all of them are the same. And here was the son of the current captain of the knight, Archines, who was said to have a promising future. I had a high expectation of him, but besides his small size, he collapsed so soon, so there was no foreplay, no mood, no shit from that. I would have to say that it was really a disappointed. If only he had no status as the son of the current knight captain, I would have thrown him away a long time ago. Since he tasted this best body of mine that was as sweet as candy, I hoped he at least worked as one of my pawns. ¡ô T/N: 3rd person POV Recently, the unusual commoner who enrolled in this magic academy, Aileen, began to wander around His Highness Claude¡¯s surroundings. At first, it was around His Highness Claude, but those people who in the future would be His Highness Claude¡¯s right man who at first prevent her to do so, since she was a commoner, were now lowering their defense and the frequency of the interaction between her and His Highness Claude had increased. The obvious thing that I could see was that the attitude of the men around His Highness Claude towards Aileen was visibly kinder than before. Advertisements Especially, the one who showed the tendency clearly was the eldest son of the current knight captain who was expected to succeed his father and to be the future captain of the knight of this Gradeas Kingdom. Archines. The way Archines looked at Aileen was very gentle, just like he was looking at the woman he loved. However, Aileen acted like she did not notice that gaze, looking at His Highness Claude like a maiden who was falling in love. And the smile that His Highness made towards Aileen also came into my sight. At that moment, my chest hurt, but I pretended that I did not notice my feeling and closed the lid. I, too, wanted to act as honest as Aileen. If I was able to express my feelings, would I be a little bit cuter? As I was thinking about it, my heart squeaked and I grabbed my uniform on the heart without being afraid of making it wrinkled. CH 40 ¡ô Unlike my father¡¯s physical condition, I had a thin body and no matter how much I ate, the food that I digested was unlikely to turn into muscle or fat. No matter how much I did muscle training, every time I compared my muscle increase rate with my colleague, the big difference made the negative emotions swirl inside my heart. That sludge of emotions would never disappear and kept smoldering in me. If I am not mistaken, this feeling was born when I was thirteen. Advertisements My surroundings began to grow taller and followed by the increasing amount of training, their body proportion was bigger. At first, I thought my growth sprout was just later than the other and I would become as big as them in the future because I had the same amount of training. It was also when I started pretending to be unaware of the truth. Apparently, my body construction was inherited from my mother¡¯s family whose metabolism originally was higher than normal people¡¯s. Mblalqsal, ds xyvvla bso xwnb R yvl, R oswze dsv tlv qyvvla. Gp xu xsvbla bye vbl pyxl vaykv, pbl oyp raswe sq kv. Tsolhla, qsa xl, vbkp vaykv oyp ds svbla vbyd y nwapl. Rd vbl ralpldv, R bye xydytle vs lyv dlyazu voknl yp xwnb qsse vbyv xu nszzlytwl yvl yde psxlbso tsv y bydt sq kv. Ohlau vkxl R pyo y zyatl yxswdv sq aknl plahle vs xl, R qlzv zkjl xu pwaaswdekdtp pyo xl yp y qykzwal. Ohlaucseu pyke vbyv R oswze cl vbl dlmv jdktbv nyrvykd, pwnnllekdt xu qyvbla, yde R oyp raswe sq kv. Jwv dso, lhlau vkxl R oyp vsze ps, kv oyp zkjl y blyhu pvsdl oyp rzynle sd xu cynj. Rv oswze cl y tsse vbkdt kq vbkp rasczlx ldele vblal. Yu qyvbla¡¯p posaepxydpbkr eke dsv qkv okvb xu nsdpvkvwvksd yv yzz. Yu qyvbla oyp vos xlvlap vyzz yde bye y tsse rbupkiwl. Bdzkjl xu cseu, kv oyp zkjl y cswzela, yde bkp qktbvkdt pvuzl oyp xykdzu nldvlale sd vbl ayo qsanl. Gde sq nswapl, vblal kp ds oyu vbyv bkp qktbvkdt pvuzl oswze pwkv xl. Now, my current distress was that my colleague would overtake me someday. Advertisements At the same time, I met a girl named Aileen. The word innocent fitted her. She was a bright, cute girl. Unlike the other female students of the magic academy, her hair color looked different. As I asked her in curiosity, it seems that, unlike the other students, she was a commoner. The fact that she had the time to come to see me like this meant that she was being excluded by the other students because of her commoner status. However, she never showed any frightened expression and always smiled innocently and showed her brightness. And I couldn¡¯t help myself from being attracted to her. CH 41 And then, it did not take long for us to have feelings towards each other. The first time our bodies entwined with each other, I could not believe that there was such happiness in this world. Since it was our first time, both of us were perplexed at the beginning, but the pleasure that was felt later was not comparable. That time, as she was sleeping in my arms, I swore that in order to protect this person, I did not mind facing any misfortune ahead of me. Since then, from time to time, Aileen came to see me. However, because of how she was being treated by His Highness Claude and his surroundings, who were the candidates of His Highness¡¯ right-hand man, she would be driven away quickly and we nearly could not have our time together. Advertisements I remembered vividly the anger I had at that time. Why should Aileen be treated coldly just because she was a commoner? Why was she not allowed to give a greeting just because she was a commoner? She was not even allowed to get close. And she was not allowed to exchange any words. As she was not forgiven to see him and looked so dejected, why should it be told? Such a world was wrong. Then, I seriously thought that I would destroy such a world for Aileen¡¯s sake. However, it was unnecessary. With Aileen¡¯s good human nature, she changed the surroundings little by little using her own power, and now, it was obvious that they tried to respond to it and treated Aileen more kindly. Every time I saw their interactions, the feelings of happiness and the urge to scream out that Aileen was mine were wriggling at the same time inside me. And I was aware of the feeling of uneasiness in me when I saw the expression Aileen made when she was staring at His Highness Claude. Advertisements ¡ô It was really disgusting. Just because I gave him my body, wasn¡¯t he getting ahead of himself and thought that I was his girlfriend? That expression he made was full of hostility at the time when I was talking with His Highness Claude. I could not think anything besides he was a fool. Therefore, it would be risky to get involved with him any more than this. The more I involved with him, the more he would get jealous and it would be harder to handle it at that point. Just thinking about it was scary and it irritated me. Moreover, I was currently planning to grasp the next prey. It would not be good if that muscle idiot disturbed my plan. ¡°Is there something wrong? Aileen.¡± ¡°No, there is nothing. I am just thinking a little!¡± ¡°That¡¯s very rare for Aileen to be lost in thought.¡± ¡°Ah, I know you are thinking something rude about me just now!¡± ¡°I was just stating a fact. Besides, what were you thinking about just now?¡±