Chapter 164.
I’m going to wait until the Crown Prince is fully back in the palace before I get up from my seat.
It was just out of the greenhouse. Spotting the two strong men scattered on the floor in front of the door, as well as observing their short frames. Literally knocked out.
As soon as the feeling of surprise at the defeat of the crown prince passed, I immediately felt uncomfortable. This is because he looked up at my pink hair.
Her eyes were red, as if she was crying because the fainted guard driver was too pitiful. The heroine’s crying face was also polite.
Gazing at her with a tight frown, just moments before stepping away to pass by.
“The male daughter.” Iben stood up haughtily to block the front. The path was blocked with an involuntary crooked sound.
“What?”
“Ah, hello, male daughter. That… When I was taking a walk, I saw the male daughter’s knight fall to the ground.”
“But?”
“Was about to call for one, but was worried about leaving the male daughter alone beside me.”
As expected according to the game setting, Iben was the very kind option. She hesitantly stated the reason for hovering close by, but gradually lowered her head once she saw that she didn’t get a response.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. But I’m definitely not.”
Shrugging her shoulders she looked like a fawn standing in front of a ferocious lion. A headache. Nothing had been done to make her look like the one and only mean girl in the world.
If either Derrick or Leonard showed up, they’d be furious.
I should leave as soon as possible for my own safety. I hurriedly spoke.
“There’s no need to care.”
“Huh? That, that…”
“Time’s up, I’ll see to it myself. It seems like you’re here to see the greenhouse, so watch yours.”
“Oh…”
I was about to pass in front of her when a sudden smell of blood grazed the tip of my nose. I stopped dead in my tracks, then turned my head to look at Iben. A few bloodstains were evident on the wooden strips of the white dress. When catching up with his vision, I saw slight bruises from between the soft pink hair.
“… What?” I asked, eyes wide.
“Ah…” Iben said as he blocked his neck with one hand and pinched back, “Oops, it’s nothing.
I stood behind her and took a step closer, and as soon as I covered my neck I twisted it down forcefully. Lifting the pink stray hair, Iben sucked in his breath at once.
I rubbed the wound lightly with my deep eyes. Thankfully the wound knew. It’s just a little grazed compared to when I was cut. But I’m not at all comfortable with what I’ve done for this guy.
Crazy! It’s really pro ah!
I naturally felt that the Crown Prince was the murderer and stared sadly at the heroine’s wound
That doesn’t necessarily worry her. What was worrying was how the Duke and the two sons, who knew this, would act.
Of course in standard mode I didn’t do that.
There was no point in reckoning with that now. Everything was a mess because of Ikris, and what difference would it make to blame the damn game?
“… I’ll definitely reply to you, you’d better go and heal first.”
It’s already the Crown Prince who did the bad thing. I can’t do what I can do. I can’t grab the injured child and leave him unasked for the day ……
“Please go to the steward and ask the councilor. So hard.”
I put my grip on the ribbon down neatly and turned my back again.
But before I could take a step, the corner of my skirt was caught. Mindlessly twisting my head away, Iben spoke up
Carefully, he asked.
“That one, that one. It’s royalty, isn’t it? Blonde hair and red eyes.”
“The Crown Prince.”
“And he’s a close relation?”
I answered the question with aplomb, then steadied the questioning face with my fingers.
Those sharp words that asked the reason for your question flashed on the tip of my tongue. But I recited it over and over again, with equanimity.
“How dare a man of the people question the little sun of the empire?”
“Ah …… sorry.”
Iben’s head fumed downward again. But she didn’t stop asking questions.
“Yeah, but.”
“If asking why you’re hurt. That’s it, where do you think I’m forbidden?”
Blue eyes containing moisture looked at me with a slightly wobbly eye color. I couldn’t help but scrunch up my face.
“Why are you asking me that? Do what you will.”
“Tell it like it is if you want to make something big happen, and do it appropriately if you want to live quietly.”
Just like that to end the words, I snapped the grabbed the skirt.
“Sorry, sorry ……”
Iben muttered feebly, looking helpless. But I watched her with a stiff gaze.
To be exact, one of her arms has been hidden behind her since a while ago.
Just returned to the residence. As I reached the hall to go inside, a spectacular sight appeared before me.
High-end chests and Jack’s glowing gems, dresses, and luxury items were stacked everywhere. Twice the size of a web-sized nobleman’s mansion, its interior looked small.
The handful of servants looked at me and greeted me with a panicked daytime nod. I frowned and moved a bit, and the butler standing in the middle and commanding recognized me.
“Ah, miss!”
“Ha, have you already decided to entertain the male daughter?” I sneered.
“Well, well?”
My unpleasant look alarmed the butler. There was only one reason for this mood.
“Don’t worry about Iben’s words, I said out loud. Didn’t want to go public until I was sure.”
The Duke said something like that to me yesterday morning. But not a day later, the mood seemed a little unsettled at the sight of the trailer transporting all the luxuries.
“If that’s the case, why don’t you just take me and dress me up from head to toe. Say she’s really back and advertise her publicly.”
One of my gold-colored boxes, open one! Kicking and talking nervously at the same time. Although I also felt like a “bad girl who makes herself visible”, it was hard to suppress the anger that welled up.
“It’s not that one, it’s Miss! Not that one.”
The steward timidly denied this behavior of mine.
“These are birthday gifts for the young lady brought by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.”
I stopped. Dozens of ornaments that, at a glance, were not ordinary decorations scrolled back and forth across the keys. I looked around the box full of dresses, shoes, gloves, hats and messy centers and asked in disappointment.
“This …… all? ”
“Yes, he said he picked it up on his way back, so don’t be burdened.”
“Ha…”
I laughed in exasperation and a blank space appeared on my forehead. When he said, “Don’t give me any gifts,” he left me as many gifts as if he had taken out the entire country.
The butler looked at me with a serious expression and asked, “I’ve already purchased a lot of stone bows according to the type, what is the best way to organize them?”
“You can use it for decoration, you can use it for magic and war…
There were literally dozens of bow cases where he pointed. A few of the underlings opened the cases and looked back at me awkwardly.
All this time just putting out bows and arrows? I wondered if I could just give them all back. But then that guy would come to the Duke again without hesitation.
Excessive fatigue struck. I made a gesture to turn around.
“Butler, you see to it. I’m tired, I’ll go up first.”
“Okay, miss! I’ll see to it then. Rest.”
The butler sends me off with his head down.
“Come! The ornaments are sorted first.”
Partner! With applause, the sound of the butler starting to organize resounded behind him. There seems to be some excitement.
Back in my room, someone was waiting for me anxiously.
“Miss.” Emily.
I slowly approached the delighted woman, “Is it done?”
“Yes.”
She nodded under her breath. I took off the shirt I was draped in and handed it to her. Then walked to the front of the table and asked as if nothing had happened.
“Wow~”
“Several times I confirmed ‘is it really from the lady’. After answering correctly multiple times, his supervisor refused to say that he doesn’t accept this kind of commission.”
“Emily, get to the point.”
I flatly rejected the girl.
“… The head of the family instructed me to say that it’s ready to send you right away.”
Dropping her head low, she answered carefully. Due to the failure of the secret instructions given, it seems that a great burden was felt.
“Great.”
I set out the greens and replied briefly before pulling out the book I had read so long ago.
Emily carefully added a layer of fire, worrying if it was a chisel.
“He asked me to pass on a message to the lady.”
“What words.”
“‘Pay all your debts to the girl with this, and won’t be entrusted with a second one.'”
The hand that turned the cover of the book froze in the air.
After some time, I muttered and muttered.
“The second time should be gone.”
* * *
That night, a gale of rabbits appeared in my room. Not the small rabbit I had seen a few days ago, but a large one.
Looking at me, the rabbit didn’t make any sound and was quiet for a while.
What about the illusion? In the haze of my vision, the pupils that reflected the oil on my body took on a burst of dark blue color
“Gerg, ger billion.”
After a short while, the rabbit opened its mouth and spat out something. It was as strange a spectacle as if it were a malignant slander.
The rabbit ran off with a blare and disappeared without a trace in another sudden whirlwind
It felt as distant as a dragon, but it wasn’t a dream. I saw very clearly a rabbit spitting out something
I clung to it and stared at it for another night.
* * *
Time passed bitterly without realizing it.
Finally, the coming-of-age ceremony arrived.