“Senior, I’m here.”
Behind Yuni were the maids who were drying them out in embarrassment.
It seemed that he had not been properly guided by the maid, but had come in recklessly.
I widened my eyes when I saw Yuni.
I had never heard of him coming.
Rather than that, the fact that he is in the capital itself is questionable.
Rie had work to do at the academy and was scheduled to leave about a week later than me.
I thought Yuni would come with me at the time, but now I’m in front of my eyes, so it’s ridiculous.
Still, I was relieved to find out that the customer was Yuni.
If a nobleman who didn’t know me well visited me, I’d be in trouble.
Still, if it was Yuni, I was happy to tell her later that this was the case.
However.
The problem is how Yuni behaves.
Here, if Uni criticizes my actions and asks why… … .
I still believed in uni.
Unis these days are different from the past.
His eyesight has improved, and his social skills have improved.
If I give you a signal, you will be able to notice.
I glanced at Yuni and quickly blinked.
She glanced at Karen who was next to her and opened her eyes wide to send a signal to Yuni.
Yuni looked at my eyes and narrowed her brow.
“… … What are you doing?”
Yuni is looking at me with a face that doesn’t seem to understand at all.
The trust he had had turned into despair in an instant.
“Well?”
At Yuni’s words, Karen looked at me.
I quickly changed my expression to make a dull expression as if nothing had happened.
Karen looked at my expression and tilted her head, then turned her gaze back to Yuni, and looked at her carefully.
“Perhaps… … Princess Yuni?”
“… … Well? Who are you?”
Karen immediately stood up and greeted Yuni politely.
“sorry. My name is Karen Meyer, the eldest daughter of Count Meyer. Meet Uni von Listonia, the flower of the empire.”
Contrary to his somewhat strange personality, it was a very polite greeting.
After hearing Karen’s introduction, Yuni thought deeply and clapped her hands.
“ah! The young girl who was preparing the article!”
“Yes, that’s right.”
It’s still Yuni who can’t memorize people’s faces and names well.
Also, if it was a princess, there were so many people she met, so I thought she wouldn’t know.
I don’t know if it’s because of the peculiarity that the noble girl prepares a knight, or because the Meyer family is an aristocrat, but she knew Karen’s name.
“okay. Nice to meet you.”
Yuni smiled and waved to Karen.
It was obviously an ordinary greeting, but anxiety rose inside me.
“By the way, why are you with your senior?”
“… … yes?”
“ah?”
The eyes and mouth are clearly smiling.
Still, it felt cold.
It was the first time that Uni had such an atmosphere.
“Why are you here?”
“ah… … Rudy is back… … to see your face… … .”
“What is it, do you come to see your senior?”
“that… … We’ve been friends since childhood… … therefore… … .”
“If we were close when we were young, are we still close now? Or, is your senior such a laid-back person? Just enough to eat with someone who doesn’t matter?”
“It’s not… … .”
At Uni’s pressure, Karen’s voice gradually creeped in.
I thought I shouldn’t leave it like this, so I opened my mouth.
“Do it over there.”
“… … Seniors?”
“Isn’t it enough to do that?”
So when I try to give Yuni a pincup.
“Oh no!”
Karen interrupted me.
“I think it’s right to listen to what I said because it’s my fault!”
Subtly excited face.
Karen looked at Yuni.
“Princess! You can be more bitter!”
“… … What?”
“I deserve to be scolded! The words of the princess! Nothing is wrong!”
Yuni flinched and took a step back.
Then he looked at me with a look of fear.
“senior… … . Who is this person?”
“… … .”
I didn’t have anything to answer for.
Because I don’t know either.
“did you eat?”
“… … no. Not yet.”
“Then sit down. Eat what you eat together.”
“… … yes.”
Yuni looked at Karen with fearful eyes and sat down at the table.
fear of the unknown.
Even if it was my first time seeing such a person, it was okay because I knew it with some knowledge.
It must have been a shock to Yuni, who was still young.
I sighed and opened my mouth to call the maid.
“Dining here… … .”
before I finish my words.
The door to our room opened again.
“Rudy… … The meal you mentioned… … .”
“ah… … .”
Karen’s meal that I requested earlier came out.
Stew, bread and salad.
It was exactly double the amount Karen had received.
Yuni looked at me with a puzzled face.
“senior… … . Who else is coming?”
As Yuni spoke like that, Karen raised her hand.
“It’s mine, it’s mine!”
Speaking of Karen, who clearly had a trace of eating in front of her, Yuni did not know what to do.
“Hey, haven’t you finished eating?”
“no! Rudy-sama definitely told me to eat twice… … .”
Karen stopped talking while she was speaking.
He seemed to know what he was doing.
“… … But, Rudy… … I don’t think I can eat all of that because I’m full… … .”
Karen looked at me.
He was leaving the judgment to me with his eyes as if he did not want to be punished.
“… … UNI.”
“… … yes?”
“You eat that.”
“… … that one? There are too many.”
“Eat and leave… … .”
“ah… … .”
Karen let out a sigh of regret.
He couldn’t speak, he just looked at me.
Her eyes were talking.
That food is yours.
I turned away from Karen’s eyes like that.
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My conscience couldn’t stand it.
and.
“what… … . scared… … .”
Seeing Karen like that, Yuni trembled in fear.
***
After the meal.
Karen returned to Meyer’s mansion.
At first, he didn’t want to go back, but after Yuni and I rebuked him a few times, he returned with a satisfied face.
After sitting across from me, Yuni asked.
“Who is that person?”
“The Meyer family’s daughter.”
“I know that. But why are you making such a face when you are cursed?”
I couldn’t come up with an answer to that.
It wasn’t accurate information, I was just guessing.
And I didn’t want Yuni to look into the abyss.
“Yeah, I think you can do that. So, what’s your relationship with that person?”
“me?”
I came up with the answer without thinking deeply.
“Who can bridge the Meyer family?”
I didn’t know too much about Karen to be called a childhood friend.
If Yuni starts asking questions about this, it’s sure to get in trouble.
It’s better to talk as if you haven’t been close in the past.
“Huh? You said that person was your childhood friend.”
“You said it. We were friends when we were young, but we are not friends now.”
“Yes? Is this important now?”
Yuni smiled as if she was satisfied with my answer.
Then he continued talking.
“Then what am I?”
I said without thinking about the question.
“You are you.”
“… … What else is that?”
uni is uni
Since he’s such an unusual guy, a new concept of ‘uni’ was defined in me.
Yuni pursed her lips and grunted.
“There are things like that. A woman who breaks my heart. My heart is pounding when I’m near you.”
“Don’t worry, it’s never like that.”
“Chi. I’m too adamant. It hurts.”
Yuni wrinkled her nose.
“Even if it’s not that much, I’m grateful that you treat me like a special treat.”
I can’t say for sure that the special treatment is good, but since I thought he was a good guy, it didn’t seem like a problem.
Yuni looked at me to see if there was something she didn’t like.
“If you keep saying that, I won’t tell you why I came.”
“Why did you come?”
I tilted my head.
“By the way, why are you here? Come and speak Then I would have treated you more.”
“It’s a treat, you can even get it from the Imperial Family. It just makes me feel uncomfortable if my senior treats me like that.”
Yuni sighed and looked at me.
“So, what am I to you?”
“… … A good brother?”
“Is that all?”
“Because you are you. What more can I say here? Wouldn’t this be better than comparing it to an ordinary relationship?”
After hearing my words, Yuni pondered it and opened her eyes wide.
“Then you are saying that I am a person who cannot be compared to other people?”
“… … .”
It seemed like something was twisted, but in terms of meaning alone, it wasn’t much different.
I didn’t bother to rant there.
I’m sure it’ll take some time to get the anger out if you keep being pouty… … .
“I’m that kind of person to you, right?”
“Yeah, do it like that. So why are you here?”
“The answer is a bit cool. I’ll be patient and pass it on.”
Yuni smiled mischievously and leaned her head towards me.
I looked back slightly at Yuni’s appearance like that.
Yuni brought her face closer and spoke in a low voice.
“Aren’t you able to meet Astina-senpai right now?”
“How else did you know that?”
I was trying to find out this and that information to meet Astina-senpai.
But all those attempts were in vain.
It was difficult to even apply for a visit to Astina, and even to send a letter.
I don’t know where the problem started, but it seemed impossible to meet Astina in a normal way.
Yuni opened her mouth with a confident face.
“If you pretend, you pretend. I came here for that.”
“… … you?”
“From now on, I’m that princess.”
Yuni straightened her chest.
“I’ll let you meet.”