286 – Waiting for something new
“Yes. It’s decided, Kyle. I’d love to do that too.”
I’m going to say something nonsensical again.
Kyle, who managed to get those words past her throat, waits for the princess’s next words.
“Even if you can’t have children, let’s have two or more. Unconditionally, more is the best.”
“… Over there, Princess.”
“Father, should we make three like mother? It’s good to have more. I can have more.”
“No. Excuse me. Are you already planning a second generation?”
I was stunned. I’m still engaged, let alone married.
You’ve never even slept with each other, but you’re already planning to be 2?
This is kimchi soup drinking.
‘… No It’s going to happen someday anyway, so it might be better to decide now.’
I don’t think the other women have even thought about this.
Only the princess was considering the future much later.
At first glance, she seems like a girl who has no thoughts or plans, just going straight ahead.
Also, looking at it this way, it seems that she secretly has a wide field of vision and also has her own wisdom….
“When will a man and a woman share their love? I am still fine.”
“… Please. Don’t do this when you’re thinking positively.”
At this point, it’s to the point of doubting whether she deliberately undercuts her score.
Because she was a princess who would definitely faint if she thought positively.
“But, if you’re like this right now, there’s nothing you can do about it.”
“That… Whew. Well, it’s not wrong.”
There will be no Tisha, no Elga, and no saint.
It was the princess who sat in front of Kyle, leaning her back.
Thanks to that, I was unintentionally in a state of back hugging the princess.
Immaculate skin slightly visible through the flowing hair.
The strange scent that gently spreads from beyond makes her body shake.
“Kyle.”
“Why?”
“It seems to have hardened a bit.”
“… Yes?”
“It seems to have gotten stronger.”
Kyle has no flaws in his body.
Plus, she is in her twenties, in full swing.
In a situation like this, it was natural to have a reaction.
“What! Do you say things like that casually?!”
“Huh? What? I was just talking about your forearm?”
Damn it. Could it be that this is just to see a reaction?
Thought so, he looked at the princess, but she only stroked Kyle’s forearm.
Perhaps he really wanted to say that his forearms were getting stronger.
Thanks to her, I thought it was very natural but also a bit embarrassing.
So, she ended up with a very embarrassing picture of Kyle, who was stabbed herself.
“Kyle.”
The princess slightly turns her head to look behind her.
The scent of a woman hidden in her hair strikes at once.
Thanks to that, Kyle, who had been caught off guard, allowed her to strike again.
‘The gap gap was so scary.’
Why did he react like this to the princess?
Kyle, who thought deeply about that part, came up with this answer.
Unlike her other women, the princess is usually too calm.
She didn’t reveal the charm of a woman who sniped her man’s heart like this.
It’s because it explodes as soon as you get close.
It still is. Before she was, she was just a tomboyish princess.
She is the strongest of the 10 empires, but she is secretly an immature woman.
The princess I am facing now was a beauty with the appearance of a mature woman.
“That’s strange. She seems to have turned her face more red than a moment ago.”
“… Pretending she didn’t know, I wish she would have passed by.”
“How can you pretend not to know? Is this all important to me?”
“Important?”
“Yes. That I’m a woman who can make you react like that. Proof that she is not pushed back compared to other women. That’s why I have the mindset to do my best.”
After saying that, the princess pulled Kyle’s hands inwards.
She then laid her hands on her own stomach, intertwining her first with his.
“You know. I thought I would never get married. No Should I say I can’t?”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. And she said that even His Majesty the Emperor would not see her youngest son-in-law, and she said that the possibility that even His Highness the Crown Prince would see her youngest brother-in-law is slim.”
If you look at it calmly, the emperor’s words and the prince’s predictions were correct.
She is extremely beautiful and despite her title of princess.
She is such a difficult woman to deal with, so she must have thought so.
Still, she thought she’d better be quiet here.
So when Kyle quietly listens, the princess flutters in her arms.
“Ah. I want to do yours right away! I want to become Kyle crab soon!”
… Please, turn on the blinker for such lines.
I almost stretched out without noticing the man’s qualifications again.
“Wait a minute. After all, as long as you are engaged, marriage is a fait accompli.”
“That doesn’t work. I just want Kyle and my baby soon.”
“So if you want my child, listen to my opinion.”
Letting out her sigh, Kyle gave the princess a hug.
She is better than him. I hadn’t even thought about it until now.
Even listening to the story of the princess had a strong feeling that she wanted many, not just one.
‘… In the future, there will be many decisive battle weapons for the imperial family.’
Though Tishana, Elgar, and the saintess don’t have any contact with the imperial family.
The princess is the current emperor’s daughter. She is and she is the younger sister of the next emperor.
If there is a child between the two, it’s the emperor’s grandson or granddaughter.
The next emperor’s nephews….
‘I’m already worried that Her Highness will handle her nephews well.’
Wasn’t it originally said that children resemble their parents’ personalities?
Kyle himself is a bit emotional without knowing it, and there are times when actions speak louder than words.
She thought that the princess who was more like ‘John Nassen’ than herself was her mother, so she was a little worried.
For some reason, I felt as if I could already hear His Majesty the future emperor screaming.
‘Nephews are too powerful. I’m sure you’re going through something similar to this.’
*
With both hands clasped together, offer a prayer to end the day.
The saintess, who had been engrossed in her prayers for a long time, moved slowly.
“Are you finished?”
Kyle, who was quietly waiting in the back, grabs the hand of such a saint.
Because I know that they always offer evening prayers, they seem to have come and waited for me today as well.
“You’ve been waiting for me again today. You don’t have to.”
“I do it because I like it. Fine.”
At those words, the saintess smiled brightly and moved along with Kyle.
Unsurprisingly, the church’s influence reached the south as well.
I came out of the lodging and purposely went to the chapel to offer my prayers.
“What about the other sisters?”
“Okay. She’s been playing chess ever since she came out.”
“Are you still like that?”
At first, it was just a light start at Elgar’s suggestion.
Unexpectedly, Tisha showed quite a good aptitude for her chess.
Thanks to this, Elgar, who met a good opponent, focuses on her chess without noticing the passage of time.
Tisha said she was more fun than she thought and she was putting it hard.
Naturally, the princess was engrossed in giving advice, not advice, by her side.
“You seem to be having a lot of fun. Shall I learn it too?”
At the saintess’s words, Kyle showed a slightly worried expression.
Her skills aren’t the problem, but the saintess’s kind heart seems to be more of a problem.
It’s to the point where you can see a picture of him backing down without being able to overcome it if you ask him to step back.
At Kyle’s words, she laughed, saying that the saintess would do the same.
In particular, she added that if the princess came out like that, she would definitely do that.
“Then, shall we sit down for a while? So that the sisters do not get in the way of the game.”
“… Yes. I see.”
I don’t think it’ll be a hindrance if I go in now.
Because I read something strange in the saintess’ words.
Kyle quietly decided to follow her saintess’s opinion.
“I got a call from the church.”
The saintess, who was sitting for a while in the soft moonlight, got lucky.
Kyle could roughly guess what kind of contact he was talking about here.
“You said you found it?”
“Yes. It is said to be a nearby village on the eastern border.”
The next saintess. One way or another, she is a woman who is eventually singled out by the world.
Her presence came out this time around the eastern border of the Empire.
“You know what? If it hadn’t been for Brother Kyle, it might have been harder to find.”
“Why did I suddenly… Oh, is it war-related?”
“Yes. No one knows what would have happened to the villages along the border if the war with the nomadic tribes hadn’t ended quickly. If the nomadic tribes had come all the way there, it would have been more embarrassing.”
I never dreamed that this would turn into a snow ball like this again.
Anyway, the world is really strange. It was Kyle who thought so.
“From the spring of next year at the earliest. I plan to give it to him little by little from early summer at the latest. And someday, I will give up this heavy and difficult place for her as a saint.”
“You look sorry.”
“I’m sorry. Since I have memories from my childhood, it is clear that this position was very difficult. It feels like I’m giving it to someone else, so I can’t help but feel sorry.”
At that, Kyle shook his head.
You’ve already done enough. She said that she was more like a saint than anyone else.
Maybe God knows that, so he’s allowed me to back off.
Then, the saintess smiled and turned to Kyle.
“I think Brother Kyle is right. If I hadn’t really done my duty as a saint. If that’s the case, if you tried to pass on your duty like this. God gave me this moment like now. You wouldn’t have allowed Brother Kyle to come to me.”
The hand of the saintess holding her was a little stronger.
As if in response to that warmth and her heart, Kyle held her saintess’ hand as well.
“Brother Kyle. I am so grateful to God for dropping you off next to me. In fact, all the prayers I’m posting these days are because of that. I always say thank you. I am happy that you have given me a brother.”
“This is embarrassing. Because I think it’s a gift from God. Is it a burden too?”
“We didn’t mean to take on the burden!”
“No. Have to bear the burden. The saintess is by my side. Isn’t that natural?”
“Ooh… Well, if you say something like that casually….”
As if trying to hide his blushing face, he turned his head away.
But thanks to that, the moonlight shone on her, and instead her saintly face seemed even brighter.
“Well, by the way. Brother Kyle. Now that a new saintess has appeared….”
“No matter how many other saints there are, there is only one saint to me.”
“Even though I’m not really a saint… ?”
“You can be my own saintess.”
The saintess did not respond to Kyle’s answer for a while.
However, she quietly relaxed her body. She leaned lightly on Kyle.
“… Thank you… Never let go….”
I can hear the voice of a saintess faintly reciting her prayers.
What prayer it was, she wondered for a second, but Kyle didn’t ask.
Even though I couldn’t hear it well, I felt like I knew what kind of prayer it was.
*
Thank you for dropping this off on me.
I will never let go of these two held hands.
Until the moment when this life finally comes to an end and we say goodbye.