82. The life of a nobleman
1.
Stride.
An expression colder than the ice caps of the north, and a chilling voice comparable to that expression.
Ah, anyway, this is the banquet hall terrace. No matter how much everyone notices and sneaks out of their seats, the names are the princess and the grand duke.
There is a saying that birds listen to what you say during the day and mice listen to what you say at night.
I looked at the two anxiously, thinking that we would have to fight here, but my expectations were clearly betrayed.
“Helena, explain.”
“What do you mean?”
“……Ha ha.”
Originally, her facial expression did not change much on a regular basis, but now anyone close to her could easily grasp Eileen’s state of mind.
Looking dissatisfied, the slightly raised eyebrows and straight lips, not the usual expressionless expression, but a subtly frowned face as if he was really angry.
No matter how you look at it, Aileen was fully prepared to fight Elena here.
At the time I vaguely recalled the words of the great sage Trainer that people are betrayed because they had high expectations in the first place.
“Are you crazy?! Why are you pouring gas into a burning house!”
“Well, when my cousin says that, I can’t help it because it looks like I dragged someone I didn’t like.”
Naturally, Elena put her arm around my shoulder.
And, of course, this kind of skinship would make Eileen angry right in front of her, and sure enough, Eileen’s expression changed rapidly every moment.
Until just now, it was a slight change in expression that anyone close to you could tell, but now, anyone can see that he is openly angry.
I wondered what the princess was thinking, so when I glanced at her, Elena also smiled at her mouth, but her eyes didn’t smile at all.
I was sure.
‘I thought you two were just going to fight here?’
Elena openly provoking as if she wants to fight, or Aileen, who succumbs to such a provocation.
Come to think of it, you two are cousins. Are relatives anyway.
It’s not for nothing that they say that blood is thicker than water.
“Helena Ezeland, one last warning. Get your filthy hands off now.”
“Sir Eileen Nord, I’m sorry, but I can’t do you a favor. After all, you’re here as my partner now.”
“……If you dare to choose punishment.”
“Are you going to challenge me to a duel? Well, if the opponent is a gentleman, then I don’t even need to watch it.”
It wouldn’t be strange even if one of the two took off his glove and threw it.
It was an immediate situation that could explode at any moment, and in the end I had no choice but to step in.
“Ehh…”
A deep sigh that comes from the depths of the lungs.
Just as I let out a sigh, Elena and Eileen’s eyes turned to me almost simultaneously.
Actually, it’s kind of funny when I think about it. Until just now, I was keeping my eyes peeled for fear that the two would fight, but the fact that the situation reversed immediately after I took a sigh.
But what can I do?
“So Her Highness the Princess and Eileen. Are you going to fight right here and now? Looking at what you’re talking about, one of the two might throw a glove at least. Try it, because we’re going to watch.”
I said in a crooked voice.
In the end, here, again, I had no choice but to end up with a pattern of mediation while pretending to be angry.
To tell you the truth, this kind of situation sucked for me too.
I didn’t think much of it, but the stress I was receiving was also stressful because they kept fighting among themselves, but rather than that, the f*cking feeling stemming from self-defeating gave me an unpleasant sensation, like bugs crawling up my body.
They’re fighting, so I’m going to mediate, how? If I’m angry, I’ll stop fighting for a while, and I’ll have no choice but to stop fighting because I’m embarrassed.
It was not an easy way to think. Needlessly riding on the rules of this world only in this part, it feels like I am making choices in the direction I am comfortable with.
Of course, even though I felt this sense of shame, the effect was outstanding, so I had no choice but to choose it even though I knew this every time.
“……It seems that the lord misunderstood. There is no way you could apply for a duel in a situation like this without any sense of common sense.”
“It’s true. No matter how much it is, it’s not that much of an impossibility…”
If it was a puppy, wouldn’t it have lowered its tail right away while making a crackling sound?
With the illusion that both of their invisible tails had gone down as if they were dead, Elena and Eileen shook their hands, saying that they were not each other.
Look at this. When a man pretends to be angry, it changes right away in an atmosphere where he feels like he’s going to hit you.
He spat out curses at this world, which had been rotten from the root somewhere, and replied with only the corner of his mouth raised crookedly.
“That’s a relief. I thought you two would do something that would be in the newspaper the next day, when there are so many nobles out there.”
“Kyung seems to have jumped a bit and thought about it. It can’t be.”
“……As they say, there’s no way they can’t distinguish between attack and death and fight in a place like this.”
The bloody atmosphere, which was a battle of who gets to punch first, is nowhere to be found, and both of them are secretly looking at me.
…… This was the completion of a world where no one was hurt except me.
Actually, I don’t know if there will be any scars, except for the fact that I feel a little dirty.
2.
Obviously, there were two of us when we entered the terrace, but we came out as three when we left.
For me, who was naturally paying attention to every move of the aristocrats scattered throughout the banquet hall, I could clearly hear their gossip among themselves when I strengthened my hearing with magical power.
“Couldn’t it be that Her Highness the Grand Duke of Nord also agreed to support her Highness?”
“You never know. Maybe the two of you have feelings for Youngsik of the Weiss family.”
“Yeah, man. So what kind of love triangle is this? Won, you have to say something that makes sense. You and my husband are talking about something.”
“……Zeop, that’s true. Then, is it fortunate that Her Highness left right away? It seems that Her Highness has been uncomfortable lately as Her Highness has been appearing more and more openly.”
As if they weren’t aristocrats who died and lived in power, they were fantasizing among themselves.
By the way, lady, it’s really true that you’re doing it just in case. No way, it’s a way to catch people.
The Grand Duke of the North and the Princess are fighting because they like me? If you just change the gender, it’s just a romance fantasy novel. Actually, this is the original setting, though.
And Elena and Eileen, who, like me, don’t have to go around magically strengthening their hearing, and can just overhear the chatter of the nobles if they set their minds to it…….
‘Don’t be shy about this unnecessarily…….’
Since the words that the aristocrats skipped over like a joke were inversely penetrating the core, he looked ashamed as if he felt ashamed belatedly.
Well, how can you realize that this is a shameful thing even like this?
“I can’t live up to my name like this, really.”
As they exited the banquet hall, both of them flinched at the words that sounded like complaints.
No, now that I think about it, I really can’t live up to my name.
It was an unintentional drip of Tallulah, but I was worried anyway.
If you ask me what I’m worried about, of course it’s a concern about what to do with these fighting cocks, who always think of fighting because they’re glad to meet you.
If later on, if one really succeeded in seducing me and even got married, the other four were all on bad terms to the point of worrying about what would happen.
It’s not a triangle relationship, it’s a hexagonal relationship.
It was even more unfortunate in that it was a karma for the fishing grounds I worked on before returning. No, I’m not like that, so why should a good person like me pay for that karma?
Honestly, I felt a bit unfair, but what can I do?
“That, Sir Rudric. I think Sir, you may be misunderstanding something…”
“Your Highness, go to my room and talk.”
“……That’s right.”
Elena, who was about to say something, made her mouth shut with one word.
At this point, it felt like the traffic had to be sorted out.
I wondered why I kept stopping them from fighting and why I had to be stressed, but the opportunity came just as I was eagerly waiting for it.
I think Eileen was trying to say something, but she looked at Elena and seemed to shut her mouth.
As I walked quietly, without saying a word, the other two seemed to be following me like criminals.
If you go to the room, it’s probably about time that Arwen has returned…….
I don’t know, Arwen also had a fight with Eileen the other day, so she should take this opportunity to tell her not to fight again.
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My head is starting to get more and more complicated.
And that complicated thought always had to come to the conclusion that the root of all evil was the country before the return.
I like this woman and that woman, she takes care of the fishing grounds here and there, and wags her tail gently.
But since they die irresponsibly without choosing anyone until the end, a good person like me suffers.
Is it more unfair to think like this?
“……Hey, Rudrick.”
“Yes?”
But, did my unfair inner feelings show on my face?
Eileen, who was carefully watching me, opened her mouth.
“I don’t know what he’s thinking, but his expression is a bit…”
“……Yes? Expression?”
“He was making a very sad face.”
“……?”
I tilted my head.
But Eileen, who was about to say something, only pursed her lips, and then she shook her head saying it was nothing.