Episode 14. Declaration of war (3)
“I will go to Princess Se-Ri alone.”
I looked back at the party and said.
If Princess Se-ri was a yandere, there was nothing good about her taking other women with her.
In addition, it would be easier for the person talking to you if you go alone rather than in a group of people rushing around in front of a person who is in a sense of shame for ruining things.
They nodded without saying anything to see if they understood that too.
“Either go to the training ground first, or take a break in the room where you used to rest.”
I turned away without hearing the party’s answer. After taking three steps, he stopped.
“Ah… I hope you don’t even think about eavesdropping. If you overhear… Because I feel like I’m going to get angry.”
Remembering the image of the group listening to Urca and me before, I placed a warning. The group flinched and groaned. If you didn’t tell me, you must have really been thinking about eavesdropping.
So I walked down the hallway alone. Go up to the third floor where the tax collector’s room is. In front of the room, a handmaid was hesitantly holding a tray.
“…… What happened?”
“Ah, Prause. That is… ….”
“You are refusing to eat.”
I talked so enthusiastically, but there were no results, so it is highly likely that my self-esteem plummeted and came back the same way.
You must be blaming yourself for your 50,000 imaginations.
It was a behavioral tendency that would only come from people with low self-esteem.
“Yes, it is. You haven’t had a proper meal for two days already. I want you to open the door somehow…….”
“Give that to me, and you can do your own business.”
“Yes? But… ….”
“If you are here, it will be rather a hindrance. I will bring out the princess, so you do your job.”
“Okay. Then I wish you well.”
He is not even his own owner, but he is extremely sincere.
Of course, it must be because of the status of the princess that she should be in charge of, but her sincerity was evident in each and every one of her actions.
If she had seen this while she was sane, even the princess would have been moved. What a waste.
I stood in front of the publican’s door.
“Hmm… ….”
With this snout, you won’t be able to properly say words of comfort.
Considering the assumption that she likes me and her yandere traits, she would be relieved just by giving me a moderate amount of skinship.
Allowing skinship with a yandere attribute isn’t a very good choice.
Still, the reason I came here for her is to make her use her. I was the one who would be in trouble if I collapsed just because I stumbled one step.
So what I had to do was to ‘comfort’ her so that she could regain her self-esteem.
Smart.
He carefully knocked on the door.
“This is Prause. Seri, open the door.”
There is no answer. I feel like I can feel the presence from the inside, but I honestly don’t know.
Smart.
Still no response. I put my mouth between the cracks in the door and said.
“How far are you going to betray my expectations? Didn’t I think you were a weak human being?”
Try attaching an ear to the door. There was the sound of cloth rustling. Fortunately, the story seemed to be heard.
“Seri, how many months are you planning to go back? Then you are mistaken. There are no more seats for you there. That means you can’t go back. The moment you give up here, the cause I have to protect you also disappears.”
The feeling of intimidation was strong, but I had to come out first before talking or having skinship.
“If that is what you really want, then I will give up on you too.”
The last time I said that, I didn’t open my mouth anymore.
That’s what I said, but I can’t give up on the princess tax collector.
There was no human in this world for her to replace her in the first place. Even in order to make her the best route I think, I had to somehow establish her as her emperor.
Take one step in front of the door. I deliberately made the sound of my footsteps loud and moved toward the stairs I had come up.
This is bait.
If really she’s a yandere, she won’t be able to bear this unspoken signal that she’ll never seek you out again. Never.
Now, what are you going to do? Princess Sherry.
Knock!
“Wait a minute!!”
With the sound of a door opening from behind, an urgent voice echoed through the hallway.
I turned around in relief.
There, Seri was weeping while wearing a one-piece slip made of silk and wearing a cardigan.
Her tousled hair and the dark circles under her eyes seemed to explain how much she struggled in her room.
“…… You’re out.”
The publican who saw me shook her head vigorously.
“No… ! No, I do not want…… !”
Water starts to pool in her golden eyes, and she drips.
“Bur, please don’t throw it away… ….”
As she said that, she sat down and began to sob. Little by little, her head lowers, and then her head touches the ground.
When she saw that, the accident stopped.
I thought I had to say or do something, but my body didn’t follow me.
Anyway, it seemed that her condition was much more serious than I thought.
“Twice…… I don’t want to be abandoned again……. I don’t want to die…….”
Lack of affection. A fall in self-esteem.
The trauma of being abandoned by someone you trusted.
And the helplessness of not being able to do anything.
All of this was eating away at her spirits and leaving her haggard. If I had grown up with a little more love, I would never have seen such a shabby look here.
No matter how much she tried to use her, it was hard to see her country as well, seeing people ruined like this.
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He bites her lower lip, causing pain. Only then could her stiff body move again.
First, I looked around. Fortunately, no one passed through this hallway.
I quickly approached her. She set her tray down on the floor and grabbed her tax collector’s shoulder.
“Seri.”
“Huh! Black!”
All she can do is sob with her head down.
Damn it, I can’t console you with this tone.
“Seri, I don’t know how to speak kindly.”
I tightened her hand on her shoulder.
“…… Did you say you don’t want to be abandoned?”
Shake her head up and down again and again. She kept her head down as if she didn’t want to show her tear-stained face.
“Then prove your worth. This is not for me, but for you.”
To be recognized by nobles, it was difficult to show weakness like this.
“Even if I can put you on the throne, you have to keep proving that getting to that position isn’t just about getting there. Didn’t you get ostracized for being incompetent even at the noble meeting?”
“That’s black, but… ….”
“Sherry, I believe that you can prove everything to the nobles and become emperor with confidence.”
Sniff. She raises her head
My eyes were bloodshot from how much I cried. The corners of her eyes and the tip of her nose were red, and her face was covered with tears and runny nose.
I took her handkerchief from her pocket and carefully wiped her face.
“But…… Prause will always throw away my value when it runs out…….”
“To me, you are a person who can ‘never’ be abandoned. Because you won’t open the door… I just used a little method to open it.”
It was quick to cut her original character who seemed to have cancer, but I didn’t have the option of discarding her.
“Where is something thrown away just because the door isn’t opened…?” … !”
Her whining voice hits me in the chest. I must have hit my pectoral muscles, but why did my bones get cold?
“…… Wake up at once The position of the princess is not light.”
I picked her up. Her still whimpering led her into her room with her contemplative reading.
I sat Se-Ri down on her bed, retrieved the tray from her floor, and closed the door.
Put the tray down on the table.
On the tray were already cooled soup, sandwiches, and cut-up roast chicken.
“…… Don’t bother the users. Aren’t you living up here?”
“Sorry… ….”
She was still looking at her ground. I went next to the tax collector and sat down on the bed. Then, as if waiting, she opened her mouth.
“…… I felt it.”
Her small hand on her lap trembles.
“The only thing I can recommend to me is Prause. I’m not competent…… Prause, who made me look competent, was amazing. But do you still think that I have such a possibility?”
“I think there is. Aren’t you?”
“… ….”
“You seem to have no confidence in yourself.”
I understand.
Even though she made her debut properly at her first noble meeting, she was just impatient.
If she had a weak mentality, when her opponent dug into her weakness, she would not be able to respond and everything would collapse.
So, instead of blaming her, she should blame me for her complacency.
“I’m sorry. Prause believes in me……. Because I don’t believe in myself.”
“Then…… Trust me.”
“Yes?”
“I am telling you not to doubt anything I say, do, or think until you have confidence in yourself.”
I’m confident I won’t do anything to put her at a disadvantage. Even though the process can be somewhat painful and difficult, in the end, she was able to get what she wanted.
And more than anything else, these words give her the power to reverse her ‘obsession’.
Because she doesn’t doubt it means I can move her according to my intentions.
To put it simply, you could call it gaslighting.
“I was the one who showed you the way to live. If nothing else, I will fulfill that responsibility. So trust me. Until you can believe in yourself. Can you do it?”
“…… Yes, I can.”
She wiped her eyes with her sleeve and nodded vigorously.
“Good.”
I got up and brought the tray I had on the table. He immediately sets the tray down on her thigh.
“The first thing to do for that is to eat this.”
Although it cooled her down, it was a food prepared for her with all her heart.
“Eat.”
“… ….”
Slowly eat the soup. After munching on the cooled soup, he picks up the sandwich and pops it into his mouth.
Well well.
I sat down on the bed again while watching him chew slowly and thoroughly. While watching the tax collector eating next to him, he gently patted him on the back.
“Well done.”
“Not one… …. I couldn’t do anything, so why are you praising me? Is eating this something worthy of such praise?”
The tray and spoon you are holding vibrate. By the time the rattling sound intensified, I put my hand on top of hers.
“Don’t doubt it.”
“The reason… I want to know.”
“…… You trusted me, studied politics, and went to the aristocratic meeting. For this alone you deserve praise. If the results were bad, reflect on this and think about what to do next. Then one day I will grow to the point where I can trust you.”
“I heard you weren’t kind… …. Liar.”
I comforted you in this way, but you said it was kind?
If you think about it, why do people around me say that I am kind even when I talk like a dog?
“…… Does that mean I can still like you?”
“… Huh? What did you say?”
I thought about something else for a while, but I couldn’t hear it.
She shook her head. Unwilling to answer, she opened her mouth wide and started eating her sandwich.
I looked at the publican in a puzzled way, then passed it over without thinking.
It was fortunate that he seemed to have come to his senses.
Okay then, one person finished well.
Next is a pink-haired cat.
I think that the characters in this world are a lot of work in many ways, and I thought about what to say to my next target.