59 – The wicked woman’s cheeks turn red
The Baslet family’s training ground. It had a somber atmosphere, and it was a place I didn’t like very much.
But this time it was quite different. Because there was Shael who followed me with dessert stuffed in his mouth.
“Woo, you want to learn Ru?”
“You can eat and talk.”
Shael’s dignity is nowhere to be found. What kind of aristocrat would stick dessert in his mouth?
He let out a sigh and nodded his head. However, as Sael said, there are things to do before practicing Aura.
“Could you give me the earrings you just showed me?”
“Here.”
Shael, who had swallowed the dessert before he knew it, rummaged through her pockets. I was worried about what if I insisted that I didn’t want to give it to me because it was an earring that I would have bought at a high price.
Fortunately, Shael obediently handed me the earrings.
Earrings with red color. These are earrings that cure Clie’s disease in the original novel.
Of course, these must be earrings that Clie really needs. So you need to keep it safe.
For now, it seemed that this earring was the reason why they attacked the Azbel family.
First of all, with the earrings Shael gave her in her magic pouch, she drew out her sword to practice her aura.
“⋯⋯Try it.”
I was planning on doing it anyway. In front of Shael, she swung her sword to contain the aura.
Hook!
“You need to hit harder.”
“⋯.”
As Sael said, I lowered my sword stronger.
Whoops!
“Get your posture right.”
“⋯.”
I didn’t get angry at Sael’s advice. Still, you’re doing this to help me.
Whoops!
“This time it was totally weird.”
“Is that so?”
I almost drew my sword. No, it’s already been picked. Still, I barely persevered.
Whoops!
As my sword cut through the air, Shael’s lips fluttered. Before it opened, I spoke first.
“If you give more advice, there will be no more desserts.”
Swinging a sword at my fiancé, such an act could be tolerated. Still, it was Shael who would have advised me.
Still, it was necessary to punish. After retrieving the sword, she approached Shael.
“⋯⋯ What, what!”
Shael covers her forehead in embarrassment when I raise her hand. She thinks she’s been hitting too many nights.
But not now. The place I was aiming for was Shael’s cheek.
“Do it!”
“Maybe it’s because he ate a lot of dessert, his cheeks are plump.”
“⋯⋯ Museon now!”
She thought, of course, that if it was Shael, she would hit her hand repeatedly and defend her own cheek ⋯⋯.
Not this time. Shael also put his hand on my cheek. I also had my hand on Shael’s cheek.
“What are you doing?”
“I don’t know.”
It was fortunate that there was no one at the Baslet family’s training ground. As soon as I saw Shael and I come in, they moved away.
A few minutes like that. During that time, which was short if short and long if long, Shael and I pulled each other’s cheeks.
I took my hand off Shael’s cheek, feeling ashamed of what he was doing.
Shael’s cheeks were red. She didn’t pull that hard, but were the wicked woman’s cheeks softer than expected?
Shael laughed and said to me.
“It looks good. Her cheeks are very, very red.”
I didn’t feel too sick, but listening to Shael’s words… I also felt my cheeks turn red.
“So are you.”
“⋯I’m not like that.”
The crimson sunlight streaming into the Baslet family’s training ground, and Shael and my cheeks turning red.
We spent such a short time together in a reddened world.
* * *
A long time passed before I knew it. Time to watch the dawn. If it was usual, it’s time for Shael and me to break up…
I gave Sael some dessert, seduced him and brought him to my room.
“You should be at Baslet Street today.”
“⋯?”
Shael expressed her doubts. I can’t help but wonder if he suddenly went to sleep in Barslett Street.
“⋯⋯ Why?”
Why? If Clie’s attack on the Azbel family happened earlier, a catastrophe would happen.
That’s why you must never be separated from Sael for at least three days. If I stick around and stay at Barslett’s, at least I’ll be able to get away.
Unlike the time when the situation was urgent, you can use the teleportation field while the knights of the Baslet family buy time.
Then how should I convince Sael? Dessert might intimidate you, but… This time I wanted to play a prank on Shael.
Since I’ve been through some difficult things, I need to heal my spirit while harassing Sael.
“Rumors circulate in the Baslett family.”
“What are the rumors?”
“There are rumors that ghosts roam the mansion at night.”
Of course it can’t be. There are no such rumors going around the Baslet family’s mansion.
Shael snorted and said.
“⋯⋯Ha, do you believe those rumors?”
“It is not a rumor. I also hear strange noises every time. You will probably hear it soon…”
Just as I was about to finish my words, a strange sound came from outside the door.
Hee hee hee~
At that creepy sound, Shael stiffened her whole body. Of course I wasn’t
I knew that was the sound the knights of the Baslet family were making.
-‘Bocchan, is there anything we can do to help you fall in love with the young lady?!’
A suggestion from a knight who used to fight together. I asked without hesitation. When Shael and I enter the room, make a strange noise.
“⋯.”
Shael was silent. She was worried that Shael would recognize the identity of the voice because Shael was quick enough to notice her.
The knight’s voice was so bizarre, I think I was tricked.
“⋯⋯There’s no way I could be afraid of something like that.”
“In that case, I think we can go to the teleportation station far away from my room.”
“⋯⋯ Please go with me.”
I shook my head with a sneer. I was just talking to Shael.
“You can go to sleep. Because I contacted Duke Jespen in advance.”
“⋯What, what⋯⋯.”
Shael stood up from her seat. Sael squeezed her hand to get rid of her fear, then she boldly opened the door to her.
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At the same time, Shael shut the door. In fact, rumors and ghosts do not matter.
Because the night came and the Baslett family’s mansion was terribly frightening.
It’s usually the duke’s mansion. I’ll decorate it enough to shine at night, and I’ll leave the lights on.
Not the Barslett family. It is said that after the death of Duke Ezran’s wife, the atmosphere in the mansion became gloomy.
There’s no way Duke Ezran, who lacked humanity, cared about the atmosphere in the mansion.
There was not much mention of the Barslett family in the novel, so these were the facts I found out after possessing them.
“⋯⋯What is the atmosphere like?”
Even though the atmosphere is scary, it’s not like you can’t go out. It seems that the wicked woman is weak against scary things.
“Aren’t you going to Azbel Street?”
“⋯.”
Originally a question she would have shook her head right away. However, after thinking for a while, Sael sat down on my bed without answering.
I meant to sleep in my room.
“⋯⋯Get out.”
Then, she began to show the wicked woman’s amazing mindset, that she would kick out the owner of her room.
Since he can’t say anything because he’s dumbfounded, Shael is now comfortable in bed.
I keep thinking that I want to scold you for being offended. So I also lay down on the bed where Shael lay.
“What…!”
“This is my bed.”
Even the bad-tempered villainess couldn’t refute my words. Shael just silently turned her body around.
“I couldn’t even use it.”
A small provocation towards me was a bonus. There was no way that kind of provocation would work for me.
I felt something strange. The sense of déjà vu from Sael’s words. I frowned and pondered.
ㅡWhat should I do if a person who is famous for swordsmanship can’t use an aura?
ㅡDon’t be a jerk.
ㅡ Now what?
Next, I remember the sound of my voice mingled with ridicule.
ㅡ Dessert, confiscated for a month.
ㅡHa, I’ve been looking for a dessert shop that has desserts that taste similar to that great one!
—-Then why not eat there? I may not do it in the future.
ㅡThat’s a little…
When you’re trying to chew on that all-too-familiar conversation. I had no choice but to stop it. Because Shael talked to me.
“I can’t sleep because I don’t have a doll.”
Dolls. Are you referring to the doll I gave you as a gift? It seems that whenever Shael slept, she slept hugging the doll.
I said playfully to Shael.
“⋯⋯ Then, would you like to sleep hugging me too?”
“⋯⋯Don’t talk nonsense.”
Shael turned her head and said to me. I said looking at Shael’s face.
“Come to think of it, he didn’t really object to sleeping in the same bed.”
“⋯!”
Shael is taken aback as if she hadn’t thought of it. Looking at Shael’s face, which I could see clearly even in the dark room, I said.
“Her face turned red.”
“⋯⋯ You are too.”
My face turned red? I don’t know if that’s true. However, he could at least know that what Sael said next was a lie.
“⋯⋯And my cheeks, because you pinched my cheeks.”
“Is that so?”
A ridiculous excuse. Laughing, I also told Shael.
“If so, I think so too.”
“⋯.”
The night is deepening in Baslet Street, which has a somber atmosphere. Thanks to Shael by his side, he couldn’t feel the bitterness he usually felt.