104 – The princess confesses.
After a light (?) outing, we returned to the count’s residence.
“······It hurts.”
I was putting cold ice on my back right now.
“You brought it upon yourself.”
“But to think that the princess would beat her fiancé mercilessly.”
The reason, of course, was because he was beaten by an angry Rebecca.
Rebecca, who hurriedly strode toward the count’s residence, slapped her on the back as soon as she arrived at the count’s residence.
It hurt a lot. Not joking, for real.
Should I say it is the power that makes you realize once again why Rebecca’s nickname was Princess Munchkin?
It was a blow that instantly awakened my mind, which had been lost while looking at my cute fiancée.
“Did it hurt that much?”
“Princess seems to forget her power sometimes.”
“…Anyway, it’s because of you. Have you forgotten that I asked you to refrain from being in crowded places?”
“I haven’t forgotten.”
“But why did you do that?”
“…”
‘It was because my fiancée was so cute.’
The word lingered in my mouth, but I thought that if I took it out of my mouth, I would get another round from Rebecca, who was blushing.
I chose to keep my mouth shut.
“······ Whoa. That’s it.”
Then, Rebecca let out a sigh as if she couldn’t help it.
“Honestly, it’s not like I didn’t expect why you did it.”
“Aren’t you going to ask more?”
“If I ask you more here, you will say something strange again.”
“That’s strange. I have no idea.”
“Again, you’re going to say that I’m so cute…”
Rebecca dyes her face red as if she is going to die of embarrassment.
If you’re going to be ashamed to say it at all, why do you have a hard time bringing it up?
“When I thought about it, it doesn’t sound strange at all.”
“yes?”
“The fact that my fiancée is cute is a fact that Heaven knows, Earth knows, and I know. How can you say that’s strange?”
Just like me, you had to be able to speak in a courtesy manner without changing your facial expression in order to reach a truly top-notch level.
As expected, Rebecca’s cheeks turned very red when she heard the incantation.
As if the embarrassment just now was just the tip of the iceberg, her face was the most reddish she had ever seen.
······is not it.
In terms of hotness, I think that night was even hotter.
“······You just had a strange thought.”
“Not at all.”
“Then, what about the unpleasant expression that just passed by?”
“How strange is it that I think of the princess’s cutest appearance…”
“Just die.”
A palm stronger than the one hit earlier hit my back.
In the end, I had to have ice on my back until that evening.
Of course, there were no regrets.
***
Dalgrak-
A restaurant where only the sound of dishes colliding echoes.
Me and Rebecca were having dinner here, where the awkwardness lingered for some reason.
“The Count and the Countess might…”
“He left. He said he was going to the duke’s residence.”
By the way, my mother and father had already left the mansion.
I left a note saying that I would make time for just the two of us. Give each employee a day off.
So to put it another way, the only people left in this mansion were me and Rebecca.
“…”
“…”
We ate the food in front of us in silence.
It was difficult to say anything first.
It was awkward to think that only the two of them were left in this place that had been filled with servants of the Count’s family until just now.
And, I wasn’t the only one with this thought.
“Why don’t you say anything?”
“…”
What Rebecca said to me a little curtly.
It was clear that, like me, he was accepting the situation quite awkwardly.
“He’s always quiet. Why is he so quiet now?”
“······I don’t have a story to bring up.”
“Are you okay with the fact that I hit you earlier?”
It’s sudden, but Rebecca asks about the condition of the back she hit earlier.
Even though he maintained a calm state on the outside, it seems that he was worried in his own way on the inside.
“It was my fault that the princess hit me down, so what can I do if it hurts?”
“…”
“I’m just kidding. Actually, I don’t feel sick anymore.”
It may sound like a lie, but it was the truth.
It was thanks to the maids of the count’s house who witnessed me putting on ice.
It hurt before, but now it doesn’t hurt at all.
Rebecca asked, still in disbelief.
“really?”
“Yes. It’s not as good as the princess, but I’ve got a strong body in my own way.”
“······If that’s the case, I’m glad.”
“Are you worried?”
“······I told you the other day. How can I not worry?”
It’s you and no one else.
Rebecca’s only eyes were saying that.
“I felt sick because the princess hit me.”
“…”
If it hadn’t been for Rebecca as the cause, I would have been genuinely moved.
It was just that it was a bit hard to be moved when the person who hit me said that.
Rebecca puffed out her cheeks as if she had been pouting.
“······That’s Okay.”
“Will you watch it if I tell you it’s a joke?”
“Would you like to see it?”
“No. I said the wrong thing.”
“joy.”
Dalgrak-
Rebecca turned her head away from me and took a bite of the soup.
As if you don’t want to talk to me anymore.
“······Princess.”
“Why are you calling?”
“Do you remember? The day the princess and I first met.”
And, that look was enough to awaken the days of the past that were locked in my memory.
“The day we first met?”
“It must be the next day to be exact. On the first day, the Princess ordered me to argue and stayed in my room all day.”
“When did I do that?”
“You don’t seem to remember. The Princess has been complaining to the Duchess since the day we first met that she didn’t want to marry me.”
“Sometimes I was begging my mother. I was just a little surprised at the sudden engagement at the time…”
“Why does someone who has such a good memory act like he doesn’t know?”
“…”
After a moment of mistaken expression, Rebecca kept her mouth shut.
It seems that he was quite ashamed to be found out that he pretended not to know.
“Anyway. Do you remember the next day?”
“······ By the next day, you mean the day you force-fed me?”
“It’s not compulsory. The princess said that she didn’t care about me at all and that it didn’t matter if I fed her food.”
“When will I…”
“And I remember that the Duchess came in the moment I was serving the soup.”
“…”
Rebecca fell silent again.
As if the memory of that time had come to mind, her face was starting to turn red.
“After that, when I teased her a little, she probably shed tears.”
“…”
“I was so embarrassed at that time. I was sincerely worried that I might be retaliated against by the Duke of Valencia.”
“······ So what do you want to say?”
As if telling me to stop laying ground rice, Rebecca asked me what I wanted.
I answered the question slowly.
“I was a little curious. How much and how our relationship has changed since then.”
“…”
“Would you like to give me the honor of being able to feed the princess directly?”
“······Did you say it all this time because you wanted to do it in the end?”
Rebecca made a puzzled expression.
“Well, you could say that.”
“…”
“Please consider all of this as the heart of a fiancee who loves his fiancée.”
“······Feeding is something I already do every now and then.”
“yes?”
“Even if you don’t say that, if you say you want to feed it, I’ll take it.”
I couldn’t see her face because of the rising shame, but Rebecca’s words and intentions were clearly conveyed to me.
do as you please
I’m already ready to eat when you scoop up the food and bring it to me.
The me of the past and the me of the present are definitely different.
I couldn’t hear it, but it felt like it was transmitted directly to my head.
“… isn’t time really mysterious?”
“Suddenly?”
“Hasn’t the princess and I, who had been fighting since the first day, developed into this kind of relationship?”
“… I bet it’s not.”
“yes?”
“It’s not that time really developed my relationship with you.”
At the sudden negative answer, I looked at Rebecca.
Rebecca was looking at me with the most calm expression she had ever seen.
“When I showed tears and shut myself in my room. Do you remember what you came for?”
“…”
“I was wrong, I brought you a cake with strawberries for the first time.”
“······Of course I remember.”
Of course I remembered.
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No, I couldn’t forget.
After feeding Rebecca the strawberry cake there, I realized my feelings for the first time.
“At that time, I thought you had won because you left first… but now that I think about it, I must have lost.”
“Can I ask why?”
In fact, there was no need to ask why here.
because you already knew
“Because that’s when I started to like you.”
“······Is that so?”
“Yes. I didn’t know then, but now I know for sure.”
Because I already knew what words would come out of Rebecca’s mouth.
I couldn’t know
“It’s amazing.”
“······Is it strange?”
“I also realized my love for my fiancé from then on.”
I had the same experience, how could I not know.
At that moment, I realized my love for the other person as well, so how could I not know?
Hwaak-
Rebecca’s cheeks, which were already flushed, turned even redder.
“Your face is red.”
“So are you.”
Of course, so did I.
“······I hear you’re feeding them. How much longer do we have to wait?”
“Don’t worry, I’ll feed you right now.”
Like that, the faces of both the person who feeds and the person who eats are red.
He fed Rebecca dinner until all the plates in front of her were empty.