98 – The princess made a choice.
After the pleasant (?) chat with the Duchess, I returned to Rebecca’s room.
“What are you doing here so late?”
As soon as I opened the door, I heard Rebecca’s grumbling voice.
“The Duchess asked for a chat for a while. We were late talking.”
“Are you my mother?”
“Yes. No matter how much I bullied the princess, the princess, who always gets up early, scolded me for waking up at 11 o’clock.”
“·······Don’t make fun of us.”
“It’s the truth without a single lie.”
“Because I’m not kidding.”
As soon as she heard the story, Rebecca blushed as if she had recalled the violent memories of yesterday.
It was enjoyable enough to watch the cute lover, but I took out the food I brought for Rebecca, who was waiting for me to come back.
“Is it strawberry cake?”
Then, Rebecca, who was fanning herself to cool her reddened face, quickly showed interest.
“Yes. It’s been quite some time since I made dessert for the princess.”
“······That’s right. You didn’t make it even when I asked for it.”
Rebecca’s expression was quite pouty as she said that.
Maybe the next Duke of Valencia was angry because he didn’t even make a cake.
In order to keep my beloved fiancée from getting angry, I thought I’d make desserts from time to time from now on.
“Don’t worry, I’ll make it more often in the future.”
“really?”
“Why would I lie to the princess?”
“······That’s right. I’ll believe it.”
Rebecca put on a relieved expression only after she promised me to make it often.
“Then can I eat now?”
“Of course. It’s food made for the princess, but if she doesn’t eat it, who will eat it?”
“Wow…”
Rebecca looks at the cake with her characteristic red eyes sparkling.
“Do you like strawberries that much?”
“yes?”
“For some reason, you seem brighter than last night, so I’m just jealous.”
It was a joke, but to some extent it was true.
Is a dessert with strawberries that good?
I don’t know how the setting of liking strawberries came about, but I thought it was a very unique taste.
“… it’s not.”
“yes?”
“It’s not good because it’s a strawberry.”
“Then why is it good…”
My words did not carry on to the end.
I just stood there, looking at my fiancée, who blushed slightly but didn’t avert my gaze.
Rebecca was also staring at me.
“You know.”
“…”
“Are you trying to induce me to speak?”
“······No. I’m a bit slow to notice.”
It was so literal.
I used to pride myself on being quick-witted, but why was I so slow this time around?
“The reason I’m happy is not because there are strawberries in this dessert.”
“I know. My fiancée, a kind hearted woman, likes anything I cook.”
It wasn’t good because it was a strawberry.
Rebecca’s fiancé. In other words, it was something I liked because I made it.
It was something I liked after receiving my sincerity and love.
Why did I realize this obvious fact so late?
Rebecca said bluntly, her face flushed red.
“Did you notice now?”
“Yes. This stupid princess’ fiancée is very slow-witted.”
“I know, you know. It’s okay. I wish I knew now.”
“······Is that so?”
“Yes. Do you have anything more to say?”
what to say I want to say.
After organizing my thoughts for a while, I opened my mouth as if I had made up my mind.
“there is.”
“…is there?”
“Yes. I do.”
“What do you want to say?”
“I was thinking that I should repay this stupid fiancée for being rude.”
“yes?”
“Since I didn’t do my job properly, which is to always read the princess’ thoughts, shouldn’t I do something for the princess?”
I made a mistake, and I will compensate you for it.
It was logically flawless sentence.
“Oh, you do.”
“…”
It was just a little strange that the person who committed the wrong would decide the compensation for the wrong.
Rebecca said with a very puzzled expression, as if she thought the same thing.
“I heard you were wrong.”
“Yes. I was wrong.”
“But why do I have to feed you?”
“Since I was wrong, shouldn’t the princess receive compensation?”
“So. Why do you decide the reward yourself?”
“Don’t you like it?”
“······yes?”
Rebecca makes a foolish expression as if she never imagined that such words would come out there.
Fully understood.
Even if it were me, I would have been taken aback if such words came out while arguing with someone who had done something wrong.
“I, the fiancée, asked if I would not like to feed the fiancee, the princess.”
“…”
Of course, understanding did not mean taking a step back.
First of all, it’s been a very long time.
The situation itself of feeding Rebecca directly, the situation itself of making something herself.
There is no way I would blow away a good opportunity that had come after such a long time.
“You’re going to feed me whatever I say here?”
“Unlike me, who is unaware, Princess Gongnyeo is also quick-witted.”
“······Okay. You can take it and eat it.”
“Please open your mouth.”
“ha······.”
Rebecca let out a deep sigh and opened her mouth as if she couldn’t help it.
“…”
“Princess?”
With both eyes closed, as if he would never eat with his eyes open.
“May I ask why you are closing your eyes?”
“…”
“This lowly fiance will not understand the princess’s deep thoughts.”
“… you’re not asking because you don’t know.”
Rebecca’s face, still closed, turned red.
And, of course, of course.
I wasn’t asking because I really didn’t know why Rebecca closed her eyes.
It was meant to make fun of Rebecca, who was ashamed of the fact that she was eating food from me like a baby.
What can I do?
I’ve already become a body that can’t live without teasing Rebecca even for a day.
Seeing that pretty face dyed with blush as if it were embarrassing has become a pleasure in life.
If anything, it was Rebecca’s fault for falling in love with such an incompetent man.
Anyway, it wasn’t my fault.
“Well, I really don’t know.”
“…”
“What can I do. The princess’s fiancé is so lacking.”
“······I will definitely get revenge someday.”
“Revenge is good, but why don’t you open your eyes now? I’m afraid that I might not be able to feed the princess properly.”
“Isn’t that a problem if you don’t feed it if you’re scared?”
Rebecca began to argue logically.
If the opponent in front of you was a normal person, the logic would have been accepted.
“I can’t do that. I have to make amends to my fiancée.”
“…”
“It is said that success is born from failure. Wouldn’t it be more beautiful to work hard for success rather than give up for fear of failure?”
Unfortunately, the fiancé sitting in front of her was an unusual person.
I thought that there would be no worries at all if Rebecca participated in the noble meeting as the Duke of Valencia in the future.
“······ Seriously. Why are you so good at talking?”
“Because I am a person who is lacking in nature, shouldn’t I be good at talking?”
“Okay. Just open it.”
Rebecca opened her eyes slowly, as if she couldn’t think of anything more to refute.
Soon, I was able to see the red eyes that contained only my image.
“I don’t understand why a person with such pretty eyes keeps trying to hide it.”
“…”
“As a lowly person, I cannot read the thoughts of my fiancée.”
“······prohibition.”
“yes?”
“The word low, the word lacking. It’s forbidden to take it out of your mouth.”
Rebecca was looking straight into my eyes.
As if he wouldn’t let it get away with a joke or a pun this time.
“You are my chosen one.”
“…”
“The next Duke of Valencia, the person I loved couldn’t have been a lowly and incompetent person.”
“······okay.”
“So. Don’t forget and remember it clearly.”
That you, whom I love, are never lowly and incompetent.
It wasn’t expressed in sentences, but Rebecca’s expression and eyes clearly conveyed those words to me.
this is true
Did you want to teach me telepathy from the other day?
Why does my fiancée like to convey words with her eyes and facial expressions?
“Okay. I’ll keep that in mind in the future.”
“······joy.”
“So now open your mouth. My arms are starting to hurt.”
“You can put it down for a while…”
“How could I put down food to feed my beloved fiancée?”
“…”
Hearing that, Rebecca already had a second look of bewilderment.
“You know what you say is nonsense, right?”
“How can you not know? I said it.”
“…”
“If you don’t open your mouth, I will kiss you until you do.”
“······It doesn’t matter.”
“yes?”
“It doesn’t matter if you kiss me until I open my mouth.”
“…”
hmm. that this answer would come out.
It felt like I was hit in a place I didn’t expect to hit at all.
“······If the Princess wants it.”
“······What are you going to do first?”
“I think it would be unfair for my hand that was holding the cake until now to lower my hand, so I will feed it.”
“······Feed quickly.”
Because I want to kiss you soon
Is it an illusion that I heard that sentence in Rebecca’s last sentence?
Well, it didn’t really matter.
“Today’s kiss will be sweeter than usual. You ate this much cake.”
“…”
“Isn’t it?”
“······I don’t know.”
The fact that Rebecca’s and mine overlapped when my homemade strawberry cake was gone was important.
So that the sweetness of fresh cream and the sourness of strawberries can be conveyed to the other person.