183 – Scene 183# Festival
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“Stay still.”
“… I had to stop. If you let it go, it will be erased.”
“No. I mean, you have to clean it properly.”
We sat on a bench in the corner away from the crowds.
Bella was rubbing the nape of my neck with a handkerchief to get rid of the stain.
I don’t know what kind of stain it was, but it seemed to be bothering me.
Because from the moment I met Bella, I felt bad for her.
“I can’t completely overwrite it… .”
“Overlap?”
“Nope. I just did it. But count. You look good these days. With the escort driver.”
Speaking of escort knights, do you mean Helga?
Certainly, she was also my confidante, so I almost always had her by my side.
“Whoops… . If anyone sees it, they’ll think it’s a lover, not an escort knight, right?”
“I don’t think so.”
“Huh… . I guess the Count doesn’t mind being misunderstood like that?”
“Do you think I would care about that gaze?”
“I don’t know anything else, but how about paying attention to that?”
Bella said, holding up the ring on her hand with a puzzled expression.
“We might get engaged again, albeit unofficially. More than a couple, less than a couple. Did I always emphasize it?”
“… Yes it was.”
First of all, it was such a setup.
All of our delicate relationships were for each other’s sake.
By keeping Bella close to me, I can forestall the elements that might threaten her.
Bella, on the other hand, has an excuse to shake off the crowd of fiancés around her. Of course, she can leave me whenever she wants.
“What would be my position if a scandal broke out against you? Stop the promiscuous life of having women around you.”
“It’s a gross exaggeration to say you’re promiscuous.”
“Is it promiscuous enough? Dress the escort knight in a short skirt like that… . Shame on you. count.”
“That’s not what I ordered.”
“It’s noisy. low quality. If you’re a pretty woman, you can’t use four legs.”
not really.
I’m misunderstanding something absurd.
Bella said as she touched the hem of her skirt.
“If you have a mouth, say it. Did you want to dress me in such embarrassing clothes? I guess I can’t satisfy you with the clothes I’m wearing today?”
“Not like that.”
Unlike her usual dress, she was wearing casual clothes.
She wasn’t a daughter of a noble duke, but like an ordinary schoolgirl, dressed in a simple but beautiful outfit that seemed to have more relaxed shoulders than usual.
However, he was never wearing any clothes. Rather, it was the clothes that Bella had carefully chosen.
The pure white blouse and bluish checkered skirt matched her silver hair very well.
Bella, who seemed to notice my gaze, said with a slight smile.
“is that so? If so, follow what I am saying from now on. count.”
Bella cleared her throat and spoke in a manly voice.
“You are dazzlingly beautiful today.”
“It looks like my eyes will break today.”
“… … Shall I really break it down?”
Bella glared fiercely.
But far from being scary, it was just cute.
“under… . You’re so hard on compliments. If you keep doing that, won’t you hang out with me? Anyway, Patrick… .”
“Patrick? Did he come looking for you?”
“Yes. Like Patrick, I came here out of the blue.”
An unexpected name came out of her mouth.
Patrick Wolfwert. A nobleman who is Helga’s older brother and who is targeting Bella.
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Did he approach Bella the last time he came to me about Tangmar? he is a tenacious man I’ll have to think about countermeasures for that.
“So do you know what he said to me?”
“I do not know.”
However, it was somewhat expected. Maybe Patrick offered to seduce Bella. And Bella would have flatly refused that.
Otherwise, Bella would never have asked me in such a triumphant manner.
“Huh? Aren’t you curious?”
“Would you like me to be curious? I will ask if you want.”
“Yes? no. Who? who wants it? Can you please stop mistaking it?”
“is it. I must have been mistaken. I thought Patrick was offering you something grandiose.”
“Yes… ?”
“Of course I thought you would have rejected his offer, but I guess I was mistaken.”
Bella put on a bewildered expression as if my guess was correct.
“Nope… . You are right.”
“As expected.”
Bella is not a woman to fall for easily.
It was not easy for Peter, the main character of the original work, to connect with Bella.
Because of her pride and arrogant personality, many men had no choice but to give up.
I was nodding my head inwardly when suddenly Bella came up to me.
“… What are you doing?”
“I did a good job, so please praise me.”
“compliment?”
“If you do something well, you deserve to be praised.”
no… . That’s true.
Since she was always showing her face, I had no idea what she was asking me to do.
“What’s wrong? If you are more than a couple and less than a couple, isn’t this level of skinship common?”
Bella clung to me as if it was something new. And I gently closed my eyes.
“Now, if you are here, you won’t be noticed by others. So hurry up.”
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Due to Tristan’s personality, he couldn’t ask for even a hint.
Her long eyelashes glistened in the sunlight. And I could see her pale red lips quivering.
I made a decision while looking at that beautiful face.
“… i get it.”
“… ?!”
Bella flinched as my hand touched her head.
I stroked her hair gently.
Bella stayed still for a moment, her head in my hands.
Then he slowly opened his mouth.
“… It’s a 20-point compliment.”
“It’s a poor score.”
“This is something you would do to a child… . I am not a child.”
“So you don’t like it?”
“… I didn’t say I didn’t like it.”
Bella grumbled, but did not reject my touch. It’s like a cat, but if you dare to touch it, you won’t stop it.
I was afraid of messing with her hair.
“I guess it was too much to expect something positive from you yet. Mr. Poor.”
“is it.”
“I can’t… .”
Bella jumped up from the bench and held out her hand to me.
“hand.”
“… ?”
“Hold my hand. hurry.”
Suddenly, I grabbed her hand and stood up.
“Really, you do it yourself even if I don’t tell you one by one. I will be your woman for today, so escort her well. whooping… .”
Bella laughed as she took my hand.
That smile was as beautiful as the flowers in full bloom around her.
“Then, shall we eat something first?”
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“I can’t believe the day will come when I eat this… .”
Sia looked at the ice cream in her hand and admired it.
Wendy and Rachel, who were next to us, were also holding ice cream in each hand.
“Oh, the line was really long… .”
“Yeah. I don’t know why people line up to eat something like this. Isn’t this just plain ice cream?”
“This is no ordinary ice cream. Rachel.”
Sia explained with a serious face.
“This strawberry ice cream. Ice cream made with strawberries from Beluis, which has a limited amount harvested each year.”
“Ah, I think I heard. You said it was a precious strawberry delivered to the imperial family, right?”
“Yes. But that’s not all. I don’t know if you’ve seen it before, but this ice cream is made by Mr. Rudolph, the best ice cream maker in the empire. The ice cream made through his hands is also famous for the ice cream that perfectly captures the milky smell in the world.”
“The milk… .”
“Catch me… ?”
“Ah, of course I also catch the bad smell of strawberries.”
Wendy and Rachel tilted their heads at Sia’s explanation.
The more I listened to it, the clearer the explanation.
However, it is true that it is famous, and there were people in front of the ice cream stand.
If the three people who came to the festival hadn’t lined up early, they wouldn’t have tasted this famous ice cream.
“then… thank you for this food.”
Sia put her mouth to the strawberry ice cream in her hand.
“Um… ! this is really… .”
“Really?”
“This is the best ice cream… . How can ice cream taste like this?”
Shia’s eyes sparkled like a child who tasted delicious food.
Surprise spread to Rachel’s face as she followed her and tasted the ice cream.
“what? I really don’t feel any off-flavors of milk and strawberries.”
“I, really… ?”
Wendy looked curiously at the ice cream in her hand.
When was the first time she tasted ice cream?
It must have been when he first entered the count family. A piece of pure white ice cream that the owner, Tristan, found while cleaning up leftovers. I remember sneaking up on it.
‘That was really sweet too… .’
Looking at the pretty ice cream with strawberry kernels in it, Wendy gulped down her saliva.
According to Sia, it was clear that it would have a luxurious taste that could not be compared to ordinary ice cream.
“Okay, let’s eat well… .”
It was the moment when Wendy opened her mouth to take a bite of that sweetness.
“Kyaa?!”
Bad timing, someone hit her on the back and passed by. It wasn’t a big shock by any means, but it was enough to let go of the ice cream in my hand.
“ah… !”
The ice cream, which had been placed beautifully, was stuck on the floor in an ugly appearance.
The person who accidentally hit her was already buried in the crowd and was nowhere to be found.
Wendy just stared at the floor, devastated by what had happened so suddenly.
“Sniff… . I barely bought it while standing in line… .”
Tears tried to flow again from the weak tear glands.
By the way… .
“… uh? Miss Wendy?”
He raised his head at the sudden voice and saw a beautiful silver-haired woman looking down at her with concern.
“Hey, princess… ?”
Unexpectedly, it was Princess Bella Isaachel. It was only for a moment that Wendy was surprised by this chance encounter. I must have known that she was coming to the festival today.
“ah… .”
The moment she saw the face of the man standing next to her, the ice cream disappeared from Wendy’s mind.
Instead, my heart started beating fast.
“… Why are you doing that? Wendy.”
The dignified Black Scion threw a question at her.