episode_0372

The moment when a voice that shouldn’t be heard comes from behind while telling Thanasia’s story.

My body stiffened in response to that eerie voice, and I managed to carefully turn my head back to face the owner of the voice.

“I think I just heard Thanasia’s name out of your mouth, but I’d like to ask you if the Thanasia you’re talking about is the one I know.”

“… … .”

‘Fucked, fucked, fucked, fucked, fucked.’

I felt like dozens of crisis detection circuits were burning simultaneously in my head, sounding the alarm for my life.

First of all, one thing was certain: Harold should never find out the conversation between me and Princess Mezlen.

The moment it was discovered that the story had blossomed into a baseless and insulting speculation that his widowed wife actually had lewd tendencies and might have been enjoying such behavior with Harold herself, there were only two endings for me.

First, get a real education from Harold, who is angry because he insulted his wife.

Second, Harold, who was angry because he insulted his wife, educates Mezlen, and as a result, the Blackwood family is implicated in the crime of assaulting the royal family, and I am also dragged into it.

When I was contemplating what to say first in front of a turning point that could only lead to destruction either way, it was this immature, lecherous princess who started speaking without fear.

“Ah, ah, come on, Mr. Harold… ! Well, how have you been? ?”

As if this were some kind of opportunity, she spread her skirt on both sides and said hello.

Putting aside the question of spreading out a short uniform skirt like that, which was not an aristocratic dress, the confidence of being able to shamelessly call someone ‘Mr. Harold’ even in this situation was amazing in many ways.

“Ah, is it you again? I think I asked you to call me professor last time. This is an academy, and no matter how much you are royal, to me you are all the same student.”

“Was that so…? ? I’m sorry, Professor Harold… .”

“Well, it’s okay. Don’t make that mistake next time.”

… It would be that sweet if it weren’t for the part involving family. He would be a really nice guy if it weren’t for the fact that he gets distracted by stories about his family.

Of course, even including that part, he is a man of considerable character among the heads of ordinary duke families.

It would be nice if we could naturally move on to the topic of conversation just now by turning the topic to Mezlen, but unfortunately, it seemed like Harold had no intention of going beyond Thanasia’s name once he had heard it.

“So, I want to finish listening to what I said earlier.”

“… … .”

“It seems like the name ‘Tanasia’ came out of your mouths, but does that mean my wife, ‘Tanasia’?”

“Ah, that’s it… .”

“Yes, sir, Professor Harold… . We were talking about the professor’s deceased ex-wife, Duchess Thanasia… .”

“… … ?!?!?!”

This crazy bitch is real.

How long has it been since I told you not to mention Thanasia’s name in vain and you’re talking so fearlessly?

Just as the words “If you want to die, die alone” were about to reach my throat, Harold’s hands grabbed hold of Princess Mezlen’s shoulders.

-Tup!

“Hehehe?!”

“It’s ‘Mrs.’ Not ‘ex-wife’.”

“… … Yes?”

-Wow.

“Tanasia. It means she will never become my ‘ex-wife’.”

“Oh, I’m sorry, sorry… .”

Harold is openly showing his murderous spirit towards the princess, and Princess Mezlen is pressured by his spirit and cautiously spits out an apology.

The most intense emotion I felt in this suffocating tension was the desire to escape from this mess as quickly as possible.

‘I didn’t really say anything.’

Why on earth am I in danger of being accused of getting involved with Mezlen and talking about Thanasia?

Just as I was regretting that I should have pushed away when Princess Mezlen grabbed me earlier, Harold withdrew from me and the hands that were holding Princess Mezlen’s shoulders loosened.

“… I’m sorry. I can’t calm my mind whenever the topic of my wife comes up.”

“Trigram, it’s okay… . So, he was a precious person… ? Yes, Mr. Harold’s wife… .”

“It’s not that he was a precious person, but he is still a precious person.”

“I’m sorry… . Well, I made a mistake again… .”

“Anyway, can you tell me what you guys were talking about? I guess I’m just nervous.”

“… … .”

In this atmosphere, if I had told the exact same conversation as before, Mezlen would have died, I would have died, and we would all have died, so here I had to hide the truth as much as possible and only tell stories that would not offend Harold.

“We were talking about what Professor Harold might have liked about Duchess Thanasia.”

“… Hmm, why?”

“Well, Professor Harold still has a special relationship with his wife, to the point where he loves her. Even after his death, he still buried her in his heart as his only wife.

We were talking about Professor Harold losing his wife and not being close to other women for over 20 years, and thinking that Duchess Thanasia might have a special charm that touched Professor Harold’s heart.”

“Haha, was that the story? Well, Thanasia was definitely a good girl. Because she definitely had her own charm that other women didn’t have.”

… Phew.

Is this level of conversation still safe?

As I thought the crisis had been passed and was watching carefully, this time Harold immediately started bragging about his wife.

“The first time I became interested in her was during the student council president election in the first year of the academy. It all started when she, who until then was just a self-made daughter from the outskirts, ran for election as student council president.

Until then, I only thought of Thanasia as the head woman of the Ministry of Magic, but I didn’t remember her with much significance because I thought she was someone who had nothing to do with me. However, even though she was a freshman, she ran for student council president and the pledge she brought to the student council election caught my attention. What was that promise… .”

Oh, shit.

This is the pattern. The pattern of suddenly bringing up a story about one’s past that no one is interested in, and then making the listener listen to the end because he can’t stop midway.

Embarrassment welled up in me, having already experienced it several times, but there was nothing I could do to silence Harold, who had already started talking.

‘Besides, since I brought it up first, it doesn’t make sense to not listen to it in the middle… .’

Anyway, I felt like work would become tiring if I only got involved with this princess.

Even as Mezlen was listening to the story with bright eyes, befitting someone who had never experienced Harold’s infamous Too Much Talk, it became increasingly difficult to break the mood.

“The first thing Tanasia did after being elected as student council president was to unite the organization internally. At that time, after the student council president election was over, the next thing to do was… .”

‘At least we should consider ourselves fortunate that we didn’t get involved in something like assaulting the royal family.’

With that thought in mind, I was forced to listen to Harold’s bragging about Thanasia. It was two hours later that Harold, who had been talking to himself about good things, stopped talking.

“… That’s why I confessed to Thanasia that day. On the battlefield, she maintained her noble heart even in the midst of numerous crises… . Oops, has it already been this long?”

“… … Yes?”

“I forgot for a moment that there was a dinner party with professors today. I was already on my way to meet a professor at the Ministry of Magic because of that, but I got too caught up in the brief conversation.”

“… Two hours doesn’t seem like a long time, Professor Harold.”

“What about it? The dinner isn’t over yet, so I guess I should at least go and show my face. You too, please be careful when entering.”

“Yes, yes… . Ah, hello, Professor Harold… .”

“… Please enter carefully, Professor Harold.”

Harold only releases Princess Mezlen after seeing the sunset.

I was deeply grateful that that devilish snout had somehow stopped today, and at the same time, I was relieved.

As Harold showed his raw side, it seems that Princess Mezlen will now completely lose her affection and lose interest in Harold.

“Do you understand now, Princess Mezlen?”

“… … .”

“I didn’t say anything until now because I thought it would be disparaging my master, but Professor Harold is that kind of person. Because the professor has so much love for his wife, it is better to assume that there is no room for another woman to enter his heart.”

“… … .”

“So, if Princess Mezlen is looking for love, find someone who can love her a little more than Professor Harold… .”

“… Of course, there is only Harold.”

“… … Yes?”

“Even though more than 20 years have passed since your wife passed away, you can still hold such passionate love in your heart. If this is not love, then what is love? !

Ma, if I can enter Mr. Harold’s heart, it means I can receive that enormous love… ! Well, I can never give up… ! I will somehow try to turn Mr. Harold’s heart towards me… !”

“… … .”

Ugh, I don’t know anymore.

Just do whatever you want, whether you love or break up.