episode_0158

I couldn’t sleep. It was probably because of the awkwardness of feeling relieved after taking off the heavy load. Even if I knew the cause, there wasn’t anything I could do about it.

I started looking for something to do to pass the time during the free dawn. However, all I could get my hands on was a plain quill pen and some plain paper. Nothing particularly interesting seemed to come to mind.

In the first place, it was a room decorated by a human like me, so there was no way there would be anything interesting there. It would have been different if I had brought the wine stored in the storage room at my parents’ house. But now, even that was not there.

So, I had no choice but to try to recreate the scene in my drunken state with my own hands. It was the future that would occur if I were to marry Camilla.

“First of all, given my personality, there’s no way I could win against Camilla with words. And she likes to fight, so this conflict will definitely lead to a clash of arms.”

I pictured myself fending off Camilla’s relentless attacks.

“And given the nature of the environment Camilla grew up in, there’s no way she’d be able to do housework properly. Even if she were to cook, the results would be disastrous.”

I drew Camilla creating a metaphysical monster out of a pot, and the corners of my mouth went up slightly as I stared at it.

“Even if she had another child, she would probably be awkward. She probably wouldn’t hang the child on a stool and walk around.”

I drew Camilla hanging on a window sill, smiling cheerfully.

After that, I drew Camilla in various forms, but since she was clumsy in everything except fighting, I found that form to be cute.

But since there was one corner of the paper left, I thought for a moment about what to draw.

“……”

My hands were drawing Leila without me knowing.

I don’t know why I did that either.

It could be that he was afraid that Leila, who was always in his memories, would be forgotten. It could also be that he was foolish enough to still be wandering around unable to forget her.

“… I’m not stupid.”

Now that I have someone else by my side, it’s funny to draw something like this.

I fell asleep with those thoughts in my mind.

And the result was tragic. Camilla, who came to apologize for beating me early in the morning, saw the picture, and I was desperately trying to explain myself while enduring her beating.

“…….”

But Camilla turned her back without saying anything, and I was embarrassed and tried to cheer her up, but she answered coldly.

“… I want to be alone.”

“If you’re angry, you can explain it as much as you want.”

“…… Do you have to explain this to me when I’m mad? And it’s okay. I’m not mad. There’s no way I didn’t know you liked Leila. ”

“But I…”

“Just leave me alone for today. You can hear the story tomorrow. Right now, I don’t have the confidence to talk to you without reacting emotionally.”

“……..”

I had no choice but to let her go.

And then I relayed the contents as is to His Majesty and His Highness the Empress through a magical communication tool.

“……. So you just let it go?”

I nodded to His Majesty’s question. It was something that had already happened, and there was no need to go back and repeat the events that had already been explained.

“… Mommy s.”

His Majesty shut the mouth of Her Highness the Empress and even spoke to me with a sharp tongue.

“You have until today to let that fool out. Otherwise, I’ll use every means at my disposal to frame you for treason and impale you on a stake. ”

“But emotional…”

“The moment you have the courage to talk to me without that emotional attitude, you’re finished with me, you little punk.”

“Ah…”

Then Her Majesty the Empress, holding the scabbard in her hand, trembled and spoke.

“Ah…what. I’ll tear that mouth into ten pieces and feed it to the dogs…”

His Majesty again silenced Her Highness the Empress’s mouth.

“Whew… First, go and apologize unconditionally. And it would be good to buy her a gift, but… I don’t think that’s possible with your sense. It might just make her angry. Just go and beg her. ”

“… Yes.”

“….. I’m asking just in case. You don’t think I’m just drawing pictures of Leila, do you? ”

“…. wasn’t it?”

“…… Goddess. Hope does not sing. Please give me some protection from the stifling brat. ”

I couldn’t understand the gist of the swearing.

“The problem is that you drew it like that on the same paper… Baek… Baek… You annoying little punk!!!!”

The communication ended with His Majesty the Emperor’s wrath.

I just thought the problem was that I had painted her face, thinking that Camilla might get jealous.

But after hearing His Majesty’s rebuke, I began to understand a little why she was angry.

“… Wouldn’t it be right to go and apologize properly right now?”

I asked my maid to confirm.

“Isn’t it true that you’re still not sure and you’re asking me to confirm that, which is the cause of all the problems?”

“… I have nothing to say.”

“If you have something to say, you should go out and say it in the afterlife. Why are you breathing? Those people who died without being able to breathe are pitiful.”

“… An idea came to me.”

“I’m a bit nervous, but please tell me.”

“The Master said, “A problem that starts with a sword can only end with a sword.””

I picked up the quill that was lying next to me and put it into the inkwell.

“I also have that level of responsibility.”

As the sun began to set, I began to desperately search for Camilla.

Because she was so elusive, it was quite difficult to pinpoint her location, but after searching for about four hours, I was finally able to find her.

“Hey~~ You little shit~~~!”

She started throwing the cheese she was eating as a snack at me while she was still slightly drunk.

“With what feelings… With what feelings I liked you… You’re this bastard, you…”

To be honest, I didn’t really like getting hit with cheese, but since I had made a mistake, I tried to keep quiet.

“I supported you so much from behind, but you’re a brat, you’re following me like a stray child, you stray child!”

Even though I was drunk, I felt like I was really drunk.

Leaving a drunk woman like that was not only rude, but also went against the original intention.

By the way, I spent 4 hours wandering around looking for Camilla, who was less than a 5 minute walk away. It was so funny I couldn’t even laugh.

“…mi.”

“It’s obvious. You’ll probably say something like ‘I’m sorry. I did something wrong, so I’ll accept the appropriate punishment.’ in that voice! ”

“Can you see the rainbow?”

I couldn’t help but feel a little awkward because my true feelings were revealed.

The awkwardness led to silence, and silence led to more awkwardness, and so began a vicious cycle.

In that short vicious cycle, Camilla, who had emptied two bottles of strong alcohol, sighed and dropped the bottles on the floor.

I mustered up my courage and stepped over the shattered glass bottle, placing a clean white piece of paper on the messy table.

Because the table was so messy, it was quite difficult to find a clean spot to keep the paper from getting wet, but judging by the fact that the paper wasn’t wet, it seemed like the effort wasn’t in vain.

“Are you here to drive a wedge in? That I’m worse than Leila?”

It seemed that the women around me had a tendency to misinterpret and misinterpret my intentions.

Of course, in Camilla’s case, I didn’t cause that situation.

“Yeah. I can’t be Leila. I know that. I’m not smarter than her… My personality is worse… I’m not better than her at anything except fighting…”

“Just in case, I’ll say this, but Leila doesn’t have a very good personality. If I had to be picky, I’d say she’s on the abnormal side.”

Objectively speaking, the personality of a human being who pierces the stomachs of his enemies with a sword and says that they are like skewers cannot be good.

Although he has a kind and gentle side, he also has a cruel side that makes him slaughter orcs while smiling.

And I can say with certainty that the person who scariest me the most when she gets angry is Leila. When Her Majesty gets angry, my mind just goes crazy, when Camilla gets angry, a house disappears, when Her Majesty the Empress gets angry, one of my limbs disappears…

Because if Leila gets angry, my mind, my house, and my body will all be blown away.

“Open it.”

As soon as she saw the picture I had been wrestling with for nearly two hours, she seemed a little surprised and took a step back.

“I just drew what I wanted.”

Unlike the doodles I drew just to kill time, I drew this picture with all my might after properly determining the composition.

What I drew was simple.

It was just a simple portrait of me and Camilla standing together.

It was a painting with a slightly deeper meaning, just a ring on their hand.

“I want to make it happen.”

“You… Trying to get away with it like this.”

“If only I could do that.”

I took a step towards her.

“You can own me.”

“You… Are you sure you won’t regret it? I’m surprisingly a sticky and obsessive woman. I’ll tear to pieces anything that catches my eye…”

“I will kill those who try to take what is yours first. And… I will not spare those who have their eyes on you, so we will be equal.”

I took another step towards her.

“Then isn’t it easier this way?”

“…… At least twice a day.”

“What?”

“I’m sure you understand what I mean.”

I quickly turned my back and tried to run away, but with my weak strength I couldn’t shake off Camilla’s hand that was holding me.

“The gates of hell are now closed to you.”

“No matter how you look at it, shouldn’t it be expressed as the gates of hell opening?”

“You can’t run away, you idiot.”

“… Is there no locksmith?”