Chapter 206

Chapter 206

The Heroine of the 1st Playthrough Remembers My Training.

Episode 207: The Lewd Knight Dreams Of NTL (1)

“They say the Princess is giving a speech at the lecture hall, targeting commoners and lower nobles…”

Sitting at my desk, I tapped it with my finger.

“Marjan, prepare the megaphone and the hype squad. It seems we’ll have to hijack the entire speech.”

“Ah… um… Master Yujin…?”

Marjan’s usually affirmative response trailed off ominously.

I lifted my head from the report and looked at Marjan.

“Why? What’s the problem?”

“…Well… it seems we’re running out of funds.”

“You’ve already spent all that money?”

I asked in surprise, and Marjan nodded cautiously.

I let out an incredulous laugh.

The funds were depleting much faster than expected.

The money brought from the Calliope family and the profits from selling dildos.

And even the money borrowed against the future dildo profits as collateral, all gone…

Money was being deleted in real-time.

“…It seems the costs increased as we tried to respond thoroughly, as you instructed. I have no excuse. I’m sorry.”

I patted Marjan’s shoulder, who was bowing her head.

“No, I wasn’t trying to blame you. Just keep doing what you’re doing.”

“But the costs…”

“Don’t worry about the costs… The money we need right now…”

When dealing with the Princess, half-measures are pointless.

A clumsy approach would only get us devoured by her.

“…We’ll have to borrow from Lucia… But we can’t borrow under the Uruella name, so we’ll have to use a suitable family as a detour…”

Mid-sentence, my head suddenly spun, and I felt my energy drain away, my vision blackening.

Thump—

Just before collapsing, I barely managed to grab the desk, avoiding a fall to the floor, but my body wouldn’t budge.

“Master Yujin…!”

Marjan shouted in surprise and rushed to support me.

“Are… are you alright? W-what’s wrong?”

“…I’m fine. Just a bit of accumulated fatigue.”

“Fatigue from collapsing? Now that you mention it, I haven’t seen you sleep lately… How many days has it been since you last slept, Master Yujin?”

Only after Marjan’s words did I realize how many nights I had spent awake.

‘…The last time I slept was after the anti-noble faction meeting… Has it been about a week?’

As I recognized the time, the fatigue hit me even harder, but it couldn’t be helped.

To survive in the world of monsters as an ordinary person like me, I had to grind my body.

I didn’t have the ability to memorize and summarize everything with just a glance, like Lucia or Liana.

‘…I thought I had prepared quite a bit…’

But it was far from enough.

Looking back now, I was struggling to keep up with the Princess’s movements.

Leaning back in my chair, I let out a long sigh.

“…Anyway, we’ll have to ask Lucia for the funds. Please tell her.”

Even without going into detail, Lucia would surely handle it well.

“Understood. I’ll go tell her, so please get some rest, Master Yujin.”

“Yeah, I’ll sleep after reviewing this report.”

“No! You must sleep immediately.”

Marjan slammed the documents with her hand and then widened her eyes, apologizing.

“I-I’m sorry… I overstepped my bounds. But Master Yujin, if you continue like this, you’ll collapse before the Princess even makes her move.”

To Marjan, who warned me with a serious face, I nodded and replied.

“I said I would. I’ll sleep after reviewing this.”

“Master Yujin…!”

“Don’t shout. This is a really important document, so I have no choice. Besides, if you keep interrupting me like this, I might have to stay up all night again.”

In fact, I would have to stay up all night even without the interruptions, but Marjan was startled by the mention of another all-nighter and stepped back.

“…Then, I’ll leave now so I don’t disturb you. But please, Master Yujin, sleep as soon as you finish reviewing.”

“I know. Just go back carefully so you don’t get caught.”

“…Yes, Master Yujin. Take care of yourself.”

I saw Marjan off, hiding my fatigue as much as possible.

“…”

After sending Marjan away and leaning back in my chair, I noticed the shadow under my feet.

“…Liana Rumenhark.”

I muttered the Princess’s name involuntarily.

Recently, whenever I thought about the Princess, the shadow, or rather, the ‘sword’ within it, called out to me.

And the more it did, the clearer my feelings for the Princess became.

It wasn’t love.

The emotions I felt from the Princess were as dark as paint layered over and over.

“…I don’t have time for useless thoughts.”

Biting my lower lip hard, I pushed my emotions aside and began reading the documents again.

“…Haa.”

Sitting in the lecture hall, Marjan let out a deep sigh.

At first, she had some expectations about being alone with Master Yujin.

After all, wasn’t it natural for a man and woman in their prime to have something happen when they were alone in a private room?

Moreover, this was a golden opportunity, with even Lucia away.

If the situation allowed, she was thinking of filling Lucia’s void with all her heart and body, even if just a little.

But Marjan’s fantasy ended in just one day.

‘He’s too busy…’

Even though he concentrated on work, she wanted to chat and say, “Good job today,” when it was over.

However, Marjan’s delusion ended in just one day.

The Princess was moving around so diligently that the work never ended.

It felt like plugging one hole with time and money, only for another bomb to explode elsewhere.

Besides, she had seen Yujin stagger and collapse with her own eyes.

Judging from the feel of his chest when she touched it before, Yujin had a body that was hard to believe belonged to a mage.

For such a Yujin to collapse meant he hadn’t slept for more than just a night or two.

‘If this continues, something really bad might happen…’

Marjan wanted to make Yujin rest at all costs, but she couldn’t think of a good way.

“…Haa.”

“…Haa.”

As Marjan sighed deeply in her worries, she heard the same sound from the next seat.

Looking to her side, she saw the Saint, with her pink hair sparkling and her cute face buried in the desk.

‘…Come to think of it.’

The Saint had also looked listless lately.

“Lily.”

“…Yes, Marjan. Lily Whiteplang, at your service…”

“Is something wrong?”

“…Yes, there is. Haa…”

The Saint sighed even deeper, pressing her cheek firmly against the desk.

“…My teacher hasn’t been calling me lately. Could he possibly be tired of me…”

Marjan, knowing that the teacher the Saint mentioned meant Yujin, felt a slight pang in her heart.

It wasn’t that Yujin was tired of the Saint and wasn’t calling her.

Recently, Yujin had been limiting his contact with other women, except for herself.

As mentioned, Yujin’s schedule was so busy that he couldn’t even get proper sleep.

In other words, he had no time to deal with women.

The fact that he still called only me in this situation meant I was a bit special…

‘…Wait, not calling other women means he doesn’t see me as a woman?’

Suddenly realizing something, Marjan opened her mouth slightly in shock.

Marjan herself knew.

Her tall height and androgynous appearance.

She was a woman more popular with women than men.

But that didn’t mean she wanted to be treated as a man by the man she loved.

Clenching her fist tightly, Marjan spoke to the Saint.

“…Lily, I have a problem.”

“Oh my, Marjan is asking for advice?”

Despite her gloom, the Saint’s eyes sparkled and focused as soon as she heard the word “problem.”

“…Yes. I have a man I’m interested in.”

“Really? That’s great! Who is he?”

Being kind by nature, she was genuinely happy as if it were her own business.

Thump—Thump—

Thinking about stealing the Saint’s man, Marjan’s mouth went dry, and an unknown heat surged from her heart.

“It’s still a secret.”

“…Ah. That’s a shame. But there will be a time when you tell me, right? I’ll wait until then. So, what’s your problem?”

“Thank you… It’s just that the man I’m interested in seems too busy lately.”

“Really? What a coincidence! My teacher has also been too busy to even see his face lately…”

It wasn’t a coincidence; it was because the two people were the same person.

Clearing her throat, Marjan continued.

“…So, how can I make him rest? He hasn’t slept for days, and I’m afraid he’ll collapse if this continues…”

“Hmm! Just a moment…”

Saying that, the Saint rummaged through her bag and pulled out a bottle of purple liquid.

“What’s that…?”

“It’s concentrated sleep herb extract! One bottle of this can put a bear to sleep! Actually, I was preparing to slip it into my teacher’s drink when we met… but I’ll give it to Marjan.”

What exactly was she planning to do to Yujin after drugging him?

Should she take it or not?

After a moment of hesitation, Marjan clenched her fist tightly.

‘…For Yujin.’

It’s absolutely! Absolutely! Not for her personal desires!

It’s just that she really thought Yujin would collapse if this continued, so she had no choice but to take it.

“…Then, I’ll take it.”

Holding the small bottle of medicine in her hand, Marjan’s heart pounded with guilt and excitement.