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76 – Lily Days

76 – Lily Days

The castle was turned upside down by the sudden news of Princess Lily’s visit.

Lily was said to have arrived with only her close aide, Lumiel, and a minimal number of attendants.

The official reason for her sudden visit to Cron was for diplomatic discussions, but I had a rough idea of the real reason, and it made me sweat.

Lily smiled as she met me.

“Calix, shall we have a quiet word together?”

Her lips were smiling, but her eyes were not.

I sweated and racked my brains to somehow get through this situation.

“Selenia, I mean, shouldn’t we discuss this with everyone…”

“Just be quiet and come in.”

“Yes…”

I was grabbed by Lily and dragged into the conference room.

Lily closed the door, warning me not to enter under any circumstances as she was going to hold a summit.

Bang-!

Lily sat down in front of me after closing the door.

She looked like she had a lot to say.

“I heard you had a hot and enjoyable night with Lana.”

“Lily, well, that’s…”

So, it was about this.

Lily and I had been keeping in touch by exchanging personal letters from time to time.

But that stopped abruptly after that day.

I felt that eerie vibe of being left on read, but I dismissed it as just my imagination.

But Lily’s reaction confirmed that my hunch was right.

“And I heard you’re having hot and enjoyable nights with other women every day.”

“Well, that’s because of my duty as the head of the Crones Family…”

But I also had a lot to say.

As the last remaining heir of the Crones Family, I was under immense pressure from those around me to produce an heir.

Still, I had been enduring it with the power of my inner Confucian dragon.

But I never expected them to come at me like that.

Of course, I love them and will take responsibility for them, but there was a good reason for it.

At my words, Lily came closer to me and said.

“Yes, I understand, Calix is a good man. He’s the man I chose, so it’s only natural that the women around him won’t leave him alone.”

“Lily.”

She took my hand and said.

Lily’s hand was warm and soft.

“I’ll forgive you for everything if you marry me, no, let’s get married this time.”

Lily looked at me with sincere, moist eyes.

I had felt it before, but Lily, she really is pretty.

Even her skin tone, she was really my ideal type.

But…

“That’s a bit…”

“Ah! Why again!?”

At my words, Lily grabbed my hand tightly.

A tremendous grip, enhanced with Magical Power, engulfed my hand.

Ugh! It’s being squeezed!

As I was suffering, Lily said.

“Do you hate me, Calix?”

A super beautiful girl with obsidian-like black skin looked at me with sparkling eyes.

Really… I can’t hate you when you look at me with those eyes.

“No, I like you. Lily. This is real.”

“Then let’s do it~ Marriage~ I’ll really treat you well, I’ll understand all the other women too.”

“But we haven’t even gone on dates or anything like that.”

“…Dates!?”

Yes, Lily and I had been in touch since that day, but we hadn’t gone on any dates or anything like that.

Perhaps because of my past life, I had a strong aversion to medieval ways of thinking like arranged marriages.

If I was going to get married, I wanted to have a love marriage.

As if understanding my intention, Lily smiled like a black cat and said.

“Hmm… Calix, so you’re the kind of person who cares about that.”

Lily smiled as if she liked something, then looked out the window.

Then she looked at me and said.

“Then… shall we go on a date right now?”

“Now?”

“Yes.”

Go on a date now?

How?”

Before my question could end, Magic was activated in the office.

* * *

A little later, Lily and I were walking down the streets of Cron.

My hair was dyed blonde, and Lily’s skin was white.

It was all thanks to Lily’s Transformation magic.

“This is amazing. You can do this with Magic?”

“Who do you think I am? I’m the best Magician in the Imperial Family.”

Lily with white skin boasted about herself.

I knew that Lily was the best Magician in the Imperial Family through the game, but I didn’t know she could do this.

“So, how do you go on a date?”

“How do you go on a date?”

“Yeah! I’ve never been on a date before.”

I was momentarily taken aback by Lily’s innocent words, but then I understood.

In this world, dates were stories that appeared in novels and plays.

It was natural that noble women like Lily had heard of them and yearned for them, but few had actually been on one.

“Calix will escort me, right?”

Lily held out her hand like a princess.

I tried to look cool and took Lily’s hand like a prince and said.

“Of course.”

And so, Lily and I, not as a lord and a princess, but as Calix and Lily, headed to the center of Cron.

Our date, hidden from the eyes of my retainers, began.

I first took Lily to the Winter Guardian Tree.

Lily was surprised to see the Winter Guardian Tree built in the center of Cron.

“Wow, you built a really big Winter Guardian Tree here.”

“The Christmas tree… no, the Winter Guardian Tree looks better the bigger it is.”

I thought the bigger the tree, the better.

So, it cost me a lot of my own money, but seeing Lily and the surrounding people happy, I thought it was worth making.

Next, we went to the food carts.

“What is this? Calix?”

“Grilled Fish Sandwich, it’s our Cron’s specialty.”

“Ugh… I don’t like fish.”

“Just try it, it’s really good.”

I bought Lily Cron’s specialty, Grilled Fish Sandwich.

This dish, made by grilling fish caught off the coast of Cron, removing the bones, and adding the fish meat, vegetables, and a sauce like lemon juice to thin bread, was a specialty of Cron and similar to the mackerel kebab of Turkey in my previous life.

Lily, who received the sandwich, frowned slightly and then bit into the sandwich with all her might.

And…

“Okay… nom!… mumble mumble… oh? It’s really… delicious.”

“Right! It’s delicious!”

“Nom!… mumble mumble… this is delicious!… mumble mumble”

Lily seemed to like the Grilled Fish Sandwich and ate it ravenously.

It reminded me of the first time I had a hot dog at a festival, and I couldn’t help but smile.

As we were walking along the street eating the sandwich, we passed a maid cafe when we were getting thirsty.

There, children wearing maid outfits were soliciting customers.

“Welcome, Master! How about a warm Cream Black Tea?”

“They’re cute little maids.”

The outfits were similar to Lana’s, so Lily seemed to know at a glance that the children had learned from Lana.

I asked Lily.

“Do you want to drink Cream Black Tea?”

“Yes! I want to drink it!”

I approached the girl maids.

The children didn’t seem to recognize me, who had been transformed by Magic.

“Handsome oppa who looks like the lord, how about Cream Black Tea?”

“Two Cream Black Teas, please.”

“Yes! Thank you.”

Lily and I, who received two Cream Black Teas, walked around drinking tea.

We enjoyed the festival as we walked through the streets of Cron, receiving the sweet and warm energy of Cream Black Tea.

When we saw street performers performing the fairy tale “The Frozen King and the Warm Deer,” Lily was as excited as a nephew I knew in my previous life when he first saw Pororo.

She also ate the alchemists’ junk food, “Midnight Star Candy,” with delight, as if she was surprised that such a thing existed in the world.

As we were walking around enjoying the Cron festival, we passed a tavern.

“For the lord~”

“Cheers!!”

There, Cron’s drinkers had already gathered and were having a drink.

They were having a great time with the words that had become a toast, and Lily said as she watched them.

“Calix is really loved by the people.”

“Is that so?”

“Yeah, I think it’s really amazing.”

Lily looked at the scene with great interest.

Isn’t this the normal appearance of a territory?

As I was thinking that, Lily opened her mouth.

“Hey Calix… if I win in the Game of Thrones… will you become the emperor?”

“What!? What… what are you talking about?”

No, what is she talking about!

I was so surprised by Lily’s words that Lord Calix was about to pop out.

Lily said to me.

“I honestly don’t want to be the emperor, it’s just a headache and a lot of work.”

I strongly agreed with Lily’s words.

But at the same time, I was curious.

One of the pieces of information I didn’t know in my previous life was the reason why Lily was trying to become the emperor.

“Then why is Lily trying to become the emperor?”

At my words, Lily pondered and then said.

“That’s… a secret.”

She’s coming out like this here!?

Lily said that and whispered in my ear.

“I’ll tell you when you become my husband.”

At that moment, Lily was like a really small cat.

How did such a cute young lady throw herself into a fight like the Game of Thrones?

I wanted to know about Lily.

But since it was late today, I said to Lily.

“Shall we go in now?”

I said, taking Lily’s hand.

At that moment, Lily’s hand tightened.

What’s wrong? When I looked at Lily, Lily’s face was red and she said to me.

“Well… in novels, they don’t just go in after a date…”

Following Lily’s gaze, I saw an inn.

Knowing what the inn meant, I asked Lily again.

“Are you really… okay with this?”

“If it’s Calix… it’s okay.”

Lily’s eyes contained various emotions.

The emotion was heavy, but at the same time, it was lovely.

I couldn’t embarrass the woman any more than this, so I headed to the inn with Lily.

The night grew deep.

One word from the author (Author’s Afterword)

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It was an episode where Princess Lily made a lot of progress.

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