episode_0051

After getting permission from my father, who was holding back laughter just like me, I went back to the room with Elsie and made breakfast.

Everyone there saw Prince Allen’s expression. And he was probably convinced that that was enough. He must have looked incredibly shocked.

Actually, even if I saw it, I would be shocked if a girl 10cm shorter than me broke a long, thick transport board with her forehead.

Even those who have never tried it before would be horrified, but a prince who has practiced swordsmanship and other things like cutting and breaking things with force would be able to gauge just how strong that power is.

However, it seems that Elsie was unable to properly see Prince Allen’s face because she was looking at her clothes at the time.

Even after that, Elsie’s efforts continued.

“Oh, sorry! I brought you a brick and ended up breaking it!”

“Ah… … No, my lady. It’s just bricks, so we make extra space… … .”

The person in charge, who was about two heads taller than Elsie, turned pale when she saw her like that.

Elsie may have already told you, but she would be shocked to see someone breaking a brick with her bare hands right in front of her.

For your information, the person in charge was one of the people who vehemently opposed Elsie’s wolf entering the castle.

Of course, the prince who was watching that was sick of it.

“Oh, I’m sorry! I gave too much of my strength… … !”

“Ah, no, young lady. I have spare money for the bow.”

The longbow appears to be less curved than other bows because the bow is initially made larger to secure tension, but the shortbow used by hunters is a different story. Longbows are too large to be used in forests with thick trees, so hunters carry bows made much smaller. Naturally, the small bow’s bow was bent to secure tension, but eventually it bent towards the ‘front’ of the bow, forming a C shape.

Of course, stringing a bow is difficult even for adults if they are not skilled, but Elsie was unable to bend the bow upside down without any problem and broke it.

This refers to the shortbow made of imported iron horn.

Even if it was your first time seeing a short bow, you would be horrified when you see him easily bend the reverse bow with both hands and then break it.

Even if he was tying his bowstring next to him.

Prince Allen was like that too.

For your information, the hunter was someone who was very unhappy with Elsie’s wolf pack when they came to stay in the forest.

Elsie worked hard to show that attitude as she went around showing the two princes about Prince Grattenmount’s highways.

He lifted a tall, thick weather vane that had fallen over in the wind and pinned it to the ground by himself, or at a firewood chopping site, he tore firewood in half by hand.

For your information, my father, who was with me the whole time, had a smiling expression at first, but as he walked back, he began to look at Elsie seriously. My father was also one of the people who thought I had brought Elsie with me simply because I was a friend.

… … No, well, that was the biggest reason.

I already knew the extent of Elsie’s skills from the novel. If she had read the novel to the end, she would know what calculation I made to bring her out.

In the novel, Amelia took advantage of Elsie’s abilities… … .

“… … .”

The more I confirmed that Elsie was fully aware of her powers, the more I remembered the contents of the original work and my mind became complicated.

Does Elsie, who doesn’t know that I’m a reincarnation, still think of me as a villain?

Or as someone who will become a villain in the future?

As I watched Elsie still showing off her Delchy strength in front of the pale-faced second prince, I thought seriously.

*

“Grand Duchess, did you see the prince’s expression? He looked completely frightened, right?”

“Perhaps once in the morning would have been enough, but after that, he showed me several times that he was ‘different’, so he must have been completely appalled.”

“Ex.”

Elsie looked surprised at my answer.

“… … By morning, do you mean when I murdered the table? … .”

“That’s right. It seems like Elsie didn’t really see the prince’s face at that time.”

In response to my answer, Elsie looked helpless. Her shoulders slumped.

“At first, I thought it was because I simply didn’t see it, but then I realized it wasn’t on purpose?”

This time, I was a little surprised and asked back, Elsie looked at me and said.

“No, I would be embarrassed to be seen like that too.”

Breathe.

Hearing Elsie’s exhausted voice, I tightened my stomach again.

You shouldn’t laugh.

Elsie tried so hard to make herself look helpful, but if I laughed when I saw that—

“That, Grand Duchess.”

Looking at me, Elsie scratched her cheek and said.

“It’s okay to laugh if it’s funny.”

“Yes?”

“Even if I think about it, I didn’t do anything out of the ordinary. And, that… … The dining table was split in half in front of the Grand Duke.”

“My father must have been thinking of protesting against the royal capital. It would be more convenient if the prince knew about fractions.”

“So… … Are you saying that the problem would have been resolved even if I hadn’t done anything?”

“… … Right?”

In response to my answer, Elsie slumped her shoulders as if she really didn’t know.

The places where Elsie showed off her strength were all related to people who had previously clashed with her, so I thought she was acting like that to vent out her anger.

But looking at the reaction, it didn’t seem like they were aiming for that at all.

“I’m sorry.”

And after thinking about that, I quickly apologized.

After receiving my apology, Elsie blinked and looked at me.

“Why are you sorry, Grand Duchess?”

“If I had told you everything first, Elsie wouldn’t have had to do that.”

“Oh, that is.”

Elsie looked thoughtful for a moment, then shrugged and spoke.

“But honestly, it was refreshing. Among the people I saw today, there were some I didn’t like. I was able to be as outgoing as I wanted in Delki City. Also, did you see the people back then? Every time I did something, my face turned bright blue. What’s changing? From now on, won’t you think twice more when opposing me? Because I realized that the Delki City people they only heard about are like this.”

I looked blankly at Elsie who said that with a really cool expression.

and,

“Ha.”

Finally, the laughter I had been holding in came out.

No, it wasn’t a smile I was holding in. The reason I was holding my stomach was because I had already finished apologizing earlier.

Rather, for some reason, it didn’t matter, so I started laughing.

I was wondering if it would have been better to just leave Elsie there, even if she was in the middle of a battle. The Elsie that came here was much quieter than the ones I had seen before, making me think of a wolf locked in a cage.

How painful it must be to live a life where you can’t do what you want and have to worry about what others think. That’s what Elsie used to roam the forest to her heart’s content with her wolf friends.

Elsie was expressionless and quiet when she was inside the territory, but her face brightened only when she met Gray or Snow and their group in the forest outside the territory.

I was thinking that maybe he would hate me for putting him in this situation.

Looking at it today, it seems like it wasn’t all that bad.

“Hahaha!”

I felt so relieved that I started laughing.

“Haha, huh.”

I finally stopped laughing and straightened my back.

There was Elsie looking at me with a puzzled expression. I must have looked really strange because I didn’t smile when I was told to smile a little while ago and burst out laughing at a strange time.

“Elsie.”

“Yes, Grand Duchess.”

“Hmm, I see. I think we need to do something about that title.”

That’s what I said in Elsie’s answer.

“Yes? What is your title?”

“Title.”

I’ve been thinking quite hard about why I brought Elsie here.

And I also knew that it wasn’t just ‘because we were close’.

Elsie is irreplaceable to me.

We were close friends, but for me, who came from another world, no one can replace Elsie, who shares the memories of the same world as me. Of course, my father, mother, and younger brother are also precious, but those three people were safe here.

That’s why I didn’t want to lose Elsie. I wanted to have fun together someday about the novels I knew and loved so much.

Until now, I thought about what if Elsina hated me, but now it doesn’t matter.

If I’m going to continue to feel anxious alone, it would be better to break through head-on like Elsie did today.

“Elsie. Do you want to sleep together today?”

“… … Yes?”

“How about it? Even though we are called escorts, we always sleep separately. If you think about it, wouldn’t the person who is with you at night be better able to respond if something happens to you?”

“… … … … Yes?”

Elsie tilted her head, repeating the same words as if something were broken.