episode_0072

A confession scene with a sweet atmosphere.

“… Huh.”

It wasn’t just Dien and Victor who were there.

Blink, blink.

Elin blinked with her mouth covered with both hands.

She listened to the confession, holding her breath behind the corner.

That too, from beginning to end, everything.

Of course, I didn’t mean to eavesdrop on it.

only.

-Are you awake?

-Huh… It got really dark?

-You fell asleep for a moment earlier.

-…I?

When I went near the cave.

I felt drowsy as if someone had turned off my consciousness.

When I woke up, it was dark around me.

I just couldn’t fall asleep again right away.

-Are you feeling better?

-Yeah, it’s nothing.

Contrary to Luke’s worries, Elin was actually fine.

To the point where I feel refreshed.

-Can I go out for a bit?

Your eyes will be wide open.

There’s nothing to do.

Ellen asked Luke’s permission to take a quick look around the area.

So that’s how the situation got to this point.

I heard a person’s voice somewhere and followed him nervously.

“… … ”

I was holding my breath after hearing Victor’s confession.

“What are you doing here?”

“!!!”

Then Luke appeared from behind.

“It’s been a while since you left, but I’m worried because you haven’t come back―”

“Jo, be quiet… .”

Ellen jumped and covered Luke’s mouth.

“Shhhh… … .”

Elin glances back while holding her magpie leg.

Luke suddenly peeked his head out from around the corner, wondering what was going on.

And then I suddenly realized.

Because Victor and Dianne were so close that their noses were almost touching.

Thump thump thump.

Elin holding a crowbar to cover her mouth.

Because that appearance looks quite dangerous.

Flash.

He lifted Ellen up and told her to shut her mouth.

“!!”

Then the stupid hairs sticking up.

Elin’s pupils were shaking as if an earthquake had occurred.

Kuk.

He didn’t take his hand off his mouth until the very end.

one side.

“I don’t know if you’ll like it, but… .”

On the other side, Victor opened his mouth with an expression that seemed to indicate that he was not sure if this was right.

“The Bucklin Manor features soundproofed and light-blocking rooms and the most comfortable beds in the Empire.”

But I questioned Luke’s advice.

It was something I never let slip.

“…!!!!”

The operation was quite effective.

In fact, even if that wasn’t the case, Dien was already in love with Victor.

But who is Dien?

A contradictory lazy person who doesn’t hesitate to go through hardships for a good night’s sleep.

Dien grabbed Victor’s hand.

Who knew someone could look so lovable.

Thinking that I absolutely must not let this man go.

“Like. Like, Victor.”

A sweet voice flowed out that was hard even for me to believe.

Two people whose eyes intersect.

The distance is already so close that we feel like we are being sucked into each other.

It’s like a man and a woman who like each other maintain this kind of distance.

There was only one possibility.

…side.

The sound of moist mucous membranes touching.

As the faint sound of a kiss continuing in the darkness is heard.

“Ugh… !”

A heat rose up from Ellen’s head.

It was because scenes I had only ever seen in books were unfolding before my eyes.

“eup eup.”

“… Ah.”

I realized belatedly that Luke’s mouth was still covered.

Elin turned her head to Luke again.

My head felt spinning.

It was a refreshing shock to witness such a scene just now.

A situation where Luke’s mouth is covered.

Overcome the height difference and get the perfect eye level.

A quiet night where not a single bug chirps.

No matter how I look at it, isn’t it too similar to the environment Victor just confessed to?

Gulp.

Elin swallowed without realizing it.

Maybe me too right now?

The thought occupied my mind.

I almost opened my mouth because I was so caught up in the atmosphere.

-Absolutely no rash. Oh my god!!! No. Do you understand, Your Highness?

Dr. Bena, who had been sleeping in a corner of his mind, shouted.

“Hot.”

That’s right.

There was one thing that Benaga emphasized.

-If you rush, you’ll end up in trouble. Take it slow. Only confess when you’re sure! If you rush, you’ll end up worse off than before!

That fiction and reality are never the same.

I remembered it clearly because it was so persuasive for a romance expert (with no dating experience).

What if Ellen had taken advantage of the situation and told Luke her confused feelings?

-… Hmm. I like you too, Princess.

I guess I’ll get the same dry response in return.

And the next day, I’ll treat you the same way.

Because Luke doesn’t see Elin as a woman.

“Um… .”

But it wasn’t without hope.

Didn’t Dien and Victor, who had a significant height difference, become lovers?

Although Elin is quite different from Luke’s tastes (or not).

The point is that appearance can be overcome in any way.

Pavababak.

Ellen, realizing that now was not the time, shook her head vigorously.

“… You have to speak quietly.”

I slowly removed my hand from Luke’s mouth.

“Why are you doing this alone?”

Luke whispered, finally getting his chance to speak.

“… It’s nothing.”

I can’t list out a series of thought processes.

Ellen just shook her head.

“It seems like you’ve succeeded, brother.”

“Yeah.”

My mouth was just blocked.

Luke heard it clearly because his ears were open.

“I really didn’t know you would say something like that. I really didn’t know you would fall for something like that.”

Perhaps it was an effective strategy because they had built up a lot of affection for each other.

Luke ended up thinking so.

“… Chew.”

By then, Dien and Victor’s faces had grown distant.

Her moist lips shine in the moonlight.

Their breaths, mixed with heat, intersect.

“… It’s getting cold. Should we go in now?”

Victor naturally put his hand around Dien’s waist.

I know this is my first time meeting a woman.

It was a pretty natural, yet criminal-looking appearance.

“Thank goodness there’s no one around.”

If someone had seen it, they would have definitely been misunderstood and reported.

I was glad that the next head of the Berkeley family did not occupy the front page of the Imperial newspaper with such a dishonourable incident.

Thud thud.

Victor walked towards me, holding hands with Dien.

Elin was startled.

He tapped Luke on the arm.

“Let’s go back quickly.”

“Okay.”

Even mutant creatures know that eavesdropping and getting caught is not good for either party.

Even if you open a portal here, you’ll get caught.

Luke walked on mana wrapped around his shoes so that no footprints were left behind.

On my way back to the tent without making a sound.

“… … ”

Ellen suddenly felt wronged.

Dien and Victor were together for at least three months.

Ellen and Luke have been seeing each other for over two years.

In terms of time, haven’t Elin and Luke known each other longer?

Even now, we are still this close.

I didn’t like that Dien and Victor came first.

Of course, it is common for tutors not to have romantic feelings for the students they are in charge of.

Elin, a 15-year-old teenage girl, wasn’t thoughtful enough to think that far.

“… Teacher.”

Is it because it’s late at night?

Or maybe I just witnessed a scene where one love connects.

Ellen held her pounding heart and quietly called Luke.

“Why are you like that?”

Luke, on the other hand, seemed unfazed.

That fact just makes me angry.

side.

“… … ?!”

She pressed her lips to Luke’s cheek.

It was an impulsive act.

Tingle-

It felt like a great stimulus was running up my spine.

“… Your Majesty?”

Humans tend to freeze when faced with an unimaginable situation.

Luke couldn’t help but be flustered.

“What did you just… .”

width.

Elin, who was not confident in answering, buried her face in Luke’s arms.

“Just. Be careful… .”

It was a kind of warning, a signal.

A warning not to pay attention until the end if you are not going to be shaken.

If there is even a slight, tiny possibility.

A signal that he wants to quickly understand Elin’s feelings.

“… … ”

On the way back to the tent.

Luke, who was dumbfounded, did not give Elin a separate lecture.

You might think of it as a childish prank by a teenage girl.

Knock knock knock knock.

That’s because Elin’s heart was beating as if it was going to burst in his arms.

I couldn’t say a word because my mind was so complicated.

* * * * *

The next day.

Dien, who couldn’t sleep because his heart was pounding.

“Emergency-! Emergency-!”

“Ugh… .”

I started the day in a really bad mood.

She is already a heavy sleeper in the morning.

But I was forced to wake up because of this loud noise.

Unlike yesterday, I had a feeling that today would be a very unpleasant day.

“Whoa… What’s going on?”

As we step outside the tent, we see soldiers busily engaged in battle.

I would have been surprised if this had happened in other areas.

This is the North.

There are fewer days without constant fighting.

Dien had grown accustomed to mornings filled with the sound of shouts and the smell of blood.

“Ah. Are you awake, Dien? A wave of mutant creatures is coming. ”

“… Again?”

“Yes, and on top of that… I can’t avoid a classic due to the appearance of a mutant creature I’ve never seen before.”

“Yes?”

But so far, nothing like this has happened.

Didn’t you definitely wipe out the mutant creatures around you yesterday?

And this is a mutant creature I’ve never seen before?

All the creatures living around here have been known for a long time.

Show the crisply analyzed report to Victor.

Didn’t you tell Luke that too?

“… Excuse me. Where is Victor?”

Dien came to his senses.

Anxiety is rising.

In a situation where a lump of variables is created.

Victor was nowhere to be seen.

-I’ll tell you for sure later. Someday this situation will be resolved―

yesternight.

But I stopped him from speaking till the end.

Because Victor wanted to plant a clear flag.

“Yes? Uh… I don’t know where Victor is… .”

A soldier looking around.

If you don’t know, that’s okay.

Dien passed the soldier.

“Dien! It’s dangerous to go alone… … !”

The soldier’s words were not heard.

I’m just focused on finding Victor.

I felt like I would burst into tears like a little child if I didn’t see Victor right away.

Then, suddenly, my arm was grabbed.

“Sister. Where are you going?”

It was Gailan.

Before I knew it, I was walking and the battle line had already formed.

“… Let go.”

“What are you doing that’s so dangerous? Can’t you see it?”

Gaillan points forward with a bloody sword.

Only then do you see the mutated creatures in front of you.

“… Huh?”

Its form is very different from any creature we’ve seen so far.

It looks like a tiger’s body with wolf’s claws.

Moreover, it is a mutant creature as large as an elephant.

“What is that?”

My legs started shaking on their own.

Even Dien, who wrote the Northern Report, is seeing it for the first time.

That means Victor will be seeing it for the first time too.

My heart is pounding.

Even though I thought that it couldn’t be true.

Victor gets caught up in a mutant creature he’s never seen before…

“Why are you here?”

“!”

A voice that breaks one’s thoughts.

From behind, I heard the deep voice I had been searching for.

“Victor!”

Dien turned around and flew into Victor’s arms.

“… … ?Why are you like that?”

“I can’t see it, so I wonder what happened… .”

“I was providing fire support with the wizards.”

Then I found Dien running forward and ran towards him.

Victor added.

Hwaak.

Dien’s earlobes are burning.

Come to think of it, Victor is a wizard.

It wasn’t visible in the first place because it was in the rear.

There’s no need to come out to the battle line where Gailan is.

Kwak.

Embarrassed, I just hugged Victor’s waist.

“… Anyway, that’s fortunate.”

Dien, burying his face in his stomach, rationalized.

I guess I survived because I didn’t plant the flag yesterday.

It’s almost like I saved my husband’s life.