episode_0087
by fnovelpia
There were many reasons why I was reluctant to use this dish.
This girl is a time bomb that could explode at any moment.
Yeong-ae, who lives with a gentle face and suppresses her sexual desires.
I don’t know if it’s because of the expectations of his father, the butler, or the stress that has built up from being torn between the reality of the Allied Nations and the ideals of the Academy, but there’s a lump of desire hidden behind his polite and courteous face.
The sword is a man before it becomes a possessed reader. The instincts given by the body cannot be resisted. Even if that child was a woman… .
If Daniela were given the chance, she would do whatever her instincts lead her to do. That’s the worst I can imagine.
after….
It’s best not to think about the worst possible scenario. Fortunately, it was I, and not Karl, who discovered Daniela’s misconduct.
“Have you seen this kind of novel?”
“……”
Daniela was seen desperately holding back her sobs in order to somehow avoid showing her weakness. Her determination to not let a villain like me take advantage of her was evident.
That sight made me chuckle.
As depicted in the novel, he wanted to bring the obscene books from the other bookshelves deep inside to the annoying third shelf to read them without being noticed by others.
Even that was in the middle of a deserted, late night.
Or… is it that you can’t control yourself because it’s night?
“, to others-”
“Well, you can see it.”
“… ?”
Still, I don’t have a hobby of poking fun at other people’s shortcomings.
“You might like this book.”
Everyone has tastes they want to hide. Secret tastes that they can’t tell anyone.
“Daniella, did I accidentally interrupt your good time? Sorry.”
“What, what are your intentions?”
“No particular intention?”
He showed an expression as if he had no ill intentions. He hoped that Daniela, who was on the verge of crying with a face full of tension, would be reassured.
Of course, I would like to nip this secret hobby in the bud before Karl finds out and the worst-case scenario I can imagine unfolds, but if I wanted to, I could tear Daniela’s mind to pieces right now… .
I don’t really feel like it.
It is not pleasant for the person doing the deed to mock her by making fun of her likes and desires.
Maybe I was mirroring her. I, too, fall into delusions from time to time. Before the possession, after the possession, and even just now.
“You’re being sarcastic!”
“?”
“You kept saying ‘this kind of novel’, you.”
“This kind of novel is this kind of novel, so what do you call it? Hmm… erotic novel?”
“What, what, what! Hey… A novel? How could it be so frivolous-!”
I was just saying ‘this kind of novel’ in a very pure sense, but Daniela seemed to be taking it too seriously. I just shrugged my shoulders because I couldn’t understand her at all.
“Beatrice! I swear to God, if you go around telling people about this, I won’t forgive you.”
This stupid woman was talking so loudly that she forgot we were in a quiet library. It was a wonderful mixture of shame, embarrassment, and resentment.
If it had been normal, I would have attacked her for her impudence, but now I decided to take pity on her. I decided to embrace the poor woman who had her thorns raised.
Ah, I think it’s a mercy more saintly than a saint. Maybe I’m more worthy of being a saint than a bitch like Alana?
Swish-
He showed a gesture that seemed to quietly close the zipper at the corner of his mouth.
“?”
But Daniela looked bewildered by the gesture she had never seen before. Now that I think about it, there shouldn’t be anything like a ‘zipper’ in this fantasy world… It was a mistake. She wouldn’t understand the gesture of closing her mouth as if she were zipping it. It was unfamiliar.
“Oh, sorry. It’s a signal used in my hometown. I’ll keep it a secret. Don’t worry.”
“Mi, I can’t believe it. A woman like you is saying that… .”
“What can I do? If I say anything, I will incur the wrath of a first-class wizard.”
“Oh my, that’s scary,” he added.
Daniela seemed to react angrily to those words, but she had no choice but to suppress her anger, realizing belatedly that the library was a quiet place and that her situation was disadvantageous in many ways.
Only then could I see my expression reflected in her moist eyes. My smile as I looked at her with a mocking smile… .
*
“So since when?”
“… Since the announcement of the two people’s engagement.”
It’s so much that I can’t listen to it without crying.
“What the heck…?”
“Just, without realizing it, I stopped.”
“That kind of thing.”
Even Daniela’s expression of bewilderment is suggestive of self-loathing.
We moved to sit on a bench outside the library. The streets were covered in thick darkness, and the magic tools that illuminated the streets were diligently doing their job.
Daniela held the book she was holding dear in her arms, as if trying to protect it from my gaze.
“Are you distressed because you couldn’t live up to the expectations of your father and the Allied Forces?”
“That, that too… I wanted to spend my time without any worries.”
“So this novel caught your eye?”
“……”
He glares at me for a moment and then continues speaking.
“The responsibility and the expectations of the citizens were heavy. Sometimes, I wanted to shake it off.”
“… Is that all?”
“Yes?”
“Are you just sad because you seem to have failed as the successor to the United Nations?”
Daniela tried to say something, but was speechless and fell silent.
The real desire she wanted to express was hidden by the social gaze and the way of thinking she had grown up as a demure noble lady.
That’s why Chloe is jealous. She wants another man. Daniella doesn’t know that their engagement is over.
“I couldn’t stand it because it felt like Chloe had taken my sword from me, or I couldn’t sleep at night because I was jealous of Chloe… I tried to pretend like nothing happened on the day of the engagement ceremony.”
“… That’s not possible. I tried to stay close to Karl, but it was strictly for my father’s sake-”
“Lies.”
I already knew everything, but I’m pretending not to know. Even if I wasn’t a possessed person who knew Daniela’s actions in the original, I would know that she’s lying now.
“Jeong, really… .”
“No one will believe you if you talk like that with such a sad face, right?”
Seeing her on the verge of tears, I could tell from her pitiful appearance that she was truly in love with Karl.
“… I don’t suit him.”
“You?”
I feel so complacent, listening to my rival’s complaints. Or is it because the heroine is less threatening compared to the saint?
“As you said, you were just trying to use him for your own purposes.”
“……”
“I greeted him with a fake smile. But he always greeted me with a genuine smile.”
Carl, this kid… .
You shouldn’t smile at everyone. If you keep smiling like that, you’ll get in trouble. Even if you just have a blank expression, it won’t be enough!
“They’re a great pair. Chloe and Karl.”
“Well… .”
“I know it’s right to bless you. I also know that you are true people who make each other happy.”
It was so ridiculous, I almost laughed out loud. Honest people, Chloe may not know, but Carl is not. That sly guy lies as easily as he breathes. You can tell by the suffocating intensity in his eyes when he lies.
I want to see that intensity more often.
I like how the more he spits out lies, the closer he gets to the original protagonist. I want to see you pretend to be relaxed and smile, but then get lost in the developments that are confusing and twisted because of me, and eventually become strong like the protagonist.
“I have no choice. I guess I should forget about the knife now, right? Right?”
“……”
I asked if the woman still had feelings for me. Contrary to the wind, Daniela had a hard time answering.
“I have to try.”
“Oh my, shouldn’t you maintain your dignity as a noble lady?”
“And you, Beatrice?”
“Huh?”
“Have you forgotten?”
“……”
I was speechless.
“I remember seeing you on your engagement day. You looked so lonely and depressed.”
“Did I do that?”
“Honestly, I was surprised. Is this really the brazen young lady I knew? – Oh, I’m sorry.”
Through her slip of the tongue, she subtly revealed to me what she thought of me.
“I shouldn’t forget, he’s my best friend’s fiancé.”
“Is that possible?”
“I’m trying.”
He lies, just like Karl did. To seduce Daniela. To seduce her and make her stay away from Karl.
“So, do you want to work hard together?”
“?”
“It’s rude to approach a man who is already engaged. You know that, right?”
“Yes… .”
“For the honor and pride of the Imperial Academy… Let’s help both of us forget.”
They say things that they don’t mean. Honor, pride, none of it matters to me. So it’s a blatant lie.
“How?”
“Um… How about finding another man?”
“Yes!?”
“That’s right! What do you think of Senior David? He’s from the same Allied Nations, and with his position and abilities as the student council president, he seems like a man who would suit you, right?”
I thought of a man I vaguely knew and tried to set him up with Daniela. It was like feeding him.
“No, David, you can’t do that.”
“Isn’t it your taste that it looks like that? Well, compared to a knife… .”
“That’s not it! David is also cool.”
“But why?”
Daniela hesitated for a while before speaking.
“The Allied Forces have committed an unforgivable sin against David.”
“?”
“… Ah. The important thing is that the Allied Forces are not a place for him to return to. ”
I wanted to ask what happened, but he changed the subject as if I had said something pointless, so I just listened quietly.
“He was the student body president at this academy. When he graduates, our alliance will be in good hands.”
She stared at the first class dormitory in the distance with a face that looked both relieved and sad.
“It would be fitting for you to be the son-in-law of a noble family of the Empire. Only the daughter of a duke or marquis would be able to compare to David.”
“… Where did the spirited Allied Forces girl I saw at the entrance ceremony go?”
“Fuck, I’m also realistic.”
He answered my question with a self-deprecating laugh.
“No matter how much I struggle, the fact that I am the successor who must lead the Allied Nations will not change. My hometown is filled with people who come to seek pleasure at best. A pitiful country that suffers from the endless threat of monsters and must rely on mercenaries and external forces.”
“……”
“Who would hold my hand like this? Especially since this is the Imperial Academy? There is a guaranteed path to success after graduation, but there is no one who would follow me and devote themselves to the Allied Forces.”
With those words, Daniela lowered her head. As if she didn’t want to show me her weak side, as if she didn’t want to show me the tears that were flowing down her face.
On her delicate shoulders, the heavy responsibility bestowed upon her by her father, the butler, and the Allied Powers seemed to be visible. A burden so heavy that it weighed down this delicate woman who could only pretend to be strong.
The sight of her carrying that burden without being able to throw it away is admirable and pitiful at the same time, and it makes you want to protect her. That’s the kind of heroine this woman is.
A heroine whose miserable appearance makes you swear you will be saved.
The heroine who believes in the promise of salvation and gives everything.
If it were the original, the sword would have saved her.
“If.”
But that shouldn’t be the case.
“If you will, Daniela.”
I can’t see the sword setting up a harem or anything like that.
“What if someone appears who can change that alliance?”
So, I will block this heroine’s attack route.
“Yes?”
The villainess she was most wary of, Young-ae, will reach out to her.
“If the relationship between the Empire and the Allies changed, and they made suggestions like dividing up the territory or organizing an army to fight against monsters together?”
“No way, we’ve asked the Empire for help and sent envoys several times… but they’ve ignored us.”
“That must have been it.”
All I can give you is a promise. A promise that is impossible now, but one that I will definitely keep.
“But what if the empire changes?”
“What, what does that mean?”
I’d do anything if I could just get the heroines off the sword one by one.
“For example, the ruler of the empire changes.”
Even though it is a risky and almost gambling adventure.
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