episode_0110

After all, people need to eat something to gain energy.

After my stomach was full and my head was a little heavy, I felt a little more at ease.

After much thought, the decision I made was, ‘What should I do?’

okay.

What do you want me to do?

This isn’t the first time I’ve experienced a stranger suddenly appearing. There was already Lena’s case.

I already knew that the Emperor thought of me as something great. From the beginning, the Emperor had been ordering Imina to do this and that. He even openly ordered her to assassinate the Count, and tried to send her to the battlefield instead of the Academy.

And it wasn’t my ability that made me avoid that, it was Alice. Alice was furious when she saw the morphine in my room, so she ran straight to the emperor and negotiated with him.

The limits of my abilities? That would come someday. To be honest, it was such a fraudulent ability. In other novels, comics, and animations, people with the ability to regress rolled around much more than I did. Like, you have to die to go back in time, or you have to pay some kind of price. To be honest, you could say I sucked up to too much.

Besides… … Well, at least considering the situation so far, there haven’t been any fatal mistakes that would require turning back.

So, I decided to just ignore it.

If that guy shows up again later, I’ll think about it again then.

There is something a psychiatrist once said to me when I visited a place I was curious about. ‘Don’t worry about things you can’t solve right away. At least try not to worry.’ That’s right. There is no point in worrying about a future you can’t even prepare for and getting a headache.

“… … .”

I felt Alice staring intently at my expression.

We were sitting in seats facing each other. Outside the window, trees stretched out endlessly, marching in a row. Strictly speaking, it was not the trees that were moving, but us.

“Really, your resilience is amazing.”

“… … Do you see something on my face?”

“Yeah.”

Alice nodded in response to my question.

“The last time I went to the battlefield, he was just like that, lost in thought, and a few hours later he came back with an expression like nothing happened. It was the same this time. Right after meeting my father, he looked really shocked, but now he’s fine.”

“That’s right. You had a blank expression on your face when I went up to your room this morning.”

Claire, who was listening to the story from next to me, added.

By the way, Leo was sitting next to Alice with an extremely uncomfortable expression. They were both members of the student council, so we often drank tea together, and we were slowly breaking down that wall. But after meeting the Emperor yesterday, it seemed like he was reminded once again that Alice and I were really ‘princesses’.

Claire glanced at Leo, noticing that my gaze was on him. Her expression seemed to be as if she was asking if he was making her uncomfortable with that attitude.

… … I’m a little sorry.

“Because there was a lot to think about.”

“Really?”

“… … .”

I didn’t say anything, and Alice didn’t say anything to me either.

“… … Are you thinking of asking something?”

“Hmm.”

Alice thought for a moment at my question, then said,

“I don’t want to ask.”

I answered bluntly like that.

I stared at Alice with my mouth shut, and Alice chuckled.

“I wonder why?”

“I’m curious.”

Of course I was curious.

If it were me… … I would have gone back in time and asked around in various ways. Of course, if I still couldn’t find out, I would have given up.

I had already raided the Imperial Library. I had even confirmed that my existence had never been clearly mentioned in the prophecy.

Of course, it wasn’t to get personal secrets, but to find clues for me to proceed with the story.

“There’s no particular reason.”

Alice said this and leaned back in her chair. Then she turned her gaze from me to the window.

Indeed, the forest was showing off itself without getting tired. Up until now, while running, I had seen places that could be called villages and cities here and there, but they all existed as if they were buried in the forest. If there were other races in this world, I thought this would be the place where elves would live.

“There’s no logical reason to ask or not ask a question. I just don’t really want to ask it right now. No, I probably won’t ask it myself in the future either.”

Alice still had her head turned toward the window, and turned her blue eyes toward me, smiling faintly at the corners of her mouth.

“Until you tell me.”

“… … .”

I couldn’t answer at all.

Alice… … had already told me what she thought. Before she infiltrated the casino in a bunny girl outfit. In the game, it was just because she had an inferiority complex towards Claire, and I thought it was actually an event scene to provide a service scene… … .

If there’s a difference between games and this world, it’s that the characters in the game move for the story, and the people here move themselves to create the story.

“Okay.”

“You have a somewhat relieved expression.”

“… … .”

Alice spoke again as if she had read my mind, so I turned to Claire.

“Claire.”

“Huh!?”

Claire, who had been blankly staring at Alice and me talking with her mouth slightly open, was startled. Did she not expect me to suddenly start talking to her?

“Do you express your emotions that well on your face?”

“Huh… …Huh?”

Claire stuttered for a moment, as if she didn’t understand the intent of my question.

“Oh, no? Sometimes it seems like that? But I guess I should say it’s not like that normally… … .”

Hearing Claire’s voice stammering as if something was wrong,

“Ugh.”

Alice snorted.

Claire’s forehead wrinkled when she heard that sound.

“What is that reaction?”

It wasn’t a voice that was fierce, cold, or full of any real malice, but it did sound a little annoyed.

“Is there something wrong with what I said?”

“No, it’s not wrong. It’s just that, when I see someone who can’t do what I can, I feel a little superior.”

“What!?”

uh…….

Hey, Claire, even though it’s a 20th century train with poor soundproofing, if you scream like that, everyone around you will look this way.

Besides, if you get up from your seat like that, it’s easier to look at it.

Most people who saw Claire probably had a look of shock on their faces. They probably knew who Claire often hung out with, and for her to yell like that in front of someone she was with, regardless of the reason, was extremely disrespectful.

If you tell the princess that the Baron’s daughter yelled at her—

Leo, sitting next to Alice, was clearly showing the most easily imagined reaction of a nobleman.

“K, Claire… … !”

Leo, whose face was pale, tried to stop Claire, but it wasn’t easy because they weren’t sitting right next to each other. There was only a small table between us.

Besides, Alice was holding Leo back as he tried to get up.

Leo froze at that fact. He was looking at me with eyes that seemed to ask for help, but… …

… … Oh, sorry.

I’m saying this because I don’t quite understand the current situation.

“You’ve been with your sister for a long time! If I had been given time like you, I’m sure I could read your feelings much better than you! ”

hmm…….

No, if you’re going to fight over something like that, why don’t you go to the academy and fight? If you’re going to fight, at least lower your voice a little.

No, I wish you would just wait until you go to the academy. It would be so embarrassing for me if you fight like that next to me.

Even now, he is barely able to keep his expression from collapsing.

Of course, Alice smiled when she saw me like that.

That guy clearly recognized my expression.

“Well, guess what? You’ve never done it before. How can you be so sure of that fact?”

“Eek… … !”

Claire looked angry for a moment at Alice’s words,

“… … .”

Phew, I let out a deep breath.

And then he sat back down in his chair with a calm and dignified posture, as if the moment he had screamed just a moment ago had been a lie.

But that attitude was just acting. Claire’s fighting spirit did not subside at all.

“Sister.”

As evidence, Claire looked at me and said that as soon as she sat down.

“… … Yes.”

“Look straight at my face.”

Claire said that, leaning slightly towards me.

I did that without saying anything.

Claire turned her deep blue eyes towards me. Both Alice and Claire had blue eyes, but while Alice’s eyes were like a clear lake, Claire’s eyes were like looking into a blue hole, so it was a little scary to look at her straight in the eye.

“From now until I go to school, I’m going to practice matching my sister’s expression.”

“… … .”

I looked at Alice, but she just had a puzzled expression on her face.

… … .

It’s ruined.