episode_0218

It is said that the situation in Delki City is slowly improving.

Of course, it will still take a few more years to really end the war, but it seems that the damage has been reduced a lot recently as information about the enemy and strategies for attack have been established.

That must have been the reason why my brother was able to come to the royal capital.

“Delki Sir, it’s been a while.”

And my older brother, who came to the mansion excited to see his younger brother for the first time in a long time, fell into shock as soon as he arrived.

“The Crown Princess?”

My brother looked this way with an expression that made him unable to understand why such a precious person was here.

“Didn’t you see the knights outside the mansion?”

“No, I saw it.”

The Crown Princess is not allowed to wander around alone. This is the same from the kingdom’s perspective and the empire’s perspective.

Even though Evan had become the ‘crown princess’ rather than the ‘crown prince’, and so the empire was also concerned about nominating Evan as the next emperor, the problem was that even if other relatives were found, legitimacy would not be maintained.

If you look for a man among your closest relatives, the connection becomes too distant, but if you look for a person in the immediate vicinity, the only answers are Evan and Allen.

Moreover, it seems that the kingdom has no intention of giving up on Allen, his son’s side.

Thanks to this, Evan, despite being the ‘crown princess’, has a lot of time left and can relatively freely skip the official events of the kingdom.

After that, it was a little strange that I ended up visiting this mansion so often.

Some time after receiving her first swordsmanship lessons, the Crown Princess at some point began riding in the same carriage as us.

“Can we continue talking a little longer?”

The atmosphere in the room was so sad that the Crown Princess said that, so I couldn’t bear to refuse.

The carriage itself was not that narrow.

There was no discomfort as Amelia and I sat side by side and the Crown Princess sat across from us.

“The story isn’t over yet… … .”

The excuse the Crown Princess gave was usually ‘the story wasn’t over.’

Just before going home, he brought up the story about Yanawa and swordsmanship, and since the story wasn’t over, he would say that he would like to talk a little more.

His actions clearly revealed that he wanted to talk to me.

… … Compared to other nobles, their appearance had a much less political atmosphere.

It was similar to the strangely hurt expression Evan made every time I rejected his words.

In the end, I choose to talk to Evan.

Amelia hasn’t voiced any complaints yet.

“… … Well, then, shall we talk a little more?”

In the end, I caught Amelia’s attention, and after she nodded, I answered that way.

Today, the Crown Princess came to this mansion after going through the exact same process.

“I would never have thought that you shared such a deep friendship with the Crown Princess.”

My brother would be even more shocked if I told him about the friendship I share with Amelia in bed.

Of course, that friendship was shared one-sidedly by Amelia, and I could only feel it with my eyes tightly closed each time.

Well, it didn’t matter because it was good.

Only then did the older brother realize that he was breaking rudeness, and he slightly lowered his head towards Evan.

“I am sorry, Princess Crown Princess. I should have greeted you first. My name is Harvey, the third son of the Delki family. It is an honor to meet you again.”

“Isn’t he the only man in the country who is from a family that is actually fighting? I should rather consider it more of an honor.”

“… … .”

Hearing the Crown Princess say that in a soft voice, Brother Harvey seemed to have no idea what to say.

“Why can’t I adapt to my appearance?”

“Rather than not adapting… … Actually, it feels like it’s the first time we’ve met. Obviously, the way you speak or your voice hasn’t changed much since then.”

“I received a lot of help from you. Of course, at the time, I was so out of character that I couldn’t accept it properly, but now I know that the fact that everyone in the family did not accept my swordsmanship training was out of consideration for me.”

Evan shrugged his shoulders and said.

“Still, I’m thankful that you remember me as myself.”

“It is natural as a subject.”

My brother glanced at me again.

“Are you even wondering how I ended up here?”

My brother thought for a moment, then answered with a wry smile on his lips.

“Yes. Actually, it would be a lie if I said I wasn’t curious.”

“I am receiving swordsmanship training from your younger brother.”

“… … .”

The older brother’s gaze quickly glanced at Ina.

“We sparred last time. I lost.”

My brother’s gaze on me became a little sharper.

“I have no intention of blaming your younger brother. Rather, right now… … Yes, because it helps a lot. In many ways.”

Actually, I don’t know much about anything other than swordsmanship.

Well, since you say it like that, I just accept it as if it were so-so.

“… … I am just grateful that you evaluate it that way.”

“… … Um, yeah.”

Evan answered with a slightly troubled expression.

“It’s already late at night. I guess I stayed too long. I ended up interrupting the brother and sister’s wedding. They probably haven’t seen each other for a long time.”

“Oh, no, it’s okay.”

I spoke quickly.

Honestly, I was thinking that it would be nice for Evan to stay here with me tonight.

Because the way you looked at my brother, I felt like you could cut paper.

“Well, I had fun today too. I’ll see you again tomorrow.”

But, ironically, Evan said that.

*

Still, I didn’t get scolded much.

Even so, since it was a request made directly by the Crown Princess, I had no reason to refuse it.

From an aristocratic perspective, it seemed like a foolish suggestion not to accept. From Delki City’s point of view, it was a little different.

The night was deep, and my brother’s nagging didn’t last too long because Amelia was next to me to stop me.

As usual, we lay in the same bed, hugging each other.

We weren’t a couple yet, and I don’t know if we would be officially a couple in the future, but at least we didn’t have any hesitation about lying in bed like this.

Amelia had no hesitation in stealing my lips.

side.

I wasn’t sleeping until Amelia kissed my lips and started breathing evenly.

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel bad about it.

Like pretending to sleep talk and turning Amelia’s body so that I’m pressing down on her, or stealing Amelia’s lips too.

Of course, I just thought about it.

Because it wasn’t right to just commit a crime without knowing how to take responsibility for it.

In the end, without doing anything, I just held Amelia’s head close to my head and smelled the scent—

Outside the door, I heard someone walking around.

At first, I thought they were civilians, but the sound of their footsteps was different from those of civilians. They were walking around much more armed… … .

I thought about checking, but decided against it.

Anyway, my brother is in the house. More than anything, if he was looking for something, he would have come straight to this room. The most important person in this house was in this room, in my arms.

Yes, in my arms.

I hugged Amelia’s body tightly, to the point where Amelia felt a little pain.

“Ugh… … .”

A little groan was heard from Amelia’s mouth.

Cute, really.

So much so that I don’t want to let you go forever, keeping you locked in my arms like this.

… … .

What am I thinking?

I felt like I was only having a lot of distracting thoughts when I kept my eyes open, so I closed my eyes again and tried to sleep.

*

“… … Me, brother.”

“Your way of speaking will not change no matter how much time passes.”

No, does that matter now?

I said, pointing to the bag at my brother’s feet that clearly contained something alive.

“What is that?”

“This is the person who was spying around this mansion last night.”

Was the person walking around last night really your brother?

No, more than that, I somehow thought that the battery would fit a lot of people, but what was really inside was a person.

“Originally, I was going to post the report first thing this morning.”

My brother looked at Amelia and said.

“Did you think it was that dangerous?”

Amelia asked when she saw that action was taken without reporting, but her brother shook his head.

“I haven’t judged it to be that dangerous yet. It was an opponent I could overpower with my skills, and I was just keeping an eye on it.”

However, even as he said those words, my brother’s expression was extremely serious.

“… … We should not leave such a being in a place where the Crown Princess can come. The problem is not that it is dangerous, but that it could cause someone to be suspicious. ”

ah.

“Indeed, that’s right.”

Amelia nodded.

“Thank you so much.”

“No, I just did what I had to do as a member of the vassal family.”

My older brother responded to Amelia’s greeting with a humble smile.