episode_0236

“Allen, what’s going on!”

Gavin wasn’t the only one whose face turned pale.

The same was true for Allen’s parents, the King, and Diane, who was standing far away.

Although we became engaged unintentionally, we still saw each other almost all the time.

Being friends and getting married are two different things.

“Abama, I don’t think it’s Allen’s fault.”

“What?”

The King, who was running towards Allen, stopped and asked.

Meanwhile, I was suppressing Allen, who kept clinging to me.

I didn’t want to subdue him in an unsightly manner in front of people, but if he continued like this, there would be no other way than to strangle him from behind and knock him out like last time.

Since it was something Allen had agreed to in advance, it was okay to do it for now.

Please don’t hesitate and speak quickly. When I looked at Evan, pressing my palm against Allen’s face, Evan immediately nodded.

Allen’s lips were opening and closing in his palm.

“This champagne, the color is different.”

Evan said this in a slightly theatrical voice and held the champagne up to the light.

“At first glance, it looks similar, but the floats also seem to be floating. I think this needs some analysis.”

Gavin’s face became even whiter after hearing Evan’s words, and he was already walking away from this place.

“Wait a minute.”

And then Amelia gently intercepted Gavin.

“It’s only circumstantial evidence, but everyone here could be the culprit right now, right? Of course, it may be the result of the Crown Prince drinking too much today—”

Amelia looked in my direction. Amelia let out a small breath as she looked at the crown prince pressing his body towards me.

“Sorry, but I think everyone here is a suspect. I’m sorry to those who gathered, but can’t I just let you go?”

Amelia’s gaze turned to the king.

“… … I got it.”

The King cannot carelessly ignore the words of the Grand Duchess who came here to represent the Grand Duchy.

Besides, that was a reasonable opinion. Amelia herself was also included as a suspect.

Gavin quickly looked around, and his face turned even whiter when he saw Diane striding towards him.

Diane, the daughter of Count Hoover, probably knows how things work.

Of course, we wouldn’t know that it was something we planned.

“I will take the crown prince with me.”

“Oh, yes. Thank you.”

The King, who was touching his forehead, honestly expressed his gratitude.

“… … Lady Delkishi, can you help me?”

I looked towards Amelia. Amelia nodded slightly towards me.

“Okay.”

I nodded and went with Diane, leading the crown prince.

*

“Can you explain the situation a little?”

After putting the prince who was clinging to me on the bed and sitting on him to subdue him, Diane asked me.

“You don’t want to get engaged to the crown prince, do you?”

“… … .”

Diane kept her mouth shut in response to my question.

“So I tried my best to resolve the situation somehow.”

“Did you get some medicine?”

“You seem to have a general idea of what happened.”

Diane fell silent again at my words.

“We didn’t get it, but Baron Gavin, who came all the way here and targeted Adele, brought it. The crown prince… … .”

I looked down.

As I was compressing his chest, the crown prince soon fell asleep.

It feels strange in many ways to see your face blushing even when your body is not free.

“He agreed with what we said, so he exchanged glasses with Adele before drinking.”

I looked at Diane.

“If the royal family refuses an engagement, the reputation of the royal family will be tarnished. However, if the engagement is to be broken off for a reason, Amelia’s opinion is that the relationship can be treated as if it never happened without damaging the royal family’s reputation.”

“… … .”

Diane thought for a moment.

“Then, the reputation of the Hoover family… … ”

“Actually, you don’t really care, right?”

I got down from above Allen and sat down on the bed and said,

“I know there is someone else I want to be with.”

“Yes?”

“You and Adele are like that, right?”

Diane completely froze at my words. It’s the same reaction as Adele.

“I saw it in the forest at that time.”

I answered before asking.

Diane looked at me blankly for a long time.

“So, we want to help. Allen also seems to think of you as a friend.”

“… … .”

Diane’s eyes turned to Allen’s uncovered chest.

Actually, I feel a little sorry to say this, but when I lay down, it didn’t look very bulge. Is it natural that it can be easily covered with a bandage?

Even though there is no underwear inside… … what.

“No matter what you think, it’s already too late. Because things happened. You are the one who decides how to move forward from here. What would you do? Either give up and get engaged to another noble man, or be with someone you like.”

“… … Can I choose the latter?”

“Is there anything you can’t do? Those in power in this country will support it.”

I smiled and answered Diane’s question.

*

What happened after that went much smoother than I expected.

Count Hoover could not make a loud noise about this.

The process by which the engagement was broken was clearly done by the royal family, but Count Hoover was at a great disadvantage in that his close associate’s medicine was used in the process.

As a result of Evan’s continued push, Baron Gavin was eventually searched unexpectedly.

Baron Gavin, his son, and Count Hoover himself were under strict surveillance, so there was no option to burn the field in advance.

After a search with no one to look after him, several women who had been hidden in the estate came out.

Women from former noble families were being used as sex slaves. Baron Gavin.

The power gained through that medicine came back in an instant as a sword.

Count Hoover still denies any connection with the baron, but the evidence led him to cut off all ties with the family that had suffered in many ways.

The effect has not yet been visibly shown.

Count Hoover’s territory is a huge territory, and it is possible to be self-sufficient within it. But that swollen body will continue to shrink, slowly.

“I feel terrible just thinking about it.”

This was what Adele said as soon as they got together for the first time in a long time.

Today everyone gathered at Amelia’s mansion.

Baron Gavin was captured, and Adele’s father was also freed, but he stayed home because he had nothing to do right now.

No matter what, we can’t have this conversation in front of Adele’s father.

“Me too… … It means that I could have become like those poor people.”

Adele said, just whispering the word ‘poor people’.

“First of all, the goal was to get married, so it may not have reached that level, but it could still have been similar.”

Amelia spoke in a calm voice and drank tea.

“… … .”

Diane couldn’t say anything.

How much did you know about that fact?

Adele placed her hand on Diane’s arm. Diane raised her eyes and saw Adele.

Well, they both look wonderfully in love.

Adele’s father, Diane, and Amelia are thinking about stealing it.

Adele’s father had actually already decided what to do after discussing it with me. My brother has just returned to tell that story to our territory.

“… … That.”

I was in warm silence for a moment while looking at Diane and Adele, but Allen cautiously opened his mouth.

“Did I make any mistakes that day? My memory is a little hazy… … .”

“According to Elsie’s testimony, it seems like you didn’t make any major mistakes, except for trying to kiss Elsie by taking off your front hair in front of others.”

“You licked my palm, but you didn’t lick my lips.”

When I said that, Allen’s face turned red.

For your information, Allen was not specifically wearing men’s clothing.

But that doesn’t mean she’s wearing a wig. She was wearing a dress, and her hair was sticking out as it was.

After that, there was no reason to disguise as a man.

The royal family is now in an uproar.

From the nobles who thought they had been deceived to the nobles who were already happy to have two daughters and were already giving in to their sons.

The good news is that the royal family is not as weak as it was ten years ago, so it is not that shaken.

“It’s a bit surprising to see that the royal family is in such an uproar, but the two daughters are actually free.”

As Amelia expressed my thoughts, Allen’s face grew redder.

“Well, don’t be like that.”

The Crown Princess spoke calmly.

“Isn’t that why we were able to gather like this?”

That too, though.