episode_0371

The campus of Luminor Academy after returning from a two-day and one-night carriage trip.

As if she didn’t have any plans to meet anyone else today, Princess Mezlen sat on the bench in front of the Ministry of Magic building as usual and talked to me about various things.

“Well, I think I misunderstood last week, Miss Lilith… . Ahaha… .”

“… … Yes.”

“I had no idea that he was checking Miss Lilith’s swordsmanship lessons… . Lee, Miss Lilith is a student at the Ministry of Magic, but she is also taking classes at the Swordsmanship Club… .”

“… … Yes.”

“ Moreover, it’s already been over 8 years since you served him at Blackwood Manor. Wow, there are a lot of coincidences in things in this world… .”

“… … That’s right.”

“So, Miss Lilith. Could you please tell me what Harold’s favorite interests are? .”

“Sorry. Since something urgent has come up, I will go in first, Princess Mezlen.”

-Aaaah!

“Ah, now, wait a minute… ! Don’t go, Miss Lilith… !!”

Mezlen returns to the Academy after a long time and as soon as we meet him for the first time, he talks nonsense and asks absurd questions.

I didn’t want to get involved in her dating business anymore and was about to leave the place, but she hurriedly grabbed my arm and clung to me.

“Well, please don’t do that and give me some advice… ! Since you have served Mr. Harold for so long, Miss Lilith must know something about him… !”

“There is only one piece of advice I can give you considering the princess. Professor Harold, it is better to give up your love early.”

“Why, why are you saying that… ?! Well, you secretly had a crush on him too… .”

“Just because you’re a princess doesn’t mean you can say anything, Princess Mezlen. I have already given my body and mind to Master Ethan, but how can you make the foolish mistake of holding two men in your heart while you are a woman? Yes?”

“… Ah, okay. Well, I know that’s not true, so please stop staring at me… ?”

Mezlen’s mouth was silenced when she dared to talk nonsense about Ethan, such as falling for another man, and he explained to her in such a simple way that even a fool could understand why things wouldn’t work out with Harold.

“First of all, I will tell you the biggest reason, Professor Harold has not had a single woman by his side since his wife passed away 20 years ago.”

“Well, that’s because there hasn’t been an attractive woman who caught Mr. Harold’s eye so far… .”

“It can’t be. Although he is somewhat older, Professor Harold is a Sword Master and the Third Sword of the Empire. In fact, even to this day, courtship letters and invitations to social circles continue to arrive at Blackwood Manor. According to the head maid who worked at Blackwood Manor for a long time, it has been continuous since Duchess Thanasia passed away 20 years ago.”

“… Well, I’m still a princess, so it’s much more than courtship from ordinary ladies… .”

“The letters requesting Professor Harold to remarry were not only sent to noble ladies of the empire. It is said that a princess, whom Princess Mezlen would recognize by name, once sent a letter, and that there was even a courtship letter sent from a princess from a foreign country.”

“… … .”

“Duchess Thanasia, Professor Harold’s wife, was originally the daughter of a not-so-famous family of Viscounts on the outskirts. If Professor Harold had been a person who valued family or lineage, he would have never married Duchess Thanasia in the first place.

Therefore, the fact that Princess Mezlen is born with noble blood is of no help in seducing Professor Harold. Professor Harold is not even interested in other women, to the point where he hasn’t even had a dedicated maid for over 20 years.”

Mezlen looks like he wants to refute my words, but he doesn’t really have anything to say, so he keeps his mouth shut.

It may be a bit regretful, but it was also good for her to talk about this clearly at the beginning. Because there’s nothing good about wasting time on a love that won’t come true.

It was an explanation that emphasized the maximum of 20 years several times in order to please give up, but Mezlen suddenly started asking strange questions about that part.

“2, if 20 years have passed, you don’t know anymore… .”

“Yes?”

“I understand that Mr. Harold had a lot of feelings for his ex-wife in his heart, so he didn’t meet another woman for 20 years… . Ha, but in the end, Mr. Harold is also a healthy man, so his sexual desire will not boil over… ?”

“… Yes?”

“I say that even if a man can only hold a fork and a knife, he still thinks about women, but if Mr. Harold is correct enough to swing a heavy sword every day, he might actually want someone who can accept his energetic energy. … !”

… Just be a lewd princess. I should also throw away the obscene maid title.

On the outside, she seemed more innocent than Serista, but she was feeling absurd feelings towards Mezlen, who was talking about sexual desire and energy, but she was just talking about the delusions that had appeared in her head without fear of fear.

“Princess Mezlen, if Professor Harold heard such a story… .”

“Uh, maybe the reason Mr. Harold hasn’t met another woman for 20 years is because he and his ex-wife Tanasia were so close… ?

Well, Mr. Harold actually has a wall that prevents him from telling anyone, and Tanasia, his ex-wife, was the only woman who could accept that… !”

“Now, wait a minute! If you mention that topic carelessly… !”

“Well, that’s why he hasn’t shared love since he passed away with his ex-wife Thanasia because he thought that someone who could accept his temper would never appear again… ! In other words, perhaps even Thanasia’s ex-wife found out that Gizu-town was more lewd than any commoner?!”

-Tup!

Before this crazy princess could talk any more nonsense, she blocked her mouth and hurriedly looked around.

They say that if you talk about Jojo, Jojo will come, but fortunately, it doesn’t seem like Harold will appear around you just because you talk about him.

If Harold had heard it, it was a remark that would have made not only Mezlen but also me furious. How dare you insult Thanasia’s honor and leave it alone?

“Unless you don’t want to make eye contact with Professor Harold again, you must never say that in front of him, Princess Mezlen.”

“… Yes?”

“Actually, this happened when I worked at Blackwood Mansion and had accumulated one year of annual leave… .”

To explain how serious a crime it is to mess with Harold’s ‘family’, I explained the anecdote about ‘Aria’ and ‘Alicia’ to Mezlen.

It’s about an anecdote in which they were caught stealing Thanasia’s belongings, not just other jewels, and as a result, they were beaten by Harold to the point where all the bones in their bodies were broken.

‘Perhaps he is still a sexual slave to the northernmost front-line soldiers at Silverwood Estate.’

No matter how expensive Thanasia’s mementos were, the debt would have been repaid in about three years, but Harold’s anger was not included in valuing the mementos.

Since it was a Silverwood territory where escape was impossible without a collaborator, it was possible to truly be a slave ‘until death’ if you wanted to. In this world, high-ranking nobles could take ‘legal’ revenge on commoners if they wanted to.

To prevent the atmosphere from becoming uneasy, I roughly omitted the part about being taken as a ‘sex slave’, but in any case, Mezlen seemed to understand the meaning of my saying this.

“Well, I see… . Talking about family in front of Mr. Harold is prohibited… .”

“To be precise, you must not gossip about your family or talk about anything that will damage their reputation. And that applies not only to Duchess Thanasia, but also to Master Ethan.”

“Ah, I understand… . I’ll keep this in mind… .”

I don’t know if this lewd princess will listen to my advice, but it’s probably better than not giving any explanation.

It turned out that Thanasia was a lewd woman, and that she and Harold had a good chemistry, and that Ethan still couldn’t forget her. If she continued to talk nonsense like this, Harold might one day seriously commit violence against Mezlen.

Even if you are the Duke of Blackwood, assaulting a member of the royal family would be a serious crime, so it would be right to seriously crack down on joining in to avoid sparks flying to me and Ethan.

“Da, do you have any other advice, Miss Lilith…? ?”

“Yes?”

“Things to be careful about in front of Mr. Harold, or something else that Mr. Harold likes… . Well, the story just said helped me to some extent… .”

“… I didn’t really give you dating advice.”

“Well, still… ! Ah, ho, do you know anything about the anecdote about Tanasia’s ex-wife? ? Uh, maybe it can be helpful… .”

“So, you should not mention Duchess Thanasia’s name carelessly… .”

The moment when I tried to warn Mezlen, who kept saying Thanasia’s name without fear.

“I think you guys are talking about Thanasia. Maybe I heard wrong?”

“… … … … ?!?!?!”

Startled by a familiar voice coming from behind me, my body froze like a stone statue.