Measles. (3)

I spoke to the princess first.

The morning outfit she described as a mess was something she had prepared from 6 in the morning.

“Whoosh~ It didn’t suit me at all, so don’t do it again~”

“Yes… “

No, it didn’t suit you? Is it because you’re not Raoul? Damn, I thought you’d like it if I came with blond hair and red eyes.

It seems that I am not the main character but just a third-rate villain.

I thought I would be heading to my destination carrying a considerable amount of clothes (all black) that she had bought me, but my arms felt a lot lighter when a department store clerk ran out and accepted them from the entrance, saying that she could send them to me via courier.

But she couldn’t stand my empty arms, so she immediately clung to me.

-Malkan.

‘Compared to my older sister, I’m a little small… What the hell are you thinking?’

“Tingle!”

“?”

“Girl, I felt the waves. Commoner, you had beggarly thoughts? “

“I’m sorry. Today’s Hwang… I had a slightly naughty thought because Miss Coty was so beautiful.”

“Ouch!! What the heck!!”

-Kuuuk!

When you hear a joke like this, don’t you usually let go of the person’s arm and run away, or at worst, slap them in the face?

I can never understand why he hugs my arm tighter with his accusations, showing off the elasticity of his pride pocket.

And my judgment was correct. It is definitely a bit smaller than Yuria.

Well, it’s knowledge you don’t want to know… right?

“Hoohoo~♬ Girl, today I worked hard and dressed up! Is it pretty?”

“Yes. You were always beautiful, but now you are so cute and lovely that I’m afraid someone might run away with you.”

“Ooooh! I should give a reward to the maid!”

“Oh, you didn’t decorate it yourself?”

“Of course! If the girl does it herself, today won’t be enough!”

“So you’re saying that it was the maid who put in the most effort?”

“The maid and the girl both put in effort! Like this!!”

-Malkan!

Seeing the princess clinging to him like a koala, as if appealing to him that she had given him strength, he decided to give up.

Your Highness, who must be watching from somewhere, I am innocent. I tried teasing her on purpose and turning her into a maid to induce her to throw a punch, but this princess has no intention of giving up.

I think maybe this villainess is doing this on purpose to make my brother execute me.

Then he is a truly evil and scary person.

“Huhung~? Why~?”

“… No. It’s just that, your clothes really suit you today.”

“Whew~!”

But what if I do that? What if I do that? Even if this is the temptation of a villainess trying to frame me for a crime, honestly, with this pounding heart and the tenderness I feel in my right arm, I think it would be okay to just accept the punishment.

Above all, I don’t think she would really do such a vicious thing when she shows such a happy, flower-like, and foolish smile at my words. If this is an act… there’s nothing I can do about it.

Tomorrow’s me, please take care of the executioner.

As I walked to the government office to check my trait level, arm in arm with the beautiful princess, the sight of an office that looked like the town hall I had seen quite often in both my past and present life unfolded before me.

And thanks to arriving early in the morning, I was able to go through the trait level check process without any waiting time.

“Please put your arms here.”

“Yes.”

Unlike other fantasy worlds where you just place your hand on a crystal ball and it comes out, this world checks your attribute level by putting your arm into a machine that checks your blood pressure.

I put my arm into the machine as instructed by the civil servant, and the machine tightly squeezed my arm as if it would not let go until its work was done. Then, it started examining my characteristics by rubbing something from the tips of my fingers to my arm and then scanning it roughly.

“Mr. Rudis, twenty-two years old… Her specialties are… Oh my, [Black Magic Level 4] [Fencing Level 2] [Martial Arts Level 2] You’re so young!”

-Ouch!

I saw the princess, who was watching from the side, tremble slightly at the admiration of the female civil servant who was writing down the numbers that appeared next to the machine, but I ignored her reaction for the time being and checked the status window and contents that were visible to me.

[Level: 36]

[Name: Rudis.]

[Role: Free Man.]

[Status: Black Tower’s disciple. Self-hypnosis. Imperial Royal Academy student.]

[Characteristics: (Black Magic Lv. 4) (Swordsmanship Lv. 2) (Bodybuilding Lv. 2) (Growth Booster Lv. MAX)]

[Special Magic: Self-hypnosis, Black Hand, Spear of Darkness, Sword of Darkness. Pay.]

As expected, the growth booster doesn’t work. This is a trait that doesn’t exist in this world.

I was a little scared because if I had been caught I could have been kidnapped and taken to the lab, but luckily I was fine.

If he had left after the inspection was over, it would have been over, but he suddenly started to throw a tantrum without even taking out a number, saying he wanted to be the princess. Then, I quietly spoke to the civil servant woman who was flustered by that.

“… This is Her Highness the Princess of the Royal Labyrinth of Coti. Excuse me, but could you please do it for me just once?”

“Hello, Princess?”

“Stop being so petty and look after the girl. It won’t even take 5 minutes anyway!”

“”… … “”

The official, who was looking at the princess who was about to flip over and say, “It’s a coati!” like a stray dog in a children’s cartoon, looked at me again as if asking if what I was saying was real, but I nodded my head with a serious frown, thinking that even a person like that was a real princess.

“… Yes, look, I’ll look at it.”

It’s hard to believe, but if that silver-haired lady was really the princess, did she really decide that she couldn’t handle it?

The official told the princess to put her eight arms into the machine and immediately checked their characteristics.

“Yes. Ms. Twenty-two, Ms. Koti… has Blue Magic, Yellow Magic, and Black Magic at Level 2 and Level 1.”

“Woohoohoohoo…! Keluk! Keluk! Oh, what do you think!”

“… Yes?”

“?”

It wasn’t a very special level of trait, but as soon as the machine let go of its arm, the princess jumped up and opened her pride pouch wide and snorted at me. Both I and the civil servant tilted our heads at the sight, and as if asking why she didn’t know this, she snatched the paper the civil servant was writing on and shoved it in my face and continued speaking.

“Look at this! I told you that girls have dark magic abilities too!”

“Oh, is that the part?”

“The other parts are also level 2! The girl didn’t study at all, but she’s level 2!”

Is that something you should brag about in front of others?

The civil servant sister’s gaze is changing to ‘Is my tax money used to pay for the food of such a person?’, so if possible, I would like to avoid talking about such things so loudly.

However, she continued speaking with even greater confidence and liveliness, with a bright smile and beautiful teeth, not knowing what I was thinking.

“Wow! You’re a couple with a girl!”

“Huh? Okay, a couple?”

“Girls are warlocks too! Commoners are warlocks too! We’re just a good match!”

“Oh, yes… “

“… … “

If you want to tackle her here, you can just say something like, “The princess can’t use black magic,” but there’s no need to pour water on her when she’s so happy.

Anyway, since the verification of the characteristics was finished, I told the princess to go out for a moment and spoke to the civil servant older sister while giving her a considerable amount of gold.

“… Please keep the Princess’s visit today and the conversation we had earlier a secret.”

“Uh, uh. I’m a civil servant so I shouldn’t be receiving things like this… “

“No. Since you got involved in the princess’s inspection, this is a small reward for that.”

“Huh…? Was this an inspection?!”

“Just know that it is like that. Don’t worry. There will be no problem with your safety or work.”

If you don’t say anything. When I tell her such meaningful words, she nods vigorously and pretends to zip up her mouth, saying that she will take today’s events to the grave.

Okay. With this, the princess’s dark history will be erased.

“Uh, over there.”

“Huh?”

As I was about to turn around and leave, the civil servant woman who had been keeping her mouth shut until just now called out to me softly, so I stood for a moment.

You’re not trying to say you don’t have enough money, are you?

“… You just said you were a couple. Are you dating the princess?”

“Ah~”

You? Well, I felt that it was a bit too much for her to ask a question in this situation, but I smiled and answered.

“That makes sense.”

As long as I am a commoner and the princess is a princess, there is no way that will happen even if the sky falls.

*

“Princess?”

“Hiccup!”

First, I stood outside the door and waited in front, wondering what he was doing that took him so long to come out. Then, he looked at me with his usual, detailed eyes.

“Are you hiccuping? Should I buy you some water?”

“Ah, okay. It’s okay… hiccup!”

“Haha. I see. Since you seem to be okay, let’s go get some electrolyte drinks.”

He answered my question playfully and in detail, naturally taking an electrolyte drink from the vending machine, opening the can lid and naturally handing it to me first before starting to drink his coffee.

-Gulp, gulp.

“Then, shall we go to the amusement park like we promised?”

“Net… “

“Hmm? You don’t really want to go?”

“Oh, no!”

After drinking the drink he gave me, I answered in a slightly smaller voice, and he asked me a question as if he was worried, so I shouted out loud without realizing it.

People around us were looking at us, but he didn’t care about them and just looked at me. Then he naturally patted my back and escorted me outside. I didn’t know what to do when I saw him like that.

-That makes sense.

‘What does… it mean?’

He is clearly his usual self now.

But the voice he heard inside, answering the question of whether he and I were dating, was very cold and indifferent.

When I heard that voice from the other side of the door, as if it had no interest in me, as if that would never happen to me, I felt like the sky was falling down.

He is very kind and warm to me now, as if he has never uttered such a voice or given such an answer.

What on earth did that mean?

“Hey, hey, commoner.”

“Yes.”

“Hey, do you not like being with the girl today?”

“Not at all. Rather, it’s fun.”

Immediate answer. And his black eyes and expression are not lying at all.

If that’s the case, then why on earth did you answer like that just now?

If it had been a little bit of a shy denial, or a flustered voice, I could understand.

But the voice of Rudis heard within it clearly contained the perfect disconnection that you and I could never have that kind of relationship.

“Are you really okay? Do you have a headache? It’s summer now, so you might get heatstroke… “

“Oh, no. The girl really doesn’t care. It’s, it’s just! It’s her first time at an amusement park, so she’s excited… !”

I’m so curious about what you mean, and I’m scared.

Am I the only one who feels this way and misses you so much? In fact, I wonder if commoners are annoying and don’t like me.

I can’t say anything because I’m worried about that and I feel intimidated without realizing it.

If it were a normal day, I would have just asked and solved it right away, but not now.

I’m afraid that the feeling of being so happy that I felt like I was flying just a few seconds ago will be completely shattered and disappear.

“… If something really hurts, you should tell me?”

“Of course! Phew, hooray! I, I’m looking forward to it… !”

I tried to answer with a forced tone, but he seemed to notice that I was losing energy, so he slightly frowned and naturally reached out his hand.

-Talk.

“… You don’t have a fever.”

“… … “

His expression and voice as he lightly places the back of his hand on my forehead really show that he is concerned about me, and all of his actions are naturally considerate of me.

But why did you answer like that? Why, when I asked you if you were dating me, you answered so coldly…

“Oh, the girl is healthy! Okay, let’s go quickly!”

I force myself to avoid his hand and go outside the building to try to shake off the darkening feeling.

But he lightly grabbed my shoulder as I turned my back as if running away and said.

“Hang on a sec, Miss… Miss Coty. It’s hot outside, so adjust your hat. Here’s a mini fan. Sorry. I don’t have a car.”

“Heh, hehe, thank you!”

“Hehe. Thank you.”

I like you because you laugh along with me, make the same jokes as me, and are naturally considerate of me.

And if possible, I hope your heart is pounding just like mine.

-Wow!

“Oh my?”

“Okay! Let’s GO! Escort me! Hey… Rudis!”

“Hot. Yes. Since you seem to be feeling better, I will show you right away. Miss Coty.”

I hope that the distance between the girl and the commoner’s hearts is as close as the distance between us now, arm in arm.

I just pray inwardly like a weak little girl that we can really get close.