Translator: Michiko
Editor: Elena
The council room in the palace was temporarily in an uproar.
This was because an unidentified young man suddenly appeared on top of the historic round table, which was surrounded by the country’s most important people since the founding period.
“Who are you?!”
“An attack by demons? Assemble the Imperial Guards!”
“What happened to the barrier?! Was it breached?”
“Your Highness, please evacuate!”
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“Ohlausdl, nyzx esod.”
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“Tl kp xu twlpv. Mbl cyaakla kp dsv kxrsavydv. Tl byp clld tkhld y rzletl sq rasvlnvksd. Mblalqsal, bl kp dsv nsdpkelale yd kdvawela.”
Mbl nasod rakdnl jlrv bkp lulp qkmle sd Slkaw yde xyel pwal vbyv lhlausdl kd vbl assx blyae bkx.&dcpr;
The surroundings once again stirred, and everyone was whispering something to each other.
“Your Highness made a pledge…? That’s rare.”
“Yes, because he’s quite an interesting guy.”
“Who in the world is he?”
“Well, you will know soon.”
The crown prince left his seat, smiled, and extended his hand to Reiru.
“Reiru, you’ve come at the right moment. We just finished the meeting. Now, come here.”
Reiru, who was bewildered by the unexpected situation, did as the crown prince asked, took his hand, and left the council room.
The crown prince took Reiru to another room, offered him a cup of fragrant tea, and prattled on for a while about the faraway foreign country where the tea originated from.
Reiru only chimed in with the crown prince’s talk as he drank his tea. The crown prince’s conversation did not really enter his mind.
But as he smelled the fragrance of the tea, his disordered mind gradually calmed down.
“So, what happened with Gio?”
“Eh?”
Reiru didn’t immediately understand what he was being asked after the topic was suddenly cut off in the middle of discussing the foreign country.
“I told you if you ever wanted to get away from Gio, I would help you. That’s why you are here now, isn’t it?”
“…Yes, you’re right.”
The crown prince was right when he said Reiru wanted to get away from Gio, but Reiru never thought he would have escaped to the royal palace.
“I’d heard that Gio had apparently made his first love come true, but did you two have a lover’s quarrel right off the bat?”
“That’s not the case… Well, it seems there was a bit of jealousy.”
When Reiru confessed, the crown prince nodded affirmatively, as if it were a given.
“I see. Since Gio seems to go a little overboard when it comes to you, I can certainly imagine how jealous he must be.”
“No, it’s me.”
“Pardon?”
“I was jealous. Gio was walking with a woman… red hair, very beautiful person.”
“…Hmm, red hair.”
Reiru’s eyebrows dropped as he recalled the sight of Gio kissing her hand. As he thought, his heart still ached.
“I have been working with children for a long time at the orphanage, and children are not great at communicating emotions. So I thought I had gotten pretty good at dealing with emotions, but this time it was not good at all… I just wanted to be alone for a bit and calm down, I guess.”
“Is that so? But you seem to have calmed down a lot now.”
“Yes, thanks to you, Your Highness.”
Reiru gradually regained his composure, partly because he had been taken aback by the unexpected turn of events.
As a knight who was trained to conduct himself in a refined manner in the royal capital, Gio kissing the back of a lady’s hand wasn’t really something to make a fuss about.
And yet Reiru started to feel ashamed of himself for being so upset about it.
He must have caused Gio and his colleagues to worry.
While Reiru was brooding, the crown prince was listening to the chamberlain.
“Your Highness, the hero is here. He says it is an urgent matter.”
“I haven’t finished speaking with our guest yet. Tell them to wait a little longer.”
He instructed the chamberlain and smiled at Reiru in a relaxed manner.
“Reiru, you still look a little pale. You might as well take your time. I was just looking for a friend to join me for a cup of tea.”
The crown prince had Reiru’s tea refilled, and this time he talked about Gio’s time in the royal capital.
Reiru listened with great interest, asking questions from time to time, and eventually he became relaxed enough to let out a laugh.
Seeing Reiru relaxed like this, the crown prince said as if he remembered something, “Having said all that, Gio must have bloodshot eyes by now.”
When Reiru was told this, he instantly became restless.
“…I’m going home now.”
As Reiru was about to leave his seat, the chamberlain came trotting over and whispered something in the crown prince’s ear.
“Your Highness, the hero’s intimidating presence is so great that everyone is frightened…”
“I see. Reiru seems to have loosened up, so it’s about time. Now, bring Gio here.”
When the door opened, Gio quickly marched in.
TN: I recovered fast this time. It’s because I checked my jlpt test result and I got full marks. Translating novels helped in test a lot. If you are also studying Japanese, feel free to dm me on discord. Studying alone is lonely. Enjoy reading.
congrats on your jlpt test! I also want to study jp but maybe when Im done with college