Became the Escort Knight of the Villain in the Romance Novel

111 – Smoothly (1)

“I expected it, but somehow it went as expected. Are you all right?”

“…I’m fine. Just a little bit of the lady.”

At Kaisel’s question, Evan tried to smile.

Banquet. It’s getting attention on yourself. I’m quite used to it now, but

Irene seemed to care a lot about that.

As she glanced at the women around her, Evan grinned bitterly when he saw that she occasionally smiled coldly at any woman who caught her gaze.

“It must be difficult, yes.”

Kaisel giggled and patted Evan on the back. Well, I expected it from the beginning.

Seeing the relationship between the two, now completely lovers, at the banquet hall, it felt all the more new.

In the past, I had to pay attention to my lover’s gaze, which I would have overlooked.

Kaisel, who had seen Evan’s changed appearance from before, turned her attention to her surroundings.

Perhaps it was because the banquet was held by the emperor himself, so many nobles were packed into this spacious banquet hall.

Among them were nobles whose names I’d never even heard of,

Because Medivh and Kilrogg, members of the 5th family, were also present.

Kaisel’s vision came to see that some nobles were trying to make friends with them somehow.

Hatan is… Kaisel, who was looking for Hattan, frowned at her.

Are you planning on not appearing at all?

Hey, if you decided to be hostile anyway, wouldn’t it be more comfortable to be on the side like this?

Kaisel, who had even cut off even the slightest bit of will toward Hatan, looked at the glass in his hand.

A clear liquid slid over the glass, giving off a tart scent along with the lime in the glass.

I didn’t want to get drunk, but the alcohol flowed down my throat.

He has been thinking about getting quite drunk lately.

Not to mention his father talking to him about the throne,

Not to mention that the extinction isn’t completely over…

I felt uncomfortable about having too many things to worry about.

Even if I try to forget those thoughts while meeting a woman, in the end I just feel like it’s futile.

Kaisel, who set her empty glass on the table, tapped Evan on the shoulder and pursed her lips.

“I’ll have to look around a bit before going in. Drink well… Hmm, take care of yourself.”

“I guess so.”

At Kaisel’s words, Evan gave her a small nod.

Actually, it would be pretty good for Evan if the crown prince would return early.

He said that the reason he was by the crown prince’s side was because the emperor had asked for it.

I’ll be back tomorrow, so why don’t you just worry about whether Scarlett and the prince will meet?

I was enduring like this even while being hit by Irene’s stinging eyes,

Evan had no choice but to rejoice when he said that the prince would enter on his own.

“Ha ha.”

Irene sighed as she looked at Evan. Looking intently at the prince,

Although she thought that there must be something in watching the crown prince all the way after the emperor and the poison.

She couldn’t ask the reason directly, so she was just frustrated.

Looking around her, I noticed several women trembling as they looked at Evan.

Those who openly stare at people even though they know there is an owner.

‘Evan, of all things.’

She will pay attention to the person next to her,

Irene’s stare at the women looking at Evan, not caring about her partner who came with her, made her chill.

She expected to be stared at like this… But, even though she was by her side, wasn’t this too much?

If it was like before, she would have expressed her dissatisfaction directly, but Irene didn’t want to repeat the same behavior anymore.

“Lady Glaskan.”

As Irene gestured, one of the women standing behind her smiled lightly and stood beside her Irene.

The daughter of Count Glaskan, who unilaterally stole the magic stone mine before.

The first thing Irene did when she woke up to being a cult was to apologize to those who had previously offended her.

What was obtained through such an apology was a kind of ‘crowd’ that had now formed.

“Yes, did you call?”

“Can you tidy up the surroundings a bit? Because the gaze directed in this direction is too blatant.”

“Ah, the gaze.”

Acid smiled her grin and sent her glance at the women behind her own.

Since they belonged to her woman named Irene Uris, starting with herself,

The women, who moved in an orderly manner at Acid’s glance, immediately started running around to clear their eyes from Evan.

Bringing up nonsensical topics, starting a conversation, secretly taking those who stare at Evan and leaving Evan out of sight.

Shortly after, some of the people who were staring at her blatantly disappeared, and Irene bowed her head toward Acid with a satisfied smile.

“Oh, it’s okay if you don’t thank me. Isn’t that what we have to do?”

“Still, being grateful is something I am grateful for. Thank you, Acid.”

Acid smiled broadly at the name she hadn’t heard in a while and disappeared into her crowd again.

The women who were tidying up the surroundings also naturally blended into the crowd and disappeared while waiting for Irene to call.

The group that Irene created while using her strength to socialize,

Although the power was not huge, the name of Julis itself had great power.

Is there any reason to use the word “Strife”? If fighting on the battlefield is Evan,

Irene started doing this behind the scenes to support Evan.

Hiding her expression was the thing she was most confident about, so Irene created her side one by one with her always smiling face.

A faction that, if not the greatest, can no longer be ignored by anyone.

At least, as long as there is a common enemy called extinction, Irene has completed a faction that will never collapse.

No one saw Irene as the lonely princess she used to be.

Evan smiled heartily at the sight of Irene drinking tea and talking with another young lady naturally.

She used to seem used to being alone, even at tea parties, but now she naturally hangs out with others.

“You are proud.”

“…Yes?”

“Now that you communicate well with other people, maybe you don’t need me anymore…”

“What are you talking about?”

Irene pursed her lips and pulled Evan’s hand roughly. She

She’s no longer needed, she said with her own mouth that she’ll be by her side all her life.

I knew it was a joke, but even so, it must be that I was disappointed.

As her Irene glared at him, Evan smiled mischievously at her and slipped a pod into her Irene’s hand.

“Would you like to dance?”

“All right. Are you doing this on purpose knowing everything?”

“Obviously said.”

When she said she wanted to dance, even though she knew she couldn’t dance well, Irene frowned at her and patted Evan’s chest.

As if her cat was playing around, Evan smiled wryly at the gesture, which didn’t hurt, and pressed the palm of his hand to Irene’s cheek.

As her soft cheeks protruded from being pressed by her palms, Evan held Irene tightly and let out her breath.

“Yes, people see it.”

“It doesn’t matter, does it? It’s always the same to see this way anyway.”

“Yeah, but…”

“So, don’t you like it?”

Meeting Evan’s gaze in her arms, Irene hesitated for a moment, then, She

She then shook her head slightly and buried her face in Evan’s chest.

How could she say no? To be honest, Irene was enjoying the situation in her own way.

If a woman named Scarlett is here, she’ll be watching, and she knows that Evan definitely has an owner.

In the crowd that was buzzing at the sight of the two, Scarlett was staring at Evan holding Irene in her arms.

She frowned at her for a moment, but she got the feeling that Irene had seen her, and she hurriedly lowered her gaze as her shoulders trembled.

That cold gaze that had been staring at herself the whole time,

She had never been looked at like that before, so Scarlett was the first person in her life to be afraid of a person.

-Do not approach Evan Fried recklessly. He… Takes a long time to explain, but he’s one of the nicest people to meet.

“You don’t look like a bad person.”

Scarlett looked at Evan with her eyebrows furrowed. A person like that is not good at all,

If you look at it like this, doesn’t he seem like a better person than anyone else?

Although the woman called Lover was a bit, no, she was very scary.

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Scarlett, recalling her own butler’s words, questioned the very words.

“If Evan is a bad man, then he must be like there are no good people in the world.”

“Hueuk.”

“I don’t know what surprises you. Is this your first time seeing the crown prince?”

Kaisel smiled and looked at Scarlett.

She opened her mouth blankly, then she bowed her head at the name of her name, that she was the crown prince, and pursed her elongated lips in an urgent apology.

She hadn’t heard many times before coming to the ecliptic, that the most important person she would meet in the ecliptic was the crown prince.

To think that the first meeting with such a person would be like this,

Kaisel took a peek at Scarlett’s embarrassing face and shrugged her shoulders in response to her deftness.

She brushed her lightly sweaty black hair back behind her,

As always, Kaisel, who had sparkling red eyes, smiled with his unique smile.

That smile you see when dealing with a woman.

As Scarlett’s cheeks turned a little red, Kaisel’s eyes suddenly lit up.

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“The ecliptic is the first time.”

“Yes, I have been living in the manor. There’s really nothing to see there.”

“There is nothing to see here either. You get tired of seeing what you see all the time. I’m rather curious about the countryside.”

“There are only grass and animals to see. There are very few heterogeneous people there. Very occasionally elves come down… But they don’t get along very well.”

Seeing Scarlett’s sullen expression, Kaisel rolled her eyes.

A woman from her country estate, unlike her daughters from the aristocratic family of the zodiac, her appearance with a naive side made him feel a little different.

Untainted innocence. A woman who looks at everything in the ecliptic in a curious way.

Even though she knows that she is the crown prince, she doesn’t really care about him.

At first she was just a woman she met by chance, but she was enough to get Kaisel’s attention.

How should I continue my conversation with a woman like this?

Her level of innocence was too much for her to treat like the daughters of the zodiac, so she thought for a while before Caisel carefully opened her mouth.

“So, you don’t like parties like this?”

Scarlett, who tilted her head at Kaisel’s question, eventually smiled lightly and nodded her head.

It’s better to just read a book than something like this,

Kaisel looked at Scarlett quietly when he said that he would not have come unless His Majesty called.

‘It’s unusual.’

Others would be happy just to attend a banquet like this.

I never thought I would say that I hate this kind of place in front of myself, the crown prince.

To think she was saying that on purpose, she didn’t seem to think that she would frown at such an answer.

Really pure, as it is.

Do you really like quiet and secluded activities?

As a test, she brought up some books she knew,

Scarlett began to tell her story about her book, her eyes twinkling.

Scarlett, who had been talking about her for a long time, enough to get tired of Kai Cell, who she had been listening to.

As Kaisel’s complexion darkened, she jumped startled and shook her shoulders.

“Oh, uh. Sorry. When I talk about books, I get so excited by myself.”

“…No, it could be. I think you know for sure that you are just a little different woman from others.”

And then, after looking at her scarlet for a moment, Kaisel licked her lips quietly again.

“…I don’t hate that.”

“Yes?”

“I hope you didn’t hear. She’s thinking about going back soon.”

“No, I haven’t said a few words yet?”

“There are many people who cannot exchange a few words with me even if they live their entire lives. Do you know how much this little time is worth?”

“…How much?”

When Scarlett asked how much she asked, Kaisel burst out laughing at her.

She was embarrassed by her cool smile, which she had never experienced before.

She stared at Scarlett’s face, then she lowered her head.

Am I… Stupid, or really f*cking innocent.

To the extent that I thought of the foolish worry that perhaps this innocence would be stained black because of myself,

The woman named Scarlett was a woman different from the women Kaisel had seen so far.

Where did this kind of person come from? Kaisel, who was looking at Scarlett with her curious expression,

She then casually brushed her hair and set her drink down.

“I didn’t expect you to directly ask how much it was.”

“Ah, wasn’t that supposed to be? Sorry…”

“I don’t have anything to say sorry about. It’s just that I’m a little embarrassed.”

Throughout Scarlett’s conversation with Kaisel, she was swung around by Kaisel. She

She wanted to have a little casual conversation.

Since Kaisel kept embarrassing her,

She said that all Scarlett could do was nod her head and occasionally spit out nonsensical answers.

She didn’t mean to, though. It was only what she had seen and learned from her little estate called Terra Jane.

She knew that, so she was able to spit out an innocent answer.

Kaisel felt a strange liking for Scarlett at her answer,

Very occasionally. She felt as if a corner of her heart that had been empty was filling up.

How long had it been since you felt the pleasure of her conversation with her woman?

Kaisel, who longed for the story of Irene and Evan,

I felt some kind of intimacy with her woman, Scarlett.

Her But time flies. Kaisel, who continued her conversation until the banquet came to an end, She

She Laughed bitterly as she watched the nobles leave one by one.

Didn’t time go by too fast? Let’s wave our hands with a slightly regretful expression,

Scarlett smiled the same bright smile she had never seen before and disappeared.

“Scarlett.”

Kaisel opened her mouth, and Scarlett, who was walking toward her door, stopped her steps and looked at Kaisel.

Kaisel, who hesitated for a moment, then crossed her arms and avoided Scarlett’s gaze before continuing her words.

“…If you’re going to stay in the ecliptic, I guess it wouldn’t be bad to meet up once in a while.”

“Me too! Where shall we meet?”

“Well, anywhere on the street is fine. When the time comes, let’s meet. Are you okay?”

“It’s okay. Really.”

Kaisel, who shook her hand, crossed her arms again, and Scarlett smiled and disappeared into the crowd.

She continued to disappear, endlessly. It was an instant for Kaisel’s expression to change while she was looking at her with a slightly bitter expression.

“…Ha ha.”

Seemingly having a hard time, Kaisel, who had a completely different expression from her just before, took out her handkerchief and wiped her lips.

I hate talking like this.

At those words, which seemed to be reprimanding someone, Evan, who was hiding behind her post, pushed her head out and opened her mouth.

“Her heart sank as if she had been hit in the eye. I don’t think… I don’t think so.”

“That’s right. Do you think I would listen to her father? I’m not stupid. I just got along a little bit. But no matter how much I think about it, I don’t think that woman has anything to do with annihilation.”

“Right now, it’s just a verification process. Nothing is certain yet. Your Highness’s role is very important.”

Kaisel, who heard Evan’s words, glanced at Evan.

How can she be so bold when she says that she uses herself.

But since it was a request from her best friend, she couldn’t possibly refuse.

I didn’t want to believe easily that the woman named Scarlet was related to extinction, but…

Kaisel knew that everything was pointing in that direction.

Hey, if that’s the case, Kaisel didn’t even want to deny it.

She just wants to deal with it before she gets attached to it. Seeing Kaisel like that, Evan smiled lightly as always.

A crack was opening. A development that gradually differs from the original, wouldn’t this moment be the starting point?

Everything was changing. Very smoothly.