Became the Escort Knight of the Villain in the Romance Novel

91 – Crescendo (6)

“Sir Evan, you’re all right!”

After coming down from the duke’s residence, fragments of broken and broken gargoyles were scattered all around.

The dukedom was completely devastated, as if it showed yesterday’s fierce battle.

After looking at the numerous corpses and the blood-stained ground for a while, we lowered our heads slightly toward the crown prince who was approaching us.

“I was worried because there were consecutive explosions on the upper floors of the duke’s residence. It looks better than I thought… It looks fine. By the way, what are you holding?”

“He said it was difficult to walk, so I am holding him like this out of necessity.”

“Inevitably…Well, that’s not the point. I’m really glad you’re both okay.”

“Thank you.”

Tuk-tuk.

Irene patted my chest as I was being held in the posture commonly referred to as princess hugging.

She stared at me with her back turned, not wanting to show her face to the prince.

I didn’t care and corrected her Irene with a light smile.

“Eh, half!”

I looked at Irene for a while, who couldn’t bear to raise her voice and called my name in a low voice.

Isn’t it pretty cool to see her blushing face digging into her chest?

She thinks this is far better than a sudden kiss in front of an enemy.

It was clear that Irene was struggling to walk now, so she thought she would stay like this until she went back to the duke.

“Let go quickly. She will forgive you now.”

“If you don’t forgive me, what are you going to do?”

“……I hate you.”

Suddenly, her arm falls down as she effortlessly hits her chest.

When I made a sullen expression at that one word of hate, Irene looked at my expression and hurriedly opened her mouth.

“Ah, I don’t hate you, so don’t make that face.”

“…Really?”

“Why do I hate Evan? I just did it. Really.”

“If you think so.”

As she smiles wide casually, Irene’s expression becomes subtle.

It was a joke, but when she saw the face of the young lady who had been fooled in a good way, she burst into laughter.

The force that hit her chest was a little stronger, but what about it?

I was confident that I could be grateful for everything in the world just by being able to be so comfortable now.

“Well, yes. I don’t even think about hiding it anymore.”

“Yes?”

“No, I just said it once.”

The crown prince looked at us and put on a puzzled expression.

Sometimes the corner of her mouth twitched in a happy mood. She slightly frowned at her.

He cleared his throat and came over to me, holding out a piece of paper.

“A scroll containing a teleport spell. If you use it, you will be able to go straight to Julis. I thought it would be successful, so I got it from Sir Aest in advance, and I’m glad I was able to give it to you like this.”

“Did you prepare in advance?”

“Because I believed in you. To be honest, at first I thought the three of us would enter, but I thought you were the most important among them. After all, weren’t you the one who took care of Viltein in the end?”

“…That’s too much praise.”

The prince, who tapped my shoulder, sighed deeply and looked up at the sky.

I opened my mouth with a light smile as there were many thoughts in my swaying red eyes.

“You must be busy for a while.”

“You must be busy. The reason why Sir Theorard went back right away was to take care of it in advance, as there are so many things to do. Damn, did I know Roman would end up like this?”

“……”

However, the circumstances of the prince are circumstances,

Going back to the Duke’s residence, Julis had many things to do about this job.

It is only natural to check the status of the remaining people,

I had to make sure that the black magicians didn’t leave a mark related to the curse in an invisible place.

Even though I knew that the imperial family would be busy… I was thinking of taking a break by locking myself in the duke’s mansion for the time being.

The prince, who had been gazing at the sky for a while and pouring out complaints,

He glanced at me still holding Irene, then slowly opened his mouth.

“You may go now. I want you to rest as much as possible.”

“Thank you for your consideration.”

“Consideration is natural. Anyway, I hope to see you sometime soon. We’ll talk about what we’re going to do next…”

“Wait a minute, Your Highness…!”

Boouk, regardless of our will, the prince who tore the torn scroll smiled brightly.

I hurriedly opened my mouth to say that we would meet sooner or later.

When I opened my mouth, the scenery in front of me had already changed.

A familiar building, a space full of cut tree stumps.

There, flowers that have yet to bloom open their mouths slightly to the greenery that fills the surroundings with colorful colors.

I thought I was familiar with the garden because I had always seen it.

Looking at it like this, what is the reason it looks so new?

I saw a girl through the window that showed the hallway inside the duke’s residence.

The lady-in-waiting by the name of Lopena muttered quietly, staring blankly at us with twinkling brown eyes.

“…Lady?”

I was about to say hello first,

I hurriedly turned around and saw Lopena heading this way, then quietly put Irene to the ground.

As always, isn’t the moment of reunion thrilling?

Seeing Lopena hugged by Irene, her nose seemed to frown for no reason.

Seeing Lopena rubbing her tear-stained face and saying she was sorry that she was not kidnapped together, her smile broke out.

People change, but this building and nature do not.

Even if the plants that bloom change with the passing of the season, isn’t it the same flower that eventually blooms when the time comes?

The garden I always see, the face I always see.

It was as if a corner of her heart was touched when she felt that she had returned. A tall tree in the corner of the garden.

As the windblown leaves slowly touched the tip of my nose, I smiled quietly and closed my eyes.

I didn’t know when it was there. Suddenly, I felt that I really missed this duke’s residence.

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I searched to see if anyone in the duke’s residence was missing or injured, but

As Biltein said, no one was injured or disappeared.

Did he really just kidnap Irene to attract me?

The moment Irene realized she had been kidnapped, she thought the people at the duke were pretty dead, but…

Some thoughts came to my mind about this completely unexpected reality.

But…Now there’s no reason to complicate things in your head.

Both me and Irene needed a break. I decided to take a good rest in my room for a while as my wound was not fully healed.

I heard that Sir Chris will be replacing the escort knight duties for the time being,

I wanted to think about what excuse to go to Irene.

“…By the way.”

Why do I feel like something is missing?

I thought it would be comfortable, but after crossing the big mountain once, it felt like emptiness enveloped my body.

I felt my body itching even though I was lying in bed, so I quietly got up and started walking around the room.

It felt like a part of her chest was throbbing. It was probably because he was stabbed once by Biltain.

It wasn’t a pleasant sensation, so she carefully touched her bandaged chest and let out a light sigh.

I heard that her physical abilities have improved significantly as she reached the level of being a master.

Not only does it overcome the limitations of the body,

The density of muscles and bones has also increased, so you won’t even get hit with moderate attacks.

However, this time it was after hearing that he needed absolute stability because he had received quite a few wounds and used a lot of mana.

… Still, wouldn’t it be okay for her to go out for a while?

I thought that if I avoided Irene or Lopena’s eyes, perhaps Sir Chris would understand me.

Carefully putting on the shirt hanging behind the door, I opened the door slightly and looked around.

Fortunately, in the hallway where no one could see, she secretly pulled her foot out and generated a very small amount of mana.

I covered the sound with mana so that I couldn’t hear the sound of the door closing, and when the door finally closed completely.

After checking the gold coins in my pocket, I slowly moved towards the window.

If I go out the front door, I’m sure someone will see me leave,

I couldn’t think of a way to do this other than going out like this.

Just at the moment when I put my foot on the window, checked the bottom, and tried to get down.

Took.

My shoulders trembled at the finger that stabbed my neck.

As if she had touched her fingernails, she covered her aching neck and looked behind her.

As if frost had set in, the white eyes that had passed by in an instant gave off a bleak atmosphere.

Even though I just stare at you without saying anything,

Feeling the pressure, as if holding her shoulders somehow, he carefully lowered her foot, which had been placed on her window, and faced that gaze.

“…Baby-“

“Evan.”

Anyway, he seemed very angry.

The gentle voice I usually hear disappears,

He just quietly bowed his head at the gaze that stared at him without saying anything.

I didn’t do anything wrong, but for some reason I felt like I had made a big mistake, so my voice didn’t come out well.

“…That, I just wanted to go out for a while.”

“What did the last doctor say?”

“Be absolutely at peace…”

“Didn’t I tell you? Everything is fine, but please take a break in your room. Blood is still leaking from the bandages. How do you feel when you see this?”

I quietly wrapped Irene’s shoulder as she bit her lip and looked at me.

Mixed with the slightly trembling voice is anxiety,

I couldn’t help but remind myself that she really cared about me.

Irene lowered her head, and only then did I notice the tray she was holding.

Dark water served with boiled porridge. Maybe it wasn’t the medicine that Irene ordered for me.

You worry so much… There’s no reason to be upset just because you’re frustrated.

Gently stroking Irene’s chin with the back of her hand as she lowered her head, he soon met Irene’s gaze with a gentle smile.

“As you said, I will stay in my room. So, you don’t have to make that face. It’s all better, can’t we get the lady’s permission and leave?”

“…Are you promising?”

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Irene let out a sigh of relief and opened her mouth again.

“I’ll just go watch the porridge. I have something to tell you.”

“…I understand.”

When I entered the room with Irene, the room felt very small for some reason.

In fact, even though it was a comfortable room, it left quite a lot of space after lying down, but it felt like Irene was so close to her, so she let out a hard breath.

It looked like porridge, made entirely of rice, without any ingredients.

Thinking of Irene who brought this, I slowly opened the spoon.

It didn’t taste very good because it didn’t have a single liver, but it still smiled slightly and nodded.

“How is it?”

“It’s okay. Well cooked.”

“…Actually, I cooked it myself.”

Irene opened her eyes wide when she said that with slightly blushing cheeks.

It was said that Irene made it herself, and her heart felt … A little bit tingling.

Actually, this isn’t the first time someone has made food for me.

Whenever I was sick, I was hospitalized or sick on my own, so when I saw Irene’s homemade porridge, I burst out laughing without even realizing it.

I could feel Irene’s gaze glancing at me as she wiggled her fingers.

As if pleased that I said it was okay, she raised her spoon again, watching the corner of her mouth tremble slightly.

I could eat as much as I could, even if it didn’t taste better than this.

Even if you make it by boiling grass, even if it is mixed with sand, you will be able to eat it happily.

After I finished the bowl, Irene saw me and put her hands on her lap, blushing slightly.

She seemed to have a lot to say, but she seemed to know what it was, so she opened her mouth first.

“It was delicious. I took a little medicine, though.”

“Is that…was it?”

“You seem to have a knack for cooking. When you start cooking, isn’t the first thing you do is boil porridge?”

I didn’t know much about cooking, but I knew that this kind of thing would be quite difficult.

Irene, who had never had her hands wet all her life, cooked porridge herself,

Even with Pena’s help, it’s something she can easily pass over.

He approached Irene, who was lying on one side of her bed, and gently grasped Irene’s hand as she gathered her hands together on her lap.

“So, what are you going to tell me?”

In the past, I would have been ashamed just to hold her hand,

Now that I’m used to this kind of contact, Irene glanced at me and slowly opened her mouth.

“The Crown Prince sent me a letter. Perhaps soon she will call you. I might be able to meet His Majesty the Emperor as a witness of this Roman subjugation and as a newly-mastered knight.”

“Your Majesty the Emperor.”

The emperor. Come to think of it, although she had many contacts with the crown prince, she had never met the emperor directly.

It was not dealt with very heavily in the original work,

Isn’t it just that when Scarlett meets the crown prince, she occasionally appears and checks her role?

The owner of Evangelium, the absolute ruler of the empire. However, in the novel, the emperor whose face is not even visible is only a name.

He was ruling the empire well, and he was actively involved in warlocks, but he didn’t know anything about him.

Except for keeping Scarlet in check.

If Irene, her villainess, was her first villain, the villain that appeared after Irene was the emperor.

The gap between Scarlett and the crown prince, who appeared without any special connection, was separated,

Later, it was the emperor who even attempted to assassinate Scarlett.

So the relationship between the crown prince and the emperor was portrayed as quite bad,

The prince who met in person did not speak negatively about the emperor.

In the current situation where the succession to the next throne, the one and only deficit, is certain, what reason would there be for him to have a bad relationship with his father?

I had my doubts about that, but for now, I should have met the emperor in person before I could think of what to do next.

When I turned her head to organize her thoughts, Irene, who was still looking at me, pursed her lips.

“By the way, if Evan’s body doesn’t recover, it will be difficult to send him there.”

“Wouldn’t it be better soon? What remains on the body are not very deep wounds.”

“It would be better if I got a good night’s sleep, but I heard you haven’t been able to sleep lately. Are you worried about something?”

I shook my head at that question. Rather than worrying about something, isn’t it just disturbing?

“I just can’t sleep well. I think it’s probably because I fought Viltein.”

I wonder if it’s because my emotions intensified during the fight, and those heated emotions have continued to this day.

After hearing my words, Irene stared at me for a while, then said,

She then slowly began to roll her body from where she was sitting onto her bed.

“…Lady?”

For a moment, it seemed as if my head went blank.

Why is Irene lying down here, and why is she looking at me with her face blushing?

It took me quite a while to understand the situation itself,

When she finally fully recognized that Irene was lying on my bed, my body stood up from the bed as if it had bounced off it.

“Why, why are you staring at me like that? All I did was lie down.”

“It’s not all about lying down…Isn’t it like that?”

While trying to catch her confused mind,

I couldn’t help but laugh at Irene’s actions that followed.

With one hand covering her blushing face,

Irene, who tapped her bedspread with her free hand, pursed her lips.

“…Aren’t you going to lie down? I can put you to bed…”

Looking at her pure white hair flowing down on her bed, the nape of her neck revealed through it.

I began to seriously consider whether this situation was not a dream.

If it’s not a dream, what on earth am I supposed to do?