The Grand Duchess Is Defeated Again Today

The princess tilts her head.

I was able to get out of the sitting room of the imperial family, where I was lying, and head to the banquet hall.

The reason is natural, but because my body didn’t hurt.

The power of the divine power that I experienced for the first time after possessing was much stronger than I thought.

Even though the arrowhead was poisoned, it was completely cured.

After all, it is the divine power of that saint.

The saint who said that there is only one person in a generation.

He said that he received the divine power treatment of such a saint himself, but if he didn’t feel well, it would have been more strange.

“······ Is really okay to get up?”

“Yes. It doesn’t hurt at all, so don’t worry about it.”

So, I was able to confidently answer that Rebecca did not have to worry about the voice of concern.

‘Cause I’m really fine

“····.”

Of course, hearing my answer didn’t mean that the princess turned a suspicious look on me.

Rebecca’s eyes were full of doubts, ‘Aren’t you still sick?’

Because even if I said it was okay here, it would only repeat meaningless conversations.

“By the way, where did my parents and the duke go?”

I switched the topic of the conversation to something else.

It was to change the topic of the conversation, but I was also really curious.

Because the four people who saw me and Rebecca hugging a while ago disappeared without a trace.

I don’t know about my father, Count Xernias, and the Duke of Valencia, who has a reticent setting.

My mother, who likes to tease me, and the Duchess of Valencia cannot miss this opportunity.

In spite of the fact that they were prepared to suffer while heading to the banquet hall, nothing really happened.

Hearing my question, Rebecca looked at me pathetic.

“Didn’t you know?”

“Yes?”

“The second day of the imperial banquet is for the sons of nobles who first debuted that year.”

“······ah.”

I forgot.

That there was such a setting in the original.

Because of this setting, the protagonists Mikhail and Rebecca first met on the second day of the imperial banquet.

“You really didn’t know?”

“·······No, I forgot for a while.”

Lately, I feel like there have been a lot of confusion about the content of the original.

The fact that I just found out right now is that Rebecca and the Crown Prince were originally acquaintances.

Is the original being changed because of ‘Alber Xernias’, who was not originally there, or am I slowly forgetting the original?

I can’t be certain, but it was clear that something unknown was changing.

“······ Really, you can’t be without me.”

“····.”

“If it wasn’t for me this time, you would have gone to the Counts without knowing anything.”

In fact, the princess was ignoring my complicated feelings and was accusing me of accusing her of taking the number of cases.

It wasn’t funny.

“If you go there and find out that you’re wrong, don’t you just come back?”

I wondered what a big mistake it was for me to get the place wrong and I should have listened to it like that.

“And as I said before, it doesn’t matter that I have a beautiful and smart fiancee.”

“····.”

If you get hit like this, you will immediately turn your head and blush as if you are ashamed, why do you want to dig your own grave?

“Isn’t it?”

“…don’t make fun of me.”

I didn’t quite understand that.

*

After walking with Rebecca, we arrived at the banquet hall.

The banquet hall is slightly smaller than the banquet hall where I danced with the princess yesterday.

It must have been designated as a place for people who were debuting for the first time, and the other nobles who had been in the social world for a long time could enjoy a banquet at that banquet hall yesterday.

I wondered if I had to do something like this.

‘Is it territoriality?’

It is said that this is a place for those who first entered the social world, but in reality, it was no different than an act of checking in on the new nobility who had already established themselves.

‘It is too early for you to join us yet.’ ‘Come eat some more experience.’

Maybe this is what it means

The world of the nobility became more childish the more they dug into it.

“Come here.”

“I see the Crown Prince.”

When the princess and I entered the banquet hall, the first person to greet us was the Crown Prince.

“Is your body okay?”

“Yeah, thanks to the Crown Prince’s attention.”

“Let’s be honest here. What did I do after all? Actually, the saint did everything.”

“····.”

Obviously, the main character I know, Mikhail, wasn’t that bubbly.

How did he appear in front of me like that?

nod-

Even Rebecca, who was standing next to me, was nodding her head as if the Crown Prince had said the right thing in a long time.

“Princess, I’ve said it before, but if you express yourself like that in front of me, who is the party…”

“You don’t really care anyway.”

“That’s right.”

I’m watching Rebecca and Mikhail’s gag, not the gag.

“····.”

Gradually, the authenticity of the original as I knew it was questioned.

I was wondering if the people in front of me were the characters in [The Prince Holds a Sword] that I read so deeply.

It felt like something was breaking my heart.

Because if I watched that gag more, the emotion of seeing the original would disappear altogether.

“By the way, other people don’t know?”

I asked the prince.

“What do you mean?”

Mikhail cast Ignorance as if he had no idea what I was talking about.

“The fact that me and the princess were attacked by assassins.”

“…do you want others to know?”

Hearing my detailed questions that followed, he asked me in reverse.

The image of the Crown Prince who asks me questions while erasing all his playful appearance before.

It was enough to blow away all the blasphemous thoughts I had just had.

“…and wanting others to know…”

I was taken aback by Mikhail’s sudden change of attitude, so I stuttered and answered.

“Okay then.”

“····.”

Mikhail came to conclusions so easily.

“Everyone is enjoying the imperial banquet held for the first time in a year. There is no need to pour cold water on it.”

“····.”

“Don’t worry about the reward. Confucius and Princess are clearly aware that it is the imperial family’s responsibility for such an incident.”

Why don’t you and the princess just enjoy this banquet and go?

The Crown Prince ended his speech as if he had no intention of continuing the conversation on this topic.

“Now, let’s go enjoy the banquet together. I also have ladies waiting for me, so I have to go.”

“······All right.”

“Well then, come on.”

After those words, Mikhail walked away.

As if they were only planning to guide us from the beginning, as if they had no intention of having a conversation for a long time.

As the Crown Prince moves further and further away from us.

“······The serpent.”

“Yes?”

“How many snakes do you have inside?”

“····.”

Rebecca mumbled quietly so only me could hear it.

At first glance, the conversation we just talked about looks like Mikhail took care of me and the princess.

In reality, it meant that everything would be done in favor of the imperial family except for the compensation to the Xernias and Valencia families.

To hide that there was an assassin’s attack means not to let other nobles know that the imperial guard, which should have been strict, was in fact poor.

To hide that the saint came a day early means to hide that the imperial family does not know the affairs of the denomination.

In fact, it was no different than handling work for the imperial family.

“······The Crown Prince is a more terrifying person than I thought.”

I was truly amazed.

Until before, I thought Mikhail was like a comedian.

On the contrary, I was even more impressed.

Normally, he walks around in a good manner, but on the inside he always harbors such thoughts.

Traditionally, people who are opposites on the outside are far more afraid than people with the same inside and outside.

I also felt more nauseous.

Because the original protagonist, Mikhail Schuergart, that I remember, was not a different person on the outside and inside.

I always spread my will with consistent values.

He had ambition, but at least he wasn’t a human who hid his ambition like a snake.

“…are you serious?”

“····.”

Of course, my fiancee seemed to have a different opinion than me.

“What is it that a person who is only dark inside is afraid?”

“·······The dark inside is naturally scary.”

“You’d much better be afraid of me.”

Rebecca nodded hard as if she really thought so.

I’m looking at that cute face.

“Do you really think so?”

“······yes?”

“Do you really want me to be afraid of Princesses?”

Suddenly, the thought came to me that I wanted to play a prank again.

“······that.”

Rebecca didn’t answer easily, as if she never thought I’d get this kind of reaction.

“If the princess wants me to be afraid of her. I can do anything about it.”

“······then…”

“I won’t make fun of the princess, and I won’t make any strange wishes to the princess.”

“…not as bad as I thought…”

Rebecca, who had heard it up to that point, tilted her head slightly as if it wasn’t too bad.

Contrary to the fact that he was nervous, he must be thinking that he is fine.

But.

“instead.”

“···········?”

“I will never approach the princess first.”

My words weren’t quite finished yet.