The Villain Wants to Live Quietly

Chapter 9. End of story, new beginning (4)

Why are the two people who thought they had returned to their respective hometowns after finishing the social world are here?

Since we couldn’t have a conversation while standing on the street, while we were looking for a suitable place, Scarlett guided Ludwig and Emilia to a good place.

Following Scarlett’s footsteps, the party eventually arrived at a large plaza.

Starting with the center of the plaza, various shops lined up around it.

Several people were seated at tables and chairs outside.

“It feels very open.”

“Right? We thought we should come after looking around the festival properly, but we met the two of them.”

At Ludwig’s short comment, Scarlett smiled a little.

The appearance of a place for people to sit outside the store rather than inside the store seemed strangely out of sync with the festival held in the middle of winter.

However, considering that this was all possible because of the unique tradition of the harvest festival, even this was regarded as a rare scene in Lutentia.

“I didn’t expect to meet you here.”

“I am. Didn’t you go back with Princess Scarlet?”

As soon as each of them sat down, Georg started talking.

Ludwig smiled at him instead of what he wanted to say and asked about the past schedule.

It was because he had heard before that they were going to head to their respective parents’ homes after the social event ended.

“I was going to do that, but Scarlett was so upset about wanting to look around the harvest festival… Thanks to that, I postponed my schedule and stayed at the villa.”

“Alone? nice.”

“Kuhm.”

Ludwig said the words without much thought, but it seems that Georg was quite annoyed.

His stocky body flinched for an instant, and he unconsciously averted his gaze.

It was so funny that Scarlett was busy giggling next to her.

“I wanted to talk to Scarlett more, but I’m glad I got this opportunity.”

“I did too. I guess I got along just fine.”

Scarlett started talking to Emilia very comfortably after that.

Actually, there was a little back story here too.

Emilia was the first to ask for comfort, but Scarlett was unable to put it into practice.

However, when Emilia brought Tanya, who was involved in the social scene with her at the time, and the three of them talked, they naturally became comfortable.

“Is Tanya still at Bayemurn?”

“Yes, they say they will probably be back soon.”

“I see… I want to see you one more time before that.”

Scarlett became quite friendly with Tanya. To the point where, in a sense, they felt closer than their relationship with Emilia.

After all, he even expressed his desire to visit the Ansberg family in person next time.

“Would you like a cup of tea? I feel sorry for the store owner just sitting there.”

“I didn’t even think of that.”

Georg nodded sadly and called a clerk to stop him.

The clerk approached with a bit of haste and spread out the menu board in his hand on the table.

“I’ll ask for Lutentia.”

Presuming that someone is not the daughter of the Weimurn family, who rules Lutentia, she chooses even the tea leaves as Lutentia.

Following that, Scarlett ordered the same tea leaves as Emilia.

“Georg.”

“… … .”

When Ludwig handed the menu to Georg and cast his gaze, he smiled wryly as if he was troubled.

is there any problem The question was able to be dispelled shortly after by Scarlett sitting next to him.

“Georg never drinks tea. I think it would be better to order Kampot.”

“I see.”

Kampot refers to a drink made by boiling the contents of candied fruits.

After all, he’s a childhood friend, so he knows his taste buds.

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Just as Scarlett said, after ordering three cups of tea and a comfort pot made with peaches, a soft exclamation flowed from his lips as he finished his business.

“As expected, you take good care of me like an old friend.”

Rather than being friends, the expression “lovers” would be more appropriate now.

As the final night of the social scene was ripe, I still vividly remembered seeing two people returning from somewhere holding hands.

After that, I didn’t ask any questions to confirm, and they didn’t even tell me about it.

Even so, the fact that they became a full-fledged lover among friends could be known just by the sweet atmosphere.

“He’s a very shrewd and well-mannered man. I will have to take care of it until the end.”

“S, Scarlett. What are you talking about in front of others?”

Georg hurriedly tries to stop her in a situation where he seems to have been caught, but Scarlett sticks out her tongue and teases him rather viciously.

No matter how much we became lovers, it seems that the personality and behavior of childhood friends are not going anywhere.

“huh. Don’t you know that you have sinned against me?”

“greatness.”

The scene in which the tall Georg was made fun of by a girl slightly taller than Tanya was a bizarre yet funny scene from a third person’s point of view.

It’s not uncommon for even that Emilia to chuckle and laugh.

‘Georg is going to be a public wife… It might suit you unexpectedly.’

He was quite far from the man Georg Ludwig had imagined before, but I thought that this wasn’t bad either.

As I watched the bickering pair of lovers with half pleasure and half envy, the tea and drinks I ordered arrived shortly after. Also sweets to accompany.

Ludwig paid attention first to the pale reddish-gray cookies rather than the tea.

As he took a bite of it, he nodded in satisfaction at the strangely bitter taste that drifted in his mouth.

“Anyway, this looks like it has tea leaves in it. This must be suitable for Emilia to eat.”

Compared to other chocolate-studded cookies, he wanted to feel different from the outside, but it seemed to be as he expected.

As she tried to place the cookies with tea leaves in her bowl with the enclosed tongs, Scarlett’s eyes followed her movements.

“Is Prince Ludwig always taking care of his fiancé like this?”

“Yes?”

“I want to be very kind.”

Georg, who was sitting next to her, also shook his head in sympathy.

Only then did Ludwig, realizing his actions, smile awkwardly when he found the tongs in his hand.

It’s not as strange as the fact that she’s known as her fiancé anyway, but it’s because of a strange feeling of embarrassment belatedly.

On the other hand, Emilia shrugged her shoulders with a rather elated expression on her face.

As if to say, ‘This is my fiancé.’

Feeling envious at the series of sights, Scarlett glanced at Georg in the seat next to her.

‘It’s my fault for falling for you first.’

When I was in the middle of falling for Emilia and sending letters, I only thought he was a man who was active in love.

However, when he opened the lid, he was closer to a blunt, genuine man.

It’s not bad, but it was a pity that she couldn’t do it because she wanted to see a friendly side at times.

– Dalgrak.

‘yes?’

A cookie was placed on top of her bowl, where she sat with her lips pouting, unable to bring the words out of her mouth.

Chocolate cookies densely covered with black chocolate. Just looking at it, it seemed pretty sweet.

When he turned his head to the side with the thought of not being able to do it, he saw his fiancé holding the tongs in Ludwig’s hand and looking at him.

He had a calm face as usual, but his ears were quite red.

“Eat. You like sweets.”

A line that does not even exist as a mood.

The afterword wasn’t bad, but did it have to be like feeding a stray animal?

Anyway, he was a man who didn’t know anything about women’s feelings.

“Did you notice?”

“Then you don’t seem to see it?”

I was openly looking at him as if I was envious, so it was understandable.

But I really didn’t mean to force it.

I felt sorry for some reason, but there was also a calm emotion behind it.

“Scarlett’s fiancé is also a wonderful person.”

Seeing the heartwarming sight, Emilia smiled lightly and hinted.

It was Georg, not Scarlett, who reacted to that. Not just his ears, but his entire face dyed red.

“Princess Emilia, please don’t make fun of me.”

“I didn’t mean to, but… Fufu, think of it as revenge for a friend.”

It was a prank that was possible because the two of them were quite comfortable with each other now.

“Should I save this?”

“At most, save something with cookies.”

“That’s right, since you were little, you took cookies from me, but you never gave them to me.”

“What? I will… … .”

Georg tries to deny it by saying, ‘It can’t be like that’, but ends up swallowing his words behind his back.

Come to think of it, I couldn’t really remember handing her a cookie or willingly caring for her.

Even though we’ve been together for a long time, dozens of years.

“right?”

“… sorry.”

The victim’s memory is more certain than the original perpetrator’s. It was just like that now.

Realizing that he had been such an inconsiderate man, Georg apologized belatedly.

Scarlett raised one corner of her mouth while making a bloody, airy sound.

Then, slowly, she placed her hand on top of his on the table.

“Put, don’t worry too much. Because I like you, including that aspect.”

“Thank you, but… Your face is hot.”

“Another useless word.”

Even after saying that, Scarlett’s eyes, looking at Georg, were dripping with sweetness.

“Georg, you have a good lover.”

“Don’t even join in, Ludwig. Because it’s still hard.”

Still, I assumed that there would be a sense of camaraderie among men of the same type, but it seemed that he was on Scarlett’s side.

A deep sigh came out of Georg’s mouth, who suddenly seemed to be organizing this conversation 3 to 1, and at the same time, the other three people burst into laughter.

“Whoa… Anyway, it’s fate that I came to see you here, so why don’t we have a meal in the evening while looking around at the festival together? I want to treat you as a way to repay the debt from before.”

“meal? Hmm.”

It was a pretty sudden proposal, but there was nothing wrong with it.

Emilia also became quite close with Scarlett, so if the four of them went together, they would be able to play in a lively atmosphere befitting a festival.

Normally, Ludwig would have readily agreed, but today, for some reason, he hesitated.

However, he soon realized that he had to ask Emilia for his opinion, and turned his head away.

With the thought that if she accepts this offer, he will accept it too.

“How is Emilia? The four of us going around the festival. Georg says he wants to treat you to dinner to apologize for what happened earlier.”

“You mean the four of us?”

She also wanted to talk more with Scarlett.

However, on the other side, he desperately wanted to spend a little more time alone with the two of them.

That’s why you can’t just put forward your own opinion, and it’s just unfortunate that you can’t answer carelessly because you don’t know what Ludwig’s opinion is.

“Ludwig does what he likes. I’m fine either way.”

whatever you like

If it was him, it would have been the most difficult request of all.

That would also be the case, because Ludwig was, in a good way, a caring man, but in a bad way, he tended to take notice of others.

Perhaps even in the midst of this, he was examining Emilia’s mood and trying to come up with an answer that was as close to her opinion as possible.

But not as much as today.

Your choices may not match hers.

Even so, I hope you follow your thoughts today. I hope you accept the compulsion, which is only arbitrary.

“I’m sorry, Georg, but I’ll be looking around the festival alone. I’ll see you again when the time comes.”

“… Right.”

Seeing him smile awkwardly while handing him an apology, Georg muttered in a low voice.

The sentence, consisting of no more than three syllables, was a mixture of understanding of Ludwig’s actions and many other emotions.

“I also feel sorry for Princess Scarlet. You would like to have a longer talk, but I will borrow Emilia for the day.”

“You’re welcome. Rather, Emilia belongs to her fiancé, Gongja? Even if I ask permission, I have to take it.”

Ludwig responded with a soft smile at her clever answer.

Then, belatedly, he checked the expression of Emilia, who was sitting next to him.

With the thought of handing over an apology later, if any regrets come out.

“Emilia?”

“Yeah-!?”

When I carefully called her name, a stupid sound that even Tanya wouldn’t say came out.

Ludwig doubted his ears for a moment.

Was that the voice that came out of Emilia Bayemurn’s mouth?

It sounded like a goat screaming.

“I… Are you okay? Your face is very red.”

“Okay, it’s okay. So, are you going to look around the festival together today?”

“I guess so. Please listen to my foolishness just for today.”

Emilia couldn’t give any answer to him who asked with a shy smile.

I was so overjoyed that I couldn’t control the muscles in my smirking face.

Why is this man so unique today?

If this is a dream, don’t wake up.