I Became the Villain of a Romance Fantasy

35 – Unexpected guests (8)

It’s embarrassing.

If an ordinary person were to live alone with a tycoon in the magical world, who is said to be the owner of the tower of twilight, he would probably be intimidated not by his social status, but by the coercion naturally emanating from his body.

Superhumans who surpassed human reason were like disasters that could not be avoided just by existing for criminals.

However, this was a word that did not work for me.

First of all, in the eyes of others, I was a person who had risen to the ranks of a superhuman like Franz, so I was not affected by his coercion. I don’t know if he sent me a blatant intent to kill, but I’m saying that there’s no way I’m afraid of someone who’s looking at me laughing as if they’re having fun like now.

But I found the pale smile on his face more repulsive than any outright murderous intent.

It’s really lamentable that this is also something that came out of my karma.

Let’s recall for a moment the beginning of this work. Yes, the banquet that was held last night. The banquet was the problem.

To be honest, I half lost my mind the moment I saw his face on the balcony. His appearance was to let her know that Richard was here, so embarrassingly, I, who had just made up my mind to stand by her side, was frightened by the appearance of the original male lead candidate.

As a result, the thing I was concerned about was finished without happening, but I made a mistake in the process.

I had only thought of Richard, and had completely ignored Franz Erthuwen, who had first spoken to me. No matter how much I was Krause’s minority, he was a person who lived in the same era as my father and was a duke of the empire.

I wouldn’t know if I had politely declined the conversation he gave me, but I unilaterally ignored his introduction and left without saying anything.

Obviously, this is a matter that can be felt as an insult to his honor, and I would have nothing to say if Franz challenged me to a duel.

Of course, if I were to refute him, in the first place, Franz was an ‘uninvited guest’ who was not invited to the banquet, so it is possible to say that I have no obligation to deal with him, but considering the power and power he possesses, this will not be a problem. .

But I wasn’t worried about a duel with him. Well, wouldn’t a person whose heart was broken enough to challenge me to a duel laugh in front of the person who insulted him?

I was able to relieve one of the heavy burdens in my heart through this, but it did not completely lighten my heart. Franz’s smiling face, looking at me, overlaps with the face my father made before he played a prank on me.

When I just stared at him without saying anything, Franz took out a small candy cane from his pocket, put it in his mouth, and spoke to me with an expression that didn’t matter.

“Hey, kid. You don’t have to be so nervous. Well, yesterday I did something wrong, and I didn’t ask to meet you to find out about yesterday’s incident, so don’t worry.”

“…Then why did you ask to see me?”

“I’m just asking to see my friend’s son’s face. Do I need any other reason?”

After saying that, Franz rolls the candy in his mouth. Since the person concerned said that, there was no need to worry about last night’s incident any longer, but Franz was still burdened by it. However, since he did not know my feelings, Franz congratulated me with an innocent face.

“Ah, come to think of it, I didn’t say this. I’m a day late, but congratulations on your engagement. If you’re planning on having an engagement ceremony, I hope Erthuwen gets an invitation this time.”

“hahahaha. We’re planning on making it small with only relatives, so unfortunately that’s not possible. Instead, we’ll make sure to send wedding invitations to Ertuwen later.”

Franz looked at me with a slightly dissatisfied expression at my reply. I think you think I’m saying this to make fun of myself. However, since this was not something I said intentionally to offend him, it was a story I had already decided with Elena before, so I didn’t have anything to say.

No, what to do when you see me already decided.

When the story of the engagement suddenly came up, I started to think of what had happened at the flower garden last night.

After leaving the banquet hall last night, we headed to the flower garden she created.

It was already late at night, so we didn’t have much time left. But even for such a short period of time, there was nothing wrong with making our relationship closer than before.

There I heard her wishes and saw the future she envisioned for me and for her.

I thought we had been getting to know each other by talking a lot in our own way, but if I had to pick a story that was as meaningful as the conversation I had with her at the flower garden that day, it wouldn’t be that many.

It was then that we started talking in earnest about our engagement.

If Franz had met me two days earlier, he would have been able to attend the engagement ceremony.

“You’re thinking about something else with me in front of you again. Anyway, that’s why Krause is…”

“Ahahahaha…sorry.”

At Franz’s scolding, the mind that had been looking into the past for a while returned. It seems that I have fallen into the memory of that day without even realizing it. The happy time there was very short, so maybe that’s why the afterglow is left behind.

If it wasn’t for Franz today, I would have been able to spend more of the same time.

“Something? Those eyes. For some reason, it makes me feel very bad.”

“….it’s nothing.”

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Maybe I’m not good at hiding my emotions. Still, I was confident in maintaining my poker face, but these days everyone, including Elena, seems to be able to see what I’m thinking.

Franz twitched his eyebrows a few times, then completely relaxed his expression, cleared his throat, and spoke to me.

“Hmmm, by the way…you know that too, don’t you?”

“What do you mean?”

“That’s my son Richard.”

“ah….”

The mention of Richard’s name on his lips reminded me of the boy I had met this morning rather than feeling anxious as before.

Since it is a son-father relationship, Franz must have noticed that Richard had feelings for Elena from before. Perhaps Franz was also watching Richard’s conversation with me at the banquet hall yesterday, but his appearance as he brought up Richard’s story to me was very disorganized, unlike before.

“Please don’t hate Richard too much. He won’t do anything wrong to you and Elena. I can promise this in the name of my Erthuwen. The reason I went there yesterday is just to put his mind in order.” It was for. There was no other reason.”

Franz defended him zealously on behalf of Richard, who was not here, as if he thought I hated him. Certainly, I couldn’t say that I liked the way I treated Richard at the banquet hall yesterday.

It wasn’t that I was angry with him, but I, who was standing in front of Richard at the time, was quite alert to the fact that the original male lead candidate and Elena had met. Franz couldn’t have felt it, so he must have been telling me this on purpose.

If he had seen my conversation with Richard at the gymnasium this morning, he might not have said this.

“Don’t worry. I know very well that Prince Richard is not that kind of man.”

I responded with a gentle smile at Franz’s words. Seeing me like that, Franz looked at me with a dumbfounded expression, as if he hadn’t expected me to come out here.

Well, from Franz’s point of view, the guy who had been glaring at his son until last night had changed his attitude overnight, so it might not be understandable.

Afterward, I told him that I had met and talked with Richard at the gymnasium this morning. Hearing the story from me, he smiled as easily as before.

“I see… I guess I said something wrong.”

The conversation between the parties had already ended, and it was embarrassing to be embarrassed, but Franz seemed to be relieved as if he was rather comfortable.

“Moreover, what was he like? Was he fine? No, that’s not possible. He must have had a messy hair and his eyes were red from not getting enough sleep. Isn’t it?”

“Well, it certainly did.”

“As expected. That guy looks like me. Well, a man might have a broken heart once or twice in his life. But it’s good that he’s not droopy.”

This human seems to be finding common ground between father and son in some strange way.

Looking at Franz like that, I thought I could understand a little why he was friends with my father.