I Became the Villain of a Romance Fantasy

54 – The prince has no friends (1)

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My face was reflected in the purple eyes that were clearer than crystal. I, reflected in Elena’s eyes, also had her in my eyes.

When I met Elena’s eyes like that, I felt a feeling I had never felt before. No, it would be more accurate to say that it was an emotion she had never felt before.

At first, I had the bad idea that Elena was jealous that I was standing with Noel, but I immediately changed my mind because the aura that emanated from her was never like that.

Is this the feeling of facing a frozen lake? I could see the emotion in her gaze. she was mad at me

I was taken aback by her feelings for the first time, but I thought for a moment to remember what the reason was. However, my feet were already stopped in front of her nose, and the time for me to recall the reason was running out as the distance increased.

“Damian.”

Elena came to me calling my name. Hearing her voice opened my closed eyes again.

The princess, Noel, was standing in front of me, but Elena, as if she couldn’t see her, passed her by and grabbed my hand. A cool breeze carrying the scent of spring was blowing around us. He did not feel the harsh winds he experienced in Merohim.

Contrary to my expectations, Elena’s hand holding my hand was neither too cold nor too hot. It was just a soft hand that felt the warmth of hers, the same as when I usually held it. Elena, who used to vent her emotions through magic when she became emotional, but now her surroundings were so quiet that she was worried that something was wrong.

He looked into Elena’s eyes again, but the feelings she harbored were still there. However, after a while, I could see that her eyes, which were like ice, were slightly warm. When he asked what the reason was, he found the answer after following Elena’s eyes.

‘this…’

A very small line of blood was visible between the cut off sleeves.

It wasn’t a big wound. It was just that the outer skin was slightly scratched, and if you were to call it a bloodline, it was only a few drops of blood leaking out. However, this level of sparring is commonplace in daily life, but is this really enough to make her angry?

After thinking that far, I looked around for a while to see how my clothes were.

It wasn’t just the sleeves that were cut off. No matter how well you think about it, as long as I’ve competed with Sir Gwen and tossed and tossed to and fro, the way I was right now wasn’t a good idea. It would have been better to have been steamed on the buttocks and soiled, so most of the outerwear was cut and there were few intact places, and the whole body was full of small scars.

‘I have nothing to say at this point…’

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Most of the wounds were cut so thin that no blood came out, but from the outside, it was so embarrassing that I wondered if it came from a battlefield, so saying something to Elena now is only an excuse.

When I was hesitant about what to say, Elena was the first to speak up. Elena spoke to me slowly in a small, low voice.

“Damian. What did I say this morning?”

“He told me to stop fighting today…”

“The reason is that?”

Elena’s cold eyes made my heart freeze.

Even though I knew that these words came from the heart that I didn’t want to get hurt, maybe it was because it was the first time I’d ever seen her look at me like this. It was very, very difficult to bear.

What would it have been like if we had met eyes like this with eyes filled with emotions other than good intentions? If I had been a guy like Damian in the original story, I would have been looked at like that. Even if it was just an imagination, it didn’t feel very good.

“sorry.”

Without answering Elena’s question, I immediately bent over to her. He said he would teach Alphonse how to use the sword, but then sparred, so this clearly broke his promise with her. Even if the other person was the princess, Noel, I was able to sufficiently reject her request, so no matter what she said in the end, the fact that I wanted to do it didn’t change.

Elena was still looking at me with eyes that hadn’t changed despite my apology. I laughed bitterly and added a word to it.

“…I’ll refrain from sparring for the next three days.”

Only then did Elena melt the ice and smile at me with the same warm eyes as before.

“Do I have to keep it this time?”

“Effort… No, I get it. I promise.”

I tried to leave a little room, but immediately lowered my tail at the sudden change in her mood. Was it such a big shock to fall in front of your eyes? Heck, if Elena were to come to me in front of me with a sullen face for researching magic and collapse, I think I wouldn’t have let her near the book for a few days.

Elena glanced over my body for a moment, then let out a sigh.

“What is this… The clothes are completely rags. At least you didn’t change the clothes. They are completely useless…”

“Well, I hadn’t thought of that.”

“Your scars…more than usual…?”

“…sorry.”

Somehow Elena, who has returned to her usual mood, seems to be craving me more.

However, the reality was that there was nothing to say because everything was right.

While examining my wound carefully, she wiped the bloody spot with a handkerchief and left to bring the potion. But the moment Elena let go of her hand to leave, someone grabbed my hand and lifted it up.

At the sudden contact, I turned my head to see who the owner of the hand was, but the owner of the hand was none other than Noel, whom I sparred with just before. I thought I went to Alphonse’s side because there was no word from the people around me, but it seems that is not the case.

Noel’s sudden action of holding my hand was enough to stop Elena in her tracks.

In response, Elena looked at Noel’s hand with different eyes than before, but I couldn’t feel Elena’s gaze. It was because my eyes were focused on the strange golden aura entering my body through Noel’s hand.

The whole body reacted sensitively to the strange energy that suddenly entered the body, but soon it began to calm down again with the feeling of fullness it brought.

It feels like you are burning fuel deep inside your body. The hot energy dug into the veins of the body and entered the heart, eventually increasing the vitality that made me move. This aura affected not only from the inside, but also from the outside. Wherever the light passed, the wound was quickly healing. Seeing that scene, I was able to realize that this was the power of Noel’s divinity.

Somehow, the energy is overflowing, but the body feels drowsy. Maybe it’s because the origin is the divinity of the sun. It feels like I’m about to fall asleep for some reason.

When the light surrounding my body disappeared, my body returned to its pristine state before the sparring with Gwen. Not only that, but minor things such as muscle pain that remained in the body seem to have been recovered, albeit weakly.

When Elena and I all turned our eyes to Noel, Noel, who had a pouty expression on his face, said with a bright smile as if he had waited.

“hehehe… Finally everyone is looking here. Don’t worry about your wounds! I healed them all!!”

Noel greeted her with a bright smile as Elena’s gaze turned to him. Elena smiled and accepted Noel’s greeting, then turned her gaze back to my hand she was holding.

“Come to think of it, Princess Elena. It’s been a while!! It’s nice to see that the atmosphere has changed a lot!”

“That’s right. Thank you for the compliment. Her Highness the Princess. I, but…”

Elena had to keep eye contact with Noel because Noel kept talking to him, but Elena’s eyes moved dizzyly, as if she was bothered by the hand she was holding. I laughed quietly at Elena’s appearance.

Had I told her that she was jealous of my wary of Richard at the last banquet? That’s right. I was jealous of Richard talking to her. Fortunately, however, these feelings were not unique to me.

Elena’s confused look, not knowing where to put her eyes, felt different and cute. At the same time, I felt a strange sense of relief knowing that she also felt the same way as me. However, thinking that she would have the same worries as I did, it was impossible to leave her alone no matter how cute she was.

I think Noel and Elena seemed to be in a strange mood, so he tried to ventilate it, but as we continued, the weather around us turned into winter instead of spring.

“thanks.”

“Yes?”

I moved my body to give a small thank you so that only Noel could hear it, then gently pulled her hand away and took Elena’s hand. It must have been quite nerve-wracking to see a chill rise from his hands.

As my hand touched Elena’s, perhaps as a reflex action, Elena grabbed my hand with force.

Naturally, I moved to her side and turned my gaze to Noel again, raising my voice so that it could be heard by the people around me and thanked him again.

“Thank you for treating me. Her Highness. It was a blessing that could be called the grace of the sun.”

“Ah? Ah, yes. That’s right. Thank you for praising me like that! Prince Damian!!”

At my greeting, Noel got on the ice for a while, then returned to his normal tension and confronted me. I glanced at Alphonse, who was watching us from slightly behind. Alphonse, who seemed to have realized what it meant, came to this place without saying anything and stood next to Noel.

He’s an ugly hyung who couldn’t even keep his promise, but he keeps asking for favors like this. sorry. Alphonse.

“I’d like to guide you through the castle myself, but it looks like this now. Instead, Alphonse will help guide you. I’ll greet you again after I’ve recovered for a while.”

I took off my tattered coat and threw it over my arm. Unfortunately or fortunately, the shirt he was wearing underneath had relatively few scar marks, and it looked better than the one he was wearing. That doesn’t mean it’s nice to look at, though. It sounds like it’s relatively better.

“Elena.”

I clung to her, calling her name. I moved my feet and Elena walked in sync. She didn’t say where she was going, but she must have known that the destination was my room. As we left the gymnasium and entered the road to the main castle, we faced each other.

What was the look in her eyes at the banquet hall from before? As I recalled the memory of that day, I looked at her with the same eyes as the Elena in my memory.

“Are you jealous?”

I said it like it was nothing, but deep down I was looking forward to what kind of reaction she would show. It was good to be angry again like before, and it was also good to see that white face turn red like before. I just feel good no matter what kind of reaction I get. I know that the cause of that is my heart toward me, so it just feels good.

Elena did not avert my eyes.

He smiled broadly at my words and replied very briefly and plainly.

“Yes.”

I didn’t think of this.

I also smiled at her smile, which seemed somewhat relieved.

After a while, her steps, which were walking in line with mine, began to speed up. At first, I speeded up to the point where I couldn’t tell, but soon after, a picture was drawn of me being dragged by her speed. I couldn’t see her face anymore because Elena was standing in front of me, but I didn’t bother speeding up to see her face.

anyways it’s cute

Elena was walking forward and I was behind her. The hand that connects us looked dangerous as if it would break at any moment, but I walked at a certain speed to avoid that. Elena, too, was not alone. She didn’t look back because she knew I was following.

Before we knew it, we were running towards the castle. It wasn’t really that fast, but I still felt that this moment was moving faster than ever.

The surrounding scenery passes by very quickly, as if time passes by. In the flow of zinnia, Elena and I were still holding hands.

***

After Damian and Elena left, Alphonse and Noel watched the knights fight for a while before heading back to their main castle. Noel knew there was nothing wrong with the young boy’s guiding skills, as it was also Alphonse who led Noel to the gymnasium in the first place.

But why?

When I first came here and was guided by Alphonse, I felt a sense of regret that I hadn’t felt.

Upon arriving at the main castle, Orcus, who came to the lord’s castle with Noel, was waiting for her at the entrance of the castle. Orcus thanked Alphonse, who was taking care of Noel, and let Alphonse into the castle. As Alphonse entered the castle, Orcus looked at Noel with anxious eyes and opened his mouth.

“Did you buy again?”

Hearing these words immediately after seeing them could have offended them, but to them, it was like a greeting. Especially since a place is a place, it was only natural that Orcus would become sensitive about Noel’s actions. As soon as he arrived, he slammed the wagon door like a cannonball and ran out.

However, this time, there was nothing that could be called an accident that Orcus said, so Noel tried to answer that nothing happened, but Orcus continued to say nothing.

“I ran into Prince Damian earlier. His clothes were completely rags. No way…”

“Oh no! That’s…”

Noel stopped talking for a moment before denying it.

Obviously, it happened while Damian was sparring with Sir Gwen, but if you look closely, the cause of Damian’s sparring was himself. As I thought about that, I began to think about how to respond to Orcus’ words. In the end, Noel covered it up with a laugh.

“Ahahahahaha…?”

“You… no.”

Orcus stopped saying something. Perhaps because he was expecting something, he looked at Noel with a pitiful expression that he couldn’t help but took her into the castle. It was only after a while that Orcus learned about the whole story of the incident while walking around the castle with Noel and talking.

As the two moved to Arthur’s guest room, they started talking about how they felt about being here. I didn’t care about other people’s eyes. It was such a simple story that it wouldn’t matter if servants passing by heard it.

When Noel spoke of Damian, Orcus seemed particularly focused on it. It was also at this time that he learned about the reason for Damian’s dress. Orcus was relieved that it wasn’t Noel who made Damian’s clothes that way, but was surprised that she ate the sword in one blow.

“Huh. Are you saying that Sogaju’s martial arts are so outstanding? Then is he the most outstanding of the current three major samurai sons?”

“Uhm, well?”

Noel did not respond to Orcus’s words. It was something she didn’t know either. Although he had clashed swords with Sogaju of the Duke of Cromel, he knew that he was not properly engaged in sparring due to his status.

Because of this, it was impossible for her to determine who was superior or inferior between Reinhardt and Damian. No matter how the two won or lost, Noel was certain that he was inferior to Damian, so that was regrettable.

‘thanks.’

Noel suddenly remembered the thanks Damian had given him.

I remember talking quietly so that only you could hear it. Why did he say hello and thank you again? I don’t know why. The only thing he remembered was the fact that he got out of his hand and took Elena’s hand.

Did Orcus read that thought? Orcus brought up a story about Elena to the extent that he thought so.

“Then you must have met Princess Elena too. Uh, don’t you think things have changed a lot? Do people change when they get engaged…”

Perhaps because he was lost in thought, Noel lost Orcus’s words. Seeing Orcus’ gaze beside her, she finally realized that she was missing something and asked him.

“Yes? What is it?”

“It’s Princess Elena. The last time we met, I don’t think the atmosphere was the same as now… How can a person change like that in a few months?”

As the topic of Damian came up, the story of Elena naturally started to come out. Noel nodded in affirmation at Orcus’ words. Certainly, the Elena he saw today was not the timid and introverted little girl she had met before.

But Noel rather liked the current Elena.

It was a short meeting, only once, but maybe it was because she was the first person I met, or maybe it was because I thought of her as a friend. A lot has changed from before, including the atmosphere, but when Noel saw Elena like that, he couldn’t help but think that she was cool.

However, such a heartwarming thought led to a different direction.

“Huh? But wasn’t Elena definitely from the Edelweiss family? This is Sarham? Why was she here?”

Judging from his conversation with Damian, it seemed that the two had been interacting for quite some time. Saying that they were probably close friends, Noel arbitrarily concluded the relationship between the two and muttered that he would like to have a relationship like the two of them. Hearing that small talk to himself, Orcus frowned at Noel’s words, then sighed and answered her question.

“You seem to have forgotten why we came here?”

“I’m sure Krause’s engagement… uh.”

Orcus’s words were short, but they gave a clear answer to Noel’s question.

As if the sun was temporarily overshadowed by clouds, the light from Noel’s face disappeared for a while after hearing Orcus’ answer. It seemed that the world turned upside down for a moment at the words of Orcus. Noel didn’t know how to express this complex and subtle emotion he felt for the first time.