I Became the Villain of a Romance Fantasy

56 – The prince has no friends (3)

I picked up the teacup I had put down and quenched my thirst.

The window in the room was also open, so the cool spring breeze continued to blow, but the heat that was seething in my body did not seem to subside. Because of Ken’s stare at us without saying anything, even if I try to lower the temperature, as soon as I’m aware of it, it starts to rise again.

I want to say something, but I have nothing to say. No, even if I did, I would have no choice but to keep my mouth shut if Ken uttered a single word.

Fortunately, Ken never opened his mouth again. He just stood still with a hearty smile and looked at us with warm eyes. As time passed, I started to get used to it.

I’ll have to thank him for not being a talkative character.

If the person present here had been my father instead of Ken, he would have kept talking about what just happened and made my face about to explode. Thinking like that makes me feel more at ease, and I feel grateful that the person here right now is none other than Ken.

At least Ken isn’t making fun of me.

‘It’s sweet.’

At first, it seems to be true that it was obviously meant to make fun of me.

I looked up at Ken blankly, and he was smiling with an expression that he didn’t know anything about. At the same time, it was as if the subdued gaze was urging him to do something. I replied no to Ken’s look in the same way and sipped my tea.

It seems that the situation has calmed down a bit, and now it seems that it is time to get to the point. Looking at Ken now, he seemed completely absorbed in observing me and Elena. Eventually, I called his name first.

“Ken.”

“Yes, youngster. Even if you have to order something… Oh, and then, all the bars are out. That won’t be bad.”

No, this old man is really…

“I didn’t mean to say that. Ken, don’t you have something to say to me?”

There was no way Ken came to my room for no reason, and it was clear that my father had ordered me and Elena to come.

Still, I thought there would be time to enjoy all the refreshments, but it came sooner than I thought. Ken came not long after the refreshments arrived, so maybe he told him right away when he met him.

Come to think of it, I forgot to think about why Noel and Orcus came to Sarham. Well, is it any good now? Soon you will be able to hear the reason from your father.

It’s just a guess, but if I’m right, I think you’re calling me to talk about something very important about this. Do we have time to relax like this right now?

Contrary to my thoughts, however, Ken took out the watch from his pocket and smiled. Then he looked at me with a face telling me not to worry and replied.

“You don’t have to worry too much, Master. There’s plenty of time to enjoy refreshments with the lady.”

“Ah yes..”

I smiled bitterly at his answer and looked back at Elena. Elena laughed lightly at Ken’s words that there was still time left, and when she felt my gaze, she gave me a strange smile.

“Yum~”

Elena’s face, which had been stained red just a few minutes ago, was restored to its original state, and she was cutting the cake and putting it in her mouth, looking at me.

This, the corner to escape is completely blocked.

I thought I had to leave this place as soon as possible so that I could get away from the previous job, but there was no room for Ken. Elena seemed to have realized something after hearing Ken’s words, so she no longer blushed like before.

Elena had seen what Ken had said to me and how I had reacted to it, so she was not in the same mood as before.

Rather, it seemed that Elena was glad that she had acquired a good means of attack and was looking at when to open her mouth. Or maybe he’s enjoying watching me nervous.

The situation has completely turned.

I went from the teasing side to the victim, and she went from the victim to the attacking side.

“Whoop whoop…”

Even though she doesn’t speak, her eyes seemed to be saying, ‘Be prepared!’

I sipped my tea again, halfwaying Elena’s gaze.

But does she know What am I stressing about right now?

There must have been a time when it wasn’t like that, but to be honest, Elena’s appearance as she prepared to attack was just cute.

If I were to compare her gaze toward me to find a gap, it was closer to that of a very small animal than a beast of prey. Dogs and cats… well, small animals like that.

I’m sorry for Elena, but the strange eyes she kept sending me didn’t make me feel threatened, it just made me want to keep watching her.

If it were just me and her in this place, I might have genuinely enjoyed that gaze. The problem is that the two of us aren’t the only ones here.

I don’t know if it’s because I’m shy, but since I’m conscious of the gaze of a third person other than Elena, I don’t think I’ll be able to treat her as usual.

He wasn’t the kind of person who cared about what other people thought, but Elena was an exception. When I was alone with her, I thought nothing was wrong, but I think someone else is watching, and my face heats up.

The trembling I’m feeling right now came from that very reason.

Even though the person standing behind me was Ken, who could be said to know better than anyone else about the relationship between me and Elena, except for the person concerned, I felt burdened by that gaze.

I guess I’ll have to somehow get Ken out or get out of the room, but today Ken is on Elena’s side, so there’s nothing I can do about it.

I asked Elena as I watched the plate being emptied with the feeling of almost grasping at straws.

“I think we’re running out of refreshments. Shall we get some fresh ones?”

“Oh, it’s okay. Damian. It’s almost dinnertime and I don’t think we need more refreshments. Well…but if you really want Damian to eat something ‘sweet’…”

“no.”

surrender!

***

Elena seemed happy playing pranks on me, but that didn’t mean we could stay in the room all the time. After some time passed, the time Ken said came and Elena and I came out of the room and headed to my father’s place, guided by Ken.

Even though the familiar road that Ken follows has not arrived, it allows us to guess where the destination is. The place we arrived was, as expected, a banquet hall.

It was still early for dinner, but we already knew why we had come to the banquet hall when the food wasn’t ready yet.

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen everyone. So, did you enjoy your life in Merohim?”

The first thing I saw upon entering was my father’s face. Maybe he didn’t cut his beard, but the length of his beard was noticeably different from the last time I saw him.

At my father’s question, Elena and I nodded slightly, and I answered the question.

“It was pretty good. But I also thought Sarham fit well. By the way, father, did you grow a beard? Why do you look older than before?”

“Is that so? Then it turned out the way I wanted. After staying young for so long, I want to feel the feeling of getting older.”

“I think my father’s friends would be very angry if they heard that.”

For example, someone like Duke Joachim. just as expected. My father grinned at my words and answered with a light nod.

“That’s right. That’s how you raise them.”

also the father You do not change.

Heck, people can’t change in just a week.

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My father pulled out a chair, sat down, and motioned for me and Elena to sit down.

The seat of honor, where my father always sat, had been removed as if the seat had been completely vacated. Seats were arranged so that everyone could sit face-to-face at the square, straight-line table where the top table had disappeared. Opposite the father’s seat are two chairs. Naturally, I sat right next to my father, and Elena followed me and took a seat next to him.

There is only one chair left for us sitting in a row. I knew it was Alphonse’s seat. My father followed me and looked at Alphonse’s empty seat for a while, then looked at me again and opened his mouth.

“Alphonse will be back soon, so don’t worry too much.”

“Then I’m glad I did. I’d like to ask you one more question, would you mind?”

When I looked at the two chairs in front of me, my father replied with a light smile.

“Of course. It shouldn’t be that difficult. But before that, let me ask you one question. Will you be okay?”

“Yes.”

“What the hell happened in Merohim?”

In an instant, the father’s eyes shone sharply.

Those golden eyes, like mine, were like a dragon flying in the sky looking down at the ground. However, even though I faced the dragon’s eyes, I did not feel any emotion such as fear from the gaze. I just saw the worried eyes of my father standing at the center of the mighty flow that shook the world.

In response to my father’s question, I calmly told what had happened there.

“The duke held a banquet two days after I arrived. Thanks to that, I had to receive dance practice from Elena for only two days.”

“Uh… is that so?”

“I think that’s why I danced quite well on the banquet day, right? Elena?”

“Did you hug me because your feet gave out at the end?”

“Let’s just think of it as a performance and move on.”

The face of my father, who is listening to me, begins to change strangely.

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Maybe you didn’t want to hear this story. Still, the things I experienced in Merohim were nothing but ordinary daily life that I could have experienced in Sarham. No, rather, I’ve never seen monsters, so I belong to the axis that was more peaceful.

anyway.

He talked about everything that could be said, such as meeting the twilight magic tower lord and going on a date at the Merrohim night market. The meeting with Theia was a secret, so I couldn’t tell you, but even if my father heard it, it wouldn’t have been the answer I wanted to hear.

“At the end, I returned home after having a sparring with the knights of Edelweiss. Sir Wilhelm must have been good at guiding them, so they all seemed to have excellent skills.”

“If it’s an old wolf in the north, it’s worth it. Even when I was young, I was a person who was sure to be among the strongest knights in the empire. Of course, not your grandfather… not. No. That… is this really the end?”

“Yes. Next time, the duke sent you by teleport as you did when you went?”

“Huh…”

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My father listened to all of my story and made a sound of steam escaping from his mouth. I looked at Elena, but she also nodded, saying I was right.

“I-I’m not talking about it, but suddenly the world feels so unfair.”

“To say such a thing all of a sudden. My father’s conscience must have grown hair.”

“That’s not what you’re talking about. You bastard. You haven’t turned 20 yet, but you’re already standing on the ‘borderline.’

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My father laughed so loudly, and later shouted that it was Krause’s victory this generation as well.

However, I couldn’t respond to my father’s words. It was because he knew who would take the title of the continent’s youngest sword master from his father.

Of course, his becoming a sword master is a story after the story has progressed to some extent, but I was not unaware that this ‘boundary’ that my father talked about was quite far from ‘transcendence’.

So maybe he’s looking at the same place as me right now. It’s me, I have some previous life experience. Strictly speaking, I shouldn’t enter into the irrationality my father says.

Reinhard Kromel. The current small distillery of Kromel, and the future No. 1 sword of the continent.

Isn’t that person the ultimate king of irrationality? He wasn’t like me, he was a guy who had reached master status when he had just turned 20 with just one talent.

Did you pass it on to your father? I feel bad when I suddenly think of him.

Previously, when it was not regarded as a subject of competition, it was nothing, but now it has become an unforeseen variable. For me, the guy who could be an ally but also a potential enemy was a guy named Reinhardt, so thinking that he would be looking at the same place as me now makes the world suddenly seem absurd.

not. I’d rather be that way.

If that’s not the case, I’m not saying that he became a master right away after standing still on the ‘borderline’ for a while. You’re not the main character in a novel, so you jump over the realm like a serpent over a fence.

“Ha! How’s your body itching all of a sudden? It’s been a while since I’ve had a conversation with this father. I’ve heard that you’ve already won a fight with Gwen.”

“Uh… that’s it.”

To what extent his thoughts had been organized, his father’s eyes began to sparkle in a different way than before. I turned my head to look at Elena, but she was looking at me with the same face she had at the gymnasium today.

Knowing that the answer was no, I had to reject my father’s proposal with a sad face.

“I’m sorry, father. I’ll take on the challenge after I’ve captured my senses a little more.”

“Then what… I understand.”

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My father closed his mouth in regret, but I grew up with a regretful heart. With progress, you might be able to see things you couldn’t see before.

Still, this opportunity wasn’t about running away, so I decided to quietly follow Elena’s words. Rest is also important.

When the conversation seemed to be coming to an end, I looked forward again and opened my mouth.

“Then Father, can I ask you a question now?”

“Yes. Ask.”

“Why did Her Highness the Princess and the Prince come here? Did something happen while I was gone?”

What I wanted to ask from the beginning.

What the hell had happened that made all of the empire’s one and only prince and princess come here? The status of the prince and the princess is also a status, but they are the first-ranked members of the royal family.

They are the two most important figures after the emperor. There was no way he had visited Sarham for no reason. I wondered if there was some military problem, but it didn’t seem to be such a problem considering the knights were quiet.

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My father gave me the answer in a very light tone, just as he had told me at the beginning.

“It’s nothing special. The two of you just came to congratulate you on your engagement. There’s no particular reason.”

“Yes?”

Is that really the right answer?

When I looked at my father with bewildered eyes, he scratched his head and said to me,

“Well, of course it’s for ostensible reasons.”

Also. It was clear that there must have been some other reason. I immediately opened my ears and listened to my father’s words so as not to miss a single note.

“Your Majesty seems to be worried that the two of you, the princess and the prince, are alone in the imperial palace. It also has the meaning of congratulating the engagement, but didn’t Elena and you get together this time?

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