Klaus Ertikev couldn’t believe his ears for a moment.
Next, I suspected my younger brother’s brain.
And then he smiled faintly, recalling some of the scenes he had seen.
“Why did you think that?”
Of course, Klaus knew why Rudyard thought that way.
He had been keeping an eye on Elena out of concern that she was being chased by a love-blinded – literal – beast, and had seen her chasing Rudyard lately.
Of course, I had no intention of telling my brother that.
Klaus was more interested in how interesting this situation would turn out to be.
“……I’m embarrassed to tell you, but it seems like Elena Seves has been looking for me for the past week.”
“Couldn’t it be seen as simply overlapping movement lines?”
“When I first encountered it, I thought it was a coincidence, but once I became aware of it, I realized it wasn’t so.”
Rudeat shook his head with a heavy face.
“Elena Seves sneaks into the place where me and Lariette Seves are training for no reason and keeps looking at me. Normally, training lasts over two hours at most, but she hides and watches for at least thirty minutes. It’s the same.”
Since Rudyard was a trained drone, he could easily find out about Elena’s popularity.
As a result, Rudyard was able to realize that Elena was hiding behind a bush, looking at him with bright eyes.
She was a cute and lovely-looking girl from the count family, but the way she watched the training scenes of herself and Lariette with sparkling eyes, and even scribbled something on paper, was something I couldn’t pass up as ‘cute’.
“Have you ever met someone outside of the training ground?”
“No, there isn’t.”
“Then you might just want to watch the training. I heard that there are quite a few ladies in the capital who enjoy the sight of well-trained soldiers training while showing off their wild charms.”
“I’d like to think so too, but I keep worrying that maybe they haven’t encountered me yet because they haven’t figured out my movements after leaving the training ground.”
“It looks like he’s going all out to outwit one of the Count’s daughters, Rudeat.”
“…I’m embarrassed.”
Rudeat lowered his head gloomily.
As Klaus pointed out, it was also true that Elena moved faster than usual in case she followed him.
However, Elena’s reckless interest could not help but be burdensome to Rudyard, who had no interest in women by nature and superficially knew that women should only be treated kindly.
What if Elena does something that can’t help but hurt her?
Rudiot was still young, and he thought that now was not the time to meet women and have trivial laughs, but to sharpen his sword for the country and train himself.
So, I never set my eyes on a woman and never loved a woman.
Whatever the truth, Rudyard himself roughly believed that.
Klaus’s lips, knowing that, twitched to prevent laughter from bursting out.
“I know what you’re thinking, Rudyard, but I think it’s too early to be suspicious.”
Klaus smiled, folding his eyes very gracefully.
Rudyard was about to point out that that laughter greatly undermines his brother’s trustworthiness.
Klaus persuaded Rudiot with a more stable voice.
“You are training with Elena Seves’ younger brother, Lariette Seves. Elena Seves may simply be concerned about what her sister is doing.”
“……That’s also true.”
“Of course, your misunderstanding may be true. But in that case, you can just gently refuse without being rude.”
Klaus sat lazily in his chair and said something very common sense.
Rudyard had to think for a moment about whether the common-sense remarks made by his trustworthy, but eccentric older brother were really common-sense remarks.
However, no matter how much I thought about it, what Klaus said this time was the correct answer.
There was still no solid evidence that Elena was following him around, and even if a situation came up, if he gently refused, that would be the end of it.
When I thought about it carefully, it turned out to be something so simple that I had been struggling with it for several days.
“What you said is correct. I guess I was unconsciously thinking of Elena Sebes as a more fearsome person.”
“I understand. It’s scary to have the count’s daughter following me around all of a sudden. Besides, Elena Sebes was even accused of collaborating with the devil.”
“ah…….”
Rudeat’s expression, who had barely regained his composure at Klaus’ casual remark, wavered for a moment.
Of course, Klaus could easily recognize the slightest change in his brother’s expression.
“Are you still worried about the fact that you are in cahoots with the devil?”
“That can’t be possible. Absolutely not. I entrusted the matter to my brother, and since he has confirmed that it is not the case, what is the need for me to protest?”
Rudyatt responded immediately.
But he clearly knew that those words had touched his heart.
After much thought, he asked the question carefully.
“……Brother Hana, I would appreciate it if you could give this younger brother one more confirmation. Didn’t Elena Sebes really conspire with the devil?”
“okay.”
Klaus nodded. At those words, Rudyard chewed his lip.
Klaus asked, tilting his head to one side.
“Is there something on your mind?”
“No, I’m just concerned about Lariette Sebes’ words….”
“Lariette Sebes?”
“……Oh, no. I just had to organize my thoughts. Please excuse me.”
Rudyard, who was taken aback by the name he had uttered, said a short goodbye and left the room.
A question appeared in Klaus’ eyes as he looked at Rudeat’s back.
‘If I was going to worry about it like that, should I have told the truth that I didn’t know?’
Considering that Elena Sebes seemed to be possessed in this world, it wouldn’t be surprising if she made a contract with the devil.
However, Klaus arbitrarily concluded that Elena did not make a pact with the devil.
This was because his intuition told him that Elena’s existence was not dangerous.
“It might be the wrong choice.”
Klaus muttered, leaning against the soft backrest.
Of course, he neither regretted his choice nor had any intention of correcting it.
There was ample circumstantial evidence to support his intuition.
However, when I think back to the courtship show of the various creatures that followed her, it seemed dangerous in another sense.
Moreover, there were a lot of things Rudeat said that really bothered me.
“Shall we check to see what my little brother is thinking?”
Muttering that, Klaus slowly got up.
His red eyes were full of mischief.
Rather than the look a prince of a country would have, it was the look a troublemaker in an alley would have.
“Hey, White! Come out!”
I took advantage of the opportunity my father, Count Sebes, was away to enter his room.
However, the nestling that was supposed to be flying around in the cage, that is, the demon, was nowhere to be seen.
“Do you think hiding is a bad thing? Hey, if you get caught taking out a bottom at a gambling table, you’re a bad person, you’re a bad person! Huh?”
I couldn’t make a big fuss out of fear of being caught by the maids, but anyway, I searched every nook and cranny for traces of the dastardly demon that had gotten me into trouble.
“Hey, you want me to come out? Who grants wishes like this?”
But no matter how hard I searched, I couldn’t find the new chick.
If this continued, I was going to be called a crazy person, so I decided to retreat for operational reasons.
Moreover, while wandering around like this, I realized something.
‘Now that I think about it, I haven’t been courted for quite some time.’
The memory of that first day was so strong that I thought the wish still persisted.
But when I thought about it, I had never been courted by animals or plants except that day.
“What, then there’s no need to look for White?”
With nothing to do, I moved out of habit.
I changed into appropriate clothes and lightly braided my hair.
As usual, I took the small notebook and pen I had placed on the desk and took my usual steps.
“……uh.”
And then I realized.
Also, I found out that I came to Rudiate and Lariette’s training ground!
‘Why did you have to come here?’
Did you already know that Rudyard also has memories of his past life, although they are not perfect?
‘And I don’t think Rudyard is in love with me.’
It seems like the wish has disappeared, so now Lariette and Rudiate will take care of it.
When your memories come back, you will be happy.
Thinking that, I turned around with a detached smile, but was momentarily stunned by the shadow in front of me.
Klaus was looking down at me.
“……Okay, His Highness Klaus.”
At a time like this!
What if Klaus mistakes me for a stalker?
‘Aren’t we really going to throw them in jail this time?’
It was a time when my arrogant thoughts were swirling around me and I was trembling.
“Hold my hand, young lady.”
“yes?”
I stared blankly at the outstretched hand of Klaus, a master at speaking without knowing his true intentions.
The long outstretched hand has proper veins and the knuckles are firm, making it a very pretty hand… … Ah, not this one.
“What are you planning to do all of a sudden?”
“To teach you how to stalk properly.”
what?
I recited, looking at Klaus with confused eyes.
“According to Article 3, Paragraph 1, No. 41 of the Misdemeanor Punishment Act, if you continuously attempt to approach the other person against their express will and repeat the actions of watching, following, lurking, and waiting, you may be subject to a fine.”
“……what?”
“Stalking is a crime, Your Majesty.”
