Rinoa left first, and I returned to his office with Klaus.
“Your Highness, are you okay?”
“are you okay.”
“Your face doesn’t look good at all.”
I looked at Klaus, who looked quite tired.
Normally, Klaus would have laughed and joked around, but after meeting Rinoa, Klaus became more tired and didn’t even think about stopping me.
Thanks to this, I was able to see Klaus’ face at close range for the first time in a long time.
Wow, your eyelashes are really long. The nose bridge is really high too.
okay. It’s time to relax. You have to find evidence to convince the nobles, and you have to scold them, while also checking to see if the color of the holy object returns.
I thought they had finally captured the duke, but now the daughter came and told me that the rebels she had mentioned before were actually starting a rebellion.
When I thought about it that way, the shadow under my long eyelashes felt a bit harsh.
“What’s on my face, young lady?”
“No. I just thought you were having a hard time, Your Majesty.”
“huh?”
Klaus slowly opened his eyes.
Normally, his face would have made people wonder if he was handsome, but today it just felt pitiful.
I must have had no time to straighten it out, so my neat hair was disheveled and looked like it was going to sting my eyes.
Without thinking, I raised my hand and brushed Klaus’ bangs.
“When I was young, I thought the prince would always be comfortable, but now I see that’s not the case.”
“……suddenly?”
“It wasn’t all of a sudden, I thought about it all the time, but you look particularly tired today.”
“Is my face more damaged than before?”
Klaus hurriedly placed both hands on his cheeks. I laughed at his suddenly caring attitude.
“Your Highness, no matter how injured you are, you don’t need to worry that much because it’s still basic.”
“But last time….”
“Last time?”
“……it’s okay.”
The tips of Klaus’ ears turned slightly red.
‘What is it, why am I suddenly shy?’
Are you so proud of your face that you can’t bear the fact that your face is damaged?
Anyway, I wasn’t this kind of person before, but lately, I see him blushing often, so it might be because he gets angry so often that he has a lot of anger in his heart.
‘As expected, His Royal Highness is having a hard time.’
I nodded, realizing once again.
Klaus asked, slightly turning his head at my calm reaction. A tired, husky voice rang in my ears.
“Did you say you know someone out west?”
“yes.”
It was Hamel’s story.
Unlike me, who nodded indifferently, Klaus’ red eyes sparkled.
“Are you in the security unit? What are you doing?”
“He’s probably in the security corps. I heard he volunteered. He was a childhood friend.”
We were friends. okay.
Hamel liked me, and I briefly considered dating him, but he got dumped before I could express those feelings.
Anyway, looking at the results, we were friends with no problems.
However, when Klaus heard my answer, his eyes sharply rose.
“Childhood friend?”
“Uh… yes. Elena and I were childhood friends.”
“Have you met much with the young lady now?”
“With me? I haven’t seen you around that much.”
“If you haven’t seen it that much, how many times have you seen it?”
Why are you asking this question? She looked puzzled, then shook her head slightly.
It was said that one of the people who would commit the rebellion was someone I knew, so it was a situation that Klaus couldn’t help but be concerned about.
“I saw it once.”
“Really? Just once?”
“Yes. I saw him once right before I met you, His Highness, and he came that day to say goodbye and said he had volunteered for the Western Guard.”
Klaus frowned and asked again.
“Does your face look handsome?”
“Your face? Why is your face suddenly like that?”
“Are you better looking than me?”
“Yes? No?”
No way. I feel sorry for Hamel, but the external conditions of Klaus and Hamel are at a level where there is no need to compare.
Even without comparing the personalities of Klaus and Hamel, it is similar to the fact that Hamel is a much nicer person.
Klaus sighed lightly at my immediate answer. He asked, puzzled by how he seemed even more relaxed.
“Why are you suddenly asking that?”
“That’s right, the young lady likes handsome men.”
“……I don’t think I understand.”
Anyway, it’s clear that Klaus thinks too much.
‘There’s no need to ask difficult questions.’
Klaus will decide what to do with the rebels.
Still, as if we had become attached in a short period of time, I secretly hoped that Hamel would not be greatly involved in this matter.
To suppress my subtly agitated heart, I changed the topic.
“What happened to the rebel story? I didn’t know you were talking to Lady Rinoa.”
“Ah. I took some time to ask Rinoa Sisena.”
“Well, originally, I was planning to go to Duke Sisena’s house to find out about the rebels.”
“Yeah. I remember.”
I forgot about it because a big incident happened before I could catch the rebels, but Klaus seemed to have not forgotten his main job and contacted Rinoa in time to ask about it.
But, even though you knew about it, did you allow the rebels to rebel in the end?
“Then, did you have any plans to catch the rebels in advance?”
“After listening to the story, I thought I would have to wait and see, so I left it as is. I was planning to end the Sisena operation that had promised to support me anyway, so I thought they would decide something when the support ended.”
“Ah. Giving up the rebellion.”
“Yes. I didn’t know you would decide to start a rebellion. I was complacent in my judgment.”
Klaus’ voice weakened slightly.
Well, from the perspective of Klaus, who has to lead the empire, he may feel disappointed.
As an ordinary person, I feel like people can make mistakes in their lives.
“But it hasn’t started a rebellion yet. It’s just that there is a movement.”
“Okay. To solve it, we have to move again.”
“Ah. If you’re going west, can I go too?”
“Young lady too?”
“I’m your talisman, right?”
I joked.
Actually, I feel good when I’m with Klaus.
And it would be even better if I could go and prevent Hamel, who has a lot of affection, from getting into big trouble while thinking nonsense.
Klaus frowned at my words.
I thought it would be better to relieve a tired Klaus of something to worry about.
“If you’re worried, you can speak a little more slowly. How could you ask Lady Rinoa while you were so busy? I didn’t even know that Your Highness met Lady Rinoa separately.”
“I was going to talk to the lady, but I was out of my mind.”
Klaus added it as an excuse, so I shrugged my shoulders.
“You don’t need to tell me everything. I can’t help you with anything in particular. Just tell me when it’s resolved.”
Klaus looked at me blankly at my words.
“……Right.”
“yes?”
“I guess I was unintentionally leaning too much on the young lady.”
“Your highness?”
you? To me? when?
“If something bothers you unintentionally, you tell her. It’s not something she can solve.”
“No. I just hear it roughly and let it pass through one ear, right? That’s not what I call leaning.”
Klaus shook his head.
“It’s right for me to solve what I can solve, but without realizing it, I think I thought that the Lady would listen to me without any pressure. I feel sorry.”
“Yes? No. I don’t really care.”
I shook my head and looked at Klaus.
Now that I think about it, since Klaus was destined to save the empire, he often made statements as if he wanted to shoulder that fate alone.
He had all the talents after being given the power of a god to save the empire, but maybe that’s why he was lonely.
So, I feel at ease by talking about it even to myself, the deviant of this world.
“I’m really fine, Your Highness. I don’t pay much attention to what you say anyway, so you can speak without pressure.”
“I don’t know if you’re telling me not to do it or to do it.”
Klaus chuckled. I also said with a smile.
“I’ve felt it before, but your Majesty is really bad at relying on others. It’s not like I’m going to throw myself out there to save someone, but I can just listen to what they have to say.”
“Young lady.”
“And that’s not what leaning is about.”
I sat down next to Klaus and pulled his head towards my shoulder.
Klaus seemed a little surprised and resisted, but he didn’t use much force, and soon his head was lightly resting on my shoulder.
“Look, this is leaning. You haven’t even leaned on it yet, so you’re saying I’ve leaned on it too much.”
“……Keuhum, young lady.”
“Now that I think about it, it’s unfair. Just say you leaned against it. I don’t think you’ve ever held hands properly, so you’re saying you leaned on something.”
I was worried about whether I could get closer to Klaus or not, but I was shocked when someone I had never leaned on suddenly declared that he would not lean on me.
Klaus, who was quietly listening to me grumbling, chuckled.
“Is it okay if I lean on you?”
“Sure. Please just lean in and say you’re willing to lean in.”
“……If you say that, I won’t hesitate to lean on you.”
Klaus’ weight was slightly added to my shoulders. I felt a cool, clear scent along with the warmth that made me feel closer.
It was a scent that suited Klaus well.
“Your Highness, do you use perfume?”
“I don’t have any special perfume.”
“Then is there something special about bath salts?”
“It won’t be much different from what the young lady uses.”
“Really? It smells nice.”
Klaus let out a faint laugh at my words. A small voice was heard through the sound of breathing.
“I really wanted to ask you what scent you use.”
That was quite a meaningful voice.
“It smells good.”
