The Grand Duchess Is Defeated Again Today

The princess doesn’t want to admit it.

shudder-

The sound of a door locking firmly.

The unique squeaky metallic sound of the locking device lightened my thoughts of wanting to get out of this place somehow.

“・・・・・・Ugh.”

Perhaps the minute the Duchess said had already passed, and her legs began to move again with a little pain.

bump-

As soon as the magic broke, Rebecca moved as far away from me as possible.

Yes, it was moving on the bed, so I didn’t actually fall three steps.

“Do not come closer.”

“····.”

An angry voice full of vigilance.

Red eyes, clearly visible in the dark, were staring straight at me, and their pose was like a cat that found something mysterious in its ridiculous crouching.

That vigilant posture is probably because I think I’m going to do something to the princess.

Unfortunately (?) I had no intention of doing so.

“I won’t do anything, so let’s set our boundaries, Princess.”

“How do you believe that?”

Rebecca immediately responds to my persuasion that she won’t do anything wrong, saying how can she believe it.

Rebecca’s gaze, as if looking at a criminal, could make her feel bad. I already knew that this quarrel was meaningless.

“If I try to do anything, won’t you be able to subdue it by force?”

Because I have no intention of doing anything, and it was impossible for me to defeat Rebecca by force in the first place.

Even after practicing swordsmanship for three years, I can’t guarantee that I will win with force. If Rebecca used magic to increase her strength, I was destined to be stuck in the ground.

“It’s… it is.”

Perhaps because Rebecca knew that too, she nodded in agreement.

“Even if I move even a little, I’m sure I will be subdued. How can I harm the princess?”

“·······It is.”

It wasn’t until I diligently explained why I was harmless to the princess, Rebecca completely relieved her vigilance.

‘········Why do you feel so bad?’

Something was wrong with my self-esteem.

What I’ve said so far is not the same as saying, ‘I can’t do any harm to Rebecca because I can’t defeat Rebecca as a woman by force.’

Of course, that statement was true, not a single lie. I also had a thing called a man’s pride.

“Aren’t I the victim of the current situation?”

“I beg your pardon?”

Rebecca asks the question as if it’s ridiculous.

The expression he was making was that of what he was saying when he was about to die because of the absurd situation.

“I was just trying to return to the Count’s house as usual, but didn’t I get caught by force?”

“That’s! Your mother caught you… doing that… to me…”

The princess started with a loud cry as if it was unfair at first, but soon her face heated up little by little and she began to stutter.

Maybe it’s embarrassing to tell you that you kissed me with your mouth.

I decided to take advantage of that.

“Didn’t the princess ask me to kiss you?”

“····.”

“I did it because the princess asked for it very earnestly.”

“When did I earnestly ask!”

Rebecca’s face grew redder and she spoke in denial.

Up until now, I had just listened, but it seemed as if I couldn’t accept that word.

However, I was already expecting the princess to say something like that.

“So how many times have I not asked again. Is it really okay to do it?”

“····.”

Rebecca shuts her mouth with only her face red as if she has nothing to say about it.

The time to continue the attack was now.

“So how did you feel?”

“How are you feeling?”

“Didn’t you say that the reason you asked me to kiss you was because you were curious about how I felt when the princess kissed me on the cheek?”

“····.”

Rebecca didn’t open her mouth as if she was embarrassed and didn’t want to say more.

I tried to make fun of Rebecca like that.

“Why can’t you answer me. Maybe it makes you feel good…”

“········ It was good.”

“······Yes?”

“Good. Feeling.”

Until I heard the cool recognition of the princess who said she was in a good mood.

‘what.’

Naturally, I expected that Rebecca would not be able to speak because she was shy, but I was greatly embarrassed by the cool answer I did not expect.

“Then you must answer my question now.”

“····.”

“Did you like when I kissed you?”

Now I’m starting to be attacked in reverse.

······It’s not really like this.

***

“Did you like when I kissed you?”

He seemed to be talking as usual, as if nothing was wrong.

‘·······I told you.’

Rebecca’s heart was beating fast.

I thought that I honestly told the person I was feeling at that time, which I was only thinking about inside.

I wanted to calm down, but I couldn’t.

I was curious at the same time.

She candidly said she was in a good mood, but what will her fiancée give her?

What kind of answer would Albert, who had always made a mean and sullen expression, respond with such a bewildered expression?

I was curious and was also looking forward to it.

“Why can’t you answer me? You must have been as good as me?”

“····.”

He was speaking as if provoking Albert with his words. Deeply, she hoped that her fiancee would feel the same way as her.

They kissed each other’s cheeks, and if only she was in a good mood, it would have been a loss.

Albert should have thought that it felt the same, so it would be a draw between each other.

Up until now, I’ve always lost, but I couldn’t lose in this area either.

“You can’t answer me, so I guess it’s true. After all, you must have felt bad when you were kissed by someone like me…”

So she was just going to push it away.

“Yes, it was good.”

“····.”

Alberte, who admits that he was in a good mood like her, was speechless.

Besides, her fiance seemed to have a lot left to say.

“Beyond good things, I was ecstatic. How could I not feel good when I was kissed by my fiancee as beautiful as a princess?”

“····.”

“There is no man in the Empire who doesn’t mind being touched by a princess.”

To the praise of the fiance that continues like a rapid-fire gun.

“······· Eh?”

Rebecca spit a strange alien language.

‘Now… what is that man saying!!!’

At Albert’s praise, which he had never heard before, his face became so red that he could no longer blush.

It wasn’t her usual fiance.

Her fiancée, Albert, was a person who always made fun of her with a smirk on her face, not a person who sincerely confided her love like that.

So Rebecca was even more flustered, and her heart beat faster.

While forgetting all the fact that she had been holding on to victory until now. It was difficult to calm the beating heart.

“······· Of course I’m joking.”

“······I beg your pardon?”

Until Albert suddenly returns to his usual Albert.

It felt like my heart, which was about to melt because it was so hot, was getting colder.

“There is no way I would have thought like that while looking at the princess.”

“····.”

“If I had been thinking like that, I would have confessed my love to the princess earlier.”

“Die.”

“Yes?”

It was her fiancé who asked if she heard it wrong.

“Get out and die.”

She had never spoken more sincere than this in her entire life.

“Please just go out and die.”

“····.”

Her heart, which had just jumped, and her face, which had risen red, felt a sense of resentment.

And I was annoyed.

Of course, her fiancée, who suddenly changed her attitude, was also annoyed.

Her heart, which was racing with excitement at Albert’s words, became even more annoyed.

‘Why are you so excited…’

I thought that I was instantly thrilled with a person like that. My mood deteriorated rapidly.

“Princess?”

Her fiancé looked at her expression and seemed to notice that she wasn’t feeling well.

“Don’t talk to me. It’s annoying.”

Rebecca snorted nervously. It was because of that person that I felt this way.

However.

“I know you’re not feeling well, but just listen to this.”

“·······What is it?”

“It wasn’t a joke that the princess’ kiss felt good.”

Upon hearing Albert’s words, her heart raced like a fool again.

‘······what’s this.’

I felt really stupid.

My heart thumps at every word of my fiance, and it cools me down. such an idiot.

It seemed that he had become a fool himself. It annoyed her that she wasn’t in a bad mood again.

As always, she’s being teased by her mean fiancée. Why don’t you feel bad?

Rebecca couldn’t understand.

I’m wrapped up in such a strange feeling.

“Princess.”

Again, the voice of the fiancée was heard.

“…and why?”

“Do you have any leftover bedding in the room?”

“Is it like a blanket?”

bedding? Why are you suddenly looking for bedding?

“I’ve been through a lot today, so I’m sleepy.”

“What does being sleepy have to do with a blanket…”

“I can’t sleep with the princess in a blanket.”

“······ah.”

Rebecca’s face flushed red again.

“It’s in that closet, so you can sleep or not.”

“Thank you, Princess.”

“Ugh…”

I hated to admit it, but I had to.

That she lost to her fiancé today too.