Chapter 20. Use the cards in your hand here and there. (4)
There was no mansion to receive an invitation anyway, but the feeling of being compared made me excited.
‘I need to find a mansion quickly.’
It was a moment when my unplanned dream of owning my own home took off.
“A lot of banquets are held at Sud Estate anyway.”
Cain said with a bored expression on his face.
“I saw all the people I was going to see yesterday, so I went out to see the night festival today.”
“Did you come out alone?”
“Do you remember the two people I introduced you last time? I came out with them.”
“Oh, I see.”
I realized that my guess was correct.
Following the flow of the original work, Cain coming out to see the festival today was faithfully recreated.
However, the person he was with changed from the princess to his friends. Likewise, the path he moves has also changed.
That seemed to be why the unexpected encounter happened.
‘It’s all thanks to me.’
I felt a little better when I recalled the changes that had occurred in Cain.
Cain, who rejected the offer to join the official entourage, ended up joining friends of the same sex during the festival.
It was a sentence that had such a joyful resonance.
‘Then it’s purely a coincidence that we ran into each other like this.’
Still, I never thought we would meet in the middle of this vast capital.
We didn’t actually meet the group of escort knights who had been searching so diligently for us.
“Then let’s go back to our friends. I’m off.”
“Oh, wait a minute.”
Cain said with a clumsy smile.
“Are you going back to the central square? If it’s okay, can I accompany you there?”
“Why bother?”
“…I think I’ll get lost if I go alone.”
Oh right.
I remembered Cain’s settings that I had forgotten about. He was the original official, the strongest Gilchi.
“Nope.”
Cain’s eyebrows furrowed slightly at the crooked answer.
“You’re so mean to the person who came along to help you. Is it that difficult to give a little help?”
His red eyes sparkled like dried rubies.
Cain often showed incomprehensible good intentions. To put it negatively, it is pointless, and to put it positively, it is just and kind.
I always wondered where his generosity came from. How can he take his own losses and yet think of giving to others?
And the day I met him in person, I realized.
“I never asked you to help me.”
“…….”
“Isn’t it a bit shameful to arbitrarily hand out favors you didn’t ask for and use that as an excuse?”
His good will stems from his innate composure from birth. Even after sharing it with others, it is because of the leisurely feeling that overflows.
However, when that leisure disappears, the good intentions that seemed solid melt away beyond recognition.
That was Cain’s true nature hidden behind a nice outer shell.
“…….”
Cain’s smooth eyes cracked. He pursed his lips, then clenched his teeth.
“Now I understand.”
Sharp thorns appeared in Cain’s eyes.
“Abel Kindreal, you hate me.”
He continued speaking while rubbing the back of his neck.
“I’ve had that feeling since I first met you.”
“…….”
“That’s strange. Even though you and I have never met before.”
His face, filled with feelings of discomfort like fragments, was unusually stiff.
“I tried my best to become close to you. But I think it was a pointless attempt.”
“…….”
“Is it my imagination? Or did I see it correctly?”
A voice with a faint undertone of superiority and betrayal asks, “How dare you do this when I have given you this much?”
“Tell me honestly. I won’t blame you.”
Cain raised his voice slightly as if demanding an answer. I was silent for a moment, looking at him blankly.
‘Do you hate yourself?’
There was no question more natural or easier than this.
How can I like someone whose future is destined to kill me? The one who blocks me, strangles me, and finally stabs me in the heart.
As long as his father Carlo is around, the confrontation between Cain and me is a preordained process. Because he wasn’t the one to leave my actions alone.
However, he had no intention of bending or cooperating with Cain. He only aims for a thorough and complete victory.
“I think I already know the answer.”
With a cold affirmation in my mouth, my lips slowly drew a line.
“And don’t talk like it’s all my fault.”
I raised my finger and tapped the area around my eyes.
“Didn’t I tell you? It shows a lot.”
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“…….”
“I’m different from all the idiots you’ve met so far.”
Cain’s mouth became noticeably stiff. He continued speaking, taking in the changes in detail.
“More than anything, you seem to have forgotten that I have company.”
I turned my body slightly so that I could see Princess Violet behind me. Her face hidden behind her wide-brimmed hat.
“There’s no need to do something you don’t feel like doing in a situation like that.”
A look crossed Cain’s eyes as he checked behind me.
“……There was a group of people.”
It was a face that seemed to have seized some opportunity. He came closer to me.
“Excuse me, Lady.”
A gentle smile that would have made other ladies blush if they had seen it appeared on his face.
“If it’s okay with you, would it be okay if I accompany you to the central square?”
Cain showed a confident attitude, as if he was confident that he could melt others with just his smile.
“Wouldn’t you rather be safer with me?”
I looked at Cain intently, then took a step to the side.
Only then did Cain see the group hidden in my shadow and his smile grew even brighter.
“I won’t do anything to make Lady uncomfortable. Just sleep….”
The flowing words slowly died down.
“……for a moment.”
Cain’s fluctuating eyes captured Princess Violet’s chin and lips.
“That can’t be possible… Is that possible?”
All that was visible was a portion of the face, but he seemed to have figured out who the person in front of him was just by looking at it.
“hmm.”
Princess Violet gently grabbed the brim of the hat and lifted it.
“See you from here, Prince Cain.”
It was a very overbearing tone, very different from when he spoke to me earlier.
“Princess Violet…!”
Cain’s eyes bulged as if they were about to explode.
dump.
He immediately knelt down and bowed to the princess.
“I meet the First Princess Violet Maggiore Impero.”
It was a voice that could not hide its trembling and embarrassment.
“Get up.”
When Princess Violet spoke softly, Cain quickly stood up.
“Why is Princess Violet here…?”
An impatient voice continued.
He didn’t seem to want to believe that the woman standing before him was Princess Violet.
“why…….”
As he was licking his lips, his gaze moved from Princess Violet to me, who was standing diagonally next to her.
“…….”
In an instant, his eyes turned red like blood. I did not miss the traces of intense jealousy deep beneath it.
“As you can see.”
Princess Violet shrugged her shoulders.
“I was just coming out to enjoy the festival. Just like Prince Cain.”
“Why are you with Prince Abel?”
It was as if something that should never have happened happened.
“Where should I leave the escort knights and maids?”
As Princess Violet quietly tried to diverge, Cain’s voice became somewhat more intense.
“You know how desperately they will search for the princess.”
He turned and gave me a stern look.
“Prince Abel. What irresponsible behavior is this?”
After realizing that he was in front of Princess Violet, he suddenly started using the courtesy.
“If you want to see the princess, shouldn’t you think about taking her to the imperial palace?”
Cain was seriously mistaken. The illusion was that I had accidentally met the princess who had run away from her guard knight.
“What is irresponsible?”
I spoke leisurely, crossing my arms behind my head.
“I was the one who brought the princess here from the imperial palace.”
“what?”
Cain’s expression changed. He scolded me even more.
“Are you out of your mind?”
“…….”
“The princess is the one and only first princess of this empire. I can’t believe this is how you treat someone like that.”
Cain’s eyes looked at Princess Violet and he suppressed a sigh.
“Even if you wear the best clothes, ride in the best carriage, and receive the best treatment, you still dare to wear a hat…”
A look of astonishment was cast at me.
“It seems likely that Prince Abel tempted the princess. Hasn’t it already been proven that Prince Abel’s speaking skills are excellent?”
“I think I’m misunderstanding something.”
I snorted loudly and responded.
“It was not I who wanted to come here, but Princess Violet.”
Cain’s face went blank for a moment.
He understood what I was saying, but he looked like he didn’t want to accept it.
“Didn’t you understand?”
He spoke again kindly with a sly smile on his face.
“I brought you here at the order of Princess Violet.”
“…….”
“I was the one who helped you get rid of the escort knight. You said you wanted to enjoy the real fun of the festival.”
Cain stood still, frozen like a plaster statue. I could see the words I was sending passing by his ears without meaning.
“……therefore,”
Eventually, he moved his frozen lips.
“Are you saying that the princess has been spending this time with Prince Abel? At the princess’s request?”
“That’s right.”
He pointed at me with one hand and smiled.
“Thanks to you, I am able to serve as a guard, water supply, and porter.”
As I was talking, I suddenly realized something.
“Oh, that’s right. A teddy bear.”
“ah!”
Princess Violet suddenly realized that fact and raised her eyes.
“What if I leave that behind?”
“Then are you going to take that out of the fuss? I have no choice.”
“Ah, what a waste.”
“Why do you waste so much when you can buy over 100 of the same thing?”
“That’s something special.”
While Princess Violet and I were talking, Cain was completely excluded from us.
It has become the background that decorates the protagonist called Uri.
“Why to Prince Abel….”
Even more than that fact, he seemed more shocked by the fact that Princess Violet and I were having a friendly conversation.
“Hmm.”
Princess Violet cleared her throat lowly and then spoke.
“Anyway, just know that, and if you ever meet my guards, pretend not to know them.”
“…….”
“Also, please don’t reveal what happened today anywhere. Do you understand?”
Despite Princess Violet’s orders, Cain still had a look of disapproval.
There were many things I wanted to ask, but it seemed difficult to do so. I was very curious, but I seemed to instinctively realize that the answer would never be beneficial to me.
“Okay then, let’s go. Abel, lead the way.”
Princess Violet turned her back on Cain without any regrets.
“Yes, princess.”
I followed the princess, pretending to answer very obediently.
Seeing Cain frozen as if he had been struck by lightning, a gentle voice naturally came out.
By the time we had moved about three steps,
“for a moment!”
Cain’s voice came from behind. Cain quickened her pace and caught up with us.
“Please come with me, princess.”
Cain declared with determined eyes.
“What do you mean?”
“What bullshit?”
Princess Violet and I spoke at the same time and then our eyes met for a moment. As soon as I turned her head, Princess Violet spoke again.
“What do you mean we’re going together?”
“That’s literally it.”
Cain stood firm and spoke.
“I can’t let Prince Abel and the princess go alone.”
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