Akuyaku Reijo Ni Koi Wo Shite

With only a few days left on vacation, Rion is preparing to return to school. It was a pretty satisfying day for Rion.

I met Julia, the concubine of Marquis Winheels and Elwin's mother, only once after meeting him for the first time.

Whether you go to see them at all, or go to see them frequently, your intentions are questioned. He thought that one time would be enough to make time and manage to keep his promise.

The second time we meet in the garden and talk on the spot. It was the same as when I first met. The content is almost the same. Yulia has praised Leon for his sincerity and has called for him to get along with Erwin.

He talks about how boring and lonely his daily life is, and tries to hear stories from his home and outside. Rion responded by giving Julia as much as she could, while showing loyalty to Vincent.

At some point, they will give hope to their allies, but make them think that they cannot be easily withdrawn. Don't be too close, and I'm sorry to break the relationship. I aimed at such a delicate place.

The result was more than Leon had expected.

Julia seemed confident in her charm and seemed impatient with Rion, who had no reaction to the charm.

He has taken action on Rion, who may be tempted. The attitude of a woman who was quite subtle, but has experienced many times for Rion.

Judging that this was definitely temptation, Lyon's reputation for Julia fell further, but Leon's attitude was embarrassed by her childhood insensitivity and her unfamiliarness.

Rion's performance seemed to be modest, and Julia felt responsive to the reaction.

And it was Rion who felt the response. Rion's objectives have been largely achieved. After that, as a last resort, find the means of killing Elwyn and the threatening threat that will descend the fight for succession. With that in mind, a smile naturally appears at the mouth.

The mouth of Rion.

"What are you laughing at? Are you so happy that you can't meet me?"

"No, it hurts."

Aeriel is twisting it up.

"Oh, it's boring every day again."

"Huh, huh?"

"what?"

"Ku, Kuchi"

"No good"

"Uh ... Yu, Yubi"

"... I can't help it."

I don't know what to do, but Eriel has let go of Rion's mouth. Rion offers a handkerchief to Airiel immediately.

"what?"

"That ... my fingers got dirty."

"finger?"

As she looks at her finger, she is slightly wet. Rion's drool on her cheeks.

"... I'm fine."

"But ..."

"... I can't help it."

Eriel wipes his finger lightly with the handkerchief received from Rion. After that, he pushed a handkerchief against Rion's mouth.

"I'll do it myself."

"Yes, then do it."

Upon receiving a handkerchief from Airiel's hand, Rion wiped her mouth. Aeriel is staring at the situation.

"something?"

"When will we be back next?"

"Perhaps the end of the year?"

"Yes.

"I agree"

"... then, as punishment"

"What?"

Rion has no idea where in the past conversations were punished.

"The punishment that makes me bored for so long"

"……Yes"

Rion can't say it, wondering if it's his responsibility. The thought that you should not go against Aeriel is imprinted on Rion. Imprinted, of course, was Airiel.

"Write me a letter as punishment"

"letter?"

"I will report that I was a school."

"Oh, is that so?"

"Such a thing"

Unfortunately, there is a gap between the two.

Aeriel wanted to know a lot about what he had seen and heard. But Leon misunderstands that he wants to know what's going on with his fiancee, the Prince.

This will cause Leon to grumble Eriel, but that's the story.

"Is your luggage ready?"

"Yes, roughly."

"... So why are the new knight uniforms I have come out?"

Looking at the knight's clothes hanging on the wall, Eriel complains. The knight's clothing, adorned with silver thread in some places on a black background, was newly created by Eriel for Leon.

"I'm gonna wear it on the day I return to school"

"Is that so?"

"That's right"

"Do you like it?"

"Of course, the size was perfect and I was surprised."

"That's right. I measured it properly."

"... well, when?"

Rion had no memorized memory.

"While Rion is sleeping"

"Huh?"

"If you measure while you're awake, you know I'll send you clothes, don't you?"

"Yes."

"Then I can't surprise Rion."

"I see ... I didn't notice at all."

Rion, who intended to train himself as such, was lightly depressed by his ignorance, which had not happened so far.

"Because I put a sleeping pill"

"……Yes?"

"Well, why not get up?"

"……I agree"

Rion who can't complain no matter what she does to Ariel. On the other hand, he reflects on his enthusiasm for sleeping pills.

"This story is good. When the packing is done, brew tea. The garden is good. Let's talk there."

"Yes. I'll prepare immediately."

To spare the rest of the time, Rion and Aeriel spend this same time every day. Ignore that those who look around jeopardize their relationship.

Of course, Leon cares. Nevertheless, he did not decline Airiel's invitation.

It's not the rest of their vacation that they are spared. It's time to leave farther away. They don't know that

With the same feelings, the relationship between them continues without each other noticing it. No closer, no more.

◇◇◇

As soon as the vacation was over, there was an exam for the first half.

This is the first test for freshmen. Many students had gathered in front of the standings posted on the bulletin board, as it was the first time that each student's academic ability was revealed.

"Oh, hey."

One of them screamed. Knowing the meaning, the students who were stuck in front of the bulletin board spread all at once,

The three students who have gone to the vacant place are still young, but they are still beautiful.

Arnold Highland is a schoolboy with shining blonde and reddish eyes. The Prince of the Grand Flam Kingdom. Adjacent to that is a boy with a blue-eyed blond, Lancelot Ministar, and a deep reddish-brown hair with brown eyes, Charlotte Lanchester, the eldest daughter of the House of Fathiras.

With the royal family and the children of the two princes stepping on it, it is natural that the people around them vacantly vacant.

"Arnold is definitely the best.

Looking at the standings posted on the bulletin board, Lancelot is impressed.

"Oh? I've lost to Lancelot."

Following that, Charlotte makes a complaining voice.

"I'm not the only one, right?"

"... Yeah, it's not just what it looks like."

Charlotte's gaze points to the second-ranked name on the standings, just below Prince Arnold. Under the name Maria Theodor.

"If you rumors, maybe?"

A girl student walking down the corridor and approaching the bulletin board. Receiving the sunlight from the window, the straightened black hair shines. White skin transparent to blue eyes. Even when you look away, you can easily see the beauty of a schoolgirl.

Maria noticed Lancelot and turned her smile.

Originally, it looks like a doll, but when you smile it's like angelic love. A sigh of sighs leaks from the surrounding boys. At the same time, the roar of the female students.

"Hello, Maria"

"Lancelot, Sama"

"What happened? I must have said that I could just throw it away."

"that's right, but……"

Mary's face becomes cloudy as soon as possible. With that expression, Lancelot immediately became aware of the situation.

"Have you been told something strange?"

"It's not strange, courtesy is better."

"Well. If I forgive, is there anyone who disagrees with it?"

"that is……"

"Who are you? If you tell me your name, I'll talk to you properly."

"Because that person also kindly told me ..."

Maria understands what Lancelot says. And Lancelot learned that Maria was protecting her opponent.

"Maria is kind, but I'm intolerant of being treated so strangely."

"... I see. Hello, Lancelot. Is this ok?"

"Oh, that's fine. But Maria is amazing."

"eh?"

"Performance. You came to see it?"

"I see"

Where Lancelot is vacant, Maria advances. He looked up at the standings and confirmed his name, and was dissatisfied.

"... I lost."

"Oops, is Maria dissatisfied with the second?"

"Because I was going to do my best"

"But second. And that's the best ..."

"What's wrong with you?"

Maria asks Lancelot, who has been cried, without thinking about anything.

"... Maria, you should remember the name of your prince."

"Huh? Oh!"

"The first grader is Prince Arnold, and he is in front of him."

After hearing about Lancelot, Maria dyes her face red and hardens.

"... is my face so strange?"

To that Maria, Prince Arnold made a cold voice.

"eh?"

"I'm asking her to surprise her."

"... No, I think it's very nice. In that sense, it might be surprising."

"what?"

"Oh, I'm sorry.

"... a weird woman"

Prince Arnold mutters while showing a surprised expression. When she heard that, she smiled on her face. It's enough to get started, but I don't know that.

"... are you happy to be called a weird woman?"

"Yes?"

"I laughed now."

"Oh, oh. I was so glad I heard Arnold's true intention."

"……you"

Prince Arnold stares at Maria with an eye to see strange things. She is a bit ashamed, but Maria is taking his gaze.

There is an unbelievable atmosphere between them.

"Well, when you go to Maria, Arnold seems to be out of tune."

Lancelot has blown that mood. Definitely on purpose.

"... I'm not out of order."

"Is that so? Assuming it's good? How about celebrating the good results and having tea?"

"Why is that?"

"It's good, because the top four students from the school year gathered."

"Hey, is that the same thing?"

Charlotte is breaking into the conversation. Ask Lancelot with a disgruntled face.

"that's right, but?"

"Maybe she's in the salon?"

"Is it going?"

"Lancelot, she's a commoner?"

Charlotte says a salon is a specially prepared room for the children of a high aristocrat. Nominally, it's a social club that doesn't know what to do.

"There is no rule that ordinary people cannot go in."

"Yes, but ... Arnold?"

"... I don't care"

"Are you serious?"

For Charlotte, this is unexpected. Prince Arnold thought he would absolutely disagree. It does not mean that Maria is a commoner. Prince Arnold has the character of being extremely shy and hateful.

Maria, whom she met for the first time, couldn't be in the salon, a place to relax.

"Two people in favor. That's the rule."

Good luck for Lancelot. Now I thought I could call Maria for a salon in the future and pushed Charlotte's opposition-it should have been.

"I disagree"

"what?"

Suddenly the voice that came in. Looking at Lancelot's voice, Vincent stood there.

A bitter expression appears on Lancelot's face.

"Two agrees, two dissents, five minutes."

"... I don't care about you"

"It doesn't matter. I also have the salon qualification."

"Even though I've never been"

"I'm busy, and I don't really need anything."

"So, it doesn't matter, right?"

"That's not the case. Salons are inherited from seniors of a long time ago and must be inherited by juniors. We should not change customs on our behalf."

It is Vincent's way of thinking that respects tradition. And the same noble Lancelot is originally the same idea.

"... Silly. What do you do with the past customs?"

Vincent says he takes the opposite position.

"I'm not caught up. I just say I should take care of it."

"You are not eligible to say that"

"I have a qualification"

"No. The shame of the Hou family"

"What did you say!?"

"Look at the standings. Where is your name? Not the top ten, or even the twenty, of the four families. Not this shameful, what is this?"

“…………”

Vincent can't say anything about this. He spreads his regrets and falls down.

With a happy smile as she saw it, Lancelot continued to talk further.

"Yes. Let's change the rules of the salon. The salon is not just a family, but a place for really talented people. Then you will not be eligible to enter the salon."

"I will not accept such changes!"

"I haven't heard your opinion. Arnold, what do you think?"

"what?"

If Arnold acknowledges Lancelot's case, Vincent has no choice. Arnold is a royal family and later a king. Vincent cannot defy that intention.

"... I don't want to use it.

"Arnold?"

"It's a waste of time. Go if you go, stop if you stop. Decide quickly."

"... Let's go."

Lancelot is close enough to Prince Arnold to be allowed to be abandoned. Still, he couldn't ignore or oppose Prince Arnold's intentions.

"His Highness! How would you like to take the girl student!"

"……What did you say?"

Vincent revived the story that should have ended. It is also a way of asking directly to Prince Arnold. The expression of Prince Arnold changed suddenly.

"Although it's the Crown Prince, ignoring the predecessor's agreement ... then ..."

Vincent raised his voice towards Arnold, but turned his eyes so tightly that he could not speak to the end.

"What if you look at yourself before telling someone? Can you deny what Lancelot told me?"

"that is……"

"This guy is a win heel"

"Vincent, wait."

In this situation, Leon was interrupted by Prince Arnold's words. It's a bad idea to make Vincent and Prince Arnold more directly opposed.

"Rion, now your Highness"

"Yes? I'm sorry, I didn't think it was the Crown Prince."

"... If the Lord is the Lord, the servants are also servants. You do not know the face of the royal family in your own country.

"No, I know your face. I just thought it was a similar person."

"What did you say?"

"Since childhood, Prince Arnold has heard that he has shown witness. He who is not willing to listen to his ministry cannot be called Hideaki. "

A bitter irony towards the royal family. A roaring voice spread around. Prince Arnold glared at Leon with a complex expression of surprise.

"……you"

"Rion!"

Vincent's fist strikes Rion's cheek with his voice. Unexpectedly, Leon fell to the floor without breaking.

"Toward your Highness!"

"terrible!"

"Now?"

Maria shouted at Vincent, who tried to shout at Lion.

"That's terrible! Perion-kun turned to Arnold for you!"

"It's not allowed"

"What do you do to Rion! That's the worst!"

"What did you say!?"

"Rion-kun! Okay!"

To put it aside, Vincent was outraged, but then Mary turned her back on Vincent and ran up to Lyon, who had fallen to the floor.

"I'll cure my injuries now."

"……You do not need"

Even if it was an injury, I cut my lips a little. If not, there is no need for Maria to fix it now.

"Because it ends soon"

"So healing magic is unnecessary."

"But"

And now it's time for Maria to be ignored. Rion rises, shaking off Maria's arm, kneeling in front of Vincent and squatting down.

"I'm sorry"

"... No, but profaneness to the Crown Prince is the same as profaneness to me."

"Yes. I'll keep that in mind."

"That's fine, I'm ... but ..."

"……Yes"

According to Vincent's words, Rion stood up and looked back, kneeling in front of Prince Arnold.

"I understand that it's not an apology.

"... and then die"

"I've acknowledged"

By the time he had said that, Rion had a dagger in his hand.

When he points his sword at himself, he does not hesitate and stomaches on his belly. Everyone forgot to stop at the flowing movement and just looked stunned.

"... Now !?"

The first to return to me is Prince Arnold, standing in front of him. The red blood flowing from Rion's body brought Prince Arnold back to sanity.

The surprise of Prince Arnold's voice makes the surroundings aware of the situation.

"Re-Rion!"

Turning to the front, Maria rushes to the first of the painfully moaning Rion.

"It's okay! Rion!

Maria raises Leon and shouts. To that Maria.

"... u, noisy, no. Oh, me, ni ... fu, touch, na."

Rion was cold.

"What are you saying!?"

"This, this, ha ..., haha ... oh, I do, and I have to ..."

"Don't be stupid! @ Arnold!"

"... oh, oh"

"Forgive me!

This, too, of Maria's considerable disrespect, but no one has blamed it. It's not a situation where we care about that.

"I see, I forgive you."

Prince Arnold also uttered words of pleasure as Mary said.

This is not an exaggeration to say that Rion's sin was forgiven. It was Leon who made things bigger.

"Now you don't have to die. I'll cure it."

"Hi, necessary, na, no."

"What are you saying!?"

Almost at the same time as Maria shouts, a gentle breeze flows toward Rion. The wind gradually glowed, wrapping around Rion's whole body.

When the light subsides. Lion exhaled once and stood up with a face as if nothing had happened.

"... Ri, Lion?"

"I'm worried, but there are others who can cure me."

His tone has returned to his normal level. In this attitude of Rion, the surrounding people look like being pinched by a fox, but blood stains remaining at Rion's feet, stains of blood remaining on the abdomen of Rion's knight's clothes are the same as before. Has proved to be true.

"So I'm sorry for this"

"wait!"

Prince Arnold calls out to Lion, who bows and goes away.

"Do you still have something?"

"... No, nothing."

He called out, but Prince Arnold couldn't say anything. I lost my expression and I was overwhelmed by the atmosphere of Rion who stared at me

Once again, he bowed deeply toward Prince Arnold, and then Leon went under Vincent.

"Thank you for the treatment"

“…………”

Vincent can't return anything to Rion who says thanks. It was solidified with a strong expression.

"I'm okay. Nowhere in pain. Thanks to Vincent."

"……Really"

Finally, Vincent spoke. So, I felt a weakness, and a smile appeared on my stiff face.

"But this is just the thing."

"It's secret to Air, isn't it?"

"Yes"

"If this kind of thing is known to Eal, it will be serious."

"Surely. It's going to be much harder than before."

"Yes."

"Let's go back now. Vincent-sama seems to have no time to relax."

Rion finally walked. Vincent follows after Rion. In these places, they feel more like a long-term friend than a master and a servant.

"Hey, what does it mean to have no time?"

"Thirty-two"

"eh?"

"This is the ranking for this exam."

"Thirty-second place ..."

The face of Vincent who asked Leon about the ranking is glowing. In the case of Vincent, the thirty-second place is better than expected.

"Please do not please"

"No, because."

"I think I have good grades, but Vincent should have learned that if I do my best I can study."

"……Oh dear"

"The harder you work, the higher your rank will be, and you won't be insulted that much."

"... I'm sorry for me"

"No, don't worry. That's what I did because I came to my head."

Lion's loyalty lies solely with Vincent. Anyone who insults Vincent, even if it is a royal family, is unwilling to forgive.

"But really hurt yourself"

"Oh, but I wouldn't be surprised if I didn't. I wanted to know the weight of my words."

"that's right, but……"

"And if I really were to die, Vincent helped me if I would go against the Prince's life."

"Oh, of course."

"So a little unreasonableness is fine."

"But it's still too crazy. Would you tell Eyal, and you would never do this again."

"That's ... I'll do it over and over, if it's for Vincent-sama."

"But if Eal told her to stop for her?"

“…………”

The answer is silent. Rion couldn't find an answer that could be described in words.

"Bad. It was a mean question."

"No, not separately"

Vincent knows the feeling between them. From my standpoint, I must never support it. But, as a mere brother, it can't be helped because it's toothy.

Both of them, who denied each other's feelings about each other and pushed them deep into their hearts, had no choice but to make their teeth go.

Some time after this date, Leon will run around to extinguish Vincent's rumors. Rumors that the worst man tried to sacrifice his servant to escape his punishment.