Black Haired King

It's time for you to turn around, Victoria.

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How many times will this exchange take place? Victoria, who lost her mind when she looked at me, woke up in a few minutes. I woke up and I said something about me and I went back to the carriage.

I had no choice, so once I got dressed, I told Marie, the samurai, and went back home. I don't know why they called me, but you can't just ride a carriage with sweat and sand all over it.

Let Rona stay in the village. I'll be the only one on the carriage. Six people can sit inside, Victoria sits in the deepest seat from the door, Marie sits across from it, and I sit on the entrance side opposite Victoria.

Victoria just blushes and looks at the window the whole time. Occasionally, I talk to Marie, but she just sits outside looking at the landscape without turning a face to me at all.

Then no matter how many times I talk to you, I'm just looking outside. I wonder why, Marie told me, but it seems to be because she saw me naked.

Apparently, this is the first time I've seen a man naked, except for his family. Marie tells me that even her family has not seen it lately and she must have been surprised because it was since she was a child.

The story was heard by Victoria of course because it was in the carriage, and her face turned bright red. Maybe it's time to get some hot air. And...

"Also, already! Please don't! Why does Marie talk so happily too!

Victoria got angry. No, it's more embarrassing than angry, so you feel like you want me to stop. I have puffy trembling eyes and tears. Pretty. Kind of, you know, small animal. Wouldn't it be so cute to hear you say that? If that's what you think.

"... what the hell are you thinking?

"... betuninanimokangaetheimasenga?

And Victoria stares at me with her jitsy eyes. How did you figure that out? Now when I deluded myself as I looked outside, I gave up, uh, sighing and sighing.

"But don't you have to be so shy about a man naked?

And when I say, Victoria...

"Ha, isn't it shamefully decided!? You shouldn't normally see it except for those who become family and husbands!

And I came to argue with you. You're too hard on chastity. That. If I had gone to school or something, I would have seen it. That's what I thought, but apparently Victoria is special.

Because I've been raised as a queen for a long time, or that kind of education seems to have been tough. Well, can't you help it? There's no way the queen can turn a blind eye to another man but the king.

For this reason, until now, there has been little contact between the Royal Palace and men outside the school except family and ministers. Even in the royal palace and school, you said it was minimal and mostly two of the samurai responded? So I say I've never seen a man naked before.

I feel like I did something wrong when I heard so much about it. Now I'm sorry to say this, but Prince Wang and I have dissolved our engagement, so it's done to this extent, but if it's before it's dissolved, it could be a lot of problems.

"You've done something wrong. Sorry."

"Oh, yes, no, it's not like I'm apologizing!... and I've never seen a near adult hall before outside of my family, but it was very successful, and most importantly, that big wound..."

"Victoria?"

"Huh!? Nah, it's nothing! It's okay!"

Victoria started saying bumps by herself, so when she glanced at her face, Victoria shook her hand like she was in a panic. I really don't have half the sense of a small animal.

"Hehe."

That's how Victoria and I talk, and I hear laughter coming from the side. When I saw me and Victoria laughing, naturally Mr. Marie was sitting there, holding her mouth down with her hands and laughing.

And when you notice the sight of me and Victoria, you rush to fix it, but it's already too late.

"Excuse me, ma'am. The lady seems to be having so much fun..."

"Sounds fun? Me, sir?

"Yeah. I shouldn't say this in a samurai way, but I never looked like I'd have fun talking like this before they broke my engagement. I've always studied to be queen, endured the burden and seemed spicy."

When Marie says that, Victoria also makes her face bow down to see if she knows, uh-huh.

"... right. Compared to that time, it's probably fun now that the shoulder load is down. Now that I think about it, it wasn't the right position for me."

That's what Victoria says and looks out the window again... something awkward has happened. I'm glad you broke your engagement. I can't even tell you if your mouth is torn. What can I do...?

"Well, that would be good now. It's already over. It took a lot longer than that, but I'll get to the point. Why did you call Redius?"

You got your mind sorted out, Victoria looks out the window at me. Do you finally know why I was called?

"When I told your father I was going to fight, he told me to fit in with the team. I'll see if I can trust you."

Victoria whines in some tired wind.

"But you've never teamed up before, have you? You've never been called before?

"Until now, I've teamed up with noble sons and courtiers, so I don't have to meet them, because I know my qualities. But this is the first time anyone other than nobility is in there, so start telling me that your father will look at it. I said it's okay because I can trust you, but your father said he wouldn't actually admit it unless he saw it..."

... It's not my fault. That's done something bad to Victoria. For a holiday in the corner.

But, well, I guess I don't like having guys on my own daughter's team who don't know where the horsebones are. I feel like I know somehow.

"Well, not if I want to see you."

"Then maybe they'll say they want to see strength."

As long as I want to see her, I'll be fine, and Marie will tell me that from next door. So you have to fight someone?

"Yeah. That's what your father would say. Because when I say I actually see it, I mean I also see strength. I think they talked to me earlier, but I think they're going to be the Grimd who's escorting me."

Oh, was that a handsome blonde escort just now? You're the one who's been staring at me all along.

"He's my three upper 21-year-olds, and he's the one who graduated three years ago from the school's knighthood degree in chief. He's the second son of the Bake family, and he's been in charge of the Septembalm family escort for generations. Germud, the governor, tells his father, and Garamud, his eldest son, escorts his brother."

Heh, a lineage that escorts from generation to generation. Then I guess I'm strong as a knight too. Shit. I'm getting a little excited.

Then, listening to all kinds of stories about today's plans, they went to Wang Du's mansion. Weren't there any confirmations at the King's Gate? And I thought, at a gate dedicated to nobility, they could do it barely without checking it out if they used the Septembalm family crested carriage. This carriage is pretty convenient.

Well, they need royal approval to build that carriage. It seems to be a pretty cumbersome procedure.

"Well, shall we go down?"

Well, what kind of a Duke of Septembalm is he? It has to be free of coarse phases.