Common Sense of a Duke’s Daughter

Just off the royal castle, this place creates a depressing atmosphere just by watching.

As we continued to climb the stairs, it was the room surrounded by an iron lattice that spread in front of us.

"... this way, Master Iris"

There was one woman standing in the place that Lady Leticia pointed out.

Look at her, I take a breath for a moment.

It doesn't resemble what she once was, to what she looked like without a shadow of the old days at all.

Slowly thin and thin, his hair was runny, his skin worn out, and he just looked at the universe blurry with eyes that were crying or bright red.

"... Long time no see, Master Yuri"

I dare speak pale, taking care not to voice surprises.

"Long time no see, Master Iris."

She faced me as I told her to laugh with her nose.

"... why are you calling me?

"Nothing. I just wanted to see you before I died"

Her cold gaze and a grin.

She would never have let them out, but they are uncomfortable.

Instead, it felt more like she was giving her insides out now.

"Are you satisfied?

I also have a sarcastic grin.

"Come on... you don't think anything more than I thought"

"Well. That's..."

Call it in. Though I wondered what it was, I won't put it into words.

"... then may I ask you a question from me as well?

She made no affirmation or denial.

Take it as something you affirmed on your own, and go on with the words.

"Did you love Lord Edward?

"What do you do when you ask me that?

"It's just an interest"

The moment she said that, she laughed.

Open your mouth wide as you stare contemptuously at me.

That's horrible, the chill tells the back.

"What, that? Does that mean you don't want to admit that someone you loved was taken by a woman who approached you for the purpose of using you?

I suddenly rapped, her.

"You already know that, don't you? He said I was moving for the Twilight Nation." To plunge this country into chaos, and to plunge more and more of the nobles. "

"Yes, I know."

"Hey, how do you feel? He died protecting me, didn't he? To protect the people you love. I was loved by him, wasn't I? Seeking his love, how does it feel to be forced into an engagement but you didn't get love? Regretful? You'll hate it......!

Words released from her are aggressive that.

But I'm not the one who's hurt by it... she felt like herself.

"I'm sorry... say I hate you. Yikes!

Gashari, she grabbed the iron plaid.

Me and her, we got close enough to touch each other.

"I love you," he said.

To my words, she looks up.

"... Huh? What are you talking about?"

I laughed unintentionally at the words and voices like I made a heartfelt little fool of myself.

"Oh, wasn't it? Your earlier words said that you loved him… that sounded like it to me."

With that said, she answered nothing.

I knew it, I thought I'd say and deny it like I made fun of someone else again.... the truth, no matter what.

If I had seen her face as serious with nothing to answer, there would have been a lot of tears in her eyes.

... really, did you love him?

More than a hundred words, she spoke eloquently that it was her present appearance that was the truth.

"Hey, what the... I don't know what that means"

That said, she leaned down again.

Though I stared at her jizzily for a while, then I don't show any signs of moving.

"... you'll never regret it. It was already in the past that me and him were engaged. That time, me and him went the wrong way. Whatever happens to him afterwards, it's something I don't know."

With that said, she looked up again and stared at me with hatred.

"Besides, Edward chose to love you like no other. Whatever thoughts you may have had, he was able to protect the woman he loved… it would be his desire. It is to mourn his death that we will not hate anyone for that reason."

"... that clear face, I don't like it"

Like she says, I accidentally laugh bitterly.

"I don't like it, even if they say..."

"Ever since I was born, I've got status, money, a glorious future, anything! Surrounded by so many people!... I hate you so much!

As she screamed, the iron lattice. She shook Gashan, Gashan and the sound rang as it screamed.

"... so harass me every time?

"Hmm... that felt good"

Sounds fun, she laughs. It was a black grin.

"... Really?"

I was heartily upset to think I was being harassed like that for that reason.

... Thoughtful things about some people are a thousand different.

I know that, but I still can't be bothered by it.

"What the hell is the difference between me and you!? Even I have a better face than others, and I have the power to bring people together! For that proof, Master Ed chose me! How the hell did this happen..."

I felt the sound of a bump and a broken toad in her scream.

I wave up to slap her cheek as close as I can get.

... Though the hand I waved down could not beat her by being inhibited by an iron lattice.

Instead, my hand hit the iron lattice as much as I wanted, and it hurts pretty bad.

Gashan...... and the iron lattice screamed in my place.

Koitsu, I know you have a look around you that looks like what you're doing... but it hurts more than your hands when you get a frightened look for a moment up to the other Yuri.

"You know... Let me tell you, you and I are totally different!

"What the hell! You think you're lucky?

"Who says that?... you only use the people you collect. I trust them and I trust them!

"Hey, what's the difference!

I accidentally raised my voice to her words and laughed.

Apparently it touched her, and she stared at me with a sharper and sharper gaze.

"You know what words mean? You just use them. If you don't want it, cut it off easily if it's inconvenient for you. There's no one who wants to keep you, and if there's someone approaching, it's someone who wants to take advantage of you."

To that word, she becomes hazy and suddenly obnoxious.

... apparently, something comes to mind.

"Credit is to believe and use. Trust is to trust and rely. Either way, I'm leaving it to you because I believe you. Who you can believe in, that is, who is essential to me. If something happens, I'll protect them by showing myself! So don't let me be with you."

The yelling made my nose naturally rough.

As she breathes deeply to get her breath ready, she opens her mouth small.

"... why..."

Potty groaned, her words could not be heard with the sound of her breathing.

"How can you believe that? With that, you can't trust anyone."

"Is that about the divestiture? Or are you talking about the Chamber of Commerce human pull-out? Or..."

"All of it. But if you dare to tell me... I don't know if I'm getting engaged. Someone you loved beat you up, and they even had their own family, didn't they?

Her question was that which she asked herself many times.

It's funny what she's been hearing about that, and she laughs unexpectedly.

"Hey... it's a fact that I got scared of believing. But I built walls out of fear, and she and the faces that have served me for a long time, it doesn't matter, they keep breaking walls, no matter what."

I was scared.... Believe me, being betrayed again.

So much, my heart was broken.

But it's horrible to even show such weakness, and act as if it's nothing.

That's what broke me so stubborn... with all the childhood tamers and then Dean.

"People are still scared... but I don't think it's a bad idea to believe. If you just didn't believe me and were afraid, the fun of laughing together and being able to share the pain would all remain forgotten. With a little courage, the world will be very bright."

If I had said that and turned my gaze to Tanya, Tanya would have smiled proudly at me.

"But you could be betrayed again...?

"Right. There may be betrayal. But you can't just move on because you're afraid of it. It's only a loss to turn away from such lovely things for fear. So, yeah. Besides, this world isn't nice enough to live intact. If you get hurt, you're gonna have to live with that wound."

"... yes"

With that said, she laughed.

The grin was like a possession.

"I knew I hated you."

I laughed at her words, too.

"I hate you, too."

"That's it. I'll pull it off if you say I like it."

"So is that."

That's what I said, we laughed at each other.

"Hey...... Iris. What does it mean to 'love' people?

"Come on. That wouldn't even explain it to people, would it? But if that person seems more special than anyone else... in any way, doesn't that mean he loves you?

"Special... yeah"

That's what she said, and she laughed with a crying face.

"I'm an idiot. I lost him, and for the first time, I knew how special he was to me."

"Right. You're an idiot."

I laughed. But now I'm going to cry because I'm impressed by her.

"A lot, I had a chance to tell you that. I don't know how to tell you that anymore.... Me too, yeah. You're both stupid."

With that said, she circled her eyes as surprised.

"Oh, it's not about Master Ed, is it? Of course, I'm willing to mourn his death."

"... mourning, are you there?

Her voice was trembling when she asked.

"Huh? You mean Master Ed?

When I inquired, she nodded quietly.

"'Even if you were someone you hated in the bottom of your heart, you wouldn't be able to hit that grudge if he died. My men taught me that it would be much better for those left behind to replace them with good memories than to keep having those thoughts that I couldn't bump into. Sure, I had sincere resentment and hatred for him in my life, but I did have good memories with him. So now I just wish him luck."

With that said, she wept from the eyes of both Harrah and them.

"I didn't think anyone would ever mourn me again. Both Ellia and Marquis Maelia, who loved him truly, were already dead. And me too..."

"... at least, I mourn. Besides, there may be others who mourn his death just because you don't know. Because people's minds are complicated and never just one side."

"Yes... good for you. His name is never spoken of in contempt alone."

That being said, I was about to cry again, too, when I saw her exhale in relief as she cried.

That much.... that much, I wonder if she loved him.

She feared that his name would be spoken of as' evil 'and that it would settle… and weather again as it was.

I wonder what that appearance, which spares his name more than its own future, would say without calling it love.

"Iris, you go home.... Princess, I'll tell you everything."

Eventually the tears stopped, she said so with a Rin look.

"Are you to the left?... good mood, Yuri."

... between us no more, no more to talk about.

"Good day, Iris."

Fluffy, she smiles.

Only that laugh was the same as it once was.

And I'll be right behind you.