I Am Troubled That My Fiance Is a Villain

"I'm sorry."

I wonder if it's true.

Turning to the look of such suspicion, Bern exclaimed himself.

We sat side by side in a chair placed at the end of the hall. Two guards are standing and keeping an eye on me so that no one else can get in within a metre's radius.

From the standpoint of it, it would be that there are pictures of men and women chatting in a vivid atmosphere.

I changed from Katerina's dress to the dress I had worn, and the mask was also lent a spare one, but Bern remained a mysterious grey-haired man.

It was quite an interesting situation when he was always black and his hair and clothes were white, but he seemed a little restless with someone he didn't know.

Why is Bern here when he shouldn't be able to come at work?

Below I would like to briefly describe what Bern said to me for explanation and clarification.

Though, well, if you think about it a little, you'll have some idea.

It was his job tonight to get into this masquerade.

That Leonhardt (laughs) is a decadent former queen, and now he's the son of a certain count of neutrals.

But it is a common story that a father and son have different ideas, and he himself was one who supported the Prime Minister and obeyed his intentions.

He snuck in tonight with the willingness to seduce Katerina while hiding her identity and create a good, manipulative doll, the worst scandalous event.

I still don't know if that was an instruction from the prime minister, but, well, it probably is.

Because the nickname of the invitation he brought wasn't his original name.

And another important thing is that the Caterinas, knowing that it was coming, rather held a masquerade to lure them.

Someone hostile to ourselves, malicious, deliberately creates, lures, and blurs an easily penetrating gap.

That was the real purpose of tonight, that's why.

By the way, Leonhardt (laughs) says he'll "educate" after this, let him just spit out the information, and softly spy on you.

I don't want to hear a bit about what kind of "education" will be given. I just hope it's not too physical or mental.

That's why this masquerade was opened to lure enemies like Leonhardt (laughs) into catching them.

Of course, everyone involved knew about this.

Officials include Caterina, Ionias, Darius, Bern and, at the end of the day, some of the servants of the Brunsmeyer family.

No more.

Everything in this world is going to be incredible.

Tell me!

Well, you were floating around knowing nothing but one!

Ha, embarrassing......

"Speaking of which, the first person in this outfit who gave me a rose wasn't Bern, was it? Who was that?

"Guess who?

I'm a little annoyed by the sudden quiz format.

You must be listening to me! I wanted to say, but I kind of stopped feeling like that was some dumb thing to do.

The color of my eyes was black, for sure.

The costume Bern is wearing seems definitely the same as that weird guy was wearing, and he's probably close in stature to see where the sleeves aren't short or long.

Besides, who do you think you are to me like this? That you've been asking should be someone I know.

Someone who has to hide who he is, who seems to give me roses, like it has to do with the purpose behind this masquerade.

Then there's only one person I can think of.

"Oh, my God. Lucas."

Instead of being right, Bern nodded loudly.

"I was flirting pretending to serve, but my uncle said it looked like you and Katerina had been replaced, so I had my costume changed."

"That verse seems to have annoyed a lot of people, and I'm sorry…"

Yeah, already, really. Yes.

"Fine. I didn't tell you anything. I'm sorry, too, and Katerina's been solid. It's only seventeen."

I don't think you're even nineteen yet, but you didn't put it in your mouth.

Speaking of which, I'm not sure how old I am anymore.

"Even if it was Lucas who gave me the rose, he said he pulled and helped me when I was tangled up with a guy before that..."

"It's me."

"... hey, you said you were flirting pretending to be a paycheck, but you didn't mean my surveillance?

"No."

After a long silence, though I immediately denied it.

"... well, I cared, of course"

Were you at a certain distance, like a satellite, and couldn't stay away?

Um, I seem to have gotten in the way of my work, and I'm finally feeling sorry for myself.

"... by the way, I ask, why didn't you tell me anything?

"Looks like I was looking forward to it, so I thought I'd purely enjoy it if I didn't know..."

Don't be so snug ~.

"Are you mad?

"I'm not angry."

I even think it was rather bad.

So, uh, is that true? Are you sure you're not mad? Stop screaming at my face. Because it's cute.

Looking relieved that I was not angry, Bern left his body on his back and weakened as if he had lost his mind.

Then I say a little bit. Now I say with my eyes blaming this one.

"You were right about me, weren't you?

"What?

"Masquerade is just a bunch of guys with a bad heart, so I said it's dangerous."

"Did I say that?

"Huh... this is it. It doesn't mean I told you to be careful, and naturally, you get tangled up in some weird guy, and you trade Katerina for what's going on."

"I'm sorry."

I apologize for sticking my hands together and trying to peek in from the bottom.

Bern looked a little obstinate.

"I didn't think the day would come when Darius or something would leave you to me."

Darius something, hey.

Bern still sees Darius as his enemy, but he won't even want to talk to someone he really hates. Not to mention working with you, leaving me to you, you can't be trusting me.

Oh, speaking of which.

"I heard Darius got engaged, but what's he like?

"His fiancée?... Yeah, it's just not official yet, but I guess I plan on getting engaged to Weiss weather daughter"

"Marquis Weiss is where we stopped in the winter, right?

"Yeah."

It was Marquis Weiss territory that had a mourning island where violas and alloys were closed and a harbour town where ships exited to the monastery where Lyra lived. But it is also this Weiss who has the only regular flight to Count Werner's territory, Darius' home.

Stupid me too, I can smell politics.

"I wonder what he's like."

Darius doesn't have a delicacy, so would you say something rude to the other person?

Mainly because this is a political marriage! Or so he's proclaiming to the other woman, and I'm worried.

"Come on. I don't know much either, but I'm only two years old."

"Heh."

Two years old.

... two years old!?

Huh? Twelve or something, not twenty-two, two!? One extra two!?

"Two!?

"Yeah, probably"

"That's..."

What do you think?

Bern can't really say that to my voiceless question or accusation? and gave a loose response.

Yes, is...?

Because Darius is sixteen my age, so good luck...

I didn't answer as many questions as I asked.

'Cause I'm not talking about two years old, or Loricon anymore.

"It's a story brought in from the other side, and in the sense of putting Weiss climate on his side, he won't say no. Once I went to see her, it felt like she was in trouble because she missed me."

"Yep."

Well, hey, I guess.

Yeah, I guess that's okay.

It's not like there are no couples at all who are twenty years apart or anything, and the important thing is if they are doing it amicably.

I don't know, Darius is a good guy, and it's quite pleasant to imagine a future in which that busty man is swept up by a younger girl.

"You really like Darius."

"Really? Well, we're friends..."

"Hmm, friend. Friends."

Oh?

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

"Could you be jealous?

"Jealous?"

After being pounded, Bern blushed and became red.

He was unconscious.

Um, cute, so can I forgive you for not being informed of anything by just one person tonight?

Besides, all this time I've done the extra thing of switching with Katerina, and it seems like she's been protecting me from the shadows.

Playing around with Bern, which seems to be lit, I felt suddenly quiet all the time.

Until then, the music was playing uninterrupted.

For a little while, the area was filled with voices and clothes rubbing where people bickered and the sound of plates and glasses chattering.

And as thin as it gets, the song plays calm and calm, unlike anything ever bright and in good shape.

The masquerade was coming to an end.

I wonder what's going on with Katerina.

"I guess I'm still with Ionias because I served my purpose. Though I'll have trouble getting you back as Caterina by the last dance."

"Oh well."

Well, Katerina's a visible and responsible person, so she'll be back properly as the master of this nightclub.

In the meantime Bern bowed his body to my front and offered his hands.

"Princess Lizia, would you like to dance with me?

"Oh, my husband tells me not to dance with strangers."

"Ugh."

Bern calms down just because he's been damaged.

Obviously there was something wrong with the lying trick, and I laughed karakularly. And take his hand, and stand up.

"Liar. Let's dance. If you're bluffing, the song's over."

There were many men and women dancing in the hall with masks on.

We also join it all the time and shake our bodies for a slow rhythm.

"Once upon a time."

Dancing, Bern groaned pompously.

"Remember my birthday and dancing at a party that celebrated my engagement to you?

Instead of saying of course, I nodded small.

"It must have been when I was still dancing like a freshman deer."

When I imitated that time and took the unpredictable steps, he stumbled out.

"I wasn't that bad, though."

"Really?"

"... but I was glad that you told me that if you weren't me, no one would dance with a woman with a bad dance like yourself. It's like you need me."

"Did I say that?

"I said"

I said it. I groaned so I could bite it off, Bern turned a gentle look at me from behind the mask.

"Steps seem like things to me all the time."

I brought it to his chest.

I can't be ashamed of myself if it's a normal night club, but nobody knows we're dancing here tonight.

That made me a little bold.

Bern's chest felt stiffer than it could be, as always, but there is no place in the world where I can feel more secure than this.

Powerful heart sound.

I could smell him. His smell.

My hands twitched and warm turned on my back.

I'd like to dance like this forever.

"Good dance or bad dance, I need you."

"That's an odd encounter.... I thought I needed you too"

That said, Bern cheeked on my head and kissed my hair.

I can see it tickling and very happy and filling my body.

We had neither, couscous and a slight laugh.

Leaping like a fish swimming loosely through a pond, I could see what I saw across the other pair.

A pair of straight silver-haired women with no habits and short red-colored hair and a man of good stature have also noticed this one, they smile at me.

Katerina and Ionias.

"Hey, there."

Bern realizes when I say so and urge him, he leads subtly to both of us.

Katerina and the others danced this way, and we slipped in the middle of the hall.

Although not exactly gracefully spoken to, Katerina laughed like she could play it when she and I met each other, and Ionias seemed badly butted somewhere, but she still engulfed an unhidden joy.

I was greatly satisfied when I found out that it didn't just work out for the two of us and that what I did wasn't entirely in vain.

"Next time you come to the masquerade, let's make it a matching costume."

"What would you like?

Like what?

Oh, what do you want...

Um, but well.

"For now, other than Lygia and Leonhardt, I guess"

Because we're just Lizia and Bernhardt, and nothing else.