"I'm tired already.... Lili, come here. Let's go more out of sight from everyone."
Al holds my hand and pulls it toward the balcony.
The balcony at the tip of the thick curtain is an extra room for two or three.
It's a good night.
"Yes."
Join Al for a view outside from the balcony. I would have seen the courtyard, but unfortunately, it's dark and almost invisible. The light leaks from the great hall, so much so that we can see the shape of the trees.
The wind is soaring. The climate was even better and the moonlight was beautiful and easy to spend the night on. People can hear the noise far from the Great Hall.
"Hey, were you aware?
Looking out loud at the view, Al spoke in a quiet voice. Turning to him, Al stares at me with a serene face.
"Will said, didn't he? - You said you weren't the Villain Warrant anymore."
"Ah... Speaking of which"
He also said that.
Prince Wilfred's impression was so intense that he was flying out of his head about what he was told.
"Yeah, speaking of... you said... Uh, well, I..."
"So you're not a shitty 'villain's warrant'. Congratulations. You're on target, you got out of Villain Warrant Lady and made my brother say," No, I'm not. "
"... yes, yes..."
Speaking of which, I did.
I wanted Prince Wilfred to blow a bubble, and one day I said to him, "Let it blow," and I got so excited.
As I remembered that, I said.
"... I've always thought that if I stopped being a Villain Warrant, I'd laugh as hard as I could."
"Was that what you were thinking?
"Yes......"
Snorts and drips. I felt quite sorry for myself.
"I was thinking quite seriously...... Prince Wilfred's shock is stronger and I've completely forgotten about that so far"
I've been working so hard on that one, and I forget about it at the end, etc., it's too bad.
"Well... I guess it's good. My brother's condition might give me a chance to say that word in a different situation."
"Really...?
What kind of situation would that be? Al laughed when he didn't really want to think about it.
"Because he's that brother. I'm sure he'll come. Better than that..."
"Yes."
Al's voice turns into something awful and serious. At the same time, the expression became tight.
"You are no longer a Villain Lady as a result of your efforts. On the contrary, it's much prettier than when you met me. Now, any man would turn to you easily. Hey, let me be honest with you. Don't I need you anymore?
"Al......"
The voice was gentle, but I could tell he meant it. And I also finally remembered that during the night club of the debutante, he wanted me to get back to him with a confession.
Al superimposes words on me that I can't quite answer.
"I, like I said before, still like you. I want to marry you. [M] But, you know, I'm not gonna force it. Even if I marry you after doing that, if it doesn't involve my heart, it's just vain. So I want to hear your will. You want to disengage me? If that's what you say, I'll give you a special nod only this time. [M] I'll free you from me."
Even though the words told were gentle, they contained somewhere frightening darkness. And I also notice myself feeling comfortable with that darkness.
Al's hand reaches out on my cheek I can't move.
"But if you're gonna take my hand here, I'm not gonna let you go again. Whatever you say, I'll tie you to my side until you die. Just like I felt in that bracelet. - I only give you one chance. So think about it and respond."
Al turns his gaze to the bracelet he got for his birthday.
"I want to bind you to me."
Indeed, that's what the accompanying message card said. I'm surprised you meant that, but the unpleasant feeling didn't happen at all.
I stared at Al, and that's how I asked my own heart.
- Are you ready? and.
And to the answer I returned too soon, I laughed.
Yes, I've liked him since the first time I saw him.
I wanted to be on this guy's side. Ever since I found out about this guy, I've liked him more, and I was hoping he'd pick me if he could.
- Even now, I've always loved only Al.
I can't believe I'm ready to keep loving him, long ago.
By and large I had already decided to reply to the confession. It's decided, but there's no need to worry about it anymore.
So I turned to Al and said with a grin on my face.
"... If Al hadn't been here, I'm sure I wouldn't have been there right now"
"Yeah."
Al nods with his smug eyes. Confirmed it, I spun more words.
"I did my best because you were here, and I think I'm going to be better."
"Yeah."
"... please don't tell me to get engaged, dissolve. I can't do this without you."
When I told her how I felt, Al smiled small.
"Can I say that? Don't you regret it?
"I won't. There's no way I would."
When I tell him that, Al says, "Bye," and he looks at me. There was a fever in his eyes.
"Put that into proper words. As I can see, properly."
"Yes."
I understood what they were saying and what he wanted, and I nodded.
I was horribly nervous. I've probably never been so thrilled in my life.
But at the same time, I thought I was just as happy.
I looked into Al's eyes and said slowly.
"I've always liked it. That's all I wanted you to be on my side, even if I was no longer a Villain Lady."
"Yeah."
His eyes tell him to keep going. Past stories are good. He was about to complain to me about it now.
So I spin more words.
"Of course it still is. I love you."
"- I love you, too. Lili."
"Ah..."
Al's hand reaches out and holds my body. Embraced me out of balance the way he got it.
"Gotcha."
His hand strokes my head gently.
I kept an eye on the sudden motion, but almost cried at its less comfortable.
"Well, I won't let you go again, okay?
"- Yes."
Al laughed small as he nodded at the sweetly whispered words in his ear.
"Good. I wondered what I would do if they said," I want to dissolve my engagement. "
"... you knew I wasn't supposed to say that, right?
Originally, he asked me if I could expect a reply, and I should have been snorting.
"That's right," Al said, staring at him with that feeling.
"I knew in case you think about it, I'm scared too. I'm not gonna let you go from the edge, but I don't know what I'd do if you told me you wanted to break up. Trouble is, you don't want to exercise your powers, do you?
……
I was told in a good mood, but I got hardened when I heard him say it.
- Exercise strength? Huh? What do you mean?
I stare at Al with dismay. He said, "Hmm?," he said, laughing at Nico.
……
Apparently Al was plotting, no matter how I came up with the answer, to make me come back to him in the end. My answer was out at last, and I didn't mind the choice to leave because I wasn't on the edge, but I assumed that something like the chill I felt for a moment earlier wasn't a mistake.
- Yeah, Al's actually, like, pretty scary?
"What's up, Lili?"
Watch Al turn a gentle grin with me in his arms.
Apparently, the person I got engaged to isn't just a kind person.
But, well, that's good too.
I thought so, I said.
"No, it's nothing"
Because I know it's true that he took care of me and broke my bones.
Because I know his kindness is real.
If only we knew that, we wouldn't care about the rest.
"Lili, it's a pleasure to be your real fiancée."
"Yes, Al. Well, there are a lot of things that don't get there, thank you."
When I replied, Al came softly closer to me.
I noticed what it meant and I was in a hurry but thought a little and decided to close my eyes quietly after all.
Because I love him.
"Lili, I love you"
The only voice I could hear was sweeping hot.
On his lips, a fever that was not his was pressed immediately after.
Thus, I ceased to be the 'Villain Warrant Lady' and became the lover and fiancé of First Prince Alan.