"Henri told Alicia I killed two people."
Did you read my expression, Master Duke said?
"Oh, that's what you're saying."
"How to talk."
"... you don't like it that much?
"Oh, I don't like it"
Master Duke honestly said that.
... I don't understand Mr. Duke's character at all. All I know is that you're mean.
But I never really thought I'd stop being silent.
"Is that all you want to hear?
"There's more... what do you mean you didn't kill him before?
When I said that, Master Duke grinned like a demon.
The jade and pale magic stones dazzled by the light of the sun slipping through the window at the ear.
I knew by instinct that this guy sucked. My whole nerve is trying to escape him.
"... spread the rumor that I killed him"
The word gave me goosebumps.
Beautiful clear blue eyes felt a little darker.
"What did you actually do to those two?
"I just dropped out."
Master Duke said that with no expression. I felt the air in the room get a little chilly.
... I'm getting kind of confused.
Take it easy and think about it. First of all, I know from the game info that Master Duke has a heavy past.
And right now, because you've fallen in love with me, not the route to falling in love with a heroine... that dark heart is not healing. I thought you killed them both just because you said something bad about me.
I thought you were still a horribly cold person... but apparently you're not.
You just change who you're in love with. You change who you are so much. It's true that love changes people.
"I thought Master Duke was a madman."
"Even if Alicia tells you to."
When I said so, Master Duke loosened his mouth.
"I just made you feel that way around me. I'm common sense."
"Why did you have to do that?
When I said that, Master Duke's eyes glowed sharply.
"It's with what Ali said earlier in the dining room. People are valued from around them with trivial words and deeds. I can be seen with the eyes of an unusual prince. Then you can live freely without being expected from around you."
"What freedom?
Lady Duke clouded her face a little in my words.
"I tried to go to a poor village, too, before Alicia did."
I understood everything in that word.
As long as Master Duke is a prince of this country, there is little freedom.
I can't even inspect it on my own. If this was the second prince, maybe it could have been done... but Master Duke is the first prince.
"No matter how much magic you could use and how smart you were, no one would expect you to be a lunatic, right?
"I don't think so."
"Well, I can be freer than a prince who's only good"
"Yes, it is."
... you're a hell of a strategist. Master Duke may be the most calculated and horrible person I've ever met. Master Duke in the game wasn't this calculating.
Master Duke is better at one. I'm liked by someone like this...
Honestly, you still don't know much about feelings like that or anything like that.
"And if it's rumored that I killed someone, I thought it might get into Alicia's ear, but that didn't seem possible."
Master Duke said that without changing his expression.
I don't want you to say that. I'm equal to zero when it comes to romantic experiences.
"... What does Master Duke like about me?
I unconsciously put what I thought into my mouth.