Outaishihi ni Nante Naritakunai!!

……

Marianne returned and returned to her room.

Sitting silently on the couch, I was alone in my thoughts, but finally came to one conclusion.

"Decided, I knew we'd go to the masquerade"

This is all I have left.

I really don't like my friends sacrificing themselves to Hanitra men I don't know with anybody anywhere, and I can't forgive them for pretending to be Fried.

It's a masquerade. I had no choice but to know who I was, or at least, if I hadn't replaced someone else, I wouldn't have done this either. I'll be careful, but if it's the choice she's made, she should have watched her progress more than that.

But I'm not going to let a friend near a guy who's just going to replace someone else.

"If this happens, we'll go to the night club before Marianne meets the man, and we'll find out who he is."

I remember the pictures of all the nobles in the country. Even if I hid my face in a mask, I was convinced that if I could only meet him in person, I would know who he was.

Fried didn't get it because he was avoiding royalty and all things named after him. And there's also a reason my hair was different in color.

"I wonder what the man's up to."

I think it's Hanitra, but that's just my prediction. If it wasn't, for example, if you really just liked listening to girls, you'd get wet.

So I was going to make a careful decision about that.

Anyway, grabbing the man's identity. And I won't let you take my place again.

I'm sorry about Marianne, but falling in love with someone who doesn't exist is just vain. She seemed to know it was a few dates, and if you heard she was gone, you'd give up.

Now I sincerely want you to fall in love with a man with a certain identity.

"All right, let's talk to Fried tonight, though. And we need to call Cain."

Naturally, but I didn't mean to keep it a secret from Freed.

'Cause I don't feel like I can hide it through in the first place. I can easily imagine finding out at the worst and then getting punished.

That's why I was willing to ask Cain to follow me on the escort, and I was going to explain it properly to Fried.

As Princess Wang, I know that I am not allowed to behave on my own.

In the meantime, Fried is trying to give me as much freedom as possible. I don't want to imitate betraying him like that.

"... good. Princess, you're willing to take me."

"Huh!? Cain!?"

Suddenly I hear voices from behind, and I look back in panic.

When did you show up, there was Cain, looking at me with a frightened face.

"Were you listening?

"No, you bet. I'm the princess's escort, right? I'm not leaving without Prince Wang."

"Oh yeah... that's the same thing, right?"

Cain is my exclusive escort, which Fried also admits. It is because of him that I am allowed all kinds of freedoms. When Freed isn't around, he's always there to protect me.

I mean, I mean. They were also listening to all the conversations I had with Marianne earlier -.

"... er"

"I disagreed if the princess was going to try to go alone, but she seems willing to take me with her, so I hope she takes it personally. I just follow the princess. Ma, the princess has to work hard to convince Prince Wang!

"... Ah, yes"

Unexpectedly shook his head vertically, he said as he looked at me with a seemingly pitiful eye.

"I don't think it's a good idea to keep a secret from Prince Wang, either, do you? See, you say you're scared of the rest. If you really want to go to the masquerade, why don't you just try to persuade me?

"... Ugh. Right."

"So I'm gonna back off."

"What..."

Cain disappears just saying what needs to be said. And it appeared almost at the same time that Cain disappeared...

"Freed!? Why?

"Liddy."

I didn't know what the hell happened.

Because Fried, who was supposed to be working in the office, showed up at that place where Cain disappeared.

- What? What the hell happens, this is what happens?

If you think calmly, you'll soon find out that Cain contacted Fried in a nutshell and that he just came here using return magic. The timing of Cain's departure and his arrival wore perfectly. Just that.

But all of a sudden it just seemed like I switched from Cain to Freed, which was a pretty bad sight for my heart.

"Bibi...... stunned"

Surprisingly solidified, Fried said as he approached me.

"Cain told me a story. Liddy, you want to talk to me?

"Uh... yeah"

I thought you'd be furious, but apparently Cain only told Fried that he wanted to talk to me. Perhaps silent pressure from him to say it yourself properly.

I don't mind because I was originally going to tell Fried, but I didn't expect him to call me from before I was ready for my heart either.

"Uh, Fried's still on his way to work, isn't he? Then later..."

It's an intrusive story, and I'm not going to interfere with his work. That's what I thought, but Fried ran out of words.

"Cain's bothering to keep in touch, because he needs to. Liddy, talk to me first because it's good. Don't make your own decisions."

"Oh, yes."

I'm afraid of Fried's face.

While I was getting smaller, I told him what was going on.

◇ ◇ ◇

"I mean..."

Talk about the fake Apollo who showed up at the masquerade. And besides the story of Marianne falling in love with the fake and the reasoning that the man might be suspicious, I told him washingly that I wanted to go to the masquerade.

If there's even one thing you're not telling me or telling me, Fried will never forgive me. Because I felt that way.

"... I see"

For some reason on the bed in the bedroom, Fried, sitting on the edge of the bed as well, exhaled small at me sitting in the front seat and waiting for Shannon.

"So, Liddy thought about going to the masquerade."

"Yeah, because we have to get ahead of Marianne and find out who the man is."

"Yes."

Fried, who was laying his eyes down to think, looks up.

"As far as I'm concerned, for whatever reason, you don't want me to go to a masquerade. Liddy's my wife, isn't she? Who would want to send a pretty wife to a place where only a hungry beast would be?

Hungry beasts are another amazing way to say it. But Fried's face is serious and doesn't look like he's joking.

"Liddy's so cute, she's definitely set to get her eyes on him right away. I can't stand my Liddy being sexually seen by a man."

"Or is that okay because you're wearing a mask..."

The venue has a variety of ideas to keep the target from being identified by dark lighting. Of course, like me, I can't hide who they are if I remember their physical characteristics, but I just accidentally hide their faces, and they all don't know who they are. So I guess it's unlikely they'll notice that I'm me.

But Fried was skeptical.

"That's not the problem. Liddy's so prominent. It doesn't matter if you wear a mask. I catch my eyes, then I notice a beautiful standing position, my hair is glossy and I think I want to touch it, the color of my eyes is purple and it's like a jewel, and when I look at it well, I think I will fall in love as soon as my face is beautiful. Liddy has a thin back and looks just like her dress. See, there's no reason not to speak up."

"... Um... Exactly, I think that's just Fried"

I'm glad my husband complimented me, but it's too much.

In fact, at the masquerade I went to before, no one spoke up but Fried.

With that said, Fried frowned reluctantly.

"What are you talking about? Even then, everyone cared about Liddy. Liddy couldn't speak out because I was holding him back. You did everything in your power to intimidate me that you wouldn't allow anyone but me to speak up. Because of that."

"... what are you doing"

I heard you had been intimidating me just before we met, and I sighed.

But, well... At that time, I thought no one was calling, but was it Fried's fault?

My aim at that time was Fried, so I have no problem at all with you doing so, but I'm surprised you've been declared 'your own' since before we met.

With a subtle face, Fried said he was kicking ass.

"That's why I disagree with Liddy going to the masquerade"

"Duh, really?

"I think I just told you why? Never imitate like throwing a pretty wife in a wolf's nest. Liddy, more than Liddy thinks, a masquerade is a dangerous place. I don't want you to go."

"Ugh."

Seriously, I was frightened. But even I can't retreat.

"It's... it might be... but we're not gonna do anything dangerous, are we? I'll take Cain, too, and when I figure out who the man is, I'm gonna go home now."

In the meantime, I want to see who he is and see where who he is. If I knew who it was, I wouldn't have to stay at the masquerade or anything, and I was just going to back off.

"When I found out who it was, look, I thought I'd report it to Fried properly and leave it to him... see, that's about it..."

The truth is, I almost wanted to get in myself, but I knew as much as I shouldn't do it, so I was thinking of pulling back when I just found out who I was.

"Right? Really, I'm taking measures... but no?

……

Fried's brilliant eyebrows stop in the center. This is a sign that I'm in a pretty bad mood. I knew that, but even I wasn't going to back down easily.

"I can't shut up and overlook Marianne hanging on the poison fangs of a weird man! Well, even I know it's worse to go to a masquerade. Whatever happens, you deserve it, don't you? But Marianne's opponent is the kind of guy who cheats on Fried, right? I know it's absolutely suspicious, but I can't ignore it..."

"Liddy."

"... and what an absolutely unforgivable fake of Fried. I wish I was doing something wrong..."

I can't really forgive you for pretending to be my Fried and yet being worked for evil.

When I told him that, Fried looked so disgusted.

"... I know exactly what Liddy is saying. I think that's especially worrying. I just think there's something about attending a masquerade on behalf of someone who's already disappeared. Liddy said it might not be a strong mistake to get information."

"! Right!

Stare at Fried with anticipation. He said, even though he looked complicated this time.

"Speaking of the original, it's my scattered seed. 'Apollo' is a pseudonym, because I was the one attending the masquerade. There's no excuse for that. And if that 'Apollo' is being used by a stranger, you can't let it go. I think it would be my role that was' Apollo 'to do the exact end. At least we need to catch him and see what he's up to."

"Bye!"

Make your eyes shine. Fried told me to roar, rarely with his mouth as a letter to.

"It's very unwillingness, it's a severed thought... but I guess we have to go to the masquerade to find out who the man is"

"Huh!"

"... but you don't need Liddy to go, do you? It's just a matter of asking someone of the female martial arts officers."

"Well, if you do that, you'll find out that Freed was Apollo to that martial artist!

The fact that he was at the masquerade is, in a way, the biggest secret. It is not preferable to increase the number of people who know the circumstances.

"I don't care if you find out enough to let Liddy go."

"No! And as I said earlier, it's a Fried fake, right? You tricked my husband, didn't you? I'm Fried's wife, so I think I have a right to participate!

Normally, I wouldn't say this far. But my husband tricked me, and I'm probably mad at him, too. What's wrong with wanting to at least figure out where and who the man is with his own hands?

Blistering but claiming, Fried blinked his eyes.

"... Liddy says she wants to join, because she's your wife?

"That's right! Well, there's a desire to help your friends on their own, but it's not like people can fool you and leave you to your loved ones. What's wrong with wanting to do what you can?

……

"Freed?

Fried shut up and held his mouth. If you look closely, your ears are slightly red.

"... what shall we do? Wow, I'm glad."

"... uh..."

"I have to say no, but I'm so happy I can't. 'Cause Liddy's... he's mad at me because he's my wife. You can't say that."

"Uh... well, will you let me join you?

Ask terribly.

Fried put in quite a few moments, and although he seemed unwilling, he nodded at me at the end.

"... because if I were in Liddy's shoes, I'd still want to catch them with my own hands, and I don't think anyone else can handle them. If Liddy thinks the same of me, I can't stop him. But there's one condition. Because I'm coming with you. I can't leave it to Cain alone, such a dangerous place. If you don't like it, you don't have to go."

"Uh... but if Fried goes, he won't even come out fake, will he?

If you have a sense of what's taking place over there, you can't possibly come out where the real thing is. Having said that, Fried thought a little before answering.

"That's true. If the target doesn't come out, there's no point in Liddy joining us. Then I have no choice but to watch Liddy from behind with Cain. But, Liddy, as soon as we know who the man is, we need to leave. That's a promise, isn't it?

"Yeah."

I looked into Fried's eyes and nodded.

"I promise. As soon as I know who I am, I'm coming through the masquerade. And then I give the information to Fried, and he's making a big deal out of it.... Is this it?

Let me listen to you and join you. I want to do the least amount of annoyance to hang it.

Raising one hand and telling him to swear, Fried reached out and stroked my head slowly.

"Fine. Leave the rest to me. Whatever the man is, I'm going to ask him exactly what the circumstances are, and I'm not going to let him imitate 'Apollo' again.... a friend of Liddy's promises not to hang poisonous teeth"

"... yeah. I believe you."

If Fried will say so, I'm sure he'll be fine.

Absolutely, let them reveal who the fake Apollo is.

I'm not gonna let you shake Freed again, and I'm gonna let Marianne do it.

"I'll do my best."

"... I don't want you to work too hard"

Fried told me I was in trouble, but I was going to do everything I could to get to it.