Price of Management

Chapter 2 Princess Serence's Heart

Princess Serence wandered through the rose garden. The fragrant floral scent was sweetly dug up to make me feel calm.

Princess Serence liked this time the most.

She hated the commotion, so I was comforted when walking in the quiet garden on a no-one's night. This time I was free from everything that held her captive: identity, duty, destiny.

Does he know what it's like? ’

The reason he was taken away by Caroc was not just for political purposes.

The strange intimacy and sameness he felt when he first met was also one of the reasons, but most of all, he was living freely without entanglement.

He had a high position in the royal household and made enormous fortune, but he seemed relaxed that he could leave them behind at any time. He seemed like the kind of man who could laugh even if he lost everything. So I liked him.

I think I would be free to live with such a person. It was a kind of admiration.

I can still see him in the full moon.

I saw it right in front of my eyes...

“Huh?"

Princess Serence's eyes widen.

Caroc was swimming in the full moon sky. The timing was amazing, but I was even more excited because I was swimming in the sky without water.

Next to him, I saw the charming yellow and cute spirit swimming together.

“Behold! This elegant swimming skill reminds me of the mermaid prince. ”

Carroc then gracefully bends his arms and legs.

- Dad, you look great, Mermaid Prince!

- Awesome.

- Heheh heh!

“Ah-ha-ha. Thank you, Salamander. You shut up. ”

- I'm in!

Noonum shouts in a voluntary voice, his whole body curled up like a ball and swirled around the sky. Caroc applauds.

“Oh! Excellent! ”

- Heh heh, I'm great.

Princess Serence stares at Caroc and the spirits playing like that.

When the other nobles see that, they will wonder if he has no face as a noble. But he was playing freely, not caring at all about it.

Yeah, that's him.

That's why I like him.

Princess Serence chuckles. On the other hand, tears came to my eyes.

After a while, Caroc turns to the ground and swims straight for Princess Serence.

* * *

Hey, I didn't think walking would be so much fun. I swam across the sky joyfully with the spirits.

I knew there was someone in the garden, but I didn't care because it wasn't the Orion king I was supposed to meet. However, it was a woman. And it was a familiar gesture.

“Who is it?”

- It's a princess, Dad.

Norm taught me.

“Princess? Princess Serence.”

-Yeah.

Princess Serence noticed me and looked this way. You couldn't have found it. I'm playing around like this in the sky, hahaha.

It's a little awkward because of the Daryl impersonation problem....

I flew towards her because I couldn't help but greet her. Swimming, of course.

“How are you?”

Princess Serence greeted me. But there were some tears in her eyes, and her senses caught her. Did you cry? Why was she crying?

I was embarrassed for a moment, but I bowed my head without feeling faint.

“Yes, it's been a long time. Princess degradation.”

But the problem was the spirits.

Norm, who was staring at Princess Serence, tilted his head.

- Daddy, why is the princess crying?

Cough!

I was struck down with a hammer, and Princess Serence thought about it, making excuses.

“Oh, I didn't cry! ”

- Don't cry.

Princess Wolverine!

Wounded and salamanders joined together to help the gnomes.

Shh! Guys.

You don't need to know that.

I read my mind, and Norm and Wounded were silent, but this salamander kept me warm, and said, "Princess Wolverine! Khehe! ’

Eventually, Princess Serence screamed with a blushing face.

“Yes! I cried! I cried because I was hurt because of you! ”

“Huff!”

That made me vomit blood. But don't say it out loud!

I just wanted to say good-bye politely, but then I got into a sensitive conversation.

Princess Serence, who had told me all that she could think of, felt as if there was nothing left to talk about. In front of her, I shrunk.

“Married in less than a month, I didn't like it that much? ”

“Oh, no. Wouldn't you hate to see her go down? I just don't want to become a Daryl son-in-law in the Orient Royal Court... ”

“What part of me didn't you like so much? ”

“No, I mean, I don't hate the princess.... ”

“Or did I make a mistake? ”

“Hey, let me just say.... ”

Princess Serence got excited and pushed me into a daze. It was like a woman who had been dumped.

I did.

She was mistaken for an emotion that favored intimacy and empathy for me as an act of spiritual affinity.

I just wanted to get to know the Princess of the Orient Kingdom, so I didn't teach her that, but now she's mistaken it for a sense of reason.

I need to calm him down.

“Wounded.”

- Yeah, Dad.

Undyne made a lump of water that would be like a fist and wiped the tears from Princess Ceres' eyes.

“Yuck!”

When the cool feeling touched her face, Princess Serence was surprised and the excitement had finally subsided.

Seems to have calmed down, he breathed and said in a quiet tone.

“I'm a little excited. I'm sorry."

“No, I'm not.”

I've decided to comfort her.

“It's no wonder you think His Highness cares about me, or has. ”

“Of course?”

I was curious about Princess Serence's face.

“Yes, my princess has spiritual affinity. It's hard for people with spiritual affinity to say the words. So you've felt familiar with me since the first encounter. Isn't that right?"

Princess Serence was stunned by what I said, so I couldn't say anything for a moment.

I kept saying with a smile on my face.

“You know my sweet niece Elena? ”

You can't miss the modifier "cute."

“I know.”

“She was also born with strong spiritual affinity. Didn't you feel a connection to Elena? I'm sure she was very fond of her princess degradation. ”

Princess Serence is troubled by her confused expression. It seemed to remind me of something. Soon, she asked as if she couldn't believe it.

“Aren't you lying? ”

“No way. Can I prove it to you? ”

“Proof?”

I smiled and asked again.

“Don't you want to learn animosity? ”

She has very little spiritual affinity. But if we're lucky, we might be able to barely make the deal. Moreover, if you give her a spirit, the relationship between the two countries will be much better. It's forbidden for the duck king to love so much.