The Inner Palace Tale of a Villainess Noble Girl

It was midnight, and Deanna stood up to blow out the lights thinking it was time to sleep, that time.

The unexpected guest stepped indoors without sound.

"Deanna"

"Kai?"

With a little surprise, Deanna looks back. They move freely around the back of the ceiling in hidden passageways, morning or night if that's what you want, but intrudable. It is possible, but it is an unprecedented rarity, such as his coming to visit this room late this evening.

"What's going on?... Anything wrong?

"Looks like you got it. - Turn that light off, come here."

The purple blue eyes floating in the darkness emitted a frivolously cold light. The tone is light, but it doesn't make you think about turning against it.

Blowing out the lights as they were told, Deanna was drawn to Kai's hand and moved to the corner of the private room. The moment Kai sticks his hand in the bookshelf right there, the corner wall circles around.

"... eh"

"Yikes... Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's a rigged door, or it was here."

"Did you notice something?

I don't see each other's expressions in the dark, and I can still tell by the atmosphere of his voice that he is amused. Deanna laughed back, too.

"Something with too thick a wall between the main room and the private room. I was talking to Rita."

"Didn't you think to find it?

"I think Rita might have found it. I am... I wasn't interested."

"Maybe this is an emergency shelter for times of need, right? It would be convenient to know."

"That's why. I did not enter" Between the Red Roses "as the Queen. The secret of this room would be good if the man wearing the crown of the Queen knew."

Rather, it wouldn't be good if one side room knew.

When I laughed that way, Ky seemed to laugh bitterly, too.

"Same as always. Hey, Deanna."

"Anyway, what's wrong with that?

"Uh, maybe they'll be here soon."

That's what Kai said, and it was at the same time that a slight metal noise sounded like Ki, across the rigging door. Deanna kills the signs very naturally and peeps across the door.

Apparently, the door leading to the bedroom opened and someone came in. I should have let them all back down today after finishing Yu Ami, so it's not the 'Between the Red Roses' samurai who's indoors now. First, they don't make footsteps so busy.

From the sound of footsteps and clothes rubbing, Deanna, who apparently strikes as someone in the rear palace Kingsguard knight, tilts her neck without knowing its purpose. The door that should be locked at this time - the door that connects the bedroom to the hallway is locked when the sun goes down - so I can only think of a purpose that must be calm, whatever it is, such as who comes into the room without permission.

The intruder, who apparently looked around the private room all the way, moved straight to the main room and after a while came back, went back into the bedroom. Deanna just doesn't know the signs beyond the bedroom.

but next to Deanna now is the genius (pro) on that path. After a lot of silence, he took a breath.

"Did you go?"

"Did you leave the room?

"Oh. I was wondering what I would do if they were sitting in my bedroom, but it just didn't seem like that"

But just in case, you should stay here.

That's what they said, Deanna's head tilted.

"You're very discreet."

"Just for once, though.... What did you find out earlier?

"That you're not someone I know, and that you're someone from the Knight of the Back Palace, and that you were probably wandering around looking for me, or something?

"I could have done harm, what is it?

"I had a noisy vibe though. Didn't you say it wasn't even murder?

"They're amateurs. Because I don't have the skills to go in and out freely, like Mr. Sirius and the others. You don't know the nature of killing people. You don't have to worry about killing, you can just kill with hostility."

"... in a way, you're scaring me"

Deanna and I were planted in Sirius, and my body moves reflexively against the killer. But if someone just asks if they can be that sensitive, the answer is no.

"From Kai's perspective, did that intruder look like he was going to kill me?

"I can't be sure, but at least there was something you couldn't ignore about the signs when you came towards' Between the Red Roses'"

"Can I? Why would a Kingsguard knight come after me for only the fourth day of his life?

"I'm just imagining, because I'm not able to monitor every move on the female chief's side. - Maybe it has something to do with the movement on the outer palace side."

"To the outer palace, movement?

Rather than intruders, it is there that matters.

"What happened?

"Eat up too fast. The king simply noticed Deanna's bait and ate it properly."

Kai's words were abstract, but it is clear what their contents mean.

"Yes. - That was faster than I expected."

"Because I was looking at the material properly and discerning potential fraud. Talk to Mr. Alford from there and call the assistant superintendent of the outer chamber."

"Oh, Master Keith?

"What, someone you know?

"Because both your father and brother are close. It's familiar.... Well, if Master Keith is out, it's early."

"That's right. The king, who even heard the chief of the lady about the treasure in the treasure trove, called Mr. Chris sneakingly and ordered him to have it ready tomorrow... today or secretly because I'm going to inspect the treasure trove."

"The keys to the treasure trove are under the authority of the sheriff... then you'll find out"

To Deanna, who nodded deeply, Kai laughed lightly.

"Mr. Chris is an interesting person, isn't he? She was in a dignified, empty nest because she was ordered to keep it a secret."

"No matter how many empty nests you go into, you'll notice if the keys are gone. Even the sheriff."

"They left it fake so they wouldn't find out any time soon. Well, I guess it came from somewhere."

"If the intruder, the Kingsguard Knight, was on the woman's side, it would be easy to detect your sister-in-law's movements."

Even Chris hasn't been able to grasp the identity and character of the fifteen Knights of the Rear Palace yet. I trusted them for once, mainly because it was Alford who chose them, but it would mean that someone scratched his eyes and worked evil into them. We'll find out who he is.

"- That's right, Ky."

Deanna stared at her faceless counterpart.

"Pretty good, you know more about that?

"What are you talking about?

"Unstoppable. You talk about the outer palace, and the king's office, as if you've seen it?

"It's not 'like'. I've been watching. I'm talking to you."

I knew it. Deanna sighed loudly.

"For once, did you know that, if found, the death penalty would be immediate?

"I can't find it. There's no one in or out of that office who can look for my signs."

"Still, if you're a human being living in the kingdom, you don't want to be there."

"There was an exception, wasn't there? Like when" Azure Civil Unrest "."

"At that time, the Royal Palace was a complete enemy. His Majesty the King is not our enemy now."

"Yes. I'm just not the enemy. - I'm not entirely on your side."

Kai's voice changed. Even in the dark, for some reason, I see a deep colored purple blue.

"I guess the 'darkness' of the Crestor family obeys the Lord's will. Because I don't have a Lord. I'll do whatever you want."

"Kai!"

"- Your favorite" Red Rose ""

In a world where there is no light, each other's voices feel their breathing, their body temperature, above all, close. The illusion of even blending boundaries came first,

- Did you feel someone's fever on your wrist first?

"I don't try to get it as one if you want to protect so much that you can't hold it in your hands because it's someone else who works harder than you, someone other than you, all the time"

"Ca, y...?

"I get it. Deanna is more of a type of person to give to someone who looks good than to put a gem in a chest. So I don't care if my chest is empty."

"Hey, what are you mad at...?

Kai's voice bears more urgent signs than I've ever heard before. I can't afford it, as if I'm desperately pushing and killing the boiling heat.

I don't know what it is, but apparently it touched Kai's upscale. The moment I opened my mouth to apologize, I felt stronger grabbing my wrist.

"I'm not mad. - Even if you're angry, it's not against Deanna."

"Then why,"

Don't stop me.

Gu, I can push it against the wall. The air I had never experienced before - but never uncomfortable - caused Deanna to shut her mouth.

"I won't be protected by Deanna, just me. - So show me, don't stop me."

"-... it is,"

"Deanna, who likes to mess with people, is greedy and unscrupulous, and loves that cuckold empty chest, should have someone beside her who doesn't listen to her."

The fever on his wrist was away before questioning the meaning of the words whispered in his ear. The air that was so tight fogged up all the time.

"Kai,"

"Yeah, Mr. Intruder, it looks like you're never coming back. Tomorrow... well, it's already today, it's gonna be noisy, and Deanna's got to go to bed early."

"Kai!"

We can't break up like this. Whatever he wants to say is over, but I have something to say here too.

"... what?

"You told me not to stop, so I won't tell you to stop anymore. … but"

Deanna read from Kai's atmosphere, just one thing. - He does, depending on the circumstances, any unscrupulous.

"Please. Take care of yourself. If you spotted me as greedy, you'd realize it."

Yes, I am greedy. I don't know what the other person's situation is, just keep emotional, all the more important.

"For one I don't want to mourn, you're already in."

"-"

Guru and the trick door that turned, Guru's pulled right arm, - a powerful arm that I felt on my back for a moment.

When all of them passed, Deanna was just one person, next to a bookshelf in the private room.

"Kai!?

"... utterly, cunning, Deanna is"

"Which is more cunning, let me hear your reply!

Deanna remembered a fierce frustration with her disappearing opponent for some reason.

"Yes, it must be you who are largely cunning!? I don't know anything about you, but you keep spotting me!

'Cause it's not my fault. Deanna, it's a lot easier to understand, isn't it?

"I've never been told, that's not true. It's no use trying to get out of the way, get back to me!

'I feel so unreasonably angry with you... - I get it'

Just his voice, he seemed to be smiling bitterly.

'I won't be impotent, I'll just run away when I'm in danger. That's all right, right?

"... can I believe you?

'I'll tell you what. Most people are the cutest. I'm one of them. "

Light but heavy, strange sound. From the side that I don't think I can trust, the thought of believing this one boils down. A soft voice fell on Deanna, who frowned on such contradictions.

'I'm off for a while. I don't think so, but when the intruder comes back,' cause I'm gonna beat you up. '

"... isn't my security different from what you do?

"What are you talking about? I'm just watching" Between the Red Roses. "

It was time for Deanna to sneak in with her sleepy head, saying it was something that had "surveillance" all the time.