The Inner Palace Tale of a Villainess Noble Girl

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From somewhere, you can hear the birds snarling. Feeling the soft morning sun across her eyelids, Deanna slowly opened her eyes. In an unfamiliar room, stop thinking for just a moment and immediately remember yesterday.

(Uh, no, I was admirably lost...)

A daylight grand royal carriage was attacked, and he slipped away from the spot aggressively, presuming the target was apparently himself. He ran around in the woods to scatter his chasers, and was attacked again as he tried to rest where the sun had fallen.

- I was saved from the real danger, just a double secret.

All this time, I felt like I had finally been touched by his true intentions, which kept me at my core. The eyes that are directed are gentle, warm, and yet somewhere intense.

Deanna was convinced that even though the identity of the emotion was unknown, there was no lie in that word, which ran out of words: 'I decided to protect you'.

(... I'm not such a cute little lady that someone has to protect me all the time at 46: 00. Maybe that's not what Kai meant when he said 'protect' me)

Sniffing around to Freedom, he probably knows more about Deanna than Deanna thinks. The fact that I'm wearing a giant cat for vs. nobility when it's "Red Rose," the fact that I'm actually a pretty waggy mom, and the fact that there's a teasing and crying side to it.

... but when I protected them all, he told me.

(Even so, what brings Kai that far?

I don't know if they like it. Deanna and I like Kai. Although the way we met can't be flattering or friendly, we should have been able to establish a relationship to the extent that we could call ourselves friends in exchanging words from it, getting information and repeating stories we don't love. It's only natural that I want to protect my friend, and if what he says isn't unnatural, I can think of it that way.

(Until I left Liliane's place, there was no toko... Because of the imminent danger to me, it was not wacky, but the atmosphere yesterday, and it felt like it was totally following me for my escort)

Given Kai's previous state of affairs, what was used for Liliane would be a dozen and eighty-nine, to be rewarded. Which means he's in trouble with the money right now. I can imagine that much, so I was almost forced to hold the gem last night, in the name of 'thank you'.... mostly with a cry down.

"... is everything going to be all right?"

"Dee? Are you awake?

A voice was returned from across the door to the mumbling dropped. Deanna wakes up physically, surprised that she didn't show any sign of a person.

"It just happened."

"I'm coming in."

Coming in as I said, he was dressed like a traveling merchant everywhere. Did you mess with the clothes you appropriately got last night during the night? An operator like them does basically anything cleverly.

"That's fast. The sun has just risen."

"Anyway, when you're in the backyard, you say it's a trip. 'Cause I'm gonna wake up in the morning."

"It's a good thing you're healthy... are you getting tired?

"Oh, that's okay. Instead, I've probably slept best in the last few days."

"Then good."

Chuckles and laughs, Kai hands me the wrap he was holding.

"This is Dee's travel costume. If it stayed that way, it would have been hard to ride a horse."

"You went out of your way to fix it?

"It's not a big deal. I just cut the hem and stuffed it."

"... than me. Did Kai get a good rest?

Speaking of which, he's been working for a long time, seriously worried about when he's asleep. I was inadvertently pushed out last night to occupy the bed, but isn't it this boy who needs rest?

Not his usual black outfit, unfamiliar with costumes that could very naturally blend into the whole town, he chuckled and squeezed Deanna's worries like that.

"I didn't have to sleep so much originally. Because this is still a long way to live in the" back, "and I remember things like how to not get tired with a short sleep."

"Do you have such a convenient way to sleep?

"I won't tell you. Look, if you're awake, get dressed. Let's leave after breakfast."

Thank you. I think Kai's attitude towards herself changed yesterday. The atmosphere is different, but this overprotective feeling.

"... brother?

"Heh? What's wrong with Mr. Edward?

"Yeah, it's nothing.... By the end of the day, can you reach the Temple of Mist?

Deanna's biggest concern right now is that. I know a horse would be fine, but that's only if we know the way.

Kai smiled and nodded at her as she got out of bed.

"I can afford it. Yu. We have enough time to get there early and meet with Rita and the Dark People."

"... even if I get attacked again?

Even though he smiled the same way, the moment he asked, Kai's signs changed with reluctance. - of the carnivore that preceded the hunt, to which there was a tense exaltation.

"If I'm with you and you don't want me to attack Dee, you can stab him from one end, right?

To that smile, which I only admit yes or yes, "... please, to the extent that I can't keep my eyes open," was the only Deanna I could answer.

In conclusion, the faraway drive with Kai was going really well, and after noon the two had arrived in the town as close to the Temple of Mist. Because the horse Kai chose for me was very smart, he quickly got used to Deanna and worked hard well, and the road was easy to run. He led me in front, and some would say Kai's judgment was good. The way the break is pinched and the speed at which it runs is inexorable, yet earns a good distance. Deanna looked at him half-hearted, saying that the man of this operation who makes it was omnipotent.

"What's wrong?

"I was wondering if there's anything Kai can't do or not. No, it's not just for you."

The two of them are currently in a town near the temple for a little late lunch. During the festival, and today is the last day of the first half, you can eat many delicious dishes at a great price. Among them, I chose the popular dining room called Reputation, and the two were relaxed.

"I'm pretty good at it, I'm human. But if you say," I don't like it, I can't do it, "it's not gonna be a job."

"Sewing and cooking, you need it for work?

"You need it to live. If you're a team player, maybe you'll share it according to what you're good at, because I'm basically one or two people with my dad. I can't live without doing the whole thing."

He said, gazing at Deanna, as if it were nothing, whilst crushing the meat that it was the specialty of this town.

"People in the industry I know didn't have that many all-purpose players. Are those people different?

"At the head of Sirius, you can do anything basic. … so once in a while, I think it's cheating"

"Cheating?

Deanna gently peeled into the dark eyes looking at this one.

"Because no matter how hard we women try, we're no match for men in power. Men are powerful, and it's absolutely cheating to be able to do everything else."

"... I think that's a lot too much to buy, huh? Not as versatile as Dee thinks."

"Well said, you said you could do it the whole time."

"'I can do it,' he said. As a precaution, I cook in crowds, but I can't make sweets, and I can do needlework like repairing clothes, but I can't do detailed work like embroidery or lace knitting."

"... Really?

Tilting his neck properly, he laughed with tender eyes.

"Told you? I just learned the chore skills I needed to live. If it's technology for work, I'd polish that, but you're just like me, and you don't have a client demanding confectionery making or lace knitting, do you?

"... it would be tough if you were here"

"That's the thing. Mostly because I don't like the proper work. How many times have you been pissed off by the mistake of salt and sugar when preparing rice"

"That's an immediate pre-work problem. I've never seen anyone do that before."

With a tedious narrative, it came down to twelve that he cares about Deanna. Kai gazes calmly at the dull laughing Deanna.

"There's no one who can do anything from the start, and I knew there was something I couldn't do if I tried. Still, if the people in Dee's house look 'omnipresent' - I'm sure they're trying to do that for Dee's family."

"... ours, for?

"For example, in the unlikely event that we find ourselves without water or food, we can still protect the Dees. Don't mourn your loved one because of your lack of strength.... I think I know what it's like to work so hard."

"That, is..."

Does this man also know the pain of mourning something, the fear? At least then, if I had more power.... that I had such regrets for this man, too.

Deanna shook her head and drove away her heart, which was about to be drawn to the past.

"... enough for everyone to think so, I wonder if I have"

The way you put it, you don't seem confident.

"I'm so ashamed I can't hold it, such confidence"

"Isn't that Yi? People have their own motives to protect something. Even Dee, right?

"I?"

"With Mr. Shayla, with the rear palace, with the country? Aside from wanting to protect that, it's not because it's worth protecting, is it?

I'm told, I realize. It's in me, too, the thought of 'wanting to protect'.

"I want to protect…"

"What do you think?

"... simply because I like them and want them to laugh"

"Right? If 'something' to be protected is worth it, I think it's that thing that made me think so. For the protector, I don't want to mourn."

"But... there are a lot of people in the world who are protected just because they're high."

"I guess the guy who thinks it's worth it to be high up protects it, so that doesn't matter, does it? Anyone who comes and tries to force himself to defend himself will not die in the past or now."

People like that would often hire me. When he says, I'm afraid the general theory doesn't sound like a general theory. Kai looked up and laughed as he drank the warm tea after the meal, minding his slightly cold spine.

"Dee, look. I'm here to pick you up."

"Welcome?... Ah,"

He's a pedestrian everywhere, looking for an empty chair while holding his luggage and fluttering, one man. - Even a familiar face would have missed it if Kai hadn't told me.

"Hey, you two. I'm sorry, can I take this seat?

"Fine. We're about to leave."

Conversations that are common in places like this. Kai and the man sifted very naturally, and Deanna and Kai left the store after losing as much and finishing the meal. Kai opens the paper in his hand, distracted by the crowd and completely away from the store.

"- An hour later, behind the building next to the temple, because"

"... you've exchanged quite a bit."

"You just got attacked yesterday, didn't you? It's a natural precaution for the people of Darkness."

"Did you know that was one of the 'darknesses' earlier?

"No? But my colleagues can tell by the atmosphere."

Around the edge of sarcasm, it makes me feel like a genius (professional). Deanna took Kai's hand.

"Wow, what did you do?

"Next time, tell me how to use a short knife. Even I want to be able to do things."

"... for now, when we get back to the royal palace properly"

And the hand that was shaken back was warm and warm.