Arnold's expression has no strong emotions.

However, Raul's cold, pale eyes were turned toward him.

"Get away from me."

"...... ah"

Even though the utterance is short, it feels like the eardrum is tingling and numb.

Even Leechee suddenly held her breath.Raul felt more intimidated when he was directed at it.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness Arnold."

After twisting the edge of his mouth for a moment, Raul gave a gentle smile.

You've seen some unexcusable scenes of excuses.

"...... Your Highness Curtis!"

However, Leechee's expression seemed to be misleading.

"Excuse me." Your fiancée is dazzlingly beautiful. "

(Really, what are you thinking...!?)

Do you realize that you are now playing Curtis, the First Prince of Sigwell?

Raul, who had always performed the subject perfectly, was acting in a way that was impossible for Curtis to do.While confused by this, he strengthened the arm that was pushing Raul's body all the way.

"Didn't you hear me?"

The sound of Arnold's shoes echoing in the hallway as he walked slowly.

Arnold walks over to us with a look of unwillingness to take Raul's provocation at all.At first glance, it's the same behavior as usual.

However, the coldness of both eyes and the hardness of the murderous aura in my voice dominated the air here.

That's what he ordered me to do, to stay away from my wife.

――――……

Raul could be killed.

I'm impatient with the pressure that I feel reflexively.Raul shrugged his shoulders, then gently let go of Leechee.

Arnold grabs Leechee's released arm and pulls her back.

It was a very gentle way to touch it, but it was also strong enough not to say whether it was there or not.Arnold peered into Leechee's face and asked in a quiet voice as he walked around the shoulder that Raul was holding.

"Are you hurt?"

Oh, no.

"Where else did they touch you?"

"My mouth was just blocked with my palm, and nothing else..."

The shaped eyebrows are slightly distorted.

But it seems that Arnold has endured something here.

"...... Other than that, are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Leechee nodded immediately.

Looking at it, Arnold slowly lowers his eyes.Even though it was only a trick, I still felt a tingling intimidation.

It's not Leechee who's pointing it at, but Raul, who's standing behind Arnold.But Arnold didn't even look at Raul.

"I'll take you to your room. Let's go."

Your Highness Arnold......

A gentle voice was thrown on Leechee's back as she tried to withdraw her hand.

That's Raul's voice pretending to be Curtis.

You truly care about your fiancé.

The words contained a sound that deliberately inspired Arnold.

“If I were in your shoes....... you're kissing Lord Leechee here to show me that you're a plunderer. "

Your Highness Curtis, please don't joke about it.

"Or maybe you're slashing me here."The rumor that His Highness Arnold is a ruthless crown prince seems to have no roots or leaves. ”

Raul is clearly provoking.Without knowing why she was behaving like that, Leechee's face dazzled.

However, Arnold's expression was calm.

"... I see."

Instead, he smiled somewhere extravagantly and looked down at Raul.

"It seems that [you] are coming to this country against the will of your husband."

――

It wasn't Raul who revealed the surprise, but Leechee.

Speaking of Raul, he had a strange expression on his face.I can't read it in my mind, but it seemed to be unexpected.

What do you mean?

"You're just a third party playing Curtis Samuel Ofaron."Didn't you think I wouldn't notice? "

Raul's disguise has been spotted.

I've never seen such a scene before, including in the life of a hunter.Leechee looked up at Arnold, who stood next to her, speechless.

Raul with a confused face opens his mouth in embarrassment.

"Lord Arnold, I don't know what you're talking about..."

"The movement of humans imitating others is immediately apparent if you look at them a little bit.Unconscious gestures and conscious behavior are totally different from how you use your body. "

Arnold gazed at Raul as he made a fool of himself.

"The same goes for the voice. Because it is deliberately changing the way the vocal cords tremble, there is a slight distorted sound.--Absolutely, it's not that bad of an earache. "

Huh, haha!

There was a real Raul laugh, but it sounded dry somewhere.

"... you're a monster."

The expression is mixed with a slight awe.

Raul shrugged his shoulders and said happily.

"I knew it, but why did you let me swim?"... oh, to find out what Sigwell really meant. "

"There's no reason to bother answering it." Let's go, Leechee. "

"Hey, if you're such a big deal, don't you think you should let them go instead of getting married politically?"

I don't want to let Leechee free herself, even though her voice pierces her back.

I'm sure your fiancé will appreciate it, too.

"Ah, Raul! I..."

In retrospect, just before he tried to argue, Arnold said:

No matter how much I hate this marriage



My left chest hurts a lot.

While grabbing Leeche's wrist, Arnold glanced back at Raul.

“I'm not going to let you go.... I'll definitely make this my wife."

Unlike before, the sharp eyes pierced through Raul.

(... Why?)

I can feel the sad feeling oozing out from right next to my tingling heart.Leechee wanted to hold it down and closed her lips.

Raul distorts his smile and provokes Arnold again.

"I don't know. You're making her unhappy, but you're forcing her to be your wife."

"That's right....... Leeche"

It's time for Arnold to take Leechee's hand and start walking.

I want to spin the word, but I don't feel like it's going to take shape.Leechee leaned down and slowly took a step forward as she was left behind by Arnold.

(After all, my left chest feels like it's twitching...)

It was so painful to breathe because of the throbbing pain.

Arnold kept his mouth shut and said nothing.He looked back at us when he finished climbing the stairs to the fourth floor and stood in front of the two rooms.

"I'm sorry."

The hand that admonished Leechee's wrist slowly leaves.

I thought so, and I took Leechee's hand and looked at it as if she were fitting a ring.

You grabbed it a little too hard.

……

What's the pain?

As she mumbles, she silently shakes her head to the side.

Arnold apologized, but the way he grabbed it was by no means rough.

Although I was certainly pulled out of my hand with a strong will, if I hadn't scratched Leeche's bones, it wouldn't have turned into a red mark.

Leechee doesn't feel pain in her gripped wrists.

"Why are you saying that?"

I felt quite a bit, but the sound of my asking also penetrated me.

"... rest assured."

Arnold said in a gentle voice, reaching for Leechee's cheek.

"I'm not going to tie everything up just because I won't let you get away with it."

……

Leeche's side hair was hanging on her cheek because she was lying down deeply.

Arnold touches it in a very gentle way, as if combing it.

"From now on, you can say whatever you want."- I swear I'll make it happen as long as I can. "

But it wasn't Arnold who said 'that'.

He said, "This marriage is going to make me hate you."

"... oh yeah, that's right."

Even with a clear affirmation, it hangs coral-colored hair on my ears.

"Are you scared to marry me?"

"...... ah"

It was as if I was going to give up my young child.

I can feel the temperature of Leechee from my eyes, my voice, and my way of touching her.

Leechee nagged like a child before laying her hands on the back of Arnold's hand.I didn't want to raise my face, so I looked up at Arnold.

"... Your Highness's idiot..."

――……

Arnold caught sight of Leechee's words.