The troupe smiles at Leechee and Sylvia.
Sylvia looked up with confusing purple eyes, taking care not to be heard by them.
You didn't kiss me? Really?
"I-I didn't..."
Well then, even once?
At that moment, the events in the chapel pass by in my head.
Sylvia's clever eyes don't miss Leeche's upset. Leechee leaned down, clenching her cheeks again.
"...... Yes, just once......"
C 'mon!
Sylvia clutched her cheerfully and covered her face with an irresistible smile. While hiding her hot cheeks, Leechee's thoughts went round and round.
(No, it's only once...!? It was the second time I had your Highness give you an antidote by mouth... not a life-saving act!!)
While I was thinking about it, other thoughts began to emerge and mix.
(When I was given the ring, who was kissed on the back of my hand? "I've kissed you on the back of my hand before..." And yesterday, a lot in my hair and ears...!!)
Fufufufu?
Sylvia smiles and raises her hand as her face burns.
"Commander! Can I take a break?" Leechee needs to rest, too! "
"Oh! I'm sorry for the lack of consideration, Mr. Leechee."
"No, no, no, no, no!"
Then Leechee and Sylvia sat in the back of the audience, away from the stage.
"Ahahah, I'm sorry! Leechee is a bit cute, and she's been making too much fun of you."
I-It's better than me!
Leechee asked, in a panic, what she had always cared about.
"I want to hear about Sylvia, too." For example, with Mr. Gootheil. "
What Leeche remembers in her heart is the conversation she had with Gootheil yesterday.
Have you made any progress with Mr. Gootheil since then?
"Fufu, me?"
Sylvia puts her head on the back of the front seat. And I looked up at Leechee.
“Thank you, and thanks to Leechee, we're doing great.”
It's going well!!
Even though it was only a few days ago, how much progress is "going well"?
Sylvia laughs suddenly as Leeche can't imagine.
"No, it's not the degree to which you're making progress... ah, but you should also report on that, right?" Actually, I tried to kiss you on a date the day before yesterday. "
(Kissing on a date the day before yesterday...!!)
The day before yesterday was the day Sylvia visited the Imperial Castle.
That is, on the day she reunites with Gutheil and Sylvia is sent by Theodor's plan.
Rather than making progress, it was a long way off for Leeche. Sylvia grinned softly as her eyes rounded.
“You're a really honest person, and I've stopped you from doing that.”
"Well... then."
"Fufu, the singer said it was going well."
Song?
"For me, love is for song."
That said, Sylvia slowly twitched her eyes.
“I was born to sing. If the goddess hadn't given me a singing voice, I'd be dead by now... even if I fell in love a lot, it's all for the song."
Is your love for Mr. Gootheil for a song?
"Yes! That's why things are going well." Gootheil's true nature is new to me... I'm sure this love will be the best supply of my song ever. "
At that moment, Leechee noticed something.
(It's as if you're telling yourself...)
The singing voice of Sylvia is beautiful, soft and powerful. No matter what seat I sat in the theater, it was a song of such nature that I could clearly listen to the lyrics.
However, it is different now.
The sound she spun was as vivid and delicate as a molten petal, a sound she would have missed if she hadn't listened.
"Hey, Sylvia."
Leechee puts her arms on the back of the front seat in the same way she did.
I put my head there and faced Sylvia with the same gaze. She seems a little surprised, blinking purple eyes.
"What kind of love can feed a song?"
"... that's..."
“Tell me too.... I'd like to hear it."
…………
Sylvia spun it like that after she showed a slightly sloppy gesture.
"... not only does it make you jump and happy..." When I think about this person, my chest feels painful and I'm going to cry. "
――……
Leechee smiled and nodded instead of hitting her hammer.
"I don't want the conversation to end, and I want to keep it going for a little longer, so I'm just talking nonsense." Even though I'm happy just by exchanging words, I'm very scared. It's weird, isn't it?
I shook my head to the side of the words.
"It's not crazy, Sylvia."
"... thanks"
Sylvia smiles somewhere relieved and tells us more.
"I was surprised because I was the first person to stop kissing." Even if you don't want to hang out with me, it's good enough to give me a little kiss, right? "
"Nnnh... I think that value depends on the person..."
"It's interesting to be able to make such a discovery in love. There's a lot of things that happened for the first time."
Eventually, Sylvia's expression disappeared into a soft smile.
"... did Leechee ever get a hug from someone and say, 'It's okay' when she's sick?"
Leechee blinked at the question.
"I've lived desperately singing in various opera troupes, all by myself, ever since I got to the heart of things. When I was a kid, every time I caught a cold and couldn't get up, I kept praying," Don't leave me here. "
"Sylvia..."
"... this is the first day that Richet helped me." Gootheil carried me in his arms, didn't he? ”
Sylvia quietly meditated on her precious memories.
"At that time, Gootheil kept calling out to me until I got to the doctor." It's okay, "" I'm on my side, "and they kept encouraging me."
Sylvia then leaned down and pressed her forehead against her leaning arm.
”It was really the first time I'd ever thought that I wasn't alone”
…………
Leechee slowly raised herself up and listened to Sylvia's concealed face.
"I'm a singing princess, and rumors are circulating that I'm a woman in love, right?" I thought I was going to be in love with anyone, so I was immediately whispered in love. I thought that was fine with me.... but she worried about my health the first time I saw her again thanks to Leeche. "
Sylvia, you were so happy about that.
……
Sylvia nodded tinyly after showing some thought.
"... I was so happy."
Sylvia's voice, pushed against the back of the front seat, was shaking.
"It wasn't just for touching me, but for giving me a hand to take care of my illness." I laughed because I was used to walking alone on the night road, but he never gave in and sent me to the front of the door. "
It was a complimentary word, as if she was chewing on one important thought at a time and turning it into a treasure chest.
“What do we do, Leechee?”
Sylvia raised her face, and her purple eyes caught a jewelryful stream of tears.
"Even though it's very painful, this feeling is important."... it's the first time I've ever been in love like this. "
"Sylvia..."
"... no, I'm sure it's not."
And she murmured like she was talking to herself.
"This is the first time I've ever fallen in love with someone..."
After Sylvia said that, she covered her face like she couldn't stand it anymore.
When he hugs Leechee, he cries and says:
"I-I can't be your lover." She thinks she likes Gootheil, but she can't. "
"...... ah"
"That's all she said, she didn't say anything for a reason...!" But I know best myself. I'm not close enough to be a knight, so it's only natural. "
"Sylvia, that's definitely not true...!"
Leechee gently apologized as she stroked Sylvia's tightly held back.
First of all, isn't Mr. Gootheil the kind of person who rejects people for that reason?
"Of course, but more than anyone else, I can't admit I'm with him...!"
Sylvia trembled like a little child.
"... it was so painful to have someone you like...?"
Leechee tied her lips tightly to the words she was muttering without stopping.
(... I wonder why...)
Sylvia said that the pain made Leechee feel strange.
It will surely be born around the pulsating left chest of the heart, with a cutting edge that makes you want to cry.