The Villain Daughter Enjoys Her Seventh Life as a Free-Spirited Bride (Hostage) in a Former Enemy Country

"- Me, too. After I became a merchant, for the first time in my life, I had a dream of the future.

That's what Leishe once told his friends who were made in that country.

"Until now, I've only been the fiancée of Prince Wang and the daughter of one of the Dukes." What I want in the future is me worthy of that title.... but for the first time, I wanted to "make it happen" when I traveled with everyone in the caravan and saw a view of a country I didn't know about.

"Heh. What's that guy?

The king of the land of the desert asked me with a smile that people loved. So Leishe answers with a smile as well.

'It's all over the world, I want to go to all countries. I'd love to go around the city on my own feet, see the market, and see the laughing faces of the living there!

It seems like a long time ago.

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Leishe, who made a slight noise and opened her eyes, pulled out about half the sword she was carrying and set herself up.

Sitting across the street from the carriage is Arnold, who was once an enemy in his life.

The hand he was trying to reach this way is stationary by the sword that Liesche was about to pull out.

"... what is it, that hand"

Reeshe, who pulled himself out of him as much as possible, saw his hand stretched out toward him.

Today marks the fifth day of our journey to the Garchhein Country.

All five carriages carry knights at the front and rear, and Arnold's squire at the second from the front.

I loaded the second one from behind with servants and luggage, and in the middle of it was a big carriage for the royal family.

Leishe, who becomes the Crown Princess, must take the same carriage as Arnold if she does not want to.

That's why I was pressing him, "Don't touch a finger at all."

It's a big problem, such as the Crown Prince not being able to touch the Queen, but Arnold, who had promised to 'listen to everything Liesche has to say', accepted it.

- But I didn't want this to be torn apart lightly.

Arnold has a spare look for Leishe, who stares at him.

"Don't look so despised. I was just trying to get back what you took."

……

When you say it and you look at the sword, it's not the sword of a leachet. I mean, there's no way Leishe, who was a Duke's Lady, had her own sword.

Black painted sheath with simple gold embellishment. The pattern was engraved with a Garchein crest, this sword...

"Bye!"

I shouted out unexpectedly and thrust it back at Arnold.

"Ha, I'm just very sorry for your loss!!

"Huh, Kuku... No, I thought something was up. If you think you were rowing a boat like you were sleeping, suddenly you grabbed my sword. It's something that you can sleep so well all the time just to support it."

Arnold received his sword with a laugh and stood beside himself. Liesche holds his bulging heart from the top of his dress and takes a deep breath.

(I did it... I can't believe I was replacing my own heart stabbed sword with a pillow...)

When you are nervous or alert, it would be because of the knight's life to feel a little relieved when the sword is at hand. Nevertheless, it sucked that that sword, drawn unconsciously, belonged to Arnold.

"It's something I sleep on too well, so I thought about taking the sword away and letting it lie down. I didn't know you were gonna get caught without even touching it."

Arnold laughed with interest and put his cheek cane on the carriage window frame with his right arm.

"I wonder how much battle training I've had to get to that extent. Didn't you have time to live like a lady?

"Right, right"

In fact, it can't be said that she lived as a man rather than a lady.

"- Nevertheless, not only does he dedicate himself to swordsmanship, but he also has a heart that loves flowers"

I followed Arnold's gaze and looked at the luggage I had placed beside his seat.

It's the little, adorable flowers that the leashes line up on the handkerchief.

This has picked and collected blooms by the water, such as on the road, when resting the horses in the lake. The flowers collected today are still bright, but the ones that started to dry five days ago are about right on time.

"This is not what I picked to love."

Leishe looked at the flower in her hand, grinning.

It smells a little sweet and fills my heart. It smells soft and gentle with spring weeds.

When I looked out the window as it was, there were many rare flowers blooming in the country of Liesche in the woods heading to the country of Garchhein.

Get off the carriage. I want to pick that one too, but I can't delay the itinerary because of Liesche's selfishness.

But it's a shame to stick around, and I look out with a rusty eye.

Arnold, who watched the situation in silence, said as he remembered.

"Speaking of which, I let my squire arrange for us to get out of here early. I sent word to your designated chamber of commerce asking you to come and have a business meeting for the ritual of marriage."

"Thank you. Glad to hear you're selfish."

"I started hearing reputation these days, it's an emerging chamber of commerce. Was it originally in your mind?

"No, just because your friend told me you were going to buy a very good product"

Leishe is relieved that Arnold is going to keep his word.

The common royal family has merchants in their arms. Having it removed and used other chambers of commerce was also a difficult request to follow.

(Though, I'd like to make contact with 'those people' early in this life as well)

What Liesche designated was a chamber of commerce that was picked up in her first life and raised Liesche to be a one-person merchant.

Now, two years ago, President Tully made a new one, and it's still growing. But they will be the largest chamber of commerce in the world in just a few years from here.

I also managed to get in contact with them and take care of them when distributing the new drugs I created in my pharmacist life.

At that time, Liesche as a pharmacist had a hard time winning credibility, but this time things would be easier to carry.

(I don't think this marriage is going to work, and I need to be able to get away with it whenever something happens. Use all information I know and the Crown Princess's position to do so)

I don't know what Arnold is thinking, but I'm not going to end up just being used. Even if we want to get divorced and get away with it, we have to make it a meaningful day.

All to survive five years later and live a relaxing life.

With such determination, I look at him still.

"What's up?

"Ugh..."

Stared back with a perfectly neat face, Leishe accidentally glanced at him.

Somehow, I even feel like my eyes burn when I'm looking straight at them. Extraordinary aesthetics are highly destructive, not metaphorical.

In the past, it was all the more so as being murdered by the man with that face.

"No, nothing -"

When I almost say that, the hissing of a high horse echoes.

"Stop! Hey, pull over!

I heard screams from the carriage ahead. The knights, who were walking with them to the left and right of the carriage, rush forward.

"Who are you people? - Whoa!

It's an emergency. Earlier than Liesche, who sensed and tried to jump out, Arnold, with his sword in his hand, stepped out of the carriage.

"Ah!"

"You stay here. You stay with me."

When Arnold locks the door from the outside, it turns toward the noise.

(Even though I have a knight, the Crown Prince goes out of his way to approach danger from himself!?

She put herself up on the shelf about to jump out as well, and Liesche was stunned.

Perhaps bandits are attacking us outside.

This carriage has separate locks inside and outside the door, but Arnold locked the outside. The purpose of this is to keep Liesche out.

(so that I don't escape?... Grow up, what did they say)

This carriage should be the primary target. Even if it is honestly locked inside and locked in here, it is over if it is dragged out by breaking the window vitreous.

I can't even get out of the carriage if it's locked from the outside.

I look around to see if there's anything I can use as I see your men fleeing behind the woods, and I look at the decorative pins I was wearing on my hair.

(... I miss you)

Leishe looks farther away as she removes the hair ornament and twists the pin in the gap between the doors.

(When I was a samurai, I often forced my daughter to unlock my room because she didn't like studying...)

The pin I was able to do opened the simple carriage key immediately.