While rolling on the wet soil floor, I did not let go of the maid’s hair. I wish she could get hair loss.
Before I knew it, the garden was filled with the screams of the maid.
“Are you not going to let me go?”
As if she noticed that I wouldn’t let go easily, the maid tried to press my shoulder with her fingernail.
A sharp pain spread over my shoulder.
“This…”
The maid, who was only looking from behind, was about to join me to separate me.
“What are you doing now?”
In an instant, the air around them became cold.
I didn’t mean to meet you like this today, but I ended up meeting you in a very unsightly way.
The maid’s hand quickly fell. Cardin looked down at me with a look that didn’t know what he was thinking.
“I, I greet the duke.”
The maids stood up in an instant and bowed down to Cardin to show courtesy.
Cardin bit his lip and said in a grim voice.
“Explain.”
Cardin asked in a voice that seemed to kill him immediately if they didn’t explain.
The maids trembled at Cardin’s cold voice.
“That, that…….”
‘You can’t say it easily because you’ve committed a crime.’
Once again, a cold voice was heard as the maid hesitated to answer and looked only at the ground.
“If you’re not going to say anything, I’ll take it as a sign that it’s okay to die.”
I could feel his mood sinking to the floor at once.
‘The reason Cardin is angry right now is probably because we ruined the garden that holds memories of Reina.’
Cardin’s appearance now was so terrifying that it cannot be compared with yesterday.
The maids, who were on the receiving the negative energy, looked so pale that it would not look strange even if they collapsed immediately.
“Oh, it was because the princess suddenly pulled her hair!”
‘No, that’s.?’
The maid’s mouth was saying words in their favor.
“Yes! The princess pulled her hair and dragged it down to the floor.”
It gave me a headache when I saw the two maids who turned me into a strange villain.
You must be so confident because you know that Cardin is not interested in me.
“Stop.”
Perhaps he didn’t want to hear the loud maids’ excuses anymore, so Cardin kept the maid’s mouth shut.
Now his gaze was on me, not the maids.
I didn’t do anything wrong. This is so unfair.
“This is unfair!”
The thought immediately went out of my mouth. My loud voice resonated in the garden.
“…….”
“I didn’t dwo that. I didn’t dwo it first.”
‘Oh my’
I wanted to solemnly express my innocence.
However, it was difficult to pronounce the words properly because of the excitement and anger.
I think I’m getting a little hot on my face, but it was okay.
Isn’t it natural because I’m still six years old?
“…Then who did it first?”
Oh my. Cardin was the first to ask me a question.
I thought about the worst situation like him, ignoring my words and just going away, but it’s a relief.
Cardin’s terrible father level in me has decreased by a notch.
‘As expected, there must be something I didn’t know.’
After remembering the memories of my past life, I have been looking at the surrounding environment and grasping the situation in my own way.
Among them, there was an evaluation of Cardin, who did not show his face once while his daughter was growing.
I evaluated him as a tremendously terrible father as the cause of bullying by servants.
However, looking at the way he was yesterday and the attitude he is showing now, I got the feeling that he wasn’t that bad of a human being.
We still have to wait and see.
I’ll have to watch a bit more though.
“I was just here, but they sprayed water first. Like this!”
I picked up a water spray thrown next to me and reenacted what the previous maid had just done.
The water was sprayed onto the maid’s stomach.
“Oh my gosh, you have to be honest. Princess!”
The maid, who threw water at me, shouted in surprise. She was such a fearless maid.
Does that mean you can’t see Cardin’s face right now?
Is it just my illusion if I could see the energy of darkness rising behind him?
I got goosebumps on my forearms.
“Don’t lie, you deliberately threw water on me!”
“Hey!”
I guess they finally lost their fear. The maid seemed to have forgotten that I am a princess and Cardin was next to me.
She grabbed my shoulder roughly.
“Oh my god!”
At that moment, the maid’s hand was surrounded by black smoke.
The maid shook her hand hard to remove the black smoke and tried to wipe it with her apron, but it was useless.
“Oh, it hurts… I think my arm will be cut off…….”
Her hands looked fine on the surface, but her hands, covered in black smoke, convulsed, and she soon fell to the floor helplessly.
“That’s…”
I didn’t expect to see that in person.
I’ve read that the aura which is used by Cardin, who can use both magic and sword, is a rare scene that can only be seen when dealing with monsters in external subjugation!
There were only five magic swordsmen on the continent.
Among them is Cardin who had the ability to fuse magic and sword skills.
It is known that it’s an ability incomparably powerful compared to ordinary magic and swordsmanship, and Cardin is the only one who can handle it freely.
As expected of the male protagonist in the novel.
“Duke!”
From afar, knights were seen running toward this side. He seemed to have heard a commotion.
“What is this…”
They could not hide their bewildered expressions as they watched the scene unfolding in front of them.
That’s true. I would do that, too.
The floor is in a mess, but me and the maid are covered with muddy water, and Cardin in front of me was using his power to the maid.
“D, Duke.”
“Take them away. I think the crime name would be the crime of insulting a nobleman.”
“Yes, I understand.”
As soon as Cardin’s words were over, the knights immediately dragged the maid out of the garden.
Now, it was only me and Cardin left in the garden.
Is it okay to think that Cardin helped me in this situation?
I looked up at Cardin silently. I’m not sure what that cold face is thinking.
How could I show this side of me in a place filled with happy memories to Cardin?
“Are you going to take me too?”
I said it out loud without realizing. I blocked my mouth, but it was useless.
Cardin was still looking at me with an expressionless face.
It would be nice if he could say anything, but Cardin didn’t seem to have any intention of opening his mouth.
“Did I do something wrong? This is really unfair.”
There was nothing more to be afraid of, I’ll say what I want to say.
I asked Cardin confidently, with my shoulders straightened and my hands on my waist.
Cardin looked down at me quietly and finally opened his mouth.
“There’s a lump of mud on you.”
“…….”
I know Cardin’s habit of talking, because I had read the book, but I was a little pissed off.
Even when he first met Reina, he did not hide his bad habit of talking.
“Aren’t you going to ask me if I’m, okay? My body is all wet and I have wounds here.”
“Say…”
“Huh?”
Cardin rumbled softly, as if he wanted to say something, but then he shut his mouth, I couldn’t tell what he was trying to say.
“Say? What do you mean?”
I couldn’t stand my curiosity, so I persistently asked again.
Perhaps if I say ten words, he will say one word.
It was the moment when I was about to get frustrated as I looked at Cardin, who had only been staring at me since before.
“When did you start talking?”
What does that mean? Is it a question of when I started talking?
“Um, when I was four years old? My nanny would know.”
“…Right.”
Is this awkward atmosphere that has been flowing between Cardin and me because of my mood?
Maybe he’s waiting for me to leave first?
In a situation where we face each other quietly like yesterday, I decided to try my luck first.
“Do you have anything to say to me?”
At my confident question, his eyebrows slightly went up and down.
“Why were you here?”
“It’s a secret.”
The Eldora flower, which had been plucked a while ago, was already entangled with mud on the floor, making it impossible to recognize its shape.
Somehow, I felt like my body was losing strength.
‘I had a hard time trying to break that.’
I was looking at the Eldora, that fell on the floor with a sullen face and a pouting mouth.
The reason for coming to the garden is now gone, so I tried to return to the room with a small sigh.
Then Cardin passed me and entered the flower garden.
“Huh…?”
Cardin, who lightly picked the Eldora flower, approached me again and held out a flower.
At that moment, a scene in the novel naturally came to mind.
Two people directing a movie-like picture in a garden full of pale purple Eldora.
Cardin, who conveys her heart by handing flowers, and Reina, who is sincerely delighted.
“Are you giving it to me?”
“Now that you get what you want, you better go in and wash right away.”
I took the flower cautiously with a bewildered feeling.
‘Are you worried about me now?’
But he didn’t look worried at all.
‘I hope he didn’t look like that when Reina accepted his confession.’
As I took the flower, I asked Cardin, who was about to turn around and leave, without realizing it.
“Do you like this flower?”
Cardin paused and looked down at me.
Cardin’s gaze rested on Eldora in my hand.
Cardin looked at Eldora gently for a long time and spoke in a small voice as if he would disappear.
“I liked it.”
Seeing Cardin, who looked somewhat empty, I knew he wasn’t just talking about flowers.
Cardin, who finally came to his senses, turned around and started walking.
Stop.
After taking a few steps, he suddenly turned around and said:
“Go in and wash up right away.”
Cardin’s gaze, which stopped as he tried to take a step back again, reached my shoulder.
“…… Heal your wounds too.”
The moment I heard Cardin’s words, the scratch from the maid’s nails started to hurt.
After saying that, Cardin really left.
