Chapter 92:
It was in the middle of the forest that the horse, which had been running for a long time, stopped.
He took a breath and hugged my waist strongly.
“Are you okay?”
“I’m fine, but…would you please let go of this?”
I took the Duke Sen’s hand and got off the horse.
When I looked around, there was no one.
“I’ll have to call someone.”
“Let’s get back on the horse. It’s dangerous.”
Duke Sen reached out to me. But I didn’t take it.
“I want to walk a little.”
To be honest, I felt like there was a feeling I shouldn’t have because we were together.
Duke Sen made a sad expression and jumped off his horse lightly.
“Then I’ll walk with you.”
“…Go ahead.”
I clasped the arrow.
I should put a sharp arrow around his neck.
I don’t see anything either.
Fortunately, Duke Sen did not take any action.
I found a fountain in the tense silence. It was fortunate because I was a little thirsty.
In fact, I offered Duke Sen water, but he refused because he didn’t know what he was riding on.
“Wow! The water is cool. Have a drink, too, Duke.”
In this case, pretending to be innocent is the best.
I have to pretend I don’t doubt him while rejecting his Favor.
I don’t think he believe anything.
“The hunt seems to be wrong, so let’s go back.”
“Yes, I intend to. But Lady Elle. Aren’t you afraid of me?”
“…It scares me to ask that.”
“Oh, my God, I didn’t mean to.”
Don’t lie. It was meant to make me aware!
I got up quickly from my seat and approached the horse.
“Well, then let’s move quickly.”
“You don’t have to be so afraid. What can I do when I’m with you?”
“That’s true. I can’t do anything to the duke either, so don’t worry.”
I guess I’m not going to hide it anymore.
“I’m hurt to see you with that kind of eyes.”
What’s with the wound.
I can hear the sound of eyeballs rolling here.
“It seems that your plans have gone awry anyway, so why not go back without wasting time?”
“Well, I was going to. Actually, I felt quite at a disadvantage because we were together.”
“Why?”
I took a step closer to him and smiled brightly.
“Are you shaking?”
And another step.
“Does it hurt your heart to kill me?”
Another step.
Standing in front of him, I smiled more broadly and drew my face closer.
“I think I’ll be a little sad…The Duke is quite handsome.”
I caressed the duke’s face and smiled lightly.
My heart was pounding and there was a strange airflow between us.
The face of Duke Sen, who grabbed my hand, turned red.
“I also feel sorry for it.”
He narrowed the distance, wrapping his hand around my waist and pulling it.
“You’re also a face that I really like.”
“It’s a shame, both of us.”
I tapped the accessory on his wrist.
“I’m a good diver. If you don’t want to let everyone know.”
In an instant, a strong magical energy flowed into my body. I gritted my teeth with this feeling controlling my mind and gnawing at my soul.
But soon my whole body felt at ease.
‘…Awakening?’
Surprised by the change in my body, I shook my face.
He gave me a spell, but I just hit it off.
The Duke of Sen looked quite surprised.
‘It doesn’t seem like a very useless body.’
Fortunately, I must have inherited Edgar’s blood.
It seems that it awakened only after the pattern appeared, but thank you for showing up at the right place when needed.
Bang!
With a loud roar, I could feel life behind me.
Fear flashed across the Duke Sen’s face.
I also slowly turned my head at the strong force that made it hard to breathe.
There, Leon, who looked angry, was approaching, showing his presence.
In an instant, he snatched me and pulled me into his arms.
“…It was quite a fun game. Hide-and-seek like children.”
Leon’s anger was unfiltered.
“The hunt is over.”
Only then did I feel relieved.
Now we can go home.
At the same time as Leon appeared here, Duke Sen’s man appeared.
“Your Excellency! We’re in trouble.”
Those who appeared loudly looked at me and Leon.
Then he whispered softly in his ear that only he could hear.
With a frown on his face, Duke Sen got on his horse.
“Sir Leon is here, so I ask for your understanding lady Elle”
“Duke Sen?”
I called him out in a hurry, but he didn’t budge.
“Well, there must be something urgent.”
Leon spoke to me in a softened voice.
“I don’t think you’re hurt anywhere.”
“Uh yes, nothing much happened.”
“I want to hear an explanation of the previous situation”
He hugged me more strongly and whispered in my ear.
“I’d like to hear some stories as we go.”
“Oh my god!”
Leon, who carried me on a horse, immediately climbed behind me and hugged me.
It was different from what I felt earlier.
How can I explain this. I shook my head hard.
The more I tried to think about something, the more I felt strange.
So, running on a horse holding each other…
“Elle, what are you thinking?”
Leon’s voice grazed my ears and my body shuddered.
“Ah, nothing! No thoughts!”
I think I’m in denial too strongly, but to tell the truth, it’s like I’m a pervert, so let’s pretend.
“How did you know and find me this time?”
“I’ve been watching from the beginning.”
“…What?”
I guess it’s just me that he’s pulling me to closer when he say that?
I blinked, staring straight ahead on the running horse.
“After running that close to Duke Sen.”
“Well, that’s.”
“Why are you losing now?”
Oh, my.
My heart was about to burst from beating. I’m going to die of hyperventilation at this rate.
“I just did anything to live.”
“…Is that so?”
I didn’t see Leon’s expression, but it’s probably a face that wants to play a prank.
“Are you really done hunting?”
“No.”
“What?”
“It’s over, though. The hunting contest is.”
Only then did I feel relieved.
Now that this tiresome competition is over, we should go home and hide.
“Don’t worry. you’ll be at ease tomorrow.”
“What do you mean? By the way, what happened to Duke Sen?”
Seeing that he left me, it means there’s something more urgent to do.
No matter how much I thought about it, there seemed to be nothing more urgent than killing his companion.
“Elle, I’m about to be a little upset.”
“…What?”
“You’ve been talking about Duke Sen since earlier.”
“Ah!”
The horse, which was running vigorously, soon slowed down. Leon’s voice was heard better.
“I’m the one with you now.”
“That’s right?”
“Then who should you focus on?”
“…It’s you, isn’t it?”
“That’s right, you know it well.”
I turned my head to look at Leon. As he closed his eyes and I met his smiling eyes, my heart fluttered.
I shook his head and stretched out my hand awkwardly.
“Come on, let’s go! Father will be worried.”
“Now I want to take it slow.”
Don’t hug me while saying that.
I really couldn’t get enough of my heart because of Leon.
“They tell you to come quickly.”
If it wasn’t for El, where Soon appeared, a strange atmosphere would have continued.
Perhaps it was from my father, but El alternately looked at Leon and me with an embarrassing look on his face.
“You have no sense, perhaps because you resemble the count.”
El shrugged at Leon’s words.
“I hear that a lot. It’s not that I’m tactless, but I’m acting like this because I have it. Let’s move quickly.”
El was a stronger enemy than I thought. He answered Leon without budging.
Maybe it’s because he’s suffered a lot from Leon, but…
“Your Majesty is also waiting.”
“What about the emperor?”
“Well, Elle is the winner of the hunting competition.”
“…Come on.”
As expected, the power of course.
Indeed, as my father said, I was the winner.
I nodded, swallowing a smile.
* * *
“This is nonsense.”
Janice countered, saying it was unreasonable. However, the number of hunting runs in front of Elle was not a lie.
“She couldn’t even hunt properly.”
“It doesn’t matter, Janice.”
The emperor groaned with a sad expression on his face.
“It’s also necessary to attract people on your side.”
She had something she wanted to get. So she hunted hard.
Elle stole it again.
Isn’t it also a fair competition.
She felt unfair and angry.
“…So, the winner will be Lady Elle”
“I’m afraid so.”
He didn’t know what Janice wanted, but the emperor was pleased with her desire. The greater the desire, the more suitable Janice will be for the throne of the Emperor.
“What do you think?”
“No matter what method you use, you just had to win, didn’t you?”
Delther was relieved that Janice didn’t win. Because he knew what she wanted.
