Chapter 15: Roanna Trian-

‘She seems to be serious…….’

She was trying to gloss it over with a slightly flushed face and a drunken laugh, but I could strongly feel her intention to sound me out.

Honestly, with Karina, one of the most beautiful women I’ve seen in my past and present lives, right in front of me, I wasn't entirely unmoved.

‘But I can’t do that.’

I hadn’t even repaid the family’s kindness yet, so I couldn’t leave home already.

“I appreciate the offer, but as an adopted son, I have a debt of gratitude to repay to the family. Please understand my reasons for not being able to accept.”

“……I said it was a joke, Prince Muno.”

For that, the answer was a little late.

And for some reason, I had a feeling that the gaze of Karina, standing behind her, had turned fierce.

‘……It must be my imagination.’

Amidst the uneasy feeling, Muno racked his brain.

‘Since she couldn’t make the offer officially, she must have brought it up jokingly, pretending to be drunk…….’

Moreover, I could roughly guess the situation the princess was in.

The princess’s will and ambition regarding marriage.

The reason for reaching out to me, despite having numerous knights in the Trian main family.

The threat to her personal safety.

Putting them all together…….

“Is the County rushing your marriage?

To the point where they would even ignore your will and force it if necessary?”

The moment those words came out, the expressions of the entire princess’s party stiffened simultaneously.

“And Sir Rokam and Sir Karina are among the few who respect your will more than the family’s, is that right?”

For some reason, I thought she had too few escorts for a granddaughter loved by the Count.

At his confident gaze, Roanna finally gave a bitter smile.

“……My, it seems I have misspoken. The rumors about you are completely wrong, aren’t they?”

Well, it wasn’t that difficult a deduction.

I was about to shrug my shoulders…….

“Why on earth was a person like this rumored to be the shame of Drasen?”

“……Excuuuse me?”

Cough.

The princess’s subsequent admiration made my words get tangled, and a cough came out.

‘Shame?’

I, had rumors that bad spread about me?

“Heoh…….”

“Ah. Is this, the first time you’ve heard? My apologies, Prince Muno.”

“Ah. No. It's because of my own circumstances. Ha. Haha…….”

While the painful circumstances of the past were mercilessly piercing my current pride.

“Anyway, since you seem to have a rough grasp of my situation, it’s hard to deny it.

Yes, that’s right. I’m in a bit of a difficult situation.”

Seeing the princess speak with an openly relieved expression, I belatedly realized I had made a mistake.

“My grandfather wants to see me get married before he goes to the capital.

You were one of the candidates, Prince Muno.”

……It looks like she’s determined to get me involved.

“He’s put up with my childishness for two years since my coming-of-age ceremony, so there’s nothing more to say.”

Sip.

“Furthermore, my father and eldest brother are trying to somehow get me involved with the scoundrel of the Aslan Ducal family.

They even tried to stop me from coming to Drasen, saying there was an incident involving a magician.”

“Yes?”

“I had to stubbornly insist to my grandfather to come here.

felt like if I didn’t take this chance, I wouldn’t be able to leave the family.”

……To that extent?

Just when I was thinking the situation was more serious than I thought, the princess said, as if complaining.

“Perhaps when I go back, I won’t be able to leave until my marriage is decided.

Prince Muno, in this situation, what do you think I should do?”

Why are you asking me that…….

I was flustered, but seeing the princess’s unwavering gaze, a dry laugh escaped me.

“It seems you already have a plan in mind?”

“Hmm……. You’re quick-witted.

You’re becoming more and more desirable, Prince.”

“As an escort knight, of course, right?”

“Do you want to be the groom?”

“I’m glad I’m not the groom, sincerely.”

I firmly cut off the joke, looking at the princess’s eyes, which had begun to shine with a particularly blue light again.

“Then what about Karina?”

“I believe the offer was rejected.”

“What if it has nothing to do with the previous offer?”

“My lady!?”

“She’s like a sister to me, so I want to introduce her to a good match.”

The princess smiled brightly, letting Karina’s shout go in one ear and out the other.

“……Yes?”

Even knowing I was getting caught up in the princess’s jokes, I couldn't help but look at Karina again.

At that moment, the princess’s blue eyes sparkled once more.

“Oh my, Karina! Prince Muno, he’s really fallen for you!!”

……Just go ahead and advertise that you have a unique ability.

“No, I haven’t fallen for her yet……!”

“Yet, he said yet!! Oh my!”

Ha. Fucking…….

The atmosphere, which seemed to be leading to a serious conversation, had instantly turned into a mess.

The princess was making a fuss, Karina was so red-faced she didn't know what to do, and Rokam was staring at Muno with an incredulous expression.

He sighed and tried to subtly smooth over the situation by testing the princess.

“Then you don’t need my help, right?”

That question turned the eighteen-year-old girl, who was giggling and holding Karina’s hand, back into a princess.

“Ah……. I’m not a fan of clingy men, Prince Muno.”

The meaning was, why are you bringing up an offer that has already been dismissed.

“That’s why I asked for confirmation before I got lost.”

“Hmm…….”

At those words, Roanna stared at Muno for a moment.

Then, she let out a small sigh and opened her mouth.

“Actually, as you said, I had a plan.”

“My lady. That’s…….”

Rokam, who had been quiet until now, tried to stop Roanna, but she continued speaking.

“I have attended several social parties in the capital for the past two years.

I also got an embarrassing nickname there. You’ve probably heard it.”

‘Embarrassing, with such a proud expression?’

When Muno didn't show any particular reaction, Roanna’s expression hardened slightly again, but she soon continued speaking.

“……Well, in the process, I also received a proposal from someone a bit above my station.”

“Yes!?”

But why……?

“The problem is that my grandfather, upon learning of this, is trying to hastily connect me with someone else. He won’t allow me to marry that person.”

……This has a bad feeling about it.

“Don’t tell me…….”

“My grandfather, no, Trian, doesn't want to get involved in the royal succession dispute. It’s a family tradition, they say.”

“Ah…….”

Fuck.

‘I shouldn’t have listened.’

I wanted to beat the hell out of myself from a few minutes ago for wagging my tongue to create a connection with the princess.

Indeed, excessive greed is what kills a man.

“Ah. Ha. Hahaha. I see. Well then, I shall be on my way…….”

I wanted to quickly escape the balcony before I heard the name of that person above her station, the prince.

Thump.

The giant blocked my path.

“The lady has not finished speaking, Prince.”

I know. That’s why I want to get out of here quickly.

I couldn't bring myself to say those honest words.

‘Ha. Fuck…….’

I stepped in shit.

“……I don’t think I can be of any help in your affairs, Princess.”

Muno’s expression, as he had no choice but to turn back, was hardened.

‘I thought she was just a noble lady with some ambition…….’

It seems I had seriously misjudged the person.

“Weren’t you trying to have a serious conversation with me?”

……I was, at first.

‘I didn’t know I would regret it so quickly. Fuck.’

The blonde, blue-eyed princess in front of me was not a connection for the future, but a demon that could shatter me and my family.

“……Drasen has no choice but to follow the opinion of Count Enoch Trian.

And I, too, find it difficult to take any action that crosses that line, Princess.”

I tried to express a gentle refusal while maintaining the utmost courtesy.

“So actually, I’m thinking of leaving the party after the Drasen visit and heading to the capital. To see him. Would you help me with that plan, Prince Muno?”

……It didn’t work.

‘To think that the best she could come up with was running away from home.’

She was a more reckless young lady than I thought.

Naturally, I couldn't comply with that request.

“If you go missing from the Drasen territory, our family will be held responsible.”

“So, I’d like you to personally help me out a little, Prince Muno.”

“So. That’s not…….”

“Otherwise, I’ll have no choice but to suddenly disappear from Drasen during the upcoming ‘hunt’?”

“……Done, yes?”

After the coming-of-age party, a hunting event for the visiting nobles and their escort troops was scheduled to continue for a week.

It was to reduce the scale of the upcoming annual event in the Drasen territory, the monster wave, even by a little.

A prize was even offered to the one who obtained the best ‘monster by-product,’ so mercenaries who had gathered from all over were already hunting at the entrance of the northern mountain range with the permission of the administration office.

It was one of Palmer’s brilliant schemes to get through this winter easily by using the distinguished guests.

“……You were planning to disappear during that period? And you’re telling me this now?”

“I would like you to know that this is my sincere desire not to cause any real trouble.”

“What if I tell others about this first?”

“Then the Prince will never see the lovely Sir Karina again…….”

“My lady!!!”

“……J, just kidding. Really, just kidding. S, sorry.”

Before Muno could even retort, Karina, her face flushed as if it were on fire, shouted.

The flustered princess and Muno, who was watching the scene with an incredulous expression.

Then, conscious of him, Roanna cleared her throat a few times and smiled awkwardly.

“Then I’ll just say I never said such a thing and claim that Prince Muno insulted me. Who will people believe?”

She uttered a frightening threat.

‘This son of a…….’

Anger welled up, but at that moment, another thought struck me as odd.

“If you really intended to do that, why did you tell me now?”

“It’s not just my grandfather or father who loves talented people, I do too. Your uniqueness, Prince Muno, has also caught my fancy. I want to leave it as a special connection.”

“Hah…….”

“Who knows? If I become the queen, what a great benefit it will be for you, Prince Muno, or for Drasen.”

……This woman is serious.

“And if the Grand Prince of Drasen cooperates, I could disappear without causing any harm to Baron Ryan Drasen, my grandfather’s faithful knight. A little more smoothly, that is.”

“The latter seems to be your original purpose.”

“Of course not.

The connection with Prince Muno, who may one day become a Seven-Star superhuman, is more important.”

The princess, Roanna Trian, who winked, looked like a different person from just before.

And then.

“Ah, come to think of it, Sir Karina here also awakened just before her sixteenth birthday.

She’s twenty-two now, so a six-year age difference is surmountable, right?

Then perhaps a Seven-Star couple will be born in the future…….”

“My lady!!!”

“Oh my, this isn’t a joke…… is it?”

Pfft.

The way she stuck out her tongue and teased Karina was so detestable it was laughable.

“Roanna! Really, you!!!”

“Huh? You’re speaking informally in front of someone else…… Ack! I, I’m sorry. sister! Stop!”

The way she bickered with Karina made her seem just like a girl of her age, and a chuckle escaped me.

‘Unpretentious, yet ambitious, and her ability to act is insane…….’

They say the position makes the person.

‘This is an eighteen-year-old…….’

Roanna Trian was a very impressive woman in many ways.

I don’t know how she was as a member of the opposite sex, but she was definitely a person with a charm that drew people in.

And to top it off, such a woman was said to be one of the greatest beauties by this world’s standards.

Perhaps.

‘She might become a queen who will go down in history.’

It wasn’t an absurd notion.

This world was similar to the Western Middle Ages of my previous life, but one completely different point was that women’s social activities were guaranteed quite strongly.

In a world where abilities that ignored the difference in strength due to gender ran rampant, it was, in a way, a natural thing.

So.

“Well, alright. I’ll cooperate. What should I do?”

Even considering the risks, it seemed like a connection worth making.

“Uuuh……?”

The princess, whose cheeks were being pulled by Karina, looked at him with sparkling eyes.

“However, please guarantee this for certain. No harm must come to Drasen.

Even if you run away, no, go into hiding, you must do so after your official schedule in Drasen is over.”

“Of course.”

The princess, nodding and smiling slightly.

Muno, who was looking at her, suddenly remembered something and added a request.

“Ah. Then, since we’ve agreed to cooperate……. Tonight, could I borrow your hand for a moment first? I would prefer it if Sir Karina came.”

I thought it would be better to have an outsider from Drasen as a witness when I caught the magician.

And if that person was from the Trian County, all the better.

But those words brought on another one of the princess’s fits of excitement.

“Oh my. ‘Tonight’? Sir Karina? The progress is too fast…….”

“My lady!!”

“……Ah, no, this time it’s not me, but Prince Muno who…….”

……The princess of the County was an utterly unpredictable young lady.

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