There was a staircase leading down somewhere in the dark space. As Aoshi got down the fifth step, the staircase sank downwards and the bookshelf moved back to its original position and closed.
Moiya said with his hands clasped together and his red eyes sparkling.
“Meow? (Her Majesty the Empress?)”
“Yes, Her Majesty the Empress.”
Joseph's blue eyes shook violently at Moiya's words.
'Why is Her Majesty the Empress the master of that little wyvern?'
“But, you shouldn’t cry.”
His tone was firm yet comforting. His voice seemed to gently grasp and shake my heart.
“Do you understand?”
The tip of my nose started to tingle again. I locked eyes with him for a few seconds, then burst into tears again.
“Huh? You blatantly disobeyed the Emperor’s orders as soon as they were given. How impudent.”
As tears began to flow from my eyes, he immediately looked away.
“I’m sorry. Hehe, I really was about to cry, hehehe...”
“Ha, Zelda. I guess I really am a weirdo.”
I shook my head and shouted without realizing it at Linel's unexpected confession.
“No, Your Majesty is a good man!”
“...Huh? What did you say?”
After saying it, I felt sorry, but it was already too late to fix it. Looking at his crumpled expression, I could tell that his face didn't look like the kind of nice guy I had said it to be.
“Ah, no, that’s what I mean... Your Majesty is a good person.”
“No. I’m sure I'm crazy.”
After describing himself as a weirdo, he has now expanded his scope to include a crazy person.
“What is that...?”
“Crying is so sexy.”
"Yes?"
“Because you're sexy, I keep having other thoughts even in situations like this. Am I crazy? Aren’t I?”
The tears that had been flowing in surprise at his words gradually decreased.
“Zelda, how are you going to take responsibility?”
He took a deep breath and asked questioningly.
“...Your Majesty, upon thinking about it, I think what you just said was right.”
“Are you saying I'm sexy?”
“No, not that...”
“Are you saying I’m crazy?”
I nodded my head vigorously at Linel's words. Then he burst into laughter and hugged me again. I also hugged him and laughed silently.
“You’re finally stopping your tears.”
He said, lightly bumping his forehead against mine. Really? As he said, my tears had stopped flowing.
“Did you say that on purpose? To tell me not to cry?”
“Yeah. But what I said about you being sexy was true.”
“Your Majesty, truly...”
“I know, I'm weirdly crazy.”
“Phew.”
“I’m really crazy about the Empress. Now my body is also like this... Sigh, enough. Let’s stop talking.”
Instead of continuing his words, he let out a deep sigh and hugged me tightly. His arms were full of strength. In this tight situation, I couldn’t help but know his condition. I laughed even when I felt like I was having trouble breathing. I was crying so hard just a moment ago, but now I was laughing so hard, so I knew I must be crazy about him.
“Don’t worry about my condition.”
Linel groaned and whispered.
“...Yes, I’m trying to do that.”
“Meow! (If I go up these stairs, will the door close again?)”
“Really? Then remember it well.”
Moiya answered dryly, flying down the stairs as if possessed by something.
“What are those stairs over there? Aren’t they also connected to the path leading down?”
Moiya muttered as she looked up at another staircase extending to the left of the stairs. It was the staircase that connected to Linel’s personal library. At that moment, Aoshi, who had been diligently following Moiya down the stairs, stopped in front of the gray wall blocking the end of the stairs.
“Meow? (Is this the end? It’s just a wall?)”
“Anyway, it’s trivial. The cold air is coming from inside this wall. This great wyvern can feel it!”
But the problem was that he didn't know how to get inside. Moiya was just flying around in front of the gray wall.
“Meow? (I wonder if this door will open if I step on the fifth step?)”
Aoshi climbed back up the fifth step he had just skipped and stamped his feet firmly on the steps.
“Really? Then remember it well.”
Moiya answered dryly, flying down the stairs as if possessed by something.
“What are those stairs over there? Aren’t they also connected to the path leading down?”
Moiya muttered as she looked up at another staircase extending to the left of the stairs. It was the staircase that connected to Linel’s personal library. At that moment, Aoshi, who had been diligently following Moiya down the stairs, stopped in front of the gray wall blocking the end of the stairs.
“Meow? (Is this the end? It’s just a wall?)”
“Anyway, it’s trivial. The cold air is coming from inside this wall. This great wyvern can feel it!”
But the problem was that he didn't know how to get inside. Moiya was just flying around in front of the gray wall.
“Meow? (I wonder if this door will open if I step on the fifth step?)”
Aoshi climbed back up the fifth step he had just skipped and stamped his feet firmly on the steps.
“How stupid. It’s just going to open again on the fifth step just like that...?”
Moiya, who had been snorting, opened the gray wall as Aoshi had said, and his ruby eyes sparkled.
“Did you see? What did this great wyvern say! Did you get it right? There’s something inside here?”
Moiya changed his words and walked into the gray wall, boasting as if the gray wall had opened thanks to him.
“Meow meow! (That’s right, you’re really great! The wall is opening, so I guess there’s really something in there.)”
Aoshi was impressed by Moiya's words.
Moiya, who had been snorting, opened the gray wall as Aoshi had said, and his ruby eyes sparkled.
“Did you see? What did this great wyvern say! Did you get it right? There’s something inside here?”
Moiya changed his words and walked into the gray wall, boasting as if the gray wall had opened thanks to him.
“Meow meow! (That’s right, you’re really great! The wall is opening, so I guess there’s really something in there.)”
Aoshi was impressed by Moiya's words.
“I knew it from the beginning, Moiya~.”
The great wyvern and the insignificant cat did not properly realize that the library bookshelf and the gray wall that had been blocking it had all been opened thanks to Aoshi. Moiya had returned to the form of a baby wyvern. Since the space was blocked anyway, the mosquito would not be able to escape anywhere, so all he had to do was to return to the body of a mosquito when he left.
“Ow? Why is that human kid in there?”
Moiya, who had entered the gray wall, looked blankly somewhere and asked Aoshi, who had followed her in.
“Me, meow meow! (Gasp, what is that?!)”
Unlike Moiya, who spoke calmly, Aoshi was startled by the sight before his eyes and the hairs on his body stood on end.
Inside the cave-like space, magic stones that acted as light fixtures were placed all over the walls, illuminating the dark space, and in one corner, there was a huge piece of ice. And inside the ice, a boy who looked to be about ten years old was trapped. Moiya flew up to the boy’s eye level.
“Child, what are you doing in there?”
The boy's eyes were open, but he was completely frozen and unable to move anywhere else.
“Meow? (Is he dead?)”
“No way. Look, the pupils are moving.”
“Meow? (Really?)”
Aoshi wagged his tail as he looked at the boy looking down at him.
“Hey, you're not dead yet, are you? If I’m right, blink your eyes once.”
Moiya tightly closed his own eyes and opened them, speaking to the boy. When the boy closed his eyes and opened them, Moiya looked down at Aoshi, looking smug.
“Did you see? He’s not dead yet.”
“Meow? (But if he stays there any longer, he’ll die of cold?)”
“Wait. Ahh... Are you cursed?”
Moiya flew around the ice, returned to the boy's sight, and asked.
“If it hits you, blink once more. If not, blink twice. If not, break the ice yourself and come out and say it.”
Moiya said, feeling the cursed aura flowing out of the ice. The boy blinked once again.
“I knew it. This is cursed ice. Ouch!”
Moiya kicked the ice with her small feet and let out a short scream.
“Me, Meow? (Wow, how did you know he was cursed?)”
“Because I am a great wyvern.”
Moiya put both hands on her hips and lowered her voice.
“Meow? (Then you can lift that little curse too? Since you are great?)”
Aoshi asked with great anticipation. Moiya rolled his red eyes around in confusion,
"...Of course!"
He shouted confidently with his chest wide open. The boy and Aoshi's eyes widened at the same time at Moiya's confident voice that he could break the cursed ice.
“Meow, meow! (Then break the ice quickly. Hurry, hurry, hurry!)”
Aoshi looked up at the boy, excited by Moiya's confident words.
“Meow! (Little one, my great friend is going to take you out! Just wait a moment. When you get out of there, I’ll be your pet!)”
Aoshi cried, scratching at the solid ice with his forepaws. The boy lowered his eyes and looked down at the small white cat as if he found it cute.
“Oh right, but what’s your name? My name is Moiya, and the one who looks like cotton is Aoshi.”
Before melting the cursed ice, Moiya greeted the boy formally.
“Meow. (He can’t speak because of the ice.)”
“...Ah. Right. I know! I just asked just in case.”
Moiya felt embarrassed and took out her annoyance on Aoshi.
“I’ll hear the children’s names after the ice melts.”
'My name is Joseph. My older brother is the Emperor of the Lapion Empire.'
The boy introduced himself in his mind with his blue eyes blinking. He continued to look at the baby wyvern, Moiya, with curiosity.
“Should we start lifting the curse now?”
Moiya turned her head and spoke leisurely.
“Meow! (Fighting!)”
“Aoshi, you stay back so you don’t get hurt.”
Moiya grabbed Aoshi's tail and dragged him back, then flew up to the boy's face again. Aoshi looked up at Moiya, who was hiding in a corner and meeting the boy's eye level. Before spitting out fire, Moiya opened her mouth wide and tensed her stomach.
“Kaaaaaaah-!”
Fire began to pour out of its small mouth, but the flames did not last long.
“Kaa, kaa? Kaaa... ugh!”
Even though he had been firing hard for ten minutes, the ice didn't even show any signs of cracking, let alone breaking.
“Meow? (What happened?)”
Aoshi ran to Moiya with a look of disappointment on his face.
“Ugh, my throat hurts!”
Moiya, who had lost all energy, sat down on the floor and spoke awkwardly.
“I’m still young, so this is the only thing that comes out of the fire, right?”
“Meow? (What? Then you can’t take him out? Is that it? Huh?)”
Aoshi looked up at Joseph with sad eyes, then grabbed Moiya's neck and questioned her.
“Hey, just wait a minute. This damn ice, I can break it right away when I’m bigger.”
Moiya said to Joseph in a hoarse voice, pushing Aoshi's two front paws aside.
“Meow? (Then he has to stay like that until then?)”
“That’s not it. I can make him walk around on that ice.”
“Meow? (How?)”
“Can you melt the cursed ice with the fire of this great wyvern?”
“Meow! (You just failed!)”
“You’re stupid. One time won’t do. I’ve been living in an egg for over 300 years, but an adult is still a cute baby. That’s why the fire is still weak.”
“Meow? (Then how many times do I have to do it?)”
Aoshi asked again with expectant eyes.
“Oh? Well?”
Moiya glanced at Joseph and answered brightly.
“...”
Joseph's eyes looked much sadder than before.
“Hey, kid. Don’t be too disappointed. I’ll take you out before I grow up. Before that, I’ll melt the ice a little bit every day.”
“Meow? (When will you grow up?)”
“It’ll only take a hundred years. I’ll tell you my name then.”
Moiya laughed and coughed.
“...Meow. (...Poor thing.)”
Aoshi wagged his tail and approached Joseph. Joseph looked up at him with tearful eyes and wanted to tell Aoshi, who was clawing at the cursed ice with his two feet, that it was okay, but he could not move anything but his eyes.
“Aha, should we ask our orange-haired friend?”
Moiya sobbed, “Oh my, my throat hurts,” and then raised her head.
“Meow? (What?)”
“How do you break the cursed ice? Even though Rosie is not very perceptive, she has read a lot of books, so she should know.”
“Meow! (Yeah, I think Rosie knows! The method might be written in that thick book you see every day.)”
“Hey, it’s written in the ancient language of the Southern Continent. Rosie is blind to that ancient language.”
“Meow. (Tch, then maybe Rosie doesn’t know.)”
“It might be possible for our master...”
The great wyvern and the insignificant cat did not properly realize that the library bookshelf and the gray wall that had been blocking it had all been opened thanks to Aoshi. Moiya had returned to the form of a baby wyvern. Since the space was blocked anyway, the mosquito would not be able to escape anywhere, so all he had to do was to return to the body of a mosquito when he left.
“Ow? Why is that human kid in there?”
Moiya, who had entered the gray wall, looked blankly somewhere and asked Aoshi, who had followed her in.
“Me, meow meow! (Gasp, what is that?!)”
Unlike Moiya, who spoke calmly, Aoshi was startled by the sight before his eyes and the hairs on his body stood on end.
Inside the cave-like space, magic stones that acted as light fixtures were placed all over the walls, illuminating the dark space, and in one corner, there was a huge piece of ice. And inside the ice, a boy who looked to be about ten years old was trapped. Moiya flew up to the boy’s eye level.
“Child, what are you doing in there?”
The boy's eyes were open, but he was completely frozen and unable to move anywhere else.
“Meow? (Is he dead?)”
“No way. Look, the pupils are moving.”
“Meow? (Really?)”
Aoshi wagged his tail as he looked at the boy looking down at him.
“Hey, you're not dead yet, are you? If I’m right, blink your eyes once.”
Moiya tightly closed his own eyes and opened them, speaking to the boy. When the boy closed his eyes and opened them, Moiya looked down at Aoshi, looking smug.
“Did you see? He’s not dead yet.”
“Meow? (But if he stays there any longer, he’ll die of cold?)”
“Wait. Ahh... Are you cursed?”
Moiya flew around the ice, returned to the boy's sight, and asked.
“If it hits you, blink once more. If not, blink twice. If not, break the ice yourself and come out and say it.”
Moiya said, feeling the cursed aura flowing out of the ice. The boy blinked once again.
“I knew it. This is cursed ice. Ouch!”
Moiya kicked the ice with her small feet and let out a short scream.
“Me, Meow? (Wow, how did you know he was cursed?)”
“Because I am a great wyvern.”
Moiya put both hands on her hips and lowered her voice.
“Meow? (Then you can lift that little curse too? Since you are great?)”
Aoshi asked with great anticipation. Moiya rolled his red eyes around in confusion,
"...Of course!"
He shouted confidently with his chest wide open. The boy and Aoshi's eyes widened at the same time at Moiya's confident voice that he could break the cursed ice.
“Meow, meow! (Then break the ice quickly. Hurry, hurry, hurry!)”
Aoshi looked up at the boy, excited by Moiya's confident words.
“Meow! (Little one, my great friend is going to take you out! Just wait a moment. When you get out of there, I’ll be your pet!)”
Aoshi cried, scratching at the solid ice with his forepaws. The boy lowered his eyes and looked down at the small white cat as if he found it cute.
“Oh right, but what’s your name? My name is Moiya, and the one who looks like cotton is Aoshi.”
Before melting the cursed ice, Moiya greeted the boy formally.
“Meow. (He can’t speak because of the ice.)”
“...Ah. Right. I know! I just asked just in case.”
Moiya felt embarrassed and took out her annoyance on Aoshi.
“I’ll hear the children’s names after the ice melts.”
'My name is Joseph. My older brother is the Emperor of the Lapion Empire.'
The boy introduced himself in his mind with his blue eyes blinking. He continued to look at the baby wyvern, Moiya, with curiosity.
“Should we start lifting the curse now?”
Moiya turned her head and spoke leisurely.
“Meow! (Fighting!)”
“Aoshi, you stay back so you don’t get hurt.”
Moiya grabbed Aoshi's tail and dragged him back, then flew up to the boy's face again. Aoshi looked up at Moiya, who was hiding in a corner and meeting the boy's eye level. Before spitting out fire, Moiya opened her mouth wide and tensed her stomach.
“Kaaaaaaah-!”
Fire began to pour out of its small mouth, but the flames did not last long.
“Kaa, kaa? Kaaa... ugh!”
Even though he had been firing hard for ten minutes, the ice didn't even show any signs of cracking, let alone breaking.
“Meow? (What happened?)”
Aoshi ran to Moiya with a look of disappointment on his face.
“Ugh, my throat hurts!”
Moiya, who had lost all energy, sat down on the floor and spoke awkwardly.
“I’m still young, so this is the only thing that comes out of the fire, right?”
“Meow? (What? Then you can’t take him out? Is that it? Huh?)”
Aoshi looked up at Joseph with sad eyes, then grabbed Moiya's neck and questioned her.
“Hey, just wait a minute. This damn ice, I can break it right away when I’m bigger.”
Moiya said to Joseph in a hoarse voice, pushing Aoshi's two front paws aside.
“Meow? (Then he has to stay like that until then?)”
“That’s not it. I can make him walk around on that ice.”
“Meow? (How?)”
“Can you melt the cursed ice with the fire of this great wyvern?”
“Meow! (You just failed!)”
“You’re stupid. One time won’t do. I’ve been living in an egg for over 300 years, but an adult is still a cute baby. That’s why the fire is still weak.”
“Meow? (Then how many times do I have to do it?)”
Aoshi asked again with expectant eyes.
“Oh? Well?”
Moiya glanced at Joseph and answered brightly.
“...”
Joseph's eyes looked much sadder than before.
“Hey, kid. Don’t be too disappointed. I’ll take you out before I grow up. Before that, I’ll melt the ice a little bit every day.”
“Meow? (When will you grow up?)”
“It’ll only take a hundred years. I’ll tell you my name then.”
Moiya laughed and coughed.
“...Meow. (...Poor thing.)”
Aoshi wagged his tail and approached Joseph. Joseph looked up at him with tearful eyes and wanted to tell Aoshi, who was clawing at the cursed ice with his two feet, that it was okay, but he could not move anything but his eyes.
“Aha, should we ask our orange-haired friend?”
Moiya sobbed, “Oh my, my throat hurts,” and then raised her head.
“Meow? (What?)”
“How do you break the cursed ice? Even though Rosie is not very perceptive, she has read a lot of books, so she should know.”
“Meow! (Yeah, I think Rosie knows! The method might be written in that thick book you see every day.)”
“Hey, it’s written in the ancient language of the Southern Continent. Rosie is blind to that ancient language.”
“Meow. (Tch, then maybe Rosie doesn’t know.)”
“It might be possible for our master...”
Moiya said with his hands clasped together and his red eyes sparkling.
“Meow? (Her Majesty the Empress?)”
“Yes, Her Majesty the Empress.”
Joseph's blue eyes shook violently at Moiya's words.
'Why is Her Majesty the Empress the master of that little wyvern?'
***
After Linel closed the break room door, he led me to a space far from the door.
“What’s wrong? What’s going on?”
He asked me, holding my hands together and bending down in front of me. The moment I met his worried eyes, tears poured out like an idiot. Anger toward Prince Tesla and worry toward Bonis flowed out. Moreover, if he had not asked me with such an affectionate voice and affectionate expression, I would have held back and swallowed the tears.
“Zelda...?”
He didn't know what to do when he saw me crying. He grimaced and pulled me into his arms.
“It’s okay, everything will be okay. I’ve got you.”
Instead of asking, "Why are you crying?", he comforted me out of the blue. That made me shed more tears. As my sobs grew louder, he hugged me tighter and stroked my head. With Linel's comforting hands, I felt like everything would really be okay, just like he said. Aside from that, the emotions I had been suppressing surged up because of Prince Tesla's threats, and my crying didn't stop easily. He waited patiently for me as if he was soothing a child. He rubbed my back and supported my body like a strong support until I calmed down. He took me away from his arms for a moment and took out a handkerchief from his uniform pocket.
“This is the first time I’ve seen you crying face like this.”
Linel wiped my tears away with a handkerchief and said:
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make you cry, but without realizing it...”
“That’s right. Without even knowing it... I’ve become a loser.”
He lifted my chin with the handkerchief he was holding and imitated my expression of frowning. When I furrowed my brow slightly, he smiled.
“Do I look that bad right now?”
I asked, sniffling heavily.
“You call that talking?”
I unconsciously pout my lips at his serious tone of voice, which was devoid of even a hint of humor. Then he pouts his lips in return and lets out a short chuckle.
“What should I do with you looking like this?”
I showed him my already messed up face and asked him proudly.
“What can I do? I guess I have to endure it.”
“...”
I spoke sincerely, without a second of hesitation.
“Is my face so weird right now that it requires patience?”
When I asked with a sad expression,
“Do you think it’s just your face that’s weird? Your behavior is also really weird.”
He whispered, pinching my cheek gently.
“Yes. It will be like that...”
I know. I admitted it meekly, dropping my head. He must have found my reaction to Prince Tesla very strange. Especially since I burst into tears when I came into the break room. I was about to tell him about Bonis, but he opened his mouth first with a serious look in his eyes.
“It’s okay to be weird. It’s okay to be ugly. It’s okay to look like this.”
"...Your Majesty."
“What’s wrong? What’s going on?”
He asked me, holding my hands together and bending down in front of me. The moment I met his worried eyes, tears poured out like an idiot. Anger toward Prince Tesla and worry toward Bonis flowed out. Moreover, if he had not asked me with such an affectionate voice and affectionate expression, I would have held back and swallowed the tears.
“Zelda...?”
He didn't know what to do when he saw me crying. He grimaced and pulled me into his arms.
“It’s okay, everything will be okay. I’ve got you.”
Instead of asking, "Why are you crying?", he comforted me out of the blue. That made me shed more tears. As my sobs grew louder, he hugged me tighter and stroked my head. With Linel's comforting hands, I felt like everything would really be okay, just like he said. Aside from that, the emotions I had been suppressing surged up because of Prince Tesla's threats, and my crying didn't stop easily. He waited patiently for me as if he was soothing a child. He rubbed my back and supported my body like a strong support until I calmed down. He took me away from his arms for a moment and took out a handkerchief from his uniform pocket.
“This is the first time I’ve seen you crying face like this.”
Linel wiped my tears away with a handkerchief and said:
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make you cry, but without realizing it...”
“That’s right. Without even knowing it... I’ve become a loser.”
He lifted my chin with the handkerchief he was holding and imitated my expression of frowning. When I furrowed my brow slightly, he smiled.
“Do I look that bad right now?”
I asked, sniffling heavily.
“You call that talking?”
I unconsciously pout my lips at his serious tone of voice, which was devoid of even a hint of humor. Then he pouts his lips in return and lets out a short chuckle.
“What should I do with you looking like this?”
I showed him my already messed up face and asked him proudly.
“What can I do? I guess I have to endure it.”
“...”
I spoke sincerely, without a second of hesitation.
“Is my face so weird right now that it requires patience?”
When I asked with a sad expression,
“Do you think it’s just your face that’s weird? Your behavior is also really weird.”
He whispered, pinching my cheek gently.
“Yes. It will be like that...”
I know. I admitted it meekly, dropping my head. He must have found my reaction to Prince Tesla very strange. Especially since I burst into tears when I came into the break room. I was about to tell him about Bonis, but he opened his mouth first with a serious look in his eyes.
“It’s okay to be weird. It’s okay to be ugly. It’s okay to look like this.”
"...Your Majesty."
“But, you shouldn’t cry.”
His tone was firm yet comforting. His voice seemed to gently grasp and shake my heart.
“Do you understand?”
The tip of my nose started to tingle again. I locked eyes with him for a few seconds, then burst into tears again.
“Huh? You blatantly disobeyed the Emperor’s orders as soon as they were given. How impudent.”
As tears began to flow from my eyes, he immediately looked away.
“I’m sorry. Hehe, I really was about to cry, hehehe...”
“Ha, Zelda. I guess I really am a weirdo.”
I shook my head and shouted without realizing it at Linel's unexpected confession.
“No, Your Majesty is a good man!”
“...Huh? What did you say?”
After saying it, I felt sorry, but it was already too late to fix it. Looking at his crumpled expression, I could tell that his face didn't look like the kind of nice guy I had said it to be.
“Ah, no, that’s what I mean... Your Majesty is a good person.”
“No. I’m sure I'm crazy.”
After describing himself as a weirdo, he has now expanded his scope to include a crazy person.
“What is that...?”
“Crying is so sexy.”
"Yes?"
“Because you're sexy, I keep having other thoughts even in situations like this. Am I crazy? Aren’t I?”
The tears that had been flowing in surprise at his words gradually decreased.
“Zelda, how are you going to take responsibility?”
He took a deep breath and asked questioningly.
“...Your Majesty, upon thinking about it, I think what you just said was right.”
“Are you saying I'm sexy?”
“No, not that...”
“Are you saying I’m crazy?”
I nodded my head vigorously at Linel's words. Then he burst into laughter and hugged me again. I also hugged him and laughed silently.
“You’re finally stopping your tears.”
He said, lightly bumping his forehead against mine. Really? As he said, my tears had stopped flowing.
“Did you say that on purpose? To tell me not to cry?”
“Yeah. But what I said about you being sexy was true.”
“Your Majesty, truly...”
“I know, I'm weirdly crazy.”
“Phew.”
“I’m really crazy about the Empress. Now my body is also like this... Sigh, enough. Let’s stop talking.”
Instead of continuing his words, he let out a deep sigh and hugged me tightly. His arms were full of strength. In this tight situation, I couldn’t help but know his condition. I laughed even when I felt like I was having trouble breathing. I was crying so hard just a moment ago, but now I was laughing so hard, so I knew I must be crazy about him.
“Don’t worry about my condition.”
Linel groaned and whispered.
“...Yes, I’m trying to do that.”
“Isn’t it a bit uncomfortable because my presence is revealed without warning?”
“...Yes, your presence is so strong that it’s always difficult.”
“I’m sorry. But there’s nothing I can do. This is a place that even the Emperor’s orders cannot reach.”
Linel's strong arms tightened around my body more and more. After standing silently for a while, feeling each other, I raised my head first and looked up at him. Linel also calmly asked me with a playful expression on his face.
“Now, tell me why you’re so upset that Lady Bonis has become Prince Tesla’s mistress?”
“...Yes, your presence is so strong that it’s always difficult.”
“I’m sorry. But there’s nothing I can do. This is a place that even the Emperor’s orders cannot reach.”
Linel's strong arms tightened around my body more and more. After standing silently for a while, feeling each other, I raised my head first and looked up at him. Linel also calmly asked me with a playful expression on his face.
“Now, tell me why you’re so upset that Lady Bonis has become Prince Tesla’s mistress?”
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