Gremory pondered. Iris's words had certainly been felt by Chession.
She wanted him to keep petting her, she wanted to be by his side all the time, doing chores peacefully, and mixing up at night... She doesn't know.
- Aaaaaaaa!!!Don't touch my brother!
Iris grabbed Gremory's cheek and shook it back and forth.
"What do you say? I don't touch him. It was nice when he just patted me on the head.
- Just a crush! Is it a crush? Right?
"What's the difference between crush and love?"
- Crush is just not disgusting! You don't hate it, but I want to take care of it a little more! That's exactly right?
"Yes, I think so."
- Huh...
Iris slumped down on the sofa. Gremory wondered why she was like that.
***
That evening, Gremory and Isolene went out for a drink in the city. The two ordered tea at the famous Royce Cafe in the city. The cheesecake she ordered with tea was only Isolene.
"You drank so much tea at a tea party, are you drinking tea again?"
Gremory tilted her head at the teacup in front of her.
Isolene just wanted to show Gremory a famous cafe in the city. A cafe isn't just a place to drink something. You can feel various atmospheres here, and you can have a casual chat.
Just then, Gremory heard a familiar voice and pricked up his ears. Not far away was Catherine Ortega. She is with a red-haired man who appears to be her brother.
"I mean, that black hair named 'Mori' humiliated me! My brother will take revenge somehow!"
"How dare you bully my sister with a dark-haired subject that I don't know where she came from? All right. I'll take care of it. First of all, she won't be able to buy a single Orient Knight."
"Yes! He can't carry what everyone else is carrying!"
The siblings were talking about all kinds of childish revenges. Because they were talking so loudly, Isolene soon noticed their presence.
"Can those revenges really hurt you, Mori..."
Isolene took a sip of the tea with a worried face. How could an ordinary noble brother and sister win against Mori, who would just step on a skilled wizard?
The Ortega siblings stood up. As they were heading to the entrance, they noticed that Isolene and Mori were there. Isolene smiled and waved, and Catherine's expression turned rotten.
Meanwhile, Kenneth Ortega, who was next to her...
He fell in love with Gremory's Indifferent attitude and cat-like face.
'What is that lonely woman? Why don't you even look at me?'
Since Catherine was on a rampage, he thought that a woman named Mori had a vicious and strong impression. But what exactly is this beautiful woman in front of him? He felt helplessly bewitched by those dark eyes.
He made eye contact with her. Kenneth's heart skipped a beat. The black-haired beauty quickly looked away and took a sip of tea as if nothing had happened.
'You dare to look at me like a stone. I am rumored to be the most handsome man on the continent, and I am the eldest son of the Ortega family.'
Her every action was insanely charming. He just wanted that woman right away. Had he ever felt so possessive in his life?
Did Mori fight with Catherine? It didn't matter. Mori is not at fault. Catherine was just sensitive again.
'That woman, I have to have her.'
It was easy for Kenneth to have a girl he liked. He had brought all the women he had ever wanted, so there would be no trouble this time.
He smiled confidently and climbed into the carriage.
***
The next afternoon. Chession, who was working in his office, suddenly lost himself in thought. He looked at his empty pinky finger.
'Isolene's Ring from Mori... Did I think about Mori while wearing it? Did that allow Mori to come straight to me?'
It was a strange feeling. Why did he think of Mori in that situation? It was also in a dangerous situation.
He didn't need help. With a little care, he could quickly see the enemy's location.
'Why did he do that?'
Chession rested his chin on the back of his hand and agonized. Why did he think of Mori at that moment? Mori, not anyone else.
'Is it because of the spider monster incident?'
During the Spider Monster Incident. Chession once felt Mori's heart beating for protecting him. So maybe it was the unconscious desire to be protected that made him think of Mori?
'Ha! Is this me? I, who have the greatest combat power in the Empire, thought I wanted to be protected by someone?'
Chession stared into the air and laughed.
Is that possible? He just happened to think of Mori... He didn't even think so. This Chession, all the dark-haired women brought to the Grand Duke's residence look like rocks, and he thinks of Mori in battle. Isn't it the same situation as the knights who went to subjugate monsters, thinking of their wives in the rough terrain?
Chession's anguish continued until dinner time. He had to eat dinner alone. Isolene and Gremory had gone out to play in the city.
When they returned, Isolene held out a small box.
"I'm back, Your Highness! I've packed a cake, would you like to try it?"
"Thank you. I'll work overtime and eat."
Mori was beside him, but Chession pretended to be busy and avoided Mori. It was because Mori was starting to worry about him.
Her round eyes are also pretty... No, human eyes are naturally round, but hers seem to be exceptionally rounder. Her ability to turn into a cat is cute, and her rare ability to teleport through a ring is fatally attractive.
Chewing on a goat's bone looks strong, but liking to be petted with a soft blanket is also a reversal...
'I'm crazy.'
At one point, he suspected her of being a witch, but it turned out that she was suspicious of being a beautiful woman.
'...What if she looks like a beautiful woman? Are you going to make Mori your lover? Let's do our work without thinking about it.'
Chession decided to erase everything about Mori from his mind.
After spending the night shifting overtime. Chession was just finishing breakfast and was walking around the Grand Duke's residence when he saw Mori in the maid's lounge. His face seemed to be heating up. And he tried to look away, but somehow he stepped on the paper that Mori was trying to put in the fireplace.
"Mori, what are you doing?"
It must not be an important document.
"I don't think it's that important, so I'm going to use it for firewood."
Gremory tried to throw the paper into the fireplace, but Chesion quickly snatched it up.
The paper was none other than a courtship letter from the Duke of Kenneth Ortega.
"It was love at first sight. I'm sorry that I couldn't greet you properly that day because of my sister.
Your attraction is deadly. You have a domineering expression, fair white skin, and attractive black hair. How clear your eyes are! Can you just put me in your black glassy eyes?"
Having read this far, Chession crumpled up a bunch of courtship letters and turned them into balls. Then he threw it into the fireplace. It was a fastball.
"Mori, you're not going to reply to this guy's letter, are you?"
"It's troublesome. You can do it for me."
"Why am I doing this?"
"What, why are you angry?"
"...Sorry, I don't even know."
Chession was quite annoyed. How dare you say that Kenneth Ortega touched our Mori? A guy who looks like that clown?
Then, Gremory threw a fastball to Chession.
"By the way, he was pretty handsome. Objectively."
"!"
"Chession?"
"..."
Chession pressed his forehead for a moment and took a deep breath.
"I'm sorry, Mori. I thought of something urgent."
Then he hurriedly left.
He locked himself in his office and thought he was going crazy. Why does he feel like he was robbed of Mori by another man? Now he's on the subject of brainwashing himself that he never had Mori in the first place, and didn't intend to have one.
Besides, he's handsome. What is so handsome about a ridiculous and flimsy guy with unbearably clear features and dressing up like a peacock? If you're a man, you should look moderately gentle and strong like me. You have to be used to fighting.
Chession rummaged through the paperwork. He found a document about the wyr misscales that he had promised to trade with Duke Ortega. He thought a million times about whether to tear it up.
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