I thought that if I were unlucky in the future, I might run into a Kishian.
But I didn't expect to meet him so soon.
I didn't know that I would run into him as soon as I reached the first village...
Fortunately, he didn't see us coming down from the mountain.
There was a road that led directly to the village from the mountain, and he was concentrating on it.
"Now, let's not be nervous, let's stay calm."
Rodrick, standing beside me, whispered something that wasn't very helpful.
I wanted to calm down, but my heart was pounding as if it was going to explode.
I hope my gait doesn't look awkward, and we pass by Kishian as naturally as possible.
No, I tried to pass it by.
"Wait, you guys there. This way."
After sneaking a peek at Rodrick and me, Kishian stopped us.
If I didn't stop here and escape, I would look even more suspicious, so I had no choice but to stop.
Rodrick, who now looks like a young woman, replied with a cute expression.
"Oh, did you call me?"
I felt a little sick when I saw him make a ridiculously cute face and respond in a ridiculously cute tone.
If the woman I didn't know had done that, I would have thought she was just an unusual person, but I knew that he was a dark man.
Rodrick approached Kishian, regardless of whether I was sitting next to him with a tired look on my face or not.
"Why did you call me?"
"..."
Hearing his charming tone, I could see that Kishian's face was a little distorted.
He stared at Rodrick, who had changed his appearance.
I suspected that Rodrick had changed into a woman of the same age as me, so I was disguised.
Fortunately, we were only similar in age, but our faces and voices were completely different, so Kishian's suspicions were quickly dispelled.
"...Nope. It's completely different. You can go there."
"Yes."
I was glad that they sent it sooner than I expected.
However, things that could make my heart drop would happen at the moment when I was relieved.
"That guy, I need to take a look at you, too."
I thought he was only looking out for Rodrick, but suddenly he called me.
Sadly, I wasn't as good an actor as Rodrick.
I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
"Are you talking about me?"
I asked in a stiff, tense voice, and Kishian nodded.
This way, for a moment.
"..."
As I stood still, the Kishian gestured to me again.
"You asked me to come?"
If I drag it out any longer, it will look suspicious.
I forced my legs to move my immobile legs to get in front of him.
He looked at me, who was similar in size to him.
As if he suspected that the Grand Duchess had used some great disguise to disguise herself as a man.
"..."
"..."
A moment of suffocating silence passed.
Just when I felt like I was about to suffocate, his lips finally opened.
"You look alike."
"..."
"He has an uncanny resemblance to the person I'm looking for."
Could it be that our facial expressions resemble each other?
I think I was mostly expressionless when I was the Grand Duchess, but I was surprised how he recognized me.
Terrified, I hurriedly opened my mouth.
"What do you mean..."
He didn't respond, but walked around me at a leisurely pace, scanning me.
I thought it was a relentless gaze, as if he wanted to look into the inside of my clothes, but it was real.
"Put your shirt up. I'll check if it's a disguise."
It seemed that he suspected that I had put something like cotton inside my clothes to disguise my size.
I looked at Rodrick in bewilderment.
When we made eye contact, Rodrick nodded slightly.
With a slightly trembling hand, I rolled up my shirt at the command of Kishian.
Fortunately, the magic effect of the ring was amazing.
The inside of my clothes and even my abs were revealed.
Kishian muttered as he pressed my abs.
"You're not disguised."
"Can I go?"
I wanted to get out of it quickly, so I said something hasty.
Kishian seemed to nod, but he paused.
His gaze was on the ring on my hand.
"You wore the same ring."
"..."
"Why?"
If they found out that it was a magic ring, it was over.
Fortunately, Rodrick interrupted me before I could stammer.
"It's a token of our love!"
"Love... Tokens?"
As Kishian muttered, Rodrick blushed.
Then, suddenly, he put his arm between me.
"We're lovers."
Rodrick's face had a strange tingling tinge.
As if it were a token of his love, he dared to show the ring in front of Kisian.
As he looked at us, a bitterness formed in his eyes.
"...Yes, lovers."
When I heard him muttering in a weak voice, a faint sensation spread from the corner of my heart.
While I was chewing my lips without a hitch, the words I had been waiting for flowed out of him.
"Let's go."
He didn't hold us any longer.
He even waved his hand as if he wanted to quickly get rid of us in front of him.
I was really glad that Rodrick's acting was outstanding.
If he'd been clumsy, Kishian might have asked us to remove the ring.
Trying to move our trembling bodies, we sneaked into a nearby pub.
I sat down to fill my stomach and picked up the menu, and Rodrick muttered.
"His Highness didn't see you that way, but he's more tenacious than I thought. I didn't expect him to come down here myself."
I agreed.
I expected to search the Leiden barony, but I thought he would only send soldiers down.
Kishian was a busy man.
But I thought he would leave his work alone and come and check on people one by one.
"I'm in trouble. I don't think things will be as easy as I thought."
I muttered, and Rodrick replied in a cheerful voice.
"But it would be better if we got out of here. This village has several adjacent villages, so it's not easy to predict the route. Let's just fill our stomachs and get off quickly."
"Yes."
I couldn't take more time, so I ordered a meal that I could eat quickly.
Soon, the food we ordered was served, and we immediately picked up the tableware.
It was definitely the first time I had eaten so quickly.
***
Because the Emperor did not cooperate, the birthday party could not be held.
Letie was upset, but she couldn't be angrier with her father.
It was because he had suddenly changed his attitude, as if he had been possessed by something.
He treated Letie with a slightly cold attitude.
He didn't smile with affection or say kind words like he used to.
As if he doesn't love his daughter anymore.
Without much choice, Letie gave up the banquet and invited only the two young ladies, who were usually close friends, to the villa to celebrate in a small way.
After receiving such a congratulation, she took the carriage back to the Imperial Palace, but she was still not in a good mood.
"What is this? It's my birthday, but there's no banquet, and I can't call many people because I'm pretending to be Elona..."
In order not to find out that she had been swapped with Elona, she could only call a few friends in the villa who already knew Letie's identity.
So her birthday was more humble than ever.
It was even embarrassing compared to last year's birthday, when all the nobles of the empire were present to congratulate her.
Why is her father doing that all of a sudden? Hasn't he forgotten that she's the real Letie?
She didn't understand how her father treated her so coldly as a savior.
As they kept calling her Elona in front of others, she thought she was the real Elona.
"What if my father treats me like this and incurs God's wrath?"
It was a time when she was suppressing her dissatisfaction in her heart...
The carriage came to a rough stop.
Letie, who had stopped abruptly and was almost thrown to the floor, shouted.
"What's going on!"
"It's... It's a monster! There are monsters ahead!"
Hearing the coachman's frightened voice, Letie was puzzled for a moment.
'A monster? It can't be.'
The Emperor had always said: The reason why there are no monsters on the islands is thanks to Letie.
Since the savior, Letie, is in the imperial palace, the monsters are frightened and do not dare to go on a rampage.
Letie also believed his father's words to be true.
Therefore, Letie had never been afraid of the existence of monsters.
Even if she encountered monsters, she thought that if she stepped forward, they wouId be frightened and retreat.
But how dare those insignificant things stand in the way of her carriage?
"I will drive them away."
"No! It's dangerous! Stay inside!"
The escort shouted hurriedly, but Letie did not listen.
She opened the door of the carriage and spoke confidently to the escorts.
"It's okay. I don't know what kind of monster it is, but if I show up, it will be scared and run away."
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