"...Yes? I mean... Yes, yes."
Maybe it's because it's dark inside. Rudnine's face seemed to flush a little red.
'Oh, I think I overdid it.'
Was it too humiliating?
It was quite rude to hold his hand without permission.
Realizing that I had made a mistake, I took a step back and quickly made excuses in gibberish.
"Oh, that's right. Since you use a sword, you don't need hand cream. That's right. In fact, I didn't give you a commemorative gift last time. So I wanted to give it to you, but I'm sorry. It's just... Forget it."
Embarrassed and embarrassed, I quickly turned around and tried to flee the scene.
"No. Yvonne! I, I need it! You have to use your hands for a long time to use a sword. You have to take care of your hands!"
Rudnine raised his voice in silence.
As I was about to escape, I turned back to Rudnine and replied nervously.
"...Right?"
"Of course it is!"
It was a strange excuse.
But when I think about it, it seems to be true again, and I wanted it so strongly, so I gave Rudnine a bucket of hand cream.
I felt very remorseful when I received the Thiels stone bracelet and gave him a bucket of hand cream.
I apologized in my heart.
Ha ha. I'm sorry that I was poor.
Once again, there was a reason to cure magical amnesia.
'If I succeed... I'll definitely repay this favor.'
I must reawaken as an archmage.
I vowed to repay this heavenly favor by creating a great magical invention or robbing the dragon's dungeon with magic.
As I was leaving the store after paying, I glanced back at Rudnine, who was following me.
Rudnine was coming out with the cream bottle I had given him in a very polite manner.
I felt like I was about to cry.
'I'm sorry... Why do you like it so much?'
The smile on Rudnine's face was so beautiful that my heart ached.
It is really bad for the heart.
If you look at it often, it seems that your life expectancy will be shortened.
This is the last time, I really have to live without seeing it...
With that determination, I involuntarily lowered my gaze and looked at him and my shadow on the ground.
'Shadow.'
Because of the black haze that fluttered in my shadow on Nasiel Earth the other day, I got into the habit of checking my shadow often.
Of course, there was no black haze on the shadow after that, and it was still intact.
The black shadow of the elongated Rudnine and my smaller black shadow looked so good together, and I laughed.
However, from the shadows, it is fortunate that we fit together.
"Why are you doing that?"
Rudnine carefully asked me if I felt strange doing this.
"Well, just."
"Don't you like shadows? Why are you staring so scary?"
But I hesitated, not knowing what to answer to his question.
I stared at his black eyes in silence for a moment, then I thought of the black haze and said to him
"It's not that I don't like shadows, it's just... I'm scared of black."
Somehow, my true Intentions came out.
Of course, there are blacks like Rudnine's beautiful black eyes and fascinating black hair, but there is also a black that is scary and ugly, like a black haze.
'He's a black shame!'
How sexy and beautiful black is.
Damn, black trampling on the haze and dying instantly. He frowned as he recalled what he had been told to do.
Suddenly, Rudnine's face hardened.
"Yvonne, black... Do you hate it so much?"
"What?"
'Hey, what's wrong with this guy?'
Why are they crying in such a hurt voice?
***
'Oh, it's really the worst.'
The tea party that no one likes is finally over.
However, Cordelia did not show off as much as possible, but smiled kindly and saw off the nobles.
While watching the nobles go away, a lady's maid approached her and whispered in her ear.
Then the lady excitedly said, "Oh, oh," and called the other ladies and girls to tell them.
"Really??"
"Oh my God... Wasn't it a confrontation that was over? Dating?!"
'Confrontation...?'
Cordelia, who wasn't paying much attention, turned her head when she heard the harsh words.
Cordella's eyes met the lady and naturally asked her a question.
"What's wrong, ma'am?"
"Yes? Oh, no, that's..."
Looking at the troubled lady, Cordella gently urged her.
"It's okay, so I will tell you..."
"Tell me what you mean."
"Your Highness."
Cordelia made an Impression.
Before she could finish speaking, Adrian, who was in the distance, appeared in the distance and interrupted her.
"Ah, Your Highness. That's..."
The lady was puzzled that Prince Adrian was interested in such gossip, especially the rumors about "That Woman Yvonne Argenthoz."
"Come on."
However, since it was the Crown Prince's order, she told him what she had heard through the maid.
"It's not a big deal. The Duke of Iels and Princess Argenthoz were now dating in the Naciel district."
"...What?"
The lady was surprised by Adrian's reaction.
He didn't seem to be in a good mood throughout the tea party, but Adrian was even worse now.
"Then let's leave."
The lady smiled awkwardly and walked away.
In the end, only Cordelia and Adrian remained at the tea party, and a heavy silence fell.
"Haha."
Adrian looked in the direction of Nasiel's district and laughed.
He didn't notice the way Cordella was staring at him, so he thought about Yvonne.
A tea party he invited. Yvonne refused, saying that she had an appointment.
But was that promise a date with the Duke of Iels?
He immediately realized Yvonne's sincerity and snapped his fingers.
'Aha.'
Yvonne wanted to get hia attention, so she deliberately declined his invitation and went on a date with Duke Iels.
'Then yes.'
Adroan laughed at it, thinking it was an obvious ploy, but he was relieved.
"The Princess still likes me."
It was truly heartbreaking.
It is true that Yvonne, who changed her plans due to a jealousy-inducing operation, is more attractive than before.
'Hmm. That's amazing.'
Adrian, who had been in a low mood throughout the tea party and didn't speak properly, entered the palace with a bright smile.
Cordella stood behind Adrian like a statue and watched him leave without even saying goodbye to her.
When he was completely out of sight, she gritted her teeth and wrinkled her nose.
'...I can see what you're thinking, Your Highness!'
Cordelia stood there and remained at the tea party she had prepared with great effort, quietly swallowing her anger.
But she couldn't calm down at all.
She wanted to go into her room and rest, but she didn't want to be in the same palace with the Crown Prince, so she impulsively turned around and started walking around the palace.
It's a really annoying day.
After walking nervously for a long time, Cordelia stopped when she saw a familiar silver-haired man running up the boulevard inside the palace.
"Ah, the Barden Argenthoz, small Duke."
Someone he met while fighting together on the battlefield.
When everyone liked him for his excellent recovery magic, he was the only one who maintained a blunt and cool attitude.
'Yvonne Argenthoz's flesh and blood.'
Cordelia quietly followed Barden, who was running like a creditor with no money.
She didn't have any ill feelings toward Barden before, but now she has a problem.
"He found the black magic marks I accidentally left on the tree."
Things kept getting twisted, so she wanted to cut off the uneasy buds in advance.
In her heart, she wanted to put a powerful curse on him right now.
However, Cordelia lost her beloved powerful familiar to Yvonne last time, and she couldn't use her strength carelessly.
'What do you think?'
She thought about it and came up with another idea.
Cordelia summoned a stealth familiar that was unobtrusive and difficult to deal with.
And very quietly, he placed it on Barden's shoulder
When Barden was alone, he was supposed to be killed instantly after checking the moment when he was most caught off guard or weakened by a familiar horse.
'No, maybe it's a good opportunity to see Yvonne Argenthoz's weaknesses.'
Cordelia put a familiar on Barden's shoulders and chuckled and hummed.
It wasn't a bad day.
***
I'm still with Rudnine.
Rudnine's dark eyes, which seem to be hurt, stare at me relentlessly, and I don't know what to do.
I didn't understand why he was doing this, but my eyes opened wide.
'Oh!! I must be crazy!'
Later, I realized that I had been talking nonsense in front of a man with pitch-black hair and black eyes as beautiful as the night sea, so I clapped my hands and made excuses.
"No, it's not like that! It's not that I don't like all black!"
"...Don't you hate it?"
"Yes, of course, it's a very different kind of thing than what I'm talking about!! That weird black and Rudnine's fantastic black are completely different!"
"...Yes?"
Perhaps surprised that I had made such a fuss, Rudnine's eyes widened.
"Oh, what should I do?"
I was so embarrassed that I couldn't stand it and was ashamed of myself.
This is the moment when you need a rat hole.
However, an unexpected savior appeared.
"Yvonne Argenthoz!"
"Huh?"
I was surprised to find the familiar silver hair suddenly sandwiched between Rudnine and me.
So I blinked, grabbed him, stood him up, and whispered.
"Brother?! What's going on here?"
Seemingly uncomfortable, Barden frowned and reluctantly replied
"...In the middle of the Naciel district, rumors spread to my place that you were dating the Duke of Iels."
"Yes?! Dating?"
"Yes. It seems to have spread from the academy to the imperial palace."
Upon returning from the battlefield, Barden became an associate professor at the Academy's Department of Magic.
But rumors spread inside the academy that Rudnine and I were together.
"Damn. No, that's not the case. It's not even a real date!"
This is a ruse meeting to convince the Investigator of my innocence.
'It's a meeting between a handsome detective and a troublemaker who shines in the world, so it's bound to be rumored.'
I was very frustrated, but now I had no way to explain it.
'But why is he glaring at the Duke like this??'
Barden, who didn't seem to be in a good mood, showed rudeness by not even greeting Rudnine.
The guy who became a small Duke doesn't know how to do it.
I was ashamed of what he was doing, so I poked him in the side to make him notice.
Of course, this time it was gentle.
"Ugh, why!"
But the weak Barden glared at me with red eyes, perhaps in pain.
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