The captain of the bodyguard followed me and said to Rudnine.
"Princess. So, we will continue to investigate."
"Yes"
"Duke Iels. I will definitely investigate and report on this matter. I have to ask you a few questions in a moment. Can you give me some time?"
"...Please do so."
When the captain of the bodyguard received an appointment from Rudnine, I took him and quickly entered the mansion.
And dragged him roughly from the hall to the central staircase.
"This is it! Follow me!"
"Yes."
I quickly climbed the stairs and guided Rudnine to the reception room attached to my room on the third floor.
"Carol, please have some refreshments!"
"Yes, Princess."
I ordered Carol to bring the tea through the crack in the door and then closed the door tightly.
"Whew."
We were barely alone.
Turning back and leaning against the door, I spotted Rudnine standing in my drawing room.
'Oh. It's dazzling.'
When I saw Rudnine properly, which I couldn't see clearly outside the mansion because I was sorting out the situation, I felt dizzy.
Short but well-groomed black hair.
I can't believe that this man has wonderful features, strength, and delicate beauty at the same time.
Yvonne liked to decorate her parlor very fancy, but when Ruddnine appeared, the parlor felt ordinary.
'Why are you so cool?'
He said he was invited by the Duke of Argenthoz, but why did he wear it so smoothly?
He's excited about a strict woman for no reason...
"This is Yvonne's room."
"Yes."
I took a deep breath and came to my senses to adapt to the more dazzling Rudnine today.
I quietly approached him.
"For now, well, Rudnine. I'll look at the place you mentioned earlier where you were injured."
What if he gets really hurt? What can I, who can't even use healing magic, do?
I was worried, but when I heard that Rudnine was injured, I was worried.
He hesitated and held out his hand.
"Oh, here it is."
Please don't get hurt too much.
I closed my eyes tightly and looked at Rudnine's outstretched hand.
"...Huh?"
A blank laugh flowed out.
"Haha? Did you say this?"
"...Yes."
On the back of Rudnine's outstretched hand, there was a very small wound, less than the size of a little fingernail, with the outer skin peeling off.
To be honest, it was embarrassing to say that it was a hurt.
I was also puzzled, blinking and looking up at him. Rudnine looked down at me and smiled.
Seeing his smile from a distance, I felt like my heart was pounding.
I stepped back slightly, hiding my embarrassment, and asked.
"Are you hurt? Earlier. You were hurt by the explosion, right?"
"No, it is not. It's different from that."
Rudnine hurriedly made an excuse.
"The bomb exploded in the air before it hit the ground. I hurriedly stopped it, so I was not hurt at all!"
"...What about this wound?"
"Oh, this is a wound I just hurriedly inflicted."
"Rudnine lied? Why?"
Rudnane, who seems to be infinitely virtuous, is lying.
I looked at him in surprise.
"That's right, of course."
Rudnine stopped talking, brushed around his chin a few times, and then hesitated and continued.
"I wasn't hurt, but I thought it was a good opportunity for me."
"Opportunity?"
"Yes, I wanted to be with Yvonne. I had no choice but to lie. I'm sorry."
When I looked at Rudnine's sullen face, I felt embarrassed and guilty.
Do you know! I'm the one to apologize, so why does this person say I'm sorry?
I'm here to explain why I threw the bomb and to come to an agreement.
I was shouting loudly inside, but it didn't come out of my mouth easily.
Because one of my important organs was running out of control.
Pounding, pounding.
'Hey, your heart. Why are you running around like this?'
The heart that jumped without noticing was really stupid.
I really wanted to squeeze Yvonne's powerful fist into it.
'But... My heart is sinless.'
I quietly took the side of my heart.
To be honest, don't such a kind and wonderful person make comments as if he likes me and wants to be with me?
If your heart doesn't beat in this situation, is that a person? That's a zombie.
I wandered around in a huge delusion and finally came to my senses.
Rudnine probably hurt himself on purpose because he had to quietly ask me for something.
Yes, that's right.
I finally said with a trembling heart.
"First of all, thank you very much, Rudnine."
"...Thank you?"
His eyes looked at me with puzzlement.
I smiled weakly and explained the situation step by step.
"Yes, it was really not intentional. There's a little bit of a problem with the bomb you're carrying, so the magic artifact. It was so urgent that I threw it outside to deal with it. Rudnine happened to be there."
"Oh."
"It was a mistake. I sincerely apologize."
After speaking, I bowed deeply and greeted him.
I said it with my own mouth, but if you listen to it objectively, it is absurd and absurd.
Will Duke Rudnine believe the excuse of the evil woman Yvonne?
I lifted my waist and saw Rudnine's eyes.
He opened his mouth with a very confused expression.
"So... Was it a mistake?"
Rudnine showed me a piece of a bomb hidden in the handle of the bouquet.
Although it was smashed, it was definitely Carol's magic earrings, and upon investigation, it was evidence that the creator was me.
I'm imagining my body almost shattered like those smashed bomb earrings, Rudnine kept asking.
"Yvonne, did you say it wasn't a test, it was a mistake?"
"...Is it a test?"
This is another guerrilla test-like sound.
Confused by Rudnine's pop quiz, I couldn't give an answer and blinked.
Then Rudnine swallowed his groans with a look of great disappointment and spoke.
"I thought Yvonne had thrown a bomb on purpose to see what I was capable of."
"Is it me? Why am I to Rudnine?"
Good lord. What did I say to confirm Rudnine's ability?
His misunderstanding was absurd and absurd, and I laughed out loud.
What should I test such a good-looking, neat, kind, and well-mannered Duke of Iels?
I was so upset that I shook my head and strongly denied it.
Rudnine's black eyes flickered again.
He was even more sullen than before, lowered his head, and muttered melancholy.
"Still. I thought it was a test because I was a fish."
'Fish?'
Suddenly, it's a fish.
I didn't understand, so I shook my head, thinking that Rudnine was also very strange.
But he suddenly raised his head, looked at me, and said with a determined look.
"But I won't give up."
It was as if a black flame was burning in his black eyes.
And the intense gaze made me feel like I had burned my heart.
I gulped my saliva and asked nervously.
"You don't give up... What do you mean by that?"
Knock knock.
"Princess, this is Carol."
I thought something was going on off topic, and as I was asking again, Carol knocked.
"Come in."
Carol dragged in a trolley with refreshments.
I was staring at Carol at a table in my parlor, where a plate of tea and other simple fruits and cookies was placed, and I felt a gaze from the side.
When I turned my head, Rudnine was still staring at me.
That gaze was so stinging.
His intention was to spy on me, of course, but my cheeks were hot red without speed.
'Fool.'
Trying to turn my gaze towards Carol, who had placed all the tea on the table, I opened my mouth and introduced Carol to Rudnine.
"This girl is Carol, my personal maid."
"Hello, Duke Iels. I'm a maid of honor from the Argenthoz family."
I was very surprised to see Carol talking bluntly without ever trembling.
Was it because I was so scared that she was so scared?
However, I thought that Carol, who didn't blink an eye even when she saw Rudnine, was amazing.
Rudnine nodded lightly and greeted her, and I said again.
"This child is a witness. I gave this kid a self-defense magic earring bomb artifact, and I noticed it was about to explode suddenly."
"Really?"
"Yes, that's right, Duke."
When Rudnine asked, Carol replied bluntly.
"Really, Rudnine. Listen again."
I explained again to him, who was still skeptical.
In this way, I threw the bomb earrings outside to dispose of them, and an accident occurred to the Duke.
When I finished speaking, Carol calmly added.
"What the Princess said is true. I can swear by it."
I was very grateful to Carol for being my witness calmly.
Even though Yvonne was a villain, she had my personal maid in place.
"I'm impressed."
Rudnine looked at Carol and me alternately, then walked to the window where I threw my bomb earrings.
After staring outside for a long time, he suddenly turned around and looked at me with a serious expression.
Then he asked carefully.
"You said that the bomb Yvonne made showed signs of self-destructing, so you threw it outside, right?"
He summed up the situation vigorously
Oh, now he felt like a real investigator.
On the other hand, it was also bittersweet.
This person is really, not for any other reason, but to investigate me.
"Let's keep our minds straight."
Trying to shake off the tension that was pouring in, I replied sharply
"Yes, I did."
Although I obediently admitted it, Rudnine's serious face was not relieved.
On the contrary, he asked in a more subdued voice.
"Why did you throw it out there, or even down there?"
"Yes? That's it..."
"If it's Yvonne."
He cut off his words without waiting for my answer.
Then he immediately strode towards me.
Rudnine, who stood in front of me, looked down at me and spoke again.
"...Immediately, you could have unleashed your defensive magic. May I ask why you threw the bomb out that window?"
'Ah...!'
He was very serious.
My panicked lips opened on their own.
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