It was only now that the horror of Barden and the escort knight was a little understandable.
As I rubbed my sore head, I suddenly remembered the Rudnine that had grabbed my head and returned it to me.
The scent is good, and the soft bass is handsome.
Kind person.
I closed my eyes tightly to erase the Rudnine that kept ringing in my head.
Let's forget, we have to forget.
***
That evening.
When the Duke of Rudnine returned to the Iels townhouse, the mood was calm.
Ant just watched Rudnine, who refused to eat and was locked in his office, lost in thought.
'But.'
Ant's eyes swayed like reeds in a storm.
He had been keeping his mouth shut, but he couldn't stand it anymore and cried out.
"...Duke! It's the twentieth sugar cube now."
"I know."
Rudnine glanced at Ant and replied briefly.
Then, he skillfully poured hot tea over the sugar cubes piled up like a tower in his teacup.
The tower of sugar cubes he had built high melted into hot tea.
Ant opened his mouth, but Rudnine slowly stirred the tea with an expressionless face, holding a teaspoon.
The sweet tea that he accidentally tried once after seeing Yvonne face each other last time captured Rudnine's heart.
So, after returning from an outing between heaven and hell, he decided to drink sweet tea to calm his ragged heart.
'Of course, I didn't intend to put in so much.'
As he was immersed in this thought, he ended up adding so many sugar cubes that he turned over the teacup and piled up the tower.
Rudnine, who was staring at the sight of all the sugar cubes melting and soaking into the tea, put down the teaspoon.
Then he picked up his teacup and took his first sip.
'...It's very hot.'
Ant, who judged that Rudnine's helpless smile was not normal, was worried as a loyal subordinate and opened his mouth cautiously.
"Duke."
"...Why?"
"Did you definitely come this time? Is that why you are doing this?"
"Ugh... Such harsh words."
Rudnine glared at Ant terribly.
But Ant didn't care and gave him advice with a short tongue kick.
"Usually, when I was heartbroken, I drank. I'd rather drink alcohol. If you drink sweet tea like that, it will be more harmful to your health."
"I'm not dumped."
"So, what? Did you decide to date?"
Rudnine was upset.
So he gulped down the sweet tea, which was too hot to drink at once.
He felt like his bitter stomach was getting better.
He sighed briefly at Ant, who was frightened.
"The Princess told me that she had no intention of dating in the future."
"Oh my God. Duke, that's what I'm saying most of the time was a dump."
To Ant, who spoke like a child, Rudnine replied nervously
"...Not yet. The Princess gave me a gift, Ant."
Then Rudnine stared affectionately at the hand cream bucket that he had cherished next to him.
Ant went on a rampage.
"Hand cream? To a knight? Oh my God, she says she doesn't want to be in a relationship and give you a room, she's really a villain! It's a fox that will charm men!"
"...If you envy hand cream, say you're jealous."
When Ant openly cursed at Yvonne, Rudnine became very uncomfortable and glared at Ant with a look of madness.
Ant looked at Rudnine's eyes and asked as he sneaked closer.
"... I envy you. There is a faint, good scent coming from the Duke's hand from earlier. Is this the hand cream that Princess Argenthoz gave you?"
Rudnine said firmly to Ant, who was sniffing and approaching.
"If you touch the hand cream, I will cut off your hand."
Rudnine's cold eyes were sincere.
When was it? It's the same as the way he looked at that time when he slaughtered and sliced more than a hundred monsters by himself.
Ant shuddered and took a step back to take care of himself.
"But I'm really worried, Duke."
"I don't understand what you're so worried about."
He wasn't very confident, but he felt a little bad when Ant, who had as much experience in love as he did, was worried about his relationship.
But Ant shrugged his shoulders as if he was very confident.
"The Duke went out earlier and studied the love methods of the people here for a while."
"The love affair of the capitalists?"
Ant clicked his tongue as if he felt sorry for him, and then resolutely sorted it out.
"Yes, let's summarize everything. The Duke is now being managed by the Princess's fishing grounds."
"Fishery ground?"
It was the first time in his life that he had heard the term, so Rudnine was puzzled.
Then Ant tightened his neck.
"That's right."
Ant hesitated for a moment.
There is also a way to explain it in a roundabout way, but earlier, Rudnine cruelly told him three times in a row that he was a "love eunuch".
Ant, who had it in his heart, decided to properly inform Rudnine of the cruel reality in the sense of revenge.
"It means that you are not willing to develop a relationship, but you continue to meet someone interested in you. It's like a fish in a fishing ground!"
"Fish..."
"In a word, the Duke is being used by Princess Argenthoz!"
"...It may be."
Ant's words felt close to the truth.
But Rudnine kept thinking differently.
Yvonne's soft and moist touch rubbed the cream on the back of his hand and absorbed it.
At that moment, the bell rang again, but the opposite desire soared.
The feeling of blood boiling all over his body and flowing backwards.
Yvonne asked if she liked the hand cream with her pure, clear eyes, but Rudnine almost lost his temper at once at her sweet voice.
Rudnine, who had barely come to his senses, became disillusioned with himself.
'I'm garbage.'
How can hr misunderstand Yvonne's pure behavior and harbor naked and decadent desire?
'But...'
Honestly, It was so good.
Yvonne's gentle touch on him and her serious gaze towards him were all lovely.
She really didn't feel like a villain as much as his fingernails.
Therefore, Prince Adrian, whom she loved for a long time, became even more resentful and jealous.
To trample on the heart of such a lovely woman and make her declare that she will never be in a relationship again.
Yvonne nodded at the iron wall that Yvonne's older brother, Duke Barden, struck with his blade.
Rudnine felt upset by the wall she had built so hard that he could not enter.
Moreover, she said she would give up her unrequited love, but he was miserable as he chased Yvonne to the cosmetics store because she wanted to look beautiful for Prince Adrian.
What the hell are you doing?
As Ant said, being swayed and used by Yvonne like this would make his heart feel tattered.
But all that sadness is just a handful...
"I can't give up yet."
He bit his lip as he stared at the hand cream Yvonne had given him.
He admits it. He couldn't deceive himself into being attracted to Yvonne.
Rudnine said helplessly.
"If it's a Princess's fishing ground where I can hear the bells, I can live there as a fish and don't give up."
"Yes? The bell? What is it?"
"...Haha. The love eunuch doesn't know how beautiful the bell is? At least I've heard of it."
Rudnine sneered and raised one lip.
Ant opened his mouth and admitted defeat.
The sound of bells. Are you even hearing hallucinations now?
'Even if our Duke is crazy, he is definitely crazy.'
It was so sad.
After all, he's attracted to bad women. Our naive Duke, maybe it's good.
Rudnine touched his chin and opened his mouth.
"I admit it. I'm interested in Princess Yvonne Argenthoz. Very, very."
Rudnine said it out of his mouth as if to clear up his mind, and he felt relieved.
Ant raised his hands and closed his eyes.
"Yes, I understand."
"Oh, and do you know that?"
The area around Rudnine's cheek turned red.
Ant sighed, wondering if he should continue to be tortured to hear his superior's unrequited love lamentations.
"...Do I have to keep listening to you?"
"Of course."
Rudnine held on to Ant resolutely.
This feeling he felt for the first time was unbearably strange and overflowing, and he felt like he couldn't bear it without confiding in someone.
He felt like he was going to explode if he kept his mouth shut.
Rudnine said with excitement, gasping for breath.
"Princess Argenthoz... It's not just a wizard."
"What do you mean by not just being a wizard?"
At the unexpected words, Ant's eyes widened.
He thought he would talk about how beautiful Princess Argenthoz was, how kind she was, and so on.
Rudnine did not respond to Ant's words, but recalled Yvonne, who killed the notoriously picky high-ranking familiar in one fell swoop.
He's never seen such a person before.
Charismatic eyes and quick action.
Although he was an excellent mage, his heart began to beat faster again when he thought of Yvonne, who simply subdued a high-ranking familiar without using magic.
'Too... Isn't it wonderful?'
It was so beautiful that he felt like she was going to take his breath away.
He tilted his head and leaned back on the sofa, looking at the sky and muttering.
"She's not just a wizard. A magic prosecutor who appears once in a hundred years, and she also has the qualities to be an excellent demon swordsman. She is even very capable... I'm worried because I'm not good enough."
"A magic prosecutor? Princess Argenthoz? No, you have to explain what the hell you're talking about, and I'll fight back."
But Rudnine didn't explain anything to the curious Ant, but lowered his head again and grunted as he tore off his black hair.
"After all, I have to learn magic too."
"Hey, Duke? Does Duke Iels learn magic? Are you very tired?"
Ant wanted Rudnine, who was talking nonsense, to come to his senses and told the maid waiting outside to bring cold water.
'Oh my God. Is the Duke of the House of Iels trying to learn magic to win the woman's heart?'
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