Did you realize that I couldn't use magic, that I had magical amnesia?
Oh no.
I was worried last time, but I am a member of the Argenthoz family.
I didn't want to be hated for the fact that the blood of such a prestigious family could not use magic like a heretic.
However, Barden, who was at the scene, was a witness who saw that I killed a familiar horse without using magoc.
I couldn't lie to him.
'Damn, it's a two-judge board.'
So I decided to answer it as it is.
"Just look closely."
I swallowed hard and raised my hand.
As the two men's eyes stared at me, I clenched my fists to demonstrate how to catch and kill the bug.
"Well, catch it like this! Like this!!! I killed it!"
"Heeeck!"
Barden, who was staring at my clenched fist in the air, was startled.
'What, what is it?'
My heart was racing and I was extremely nervous, but Barden's funny reaction relieved me a little.
Somehow, I wanted to make fun of Barden even in this serious situation.
"Oh my. Are you scared, brother?"
I clenched my fists slightly and laughed wickedly, and Barden said softly.
"Well, what? It's just that your cruelty is horrible."
It's scary! I'm not honest.
Seeing that I was amused, Barden began to stare at me.
"Oh my God."
Then, Duke Argentkhoz spoke again.
I wondered if he was trying to doubt me about magic, and I became nervous again.
However, the Duke said faintly, as if he had fallen into a memory.
"To subdue a familiar horse with only force... It reminds me of the old days."
"Old days?"
"Yes, your mother was very strong, too. Yvonne, I didn't know you looked so much like Camilla."
"...What?"
"Is it my mother?!"
Barden and I shouted in a puzzled voice at the same time.
Duke Argenthoz nodded with a puzzled expression on his face and continued.
"Camilla was a knight. Shr was a promising knight, especially very powerful."
"Uh, mother? She was as strong as Yvonne?!"
Barden looked shocked.
It is the same for me.
When I saw the portrait of the deceased Duchess hanging in the mansion, she didn't look like that at all!
She may not be a sharp and cold beauty that is characteristic of Argenthoz's veins, but she had an elegant and neat appearance like a hydrangea that seemed to like painting or arranging flowers.
But did she have monstrous strength in her appearance?
As if it didn't matter to us in the chaos, the Duke of Argenthoz immersed himself in his own memories with a faint eye.
"She was very promising and capable. But Camila married me and suddenly retired from her Job as a knight, saying that she loved living a comfortable, joyful, and lazy life."
"...Mother?"
"Yes. That is why His Majesty the Emperor was very sad."
The Duke of Argenthoz told the story of the Duchess who died without hesitation.
Barden also muttered that it was the first time his father had recalled his mother and spoken to him directly.
The guy was very surprised but grumbled in a low voice.
"Your monstrous strength is your mother's Inheritance! She gave it to you. Why didn't she give it to me?"
His voice was full of sadness, and I couldn't help but laugh.
'Pfft!'
Listening to my brother's lament about being beaten by his sister in the past, I wanted to laugh out loud because it was so cute.
Just as I was barely holding back my laughter with my head bowed and my shoulders lifted, the Duke of Argenthoz continued.
"Camilla was so strong and healthy. I saw it for the first time at a hunting tournament hosted by the imperial family. She beat the brown bear with her bare hands. That's why I fell in love with her. Ha ha... I miss her."
"Brown bear with bare hands..."
As if he had become a brown bear in his previous life, Barden's complexion became even whiter.
The corners of the Duke of Argenthoz's mouth rose upwards. He seemed very proud.
"Well, it wasn't that much. Yes... She was such a healthy person. Shr never caught a cold in her life. Shortly after giving birth to Yvonne, shr began to suffer from illness."
The Duke's voice, reminiscing about his deceased wife, was filled with sadness.
"Of course, it's not your fault, Yvonne."
He looked at me and hurriedly added.
"Yes, I know. Father."
'...You must have loved the Duchess very much.'
Seeing him sad, strangely, my heart hurt like crazy.
'Why is this happening? She is not my real mother or my real father.'
However, there was something more worrisome than this strange pain.
"Father."
So I called him and asked him without realizing it.
"Did you truly love our mother?"
"What?"
Duke Argenthoz opened his eyes wide in surprise.
I'm so curious
I grew up not seeing my parents love each other.
So I wanted to know very much.
'Was I really a child born out of love?'
Of course, I was entrusted to an orphanage as soon as I was born, so I can't do that.
I gave up on having affection for myself, but I still believed that there must be couples who have children because they truly love each other.
Is Duke Argenthoz just such a person?
But the Duke didn't answer quickly.
'Hmm?'
The silent Duke looked at the Barden and each other, and his expression hardened.
'Why? Did I ask a question that was too rude?'
I was sobered.
Was it a question that crossed the line to ask my father if he loved my dead mother?
I wondered if I had gone too far with getting a little closer, and I looked at the Duke of Argenthoz.
Then, he pressed his fist to his mouth and coughed, breaking the awkward silence.
"Great, love."
He exchanged glances with Barden, looked straight at me, and continued.
"Yvonne, listen carefully. Love is precious, and you were born because you loved, but love must be very careful!"
"That's right, Father."
"And, well, Yvonne doesn't really need love."
"...Why? Why don't I need it?"
Barden, who was arguing next to me, was dumbfounded, and the Duke, who said that I didn't need love, was even more absurd.
However, the answer came from the shallow Barden.
"You don't know? Your love is too extreme!"
"Extreme... Yes? What?"
"Don't keep falling for Duke Iels like today. I'm also warning you not to fall in love easily."
"Wow."
I was so stunned that I opened my mouth and glared at Barden.
Today, I have to catch you like a brown bear and throw you away to come to your senses.
As Barden secretly clenched his fists and stretched them out, Duke Argenthoz was frightened and asked what was going on.
"Today? Going to Duke Iels? What else does that mean?"
Barden, the enforcement team, told the Duke about Rudnine, who was covered in misunderstandings, and my work.
"Because of this! I did this!"
"No, Yvonne! Didn't you say you weren't interested in Duke Iels?"
'Oh crazy!!'
I opened my mouth wider, then put my hand on my forehead and closed my eyes.
I'm going crazy with frustration.
I had to explain why Rudnine was chasing me.
I slapped around my stomach to relieve the resentment that had formed in my chest.
"Ugh."
'Oh, it hurts!!'
I swallowed my moan, complaining that I had forgotten the strength of my fists.
'Oh my... Are you okay?'
Since I was hit in the vital spot, the pain was so great that I burst into tears.
I'm glad Yvonne was always well-trained, but if she were a normal person, she would have fainted right away.
As I bowed my head to swallow the pain, Barden continued to whisper.
"I have nailed Duke Iels, so he will never play with Yvonne's heart again."
"Hmm. Yes, Yvonne. You should also be more careful in the future."
"Haha.. Yes..."
I had to tell them that it wasn't a date, it was just a process of certifying my innocence to the undercover investigator, but they couldn't believe me.
'Damn. Anyway. I'm misunderstanding, but what am I doing with excuses? Let's leave it alone.'
I was tired and whimpered because my slap hurt.
"Wow. I'm like, then... Can I go back to my room and rest?"
"Hey, Yvonne."
"Yes. Go up and rest..."
I don't know why, but they were staring blankly at me, and when I told them I was going, they jumped up from their seats.
They quickly opened the door of the conference room to see me off so that I could go up and rest.
Why are you doing this?
I took turns looking at the two suspicious men and returned to my room.
"Oh, it's warm."
Then, I soaked in the warm bath that Carol had prepared in advance and thought about the tiring day.
Father, Barden, familiars, cosmetics, and Rudnine...
"Hurry up!!"
Suddenly, my hands and feet shrank, and I slipped off the back of the bathtub and stumbled.
Water splashed all over the bathroom
I remembered that I had applied hand cream to him!
The splashing sound was so loud that the maids waiting outside the bath rushed over in surprise.
"Princess?!"
"No. I'm fine, so just leave me alone..."
I waved my hands helplessly and let them out again.
Then I raised my hands and buried my thick shyness.
'I'm crazy.'
It was too bold.
How dare you grab the hand of Duke Rudnine and rub it!
My face, which belatedly realized my embarrassment, turned red.
By the way, why is that man so handsome on the back of his hand?
Dear God.
Do you put your heart and soul into the creatures you love?
This is the moment when I became resentful.
I stared blankly at the bathroom ceiling and muttered softly.
"I'm sorry..."
Let's think about it from Rudnine's point of view.
Isn't the woman who beats the bug fiddling with the back of your hand and applying hand cream?
By now, you must be so reluctant that you can't sleep, and you're just washing the back of your hand, and you're angry, right?
'Never, that's not going to happen anymore!'
I won't run into him by chance anywhere, and I won't even touch him.
Because that's what it's for him.
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