“What are you thinking, Yvonne?”
“Huh? Oh, no.. It’s just that I thought Rudnine was handsome from the beginning, so I’m embarrassed when you say that.”
“Oh. Is that so?”
It's cute how flustered he is, but also absurd.
He said that I am so honest that my thoughts are revealed in my expression...
Actually, I don't really know what I think about him.
“Yvonne. And am I affectionate?”
He started asking questions again, remembering everything I had just said to him.
"So you like me? Then how can I make Yvonne like me more?"
As I looked into those sparkling eyes, I felt breathless.
“Ah... That, that’s it! Rudd, no, that’s not important!”
“It’s important.”
“Really?”
I stopped him, almost sobbing, and then sighed deeply.
Honestly, isn't that true?
Of the two of us, I'm the one who needs to appeal to your heart more right now!
If Rudnine does this, it's completely unfair.
I jumped up from my seat, trying to somehow turn this atmosphere around and show off my charm.
I pointed to the river and said to him, who was puzzled.
"I'm full, but I want to go for a walk. Is there a walking path over there? It might be nice if we could walk together."
“I’m fine with anything. And there’s a path that leads directly to the river from here.”
“Really?”
“Yes, Yvonne.”
He smiled brightly and gently grabbed my empty hand.
Unlike me, who was flustered and blushing every time, Rudnine, who was relaxed, whispered slowly.
“Can I hold your hand? We’re not lovers, but please allow me to do this much.”
"... Yes."
Oh, really.
If anyone heard this, they would think Rudnine was pleading.
If only I could stay with him just for today, just like this...
Even though I'm not in a relationship, I feel like I've satisfied all my desires.
Isn't there a saying like that?
I'm so happy I could die...!
Thanks to this person, I finally understood something I had never understood before.
‘I wish days like this could continue...’
Why is it that the happier I am, the more the ominous feelings that I had pushed to the back of my mind keep popping up?
“Just take this road. Watch your step, Yvonne.”
"Yes."
Rudnine naturally guided me along the wooden path leading from the restaurant to the river.
How does Rudnine know this road so well?
Although it was strange, it felt quite nice to walk along the river where the water sparkled in the moonlight.
Holding hands with him felt so natural, and I could really feel how much he cherished me, which made my heart race.
"Yes. That's the kind of person Rudd is. That's why, even on our blind date, you were kind to people like me, even after that."
I smiled weakly, remembering the days I had met him since our first meeting.
At that time, I never dreamed that I would be walking hand in hand with him like this.
I thought the sun, which I could not even dare to reach, was a distant, dazzling existence to me.
However, Rudnine's face hardens subtly, and soon he starts to laugh.
No, is that a dejected expression?
As I stared at him in bewilderment, I noticed a strange guilt in Rudnine's dark eyes.
As if it wasn't a mistake, he soon apologized to me.
“Yvonne, I’m sorry.”
“Rudd?”
“I’m not as kind and good as you think... so if you like me, I’m sorry.”
“Huh? That can’t be right.”
Although he denied it with conviction, Rudnine shrugged with a strange smile.
“That’s not true.”
His face, bathed in moonlight from the dark evening sky, looked particularly firm and beautiful.
'Why is it like this?'
But at the same time, it was heartbreaking to see him looking anxious and struggling as if he was enduring something.
His hand that held mine gained strength.
“If I am kind and affectionate, it is probably only Yvonne Argenthoz.”
His low, slow voice resonated.
"Absolutely not, I'm not the kindest person to everyone. It's because I'm Yvonne. After all, you're Yvonne."
"Yes..."
I nodded blankly in response.
As I recalled the images Rudnine had shown me in the past, I began to feel heat in my cheeks and ears.
This person is not equally kind to everyone...
You said you did well because it was 'me'?
So, you've liked me since before?
Even after we met, when you sent me an after-date request?
When do I give you hand cream? When I accidentally threw a bomb at the Argenthoz mansion and covered it up?
And the dreamy, sweet moment when he kissed me softly.
“Yvonne. I like you.”
His voice, whispering slowly to me again, makes my heart ache.
More than I thought... does Rudnine really like me?
Thinking about it like that made me feel like crying.
It wasn't happy, it was painful.
"If you want to save the world, become a powerful black magician, a great wizard, and kill him. Then, your beloved Duke of Iels and your family can live."
-You can just quietly disappear later. If you're such a righteous and selfless person.
At the same time, Cordelia's words and the ending of the opera I had just seen came to mind.
A world that was turned into ruins by a dragon when the Princess refused her fate.
Just me, just me... If I become a warlock and kill Empress Giselle, will this person live?
Not sure yet, though.
If I'm really destined to become a warlock, then this person shouldn't like me more.
I asked him, smiling as brightly as I could to hide my true feelings.
“Then, could it be that Rudd didn’t like me on the other hand?”
His eyes cooled, and his eyelids trembled slightly.
But fortunately, Rudnine soon smiled.
“Yvonne.”
"Yes."
"How can I dislike Yvonne? Is there such a thing? If there is, please let me know. No, there isn't."
A firm voice.
He held my hand tighter as if he didn't want to let go, and pressed his lips to the back of my hand.
“Huh? Oh, no.. It’s just that I thought Rudnine was handsome from the beginning, so I’m embarrassed when you say that.”
“Oh. Is that so?”
It's cute how flustered he is, but also absurd.
He said that I am so honest that my thoughts are revealed in my expression...
Actually, I don't really know what I think about him.
“Yvonne. And am I affectionate?”
He started asking questions again, remembering everything I had just said to him.
"So you like me? Then how can I make Yvonne like me more?"
As I looked into those sparkling eyes, I felt breathless.
“Ah... That, that’s it! Rudd, no, that’s not important!”
“It’s important.”
“Really?”
I stopped him, almost sobbing, and then sighed deeply.
Honestly, isn't that true?
Of the two of us, I'm the one who needs to appeal to your heart more right now!
If Rudnine does this, it's completely unfair.
I jumped up from my seat, trying to somehow turn this atmosphere around and show off my charm.
I pointed to the river and said to him, who was puzzled.
"I'm full, but I want to go for a walk. Is there a walking path over there? It might be nice if we could walk together."
“I’m fine with anything. And there’s a path that leads directly to the river from here.”
“Really?”
“Yes, Yvonne.”
He smiled brightly and gently grabbed my empty hand.
Unlike me, who was flustered and blushing every time, Rudnine, who was relaxed, whispered slowly.
“Can I hold your hand? We’re not lovers, but please allow me to do this much.”
"... Yes."
Oh, really.
If anyone heard this, they would think Rudnine was pleading.
If only I could stay with him just for today, just like this...
Even though I'm not in a relationship, I feel like I've satisfied all my desires.
Isn't there a saying like that?
I'm so happy I could die...!
Thanks to this person, I finally understood something I had never understood before.
‘I wish days like this could continue...’
Why is it that the happier I am, the more the ominous feelings that I had pushed to the back of my mind keep popping up?
“Just take this road. Watch your step, Yvonne.”
"Yes."
Rudnine naturally guided me along the wooden path leading from the restaurant to the river.
How does Rudnine know this road so well?
Although it was strange, it felt quite nice to walk along the river where the water sparkled in the moonlight.
Holding hands with him felt so natural, and I could really feel how much he cherished me, which made my heart race.
'Whose hand has he held with these hands like this? It wasn't me who had so many other fish, but this person... This is so unfair.'
The petty jealousy that had been bubbling up inside me for a while finally couldn't hold in and spilled out.
"Today's date course is perfect. As expected, Rudd has been on a lot of dates, so...."
"I've been on a lot of dates? Yvonne, what do you mean by that?"
Rudnine stopped walking with a stern expression and stopped me in the street.
I was a little taken aback, not knowing that such a serious topic of conversation would arise, so I scratched my cheek and laughed.
'Oh my god.'
"Oh, no. I'm not trying to berate you... It's just that's how it is. Of course! There's no way someone as perfect and caring as Rudd has never had a lover... No way..."
I was flustered, and I glanced at him, lengthening my words.
Looking at those dark eyes staring down at me, I felt like a fool.
Oh, really.
All my life... I’ve always prided myself on being a genius at everything. Why do I feel so small in front of the man I like?
Sob sob.
His gaze was so sharp that it hurt.
It was too late to regret it, but at the moment I was about to apologize, Rudnine smiled crookedly, unlike usual.
"Yvonne. I'm jealous right now, but it's nice that you're doing it."
'Hmm?'
"I've had to suppress my jealousy over the years, watching Yvonne's lingering 'foolish attachment' to 'someone.' It's incredibly unfair when Yvonne says something like that."
“Huh? Oh, no, that’s not it!”
It was clear that the 'someone' Rudnine was trying to bring up here was Crown Prince Adrian.
My first meeting with him was also a blind date arranged by my father, who mistakenly thought I couldn't forget Crown Prince Adrian.
I quickly shook my head, thinking that I had to clear up the misunderstanding.
“His Highness Crown Prince Adrian!”
“It’s really unpleasant to hear that man’s name coming out of Yvonne’s mouth.”
Rudnine smiled softly.
Yeah. I'm sure he's smiling when he says that, but why is it so scary...?
I looked around to see if winter had already arrived, but it was still somewhere between late summer and early fall.
“And this is my first time dating a woman...”
“Really?”
“Yes. I also applied the hand cream Yvonne gave me.”
Oh, that hand cream.
A familiar scent wafted from the back of his hand, which he boasted about having applied today as well.
It's not that expensive or good of a hand cream, sorry.
He, who had been laughing heartily, suddenly narrowed his eyes and tilted his head.
“But, Yvonne... how do you know that the date course I had with you today was perfect?”
'Hmm? That, that's right. In my past life, whenever I was working overtime and feeling miserable, I would browse dating and romance blogs to find vicariously satisfying satisfaction.'
But I couldn't answer because I couldn't reveal my past.
Rudnine began to doubt me even more.
"To set up a date with Yvonne today, I scoured every restaurant and venue in the capital. I even hired a self-proclaimed dating expert and had him vet me repeatedly."
“Huh?! Really?”
This is ridiculous! This busy person put so much effort into it?
I looked at Rudnine with wide eyes, as if I couldn't believe it.
Without letting go of my hand, he sighed deeply and rubbed his forehead with his other hand, muttering sadly.
“Yeah, Yvonne is a bit of a seductress...”
“Oh, I said no!”
“It’s okay. I’ll make sure to crack down on it from now on... Well, don’t worry about that.”
Rudnine looks somewhere seriously with eyes as if he is making a separate plan.
I was so dumbfounded that I yelled at him.
"Wait a minute, Rudd! I'm so wronged. Did you know that since Rudd came to the capital, a fan club for the Duke of Iels has formed? You wouldn't pretend not to know that you're already famous in high society, would you?"
"...So, what does that have to do with me and Yvonne? Does it bother you? Then I'll have it destroyed right now."
"Ah. Rudd, if you eliminate the private social gatherings of the young ladies like that, what will become of the Duke of Iels's image?"
“I don’t know why my image is important.”
I was speechless at his serious question, but I somehow managed to stammer out my words.
“No... Rudd is kind to everyone, so please don’t lose that true nature because of me. That’s what I mean.”
“Hmm. Did you say I was kind to everyone?”
The petty jealousy that had been bubbling up inside me for a while finally couldn't hold in and spilled out.
"Today's date course is perfect. As expected, Rudd has been on a lot of dates, so...."
"I've been on a lot of dates? Yvonne, what do you mean by that?"
Rudnine stopped walking with a stern expression and stopped me in the street.
I was a little taken aback, not knowing that such a serious topic of conversation would arise, so I scratched my cheek and laughed.
'Oh my god.'
"Oh, no. I'm not trying to berate you... It's just that's how it is. Of course! There's no way someone as perfect and caring as Rudd has never had a lover... No way..."
I was flustered, and I glanced at him, lengthening my words.
Looking at those dark eyes staring down at me, I felt like a fool.
Oh, really.
All my life... I’ve always prided myself on being a genius at everything. Why do I feel so small in front of the man I like?
Sob sob.
His gaze was so sharp that it hurt.
Do you dislike me for being petty and jealous of your ex?
"Yvonne. I'm jealous right now, but it's nice that you're doing it."
'Hmm?'
"I've had to suppress my jealousy over the years, watching Yvonne's lingering 'foolish attachment' to 'someone.' It's incredibly unfair when Yvonne says something like that."
“Huh? Oh, no, that’s not it!”
It was clear that the 'someone' Rudnine was trying to bring up here was Crown Prince Adrian.
My first meeting with him was also a blind date arranged by my father, who mistakenly thought I couldn't forget Crown Prince Adrian.
I quickly shook my head, thinking that I had to clear up the misunderstanding.
“His Highness Crown Prince Adrian!”
“It’s really unpleasant to hear that man’s name coming out of Yvonne’s mouth.”
Rudnine smiled softly.
Yeah. I'm sure he's smiling when he says that, but why is it so scary...?
I looked around to see if winter had already arrived, but it was still somewhere between late summer and early fall.
“And this is my first time dating a woman...”
“Really?”
“Yes. I also applied the hand cream Yvonne gave me.”
Oh, that hand cream.
A familiar scent wafted from the back of his hand, which he boasted about having applied today as well.
It's not that expensive or good of a hand cream, sorry.
He, who had been laughing heartily, suddenly narrowed his eyes and tilted his head.
“But, Yvonne... how do you know that the date course I had with you today was perfect?”
'Hmm? That, that's right. In my past life, whenever I was working overtime and feeling miserable, I would browse dating and romance blogs to find vicariously satisfying satisfaction.'
But I couldn't answer because I couldn't reveal my past.
Rudnine began to doubt me even more.
"To set up a date with Yvonne today, I scoured every restaurant and venue in the capital. I even hired a self-proclaimed dating expert and had him vet me repeatedly."
“Huh?! Really?”
This is ridiculous! This busy person put so much effort into it?
I looked at Rudnine with wide eyes, as if I couldn't believe it.
Without letting go of my hand, he sighed deeply and rubbed his forehead with his other hand, muttering sadly.
“Yeah, Yvonne is a bit of a seductress...”
“Oh, I said no!”
“It’s okay. I’ll make sure to crack down on it from now on... Well, don’t worry about that.”
Rudnine looks somewhere seriously with eyes as if he is making a separate plan.
I was so dumbfounded that I yelled at him.
"Wait a minute, Rudd! I'm so wronged. Did you know that since Rudd came to the capital, a fan club for the Duke of Iels has formed? You wouldn't pretend not to know that you're already famous in high society, would you?"
"...So, what does that have to do with me and Yvonne? Does it bother you? Then I'll have it destroyed right now."
"Ah. Rudd, if you eliminate the private social gatherings of the young ladies like that, what will become of the Duke of Iels's image?"
“I don’t know why my image is important.”
I was speechless at his serious question, but I somehow managed to stammer out my words.
“No... Rudd is kind to everyone, so please don’t lose that true nature because of me. That’s what I mean.”
“Hmm. Did you say I was kind to everyone?”
"Yes. That's the kind of person Rudd is. That's why, even on our blind date, you were kind to people like me, even after that."
I smiled weakly, remembering the days I had met him since our first meeting.
At that time, I never dreamed that I would be walking hand in hand with him like this.
I thought the sun, which I could not even dare to reach, was a distant, dazzling existence to me.
However, Rudnine's face hardens subtly, and soon he starts to laugh.
No, is that a dejected expression?
As I stared at him in bewilderment, I noticed a strange guilt in Rudnine's dark eyes.
As if it wasn't a mistake, he soon apologized to me.
“Yvonne, I’m sorry.”
“Rudd?”
“I’m not as kind and good as you think... so if you like me, I’m sorry.”
“Huh? That can’t be right.”
Although he denied it with conviction, Rudnine shrugged with a strange smile.
“That’s not true.”
His face, bathed in moonlight from the dark evening sky, looked particularly firm and beautiful.
'Why is it like this?'
But at the same time, it was heartbreaking to see him looking anxious and struggling as if he was enduring something.
His hand that held mine gained strength.
“If I am kind and affectionate, it is probably only Yvonne Argenthoz.”
His low, slow voice resonated.
"Absolutely not, I'm not the kindest person to everyone. It's because I'm Yvonne. After all, you're Yvonne."
"Yes..."
I nodded blankly in response.
As I recalled the images Rudnine had shown me in the past, I began to feel heat in my cheeks and ears.
This person is not equally kind to everyone...
You said you did well because it was 'me'?
So, you've liked me since before?
Even after we met, when you sent me an after-date request?
When do I give you hand cream? When I accidentally threw a bomb at the Argenthoz mansion and covered it up?
And the dreamy, sweet moment when he kissed me softly.
“Yvonne. I like you.”
His voice, whispering slowly to me again, makes my heart ache.
More than I thought... does Rudnine really like me?
Thinking about it like that made me feel like crying.
It wasn't happy, it was painful.
"If you want to save the world, become a powerful black magician, a great wizard, and kill him. Then, your beloved Duke of Iels and your family can live."
-You can just quietly disappear later. If you're such a righteous and selfless person.
At the same time, Cordelia's words and the ending of the opera I had just seen came to mind.
A world that was turned into ruins by a dragon when the Princess refused her fate.
Just me, just me... If I become a warlock and kill Empress Giselle, will this person live?
Not sure yet, though.
If I'm really destined to become a warlock, then this person shouldn't like me more.
I asked him, smiling as brightly as I could to hide my true feelings.
“Then, could it be that Rudd didn’t like me on the other hand?”
His eyes cooled, and his eyelids trembled slightly.
But fortunately, Rudnine soon smiled.
“Yvonne.”
"Yes."
"How can I dislike Yvonne? Is there such a thing? If there is, please let me know. No, there isn't."
A firm voice.
He held my hand tighter as if he didn't want to let go, and pressed his lips to the back of my hand.
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