"Ah, big brother..."
Yuldian Dianitas.
He was a typical strong-weak-strong character, and the royal family member Roselyn hated the most.
"What? You don't look happy to see me? Hey, doggy?"
"Ahaha... S-surely not. Nice to meet you."
At the sound of Yuldian's sneering voice and Arma's timid voice, Roselyn paused mid-bow in greeting.
"Wow. How can there be such a couple of the century? A pathetic younger brother who can't even catch an ant, and a gloomy, stuttering princess!"
"Brother, please don't do that..."
"Hey, are you talking back to your big brother just because a woman is in front of you? Huh?"
At the sight of Arma just grinning despite the slapping on the head, Roselyn straightened her back, which she had been half-bent over.
The Second Prince's eyes widened slightly upon seeing Roselyn's face as she straightened her back.
"Hooo... what? You've gotten quite a bit better since I last saw you, Princess."
The outstretched hand grabbed Roselyn's chin and examined her from all angles.
"Please don't behave disrespectfully toward the young lady, Brother!"
Arma hurriedly clung to the Second Prince's hand, which was gripping Roselyn's chin, and spoke.
"Damn it, won't you get out? You piece of trash."
The Second Prince roughly swatted Arma's hand away and kicked him in the stomach.
"What kind of dog-like behavior is this toward your big brother? Don't you have any sense of propriety? Do you want to be re-educated? Huh? Do you want to be trembling and begging for your life again?!"
"Hah. But Young Lady is my fiancée..."
"She's your fiancée or not, if I say I'll do it, I'll do it!"
Thump, thump, and dull sounds rang out several times. The Third Prince clung to Yuldian's leg and gestured to Roselyn, as if telling her to leave quickly.
'...This foolish human.'
Roselyn let out a sigh.
"Let go right now."
“No, I don’t like it.”
Footprints were imprinted on the pure white uniform. Arma kept shaking his head from side to side as if he wasn't in any pain.
"Damn it, you loser, you're really annoying me!"
"Lady Roselyn is not yours, Brother! She is mine! She is my person!"
Yuldian's eyes widened slightly at the sight of him suddenly letting out a loud scream.
"...Fine, let's see you die today."
Arma glared at the Second Prince with wide, blue eyes.
'He was someone with eyes like that.'
A person who never backs down in the face of injustice.
A person who tries to prevent others from starving, even if it means sharing his own food.
She felt frustrated with him, but at one point, she also envied him.
'It seems this kind of personality isn't any different even in a parallel world.'
Thinking that, Roselyn stood between the Second Prince and Arma and laughed.
The Second Prince paused.
"What? Are you saying you're going to protect your fiancé too? Just because you got a little better-looking..."
“Your Royal Highness.”
“What?”
Ignoring the Second Prince who had answered, Roselyn helped Arma, who was sprawled on the floor, to his feet and continued speaking.
"I do not think you need to arrange a meeting with His Majesty the Emperor."
"...What? Did I do something wrong again..."
"No, I just thought of a way to meet him a little sooner."
Roselyn smiled sweetly.
While Arma looked dazed as if surprised, Roselyn looked at the Second Prince with the same smiling face.
Next moment.
Crack-!
With a sharp sound echoing through the hallway, the Second Prince's head snapped to the side.
Silence fell.
Yuldian Dianitas could not understand the current situation.
A sharp sound was heard suddenly.
His blurred vision and even his stinging cheeks.
'What just happened to me?'
Didn't someone say that if something is too absurd, your thinking gets paralyzed?
The world fell silent, perhaps because something that could never have happened had occurred.
Without even a moment to pay attention to the faint tinnitus in his ears, he blinked his eyes very slowly.
He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.
Shocked faces were seen here and there, but Roselyn remained composed.
Arma also looked flustered, holding onto Roselyn's sleeve with his eyes wide open and his mouth agape.
"You, what are you doing right now..."
When the Second Prince barely managed to turn his head and open his mouth,
Crack-!
This time, his head turned to the other side.
Crack-!
It was only after being hit one more time in a bewildered state that Yuldian opened his mouth, his face flushed red with rage.
“This is really...!”
"You crazy bastard certainly speaks well. Your Highness, the Second Prince. Ah, it has been a long time since we last met. I am glad to see you looking healthy."
"You... do you realize that this is insulting the royal family? No! It's murder of the royal family?!"
Roselyn shrugged her shoulders.
"Well, I just tried to save him because he was being subjected to violence that he had to bear."
"I am of the royal family!!"
"Yes, the Third Prince is also a member of the royal family."
"Ha! What a joke! There is no way a worthless piece of trash like that, who doesn't even know his mother, could be royalty! Aha!"
He laughed meanly.
"Come to think of it, there was a widespread rumor that you were a scumbag, too. Birds of a feather flock together!"
"Yes, indeed. I also think it is a great relief that I did not meet someone like Your Highness."
"...!"
The servants and maids rushed over upon hearing the commotion.
Regardless, Roselyn chuckled.
The Emperor will not be able to kill her anyway.
Roselyn possessed the ability, knowledge, and information to solve the problem that was giving the Emperor a headache. Moreover, in the face of that deal, there was a high probability that the Emperor would gloss over Roselyn's reckless behavior.
Since she acted with her own calculations, there was almost no chance of her suffering any harm.
...Maybe.
'It is close to gambling, though.'
She can only hope that the events of this world and the parallel world are similar.
Roselyn opened her mouth confidently.
"I wonder why you bothered my fiancée. It's upsetting."
Roselyn smiled slyly and slowly stroked Arma's slightly puffed-up cheek.
Arma's eyes widened.
"What is wrong with an older brother educating his younger brother?! Don't meddle in other people's family affairs! Just because you are the Imperial Family's fiancée..."
Crack-!
Yuldian's head turned back.
"Ah... my... hand slipped..."
Hyuk!
At the voice that sounded like it was reading from a textbook, the sound of people gasping for breath could be heard from here and there.
"I have a bad habit of hitting first when I hear nonsense... I'm sorry."
Roselyn muttered softly, as if feeling sorry.
"When you try to fix a stupid dog that won't listen, your hands just act on their own."
"...You."
Yuldian muttered softly with a glazed look in his eyes, then strode over and raised his large hand high.
Roselyn stared at his large hand and chuckled.
She had no intention of avoiding it.
It was because she needed to take a hit or two so that she could include a plausible reason when wrapping things up later.
Roselyn, watching her hand trace a parabola, lowered her eyes and prepared for the coming shock.
Crack!
A somewhat violent sound was heard.
But there was no pain.
Roselyn raised her head. In front of her was a broad back instead of the Second Prince.
Roselyn's eyes widened slightly.
This was because the owner of that light was someone quite familiar.
"...Your Highness?"
"No. Are you hurt anywhere, Lady Roselyn...?"
It was Arma who took the hit instead of Roselyn.
The owner of the huge back was, of course, Arma.
'...Was he always this big?'
He usually just walked around hunched over, so she didn't feel it.
He was quite tall and had a broad back.
As far as she knew, he was a novice among novices who didn't even know how to swordsman properly. At least, that was the case in her world.
However, Arma's back was covered in quite dense muscles.
'...Come to think of it, even when we were fugitives together, he never got tired easily.'
“Young lady?”
At the low call, Roselyn nodded with a look of realization.
“Yes, it’s okay.”
Roselyn frowned when she saw the streak of blood flowing from the corner of Arma's mouth.
"Why on earth did you butt in?"
She pressed a handkerchief firmly against the corner of his mouth and said.
Then Arma opened his eyes wide and smiled, letting the corners of his mouth crumble.
"How could I let Young Lady get hurt?"
"What the hell...!"
"Jealousy is the root of all diseases, Your Highness the Second Prince."
Roselyn handed the handkerchief to Arma and spoke in a low voice.
"It seems that mental illness is developing, and high blood pressure, as well as aggression, are increasing, so please be careful."
"You...!"
It was then.
It was the familiar chief attendant who appeared after pushing through the crowd and chasing them all away.
"Lady Bellion."
"Yes."
"His Majesty is calling."
Roselyn slowly nodded at the chief attendant's words.
"And Your Highness the Second Prince."
“What?”
"This is a message from His Imperial Majesty. His Highness the Second Prince has ordered that you do not leave the castle until further notice."
The Second Prince opened his eyes wide at the chief attendant's words.
"Wait, you're saying I'm the one under disciplinary action, not this bastard?!"
He pointed his finger at Arma with a look of disbelief and shouted.
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