That Man’s 101st Bad Ending

cold rage-3

Mirazen’s sending off ended quickly.

Mirazen wanted to pretend to know me, but since it was a public, not private, place, I wouldn’t be able to talk to someone in a friendly way.

she is a princess Since he was in a position that others could not approach easily, he had said goodbye beforehand.

“Did you say hello?”

“We met last night.”

When Adele asked, I replied with a small nod.

Then, the smile faded for a moment, but Adele returned to her original expression and pursed her lips again.

“is it.”

It looked like he had a lot to say.

I wanted to say more, but I slowly shut my mouth as if I was paying attention to my seat.

I also have something I want to say to Adele.

Of course, it couldn’t be said to be good news for her, but it was for the purpose I thought I had come to the North in the first place.

Anyway, if there’s something different about Adele today, wouldn’t it be that she looks strangely in a good mood?

Every time he saw me earlier, he smiled lightly, so he cautiously opened his mouth as if something good had happened.

“Did something good happen today?”

“Good things?”

“You’ve been smiling ever since.”

When I pointed to a face with a subtle smile, Adele touched my lips in surprise.

Adele, who had been touching the corners of her mouth that had risen slightly before, let out a clearing of her throat.

Is it my imagination that the tips of my ears are dyed red? Adele covered her mouth and looked at me for a moment.

“It is an illusion.”

When the hand covering her mouth disappeared, the subtle smile was erased and returned to her original cold expression.

It was a laugh that lingered for quite a long time to say I was mistaken.

It’s just embarrassing, or it has nothing to do with me.

I couldn’t even say anything to hide it so hard, so I just nodded my head in agreement.

“…By the way, was I laughing?”

When our eyes met again, Adele hesitantly pursed her lips.

That careful question was a slightly different attitude than usual.

Rather than always being proud, should I say that I am ashamed?

No matter what she felt ashamed of, it was clear that the smile had come against her will.

After thinking about the answer for a while, he calmly opened his mouth.

“You were laughing. And a smile suits you better. Rather than always looking at you coldly.”

“…Don’t add unnecessary words.”

It’s not a useless word. It was something I often said in several episodes with Adele.

Rather than looking at the surroundings with such cold eyes, it was better for Adele to smile, albeit lightly, like just before.

As I always thought, Adele’s appearance wasn’t as wild as the wolf that guards the north.

Rather, like the aristocrats in the center, they are just closer to the fine, delicate side.

But since her life had begun in the North, it was just awkward now.

A woman who suits a cloak with wolf hair more than a dress, and a sword better than flowers or tea.

Such a characteristic could be said to be the charm that only a woman named Adele could possess.

Adele, who was slightly frowning, strode forward, probably offended by me saying that laughing suits her better.

Mirazen returned to the imperial palace and the north became quiet again.

The imperial palace would be noisy about this incident, but no one would say anything to Adele.

Even if it was the crown prince, it would be quiet in the north for the time being.

So he made up his mind.

I need to leave now so there will be no noise, so I needed some time to organize my thoughts on the things I had to finish in the South.

“Grand Duke, I have something to tell you. Do you have a good time?”

Then Adele stood tall and looked at me blankly.

She stared at me with a rather strange expression, and then shook her head to herself, and then gave a small answer.

“Follow me.”

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As I tried to talk to Adele, I realized that my attitude was quite cautious.

To leave the North and go back to the South,

From Adele’s point of view, who does not know that she is going to the south with the saintess, it will sound like she is going to find Theresia.

Adele had warned me several times after hearing my story.

-If you go, don’t go alone. It’s too dangerous.

It was clear that Theresia was calling me.

Unless you’re an idiot, isn’t the fact that you’re showing your presence in the north like this is pointing to one thing?

If you go to the south, I think you will probably be able to face the reality.

“So, what are you saying to me?”

Adele, who put down the teacup, asked lightly.

I glanced at it, wondering what kind of tea it was, and what was placed in front of Adele was black tea.

Come to think of it, she used to enjoy drinking black tea from the center.

He smiled at the old memory for a while, then slowly opened his mouth after erasing his smile at the gaze staring at me.

“It’s already been three weeks since I came to the North.”

“Has it already happened? It doesn’t seem that old.”

“Do you remember what we said at the beginning? He did it while making me his lieutenant.”

Adele nodded after swallowing her saliva for a moment, as if something had come to mind.

An absurd proposal that I try not to like too much, though I don’t know how much I’ve satisfied her heart.

I thought maybe he didn’t mean it.

“…Yes, I said I would watch what you do.”

“If so, how much did I like the Grand Duke? As an adjutant.”

“If it’s an adjutant.”

As the blue eyes glanced past me, Adele smiled and opened her mouth.

“It’s a pity, I would have kept you by my side even if you weren’t hurt. There must be a problem in using the adjutant who came back injured from a foreigner seriously.”

“Is that so.”

“But why are you asking that? You still have quite a bit of time left to stay in the North.”

He kept his mouth shut for a while at the suspicious question, but he couldn’t hide it forever.

Time is running out.

Considering the next two days until the New Year came, and then going back to the center and joining Adrian, the time I was given was only a week.

I wish I had more time, but I had to say it now.

I made eye contact with Adele, who was staring blankly at me, and opened my mouth cautiously.

“Now I want to go back.”

There was silence for a moment, and Adele, who had been staring at me with her mouth closed, answered with a laugh as if it was absurd.

“What?”

“I plan to go to the center and then go to the south again. Originally, I was thinking of going to the south, but I needed to move a little faster because of Theresia’s work.”

“Southern.”

After muttering that, Adele’s complexion gradually darkened, and she wiped her face with her hand before staring at me.

Perhaps you are thinking what I meant when I said this.

After making eye contact and waiting for a while, Adele pursed her lips again.

“I should have told you not to go alone. Even though he’s your fiancé, don’t you think he’s obviously waiting for you?”

“I am not going alone.”

“Then, who are you talking about going with?”

“…I will probably accompany the saintess. Because the original purpose was to go to the Temple of the Moon.”

Upon hearing the word saint, Adele narrowed her eyes for a moment and sipped her teacup.

The corner of his mouth slightly raised was drawing a sneer.

A habit she shows when she’s in a bad mood. Maybe it was a reaction to the word saint?

If that’s not the case, maybe he didn’t like that I was going to the South.

As I was about to guess what she was thinking, I heard Adele’s voice in my ear.

“You have a knack for annoying people.”

“What are you talking about…”

“I didn’t ask you anything. I had no intention of stopping you from going back. because you will be uncomfortable Because I could see that you were reluctant to do that.”

Between the small frowning eyebrows, the brow wrinkles.

Adele clicked her tongue as if she was dumbfounded.

“I don’t know anything about you. Nothing except that you are the eldest son of the Taylor family, that you are better at wielding a sword than I thought, and that you have received favors from the princess that I did not know about. Even so, I continued to care for you.”

“……”

For a moment, the lips came down, and there was a little silence.

Adele’s expression as she tried to say something was just frustrating.

There seems to be a lot of things I want to say, but they seem to be confused because they are not organized.

and waited Until she can finally say what she wants to say.

And she picked and twisted the corner of her mouth.

“But now, are you saying you want to go to the saintess? After disturbing people’s hearts like this, I just say what I want to do and what I want to say, and then just do it? I think it’s too selfish.”

“I didn’t do that on purpose-”

“Unless it was intentional. Do you want to play with me right now?”

It was a completely different response from what I was expecting.

I thought he’d have questions about leaving ahead of schedule, but I didn’t expect him to react so sharply.

It was true that I was perplexed. The emotion mixed in Adele’s voice, rather than anger at me…

Because it seemed like he was sad.

The emotions peeking through the shaking eyes were complex.

Even though he was annoyed at me, it was more that he felt sad than that.

Now that I’m bringing this up, about leaving the North and going somewhere else.

This is speculation, but about me being with a saintess.

It was only then that I saw Adele’s lips. The chewed-up lips were already white.

When the power of the trembling lips relaxed for a moment, the bite marks remained.

“…Are you even jealous?”

Suddenly, the words that came to my mind leaked out, and I was startled without even realizing it.

It was a thought that came to her at the reaction that was not like her.

He was saying that when I said that I was going with the saintess, and it was related to how sensitively he reacted to the saintess from before.

I will definitely answer no.

With that thought in mind, the moment I opened my mouth again, Adele came close to me and pushed me against the wall.

Suddenly, the hand pushed my chest back, surprisingly easily.

My back hit the wall right behind me, and I frowned slightly as I faced Adele.

“Did you say jealousy?”

“I don’t think so, but…”

They were so close that their breath could touch each other.

Enough to see Adele’s slightly reddened eyes, enough to show even the smallest gap in her pupils.

I met her at such a distance. Her scent was sweet.

The scent of roses, which I always felt nearby, wet my nose, and I blinked at the strange feeling that came to my mind for a moment.

“Jealousy right.”

Adele continued talking without even giving her a chance to come to her senses.

“It is true that I hate you leaving the North. I haven’t been able to say everything yet. Who wants to leave here without my permission?”

“…grandee.”

Those thin hands gently wrapped around my collar.

Adele clutched her shirt to the point that the front of her shirt was crumpled, and pressed her face toward the nape of my neck and whispered.

A voice so small that only my ears could hear it leaked into my ears.

“Two days, I’m sure you’re not so busy that you can’t wait that long.”

After a small nod, Adele smiled with satisfaction and slowly removed her hand.

To me, who tidied up the cloak and didn’t say anything until I sat down again.

She clapped her hand and added.

“There is something I want to show you.”

So stay.

I laughed bitterly at those words, which could be called her kind of notice.

It’s ridiculous, because it’s hard to understand this situation.