The Returnee Noble Lady Attacks His Majesty the Dragon Emperor

Jill, who was about to hand him the hot water, stumbled.

Hadith was busy with thinking, as such, he was unaware of what he had just said.

I, I want you to stop that habit of yours!

Because it felt like he was playing with her heart.

Hadith wasn’t aware of such at all and began to consult Rave seriously.

“Hey, do you think that Jill is really, truly in love with me?”

“I don’t want to associate further with this Idiot. I shall go eat outside. I leave this Fool to you.”

“You, if you forsake me like that, I might snap you in half like that Goddess’ spear—!?”

“I absolutely won’t snap in half. After all, I’m the Dragon of Reason. I won’t lose to something that doesn’t make any sense. I’m different from that Goddess who could break just because of love.”

Jill tensed because of the surprise attack. Forsaking Hadith, Rave left through the window.

She hoped he didn’t see how tense her face was because she tried to fake being calm…

However, his golden eyes continued to observe Jill’s entirety.

“…”

“…”

“…Umm, Your Majesty. I suggest you rest soon…”

“Jill, previously, you were angry because I never called your name… but, could it be, you also never called my name because of the same reason? So you wouldn’t fall in love?”

Jill’s breath quickened, and Hadith wasn’t the kind of guy to overlook that.

“I see. Now I’m a little more confident. Uh-huh, as I thought. You love me, and I love you too. You love me, and I love you too. YoulovemeandIloveyoutoo—“

“I, I understand already—! There’s no need to repeat it over and over like that—! Wa—”

When she tried to silence him, he suddenly lifted her up.

“You, aren’t you different from others? To love someone like me… you’re going to have a hard time, you know?”

“Why would you say things like that, Your Majesty, you are—“

“—because, to be honest, I didn’t truly believe I would be able to attain happiness. In truth, I also don’t like people all that much.”

Hadith smiled—his expression wavered with slight guilt.

“…This is a secret even to Rave, you know?”

Jill stared at Hadith’s face, and in return, he stared back—

—I don’t understand this guy at all…

“What you’ve just said, that comes under the category of a pick-up line, you know…”

“Really?”

“Yes, if you keep saying those kinds of things, there’s no way I wouldn’t be happy.”

Why would he reveal his innermost feelings to Jill, instead of Rave, who was like a parent to him, and obviously had stayed by his side longer than anyone else? Because Jill couldn’t comprehend the reason, she also couldn’t get mad at him.

“If loving Your Majesty would result in hardships—then, I don’t mind. I’m willing to go through them.”

Jill should’ve considered that she was currently in Hadith’s embrace…

“—w, wait, Your Majesty!”

“As if I can stop now, when I love you this much… you also broke the Goddess…”

“L-listen, how old do you think I am—!?”

“Ten years old. I get it. I will wait.”

“Then, you should also reflect upon how your actions would appear to other—“

—her lips got sealed up with his. It was sweet because until a while ago, he had just eaten sweets—

—no, this sweetness was surely greater than any confectionary in the world.

“Therefore, if it’s only this much, won’t you please forgive me?”

Towards Jill, who completely solidified, Hadith said so.

—bachin.

Rave sighed when he heard a slapping noise and a shout.

“Without love, there’s no way we could’ve won that fight against that Goddess back then. Really, be it love or reason, I can no longer say that one could exist without the other…”

Human beings were unreasonable creatures. Hhe already knew that much, so everything was fine.

That was why Rave kept watching over them.

Over these cityscape, the people, sea, kingdom, the land, and thus, the sky—

—because those were the keys for love and reason to continue to exist alongside each other.