Chapter 197 – What’s Between Us?

“This offense was well held back.
But little is starting to rearrange.
Seeing as they just came in on the second shift, it looks like they’ll switch to wheeled combat soon.”

A rather gloomy staff report.

“As if a wheel is spinning, the enemy will attack in 3-4 shifts.
In the end, it will be a boring war of attrition.
Those of us with few troops will tire easily.
Consumables will also run out.”

“Sir Angela is right.
How many arrows and arrowheads do you have left?
Food? Spare armor?
Are you still making sentences to unify the outfit?”

The supply officer sweats at Duke Dupre’s meticulous review.

“… I’ll end this meeting.
It’s an embarrassing time even for lunch.
Let’s all have a meal.”

“It’s a food prepared for the coronation, so it will be delicious even if it cools down.”

Sitting on roughly prepared seats, everyone hurriedly eats.
A battle fought from morning to sunset.

“If it wasn’t for the saintess at the end, I wouldn’t have time to eat.”

“I thought you would go on the offensive wearing Valkyrie armor.
Didn’t you know that the saintess also had attack skills?”

“Destroyed the siege weapons, and it blocked the road, so I took a breather.”

Marianne sits at a distance and eats with the priest and nuns.
I see her, but she pretends not to see.

“You did a great job, Lord Kamyu.
Did you say that you have become a commander of a corps, or a listed army now?
Great.
The three of them joined forces to tie up the healed Valkyrie armor and let the saintess break through enemy lines.
It was a novel twist.”

“Among us, the one wearing the Valkyrie armor has the most mobility.
The enemy has been using it to stab you until now.”

“How did you know that the saintess had an offensive weapon?
It was the first time I knew that she uses the spear of the sun.”

“That’s why my parents and siblings died.”

“Ah… “

The duke sat down next to me with an embarrassed expression on his face.
Because the table I am at is the one where Stella and Ann are sitting.
Of course, he also sits in the upper seat.

Chunk Chunk Chunk.

With a heavy sound, Sir Devot, who had finished his meal quickly, approached.

“Duke. Then I’ll go for the border.”

“It’s a lot of work.
Please do me a favor.”

Devot nods to Stella and Ann, who are next to me, as they leave.

“Majesty. Princess Anne.
I’ll be back.”

Startle.

Anne, however, seems to still have a strong fear of men, and she pulls back at Lord Devott’s approach.
A pale face.

Chunk Chunk Chunk.

Sir Devot puts on his helmet and goes out, hiding his grim face.

“… A pitiful friend.”

Even Sir Devot, who must be his closest aide, is no exception to Anne’s phobia of men.
A depressing result.

“I’ll find some more ways to fix the sick princess.”

The duke turns his head to his side.
His gaze towards the side of his face tickles me.

“By the way, say it.
Speaking of the coronation ceremony…
Shouldn’t you be deciding who to have your arranged marriage with?”

Startle.

Angela, who was eating in the distance, pricks up her ears.

Aaaaa!!!
Angela is listening!!!
Don’t talk here!!

“Ahahahahahahaha… !!!
It seems that the situation is urgent and there is no time to talk.”

“What are you talking about?
Didn’t I tell you before we rescued Our Highness from the Constellation Tower?
Didn’t you intervene with Stella in mind from the beginning?”

Glance.

Looking at Angela, she is rummaging through her soup with a slightly sunken expression.

Haha, that was at the time.
But His Highness doesn’t seem to like me these days…”

“Is it?
Then what about Ann?
I suggested her eldest granddaughter to you from the beginning?”

Seruk.

Angela involuntarily puts her hand on her own belly.
You probably don’t even know you did that.
What would you feel if you did that on top of the armor?

Oh my.
My meal is indigestible and I feel like my stomach is aching.

“Go, Duke.
That… I have something urgent to tell you.”

“Um, tell me.”

Haha… After dinner, I will talk to you separately.”

Have to stop!
It has a negative effect on mother and fetus!!

“Ah, is it because it’s too public?
OK.”

Phew, lived

Dalgrak.

Angela soaks her bread in soup and chews it hard.
… I’m so sorry I think I’m going to die
I want to go and hug you right now.

Haha, maybe it’s just that your period is delayed?
It’s before you get tested.
I can’t be sure I’m pregnant.

No.
Then why are you gagging nonsense?
Is it morning sickness?

No.
It could be an imaginary pregnancy.
Nausea can be stressful.

I’m not?
I hate you, but are you imaginary pregnant to freeze to death?
Do you want to have your child now?

No!
Imaginary pregnancy is also caused by fear of pregnancy!
Aren’t you doing it because you don’t want to have kids of mine?

It’s not real?
Will you keep running away from reality?
Angela is now several times, dozens of times more depressed and afraid than you!!

Isn’t that?!?!?!
The exact thing is to get a gynecologist checkup and talk… !!

“Why are you eating so anxiously?”

“Um, uh, uh, yes?”

Before I knew it, Stella was in the seat next to me.
The duke is eating politely to my right.
Stella brings new food from my left side.

“… Ruler. I’ll relieve you of this.
Those who fight directly, no, demons should eat meat.”

“Ah yes.
Thank you.”

“You are very awkward.
Do as you normally would, Mr. Pervert.”

“Ah yes.
All right.”

“…”

“…”

“Do you like it that much?”

“Yes? Ah yes.
Meat is good
Haha, eat a lot when there is…”

“No.
I’m talking about Sir Angela.”

“Yes… ?!”

Stella cuts the steak with dignity.

“Since earlier, you’ve been staring at Sir Angela all the time.”

“Oh, uh, that, I didn’t see… What?”

“You’re not good at lying.
This is not my sister, but even I know?”

Stella puts the meat in her tiny mouth and chews on it.

“…”

“What’s going on?
Since earlier, Sir Angela has been listening to you with his ears perked up.”

I fell in love while committing my parents and siblings’ enemies, but after the hypnosis was released and we broke up, I conceived my child.
What do we do?
… I can’t say that even if my mouth is torn!!!

I’m not the problem, Angela is the problem.
An article among articles.
The young head of the Valentine family might have had a demonic child!!
Even before getting married!
I can’t bring you such disgrace!!

“Oh, no. Just… Let’s talk a little…”

“What are you talking about?”

“Just… Safety.
Talk about this and that.
But since we’re not talking about work, some progress… Should I say there was?
Haha.”

I never imagined that our relationship would explode like this!
Pregnancy attack, no pregnancy raid?
Pregnancy width?
What should I do?
Anyway, I guess something like this will happen.

… I didn’t have a lover that I was passionate about until last year.
When we were dating in the past, I didn’t know that Nene was infertile, so I packed it outside.
Even though I did it within a few times by mistake, I didn’t feel so nervous afterward because I thought I was just taking responsibility.
No, on the contrary, I thought a lot about whether to pack it up and get her pregnant.
Because you are so tempting
And I wanted to get married too.

But this time…

“Is it so?
Hmm… I see.”

“Huh. Haha, are you happy?”

“No.
What a relief, what a relief.”

“Oh yes.
… What?”

Slap.

Looking back at Stella, she still looks straight ahead and eats her rice.
In front of us, each of the nobles and knights are eating, scattered across the table.
She sneakily observes Angela and Marianne.

“Let’s say we have an arranged marriage.
What’s good about getting close with your old girlfriends again?”

“Are you jealous right now?”

Clink.

“Under!
He’s a disrespectful bastard.
Hey.
Do you have no prestige or honor?
Even if you don’t have love, you should have it.
It’s the best in the world without notice.”

“Shh, shh.
Lower your voice.”

Angela I hear you!

Stella gets sulky.

“… Joy.
I won’t say anything more about the face of the queen.”

No.
Isn’t that for your honor?
It’s because of Angela.

“Hey, playboy.
Don’t you think this ex-girlfriend’s tour is a bit harsh?”

“Oh, I ate well.
I’ll wake up first…”

Tup.

“Sit down please.”

“Yes.”

Seating.

“What the.
I went to see what kind of person the man who brought up the story of an arranged marriage was, and it was spectacle.
I also have two pretty girlfriends.
They even dated for a hundred years.
I guess this is the demon scale?
You’ve set up a house quite a few times, yes.”

“I only really held hands with Rumika…”

“Joy. Lie.
You’re not the kind of guy who wouldn’t attack such a beauty with your personality.”

“Really.
At that time, the former demon king was also alive.
Rumika would never allow it.”

“… What about you?”

“…”

Oh, they said they dated for a hundred years, but I did everything I could and shouldn’t do.
I’m doing things I haven’t done recently, haha.

“Huh, what else is it to look at women who have been hypnotized and broken?”

“… You know
I was there at the time.”

Stella glared at me from the side of her eye and then ferociously sliced ​​the steak.

“Ugh.
I didn’t even want the prince on a white horse in the fairy tale.
Why did this guy roll in…
Are you a pervert or are you naive?
If you give me one tablet, what kind of food do you sit down with a puppy face?
What do you pay attention to when you look at them?
Stop messing around with women who don’t like you.”

“…”

“It doesn’t look like it at all.
The royal family of Amitie…”

“Oh, have you eaten?
Shall we go out and talk?”

Thump

“Why, why are you like this?!”

I’m embarrassed to see Angela.

Trudge.
Beat, beat, beat.

A garden of irises that once rescued her handmaid, Mercy.
In a beautiful garden.
Beside the flowing water
Holding your fragile hand
Flows along

“It’s embarrassing to see all the people around.
I want to have a private conversation with you in a quiet atmosphere.”

“I was careless.
Sorry.”

“…Isn’t that too informal for a queen?”

Apologize right away

“Since Mr. Pervert crosses the line so much, stop without even realizing it.”

“That’s right.”

Bubbly.
Beat, beat, beat.

Gravel road beside the waterway.
A beautiful stepping stone next to a small stone wall.
It reminds me of that place when I dated Marianne one day.

… Let’s stop thinking.
Stop for a moment
It’s not polite to Stella.

“I wonder.”

“What?”

Kang gun.

Stella jumps like a rabbit over the stepping stones.

“What the hell draws those women to you?”

“Of course the face…”

“Oh stop talking nonsense.
I’m serious now.”

Chet. I did a serious analysis.

“It’s not even handsome.
Not even tall.
He has a good physique, but there are a lot of warriors out there like that.”

Jump.

I chased after Stella and put her foot on her stepping stones.
Stella is one square ahead of me.

It was as if the distance between us was ambiguous.

“It seems serious, but it’s playful.”

I guess I should have talked about the panties in moderation.

“It seems kind, but it’s cruel.”

Bellondel.
I cut her open alive and chewed her liver right in front of her eyes.
I thought I wanted to slowly, while still alive.

“He’s warm with his women, but otherwise relentless.”

Hmm. It’s the first time I’ve had public sex like when I had Catherine.
Because Angela did it in front of group hypnotists.
Shame play is more lust X2?

“About the subject who deceived others through hypnosis.
When you pretend to be a human, don’t you jump into terrifying enemies with just one promise?”

She promised Stella that she would save Anne when she pretended to be the bastard of Abu Bakr.
Tentacle monsters, Law Guards, Knights Templar, Nuvacane, Sister Agnes wearing Valkyrie armor.
She was never complacent with either one.
Just two steps to hell.
She was a tightrope walker.

“On the pervert subject of collecting women’s panties.
While imposing shameful penalties.
… I don’t even touch you when we’re alone.”

Write your name in duck bottom, good job watching.
It seemed like a pale peach was dancing.
When I slept in Nuvacane Lair, I just didn’t think about it.

Kang gun.

Stella jumps again.
Light as a hare.
Even while talking, I look down at the stepping stones and waterways.

“I can’t quite figure it out.
The person you are
No, demons.”

Jump.

I follow Stella and cross one more stepping stone.
Chasing or chasing
Spacing remains the same.

The large stone she stepped on was too small for two people to stand on.

“From walking around with you, I know one thing for sure.”

“What?”

“…That you terribly care for the woman you once gave your heart to.”

Round and round

She looks back at me with her hands behind her back on her stepping stones.
A fluttering dress.
Her flowing pink hair.
Star-shaped hairpin.

“So I was curious.
In many ways.”

“Ask.
I’ll answer you.”

“What are we doing?”

Between lunch and dinner.
Like that ambiguous time.
Over a stepping stone.
Just that much distance.
So much between us.

We stood face to face