10. Is it necessary for such a pathetic villain to get married?
My experience from countless escape attempts has taught me: even if there’s a bound and gagged fairy on the bed, I can still sleep peacefully on the sofa.
Since I didn’t do anything and didn’t try to escape, it’s clear that I’m not interested in Adélaïde’s forced engagement, and I’m temporarily not thinking about escape. These two points are settled.
As expected, Adélaïde was nowhere to be found the next morning, originally supposed to be wriggling around on the bed like a small worm. However, this doesn’t mean that the King has given up. The following days, Adélaïde would come to bother me in various ways, making me unable to do anything but scold her and pretend to sleep.
Today, at this moment, it’s the same.
Adélaïde, the King of the Purris Kingdom, has come to visit me again.
【Adélaïde has a task to find Oukeli.】
Yes, yes, it’s just that kind of “want to kidnap me and escape?” nonsense, full of weirdness and forced engagement. To clarify my position, I can only “do as she wishes” and scold her, but if this keeps up , I feel like my originally pure and innocent self will be corrupted.
Today, I just want to make it clear: you want to be M, but I don’t want to be S! Forced engagement is impossible!
“Adélaïde, miss, there are some games that aren’t suitable for me, can’t you just…”
I sighed, ready to speak at the first opportunity, but today, Adéle seemed a bit too agitated!
She immediately tiptoed, flustered, and slapped her small palm over my mouth! It effectively muffled my voice! At the same time, I could hear the confused voices of other subordinate fairys outside the door.
“Your Majesty Adéle, what did he just say?”
It dawned on me herself that while this little loli hadn’t hidden the fact about the forced marriage, there were some peculiar interests that only Adéle was aware of.
“W-What? Nothing at all!”
She shot me a “threatening” glance, and at that moment, the imposing aura of King Plousti was unmistakable.
“W-We have a good relationship! O’Gilid feels positively about my Plousti Empire, right!?”
“Pretty much.”
I felt helpless; this was clearly a death threat that had me by the throat, leaving me with no other response. Whether I took the initiative to escape with Nilu or waited for the great Kfeier to swoop in and save us, I had to prioritize self-preservation until an opportunity arose.
After all, Adéle kept talking about forced marriage every day, and despite my continuous refusals, she didn’t seem to employ any underhanded tactics. Perhaps she was just joking?
“Well then, once you clear your name and earn the favor of Her Majesty Adéle, the entire Plousti Kingdom will adore you however they please~”
Replacing Adéle, the one who was “seducing” me with her roundabout words was the innkeeper from the border who had impersonated a child assassin— a fairy with golden hair and a mature aura, completely different from Adéle, who could be considered a “fairy archetype.”
She was also the acquaintance that Uncle Zerola had sent me to seek refuge with. I couldn’t believe that the uncle had connections with such a fairy. I might as well kneel on a washboard for all it mattered. Because of Louis IV leaking my identity and whereabouts, I couldn’t hide my identity from the very first day, let alone talk about “keeping a low profile.”
“However, Your Majesty Adéle is looking for you to conduct an investigation with your maid. Although you were recommended by Zerola and saved Her Majesty that day, your apparent protection of the beastmen has been noted by other fairies, so a joint investigation is necessary .”
“Of course, if you marry me, there won’t be such issues~”
Adéle crossed her arms, and I completely ignored her sudden remark.
Marriage could wait; what concerned me was that just as Aunt… Sister Mel mentioned the term “joint investigation,” my death script reappeared!
[O’Gilid is executed as a spy sent by the beastmen!]
It seemed this was clearly a death crisis aimed at me! With Kfeier not here, I was in danger everywhere. Fortunately… perhaps due to the “forced marriage” situation, things didn’t seem so dire.
“Of course, O’Gilid, don’t be foolish and reveal your identity.”
Adéle, unusually calm, reminded me with an air of authority, “Your identity is a secret known only to the highest echelons of the Plousti Kingdom. If some useless fairy nobles, who only seek to please me, find out, it could be very troublesome.”
I didn’t need her to remind me; after all, the script had already presented such an obvious and dangerous crisis.
Next, I didn’t have time to care about how Adéle, the fairy, looked a bit imposing when she wasn’t being so “M-like.” Finally, I was about to meet Nilu again before we faced the so-called “investigation” after several days!
“O’Gilid, sir!”
“!”
The moment she saw me, Nilu rushed toward me in a panic! I could tell that although she was nervous and scared, she hadn’t been treated differently because of her identity over the past few days.
Even so, I didn’t let my guard down!
“Nilu, you haven’t encountered any problems these past few days, have you!?”
I was worried about whether Nilu had faced any discrimination, and even more concerned if she had encountered any “upgrade incidents,” because I knew all too well: Nilu couldn’t be in danger; in the script, she only had scenes where she annihilated everything in her path, turning the area into scorched earth.
“N-No…”
Nilu shook her head, her body surely trembling with tension, yet she still feigned calmness, forcing a touched smile as she stared blankly at me.
“Mr. O’Keefe, if you can’t wait to leave, you can…”
“Ah! Right, about leaving.”
I slapped my forehead, finally remembering what I needed to remind Nilu!
Due to the script, I wasn’t anxious; I just wanted to escape the wedding safely. But if Nilu got impatient, that would be a disaster—who knows what strange powers she might unleash at that moment?
“Nilu, just stay put for a while. I’ll find a way to help you escape.”
This was also a way for me to escape the wedding; I definitely wouldn’t survive that. Not to mention that Adelf herself was the BOSS. The key question was… would Kiefer really let me off the hook if I did that?
I silently added in my mind.
Nilu’s gaze wavered for a moment.
“No, I mean, if you want to leave, I can…”
She mumbled something softly, but was interrupted by the ruckus coming from outside the door. With the appearance of one death script after another, I realized I had to face this alone, and I even had to protect Nilu from the dangerous script that had emerged !
“Your Majesty Adelf, is there really any need to interrogate a spy associated with the beastmen? Just kill him directly!”
I saw a golden-haired elf man, flamboyantly twisting and turning in front of the already displeased Adelf, flaunting himself while bringing in remarks that were extremely disadvantageous to us.
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