20. Get lost, you third wheel!
After the unresolved results of the first round, Queen Louise IV intended to raise the question of whether to withdraw the warrant for Euclid again in the second round of the meeting. To ensure that my identity as the “irredeemable villain” could be cleared, I needed to be “absolutely honest” during this time—not, more precisely, to make “Euclid” honest.
Because of this, I had no choice but to “kidnap” the Church’s Saintess, Icusis. In the script, if I did not intervene, she would inevitably face life-threatening danger, and then all the blame would fall on Euclid, making any chance of redemption a mere fantasy.
The content of the script naturally could not be disclosed to Icusis, but I was doing this for her own good! However, this idiot not only failed to notice my kindness but even came up with thoughts about my “death script.” During the days I threatened her to stay by my side, her twisted ideas only grew, and in her muddled head, she even thought about how to use “counter-schemes.”
For instance, when secretly going out, she insisted on monopolizing one of my arms and began to stir up trouble between Kephir and me: “Oh~ I just want to hold him, mm-hmm~”
For instance, at night when resting, she refused to sleep with Kephir anymore and even had the audacity to use beauty tricks to sow discord: “Lun, can’t I sleep with you?”
Even when Kephir occasionally wanted to be alone with me, this girl would cling like a doorman and refuse to leave: “Aren’t you two not married!? If you’re not married, where I am is my freedom, right!? “
With such antics, even the calm and wise Kephir could no longer hold back.
As always, I had to protect Icusis’s safety, even if it facing meant her death script and threatening to kidnap her. One day, just before the second round of the summit, Kephir fiercely began pushed past Icusis and came to stand before me.
With her hands on her hips and an expression ready to burst into tears, she complained loudly at me!
“Divine Trickster!”
Even though Kefer only said two words, in that instant, the thoughts of this invincible celestial beauty had already been poured into my mind through one script after another.
【Kefer thinks Ikusis is a nuisance!】
【Kefer wants to drive Ikusis away.】
【Kefer wants to live alone with Oqilide!】
Kefer wants…
Stop, stop it, Kefer. If you keep thinking like this, your aloof image will be completely ruined. That silly saintess beside you is still watching with glee.
I threw a bag of snacks at Ikusis to shut this idiot’s mouth and block her thoughts.
I wasn’t unaware of Kefer’s current feelings: after finally returning from the turmoil in the Kingdom of Pluris, she was just about to happily secure her engagement when the queen backstabbed her right at the summit, postponing everything. She thought it wouldn’t be bad for me to help her clear her name, so she agreed, especially since Nilu wasn’t around and we were living together. But now, due to unfortunate circumstances, a… so-called 24-hour automatic light bulb of a fool had barged into our private space. The annoying part was that she even used schemes and beauty traps!
I admired Kefer for still maintaining the most basic politeness towards Ikusis up to this point.
I couldn’t just focus on saving my own skin; I also needed to occasionally show concern and cling to her thigh. I lowered my voice and explained, “Kefer, you know the reason…”
I didn’t want to be around an idiot like Ikusis, especially one who was the BOSS and had a script that could kill me, but now the script was filled with danger, and this was my only option.
“I know! It’s precisely because I know!”
Kefer, who was anxious and angry, was still beautiful as a painting, but I dared not say it out loud. After all, the big shot was really about to lose her patience with Ikusis’s presence, which was why she was complaining in front of me.
In the next moment, the script appeared; this kind of situation had occurred many times in the past few days.
【Kefer seeks comfort!】
I wanted to comfort her, like coming up to Kefer and saying, “Come on, don’t be angry, let me give you a kiss, let’s pretend we didn’t see that silly saintess, okay?” However, every time it came to this…
“Miss Kefer, it seems this man has been captivated by my charm and doesn’t like you at all~”
Ikusis would use her lowly tactics to sow discord, clearly just a lazy fool lounging on the sofa wasting food, yet she could still strike a pose she thought was s*xy at a time like this.
“Mm-hmm~”
【Ikusis thinks Kefer is jealous and feels great.】
So silly.
How could Kefer not see through such acting? The big shot was on a whole different level compared to you. That said, this couldn’t go on forever; otherwise, one day, Kefer might really lose it and beat Ikusis up, which would cause international issues.
It was time to express some of my thoughts in a different way, to stop this silly saintess from showing off in front of me and Kefer every day.
“Kefer, during dinner, let the uncle keep an eye on this fool. We’ll have some time to be alone together.”
Kefer, who had just been annoyed by Ikusis, immediately brightened up!
“I’ll go find my father right now!”
Saying that, she didn’t even care that Ikusis was over there posing and pretending to seduce me; she ran straight out. Sorry, uncle! For the sake of your genius daughter’s mood, just bear with it and keep an eye on this fool . After all, this watch time won’t be long.
After Kefer left, I turned to Ikusis, watching her strike yet another more seductive pose in front of me, but it still couldn’t hide the silliness radiating from within her.
Don’t be fooled by how this saintess seemed to have taken a liking to me these past few days—she wasn’t just obediently staying by my side without thinking of escaping; she even pretended to be “jealous.” But in the script , she had no such intention at all.
【Ikusis pretends to like Oqilide, but in reality, she’s looking for a chance to stab Oqilide and escape!】
The script makes it abundantly clear what this saintly young lady is thinking; this fool has been wanting to escape from the very beginning and has never liked me. So, I have no burden in searching for this idiot, after all, I’m not kidnapping her because I like her.
“Your Highness, could you please refrain from making such shameless displays in front of someone else’s fiancée?”
“Shh~ Shh~”
The great saintess began to whistle, not just a fool, but apparently also quite thick-skinned.
“Who cares if I show my thighs~”
“I’m not keeping you here as a kidnapping; it’s just to ensure your safety.”
【Crunch crunch】
This fool has started munching on cookies again. From the very beginning until now, Ikusis has never truly woken up; she has always believed that my kidnapping her was for her power, that the church was her rightful place.
Hmph, but the actual situation, as I suspect: that blonde protagonist from the church is already looking to shake off the burden of the saintess, shifting the blame onto Euclid. They’re merely a pawn in their game, and I’m only holding onto this foolish saintess for my own self-preservation.
It wouldn’t be impossible to forcibly keep her, but first, this idiot doesn’t understand at all; Kephiel would get jealous; the queen might even mock me: losing my own life and still trying to be the good guy?
So, with the second round of the summit approaching, it’s time to make a decision.
“Your Highness, let’s make a deal. For the time being, you behave and don’t cause trouble, and on the day the second round of the summit begins, I will lift the self-destruct setting on you and let you go. Of course, before you leave, I’ll make sure to seal your lips.”
I paused and looked at Ikusis.
This time, the saintess wasn’t foolish; she stared at me with a cunning look.
“This has been my thought all along. What do you think? If you don’t believe me, you can use your invincible prophecy to see if I’m lying.”
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