Chapter 170 – 14. Kingdom of Ventorino – Fall or Fall (15)

“What…?”

At the words that came out of her lovely fiancée’s mouth, Lloyd doubted her own ears.

“Oh, haven’t you heard? Why don’t you invite Lord Valdez over for dinner tonight?”

“Oh, no…”

However, I was not mistaken either.

Clara was obviously giving it the title Sir and asking them to dine together. There were a couple of things he didn’t like in her short remarks about her. If it was not her beloved that she was talking to her, she would have jumped out of her seat right away.

First of all, the title of Gyeong mentioned earlier.

It was too much of a waste of a title to give to a non-human half-blooded demon. What’s more, he’s a squire who hasn’t been formally appointed yet. Of course, it can be said that he is actually going to be promoted, so everyone calls him Gyeong, but he didn’t like it from the beginning.

Then we eat together.

I didn’t understand the need to share a meal with something like that. How can a person be sick with something like that. Even if they were commoners or servants, they would frown, but I was worried that they were of mixed blood.

The last thing is that this evening was actually time for just the two of us.

In a word, a dinner date. The two of them were about to spend a sweet time at Clara’s mansion located behind the royal castle. Of course, it was a date that lasted from daytime to be precise, but anyway, the fact that one more person intervened in a place where only the two of them should have touched his heart his.

“…”

“Lloyd? What’s wrong? You don’t like it?”

“That is…”

“Still, since he is a talented person who will become a sword master in the future, I just said it because I thought it would be better for him to get acquainted with Lloyd… Was this meddling for nothing. I’m sorry… “

Lloyd exclaimed in surprise at her sullen face and drooping shoulders.

“Oh no!”

“Yes?”

“That… Ha, me, me too… I like me too….”

“Oh, is that so? Thank goodness!”

“…”

Lloyd smiled awkwardly at her clapping hands and sighed inwardly. No matter how she answered, she regretted it, but she couldn’t help it when she saw her so happy.

In the past, I would have carefully hinted at setting a time other than today, but I couldn’t bear to do that now. Lloyd was being more careful with Clara because of the terrible time she had already been through.

Moreover, she said it was for herself, not for anything else, so how could she refuse? If it were n’t for the three things I recalled earlier, I would have been so proud of her extreme sincerity that I would have died. Talented people who are treated as national heroes and have a high probability of reaching masters in the future. It was more strange for her not to open her face and her beforehand.

‘Okay, let’s think positively. After all, it will be back to my country soon. Yep, that’s right I don’t like the fact that Clara sees it well, but… It’s only for a moment.’

Reaching the master by all means, Lloyd resisted her snoring.

Seriously, she never held a sword, but she did learn her sword as an aristocrat herself. She also had what she had heard and seen from the numerous knights around her. That is how high the level of being a master is.

Far more often than not double digits in a country.

The pinnacle of thousands of articles.

That was the name Sword Master.

‘I’m sure I’ll be forgotten after struggling around like that anyway.’

Lloyd persuaded himself positively, thinking that he was giving a little affection to such a poor thing.

“Um, but can’t you say you’re busy over there?”

“It’s okay! I’ve already told you everything!”

“Is that so?”

The sinews on his forehead he twitched.

He wasn’t expecting it either. Even if he didn’t tell him beforehand, it was normal for the princess to give it if she had time. However, it strangely got on his nerves that the conversation had already ended with him.

“Huh, I think it’s going to be a really fun time.”

“Um… Uh, that’s right…”

Lloyd looked at Clara’s face her.

There was a really bright expression on her face. Her smile Her, in particular, was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen, something strange and intriguing.

It felt somehow uneasy, but he tried hard to ignore that feeling. He was mistaken, he believed. No matter how deeply they love each other, it hasn’t been long since they officially started dating. So I could n’t understand all of Clara’s expressions of her.

Lloyd continued to laugh awkwardly as he collected the meaning of the woman he loved’s smile of her.

Originally, they were supposed to be together until the evening, but due to a sudden change in plans, the two broke up for a short time in the middle. And after a while, we decided to meet again at Clara’s mansion.

“Damn! Damn! Damn!”

Match! Match! Awful—!!

Returning to her mansion alone, Lloyd relieved her stress in her basement her using the newly airlifted half-blood demon. Normally, she would listen to the subject’s screams and delight her ears, but she kept her mouth shut for now.

It was because I couldn’t afford it. Both temporally and mentally.

“Whoa, whoa…!”

After wielding the whip for a long time, he gasped for breath when he was exhausted.

“Damn it. Why can’t I calm down like this…?”

Lloyd relieves stress by secretly abducting or buying different races such as demons. Still, the time he spent a day was not long. When he was in a good mood, he was often absent from the cellar all day, and usually only stayed for ten or twenty minutes.

Not too long ago, even when it was an unstable relationship problem, it was about 30 minutes. Of course, the intensity of his actions during that short period of time was so high that in 30 minutes, one person could be half-dead.

It should be anyway, but it’s already been 10 minutes. Even so, the stress that made his head thump did not calm down. On the contrary, each time he swung the whip, he became even more irritated.

“Ah…”

Then I noticed.

The cause was the object of stress relief in front of his eyes.

Black-yellow colored hair that symbolizes mixed demon races.

It was because it reminded him of Valdes, the same mixed demon race as that one, who was the main source of stress that made him come down to the basement even in urgent need of time. Realizing the reason, Lloyd hated what was in front of him.

As soon as he identified it with Valdes, an inexplicable murderous intent overflowed in his heart.

“…Under!

Lloyd put down her whip. Then he picked up a knife in the corner with a red stain on it. It wasn’t long before a new mark appeared on the knife. A very red mark, identical to the one on his body.

Lloyd, who had washed his mind clean like that, finished his preparations and headed to Clara’s mansion in a carriage. I felt relieved. It was the first murder he took his hands on, but he unfortunately didn’t think so.

I didn’t see it as a person in the first place, so there was no perception that it was murder. He just felt it as a means to relieve stress more reliably. As a price given by the life of the object.

“Haha, I feel hollow. I don’t know why I didn’t use it sooner.”

Lloyd murmured as his bright face reflected in the carriage window.

Then I took out my watch from my pocket and checked the time.

It was earlier than the originally promised time. I would have probably arrived 20 minutes earlier. Originally, I tend to go on time, but this time I deliberately moved the departure time forward.

‘Clara will hate it….’

Like most women, Clara did not like sudden visits or coming home earlier than expected. That was unavoidable. A woman’s leader was something different from a man’s.

At least two hours. If it was long, it took three to four hours to decorate the noble woman. Of course, no woman would like to meet someone she hadn’t even dressed up in, and when that happened, she had to make hasty preparations, leaving the other person waiting in her VIP room.

‘But this time it’s well worth it.’

Even if it upsets her, she had a plan this time.

However.

“…”

“Uh, welcome…. You’re here early, Lloyd?”

“Haha, I think this is the first time I’ve seen you properly. Nice to meet you, Prince Lloyd. My name is Valdes, a seed knight serving Princess Mercedes.”

Even though she had arrived 20 minutes earlier, Valdes had arrived at Clara’s mansion first.

I don’t understand this either, but he was standing right next to his love his, Clara, welcoming him as if he were the owners of this mansion. He even had a ridiculous imagination that he might have read his mind his and played first.

It was his plan to show this to Valdez.

I was thinking of showing the best couple in the kingdom of Ventorino, no, on this continent, in case anyone would have a strange feeling about the subject of mixed demons. But for some reason, that place was taken up by that damn thing.

“Why, why are you here… ?”

“Yeah? Why are you here… Don’t you have plans for dinner?”

“No, that’s not it…”

“Ah, if you’re talking about why you came early… I see, yes. I was really looking forward to this meeting. Haha. Well, even though I said this, it wasn’t long before I arrived.”

“…”

Lloyd refrained from wanting to throw his fist at the face of the mixed-race demon at any moment. He couldn’t have had an accident in a place like this. He was currently one of the most notable figures in the kingdom, and moreover, he was in front of the lovely Clara.

“That said, Lloyd-sama also came early.”

“Uh, uh? Ah, no, that’s me…”

“Oh, that’s right. Usually, he came right on time.”

“…”

“Maybe Lloyd-sama…”

“… Uh, that, well… Eh, that’s right. Me too… This meeting… I’m so excited… I’m looking forward to it… “

“That’s very nice, haha.”

“Yes, hehe. I’m more than happy that you two like it this much.”

“…”

After the conversation at the entrance, the two of them headed for the restaurant with Lloyd following. His face his, which silently followed the road from behind, was crumpled in half and he did not know how to straighten it.

It was strange.

For some reason, whenever I saw that face, I kept getting angry inside. My heart didn’t calm down. Thanks to that, I was so flustered that I couldn’t even respond properly. Fortunately, Clara seemed to be happy, but deep inside he was uncomfortable.

‘What is this feeling….’

And I felt a sense of incongruity somewhere.

In Valdes’ words, in Clara’s attitude her, and in the appearance of the two of them.

Did that really expect to meet you?

Why did Clara not show any displeasure when it arrived early?

Why are the bodies of the two in front getting wet here and there?

Why was he sweating, why was his clothes sloppy, and why did he smell of dark flesh?

I couldn’t tell.

“…”

An ominous feeling that I had been desperately denying until now started creeping out.

Afterwards, the dinner proceeded in a pleasant atmosphere.

Of course, it was Clara and Valdes, not Lloyd and Valdes, who led the friendly atmosphere. Lloyd did n’t openly frown, but her hurt feelings her were subtly showing. Even so, the other two laughed and exchanged conversations as if they hadn’t noticed.

“…Yesterday, Prince Alfonso…”

“…… Oh really? Originally, Alfonso… “

“…”

It was unexpected.

On the subject of only mixed demons, Valdes had a lot of knowledge and was good at speaking. Moreover, he was drawing a consensus that he was his family while talking about Alfonso when they became close. It was completely different from the usual miscellaneous things I had seen so far.

What was that none of what he had conceived and planned happened to pass. From the time he arrived until now. Following his early arrival his, Lloyd started talking to Clara, intending to keep the conversation going even after Valdez arrived.

That’s how I was going to alienate Valdez from the conversation as much as possible, and when he got involved in the conversation, I thought to bring out a high level of knowledge that a commoner like him couldn’t understand. Along with common sense that any royalty or noble should know. But even that, Valdez understood everything.

Rather, it was Lloyd who was being alienated. Originally, he should have led the story himself, but he couldn’t bear it. He didn’t want to mix words with a lowly and insignificant half-blooded demon, but he didn’t want to see Clara talking so kindly.

‘Damn, damn, damn… What the hell am I supposed to do?’

When Lloyd was immersed in such troubles alone, a sound rang out that broke his thoughts.

Clink.

“Oh, I’m sorry. My hand slipped…”

Clara had dropped her knife.

“Oh, are you okay? Hurry up and call the attendant…”

“No.”

“Yes?”

“Everybody’s out of the restaurant, so why bother. I’ll just give it to you.”

“What? No what…”

How could the royal family directly bend down to pick up the food that had fallen on the floor? Lloyd tried to stop her by saying her nonsense, but her Clara’s movements were faster than that.

“… Ha.”

Finally, a sigh escaped Lloyd’s mouth his. Clara was getting weird.

‘Why on earth…. Surely it wasn’t like this before? A woman who confidently maintains the dignity of royalty, that was Clara….’

Chew up….

“…?”

Chun, chuup… Side… ♥

Lloyd’s expression hardened. A strange sound coming from under the table. Clara still doesn’t wake up even though she’s just looking for tableware.

Something was strange.