“So, everyone, did you enjoy the Royal Capital today?”
I ask with a smile at dinner with everyone after our tour of the Royal Capital.
Unfortunately, we had to destroy the Zodiac, so we only managed to meet up in the evening, and in the end, we couldn’t fully enjoy the Royal Capital. Thanks to that, Caz was super grumpy.
“Yeah! I can give lots of souvenirs to everyone in Salso Town!”
“Hehe… the meat was so good…”
Yeah, yeah, I’m glad Yuri and Liliana enjoyed it.
On the other hand…
“………………….”
It seems Lloyd didn’t have much luck. Well, if it had gone well, I’m not sure how I’d feel about that.
In any case, I want Yuri to have a normal romance. No, no, I’m not denying BL itself, so please don’t misunderstand.
“Seriously, where were you guys, Hal?”
“S-Sorry. I’ll make it up to you next time, I promise.”
Lize doesn’t hide her displeasure and huffs, so I’ve been apologizing profusely since earlier.
From what I heard, Lize had been waiting for us to come back the whole time. I feel really bad.
“Come on, Prince Harold seems to have had his reasons, doesn’t he?”
“Indeed. He’s agreed to Sparring with me tomorrow, so I have no complaints.”
Christia soothes Lize, and Carla waves her arms around excitedly. It looks like I’ll be stuck with her all day tomorrow.
“Oh, right. Lady Saint and Lady Carla, could you please just call me ‘Hal’ already?”
That’s right… for some reason, even though I told Christia and Carla that they can call me by my nickname, they stubbornly only ever call me “Prince Harold.”
They’re both my Precious Thing, so I don’t want them to hold back like that…
“While we are truly grateful for your kind words, we would inevitably end up calling you ‘Lord Hal’ in a pinch. If we were to call you that in a public setting with Prince Wilfred and the other princes present, you would be caught up in unnecessary trouble.”
“That’s right. Receiving support from the Barthian Holy Kingdom means receiving support from believers all over the world. If that were to become known publicly during the Succession Dispute, there would be no end to those trying to use Prince Harold, not only in this country but in others as well.”
“Ah, haha…”
Until now, they had only gently refused, so I didn’t realize they were thinking that much about me.
I can only laugh wryly at my own shallowness.
But, they don’t know…
That I have no interest in the Succession Dispute and will eventually renounce my royal status to become the Adopted Son-in-Law of the Chevalier family.
“Ah! My meat!”
“Give it back!”
“Hehe, don’t you know? It’s first come, first served!”
“Ahahahahaha!”
Seeing Yuri and Lloyd having their meat snatched away by Liliana again, I laughed loudly.
I wanted to blow away the dark cloud in my heart.
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“Lord Hal…”
After finishing dinner with everyone, at a time when it was almost midnight,
I visited Sandra’s room, though it was a bit of an imposition.
“…Um, would you like to take a walk in the night breeze?”
“Yes…”
When I said that, Sandra gently placed her small hand in mine.
It’s a little cold, but pleasant.
I escorted Sandra to the garden where I had prostrated myself before her two years ago.
“I was given three years to become a man worthy of you.”
“………………….”
“There’s less than a year left. Will I be able to become a man who can stand beside you by then…?”
I asked, looking into her Sapphire Eyes.
I’m well aware that I’m asking something pathetic, but right now, I’m just filled with anxiety.
Because, I’m…
“There is no one in this world more worthy of being my mate than you are… No, I was born to be your mate.”
“I-Is that so…”
“And… Lord Hal, you should show more of what’s in your heart. You keep holding it in, holding it in, and you don’t try to show your weakness. Not even to me.”
Ah, haha… that hits a nerve.
But, to become a man worthy of Sandra’s fiancée, I can’t be weak.
If it were me from two years ago, when I was just a thirteen-year-old child who had just gotten engaged, that might still be allowed, but…
“Um…”
“Lord Hal. I’m sorry, but please crouch down a little.”
“Huh…?”
Asked with such a serious expression, I let out a dazed sound and bent my legs…
“S-Sandra!?”
“My beloved, precious Lord Hal. Please, give me all of your weaknesses as well. Sharing the happy things, the fun things, the sad things, the painful things, the frustrating things, the difficult things… that’s what it means to be mates.”
She hugged my face tightly. Sandra whispers in my ear.
But I have to become stronger.
Even if it’s painful because my own mother tried to kill me, I have to endure it all.
So… so…
“Lord Hal… my most Precious Thing in the world. Please, let it all out in my arms…?”
“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah…!”
Under the brightly shining moon.
Enveloped in Sandra’s warmth and kindness, I poured out everything I had been holding back until now into her small chest.
The sadness, the pain, the frustration, the regret, everything.
She just held me, like that…
Forever… and ever…
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