“Hii!? P-Please, someone help me!”
Following King Salomon’s instructions, the Knight Commander, who had been guarding from behind, grabbed the serving staff by the scruff of the neck and tried to force their mouth onto the designated area.
The serving staff, with a look of desperation, frantically pleaded for help.
Of course… towards the Crown Prince, Jean.
But.
“Knight Commander, what are you doing? End this farce quickly.”
“N-No way… I don’t want to! I don’t wannaaaaaaaaaa!”
Jean mercilessly cut off the serving staff.
The Knight Commander, after looking around, silently nodded, and forcibly fed the poisoned dish to the serving staff… who writhed in agony and quickly died.
“Guwaaaaaah! What is the meaning of this! Had Lord Harold’s Maid not noticed, I and everyone here would have lost their lives!”
King Salomon, his face flushed red, stood up vigorously and shouted loudly.
His anger was directed towards Jean, who was hosting the Banquet.
“Jean! How do you intend to take responsibility for this!”
“Hah… This is due to my own inadequacy. I will promptly investigate who is behind this.”
“Is that your responsibility! If Lord Harold were to be poisoned, war with Dehauvalz would be unavoidable! Do you not even understand that… Pathetic!”
“…………………”
In his rage, King Salomon threw the glass he was holding, hitting Jean squarely, causing a cut on his forehead from which blood dripped.
Although his expression was solemn, anger and hatred could be seen in Jean’s eyes. He really is terrible at hiding his emotions.
“Enough! You are confined to your room! You are not allowed to leave your room until I permit it!”
“………………… Ha.”
After a moment of silence, Jean nodded and left the room.
“Truly… Lord Harold, I apologize.”
“No, I am the one who should apologize for ruining the Banquet you prepared.”
“What are you saying? If that Maid hadn’t noticed, I might have died. Let me thank you again.”
With that, King Salomon lowered his head.
It was unusual for the King of Capetien, one of the great powers, to show such an attitude towards a mere prince, but I decided to accept it.
“Then, Lord Harold, please continue to enjoy yourself. Of course, I will ensure that the utmost care is taken to prevent anything like this from happening again.”
“Thank you.”
King Salomon stood up and left the garden with the Knight Commander.
“U-Um…”
“The culprit has been caught, and His Majesty Salomon has told us to enjoy ourselves. So, please continue telling me about Princess Lisette.”
“Hk! O-Of course!”
Lisette, unsure of what to do after such an event, cautiously looked up at me with upturned eyes, so I forced a smile and tried to lighten the mood.
Her Villainess persona was nowhere to be seen. Lisette beamed a radiant smile and eagerly told us stories.
Her appearance was far from that of a Villainess, and she was truly the main heroine of “Engage Hazard.”
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“…Lord Hal. There are many things I would like to ask, but first, just one thing. When the Knight Commander tried to force the serving staff to eat the dish, why didn’t you stop him?”
As soon as we returned to our room after the Banquet, Sandra asked me this question as her opening remark.
Perhaps, Sandra wanted to say, ‘Wouldn’t it have been better to keep the serving staff alive and make the mastermind who ordered the poisoning confess?’
If I didn’t know who the mastermind was, I would have done that, but since I knew that Jean was behind it all, I didn’t do anything.
But.
“What do you think of the Knight Commander?”
“The Knight Commander…?”
“Yes. Even though it was under King Salomon’s orders, that Knight Commander made the serving staff eat the poison and killed them without question. Just now, Sandra, you were talking about the doubts you had.”
“Ah…”
That’s right… As the Knight Commander, whose top priority is the security of the Royal Palace and the safety of the King, he should have understood that there was a mastermind behind tonight’s events, and he should have chosen to make the serving staff confess in order to capture that mastermind.
Yet, the Knight Commander killed the serving staff without hesitation.
“I see… So Lord Hal thought that the Knight Commander was also connected to the culprit.”
“Yes. If I had tried to keep the serving staff alive, he would have taken care of it even before that.”
In fact, before killing the serving staff, the Knight Commander looked around to make sure no one would interfere.
That’s what it means.
“In any case. There is no doubt that we have been caught up in trouble. It would be wise to return to the Kingdom as soon as possible.”
Saying that, I gave a wry smile and shrugged.
Right now, Minister Olson is probably discussing the shortening of our stay with the Capetien side.
But…
“Fufu… And yet, Lord Hal intends to stay here, despite Minister Olson’s opposition, isn’t that right?”
Before I could say so, Sandra had already guessed it.
“H-How did you know that?”
“Because I couldn’t imagine you, who is kinder than anyone else, leaving Princess Lisette behind.”
Oh geez, she sees right through me.
That’s right. Now that the Lisette Scenario of “EnHaza” has begun, I can’t just abandon her.
“EnHaza” is a romance smartphone RPG, and once a Scenario starts, it progresses in one direction, but in reality, if Lisette’s Scenario is left unattended, there will be changes in the Scenarios of the other heroines.
That is, the King of the Capetien Kingdom will be Jean, and Lisette will never appear again.
In other words… the Coup d’état will succeed, and Lisette will at best be imprisoned, and at worst, her life will be taken.
I’ve decided to keep my distance from the heroines and not get involved, but that doesn’t mean I can abandon her now that I’ve gotten involved.
“I… I’m sorry…!”
“There is no need for apologies. Rather, I am very proud and very happy to be Lord Hal’s fiancée.”
“Sandra… Thank you.”
Sandra put her index finger on my mouth, blushed, and smiled sweetly.
I was so happy with her kindness that I squeezed her small hand.
With all my gratitude and love.
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