“Harold! Come out here!”
Along with the sound of violent knocking on the door, I heard a shrill, grating voice.
If I’m not mistaken, that’s Margaret, right?
“…What should we do?”
“Ah, it’s okay… I’ll go…”
I have a bad feeling about this, but I don’t want to push it onto Monica.
I dropped my shoulders and headed for the door.
“Princess Margaret… what business do you have so early in the morning?”
“Just open the door! I have something to talk to you about!”
Even when I asked about her business through the door, Margaret wouldn’t listen and insisted on me opening the door.
I slowly opened the door, and then…!?
“You’re truly… pathetic…!”
Margaret, her face bright red, slapped my cheek with great force.
“Pathetic! Pathetic! Pathetic!”
“…………………”
Margaret repeatedly slapped my cheek.
It’s probably anger over me turning down Cardis last night.
As I silently received Margaret’s slaps…
“Hmph!? L-Let go of me!”
“No. If you’re going to hurt my Lord Hal, even if you’re Her Majesty the First Queen… even if you’re Lord Hal’s real mother, I absolutely will not forgive you!”
“Wh… a… a…!?!”
Sandra’s eyes changed to blood-red, she gripped Margaret’s arm, and the corner of her mouth lifted into a sinister grin.
The terror made Margaret lose her momentum from earlier, and she trembled in small, jerky movements.
…This isn’t good.
“Lord Hal…”
“I’m okay, I’m okay. So…”
I embraced Sandra and whispered soothingly in her ear.
I don’t want her to stain her precious hands for the sake of such a woman.
But… Margaret will surely recognize Sandra as an enemy and try to harm her…
I’ll definitely protect her then.
“Princess Margaret, please leave. It’s probably about Brother Cardis, but I’m no longer his brother. And of course, you’re not my mother either.”
“Ah… m-ma…”
I clearly rejected Margaret, pushed her back into the hallway, and firmly closed the door.
“Phew… maybe it would be better to move to the detached palace with everyone.”
I sighed deeply and jokingly told Sandra and Monica.
If I stay here, those guys will definitely try to mess with me…
“Sandra?”
“I’m frustrated… frustrated, frustrated, frustrated! Why does my Lord Hal have to keep feeling so sad…!”
Sandra sobbed in my arms.
I’m happy that she’s crying for me, but more than that, I felt sorry for making my precious her cry.
More than two years have passed since I regained my memories of my previous life.
My feelings for Margaret have long since disappeared, so I don’t feel sad or painful at all.
So, I want to tell Sandra, “I don’t care,” “I don’t want you to be sad about this.”
But I… couldn’t say those words, and could only hold her.
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“Everyone, I’m sorry for making you move your rooms to a place like this.”
I had Lize and the others move to the detached palace, and I apologized humbly.
If things continued as they were, Cardis, Margaret, Wilfred, and other unnecessary people would definitely get involved.
Even though it couldn’t be helped, I felt terrible that this happened on the first day of Summer Break.
“Hehe, please don’t worry about it. Rather, we can enjoy ourselves here without being disturbed by anyone.”
“That’s right!”
Carla eagerly followed up on Christia’s words.
Well, that’s exactly right.
“More importantly, did you see? That ‘Tainted Prince’ brought students from the academy indiscriminately, so the chamberlains and guards were at their wits’ end.”
Lize put her hand to her mouth and gave a villainous sneer.
Indeed, as she said, I never expected him to invite even the nameless masses who weren’t even acquaintances.
Thanks to that, the number of invited students swelled to a hundred, and it seems they can’t even prepare rooms properly.
Monica, who went to check on the situation earlier, happily reported to me.
“More importantly, you’re taking me to the Royal Capital today, right? I’ve been really looking forward to it!”
“O-Oh! Leave it to me! Lloyd Sancroft knows more about the Royal Capital than anyone else!”
“Hehe… I’m going to eat meat at the stalls.”
Liliana is still only interested in meat, but Yuri and the others don’t seem to mind. That’s good.
“Okay! Then, let’s go out to the Royal Capital right away!”
We got into the carriage and left the Royal Palace with high spirits.
Without even noticing Margaret, who was glaring at us resentfully.
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