Chapter 406 – Side Story – Continued (9)
That night.
It was time to groom myself before going to the bedroom.
Sarak, saruk.
A fine-grained comb combed through freshly washed hair.
For a princess who is currently in the beauty world, her appearance is also a strategic asset.
Washing up before going to bed was just a part of her daily routine, but it took nearly two hours because so many of her maids were there.
Wash, apply something, wash again, massage, wash…
Even when washing, the bath water was different every time.
I would rather just sleep and leave it to you to figure it out on your own.
She was barely able to get the other maids to do her final grooming, saying she would leave it up to her personal maid.
A long bath for her exhausted body, and even a hand combing her hair at the end.
In her tired state, she told Flora what had happened on the balcony today.
As she spoke, I had the subtle feeling that she was saying, ‘Wow, he fucked me,’ but that wasn’t the case.
This is just an exchange of information.
“Yes…”
After hearing my story, Flora groaned and fell into distress.
Chin.
Ouch.
The gentle sweep of the brush tugged at her hair for the first time.
Her neck snapped as she felt a pulling sensation on her scalp. Just a little bit.
It seemed that Flora was lost in her thoughts as she carefully combed her hair so as not to get caught in it.
“… Ah. “I’m sorry.”
Flora apologized softly and started brushing her hair again.
But it wasn’t as gentle as before.
“What’s the matter. “Did you find out something?”
“Huh? Yes. “It’s still half a realm of imagination.”
“What? “Tell me.”
“No, I’m not sure…”
If we talk together, we may be able to organize our thoughts.
I’d rather talk about something than just sit still.
I could have gotten Flora to talk by saying something like that. If she were her normal self, she would definitely have done that.
However, in a situation where my mind was tired, and my body was tired after a long bath, and I was half drowsy, I made a choice that I would never have made under normal circumstances.
It was an act of cuteness.
“Hmm? “Tell me.”
“… ?”
“…”
… Uh. What did I just say?
When I realized it, my voice reached my ears, which meant it reached Flora as well.
A fawning voice mixed with falsetto.
In an instant, the sleep disappeared.
This… My voice?
Even when I was cuddling and having sex, a line that I had never said came to mind.
I felt Flora’s gaze staring at me as if I was puzzled. Even though she has Flora behind her back.
“…”
“…”
A strange silence continued.
We have spent a lot of time together.
We showed a lot of things that we wouldn’t normally see if we were just friends, and there was even a time when we enjoyed a 3P relationship with a guy. Although it would be more appropriate to say that I suffered rather than enjoyed it.
But to show such cuteness… I think it’s my first time.
The talking stopped, the brushing stopped, and the movements stopped.
It felt like cold sweat was creeping down my freshly washed and soft skin.
After what felt like an eternity, Flora was able to escape this situation by giggling.
Sarak.
The hand stroking her hair became soft again.
Flora spoke in a relaxed voice, as if she were singing.
“What? Soira. Did I seem so serious that you had to relieve the tension like that?”
“Yes? Huh. W-what… That’s right.”
Actually, that’s not the case.
I was just half-asleep and did something strange!
I happily grabbed the rope that Princess Flora gave me.
“It really wasn’t anything serious. “I just did it because something came to mind.”
“What was it?”
“Hmm… “Wait a minute.”
Flora fell silent again.
However, this silence was not the silence of thinking alone like before.
It was time to organize my thoughts to talk to me.
“If I’m right, Soira, the fact that you tried to call the Royal Guard there would be an important point in this dungeon.”
“Point? “In what way?”
“If the story goes that the princess behaved the way she did when she was drunk, then if that had been the case, the guards would have been called, right?”
“I guess so.”
“Then what happened?”
“I wonder what would have happened. Hmm… “There must have been an uproar, right?”
Although the princess is wearing a beauty page, her main point is not to give anything away.
Unless you are going to make a living and file a pillow case, the most valuable thing should be put off as a secret weapon.
In other words, it was a completely unexpected situation for the princess to lose her virginity there.
In such a situation, what if the scene where the princess was almost raped is caught as a criminal?
Wow. An unimaginable mess would have occurred.
“If the Royal Guard had been called there, this country would have been destroyed.”
“… Huh? Why does that happen like that?”
“It wasn’t anything else, it was the princess almost getting raped. Even if the king tried to get away with it, the other nobles wouldn’t have stayed quiet.”
“Is that so?”
“Because Vomeros seems to have many enemies here and there. There must have been a lot of nobles who were hoping for a justification just to do something.”
“It seemed like Vomeros wasn’t the type to sit still.”
“So that’s the problem. If you feel like you’re not in a good mood with that guy’s personality, wouldn’t you just throw him out? Even so, he was barely able to hold on to the beauty world.”
Is that so?
Is that true?
“I’m not sure. Yes. Rather, the probability of what I say is right is lower, right? So, I was wondering whether to tell you or not.”
“Okay? I don’t know anything else, but I think it’s true that that was an important point.”
“Ehehe. Is that so?”
Suddenly.
After finishing arranging her hair, Flora was hugged from behind.
Flora’s body temperature was felt through the thin layer of her pajamas.
Flora was still in her maid uniform. Unlike me, who was about to go to her bed, Flora still had work to do since she was her maid.
“I hope this helps.”
Flora muttered like that.
Was she thinking like that?
When problems arose during our travels, Flora rarely took the initiative to solve them.
… Called. She seemed to think she was called Flo.
It was probably after the Kingdom of Vale was revived that she received proper education as a royal.
Responsibility.
I don’t know why, but Flora, who was deeply moved by those words, seemed to have a sense of debt to me.
He said he should have been more proactive. They said they should have helped more.
Of course, this is nonsense. It’s gotten a lot better now, but if Flora had tried to do anything at the time when she really didn’t know anything, it would have only caused more problems.
And honestly, our trip was not the way I deal with a problem when it arises, but it was more like I dragged the kids toward the problem, and we solved the problem together.
If you think about it that way, I should actually feel sorry.
… Also. It was a conversation we had already had once.
Even then she said she knew it was Flora, but… Looking at what I’m doing now, it seems like I don’t know.
I turned her body around and hugged Flora.
Until it’s time to sleep. It was like that.
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“So. “I guess the two of you made lilies bloom except for me?”
The next day, it was time for a meeting where even Asil gathered together.
When she told me what happened last night, she smiled and said,
It was a statement that made me shudder.
“A lily. Ugh. “What a terrible sound.”
“Uh? Soira. I’m terrible… ?”
“Uh, huh? No. Flora. That’s not it.”
Flora’s playful voice. Even in his movements that looked like he was wiping away tears, his acting skills were deeply evident.
It’s clear that it’s a joke, but even so, it doesn’t mean it’s right to say something terrible to Flora.
Today was a rare day when I was made fun of.
But who taught Flora to say things like lily? Our Flora must have been pure purity itself.
“I’m studying hard too, right? Something like social common sense.”
Is lily common sense?
We made eye contact with Asil, but Asil just shrugged her shoulders.
It’s a meaningful movement, but I’m sure he doesn’t think anything of it.
Anyway, we had a short chat and started the meeting as originally intended.
“So, Soira. What are you going to do now?”
“We have two ways.”
“What is it?”
“One is to accuse Vomeros. Then there will probably be an uproar, right? If it goes as Flora predicted, this country will fall.”
“What about the other one?”
“We just let Vomeros do what he does. “Act as if yesterday never happened.”
“Then what happens?”
“Well? I don’t know that much. Still, wouldn’t it be a little different from the original history of the country being ruined?”
The Vomeros I saw seemed quite happy about the current situation, that is, the future in which he could marry a princess and become royalty.
If there is no major change in the current situation, wouldn’t it be possible to maintain it without doing anything particularly strange?
There may be another way. For example, we can eliminate Vomeros without telling anyone.
All three of us can’t beat Vomeros with our current physical specifications, but assassination doesn’t necessarily require strength, right?
But that method was put aside.
Because I don’t think it would be fun.
And since assassination can be attempted at any time, it is not too late to use it at the very end.
At the end of the meeting, the conclusion was to let Vomeros do what he does for the time being.
Whatever you do.
