Vol 1 Epilogue (1/2)

OKOBORE HIME TO ENTAKU NO KIshi+

The Leftover Princess and the Knights of the Round

Story by: Riine Ishi+da

Art by: Ichiko Okiya

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 Translation: Crystal Hikari

 Proofreading: Scylla

 Quality Checking: Mizuouji

Translator’s notes:

The japanese honorifics were kept in the translation of the dialogues of

the characters to show the respect or adoration shown by the characters

Footnotes were provided upon the first appearance of the honorific in

the chapter to explain it

Thoughts are signified by ‘italics’

EPILOGUE

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“Do not let anyone come into my room! I feel aith this

runny red nose, painful throat, and coarse voice! I shall charge

treason to anyone who dares come in here!”

“…is what my master has said so please withdraw for now”

Friedheler sister

but she would not even let them come in Duke told Leti to at

least let the that

ladies had their own circumstances that were to be respected

“Such bad luck To be the only one doith a cold out of

the four of you who got drenched in the rain” Guido said,

it unclear if he was being sy sarcastic

“But in the end eren’t able to knoho the attacker was

The Order already conducted an all-out search but found nothing,

right? If only I’d seen his face…” Friedhelm was one of the

victi hit by

the attacker and fortunately, he was not wounded

“If only we had ht’ve seen his

face clearly Anyway, Astrid seeiven him a fatal

wound so let’s just hope he’s already dying somewhere out there”

Duke, the other victim, said But he, on the other hand, kneho

the attacker was but was pretending not to

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Leti's testimony of the incident was the main source of

inforation and her testimony was far from

the reality of what really happened Her testimony went like this:

Duke noticed the assailant first but he, as well as

Friedhelm, was knocked down Lastly, the attacker was

fatally wounded by Astrid but was still able to escape and

is currently on the run

When Duke regained consciousness, Leti coaxed him into

saying that Astrid drove the enemy away and that he was not able

to see the attacker’s face because it was dark Duke glared at Leti,

co with his eyes that she would explain herself later,

and follohat his master said and has pretended since then

that he had not seen the attacker’s face

When the two princes gave up and said their goodbyes, “Go

ahead and stay like that forever”, Duke knocked on Leti's door

infor her that her brothers had left

“They went home already Was that really fine?”

“Yes”

- 7 -

The voice from the other side of the door was a bit coarse

Duke relayed his get-well-soon-wishes and then stood away from

Leti's door

Just as Duke left, Leonhardt, Leti's full brother, came in with a

book and a big package in his hands

“Hey, hey, hey, Ane'ue1

! I’ve brought you the book co

the ‘post-death’ theories on King Alexander; ‘cause I know you

wouldn’t want to read heavy literature even if you have a lot of

time because of your cold”

Leti put on her dressing gown, stood up, took the book from

Leonhardt, and scanned it He then placed the package on the side

table

“I do not re me a stupid book”

“I had a hard ti research on that book, you know?

You see,for historical documents is a

fruitless effort If you’re not masochistic in nature, you won’t

survive being a historian”

1 Ane'ue: A japanese honorific used to address one’s older sister More oldfashi+oned

than the common Onee-san

- 8 -

“I do not care about your masochistic tendencies,” retorted

Leti, but her brother did not mind her at all and continued on with

his story

“The most ridiculous post-death theory actually has proof, you

know? All the randoh the

arguoes Three days after the

execution of King Alexander, there was information about a blond,

blue-eyeda shi+p headed to the South Now,

reht of

the Lion King dragged his body outside the country for three days,

right?”

“So you are saying that the blond, blue-eyedthe

shi+p was him since the time frame and their features matched?

And then?”

“And then a year after that,” continued Leonhardt, “There

ca the Southern

Seas You see the fair co

the tanned skin of the South so that’s how they identified the

pirate So the connection is that this pirate is said to be the blond

ht to be

King Alexander In other words, this pirate is believed to be King

Alexander”

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“Quite forced, is it not?” Leti understood the point but was

not convinced at all

“The story does not end there A few years later, a Westerner

with blond hair and blue eyes was adopted and was

through a dom by the sea”

“Another forced connection So to summarize, the blond man

as on the shi+p to the South was King Alexander He became

a pirate and conquered the Southern Seas, married a Southern

Princess and in the process beca” It was

so absurd and unbelievable but that was exactly what cheered Leti

up

“I wonder if we can find a picture of the adopted king”

“Thought you’d say that so I brought this with me”

Leonhardt picked up the package on the side table and showed it

to Leti “An artist descended from the Royal Family left a portrait

of the king and it was included in King Karlheinz’ Art Inventory

But ironically, this painting debunks the whole theory The man

here does not look anything like King Alexander if we compare it

to his portrait in the Gallery of Kings Hahahaha”

Lion King Alexander’s portrait displayed in the Gallery of

Kings was highly exaggerated and dramatized to make him look

- 10 -

like an evil h to

warrant hi But Leti knew that said

portrait was nowhere near looking like the real Alexander for she

had ’s space However,

the portrait of the adopted king was…

“…No, this looks like him”

The portrait of the groom reflected Alexander’s mature yet

child-like, haughty face It was a better depiction of the Lion King

than the one in the Gallery

“Oh…I see,” said Leonhardt

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- 12 -

Karlheinz probably came up with the same conclusion as Leti

did He ht have learnt about the book, found the portrait, and

thought that it looked like Alexander So he included the absurd

book and the portrait in the Royal Inventory, thinking that the

theory was likely to be true

“Thank you That will do I shall take a rest for now,” thanked

Leti

Leonhardt found his sister satisfied and left her to rest Leti

closed her eyes after she heard the door shut and hoped to meet in

her dreaain But as soon as

she closed her eyes, she felt the wind blowing inside her

supposedly closed room

“—You know, you should ask Duke to teach you about

proper etiquette around ladies” Leti woke up and pressed the

te head She was not sure whether her

headache was due to her fever or to the new visitor

“Your Highness! What I did last night was inexcusable,”

begged Astrid, deeply bowing his head before Leti

“What is inexcusable is what you did just now Entering the

rooh theis

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unheard of” Scolding younger people was not a part of Leti’s

hobbies but she had to teach Astrid proper manners

“Anyway, putting that aside, it was fortunate that Duke was

the only one who saw you last night I have already warned him

off so there is no need for you to worry”

“But to raise a sword against a member of the Royal Family

ainst this country I should be sentenced to

death…”

“But I do not see you at fault You are still young It is better

to die after you have served the kingdo you have

You have just started and have not given anything at all, correct?”

“Yes!” Astrid smiled happily in answer to Leti's question His

s smile It was a very humane

smile, a smile that had overcome pain and hurt