Vol 3 Chapter 4.1 (1/2)

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Chapter 4.1

Volume 3 Chapter 4: I tried to find out the secret of the date (1/2)

The day after the no-plan date. Duke’s date was still plaguing my mind, so I dropped by the knight’s headquarter during lunch break.

“And that’s why, there’s something that I’d like to ask you.” [Youki]

“What the heck do you mean by ‘and that’s why’… Well, I do vaguely know what you’re going to ask though. First of all, come into my room.” [Duke]

Duke signalled to me with his head, urging me to come along with him, so I followed Duke. Once we arrived at the room, I was planning to talk about the date yesterday. Even though he told me that he had a date, in actual fact, they were possibly out for training only. And finally, though it was a no-plan date, I’d like to tell him that my date was a success.

“For the time being, I’ll listen to what Captain has to say. I do vaguely know what it’s about already, though.” [Duke]

Duke sat himself on the sofa in the room in a complacent manner. To date, even though my position was higher, I had lost to him considerably in terms of maturity… But, just you wait and see. I’ll knock you down a peg.

“We had cakes together yesterday, right?” [Youki]

“Yeah, we had.” [Duke]

“After that, I tried to seek your advice about my date, but you went back without giving me any pointers, right?” [Youki]

“Yeah, I did. I had a prior appointment as well… So, how did the date go?” [Duke]

He asked in a seemingly interested manner. Even though it was a series of overlapping coincidence, it still ended on a happy note, so I told him the result with confidence.

“I’d have to say that it was a huge success. Frankly speaking, I was worried, but I could see a smile on Cecilia’s face at each of our destination.” [Youki]

Cecilia appeared happy yesterday, even as I recalled it at this moment. I was personally having fun too, so it was a satisfying date for the both of us. That was why I could talk about it proudly like this. I could tell that there was a smug look on my face at the moment as I recounted yesterday’s date without even looking in the mirror.

“It was a success? Well, that’s a relief. It was worth the trouble here as well then.” [Duke]

Duke patted me on my shoulder as though he was congratulating me… but, I had a feeling that he just said something strange.

“Say, what do you mean by ‘it was worth the trouble’?” [Youki]

“Ah, you see, to be frank, I was the one who orchestrated the route of your date yesterday.” [Duke]

“…Hah?” [Youki]

I couldn’t comprehend Duke’s words, so I voiced out loud in a dumbfounded manner.

“Well, I mean, Captain, you went to a second-hand clothing store, flower shop, and orphanage with Cecilia-san, in that order, right?” [Duke]

“Hold it, hold it. How did you know all the places I went with Cecilia on our date? And what’s more, in that precise order?!” [Youki]

Since my mind had yet to calm down, I couldn’t keep up with what was happening. However, even though I was at a loss with the turn of events, Duke ignored me and continued talking.

“As I’ve mentioned before, I was the one who had led you there.” [Duke]

“How’d you do that?!” [Youki]

We only entered the second-hand clothing store, flower shop, and orphanage because those places were close by. The one who had proposed to go in those shops was Cecilia as well, and we ended up going to the orphanage only because we encountered the director of the orphanage and the kids

. If that director had not left the orphanage, we wouldn’t have b.u.mped into them… so I could only sum it up as a coincidence.