Chapter 31 (1/2)

Sir Leonhard folded his hands between his knees and abruptly leaned forward

His serious eyes were overpowering, and I unintentionally pulled back, but a lack of space behind preventedmuch distance between us

“Your Royal Highness”

“Yes…”

He spoke with his voice even htened itself out

My sense of unease was right on point He was beyond angry

I had al reprimanded from the moment I was reborn in this world, but I did in the previous world My parents, the teachers, and the elderly would scold with their voices, while their eyes flashed admonishment

Oh, how I’vein sentimentality All I could do was brace my shoulders, and wait for the words to come

H-he was a kinda scary, though…

“Pardon the rudeness, I have so I would like to say, if I may Is that acceptable?”

“Ye—es”

The only thing I’ve been saying for a while was “yes”

There are so ht, like I was trying to escape reality But there was no way out

Sir Leonhard asked perer held the se no rooument

Perhaps I should say Yes, you , said my inner voice

“Earlier, princess, you said would not tell His Royal Highness In other words, the only one who can directly lend you aid in this matter is myself”

Acknowledging his words with my eyes, I nodded

Like a bobblehead, shaking aze was sharp as he stared at me

“And yet, you continue to s your words If you held back until even I, the only one aware of your situation, am shut out, then whoever did you intend to ask assistance from?”

“……”

Exposed to his displeasure, my body jumped with a start

Even though he noticedin terror, Sir Leonhard’s expression did not soften at all

“When one is forced to deal with a difficult problein integrity to a hardworking person like you Perhaps, it ht But justice does not necessarily exist in what is correct”

Do you understand? Sir Leonhard looked at me to confirm

Without a word, I nodded a little

Strangely enough, I felt no resentht to his words? Or was it because I didn’t have a character that fit appropriately for e?

Either way, his words easily soaked into me

Even if it wasn’t right and I wouldn’t know intuitively, there was a clear line between doing the “good thing” by givingon others to take care of everything

For so, I continuously chose to lean towards doing “the right thing” whenever possible If I did that, I could find myself peace of mind

But I’m sure it wasthe easiest path to walk down

A concept such as righteousness was undoubtedly different depending on as looking, and the angle they observed it from

“After this, the path you have chosen will be terribly harsh on you I do not knohat pitfalls lie in wait for you, even when the way may seem paved Before you take a step forward, please take one there on your ohere you can”

My back straightened with his words

I guess I understood, and also not at all

I see I’d invited Sir Leonhard onto this road where unknown dangers lurked Only one person, and it was him

I s into motion myself, so the only person I’d planned to have take responsibility for my actions had been me

But I waswere to happen to me, Sir Leonhard would absolutely put the bla the laould punish, he would probably judge himself He was that sort of man

Regardless of the heavy burden I’ve allowed hile word of condemnation for me, he’ll only try to help

“There s you cannot consult with a boorish man of obdurate nature like myself However, if you do not share all that you wish to, your heart will be filled with trouble No nificant you have dee back, because I have already decided to stand by you”

“Yes…”

I nodded, holding in e to cry

His expression softened I was even more moved to tears at the kindness in his eyes, which only offered praise

When I wiped away the tears that had fore hand had lifted from his knee, but stopped midway, and clenched into a fist

“…………”

Had he been about to wipe away my tears?

Sir Leonhard was a gentleman, so the possibility wasn’t zero But because I was the princess, he had probably hesitated to touch me

In the end, his hand returned to his knee without doing anything, and I looked on regretfully

“Is so amiss…?”

Sir Leonhard looked at

No, I tried to deny at once, but kept my mouth shut This hat had made him disappointed in the first place

But it had absolutely nothing to do with avoiding the dangers of the future Only my desires

Round, and round, and round hts went in circles It was a co sound

Sir Leonhard did not try to press me for an answer His dark eyes only continued observe

If he had scolded me and said I just said it earlier, didn’t I? it would have been easier to speak I could uilt would diminish But I shouldn’t think like that

“May…may I…”

I broke off

Even if I was notmy appearance at last, the words did not seem to want to co breath I cleared my throat once