Volume 1 Chapter 2 (2/2)
A faint blush appears on her white face, and her cool violet eyes begin to glitter–
Her shoulders shook as if she just becaht after
“Elle lista moire farest renoreno fariarta kirano ria fasta belo Albricht leah sirna eterna moir lilianda shi+a fauna colena delera! Rena! (How childish!+ To think the citizens still believe in fairy tales, it’s just as expected of a small rural country The educational standard is beyond the pale Albricht, a dignified and handsoolden hair and emerald eyes, accidentally strayed into another world while wandering about in the forests A romantic epic about how he meets the queen of the fairy country and spends his days playing with her lovingly in a golden rooh so hard thatwater I ht!”
In response to the raging billow of Endrish assaulting him,
“Eh? Eh?”
Ludwik uttered as he darted his eyes about Princess Katerina quickly looked aith her eyes and conveyed with a chilly countenance in perfect Dahl
“Since it seems it isn’t an is I want to prepare”
“I’m sorry”
Feeling like he just had massive amount of cold water dumped on him, Ludwik retreated backwards As he turned around to leave in a hurry, he incidentally noticed that there were leaves stuck on the he dress
(Eh?)
The princess grabbed the skirt of her dress and pulled it behind her, then glared at Ludwik
To ogle the bride before the cerear Do kindly take your leave already”
Being rejected bluntly, Ludwik couldn’t say anything more and left Princess Katerina’s room with doubt in his mind
(Why did she suddenly start assaulting me with Endrish? I couldn’t understand what she said at all, but for a princess who confined herself in her rooirl as chatting excitedly with a friend before that A~ah, but I couldn’t become friends with her in the end If Princess Katerina doesn’t want to marry me, I don’t want to force her… but after all, I can’t say, “Let’s cancel the wedding” given the position I’row fond of and open her heart to me after we marry like Adelheid asserted?)
Even after the wedding ceren
Beneath a pure white veil that’s finely meshed, the bride continued to tie her lips resolutely, stiffen her cheeks, and look away frolanced at her face from the corner of his eye, he felt his stomach hurt
“Now then, bridegroom, please take the oath”
“Yes, I do”
(Ahh–, I swore just like that–)
Next, it’s Princess Katerina’s turn to swear
However, she glued her lips tightly shut like a shellfish and showed no intention of opening her mouth She furrowed her eyebrows such that they couldn’t be furrowed any further and maintained her silence obstinately
The cathedral was as silent as a graveyard in winter
As Ludwik felt his heart pounding from anxiety, the princess cast her eyes doard and bit her lips tightly after being urged by the archbishop, and finally,
“…do”
She muttered in a voice as faint as a phantom
(I’lad she didn’t yell “I don’t!” and run away)
Ludwik felt relieved for the moment, but
“You may now kiss the bride”
As Ludwik drew near her face nervously, she forcefully dodged her head to the side right before their lips were about to touch, causing Ludho had lost his target, to fall forward slightly from his momentum
Their cheeks aardly brushed against each other
Before God, I acknowledge that the two of you are now husband and wife
The archbishop declared pompously, and applause burst forth
(Eh? I didn’t actually kiss her just now, right? Eh? You’re going to acknowledge it anyways? Is this really okay?)
Next to Ludho is looking around the crowd restlessly, the bride has her faced turned away
In the subsequent parade and wedding banquet, Princess Katerina ee across permafrost She kept her head turned away fro him no face at all The populace who crowded the streets yelled out, “Congratulations on the e!”; however, once they saw the irate bride, they too became silent Then,
“I feel sorry for His Majesty…”
“As expected, the princess is displeased with his coround”
“You have hness”
Words of sympathy and condolence like these continued to resound
The events of this day would later be called “Queen Katerina’s Wedding Incident” Ludho ended up having his discord with the new queen revealed to his retainers and the citizenry, wanted to crawl into a hole if there was one
“Sorry, I can’t do this after all”
“Once the e is consummated, all women become attached to their husband without exception If it’s Your Highness, everything will be fine When tomorrow comes, the queen will be all lovey dovey”
“Is it your vice to coolly assert, “It’ll be fine” without a single shred of evidence! Adelheid!”
As soon as the banquet ended, Ludas own, then driven into his bedroom all under Adelheid’s instructions
Thin silk curtains and a canopy covered the expansive bed from all sides, and a woman’s silhouette could be seen within
(It’s Princess Katerina!)
“Well then, please have a good night”
Adelheid bowed reverently and left with the attendants
(Ahhhhhhhhhhh, wait, don’t leave us aloneeeee)
(Well, it’s not like we can play a tournament of cards with everyone on our bed as needs on our first night Though I’ve never had a lover, I of course knohat the grooht)
(What a for irl)
“It’sin”
Ludwik says to her casually Since he’s her husband now, Ludwik thought he shouldn’t be overly formal He parted the silk curtains and entered inside
Princess Katerina was sitting with her knees touching in a white nightgown, looking like the legendary ho transforht The white wolf looked at him sharply
Her pointed gaze read, “If you approach naw off your windpipe”
(Oof)
Ludwik al around, but
(The white wolf Branshi+re is a legend, the one here is e and nails won’t sharpen into claws even if ht is shi+ned upon her)
Ludwik chanted this in his heart and forced a smile out
“Umm, do you prefer we speak in Endrish?”
“…”
“El faea matalu estelite noa (I’m still not very fluent in Endrish, so), phil altair chestirode (If I say soible, please tell me)”
“…”
Ludwik aligns his knees together and straightens his back like Princess Katerina before sitting down on the bed, upon which the princess’s eyebrows became even more doardly acute
(A hu on to me with her teeth, won’t bite my flesh off, won’t tear my body into two)
“El kalis tronidardo torisfeain various ways as your husband myself)”
(I’ stared at with intense eyes, but I can do this)
“Chellu toris faruda est vera roos (I don’t plan to skimp on any effort to make you fancy me, so)”
(It feels like I’ stared at even more intensely now, b-but I’ll be fine)”
“Elude anaphile chestia (Could you please accept me as your husband?)”
(If I say that it feels like I’m the bride– Rather than that, her face is scary after all She looks angry– She tre down on her li–ps, and she looks like she’s about to ju her nai–ls!!)
Just as Ludwik felt his physical safety was in jeopardy
A transparent drop spilled across the princess’s cheeks which had turned pale
(Eh?)
As Ludwik opened his eyes wide in shock, drops of tears began to fall from the noble violet eyes of the princess of the north With her eyes and eyebrows still pointed while biting hard on her lips and gripping the mattress with both hands, tears fell down her face nonstop like a heavy rain
(W-Wahh! What should I do!)
Having his bride suddenly cry on hi Moreover, the one crying is the icy princess who’s been nothing but cold towards him
The way she’s crying is like that of a little girl, hiccuping now and then as she cries and cries Seeing her tighten her shoulders and try to keep her eyebrows pointed with all her hten
(Ahh I see, she stressed herself a great deal so as not to showa half co him for the first tiirl in her situation would)
Ludwik felt a co princess somehow
Ludwik has always been weak to women when they’re vulnerable or when they’re worried about so If a woman like that is in front of hi to help her Such is his nature
And so, he discreetly bent his torso toward the crying Princess Katerina,
“Dia toris faeriayou don’t want me to) Christa royla nieque (So please don’t cry)”
Ludwik said wholeheartedly
Princess Katerina looks up at Ludith her disheveled face Ludwik smiles at her, upon which she distorts her face even olden eyelashes to their tips then fall without pause once again
With the princess like so, Ludwik spoke about famous spots in Rhodesia and recited the fairy tales of the country to her
Did you know that there are various versions of the story about the fairy queen and the knight Albricht? I’ll take you to the forest which spawned the legend as well It’s not scary if we don’t go too deep, plus the greenery is very pretty right now, and the freshly picked blueberries and lingonberries are ambrosial
Princess Katerina continued to cry the whole night, and Ludwik continued to coer on her body
On the next ,
“Morning”
To Princess Katerina, who had fallen asleep halfway through fro tenderly with his back against the sunlight co in from the s
“!”
As soon as she woke up, she opened her eyes and mouth widely and reddened her face in embarrassment She quickly turned her face away, jumped off the bed like a bunny, and hid herself behind a screen in the back of the room
Shecarelessly cried in front of Ludwik
Her golden hair that’s brighter than the ainst the back of her pure white nightgown Having followed her delicate back with his eyes as she hid herself behind the screen, Ludwik felt his heart thuht
(So cute– I thought she was asas a white wolf, but would you look at that, she’s just a norirl after all Ever since she caainst each other, but I feel like we can get along from now on)
As he recalled Princess Katerina’s reddened face, Ludwik slackened his cheeks
However—
“Ah, princess– I mean, my queen”
When Ludwik addressed her at the breakfast table, he was shown the side of her coldly
While thinking, “Eh?”, he tried to call out to her when she got up to leave the room, upon which this time she abruptly and quickly distanced herself from him
Thereafter, whenever Ludwik tried to talk to her, she would stiffen her entire body and walk away briskly
“It seeo well for His and Her Majesty on their first night”
“To be disliked so much, I feel sorry for His Majesty”
He was cast gazes of syain
(I’m sure she just feels embarrassed e’re in front of others)
Ludwik tried to reassure himself as he waited for Princess Katerina to pass by the hallway When she appeared, Ludwik made sure no one else was around this time before he called out to her,
“Hi”
But, as soon as he spoke, she twitched her elegant shoulders then juhtly, pointed her eyebroard like a razor, and les as she stared at Ludwik Her two hands, tightly made into fists, were held to her chest
(S-she’s just e at ain, but she doesn’t actually hate ht?)
Even as Ludwik felt his strength waver, he still smiled
“Elus malta fabio asteria (May I speak to you in your room after dinner?)”
He asked like a gentleman in Endrish, upon which,
“No”
He was coldly answered clearly and decisively in Dahl words pronounced perfectly It wasn’t just the words; her eyes were also chilling
“H-how about tomorrow?”
“No”
“Then the day after tomorrow”
“Whether it’s one day or two days or any number of days after tomorrow– no”
(Hey, I’m your husband you know!)
Princess Katerina focused upon Ludith an expression as cold as absolute zero, as if she was the God responsible for blizzards
“Last night, you said that you wouldn’t do anything I don’t want you to”
“Eh? Ah, right”
“If that’s the case, please don’t step intoand afternoon And also, please try your hardest not to enter ht Please don’t address me Please don’t breathe in front of me”
“Wai–, Wait a second—”
“How are we going to fulfill our duties as ato coh to ask
To Ludhose throat was choked up ords, Princess Katerina, who looked like a graceful fairy queen with her golden hair and violet eyes, uttered as if to throw a stone of glassy ice at him,
“Gradde dela polino (You stink of the countryside, so please don’t come close to me)”
TN comments
Please letquotes on dialogue
Next chapter is quite long and I’ to be busier, so I think it’ll take ~2 weeks to do
Hope the hours I spend searching thesauruses and googling to try to preserve assure the translated text can be easily parsed (iinal text not infrequently…) for every single sentence shows in the translation
I want to hold Katerina’s face with my hand