Chapter 92: – Lyss’ Thoughts (1/2)

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Aerosol31

Yuushin

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Cyn

When the meeting to decide Lute’s family name was over, I – the second princess of the High Elf Kingdom of Enol, Lyss Enol Meméa, went back to my room.

Shia, my guard maid, served as the waitress of the room and was currently pouring me a cup of scented tea with a cool expression.

Overcome by my emotions, I unintentionally criticized her speech and behavior from a while ago.

“Shia, what were you thinking back then? Lute-san has two wives already, so why did you do something like making me get closer to him?”

“Is there a problem? I was certain that your highness was yearning for the young master, so I intend to give your highness a push, but-”

“Y-yyyyearning for? To yearn for a gentleman who is already married is……!”

“Your Highness, please calm down. High Elves are known to bind to only one person in their whole lifetime, and according to history, there were cases where one married a second or even a third wife. Also, I think that in those cases, their feelings weren’t forced, you know?”

“Ce-certainly, there were cases like those, but…… W-what about Shia? You also want to be tied to Lute-san, right?”

“Well, I am young master’s slave.”

Shia said with a proud expression, as if wanting to say that she did have a visible bond with Lute.

The slave money used to buy her had already been paid back by Enol. The money Lute-san borrowed from Meiya-san was already repaid, too. However, Shia declined Lute-san’s proposal of being released as his slave.

“I still want to continue being young master’s slave”, she said.

I thought Shia was a little sly.

“My feelings for the young master are closer to that of a fellow soldier, rather than a lover or a married couple. Therefore, please don’t worry about me, and convey your own feelings to the young master. I’m sure madam Snow and madam Chrisse will understand.”

―― I had a dream, albeit a small one.

The days spent with Lute-san, Snow-san, and Chrisse-san.

It was very sweet dream, full of warmth and happiness. But……

“……Shia, I understand what you think. However, I am the next-in-line as the queen of Enol, and I plan to fulfill my duty, so I can’t do something like having feelings towards Lute-san. That’s why, please don’t worry about me anymore.”

“Your highness……”

“There’s nothing else left to do today, so Shia, please take a rest.”

With lowered brows, she curtsied and left the room.

The steam from the cup of the scented tea swayed heartrendingly.

I stood up from my seat, and fell onto the bed.

“Something like having feelings for Lute-san……”

I murmured that, but I couldn’t deceive myself.

I really yearned for Lute-san.

But when had I fallen for him?

I closed my eyes and thought back.

In the inn outside the lake, where we met for the first time.

“I was accompanied by Shia, and was waiting in a room. I remembered my heart throbbing so hard and it just wouldn’t stop……”

‘He’s a nice person’, that was my first impression of him.

Even though they seem to come from someplace far away, he still extended his hand to us without any hesitation at all.

I believed Shia’s words, of a hero who would come to help the High Elf Kingdom.

That moment when he held my hands, I felt something go through my body.

That Lute-san came to us, might be destiny for me. Or so I thought.

……but, the person already had two wives.

Though I revered him as the hero who saved this country, there were no feelings of affection for the opposite sex mixed in.

I opposed my father and went to the giant scorpion extermination with Lute-san.

En route, Lute-san got worried about me, who had gotten sick from the carriage.

He put his hand on my head, which seemed to be hot, and called out how much time was left until we arrived.

Whenever his hand touched my body, I always felt a nice feeling.