Book 10: Chapter 3: Three People, in The Carriage (2/2)

”Not at all, in fact, I feel this carriage was more spacious and comfortable than I'd thought. Besides, Dudley is my bodyguard.”

Since she was told that it was more appropriate for his guard to sit next to him, she had nothing to say back. It should be the development of her stumbling on Felix's chest as the carriage rocked, or leaning on his shoulder pretending to take a little nap!

As Eliane ground her teeth inwardly, Glenn lifted his gaze and looked at Eliane as if he had noticed something.

Have you finally realized what I'm thinking? That's right, you should be more sensible.

”No need to worry, Eliane! I'll make sure to protect not only President but also you as well!”

That's not the thing she wanted him concerned about.

After forcibly swallowing the almost spoken words of ‘I am not expecting you to protect me,' she gave him a dainty smile.

”Oh my, how reassuring to be protected by you, Lord Glenn.”

”You can count on me! By the way, I think spelling the name ‘Eliane' is a bit hard, so can I call you just Ellie?”

There's no way you can! Eliane almost blurted out those words, but then she thought.

If she allowed Glenn to call her Ellie, then following that conversation, she can beg Felix, ‘Could you call me Ellie too, Lord Felix?' With that notion, it's highly likely Felix would call her Ellie, wouldn't it?

Eliane responded with an ambiguous smile that could not be described as either a denial or an affirmation and then shifted her gaze to Felix in a perfectly natural gesture.

”Lord Felix, could you…”

…call me Ellie? Before she could finish, she saw Felix's head shake.

Felix's long golden eyelashes were downcast, and he looked somewhat sleepy. It seems that he had been dozing off without really listening to Eliane.

”Umm… Lord Felix?”

”Oh, I'm sorry. I'm a little sleep-deprived… I was really looking forward to today, and I didn't get much sleep last night.”

Eliane's mood, which had been declining, suddenly rose after hearing Felix's words.

I had no idea that Lord Felix was looking forward to coming to my house this much!

Wouldn't this be a good sign for a love relationship?

Eliane concealed the joy that was welling up in her and said to Felix concernedly.

”Please take it easy and get some rest, Lord Felix.”

”Yeah. I would do that.”

Felix rested his cheek on the arm he leaned against the armrest and closed his eyes.

While Eliane was enraptured by the beauty of Felix's sleeping profile, Glenn poked and prodded Eliane.

”…do you need something, Lord Glenn?”

”I'm bored just looking at the scenery, so why don't we play a game? I brought a lot of stuff from my house just for today.”

”Lord Felix is asleep, I don't think we should make too much noise…”

”I'll keep my voice down, so don't worry. Now, look at this coin~”

Glenn pulled a single copper coin out of his pocket and flicked it with his right hand, then caught it again with his right hand. After cupping both his right and left hands, he held them out in front of Eliane.

”Which one's got the coins in it?”

”…right hand…”

Glenn smiled and opened his hands, the result was a coin in his left hand. Eliane couldn't help but round her eyes.

”What? What? How? I saw you catch it with your right hand.”

”Okay, one more time.”

Glenn flicked the coin with his right hand and caught it with his right hand. Eliane watched the movement of the coin without blinking. She was certain that the coin was held in his right hand.

”It's in the right hand again.”

”Too bad, you were wrong~”

”What!?”

Eliane involuntarily leaned forward and stared at the coin. This kind of trick was a common stunt in street, but Eliane, a young lady whose life was restricted to high society, had never seen a street performance or a commoner's trick.

”You're cheating. You used magic, didn't you?”

”I didn't do any chanting, though. And my master told me that it was impossible to teleport an object with human mana.”

And what Glenn said was a fact. So Elaine could only pout while staring intently at Glenn's right hand.

”Please do it one more time, okay, one more time.”

”Okay, I'll raise the difficulty level a little this time.”

”Eh!? But I haven't even figured out the trick of the first one yet!”

Felix, who had been dozing off resting his cheek on his hand, opened one eye thinly and put a small smile on his lips after looking at Glenn and Eliane, before closing his eyes again.

He found it rather amusing to listen to their conversation, but now he wanted to get some sleep.

Just like a boy going to meet his first love, he couldn't get proper sleep last night. After all, he's going to meet the Silent Witch whom he had been admiring so much.

From what he heard, Lady Silent Witch had arrived at the Duchy Rehnberg, awaiting his arrival.

.What should he talk about when he met her—thought Felix as he back to his slumber.