My Fiancee Was the Villainess of This World

9 – Suspicion

Priscilla is a noble lady who is truly sincere and looks like a picture.

In other words, it means that he is boring and uninteresting.

A guy like that said he would suggest a wholesome game.

There is nothing to expect.

Because I thought board games would be the only healthy games to enjoy in the small space of the drawing room anyway.

So I didn’t have high expectations in the first place.

… Surely it is.

“Then I would like to hear it somewhere. That wholesome play you thought of.”

Isn’t this a statement that seems to be expecting something?

“Kuhm.”

For some reason, feeling ashamed, I reached out for the teacup in front of me.

I can feel your gaze.

This is not the gaze of Priscilla, who is sitting across from me.

Chorong Chorong.

Did you say Annette?

I brewed the best tea in Biryong Hall and put it nearby, but he was strangely passionate about useless things.

I’m sure this lady-in-waiting made fun of her useless mouth in the Dragon Hall, so she might have made my current reputation….

‘It’s annoying.’

Should I kick them out?

As she was thinking that, Priscilla covered her mouth and laughed.

I set the teacup down while glancing at Priscilla.

Click.

As if my displeasure was reflected, the teacup made a rather loud noise.

If it had only been two weeks ago, this alone would have cooled the entire atmosphere of the Biryonggwan.

But now I feel like the atmosphere has heated up even more.

“Go out and see.”

With this troublesome handmaid by her side, things seem to get messed up.

So I decided to kick them out.

Kikik.

Tak.

Something rude.

Looking at this place with eyes full of regret until the last moment.

From now on, I’ll have to order another lady-in-waiting to serve tea.

Now that seems like the most effective corporal punishment.

“Are you feeling better?”

“Do you feel sick?”

“… I’ve heard rumors. Sir Bertrand is showing great enthusiasm.”

“….”

Okay, then it’s nothing to worry about.

Because the leader of the knights is a madman with only his wife and training in his head.

“It’s okay. You get used to anything.”

Whoa.

A sigh of relief escaped Priscilla’s mouth.

The volume was so low that you wouldn’t be able to hear it if you weren’t paying attention, but it was definitely a sigh of relief.

“This is Harvest Festival soon.”

What’s soon, you witch.

Is your concept of time messed up because you stopped being human?

Now it is the end of May and the harvest festival is on October 1st.

That means there are four months left.

“… Right. Harvest paper soon.”

But I didn’t bother with her words.

For some reason, I could tell that she was very courageous, judging from her flustered look and the fact that she let go of her luck.

“I heard that at Soleil’s entrance ceremony, there will be a banquet to welcome her new students.”

She is a very frustrating woman.

I got up and stood beside her.

“Just, Mr. Similian… ?”

Then, casually, he reached out her hand to her.

“Would you like to dance a song?”

Priscilla opened her eyes wide as if in surprise for a moment, then she casually placed her hand on mine and gave a small smile.

“Yes.”

Ttogak.

The distance is close.

It was the first time they were looking at each other from such a close distance that they could feel each other’s breath.

‘Something magical.’

Priscilla really does look like a witch.

Today, the weather was clear from morning to the point where the knight commander said, “The weather is nice, hahahahaha!”

How can your hair look so moist as if it was wet in the rain?

“Sorry.”

“You mean Moore?”

“… No wholesome play came to mind.”

Priscilla, as if recalling the fact of her boast, lowered her head slightly with her face blushing slightly.

“Huh.”

Somehow it seemed so.

That’s why I couldn’t help but laugh.

Then Priscilla tried to avoid my gaze by shrinking her body even more.

“Is it a traditional Istrian dance? How unique.”

At that, Priscilla raised her gaze and looked up at me.

She was very slight, but her eyes seemed to contain strong emotion.

It was a remark that stimulated regional emotions, so it was a natural reaction.

“Now you see here, Priscilla.”

It is a mysterious eye.

The more I looked, the more I could feel the mysterious power in my eyes.

“… It’s okay.”

Priscilla looked a little taken aback when her eyes met mine and she tried to look away from her.

I gently put my hand on her back.

“Dance is to look into each other’s eyes. Stupid thing.”

Did you think I couldn’t even dance because I was famous for being a jerk?

I’m not proud of it, but I can’t lose to anyone in Hwangseong when it comes to drinking and singing.

“At least what you think is good to the eye. It probably reminded me of a board game at first anyway.”

Awkward.

“Then I must have been worried that if I lost, I would get angry.”

Awkward.

“I was afraid that I would get more angry if I looked at it clumsily, so I must have thought of another plan in a hurry.”

“….”

Don’t look at me as if you’ve seen a ghost, foolish thing.

A simple guy.

Since the crown prince is called a b*tch anyway, he must have thought that it would be okay to suggest a dance for the banquet.

Because it’s wholesome and also an excuse.

“It’s a pity, it seems to be a little better than you expected. Did you even try to win with this?”

As I continued to dance, Priscilla started mucking her mouth.

I felt like I had something to say, but I couldn’t say it.

“… No.”

“What?”

“… It was just my greed.”

Hwaahahahahah.

I could feel the heat on Priscilla’s skin.

It was so hot that I thought that even if I caught a cold, my body wouldn’t get this hot.

But greedy?

Why does the word greed come out here?

Is it a fever?

Why is my body so hot─

… No way?

I was embarrassed.

I never thought that Priscilla would show her feelings so directly.

Now this guy is… She just wanted to dance with me?

Confused.

What did this guy just say?

Dude.

I stopped involuntarily.

“….”

“….”

June, which can be called early summer, is about to begin.

Maybe that’s why the room feels stuffy today.

Yes, this is definitely the reason.

“Yes, you should look good at the banquet.”

“… Yes.”

That’s probably not the answer Priscilla was hoping for.

But I had a feeling that if I gave her the answer she wanted, something would change.

‘Finally, I’ve gone crazy too.’

It’s only three times since she recalled memories from her past life and talked to her.

Are you saying that just with that alone can shake you this much?

Yes, you can.

Because she is beautiful enough to be appropriately described as Gyeonggukjisaek, and she is a kind enough woman to be evaluated as a talented woman.

Even though Istria was born in an unknown noble family in her village, there were so many nobles who would take her if it weren’t for me.

But she is a witch.

That is also a witch who summons the shadow of the end that threatens the existence of the world.

But why are you so swayed by her?

I couldn’t even understand myself.

‘… As expected, something happened six years ago.’

Otherwise, I couldn’t understand this feeling right now.

Could this witch have put a curse on me?

When she had that thought, she couldn’t quite hold out her hand towards her.

“The excitement has cooled.”

So I let out her all-too-familiar excuse and distanced herself from her.

“Ah….”

Then Priscilla seemed to be relieved, but also showed a somewhat regretful reaction.

She is a woman who seems to have a flair mixed with each action that shakes men’s hearts.

I’m not going to fall for that delusion… !

“I will drop off the car. Please wait a moment.”

As I sat back down, Priscilla got up and started making tea.

‘Very familiar.’

Priscilla’s movements looked very familiar, as if she had been riding in the car often.

That was enough to make me think that the lady-in-waiting named Annette didn’t need to enter the room from now on.

‘Yes, this is the scent.’

Tea grown in Istria really has this subtle scent.

My heated body calmed down and my thoughts began to clear up.

Yes, I was only slightly dazzled by the heat of summer and the gestures of that swanky guy.

Like a bee, intoxicated by the scent of a flower, greedily craves honey.

Dalgak.

“… Feel so good.”

“Thank you.”

It’s about the smell of tea, this cheeky thing.

I swallowed the sigh that reached the top of my throat along with the tea.

Ah, calming down.

As expected, Istria is first-class when it comes to tea.

… Could it be that your preference for this car is related to your memory from six years ago?

‘Should I ask?’

Should I not?

Honestly, I’m curious.

This guy knows something I don’t know.

I knew right from the start that I still love Istrian tea.

Above all—

‘It was like he knew why I grew my hair.’

The captain of the knights always hangs out with my father, so he probably knows why I grow my hair.

But how did Priscilla know that?

I don’t think I made fun of it that lightly….

‘I must be crazy.’

If I really lost my memories of 6 years ago because I was cursed, and the roads started to diverge like this from then on….

Doesn’t that mean that the moment I mention it, something goes wrong?

‘Not yet. It’s still….’

Hasn’t fully bloomed solar attributes yet.

So we need a little more time.

‘Don’t be in a hurry. She will start moving in earnest in the next two years.’

There should still be time to spare.

“What do you think?”

“… Sorry. I was thinking about wholesome play.”

Just a good topic.

“The weather is nice. Let’s go on a picnic next time.”

“… Yes, Maximilian.”

Are picnics so welcome?

The corners of Priscilla’s mouth twitched very slightly.

She smiled at him and lowered her gaze, when she saw something like a thread hanging from a button on her chest.

Since they danced close together, her hair must have gotten on her clothes.

She thought so and she insignificantly tried to reach out her hand.

… That is, until she confirmed that the color of her hair was black.

“Maximilian?”

“… It’s dusty.”

I brushed off my chest while pretending to be expressionless in order not to show my agitation as much as possible.

But my back was full of cold sweat.

Black hair.

It was definitely the color of Priscilla’s hair, which appeared in the dark in the finale.