Chapter 44
「Lilisan … is that you?」
―Sakura! What should I(watashi) do! Fleeing seems to be the best option here!
―Yup. When you see a panicking person, it’s easier to remain calm. Well, Lilia he is already convinced so it doesn’t make sense to run now.
―Then what should I do?!
Lilia’s mind was completely in turmoil. If the news of a duke’s daughter shopping at a place like this became public, it would bring trouble to her family. She could care less about the opinions of strangers, but when it came to her family, she cared a little.
―Lilia. Calm down. Yep, deep breaths.
Following Sakura’s advice, Lilia took a deep breath. Ray was looking at her curiously, but she could care less about that now.
― Lilia.Calm down. Ray doesn’t recognize Lilia as “Lilliane Aldis.” So no need to panic yet.
Sakura’s words made me remember. Although I am not completely sure, but Ray only recognizes Lilia as some high-ranking noble lady. She consoled herself that the worst case scenario hadn’t come to pass and asked Sakura what she should do next.
― Let’s trust our friend(mikata) instead of rashly trying to deceive him. Ray is a smart kid, so I think he can guess based on how Lilia is dressed. 1
―Fine……I get it.
Lilia turned towards Ray and tried to regain her bearing with a cough. Responding to it, Ray corrected his posture. She wondered why, but she paid no heed to that and continued speaking.
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「Good to see you ne, Ray.」
「Waa! I thought it was Lilisan! I was surprised because I never thought I would meet in a place like this!」
Ray came forward with a broad smile. He seemed really glad to have met Lilia, and his joy was honest and unpretentious. Lilia thought about how she wanted to deceive him earlier, and felt a little guilty.
「But I was surprised. Lilisama is a high-ranking noble, right? I didn’t think people like them comes to these places.」
As soon as he uttered the words “high-ranking noble”, the surrounding people looked at him with their eyes peeled, as well as to the person he was talking to, Lilia. When Lilia was pulling his cheek, the following instructions came from Sakura.
-Let’s get out of here, right now.
Lilia immediately nodded walked to Ray, and took his hand. Ignoring the startled Ray, Lilia quickly started walking.
Hurriedly, she left that place and after they entered a dark, narrow alley between the buildings, Lilia took a breather.
「Ah, that…」
I turned on hearing Ray’s voice. Now that I think about it, I dragged him here without saying anything. When I turned around to apologize, Ray seemed remorseful.
「I’m sorry. You wanted to hide your identity.……」
Reacting to the words, Lilia’s eyes slightly widened. He seemed to have firmly guessed the intentions behind Lilia’s previous actions. His head seemed to be working well. At least if someone acted with Lilia in a similar manner, she wouldn’t have been able to calm her indignation.
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―No, Ray wouldn’t have been as rude as Lilia is.
―However I think your(anata) words just now were undoubtedly extremely rude to me.
― You’re imagining it, you’re imagining it.
Sighing at Sakura who was laughing happily, Lilia turned towards Ray. Ray was anxiously staring at Lilia.
「Next time onwards it’s better to be more attentive」
Even though it was a little blunt, Ray smiled, saying he was relieved.
「What did Lilisama come here for?」
At Ray’s question, Lilia was at a loss for words. She didn’t feel any malice from Ray, who was tilting his head with a smile, but she still wondered if it was okay to answer honestly.
― I think it’s okay to give an honest reply. This child is probably fine.
Following Sakura’s instructions, Lilia opened her mouth.
「A friend of mine gave me some sweets a while ago. Have you ever heard of dorayaki?」
「Yes! It is delicious isn’t it? I(boku) like it, too.」
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I wonder why, Ray’s smile was quite dazzling. I could not face it directly and averted my eyes.
―What a harmless smile…. My(watashi) slightly corrupt heart feels somewhat painful, ne. 2
― Slightly corrupt, you’ve realized it huh….
I don’t want to admit it eh, but even if I strongly want to deny it, I cannot.
「Ah, I see! That’s why you came to buy it yourself(jibun) right? Because you wanted to eat more. Lillisama is surprisingly a glutton.……」
Immediately after that, Ray’s head . 3was grabbed by someone’s right hand. To the completely petrified Ray, Lilian asked with a 『smile』 on her face
「I’m sorry. I couldn’t hear it well. I wonder what you were trying to say?」
「Um, that….Well, it has a taste that makes you want to eat again! I understand!」
Ahaha, Ray laughed with a panicked smile, and ohoho Lilia laughed with a pasted smile.
― Scary.
― Shut up. Whose fault is this? It was definitely your(anata) unending greed, right?
― Uguu…..Can’t refute it….
Satisfied with Sakura’s silence, Lilia let go of Ray’s head. The released Ray stumbled two or three steps back and stared at Lillia warily. His eyes seemed to be slightly wet. Did I go too far when teaching him a lesson?
「I’m sorry. But, Ray, please remember that there are things you can and things you cannot say to women ne.」
―No, it’s Lilia who gets angry too easily.
― You have no remorse….
― Hii! I’m sorry!
Even though Lilia was frowning at Sakura’s words, Ray thought it was directed towards himself and lowered his head.
「I’m sorry! It certainly wasn’t a word suitable for women. I’ll be careful.」4
「Eh, eh eh……..it’s fine if you understand. En.……」
― Poor thing. This would become a trauma. 5
―…………。
― I’m sorry.