Happy Friday!
This chapter is quite fluffy at the end, so if you’ve had a bad day, maybe this will cheer you up.
As usual, let me know your thoughts on the chapter. Enjoy and I’ll see you next week.
「Oi! Mirabell Swain!!」
As soon as Cain and His Highness Prince Romeo left, His Highness Prince Gilbert called out my name from behind the pillar.
Staring at me, he leaned against the pillar arrogantly. But because he still looked somewhat baby-faced, he didn't have as much of an impact as his oniisama. If I had to say, he looked more like Yurii-sama.
「Ignore him, Mira. Let's quickly go.」
Looking fed up, Yurii-sama urged me to leave. But the other person is the second prince. As if I could ignore him.
Besides, since he looked a little like Yurii-sama, I'm kind of curious about him. I couldn't help looking at him. I wonder how long it would take for the little one in my arms to look like that. Or would he undergo significant growth, and become calm and collected like his eldest brother. I'm trying to imagine it, because in just a year, I will have to say goodbye, so I won't be able to see it, which was regrettable.
「How can I help you?」
「Mira!」
Stop it, ignore him, Yurii-sama was pulling on my hair. When I told him that it really hurts when he did that, he quickly let go and apologized. He also smoothed out my hair.
Oh my god. It's ok, I forgive you. Aah, I'm getting dizzy….
「Mirabell Swain. You, um, that! Eer…that's why, that!」
「What.」
While glaring at His Highness Prince Gilbert, Yurii-sama immediately retorted. Even though he's a natural airhead, he sharply retorts other people, he's a terrifying child.
「I, can be friends with you if you want!」
「Don't want. Go away.」
At His Highness Prince Gilbert who wasn't discouraged, Yurii-sama retorted once again. Somehow, from up here, his gaze was quite similar to a certain someone's.
That confident smile too, it's so similar to Yurii-sama's that I wonder if they actually have different mothers. On the contrary, if it's just based on their presences, then he's not similar to His Highness Prince Gilbert at all.
「In, in exchange, you need to help me with Dahlia!」
「Ah–…」
That kind of… It seems that he has a huge crush on Dahlia. I myself am indifferent when it comes to love, but I enjoy listening to other people's stories…perhaps he was running around in circles and going nowhere. Anyway, what if Dahlia rejected him?
If he unskillfully made a move on Dahlia, she would be angry with him, and I wanted him to do his best by himself.
「How did you know that I was close friends with her?」
「I looked into it!」
The moment that I had suspected him of being a stalker, I did my best to get rid of the thought. It wasn't good to think that about a prince.
Still, even if I had any objections, he looked proud of himself. As expected, he reminded me of his younger brother.
Maa, if he were younger, he would be cute, but if he was a classmate or someone older, then I might find his type to be annoying. However, Yurii-sma would always be cute. I guarantee it.
「So Your Highness likes Dahlia.」
「You're wrong! I love her.」
For a teenager to be able to say 『I love her』was amazing. My fiance occasionally said this, but he's just joking. His Highness Prince Alan was said to be a smooth talker, but since his demeanor was like ojisama's, he doesn't make people uncomfortable.
According to Dia, it seems that he's a flamboyant person yet he still made sure that his relationships with women were not discovered. His presence was also similar to ojisama's.
「Then why don't you just immediately go tell her how you feel?」
「I don't want to be rejected. That's why, I said that I would use you!」
Even if you look so proud of yourself…. He wasn't that much older than me, but I'm worried about his future. I heard that he was smart just like his siblings, but he was, what was known as, a KY or someone who was kind of weird.
TN NOTE: I don’t know how many of you know what KY means, but KY stands for 空気読めない (kouki yomenai), which is what you call someone when they can’t read the mood, quite literally translated like that.
「Mira! She would never help someone like you!」
「Shut up, Yuriel. Don't talk to me. I'm talking to Mirabell Swain.」
The second eldest brother, His Highness Prince Gilbert's gaze was not one of an older brother looking at his younger brother. I could not keep quiet about this.
「He is your precious younger brother, is he not? Isn't that attitude too much?」
「Younger brother? That guy? Don't joke with me! That guy's very existence is a mistake! He shouldn't have been born. I don't have anything to do with him. Why would it be necessary for me to have any affections for that guy?」
Ah.
「Ah–… …I'm sorry.」
I did it. I slapped him. It was a reflex.
Moreover, the other person was a prince.
This is bad.
This is really, really bad.
This is not funny.
Slapping the duke's son whose temper I know well was completely different from slapping a prince on our first meeting. No, the former was not something I should do either.
His Highness Prince Gilbert held his face in shock.
When I looked at Yurii-sama, his eyes were widened in shock, telling me that, as expected, this was bad. Most likely, I was making the same face.
There were three options that came to mind.
→Run away.
→Run away as fast as I can.
→Kneel down.
My presence was smaller than that of a bug's, but my pride would not allow for the last option.
「Mi, Mira is so impulsive!」
「I do not have anything to say to that.」
Aah, I want to run away, but I was so scared, I couldn't move.
「Waa! Ojousama, so cool!」
Dahlia rushed over to me who sank down to the floor. Thanks to that, His Highness Prince Gilbert also focused on us, and there wasn't anything more that could be done.
Crouching down next to me, Dahlia was getting excited, going kyaa kyaa.
「I saw it, I saw it! As expected of Mirojousama! That's, the whip of love, right?」
No, I did it reflexively.
「Whenever he did something bad, oniisan would also punch him.」
「You're really impulsive, Mira.」
「No, that hit was so cute that I could've twisted your wrist.」
Right now, I don't want to see you boasting.
「Good excuse, Gil. For you who didn't treasure your younger brother, ojousama taught you the preciousness of familial love. So, if you do something like unjustifiably resent her and blame her, I would really question your character.」
I didn't have such a good reason.
「I, I wouldn't do something like resent her! It's just like you said, Dahlia, Mirabell Swain is a good person!」
「That's right! Ara, so you do understand a little.」
That way of talking to a prince. Dia did that too, but there was too many important people around.
「Fuun. Then I'll tell you more about ojousama. Come on.」
You said it like that, but I'm not that impressive of a person.
It seems that His Highness Prince Gilbert rarely gets invited by Dahlia because he kept on nodding his head with a smile on his face.
Chasing after Dahlia, His Highness turned around once, and shot me a triumphant look. And then he gave us a thumbs up, as if saying, good job.
No, that wasn't the plan at all. I didn't expect this development at all.
Yurii-sama exhaled.
「Idiot, Mira, you idiot.」
「I'm sorry, I'm sorry.」
I'll be more careful next time. I wanted to be careful, but I did it unconsciously.
「I'm used to people saying those kinds of things.」
「…yes.」
「That's why, it's fine even if Mira doesn't get mad.」
「…no.」
You are,
「If Yurii-sama doesn't get mad, then I will get mad for you. Because I love my prince very much.」
My small prince. Pitiable, but very strong and always doing his best. The extremely adorable prince who resembled my important person. If you don't even get mad, if you don't even let others know how you feel, then someday, you might lose your heart.
If that's the case, to prevent that from happening, I will get mad for you. This is what I should do as the one taking care of you.
「If Mira gets hurt, I would be much, much sadder than when my brothers look down on me.」
「I'm sorry…」
「Don't make me sad.」
「Yes…」
A sixteen year old being admonished by a five year old. That's quite pathetic.
「You seems like you're having a lot of fun, but why are you sitting in the hallway, Miss Swain?」
His Highness Prince Alan who was passing by looked down at us with eyes filled with envy.
When did he?
The gazes from those around us were concentrating here.
Aah, it's good that such an embarrassing me was not seen by Dia.