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Haah~ I let out a deep sigh in my heart.\n
âYour Highness Christopher. I apologize, but Iâm no longer the little child who doesnât know anythingâŚplease forgive me.â I said so and bowed my head deeply.\n
So please give it up. Really, donât get involved with me anymore.\n
âEven if I say itâs okay?â\n
Geh!\n
I couldnât make out his expression because he had his head down, but I could tell from his voice that he was sad.\n
Haaah~ I let out a deep sigh for the second time today.\n
Now it feels like Iâm bullying him.\n
His Highness Christopher is not a bad person. I know that. He is a prince who is strong, righteous, beautiful, honest, and has a strong sense of justice. I honestly liked his character, but that was itânothing more and nothing less. In fact, I donât want to feel anything more than that. I didnât even want to think about it.\n
My position was that of a Dukeâs daughter, and although I wanted nothing to do with it, I was still the only daughter of the current kingâs younger brother.\n
My father doesnât want me to become royalty, but because of my position as the daughter of a duke, he has had me, his daughter, be educated as a queen since I was very young.\n
In other words, Charlotte of the Avi family is in an extremely high position as a Crown Princess candidate.\n
If I were to be perceived as being on good terms with the crown prince, there is a possibility that I would be made his fiancĂŠe, even if he did not want it.\n
I absolutely do not want that to happen.\n
There were also other reasons why I didnât want to meet His Highness Christopher. I was worried that I would get caught up in some sort of âgame correctionâ and have romantic feelings for him after meeting him for the first time in five years.\n
But luckily that didnât seem to be happening.\n
âŚIâm relieved.\n
But even if it was okay this time, it doesnât mean that there wouldnât be any game corrections in the future.\n
Thatâs why I didnât want to meet His Highness Christopher, nor did I want to continue our relationship.\n
And soâŚ\n
Although gentle, I stubbornly rejected himâŚ\n
âCharl. Can you please give a little break for Chris?â \n
Big brother started to follow up on His Highness.\n
Why are you helping him!?\n
Is it because heâs the Crown Prince?\n
I seeâyou chose His Highness Christopher over your own sister, didnât you? If so, Iâm going to hate you!!\n
My brother just smiled wryly at me.\n
âEven if you apologize, I wonât forgive you! No way!!\n
Just as I was about to puff out my cheeks and turn away with a pout, my brother whispered in my ear.\n
âRicardo Aker.â\n
ââWhat??â\n
What about Ricardo-sama?!?\n
My eyes twinkled.\n
âIf Charlotte will do me a favor, then Iâll introduce you to him, okay?â My brother smiled at me.\n
Whatâ!?\n
Introduce me to Ricardo-sama!?!?\n
If thatâs the condition of your request, then thereâs no reason to ask!!!\n
âYes! Iâll be happy to!!â âI was about to say that when I realizedâŚ\n
Since when did I even talk to my brother about Ricardo??? I thought about it, but I just couldnât remember. Brother was too confident for it to be random, and in the first place, I donât think those two have even met each other yet.\n
âDonât you remember that day when you were crying and talking to me?â\n
Seriouslyâ\n
I knew that Iâd spilled out everything, but did I even reveal the person I loved too!?\n
Iâm such an idiot.\n
âSo, what are going to do? Donât you want to meet your favorite Ricardo?â <s>the demon</s> Brother Lucas whispered.\n
â!!\n
Well, of course the answer is obvious!!!\n
ââIf you break your promise, Iâll never speak to you again!â\n
I took advantage of <s>the demonâs</s> Brother Lucasâ words.\n
âYour Highness Christopher.â\n
I turned to face His Highness Christopher, who still had a sad look on his face.\n
âLady CharlotteâŚ?â\n
âI canât call you brother, but may I call you Sir Chris*?â (***T/N âChris-samaâ is what she says here. â-samaâ is an honorific that one uses for someone who is of higher rank/deeply respected. Other translations could be âLord Chrisâ or âMaster Chrisâ but I decided to just go with âSir Chrisâ)\n
When I said that, His Highness Christopherâs face lit up.\n
âI donât even want the âSirâ partââ\n
ââSir Chris, thank you for your help in the investigation from now on.â\n
I forcibly interrupted His Highness ChristoâSir Chrisâs words and held out my hand.\n
We should shake hands and reconcile like with my brother!\n
Sir Chris, who had been interrupted, looked puzzled for a moment, and then immediately took my handâŚ\n
âŚand kissed it\n
Noâ!!!!\n
âSir Chris!!â\n
Seeing me protesting with a red face, Sir Chris giggled like a mischevious child.\n
âSorry.â\n
Oh no!!!\n
That face definitely doesnât look bad!\n
I had lost something important at the cost of making a contract with <s>the demon</s> Brother LucasâŚThatâs what it felt likeâŚ\n
From that day on, the <<Big Brother Lucas, Sir Chris, and Charlotte>> investigation team was established.\n
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T/N: Gotta love the dynamic between Charl and <s>the demon</s> Lucas~\n