Chapter 18

Chapter 18

SOS!!! Hey 1STKISSNOVEL! DO NOT STEAL MY TRANSLATION!!! \n“Is that how it works?”

 

I‘m not sure what’s happening. I understand that Siegfried’s hands are very warm.

 

Now that I think about it, our hands were intertwined together.

 

I raised our intertwined hands in surprise to show Siegfried.

 

“Oh, Your Highness. A stranger is holding my hand right now. We’re not even married.”

 

“…… Ah, it’s a bit.”

 

The serious atmosphere we had just a moment ago instantly disappeared.

 

Siegfried tried to remove my hand when I squeezed his hand.

 

“I think you’re used to holding hands now, right? A person’s warmth isn’t that bad, isn’t it?”

 

He was trying his hardest to pull his hand out but when I squeezed tighter, he relaxed and seemed to give up.

 

Siegfried alternately looked at his hand held by me and the trinkets attached to the sword on his thigh, then bowed his head. After a while, I opened my lips and spoke.

 

“Oh, by the way, Your Highness.”

 

“Huh?”

 

Siegfried raised his head and looked at me. The purple eyes that contained me were softer than before.

 

“No…… it‘s nothing.”

 

I shook my head quickly. I suddenly had some thoughts, but it didn’t seem like a good time to say it right now.

 

Siegfried blinked his eyes and kept on staring at me, as if wondering what I wanted to say.

 

I couldn’t beat that gaze and opened my mouth.

 

“I just have this sudden thought — younger guys aren’t my cup of tea.”

 

Siegfried had a speechless look on his face. Then he screamed as if he was angry.

 

“I‘m not into older women either!”

 

・*🐰🐰*・

 

I leisurely took a bath all afternoon the next day, then took my time drying my hair and changing clothes.

 

Then I went downstairs to check on our servants.

 

My parents died in a carriage accident shortly after having Milliard, so I am the real mistress of the family now.

 

It seemed like there wasn’t much to do, but in fact, I was unexpectedly busy living in a large mansion.

 

“Ariel, I’m glad to see you.”

 

When I was checking the menu in the kitchen for dinner, Milliard appeared around the corner and grabbed my wrist.

 

“Why are you so sweaty? Go and wash.”

 

“Oh, I’ll do that. More than that.”

 

Milliard was uttering nonsense. Seeing he was wearing such clothes, I think he had been somewhere outside.

 

It was obvious that he was walking around. I’m sure he must’ve been coming back from the racetrack outside the estate again.

 

“Why is my noona so pretty today?”

 

(T/N: Noona 누나 is a term to call older sister used by younger men.) 

 

“…… Just say what you want.”

 

“You know Baron Helix’s son? You’ve met him a few times before.”

 

“How can I not know? He’s your gambling mate.”

 

Anyway, they were still wet in the ear and cheeky.

 

(T/N: wet in the ear 안 마른 = naïve) 

 

Ellifritz is located at the southern end of the empire and didn’t have as much entertainment as the capital.

 

Because of that, nobles with a lot of money enjoyed simple entertainment such as hunting and card games.

 

However, there will always be problematic people among them. Like Milliard, for example.

 

“Can‘t you just go out with Baron Helix for one day tomorrow? I owe him some money.”

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I can still vividly see his reaction yesterday and how he was making a fuss.

 

“Your Highness…… destroyed my taste so I can’t help it.” (T/N: Please just marry each other! Kyaah! 😍)

 

I had to pretend I liked Siegfried in front of Milliard anyway.

 

I’ll explain it to Siegfried later.

 

Even now, I really didn’t think it was a big deal. But I had no idea what was really going on, I’m not the female lead anyways so what does it matter.

 

That’s how I myself stepped into the pit of disaster.