40-Episode 40




It was a very abrupt suggestion.

'Oh, that's right! Will, why don't you have dinner with us? And all your friends with you. Yeah, that's a good idea.

When we were talking about showing the documents to the king, Irene suddenly said something like that.
Then, before we could say anything, she said, 'I'll ask Grandpa to prepare dinner for everyone,' and hurried out of the room.

And so, while we were in a daze, the story went on and on, and we were forced into a situation where we could not avoid the dinner at the royal castle.
Irene's ability to take action in such a situation is something to be feared.

The four of us were moved from Irene's room and made to wait in the guest room for a while.
When it was almost time for dinner, we heard Irene's voice coming from outside the door of the room.

'Jeez, Grandpa, I can't do it! Hey, can we stop? I'll go change my clothes.

'No, Princess. You can't be afraid to lose the one you want.'

'Even if you say it like that, it's impossible!

'Oh. The princess runs away from battles she can't be sure of winning, doesn't she? Hey, I'm .......'

'Mmm......, that's not true. All right, all right. Just go, just go.'

The man talking to Eileen is probably her old butler.
I don't know what he's talking about, but he seems to have Irene at his mercy as usual.

'Here you are! Supper's ready! Let's go, Will!

Opening the door of the guest room, Irene appeared, and came toward me with a gusto.
She took my hand and tried to pull me out of the room with the same momentum.

But...

'Irene, your outfit...'

'Hmmm, what is it? I'm a princess, so it's not surprising that I'm dressed like this!

Irene was wearing a sparkling, pure white dress that she was trying to push with great force.
It's a princess dress, just like a princess.

And it's rather revealing.
Looking at the nape of her white neck and her exposed shoulders and back, I was involuntarily a little nervous.
In this way, I realized that Irene is also a girl.

'...... looks rather good on you.'

'Hiiiiiiiiiiii!

As soon as I let out my thoughts, Irene let go of my hand with a scream and ran to the corner of the room.
Then, she becomes small, shaking in the corner.

'...... I'm sorry, I'm sorry I'm dressed like this, I know, I know, I know I'm flattering you, so don't say any more!

'...... No, it's not really a compliment...'

'Aaaaah! I don't want to hear it, I don't want to hear it, Will is going to kill me!

Eileen finally began to flail about on the floor in her dress.
I think it's a bit of a trifle, but ...... what the hell does she want to do?

'Satsuki, we seem to be rivals in that direction as well.

I'm not sure what to make of that. It's not that it's too obvious, but it's definitely natural, isn't it?

'Natural, Satsuki would say that? So, people don't know what they are. ......

Behind me, Mee, Satsuki, and Cyril were talking about something I couldn't quite understand either.
It seems that they have something in common.

Irene, on the other hand, seemed to have finally calmed down a bit and was standing up easily.

'Su-Ha ...... Oh, calm down, calm down, me. That's right, take a deep breath. The insensitive won't notice anyway, so don't worry about it. There's a chance. That's the right amount of push. It's okay, I can do it, I can do it.

I'm not sure what she's mumbling about. .......
Then she came stumbling towards me again, and said to me.

'Will. Let's make an arrangement.

'Oh, yeah. What's that?

'From now until dinner is over and you leave me, there will be no mention of my appearance. You can't say that I'm pretty or beautiful, and definitely not the other way around. I'll die if you do. Do you understand?'

'...... I'm not sure what you're trying to do here.'

Irene's face turns bright red and she freaks out when I get into it.
But then she shook her head from side to side and came close to me, pointing her index finger at the tip of my nose from a slightly lower perspective than mine, and said something like this.

'No, it's okay! All you have to do is say 'yes' to what I say!

'...... Oh, okay, okay. But there may be times when it comes out unintentionally, so please forgive me for that.

'Yes, well, ...... if that's all. But, but, still, don't say anything bad, okay? I'll die, okay?'

'Okay. I'll take it on that condition.'

He was as forceful as he had been in his childhood, but it wasn't something that would be a big disadvantage to us, and since we were in a position to be treated to dinner, we decided to listen to some selfishness.

So we were taken to the dining room by Irene, who was acting strangely.