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"Is he dead?"
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Jill asked the Duke without hesitation.
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Thank you, Jill. That's what I wanted to hear.
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"Well..."
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Master Duke laughed deceptively.
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...... This definitely knows something.
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But I don't think he would tell me if I asked him.
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I wonder what he's hiding.
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"One more question: ......."
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Jill looks at Master Duke with a frown.
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"What?"
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"How long has it been since the saints showed up? From what I've read in books, the saints are supposed to be legendary."
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"Yes, a legend."
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Master Duke said so without hesitation.
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Wait, the saint was a legend?
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I probably haven't read that book. But Jill says she's read it, so I must have read it. I can't remember.
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That means our heroine will definitely go down in history!
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How could I have been born in the same time as the saint?
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No matter how great a bad girl I become, I'll always be overshadowed by the saint.
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I will never be in the limelight as a bad girl. .......
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"Alicia? What's wrong with such a difficult face?"
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Jill looked into my face.
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I would like to say what's on my mind right now, but Master Duke doesn't know that I want to be a bad girl.
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"It's nothing.
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I smiled.
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Probably because of Jill, she knows I'm not nothing.
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But I've just found out something terrible.
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I thought a saint came along once a year.
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But there's certainly never been one like you before.
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Oh, God! That sucks. I can't believe I just realized that now: .......
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"The legendary Cather Liz has a flower garden in her head and the current king is incompetent. ......"
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Jill scoffed at that.
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Jill's words sent a chill down my spine.
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I never thought I would call the king incompetent in front of the Duke. .......
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I slowly turned my attention to the Duke.
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The Duke was frozen in a blinding stare.
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I thought I should run away from .......
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Henri's brother is also standing there, blinkered.
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After a few moments of silence, Master Duke starts to laugh aloud.
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I've never seen the Duke laugh like this before.
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He doesn't look at all vulgar even though he is laughing out loud. The prince is really something.
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"Yes, he may be incompetent..."
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The Duke said with a laugh.
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...... King is Master Duke's father, isn't he?
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I wonder if it's all right to talk like that.
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Now Jill is surprised at the Duke's appearance.
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I don't know what the Duke is thinking at all.
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"Me too."
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Me too.
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Jill and I both jumped on the bandwagon when Henri said that.
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For a while, we stood there stupefied, looking at the Duke.
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Then Jill's voice echoed in my ears.
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"If a saint appears, the next person His Majesty the King will marry will be a saint. ......"
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