Now I feel like I’m one step closer to him.
I hope it’s not my sheer delusion.
I watched Sith walk away.
“…….”
I suddenly felt strange.
It’s clear that Sith had disappeared and I’m the only one in this place now, but I strangely feel like I’m not alone.
I had a pretty good sense of presence, even from a while back.
So even if someone suddenly rushed at me from behind, I would immediately defend myself.
I picked up a branch and walked stealthily towards the place I could feel the presence.
Even if they didn’t know who was speaking, if they had overhead the conversation, the flow of the story can change drastically.
It may be very difficult to survive without the advantage of knowing the future.
‘I may have to silence that person in order to survive. But can I really kill people. No, wait. It’s just a person who doesn’t exist in reality anyway. Kill them so I can live. But can a tree branch like this kill a person.’
Feeling dangerous thoughts pass by, I rushed to the place where I could feel a presence.
Coincidentally, it was the same tree I was hiding behind earlier.
I saw a familiar face, the person’s neck at the tip of the branch.
“……Vin?”
Did I just try to kill the person who shouldn’t be killed the most.
I almost got the death ending right now!
I asked with a surprised heart.
“Why are you here? Weren’t you waiting for me?”
“I couldn’t wait for you to come ….. So I came to find you.”
His eyes widened as if he was surprised.
i lowered the branch.
“How much did you hear?”
“……Everything.”
The same answer came back to the same question as before.
Damn it! It’s ruined.
There is a high possibility that the man Sith likes is Vin…
To be caught by the very person himself!
The thing I was most worried about happening.
It will only be a matter of time before the story goes badly wrong or I die because I don’t know the future…
‘I didn’t want to tell you. But now, why does Vin know my heart.’
An imaginary Sith glared at me, as if wanting to kill me.
I’ve taken a step closer to him, but to think that it is all useless…
I became resentful and a blunt voice leaked out.
“If you’re aware, you’ll know what to do with what you just heard.”
“Of course, I have no interest in talking about other people’s secrets.”
“I believe you. Because you are(?)….”
It was meant to mean, ‘I believe you’ll protect him, because you’re also gay’, but if you look at my words alone, it would sound like Vin believed in humanity.
Perhaps because of this, Vin’s expression became a little strange.
“You always said things like ‘I like you’ and ‘you’re so cool’, but this is first time you’ve said something like that.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll only say what I can say from human to human.”
“Then that’s okay, please do.”
“Why did you ask to see me?”
I sat down on the floor and asked.
The dust stained my dress, but I didn’t care.
I glanced at the hem of my dress and I sat down.
Of course, I kept a distance.
“Forcing…”
Vin said it right away.
What do you mean? I asked.
“What?”
“I almost forced you to do that.”
‘Don’t order me, Vin Ortega. I’m not your dog.’
‘…I never thought so.’
‘I think you do. Even if I say no you keep forcing me’
‘Forcing…’
Oh, are you talking about that?
I bet you didn’t have to come all the way to my home because you realized your mistake and to apologize now. So why the hell are you actually here?
Vin continued.
“I’ll admit. You’re right. For whatever reason, I forced my circumstance too much on you, who did not want to raised the sword.”
“So, what do you want to say? You probably didn’t come all this way just to say that.”
Vin hesitated for a moment at my strangely cold reaction.
His wandering eyes glanced at the tree branch once more.
“So now I’m not forcing you, I’m trying to convince you. I need you.”
After saying that, more corrections continued.
“I’m afraid you’ll misunderstand me, it’s not that I need you, it’s that I need your skills. Please don’t get me wrong. Because that would be unpleasant.”
“Don’t get me wrong. It’s unpleasant for me too.”
“Good luck then. Anyway, I brought something for you too.”
Vin took out a piece of paper from his pocket and set it down on the floor.
It was right next to the tree branch I was holding.
I dragged the piece of paper with a twig.
Bin looked at me for some reason.
“What is this? A ticket?”
“Yes. It is a ticket to a lecture for young people at the Imperial Knights.”
“You think this is something I’m interested in.”
“You can actually see the official knights sparring with each other. They say that some applicants can be picked and guided.”
…What(?)? Direct guidance?
To be honest, I’ve very interested.
It’s not a sport, It’s actual swordsmanship that can actually kill people
It was something I had always dreamed of. Besides to receive guidance from an official member of the Imperial Knights.
“You’re afraid.”
I wasn’t too surprised to hear that Vin had already figured it out.
It wouldn’t have been difficult at all for Vin, who had developed the ability to read people’s emotions as the Little Duke of Ortega.
In other words, Vin was quick witted.
“How are you now? Are you still afraid?”
I didn’t say anything, but our quick-witted duke seemed to have noticed I was quite exited just by looking at it.
A light smile hung over his face.
“It doesn’t look like it to me.”
“…”
“You already swung at me once.”
Vin, who tapped the tip of my branch once, whispered softly.
……Come to think of it, without even realizing it. I grabbed it and tried to atack him.
I hadn’t even let go until now.
I looked down at my hand holding the branch. It was natural, I wasn’t nervous at all.
My heart wasn’t changed at all.
Like a man who found an oasis in the desert, like a man holding rope dangling over a cliff, climbing wildly.
There was no fear in it.
“….I want to go but…”
“But?”
“Can we really go? Just you and me?”
‘I’m sure the prince would be jealous, does he even know you’re doing this?’
I asked with that meaning, but Vin frowned as if he had heard it in a different way.
“Don’t you know who I am to you? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not asking you out on a date.”
“Even if it’s not…..!”
“And it’s not just you and me. His Highness is leaving too.”
Awwwww~. Are you using me as an excuse to hide your date~?
Normally, I would have been offended, but since they were young kids and my favorite couple, it just felt cute!
Besides, in a way, it’s an opportunity.
A chance to show my heart to the crown prince, who I had no chance to speak to!
That is to say, I don’t like Vin at all!
It would be better if I liked the crown prince, so that he would not have the desire to have me executed later.
But I think that is probably close to impossible.
“Then I will go.”
“Can I spar with you there?”
“That…. I don’t know.”
“Try to do it later. You don’t have to take the graduation exam.”
Ugh…That’s right, the graduation exams. They said if you don’t pass, you’ll have to stay.
I’m dying of boredom taking classes with children, but if I can’t pick up a sword, I’ll have to stay in elementary school for the rest of my life!
Being stuck in Dr. Saint’s Hospital or being stuck in Elementary…
No matter what I do, I feel like I’m in danger of being locked up.
“Ugh… Okay. I’ll try.”
“Yes. I’ll look forward to it. “
There were no words between us after that.
It was an awkward atmosphere because we were just sitting there.
Uhhhhh. Why don’t you go back to your house?
“……What else do you have to say?”
“What you said to Sith earlier…….do you really think so?”
“What did I say earlier?”
“You said that it is very natural for people to like people.”
“Yes, I’m serious.”
“…..Right.”
At this time of year, Vin must be going through a lot of worries about whether it is right to do this, even though he has decided to date the Crown Prince.
Since they are still young, his values haven’t been established yet, and no one would have told him that their relationship is not wrong.
Come to think of it, am I the first?
I don’t know if this is the case.
“If your parents say you are wrong, then your parents are wrong? So Sith and your parents…..”
Pretending to talk about Sith just to pretend it wasn’t him.
I don’t think I’m on the mature side for my age, but when I look at Vin like this, he’s just a child.
I thought it was cute, and couldn’t help laughing.
Vin looked at the tip of the branch again.
“Yes, that is true. Man or woman, how lovable people are. It’s strange that you’ll force yourself to only like the opposite sex.”
“Are you lovable?”
“Yes. You, me and Sith are all lovable beings. Oh, I’m afraid you’ll misunderstand me, don’t you know that lovable doesn’t mean what you think it means? Please don’t get me wrong. Because that would be unpleasant.”
I said it as sarcastic as possible for vengeance.
The I heard a small sound.
…It was a laugh.
Nobody else, but Vin Ortega laughing out loud.
It was the first time I heard a real laugh since I transmigrated, not one meant to be sarcastic or hide one’s emotion.
“Don’t get me wrong.”
It was still a voice with a soft smile.
Vin was no longer looking at the branch. Deep blue eyes were looking at me completely.
